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Meeting with Government members
Vladimir Putin held a regular meeting with Government members, via videoconference.
The meeting focused on the main instruments for achieving investment development targets.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues.
Today we will hear a report by Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov on the main instruments for achieving investment development targets.
However, I would like to begin with a different matter. I have a nice piece of news: the Novosibirsk-based Vektor Centre has registered a second coronavirus vaccine, EpiVacCorona. I would like Ms Golikova to tell us about this in detail. As far as I am aware, a third vaccine is almost ready at the Chumakov Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Ms Golikova, please.
Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova: Good afternoon, Mr President, colleagues.
It is good news indeed. The Vektor Centre has received the registration certificate today.
I would like to note that clinical trials involved 100 volunteers. Unlike with the first Russian vaccine, Sputnik V, which is an adenovirus vector-based vaccine, the new one is a promising synthetic vaccine based on peptides. It consists of short synthetic peptide fragments of virus proteins, which the immune system can use to identify and neutralise the virus. It should be pointed out that the peptide-based vaccine does not induce any reactogenic responses and is noted for its high level of safety.
The first batch of 60,000 vaccine doses will be produced in the near future, and the Vektor Centre will launch post-registration clinical trials in a number of Russian regions involving 40,000 volunteers. I would like to add that simultaneously the centre also plans to start clinical trials on 150 people aged over 60.
I would like to point out that the creation of a second Russian vaccine will greatly increase vaccination opportunities for people, which will help us to stabilise the situation and will bring us closer to the end of the COVID-19 epidemic.
In addition, post-registration clinical trials of the Sputnik V vaccine are ongoing as well. They involve 13,000 volunteers, and the vaccine has been dispatched to the regions, albeit in small amounts, but it has.
One more vaccine, which you have mentioned, has been created at the Chumakov Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is an inactivated vaccine. We have received permission to conduct the first and second stages of clinical trials at medical facilities in Novosibirsk, St Petersburg and Kirov. During the first stage, 15 volunteers were inoculated with this vaccine on October 6. They have not reported any serious complications or side effects. All of them feel well, and the second stage will begin on October 19 on 285 volunteers. The clinical trials of this vaccine are expected to conclude by December, which means that we will have three vaccines. We certainly hope that this will be the case. The more vaccination opportunities we offer to our citizens, the sooner we defeat the coronavirus.
Mr President, may I say a few words about the epidemiological situation and the Russian regions' preparedness to work under these conditions?
Vladimir Putin: Please do.
Tatyana Golikova: Actually, just as we expected, the number of coronavirus cases went up with the beginning of the autumn-winter epidemic season. As of October 14, we have 1,340,000 cases of COVID-19. The average increment rate over the past 24 hours across the country was 1.1 percent, and in 30 regions, it was even higher.
I would like to note that the average daily incidence rate for the past working week was 7.5 per 100,000 people. I would like to note in this regard that Russia ranks 54th among the 189 countries that publish data on the spread of the virus. This suggests that the situation in Russia, although quite tense and complicated, is nevertheless under control. It does differ across the regions: as of the end of the last working week, an increase was observed in 38; 29 were unstable; 18 recorded a stabilisation of incidence; while eight regions showed relatively high levels.
The regions that showed a significant increase have failed to fully implement sanitary and anti-epidemiological restrictions: there was no control over wearing facemasks in public spaces and public transport, and no restrictions on public events. On the other hand, the regions showing low morbidity rates were the ones enforcing the anti- epidemiological measures. I will cite a few examples.
In the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Tatarstan, there is strict enforcement of facemask requirements and the COVID-19 incidence rate is less than one per 100,000.
(Further in her remarks, the Deputy Prime Minister addressed the regional authorities, employers and citizens to underscore the need to comply with the requirements and sanitary doctors' recommendations, adding that the level of testing has reached almost 52 million lab tests, and also cited statistics on the graveness and age structure of cases and on the number of hospital beds available. In addition, Tatyana Golikova spoke of the Russian regions' preparedness for the autumn-winter epidemic season and the supply of medicines.)
In closing, I would like to say that the spread of the novel coronavirus, and of course, the autumn-winter epidemic season are cause for concern. However, our preparations carried out in spring, I mean, the fact that two Russian vaccines are now available, makes us confident in the future. We believe that the situation is under control and no restrictive measures for the economy are required.
However, I would like to take this opportunity to encourage the regions and the people to comply with all sanitary requirements.
Vladimir Putin: Thank you.
Ms Golikova, you said 40,000 volunteers are willing to take part in testing the new vaccine, EpiVacCorona. As far as I know, you and Chief Sanitary Doctor of Russia Anna Popova have been vaccinated, among these 40,000 volunteers. You have already been given the second dose of this vaccine, haven't you? How are you doing?
Tatyana Golikova: Yes, Mr President, Ms Popova and I were vaccinated, and not among 40,000 volunteers, but as part of clinical trials, that is, during the first and second phases in order to see if the vaccine was safe and effective.
Indeed, we have two phases behind us. Neither Ms Popova, nor I had any side effects or complications during the first and the second phase, or afterwards. We strongly hope this will be the case with everyone who takes this vaccine in the future.
Vladimir Putin: Did you run a fever?
Tatyana Golikova: No, we did not. Importantly, none of the volunteers in the first or second phases had a fever, either.
Vladimir Putin: I see. But the titres appeared, did they not?
Tatyana Golikova: Yes, they did, and at a fairly high level.
Vladimir Putin: I see.
I would like to congratulate the researchers and staff at the Novosibirsk Center Vektor on this achievement. This is undoubtedly an important accomplishment of yours, my dear friends. Thank you very much for your work, talent and dedication. We need to step up the production of our first and second vaccines. Of course, it is critical to provide as much of the vaccine to the Russian market as possible.
We continue to cooperate with our foreign partners, and we will promote our vaccine internationally. However, we should strive to produce the vaccines for our international customers, at least at this point, at production facilities in the recipient countries. I think everyone understands this. I just want to point it out again.
Ms Golikova, you said that testing has not been properly organised in all regions. You also said that six regions clearly have a problem with that. I will call you shortly after this meeting to get a list of these regions.
Tatyana Golikova: Fine, Mr President.
Vladimir Putin: Let us proceed.
Several days ago, Mr Patrushev reported to me that the grain harvest in 2020 might be at least the second largest harvest in Russia's recent history.
Mr Patrushev, are you here, can you hear us?
Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev: Yes, Mr President, I hear you.
Vladimir Putin: Please comment on this and elaborate on what you have already reported to me.
Dmitry Patrushev: Thank you very much.
Mr President, colleagues,
Despite the recent developments, Russian agriculture shows positive trends. We continue to cooperate with the regions on a weekly basis to monitor the situation in the sector. In general, it remains stable. In spring, farmers had their sowing season as usual. The harvest campaign also began on time and is almost done now. The harvest rate and crop yield figures are significantly higher than last year.
As of today, grains have been harvested on 93 percent of the areas and, as I reported, we hope that this year the grain harvest will exceed 125 million tonnes in net weight, including the expected 82 million tonnes of wheat, which is 7.5 million tonnes more than in 2019. The plans for other crops are as follows.
The potato harvest should bring in about 22 million tonnes and the oilseed harvest should yield 21.5 million tonnes. In particular, a record harvest of rapeseed is expected: at least 2.5 million tonnes. The vegetable harvest is to exceed 14 million tonnes. In addition, fodder conservation for cattle breeding is on schedule.
At the same time, winter crop sowing continues. The total sowing area covers over 19 million hectares, which is half a million hectares more than last year. In 38 regions, the work has already been completed, and in another 24 regions, it is still underway.
Mr President, in general, everything is proceeding on schedule. Agricultural producers have been provided with the seed they need, and the same can be said about all the main production resources. In particular, the accumulated reserves of mineral fertilizer amount to 3.7 million tonnes, which is almost 10 percent more than last year. Prices on the mineral fertilizer market are stable now.
As for fuels and lubricants, no interruptions in fuel supplies were recorded over the past period of this year. Demand is about 4.6 million tonnes of diesel fuel and 700,000 tonnes of gasoline. Agricultural producers have been provided with fuel and lubricants for the harvesting campaign.
Next. The major farms have over 565,000 tractors and combine harvesters, and the equipment fleet is being systematically updated. According to plan, 56,000 units will be purchased this year, partly based on Resolution No. 1432 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and preferential Rosagroleasing programmes. In 2020, Rosagroleasing will supply at least 9,000 units of machinery and equipment worth 36 billion rubles. This was possible because of the funds allocated for the additional capitalisation of Rosagroleasing. I would like to thank you separately for this. This is a very necessary solution that allows for updating the agricultural equipment fleet.
I will brief you on the main parameters of state support. In 2020, 100.5 billion rubles were allocated to the regions as direct financial assistance to farmers. These funds were directed to the regions in December of last year. As of today, 72 percent have been received by the direct recipients. I would like to note that this pace is higher than last year, but we continue to keep it under special control.
Also, during the period of seasonal field work, agricultural producers need to maintain a sufficient level of working capital. The most effective tool for this is loans, including concessional loans. To carry out seasonal work in 2020, Rosselkhozbank and Sberbank alone issued 479.8 billion rubles in loans, which is almost a quarter more than last year.
(Further, the Minister spoke about measures to support agriculture, including subsidies and concessional loans.)
Mr President, this is the current state of affairs regarding the sowing campaign. I also have information on the comprehensive development of rural areas, which I would like to present to you now, if I may.
Dmitry Patrushev: Thank you.
We have repeatedly said that the agro-industrial complex is more than just agricultural output and food, it is also the rural people employed in this industry. To improve their quality of life, since 2020 the Ministry of Agriculture has been implementing the state programme Comprehensive Development of Rural Areas. It came as an important stage in the large-scale development of the territories that one-fourth of the Russian population calls home. The state programme is based on monitoring Russia's rural areas in terms of key parameters that describe the quality of life, so each of its action points has been thought through from the perspective of actual needs. Moreover, regions, local government bodies and, importantly, rural residents took an active part in drafting this state programme. As a result, 81 regions took part in the 2020–2021 bidding campaign.
Notably, according to the plan, the state programme will cover areas that are home to almost 5 million people, or 13 percent of Russia's rural population, during the first year of its implementation, with 132 projects this year, including landscaping, construction and renovation of social buildings; 90 of these projects will be completed in 2020. As a result, 361 new buildings will become available, including schools, kindergartens and cultural centres, as well as medical and sports facilities. In addition, over 833 kilometres of gas distribution lines and over 733 kilometres of water supply lines will become operational in 2020. In addition, almost 690 kilometres of roads will be built or renovated.
Mr President, the rural housing mortgage programme enjoys high popularity and has already been used by over 24,000 people in 80 regions with the amount of outstanding loans nearing 48 billion rubles, which were used to buy about 1.8 million square metres of housing in rural areas. In other words, we are seeing an enormous interest in this programme and are working on proposals to extend it until 2030.
Colleagues, while providing the country's population with sufficient amounts of produce, our agrarians have been taking on foreign markets as well. The demand for domestic agricultural produce is growing, partly because of its high quality. In 2020, we plan to export about $25 billion worth of produce. We have currently surpassed $20 billion. In addition, we are also continuing our import substitution plans. We have a package of measures for the development of foreign trade. Despite the pandemic, in 2020 we have opened new markets for 18 commodities of Russian origin. In all, we can deliver our products to 160 countries.
As a matter of course, we are carrying out our plans to promote our agro-industrial products. In part, Mr President, we have created a network of representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture in 50 countries in line with your executive order. Once coronavirus-related restrictions are lifted, our first representatives will start performing their functions in Thailand, Tunisia, Indonesia, Jordan, Mexico and Malaysia. We expect this to increase the export potential of the agro-industrial complex. On the whole, we estimate that all of our planned figures for foreign trade will be reached.
Mr President, concluding my report, I would like to convey to you, members of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Federal Assembly and regional governors our enormous gratitude for your permanent attention to the development of the agro-industrial complex and assistance in helping us reach the goals of our sector.
This is my report. Thank you for your attention.
Mr Patrushev, did I understand you correctly when you said agricultural exports have increased over the same period last year?
Dmitry Patrushev: Yes, you are correct. On the same date last year, we had not reached $20 billion. I checked the current figures today. Our agricultural exports are already at $20.7 billion. I expect that we will fulfil our plans for this year.
Vladimir Putin: The workers in this industry continue to make us happy. We are very grateful to them. That is great.
Dmitry Patrushev: Thank you, Mr President.
Vladimir Putin: I understand that we will review the final results of the harvest a bit later, is that right?
Dmitry Patrushev: For now, 93 percent of all areas have been threshed. Only a little remains, but still it makes sense to review the results a bit later, you are quite right, Mr President.
Vladimir Putin: All right, that is clear. Thank you very much.
Vladimir Putin: Easy-term mortgage loans at 6.5% APR are among the measures to support the construction industry and individuals. It ends on November 1.
Mr Mishustin, since the situation is challenging overall and, even with the economy recovering, people and certain sectors of the economy, including construction, are struggling, so why not extend this programme into at least mid-2021? What do you think?
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin: Mr President, colleagues,
Indeed, you are correct. The easy-term 6.5% APR mortgage loan programme for newly built housing will expire on November 1. It was launched by the Government upon your instructions in April. A person can take out a loan to buy a flat costing up to 6 million rubles throughout Russia, and 12 million rubles in Moscow and Moscow Region, and St Petersburg and Leningrad Region.
Vladimir Putin: Is that a flat in a new building? Are you talking about new construction?
Mikhail Mishustin: Yes.
It is safe to say that this programme is among the most effective anti-crisis measures with over 220,000 loans worth 630 billion rubles already issued. The programme covers over 90 percent of the mortgage loans for new housing. We can see that it is a popular programme that families can use. By the way, this has supported the construction industry, which found itself in a plight due to the pandemic.
In this regard, Mr President, we support this and we consider it important to extend this easy-term mortgage loan programme at 6.5% APR until July 1, 2021. We can quickly come up with the corresponding directives.
Vladimir Putin: Good, let us go ahead and do so, since this is a truly popular programme, which is really helpful. Let us extend it until at least mid-2021.
Mikhail Mishustin: We will, Mr President.
And one more thing. Under your instructions, last week I met with Viktor Medvedchyuk, the leader of the Political Council of the Ukrainian party Opposition Platform — For Life. We discussed a number of issues, including a request by Ukrainian industrialists to open access to some companies in our markets. They are subject to our response measures. These are the companies that used to export goods to Russia.
Mr President, we think it is possible to allow the delivery of equipment and products for the following companies: Bratslav, the Barsky Machine-Building Plant and the Rubezhansky Cardboard Mill.
Mr President, if you support the return of these imports to our country, the Government will process the necessary paperwork for this purpose. Of course, the interests of our manufacturers will be fully observed. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has meticulously studied the impact of this decision. We will wait and see how our Ukrainian colleagues react to this gesture of goodwill. We will proceed from a position of parity in the development of our economic relations.
Vladimir Putin: All right. It is common knowledge that we did not introduce these restrictions. We merely responded to them. We are always ready to restore full-scale cooperation with Ukraine. The level of cooperation between our companies was very high and comprehensive. It was useful to both of us, bringing mutual benefit and keeping jobs, providing people with decent salaries. We are ready to restore full-scale cooperation with our Ukrainian partners. Let us consider this a first move and a goodwill gesture on our part. All right, I agree with this, go ahead, all the more so since the Government believes it is possible and will not harm our producers. Why not? All right, it is a deal.
Mikhail Mishustin: Thank you, Mr President. We will process the paperwork.
Let us address the main issue. Mr Reshetnikov, you have the floor, please.
Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov:
Mr President,
The July executive order has upgraded our national goals. There are two key economic goals – economic growth and increased investing, and for good reason, because the two goals are interconnected. In the long run, economic growth primarily stems from an increase in investment.
In recent years, we have been systematically establishing the necessary tools, the investment climate, tax incentives, and have been expanding infrastructure and development institutions at both the federal and the regional levels.
It is crucial to identify another priority at this point, which is support for specific projects in certain industries and regions. This will be the foundation for launching a new investment cycle.
This work is to be streamlined in three areas.
First, support for private investment, large private projects including those within our new investment instrument, that is, the legislation on the protection and promotion of capital investment.
The second area is implementing projects in the regions.
And the third area is facilitating investment programmes of companies with state ownership.
The first area involves support for large private investment. The mechanism – as I mentioned, the Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (IPPA) – provides investors with long-term stability of operating conditions. The mechanism primarily stabilises taxes imposed on the implementation of investment projects, and the major conditions for implementation relating to the use of land, urban development, mandatory requirements, and conditions for support from the state.
It also offers a new opportunity that was missing before. Now developers can independently build the infrastructure needed for investment project implementation: roads, power lines, utility infrastructure, while the state will then reimburse the costs through future taxes, which will be paid from the operation of the investment project. Last week the Government approved the required legislative base for enforcing this law, and within only a few days, we have received applications for 15 projects worth 850 billion rubles, which will presumably create 35,000 new jobs.
The goal is to conclude at least 20 projects worth 900 billion rubles in investment before the end of this year. Why do I say "at least"? Because the mechanism for signing the agreement is a simple declaration. In other words, if a project meets the requirements and an investor applies, we are obliged to sign the agreement and stabilise the terms of the investment for the investor.
A special agency, the Investment Development Agency, has been set up to help investors. Now information platforms are being created to make the process as digitally compatible as possible.
Alongside this, we are developing the available tools. One of these tools, with great potential, is the Project Finance Factory, which is being developed by Vnesheconombank. As of today, the decision to fund 10 projects worth 760 million rubles has already been made as regards the Factory. In other words, these are large projects. VEB is considering another 12 projects worth 1.4 trillion rubles. Of course, we hope these tools will supplement one another. At the same time, we are now creating an opportunity to fund pools of projects and projects with long payoff periods under the Factory's auspices.
We are also developing legislation on public-private partnerships and concessions. We have drafted a law that specifies the types of state financial participation in concessions and establishes a minimal threshold for private investment. This was not the case before. This bill simplifies the bidding procedure, it introduces an e-tender and will allow investors to be reimbursed for the expenses of pre-investment preparations. The draft law has received the necessary approvals and was submitted to the Government just a few days ago. On the whole, I would like to say that 100 new concession projects worth 300 million rubles in investment have appeared since the start of this year. In other words, this is an effective and sought for mechanism.
The second area includes support for regional projects. Here, our goal is to combine the development of the investment climate, support tools and the implementation of specific projects, so this would eventually result in implementing specific projects in the regions.
What is being offered? The mechanism for regional agreements on protecting and encouraging investment will be launched on April 1. The capabilities that investors have in relation to major projects will also become available to the regions in order to support medium-sized projects that are also important for the regions.
We are developing a mechanism for special economic areas and territories of advanced socioeconomic development. We know from practice that special economic areas are a very popular tool. Three new special economic areas were created during the challenging first six months of this year. The requisite documentation and decisions for five more areas were finalised and submitted to the Government. The decisions will be made soon.
Of course, we are following the application of the law and have drafted a package of amendments to legislation that concerns unification of such areas, reduction of administrative barriers for investors working on these projects, and expansion of the types of allowable activities in these areas. At the same time, we propose increasing the regions' responsibility to make sure that the targeted number of jobs and the investment announced during the creation of special economic areas remain unchanged.
Concurrently, we are developing new tools to support housing construction and promote urban development. I am referring to infrastructure bonds, which we are working on.
I will take a moment to discuss the tax deduction tool for investment, which we have been using since 2018, and which needs to be upgraded given the current circumstances and goals. What is being offered? We propose tying in the provision of this deduction with the implementation of a specific project rather than the cost items, as is the case now, and providing an opportunity to write off not only the expenses associated with vehicles, equipment or transport, but also to consider the possibility – investors and governors asked for this – to include the costs associated with industrial buildings, such as factories and plants.
We also suggest providing for the regions' budget shortfalls in revenue beyond 2021. Some 27 billion rubles were found even in the complicated budget for 2021, but the governors are asking about the medium-term perspective because the possibility of reimbursement for one year alone makes it very difficult to make long-term decisions. We will discuss all these issues at the State Council meeting with our colleagues and the governors.
Ultimately, every region, not just the top 20 investment leaders, needs to regularly update its list of projects with all the support tools, which includes all the opportunities in the regions to attract investment and create jobs.
And, finally, the third area is support for investment programmes of companies with state ownership. This is primarily about investing in the fixed assets that create new jobs. Why is this so important?
First, overall investment by companies with state participation exceeds 20 percent in the national economy. This is a sizeable percent of all investment. The main point is that these investment programmes pay for the purchase of machine-building products, metallurgical products, building materials and chemical goods. These items of expenditure have a huge multiplicative effect on the entire economy.
For example, I can quote the investment programme of Russian Railways. This year the company faced a shortage of funds for implementing its investment programme. It created a new mechanism – a mechanism of perpetual bonds that has already attracted 150 billion rubles. It still has more plans until the end of the year in this regard. It is this instrument that allows Russian Railways to stabilise the implementation of its investment programme and continue carrying out the projects it has launched before. Now other companies are interested in this approach.
Mr President, everything I listed is part of a single plan to achieve the national goals currently drafted by the Government and is being discussed. Both the regions and the involved industries, as well as federal agencies, will be advised as to the investment benchmarks. We will ultimately achieve our goals by pursuing real projects – large private projects, and state and regional projects.
Vladimir Putin: All right, thank you.
(Other speakers at the meeting included Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina, Presidential Aide Maxim Oreshkin, Accounts Chamber Chairman Alexei Kudrin, and Governor of Chelyabinsk Region Alexei Teksler.)
Vladimir Putin: As we have said, of course, you have just spoken about this, attracting investment and investment development measures are the key approaches to making progress in the economy and overall progress in the country. This includes many components, very many factors. This is definitely stability, in the broadest sense of the word, both political stability and macroeconomic stability, this is minimal bureaucracy, effective – but entirely within the law – performance of law enforcement bodies, and we often revisit this, a reasonable antimonopoly policy and general fiscal policy. There are many matters here we must look into.
I strongly expect that we will work together to pursue these measures, efficiently use the tools mentioned here and generally give it the attention it requires. I ask the Prime Minister to keep this under his control.
Ms Golikova, I will call you shortly; we will get in touch and talk.
Thank you very much. All the best to all of you.
Golikova Tatyana
Reshetnikov Maxim
Publication date: October 14, 2020, 16:20
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Create digital copies of paper documents with this Epson WorkForce wireless scanner. It provides fast operation to effortlessly handle a large volume of forms or receipts, and the LCD screen displays the connection and battery level status. Nuance OCR converts outputs from this Epson WorkForce wireless scanner into searchable, editable versions for efficient file management.
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Title The Americans
Authors Weisberg, Joe, and Joel Fields
Distributor FX Network
Publication Language english, russian
The Americans presents a measured analysis of late Cold War international politics through its focus on marriage, family, and personal relationships. In the 1980s, Elizabeth and Philip Jennings are Soviet spies living as Americans in suburban Washington, D.C. After twenty years, she remains deeply committed to the Soviet Union while his loyalty frays under the moral weight of his actions, nuanced understanding of America, and dedication to his family. Stan Beeman, an FBI counterintelligence agent, lives next door to the Jennings. His relationships with Soviet KGB officers and pursuit of Directorate S officers comes at a cost to his family and his moral and ethical principles.
Susan Misner
Lev Gorn
Costa Ronin
Brandon J. Dirden
Danny Flaherty
Kelly AuCoin
Vera Cherny
Created by Joe Weisberg
Executive Producers Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, Graham Yost, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Gavin O'Connor, Daniel Sackheim, Chris Long, and Stephen Schiff
Six seasons spanning the years 2013-2018.
Television/Netflix/Amazon Series
War, Politics/Citizenship & Gender
War, Politics/Citizenship & Men/Masculinity
War, Politics/Citizenship & Women/Femininity
War & International Politics
War, International Politics & Gender
War, International Politics & Men/Masculinity
War, International Politics & Women/Femininity
War & Sexuality
War and Religion
War, Culture & Gender
War, Violence & Women/Femininity
1940s - 1990
Eastern Europe including Russia
Global Cold War (1947-91)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Americans_(2013_TV_series)

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CFZ-NEW ZEALAND
The Centre for Fortean Zoology was founded in the UK in 1992 - nearly 20 years ago. Over the past two decades it has expanded to become a truly global organisation. We opened our American office in 2001, or Australian office in 2009, and now - in our 19th year - we are proud to welcome CFZ New Zealand to the CFZ global family.
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
OOPA: Was Emperor Penguin colonising NZ?
Richard Sadleir, a former director of science and research for the NZ Conservation Department, has some interesting ideas on why the Emperor Penguin now known as 'Happy Feet' decided to up stumps and visit the land of the long white cloud. Here he writes for the Dominion Post about his theory:
"Why should an emperor penguin travel from distant Antarctica to finish up on a New Zealand beach? The distribution and movements of animals is a fascinating part of ecology. Most populations live in well defined ranges but, surprisingly, often individuals wander long distances from their normal home.
Happy Feet is the second emperor penguin in 40 years to reach New Zealand shores since naturalists started keeping records.
It is very likely that many emperors made it to New Zealand in the past 1000 years and many more would have travelled north and probably died before they could return home.
Why should this happen ? Ecologists think that the evolutionary reason for roaming animals, often called stragglers, is that, by chance they may arrive at a suitable place to live, then settle down and start a new colony, therefore extending the range.
A pregnant female mammal, or a female bird with an egg forming inside her, could theoretically start a new population, but in most cases more than one straggler would be necessary.
Almost all of these roaming individuals die but the process of such attempted dispersal continues as it has for thousands of years.
About 50 years ago a keen naturalist in New Plymouth kept a light trap running for many years. Insects attracted to the light are collected in a container.
The naturalist found hundreds of butterflies and moths that had blown over the Tasman Sea from Australia, especially after big storms. Almost all of these never established themselves here, probably because of our colder temperatures.
Again and again, special animals try the long trips to find new areas to live. Almost all die but some are successful.
In 1912, a small Australian wallaby was freed east of Rotorua. This species has very slowly increased its range eastward, getting halfway to Whakatane. But year after year, locals have reported seeing wallabies many kilometres away from the main range. These stragglers may find new habitats or they may not.
Three wallabies that turned up in Taranaki were certainly helped in their dispersal by a passing hunter!
The Indian mynah bird shows the same process. Introduced to the North Island in 1875, this bird, considered by many to be a pest, spread widely and now lives almost entirely north of a line from Whanganui to Waipukurau. It is apparently too cold for this species further south, yet there are sightings of stragglers trying to probe southward.
Strangely, the species was found in Wellington many years ago but it then vanished. Perhaps, as our climate warms, this unpleasant bird may make it south.
So Happy Feet is a sort of pioneer, looking for a new place to live. The penguin seems to have travelled too far in its quest but its relatives back in Antarctica will continue the process of travelling far from home to see if new homes are available.
Posted by RR at 02:32
Labels: emperor penguin, happy feet, new zealand, nz
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Great White Shark hauled from harbour
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Banking giant HSBC has named John Flint, current head of retail banking and wealth management, as its new boss.
Mr Flint, who takes over from outgoing chief executive Stuart Gulliver, will start his new role next February.
The move sees Europe's biggest bank once again promote a company insider to run the firm.
The appointment is the first big decision by the bank's new chairman, ex-AIA Group boss Mark Tucker, who joined HSBC at the start of this month.
Mr Tucker said that the new incumbent, who takes over on 21 February 2018, had a "broad and deep banking experience across regions, businesses and functions".
He added: "Over the coming months, before he formally takes over the group CEO role from Stuart, we will be working closely together to develop and agree the key actions required to ensure we build on and enhance HSBC's current momentum."
Mr Flint, who has been at HSBC since 1989, said that the bank had to "innovate and accelerate the pace of change required" to meet the expectations of shareholders, customers and employees.
The 49-year-old had been widely tipped to take over in the hot seat, after Mr Gulliver announced his intention to retire during 2018.


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JSR #361
JavaTM ME Embedded Profile
JSR Review Ballot
Ballot duration: 2012-10-16 to: 2012-10-29
These are the final results of the JSR Review Ballot for JSR #361. The Executive Committee for ME has approved this ballot.
Andreani, Stefano
Aplix Corporation
Arm Limited
* AT&T
Keil, Werner
Vodafone Group Services Limited
Not voted
* EC Member : Voting rights have been suspended according to JCP 2.8
View Vote Log
On 2012-10-16 Oracle voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2012-10-16 Andreani, Stefano voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2012-10-17 TOTVS voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2012-10-28 Keil, Werner voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2012-10-29 IBM voted Yes with the following comment: IBM's vote is based on the technical merits of this JSR and is not a vote on the licensing terms. IBM supports licensing models that create an open and level playing field by allowing third parties to create independent implementations of Java Specifications and that do not allow individuals or companies to exercise unnecessary control for proprietary advantage. We support open source as a licensing model for contributions in the JCP, and would hope others will support this direction. This comment is not necessarily directed at the current business or license terms for this JSR, however, it is a statement of IBM's preferred licensing model. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2012-10-24 Nokia Corporation voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2012-10-16 Vodafone Group Services Limited voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2012-10-17 Deutsche Telekom AG voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2012-10-17 Aplix Corporation voted Yes with the following comment: Aplix supports the forward movement of the JME platform. We do have to note that some of the IP needed for this JSR is held in MIDP and MMAPI. There is not yet in place a agreement as to how that IP will flow to ME-EP. Aplix and Oracle are working to make this happen so that there will be no interruption to the EG working on ME-EP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2012-10-18 Siemens AG voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On 2012-10-23 Arm Limited voted Yes with no comment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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Q: How to convert PCM audio to TrueSpeech using NAudio I am trying to convert a PCM 8 bit 8 KHz Mono file to DSP TrueSpeech 1 bit 8 kHz Mono using NAudio, and I get the following error:
A first chance exception of type 'NAudio.MmException' occurred in NAudio.dll
AcmNotPossible calling acmStreamOpen
I understand that there may be an intermediate step that I am missing -- any insight would be appreciated.  Here is the code I am using:
      WaveFormat outWaveFormat;
        outWaveFormat = new TrueSpeechWaveFormat();
        Debug.Print("Sample Rate: " + outWaveFormat.SampleRate); //displays "8000"
        Debug.Print("Bit Rate: " + outWaveFormat.BitsPerSample); //displays "1"

        FileInfo f = new FileInfo(inputFile);
        String outputFileName = this.txtDest.Text + @"\" + f.Name;

        using (WaveFileReader reader = new WaveFileReader(inputFile))
        {
            try
            {
                using (WaveStream convertedStream = new WaveFormatConversionStream (outWaveFormat, reader))
                {
                    WaveFileWriter.CreateWaveFile(outputFileName, convertedStream);

                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Debug.Print(ex.Message);
            }
        }

A: Two reasons this might be happening:

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*you don't have a TrueSpeech encoder. I don't think newer versions of Windows include TrueSpeech anymore - it is effectively obsolete. You can run the NAudioDemo application to see what ACM codecs are on your machine.

*your input format cannot convert to the target format in one step. Are you sure your input is PCM. Also I would expect that the TrueSpeech codec wants 16 bit input not 8 bit.
There is a third reason this can happen, although I don't think it affects TrueSpeech and that is that WaveFileWriter.CreateWaveFile assumes that AverageBytesPerSecond is an exact multiple of BlockAlign, which is not always true.

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← Seablog: One month at sea, one month at sea, one whole month at sea!
After a celebratory 'new month' lie in and a Cadbury breakfast composed entirely of chocolate (didn't want to test the rancid porridge theory on the 100 Degree Day) I took to the oars to row into the 99th degree. We crossed 100°00.00′ to the East at 1206 ST (Serendipity time – very similar to WST only more chocolatey), surfing along with lovely seas from the ESE under a hot sun. I hadn't anticipated just how excited and emotional I would feel – apologies if my whoops and squeals of delight woke anyone up or disturbed any quiet classes in schools! There's something very satisfying about reaching a tangible marker llike that – next one is 90°E which I hope to do within 14 days. I've set myself the goal of 80°E by my birthday on May 26th…. It's going to be tight but I like a challenge!
To thank Neptune and Dippers for getting me this far I cracked open the Port (thanks Ricardo!), glugged a bit myself (straight from the bottle as my rusty mouldy stainless mug didn't appeal), sloshed a drop overboard, splashed Dippers and then finished off a bar of chocolate. 'Finish it off?' I hear you say in a surprised, nay shocked, tone. Yes, it was a large slab which needed two sittings otherwise, yes, you're correct, I would normally demolish it in one.
Have yourself a happy 100 Degree Day; perhaps crack open some port or demolish a whole chocolate bar too -very fine combination in the absence of some delicious smelly cheese.
Tom & Sarah : Send a big hello to the guys for me -how are they getting on? Hoping all sunny with them.
Sally Perth: Haha! I knew you'd break. I bet you didn't even last one day! Say hello to Wed sailors for me.
LINA: Those delicious longan fruits you gave me in my goody bag were delicious, thank you.
I think she means 100degree day!!…a slight error of typing.
Thanks again to one and all who post comments and messages…she gats so excited when she gets tham. Its lovely.
Good on Ya Sarah! 100deg day is history! Looking forward to your next goal whenever the GPS says you are there!
Enjoy the Port and prob chocolate more! Look foward to hearing from you again soon.
What – no May Pole dancing to celebrate crossing the big 100!
So port and chocolate you say….? Sounds scrummy! Biggest congratulations for reaching the 1 month and 100 degree marker, hope Dippers is keeping you safe and Brucey the shark is staying away 'fish are friends not food' said in my best australian accent.
Best wishes to your mum too, everyones doing a grand job!
Hope the chocolate supplies are good, will have to send some out by carrier albatross if not!
Chocolate is soooooo special and wish we had managed to put some on Guy and Andy's boat ~ they have haribo but not enough to get them through many days!!
Hope you manage to "iridium up" soon with Flying Ferkins ~ have fun in the sun.
I hope you don't mind but I dropped a note about you to "The Bob and Tom Radio show" and to Late Night with David Letterman. So if you become a celebrity in the US it's all my fault.
Hope your wildlife is in happier cicumstances. Margot Em Beth and Richard.
hi sarah,port AND chocolate!thats the way to celebrate,congratulations on another milestone.i really am in awe of your stamina and sunny worldview,hope you are having a rocking time!
Already commented on the Blog, but was just wondering.
How much time do you spend actually rowing Sarah? How much time is spent with the anchor out to prevent backwards progress? How much time do you have available to sleep? and how much time is dedicated to other chores?
Well done. Sarah – just to let you know that I also had good cause to celebrate on Friday as I got the all clear!!
Keep on rowing – I am with you all the way.
By looking at Sarah's Google Earth track, we can see that she has had day after day of wind from the east providing her with great progress.
The sea anchor won't prevent her boat going "backwards" when the wind is from the west; it is more used to help steady her boat in rowdy conditions when she can't row.
Hi there Sarah!! Glad you enjoyed the "Longans"……It is so fantastic to see that you are in great spirit and that you are doing so well,Hope the wind keeps blowing in the right direction and as Remora asked how many hours do you row everyday? it will be interesting to have a little insight of your daily schedule!!!!!!cheers for now, hope you can talk to Andrew and Guy soon…..Keep it up Sarah it is so exciting to follow your tracker and see it moving towards Mauritius!!!!Go Go Go!


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NUMMER TWAALF, VARIATIONS ON A THEME, 2009. VIDEO STILL. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND LUHRING AUGUSTINE.
Guido van der Werve's most recent video work, Nummer Twaalf (2009), currently on view at Luhring Augustine, exemplifies in three movements with vast monumental landscapes, a romantic classical score, and introductory monologues the infeasibility of executing all statistical possibilities of specific infinity problems. The first part, The King's Gambit Accepted, opens with van der Werve sitting silently in a cabin while a voiciover of an internal monologue explains the perfect chess game, the King's Gambit, which always ends in a stalemate, and the near-infinite years it would take to play every other possible chess game. The second scene of the first movement takes place in the historic Marshall Chess Club in New York. The artist himself, sitting in plain dress executes the King's Gambit on a chessboard rigged as a piano, such that a note is struck with every move. The piano notes are integrated into a larger composition (composed by van der Werve), which is being played live by a string orchestra directly behind the chess game. The corresponding numbers of the chess move flicker in the lower right hand corner.
The second movement, the number of stars in the sky, begins again with van der Werve in the same cabin, explaining through narration the impossibility of counting every star in the visible universe. Van der Werve plays the Romantic, moving amongst the sublime landscapes of Mount St. Helens, the singular figure in nature accompanied only by the score and the indication of the continuing chess game in the lower right corner. The third movement, Why a piano cannot be tuned or waiting for an earthquake begins with the explanation of a third impossible task, perfectly tuning a piano. Van der Werve then walks through the desert surrounding the San Andreas Fault, the second potentially disastrous natural locale. Once the final piano note rings, signaling the stalemate of the King's Gambit, the artist enters a cabin. A zoom out by helicopter reveals the length of the San Andreas fault, a wild, unmarked natural landscape to match the artist's own studied aesthetic.


Home » Hair Loss Blog » Hair Restoration » How does hair restoration compare with drugs like Rogaine?
How does hair restoration compare with drugs like Rogaine?
Over the counter products (such as Rogaine) are best used to slow balding and retain what hair is left on the head, but Rogaine is not considered a viable solution for those looking to restore hair on the top of the head or at the hairline. Unfortunately, it does not cure baldness. While it can delay the loss of additional hair due to androgenic alopecia, any hair retained or regrown with Rogaine will be lost within a few months after the drug is stopped.
The manufacturer Johnson & Johnson have noted that Rogaine is not effective in the frontal area, which is the area of most concern to most patients, especially the frontal hairline. They claim that approximately 8-10% of users achieve cosmetically effective growth and another 20% get vellus (or peach fuzz) growth.
Hair restoration is a permanent and relatively simple procedure that actually restores hair. It achieves a natural look. The Bosley hair transplant procedure takes hair follicles from the very back and sides of the head and artfully transplants them to thinning or balding areas. Our skilled physicians take hair from where you have more than you need (the back of head) and put it where you need it most (front of head). It's the ideal solution to baldness because it uses your own hair.
Bosley hair transplants can help people experiencing virtually every level of hair loss, at any age (over 21) depending on whether the patient has enough hair in the donor area. First we would determine which class of hair loss a patient is in.
Class 2 is characterized by the beginning of a receding hairline and a "widow's peak" on the forehead.
Class 4 hair loss may become more noticeable on the crown or patients may have significant hair loss above the temples and/or front anterior areas.
Class 5 hair loss approaches significant levels with most hair loss occurring on the top of the vertex and crown. Hair transplantation for this Class and higher Class levels may require more grafts to provide coverage and density.
Class 6 patients show major hair loss, but still have areas with donor hair available. Transplanting this hair can still have excellent results.
Class 7 patients show the most significant loss of hair. There may still be sufficient donor hair for transplantation; however, results may be limited.
Hair restoration at Bosley is a relatively simple outpatient procedure. Many of our patients go to work the very next day. And side effects of hair transplantation are almost minor. Infection occurrences after a hair transplant procedure are rare. In the very few cases where infection does occur, it is often due to the patient's failure to fully follow post-operative instructions. Unlike Rogaine and other over the counter hair loss treatments, the hair transplantation procedure provides a permanent solution to hair loss that involves re-growing your own natural hair.


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: Anatomy
Category: Anatomy
Anatomia Collection
This collection features approximately 4500 full page plates and other significant illustrations of human anatomy selected from the Jason A. Hannah and Academy of Medicine collections in the history of medicine at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. Each illustration has been fully indexed using medical subject headings (MeSH), and techniques of illustration, artists, and engravers have been identified whenever possible. There are ninety-five individual titles represented, ranging in date from 1522 to 1867.
Anatomia | Anatomy | Art | Arts & Humanities | Canada | English | Health | Health education | Illustration | Image | Medicine | Ontario | Toronto | University of Toronto | Anatomy & Physiology | Fine Arts | Health & Medicine
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Frankenstein- Penetrating the Secrets of Nature
History of Medicine In 1816, an Englishwoman still in her teens, Mary Shelley, conceived the story of a scientist obsessed with creating life. Shelley's scientist, Victor Frankenstein, succeeds. But while Frankenstein's creature can think and feel, he is monstrous to the eye. Spurned by all, including Victor Frankenstein himself, the embittered creature turns into a savage killer. In 1818, Shelley's story was published as Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus . This story — both in the original novel and shaped into new forms, such as plays, films, and comics — has captivated people ever since, exposing hidden, sometimes barely conscious fears of science and technology.
Anatomy | Arts & Humanities | Biology | British literature | English | Gothic fiction | Image | Literature | Mary Shelley | Maryland | Science | Text | U.S. National Library of Medicine | United Kingdom | United States | Anatomy & Physiology | Biology & Life Sciences | Literature & Poetry | Health & Medicine | Science & Technology
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/frankenstein/index.html
Introduction: Dream Anatomy The interior of our bodies is hidden to us. What happens beneath the skin is mysterious, fearful, amazing. In antiquity, the body's internal structure was the subject of speculation, fantasy, and some study, but there were few efforts to represent it in pictures. The invention of the printing press in the 15th century-and the cascade of print technologies that followed-helped to inspire a new spectacular science of anatomy, and new spectacular visions of the body. Anatomical imagery proliferated, detailed and informative but also whimsical, surreal, beautiful, and grotesque — a dream anatomy that reveals as much about the outer world as it does the inner self.
Anatomy | Bodies | English | Illustration | Image | Maryland | Medical research | Medicine | Muscle | Skeleton | Text | U.S. National Library of Medicine | United States | Anatomy & Physiology | Health & Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/dreamanatomy/index.html
The History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine has a rich collection of illustrated anatomical atlases dating from the 15th to the 20th century. The Historical Anatomies on the Web Project has been designed to broaden access to this collection by providing high-resolution downloadable scans of selected important images from the atlases. Atlases and images have been chosen for their historical and artistic significance by the project's content coordinator, Michael North. Important images may be omitted if the atlas is damaged or fragile, or if the work is bound in such a way as to impede high quality scanning. A priority has been placed upon scanning the earliest and/or the best edition of a work in Library's possession. The scans generally omit text.
Anatomy | Biology | Bodies | English | Illustration | Image | Maryland | Medical history | Medical research | U.S. National Library of Medicine | United States | Anatomy & Physiology | Biology & Life Sciences | Health & Medicine | Science & Technology
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/home.html
Visible Proofs- Forensic Views of the Body
Exhibition We, the living, instinctively recoil in the presence of death. Whether the deceased is a beloved, a friend, or a stranger, the shock of death's finality registers. When a life is unexpectedly extinguished, we need answers and seek the cause. Today, this need is addressed in police investigations, laboratories, courtrooms, and all of the venues in which scientific medicine interacts with the law—the field of forensics. Visible Proofs is about the history of forensic medicine. Over the centuries, physicians, surgeons, and other professionals have struggled to develop scientific methods that translate views of bodies and body parts into "visible proofs" that can persuade judges, juries, and the public.
Anatomy | English | Forensic medicine | Forensic science | Forensics | Image | Maryland | Medical history | Physiology | Text | U.S. National Library of Medicine | United States | Anatomy & Physiology | Criminology & Forensics | Health & Medicine | Social Sciences
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs/
The Horse- A Mirror of Man- Parallels in Early Human and Horse Medicine
History of Medicine Introduction The horse has been one of the most important animals throughout human history, and healing horses has had an important place in veterinary and medical literature. Theories about equine physiology and health often mirrored theories about humans, and the literature of both was inherently linked. Bloodletting, astrology, and ancient texts were used by both physicians and veterinarians to heal their patients, and many discoveries, including the circulation of the blood, developed in tandem. The Hippiatrica: Ancient Texts Medieval and Renaissance veterinary medicine looked to ancient veterinary texts for its inspiration, just as physicians for human healing did.
Anatomy | Embryology | English | Horses | Image | Maryland | Medicine | Physiology | Text | U.S. National Library of Medicine | United States | Veterinary medicine | Zoology | Anatomy & Physiology | Biology & Life Sciences | Veterinary Medicine | Zoology | Health & Medicine | Science & Technology
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/horse/
The Literature of Prescription
History of Medicine Charlotte Perkins Gilman writing at her desk, ca. 1916-1922 Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, author and physician, 1906 Charlotte's doctor, nerve specialist Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, had built an eminent medical career working with soldiers injured during the Civil War. He then focused on the treatment of women with nervous exhaustion, devising a "rest cure" in which the patient was not allowed to read, write, feed herself, or talk to others.
American literature | Anatomy | Charlotte Perkins Gilman | English | Health | Image | Maryland | Medicine | Neurasthenia | Text | U.S. National Library of Medicine | United States | Women's rights | Women's studies | Anatomy & Physiology | Political Science & Politics | Health & Medicine | Social Sciences
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CLOUDSEC will bring artificial intelligence alive on stage and debate mind versus machine with an array of industry male and female speakers from across the globe.
For those in the IT sector this event is not to be missed! With record attendance at last year's event, and this year shaping up to be even bigger and better, early registration is essential. We have an absorbing Agenda so to secure your seat, register now and join the debate.


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Категория: English » Crime/ Mystery (English)
Author: Dashiell Hammett
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The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett's classic tale of murder in Manhattan, became the popular movie series with William Powell and Myrna Loy, and both the movies and the novel continue to captivate new generations of fans.
Nick and Nora Charles, accompanied by their schnauzer, Asta, are lounging in their suite at the Normandie in New York City for the Christmas holiday, enjoying the prerogatives of wealth: meals delivered at any hour, theater openings, taxi rides at dawn, rubbing elbows with the gangster element in speakeasies. They should be annoyingly affected, but they charm. Mad about each other, sardonic, observant, kind to those in need, and cool in a fight, Nick and Nora are graceful together, and their home life provides a sanctuary from the rough world of gangsters, hoodlums, and police investigations into which Nick is immediately plunged.
A lawyer-friend asks Nick to help find a killer and reintroduces him to the family of Richard Wynant, a more-than-eccentric inventor who disappeared from society 10 years before. His former wife, the lush and manipulative Mimi, has remarried a European fortune hunter who turns out to be a vindictive former associate of her first husband and is bent on the ruin of Wynant's family fortune. Wynant's children, Dorothy and Gilbert, seem to have inherited the family aversion to straight talk. Dorothy, who has matured into a beautiful young woman, has a crush on Nick, and so, in a hero-worshipping way, does mama's boy Gilbert. Nick and Nora respond kindly to their neediness as Nick tries to make sense of misinformation, false identities, far-fetched alibis, and, at the center of the confusion, the mystery of The Thin Man, Richard Wynant. Is he mad? Is he a killer? Or is he really an eccentric inventor protecting his discovery from intellectual theft?
The dialogue is spare, the locales lively, and Nick, the narrator, shows us the players as they are, while giving away little of his own thoughts. No one is telling the whole truth, but Nick remains mostly patient as he doggedly tries to backtrack the lies. Hammett's New York is a cross between Damon Runyon and Scott Fitzgerald--more glamorous than real, but compelling when visited in the company of these two charmers. The lives of the rich and famous don't get any better than this!
Автор(ы): Dashiell Hammett
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How Much Do Tax Havens Cost the Rest of Us?
Nobody likes paying taxes. Most people, however, do not have much choice in the matter. Large companies are different. Without violating the letter of any laws, they can sharply reduce their bills by creatively structuring their international operations.
New research estimates that more than $600 billion in multinational corporate profits are shifted each year from high-tax countries such as China, France, Germany, Japan, and the U.S. into low-tax jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands, Ireland, and Singapore. This reduces Europe's corporate tax take by about 20% and U.S. corporate tax collections by roughly 15%.
The researchers—economists Thomas Tørsløv and Ludvig Wier of the University of Copenhagen and Gabriel Zucman of the University of California, Berkeley—started from a simple fact: While there are obviously significant variations across individual businesses and across countries, companies tend to give their workers about two-thirds of the value they create and split the other third among bondholders, shareholders, and the tax man. In the U.S., for example, employee compensation has consistently hovered around 70% of the net value added by the nonfinancial corporate sector since the end of World War II, with relatively little variation. Similar patterns can be found in other large, rich countries.
Things look different in tax havens.
In Ireland, for example, pretax corporate profits are 2½ times the size of total employee compensation—about 10 times the equivalent ratio in the U.S. This is not because Ireland is a repressive oligarchy where workers are systematically deprived for the benefit of rapacious capitalists. Rather, it is because foreign companies enjoy the country's accommodating tax laws, which produce an effective corporate tax rate of just 4% when properly combined with Caribbean and other European tax havens.
To exploit this regime, many businesses, especially large U.S. technology and pharmaceutical companies, use a variety of tricks to maximize the share of profits booked in Ireland, even though the sales were generated elsewhere. For example, multinational subsidiaries in Ireland spent about €120 billion ($139.3 billion) on royalty payments, licenses, and research and development in 2016. Most of those imports came from other tax havens and were more than offset by Ireland's massive exports of computer services and pharmaceuticals.
The difference between the profitability of locally-owned and foreign-owned businesses is large across all tax havens. The average foreign-controlled corporation operating in Ireland, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Singapore, and Switzerland generates about 12 times as much profit for each dollar spent on its employees as the average locally-owned business in those countries. Those outsize profits are the counterpart of what happens in the rest of the world. In countries where effective tax rates are relatively high, multinationals depress their reported earnings, which makes local companies appear significantly more profitable than foreign businesses.
One striking way to see this is to compare the ratio of profits earned to employee compensation paid at different subsidiaries of the same U.S. corporations. U.S.-controlled subsidiaries operating in tax havens are about eight times as profitable as subsidiaries active in the rest of the world, including the U.S. Moreover, the profitability of operations in the tax havens has consistently increased even as the ratio of earnings to employee compensation has held steady for the past 50 years.
In theory, the difference in profitability could come from the presence of valuable machines that make workers far more productive in tax havens than in other countries. Low corporate taxes might encourage capital investment and explain the abnormal ratio of profits to employee compensation. Yet according to Tørsløv and the other researchers, the value of tangible assets in tax havens is about the same, relative to employee pay, as in the rest of the world. The difference in reported profitability comes from the fact that the plant and equipment operated by U.S. multinationals in tax havens is ostensibly five times as productive as it is everywhere else. This is an artifact of profit shifting meant to avoid tax.
This is a good deal for the tax havens. Ultralow effective corporate tax rates bring in lots of money to the small countries that can convince U.S. and European multinationals to book profits in them. Their success, however, comes at a cost: "For each $1 paid in tax to a haven, close to $5 are avoided in high-tax countries," the researchers write. Those savings accrue to investors in multinationals at the expense of government budgets.
The recent U.S. corporate tax changes will affect some, but not many, of the incentives for these behaviors. Some of the tax act's provisions, such as the base-erosion and anti-abuse, or BEAT, tax, discourage the use of intracompany interest payments to shift profits from high-tax to low-tax jurisdictions. But U.S. companies will still want to report profits in Ireland and Luxembourg rather than in France or Germany, just as they will still want to book profits in Singapore rather than in China or Japan.
U.S. multinationals no longer have to pay tax on foreign profits to the Internal Revenue Service, but they will continue to owe taxes to other governments. While some of the specifics may change, the patterns in the global macro data identified by Tørsløv and the other researchers will likely persist.
More than $600 billion in corporate profits are shifted to tax havens each year.


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The leaders of the European Union's 28 member states are continuing negotiations in Brussels seeking to break the deadlock over who should fill the block's top jobs. Several central European countries and Italy are opposed to the Dutch socialist Frans Timmermans to head the European Commission. Gavin Lee is in Brussels. It's the third day of this special meeting with all 28 leaders to decide what's become almost impossible Rubik's Cube seventeen hours of negotiation so far, choosing these new top jobs, who ultimately the top job itself, who will be the next European Commission President, a salary basic of 306,000 euros. A team of thirty thousand people under you and it seems to believe this table along with the president of European Council, the president of European Parliament, the Foreign Affairs Chief and the Head of the European Central Bank. They're trying to balance politics, geography, the size of countries, the experience that countries have had within the EU and ultimately for three days they haven't got a solution.
There have been notes of discord too, at the first session of the new European Parliament in Strasbourg. A group of British MEPs from the new Brexit Party did not stand up for a live performance of the European anthem. On being admonished, they stood up and turned their backs. Adam Fleming has more details from Brussels. I don't think any action will be taken against them. I don't think it's a breach of protocol here in the European Parliament. All the rules I think the other MEPs might suspect it's a little bit of bad manners. As the Brexit Party themselves describe it is that it's cheerful defiance. They say they don't want to be here cause they wanted the UK to have left by now. But if they have to be here they're gonna play nicely but not too nicely.
Torrential rain in Indian's financial capital Mumbai has left at least eighteen people dead and caused massive disruption to the city's transport system. Officials say it's the heaviest deluge the city has experienced in more than a decade. Schools are closed and the authorities have declared a public holiday urging people to stay indoors.
The mother of a Ugandan man who died in police detention has won 6500 dollars in compensation, eleven years after lodging her complaint. Catherine Byaruhanga reports from Kampala. In 2007, Ronald Bikyahaga was at a video hall in a town just outside the capital when he was arrested by the police. He was then beaten, left with injuries and found dead the following morning. His mother Joyce Bikyahaga Namata filed a civil suit against the government the following year, but it could prove difficult for her to receive the money. An auditor general's report for the year ending 2018 showed the government owed nearly a hundred eighty million dollars in quarter wards.
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Today is an exciting day here at Strong-Fit-Beautiful … we are turning 2! I would have never imagined that, when I took my girl Helen's advice and started writing about what I love, it would have turned into something so incredible. I've been blessed that, as a result, I've had a lot of great opportunities – and been able to share a lot of great stories and advice – along the way. I've "met" some great people from around the world who are here for the same reason I am – because health and fitness are my passion, my love, the one thing that I can always get excited to talk about.
One thing that a lot of people don't know about me is that I'm not naturally as outgoing and enthusiastic as I am when fitness is involved. While there is no greater feeling than stepping in front of a class, and chatting with those who have, truly, become my friends week in and week out, I can be pretty shy. I have a hard time letting people in a lot of the time. Which is why I think that I love teaching – I have the opportunity to be someone else. To be the me I wish I was. To feel like, even if only for a short time, I'm not being criticized or judged. In a lot of ways, I get the same feeling when I'm sharing my posts and communicating with all of you – it's incredibly rewarding. Makes me feel as if I'm making a difference. Having an impact. And at the end of the day, that is the one thing I want out of my life – to know that I have made someone's life better.
When I first started Strong-Fit-Beautiful, I was in kind of a sad place. I'd recently had my heart broken – again – and I often found myself wondering if I had wasted many of my "good" years, too focused on the things that didn't mean as much to me, and not enough on the ones that really did. I felt like I'd done a lot of work, lived a lot of life, and maybe didn't have too much to show for it. But the truth is, I have realized that it's the lows that make the highs that much sweeter. And there really is something better just around the corner – and if there's one thing I've learned, it's that when we feel we've been given all we can handle, the prize for surviving is within our reach (I can honestly say that in the last six months, I've had a lot more highs than lows … and everything kind of all hit at once … and yes, I wasn't sure I could get any lower before that trend started a rapid climb upward). There have been many ups and downs since then, and though I don't make a practice of sharing too much personal stuff too often, I'm glad to say that while life isn't perfect right now, it is looking pretty good. I know that I have a lot of great people around me, supporting me, loving me and standing by me through those ups and downs. And I'm fortunate enough to do what I love part-time … even if it is only a few hours a week, teaching classes is truly the best food my soul could ever hunger for.
But enough of the sappy stuff, right? I've had a really great time writing Strong-Fit-Beautiful these last two years, and I've had some amazing opportunities come out of it. I've been fortunate to connect with some other incredible bloggers, both here in the U.S. and across the world. I've met a few of my readers here in the local area, and I've even enjoyed my five minutes of fame when one of my classes was featured on the morning local ABC news. I've had some great laughs from some of your comments (trust me, it makes me feel much more normal knowing that some of the same weird crap I see in my gym is not exclusive to my area … there are weirdos all over). More than anything, I've had FUN doing something I love (writing), and even more fun getting to discuss one of my favorite topics (fitness) on the regular.
So, to all of you who have helped Strong-Fit-Beautiful become what it is today … THANK YOU! You're the best. As long as you'll keep reading, I'll keep sharing. I know I haven't been as good as of late about keeping up as I have in the past, but life has been crazy, so I'm trying my best (as my mom says, it's tiring having a life, isn't it? It's something that's kind of new to me). Here's to another year of fun and fitness!
The Gym in January: People Watching Gold.
I love people watching. I always have. One of my favorite classes in college was an interpersonal communication class, in which the teacher sent us out one day with instructions to watch people – and then report back the next class (I'm pretty sure we were looking for something specific, but it's been like 12 years, so give me a break). The gym can be a great place to people watch – for numerous reasons. And it tends to be even better in January.
Tonight's post was inspired by the girl I witnessed doing something that looked like a cross between the Chicken Dance and jumping jacks. Now, I've taken a lot of classes (and taught a lot of classes) that required me to do some odd thing from time to time. But in the middle of the gym? Not usually. Which got me thinking about some of the top "what are they thinking?" moments I've encountered throughout the years.
Cirque du Soleil. Now that football and pool season is behind us, I'm not getting to the gym quite as early on Saturday mornings … but for a while there, I'd get a (people-watching) treat on my way out. There were three people who, for some unknown reason, would practice what I can only describe as Cirque du Soleil … in the middle of the cardio floor. Not in a studio, not even in a somewhat less-traveled space, but right in front of the escalators to the cardio floor. Weird.
Old Lady REALLY Likes Her Weights. This one dates all the way back to my Clemson old bookstore while the real gym is under renovation days. This woman enjoyed lifting weights. REALLY enjoyed lifting her weights (think Meg Ryan in "When Harry Met Sally"). It was uncomfortable to be around. I may still have nightmares.
Competition Prep. I get that fitness competitions require participants to strut around in a couple sequins and sky-high heels that would make a stripper blush. But do you really need to "practice" (strut around) the gym floor? At least go into a studio. And please… keep the lights dim. Because I can't decide if I want my body to look like yours or I want to give you my sweatshirt.
Overzealous exercisers. Yesterday morning, I saw a guy I actually feared would fly off of the elliptical he was working – at about 100 miles an hour. Here's the thing … the resistance is adjustable on those things. You're going to get more out of it if you slow it down and add some resistance.
Sweaty twins. For a while there, I thought there was only one of them … but they are in fact two. These girls spend at least an hour on the stepmill, going pretty quickly, and sweating EVERYWHERE. Never a towel in sight. Wearing long sleeves. Mind you, these girls are extremely thin. There is no reason they need to be working that hard or losing any extra water weight.
So … what have you seen around the gym? Is January your favorite people watching time, with all the Resolutioners running (or panting, or wandering confusedly) around the gym?
See the original here. Thanks to my mom for sending it my way!


894.61 km (555 miles) is the average travel distance between Araneta Center - Cubao Station and Ubay. If you could walk at the speed of 3mph (4.8kph), it would take 5 days 18 hours.
The distance from Araneta Center–Cubao LRT Station to Cubao MRT 1 km (0 miles).
The distance from MNL to CEB 607 km (377 miles).
The distance from Cebu to Ubay 88 km (55 miles).
The distance between Araneta Center - Cubao Station, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, Cubao, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines to Ubay, Bohol, Philippines is 894.61 km (555 miles) and it would cost 45 USD ~ 1,967 PHP to drive in a car that consumes about 11 MPG.


Make your summer one to cheer about!
If you've missed out on Wimbledon 2016 tickets in the ballot, or if your bank balance won't stretch to a box at the Ashes, worry not fellow sport enthusiast. All of this summer's sport can be seen at Jacoby's. Come and join us for a drink or a bite to eat and watch all of the summer sporting events, including the Euro 2016 Championships, Wimbledon and the Rio Olympics and make your summer one to cheer about!


After not being selected for World U23 Champs, I decided to make this race the last one of the season.
It took place in Alanya, Turkey, a country I have never been so it was very good to have another country marked on my map of where I have been. I have fairly collected new countries this season. I will do a blog rounding up this season in the next week or so but I will focus on this race just now.
I am currently sitting on a flight home very tired and sore but looking forward to a bit of rest before hitting winter training and working on improving for next season, at the same time glad that I finished my first season as a senior/ U23 on a high.
Yesterday I came 14th in a very good quality field, and had a lot of positives to take away from it as well.
The race result was created by having a very good swim. I had a bad reaction time off the start but a very good dive that allowed me to gain half a body length on my surrounding athletes and allowed me a clean swim TI 1st buoy. I was the first person to get to the buoy from the left hand side and was almost too far left so lost a few positions to get on the right side of it.
I ended up getting a kick to my goggles very like I did in European U23's only this time I was in a very relaxed state of mine and was able to reassure myself that I could get back to pontoon and get them fixed before I dived back in, an that's what I did.
I found the second lap of the swim very easy but knew I was comfortable in front pack and in a very good draft so was content in saving energy so that I was not red lining running to transition.
Transition went smoothly and got onto the bike in front pack, the pace was fast with a high caliber of athletes such as Vasiliev, Supunov, and Bryukankov jnr to name but a few.
The rest of the bike was hard, although the course was completely flat 90% of it was on brick style cobblestones and not Tarmac which required keeping the power down and taking a lot out of the legs. As well the bike pack was being dictated by the Russians as they made up half the pack, putting in large bursts to try and get away instead of us all working together.
I managed to stay in the pack by the end of the bike and on to the run safely. I felt incredible tired and flat on the run but pleased with my efforts so far but it was still far from over.
The run consisted of 4 laps. Lap one I felt flat, lap two I thought I was getting into it lap three was hell, and lap four I was able to pick it up a bit which allowed me to run my fastest 10km of a bike at 34.10. I know this is nothing special and not really representative of my flat out 10km time but that is all about adapting to this new distance. It takes time and thankfully it is going in the right direction.
Glad to see the finish line.
So all in all I was happy with my performance and achieved the targets I set out to, with the added bonus of picking up some points to give me the chance of starts next season and better start numbers in those races.
Thanks for reading and sorry it was rather long but it helped punch in some time on my flight home.


How outraged are you, I mean really?
I'm outraged. Outraged I tell ya! Outraged by the amount of mock outrage there is on social media. It's nothing short of, well, outrageous.
What ever happened to being a little annoyed? A tad miffed? Moderately irked?
I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure this level of mock outrage is a modern phenomenon. It wasn't always such. It wasn't always so easy.… read the full post.