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Justia Regulation Tracker Department Of Transportation Availability of Final Report on Regulatory Review Under Executive Order 13783, 60693 [2017-27654]
Availability of Final Report on Regulatory Review Under Executive Order 13783, 60693 [2017-27654]
Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 245 / Friday, December 22, 2017 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT determined to withdraw these five proposed rules. 24 CFR Parts 5, 50, 55, 58, 200, 579, 905, 943, 970, and 972 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HUD's Withdrawal of Proposed Rules 14 CFR Chapters I, II, and III 23 CFR Chapters I, II, and III [Docket No. FR–6071–N–01] 46 CFR Chapter II Withdrawal of Proposed Rules To Reduce Regulatory and Financial Burden 48 CFR Chapter 12 49 CFR Chapters I, II, III, V, and VI AGENCY: ACTION: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation. Notification of availability of final report on regulatory review. ACTION: The Department of Transportation (DOT) announces the availability of its report issued under Section 2 of Executive Order 13783, ''Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth.'' SUMMARY: December 22, 2017. The report is available on DOT's website at https:// www.transportation.gov/regulations/ dot-report-presidential-energy-initiative. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Finch Fulton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366–8186. Email: finch.fulton@ dot.gov. DOT announces the availability of its report issued under Section 2 of Executive Order 13783, ''Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth.'' The report contains recommendations to reduce regulatory burdens on the use or development of domestic energy resources. The report is available on DOT's website at https:// www.transportation.gov/regulations/ dot-report-presidential-energy-initiative. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Issued in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2017. Finch Fulton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy. BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:56 Dec 21, 2017 Jkt 244001 Withdrawal of proposed rules. As part of the efforts of HUD's Regulatory Reform Task Force, this document informs the public that HUD has determined not to pursue five proposed rules published in the Federal Register and, as a result, is withdrawing the rules from HUD's Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. HUD is taking this action consistent with Executive Order 13771 entitled ''Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs'', and Executive Order 13777, entitled, Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda'' which, among other things, require that the cost of planned regulations be prudently managed and controlled. DATES: The proposed rules listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION are withdrawn as of December 22, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ariel Pereira, Associate General Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 10282, Washington DC 20410; telephone number 202–402– 5138 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: AGENCY: [FR Doc. 2017–27654 Filed 12–21–17; 8:45 am] Office of the General Counsel, HUD. Availability of Final Report on Regulatory Review Under Executive Order 13783 DATES: 60693 Executive Orders 13771 and 13777 Executive Order 13771, entitled ''Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs,'' signed January 27, 2017 (82 FR 9339), requires that for every new regulation issued, at least two prior regulations be identified for removal, and that the cost of planned regulations be prudently managed and controlled through a budgeting process. Additionally, as required by Executive Order 13777, entitled ''Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda,'' signed February 24, 2017 (82 FR 12285), HUD established a Regulatory Task Force that is identifying agency regulations that should be repealed, replaced, or modified. Accordingly, as part of this review, the Regulatory Task Force has PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 HUD withdraws the following five proposed rules from its Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions: 1. Floodplain Management Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (81 FR 74967, October 28, 2016); 2. Demolition or Disposition of Public Housing Projects and Conversion of Public Housing to Tenant-Based Assistance (79 FR 62249, October 16, 2014); 3. Streamlining Requirements Applicable to Formation of Consortia of Public Housing Agencies (79 FR 40019, July 11, 2014); 4. Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Rural Housing Stability Program (78 FR 18725, March 27, 2013); and 5. Public Housing: Physical Needs Assessments (76 FR 43219, July 20, 2011). HUD's Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions is available on Reginfo.gov and can be accessed at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ eAgendaMain. Dated: December 15, 2017. Bethany A. Zorc, Acting General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2017–27615 Filed 12–21–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 33 CFR Part 155 [USCG–2017–0894] 2016 National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program (PREP) Guidelines Coast Guard, DHS. Notice of availability; request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: This notice announces proposed changes to the 2016 PREP Guidelines and solicits public comment to the proposed changes. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is publishing this notice on behalf of the Preparedness for Response Exercise Program Compliance, Coordination, and Consistency Committee (PREP 4C). The PREP 4C includes representatives from the USCG under the Department of Homeland SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\22DEP1.SGM 22DEP1
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Availability of Final Report on Regulatory Review Under Executive
Order 13783
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notification of availability of final report on regulatory
SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) announces the
availability of its report issued under Section 2 of Executive Order
13783, ``Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth.''
DATES: December 22, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The report is available on DOT's website at https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/dot-report-presidential-energy-initiative.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Finch Fulton, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Transportation Policy, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366-8186. Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOT announces the availability of its report
issued under Section 2 of Executive Order 13783, ``Promoting Energy
Independence and Economic Growth.'' The report contains recommendations
to reduce regulatory burdens on the use or development of domestic
energy resources. The report is available on DOT's website at https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/dot-report-presidential-energy-initiative.
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U.S. Postal Service celebrates Coast Guard's 225th birthday
August 10, 2015 | Local News
The U.S. Postal Service commemorated the U. S. Coast Guard's 225 years of service to the nation by creating a Forever Stamp to honor its role in protecting the security of the nation and advancing vital U.S. maritime interests.
The stamp shows two icons of the Coast Guard — the cutter Eagle, a three-masted sailing ship known as "America's Tall Ship," and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, one of the Coast Guard's rescue aircraft. Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City coordinated the photo opportunity with the Coast Guard Barque Eagle while underway in the Atlantic Ocean.
Fifteen million United States Coast Guard Forever stamps will be issued and are available at post offices.
Aviation artist William Phillips of Ashland, Ore., painted the image using oil and Masonite. Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Va., is the art director.
Aug. 4 marked the 225th anniversary of the United States Coast Guard. On Aug. 4, 1790, the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service was established as one of the five federal services that would eventually make up the Coast Guard.
One of those services, the U.S. Life-Saving Service, played an important role in the history of the Outer Banks. Its men and women saved thousands of survivors of shipwrecks in the dangerous water of the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
In 1915, the Life-Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service were combined to form today's U.S. Coast Guard, which continues saving lives of those in peril at sea along our coast.
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I did it! I completed my December Daily for 2013. I mostly used the Studio Calico December Daily Kit but I added a few of my old stash. I enjoyed putting together the album, but I still struggled capturing the day to day stories. My main challenge is finding interesting things to capture in my daily life. My days are pretty routine unless I have friends to meet after work, or on weekends when Ariel and I have dates. Anyway, I did it! Boring life and all. Some days are just blah. Others have more stories in it.
Anyway, I won't detail the stories here. I'll just share how I did the pages.
This is the cover. I used an old paper doily I have in my stash (I have a lot!) which I've colored with a red dye ink. The snowflake was from the kit's digital files and was cut using my Silhouette Cameo. The button in the center is from the kit. I stuck the whole thing on a 6×8 transparency.
This is the back of the cover page. Same type of doily, but now colored in gold. The snowflake is from my stash. The "peace" print is actually a rub on. Again, from an old stash. I rubbed it on a Studio Calico veneer wood label thingy which I bought ages ago.
Day 1. I used a Project Life journaling card on the top left. I embellished with washi tapes, and the #1 clip that came with the DD Kit. For the top right, I sewed little compartments to put the embellishments in.
Day 2. Nothing particularly interesting as far as techniques are concerned. For this page, I mostly journaled digitally and used the Print and Cut feature of my Cameo.
Day 3. This is a full page layout. I used one of my A2 vellum envelops both as a background and as a space to put my hidden journaling in. I sewed it onto the background paper that came with the DD Kit.
Day 4. I created a frame for my photo using my Silhouette Cameo. The word "Today" is my handwriting. Cool huh! I sewed vertical lines on the left part of the page and adhered stars at the end of the lines to mimic Christmas ornaments.
Day 5. This is a very simple page. I used digital elements here, save for the #5 which is a clip that came with the DD Kit.
Day 6. Love those wood veneer label thingies! I also printed one of the digital printables in the kit and used it on the top left card.
Day 7. One of my favorites in this album. I asked Ariel to create a wish list for Christmas. I machine stitched the gold Thickers on the journaling cards. I LOVE those Thickers! The word "joy" was cut using the Silhouette Cameo and was part of the digital elements of the kit.
Day 8. The #8 number is from an old Studio Calico wood veneer alpha set. I colored it with gold ink.
Day 9. The #9 is a sticker from an old Alpha set. I attached it to a punched scallop circle, which I attached to a wood veneer star. The star is from an old stash. I colored it using a gold ink.
Day 10. No special technique here. I just used some labels that I printed. Then I wrote some journaling on them.
Day 11. Just a bit of sewing on the upper right hand corner of the page to attach the #11. I had hidden journaling on the tag inserted behind the photo.
Day 12. I did a bit of sewing at the top of the page to adhere the ribbons, and the circle die cut that says "blessings". On the right side, the "joyful" frame was cut using my Silhouette. The words "kindred spirits" were stamped using a new set of wood mounted alpha stamps that I got from a bazaar.
Day 13. Upper right hand filler was cut by my Silhouette. So are the die cuts on the bottom half of the page.
Day 14. The word "believe" was cut in the Silhouette. The "Happiness" label on top was stamped using my brand new set from Simon Says Stamps.
Day 15. We celebrated my parents' anniversary at their church. The #15 was from an old glittered chipboard set. I cut a piece of transparency and sewed three sides on the patterned paper. I filled it with star glitters and sequins before sewing the last side. I used a similar technique on the right side of this spread, at the bottom left corner. For the journaling card on the top right pocket, I sewed a pompom on top of the glittery ribbon.
Day 16. Bottom right corner pocket is the back side of the previous day's pocket so the stars show through.
Day 17. No special techniques here. I just adhered some stickers and hand wrote my journaling.
Day 18. No special technique here either. The #18 is from an old stash of glittered chipboard.
Day 19. This is a simple page with just my journaling and the #19 label from the kit.
Day 20. The #20 label is from the alpha sticker set in the kit which I adhered on a circle label, layered on another label. The stars are part of the kit. I just attached some round dots at the center. A bit of stamping on the bottom half of the page.
Day 21. I used mainly the kit elements here with a sprinkling of some of my old supplies. No special techniques, just layering of chipboards and stickers.
Day 22. Another simple page here. Just handwritten journaling and some stickers and labels.
Day 23. For the left half, I sewed some ribbons on the journaling card. The "deck the halls" die cut was created using the Silhouette. Right page was mostly a layering of embellishments.
Day 24. I made two spreads for Day 24 just because I have more photos and stories to tell. For the first spread, I used wood veneers. The stockings is from a super old stash. I inked it with gold. The "Oh Oh Oh" veneer was painted silver then embossed using regular embossing powder.
Still Da 24, the "Ho Ho Ho" veneer is the back side of the Oh Oh Oh above. I inked it with gold. For the top left photo, I used a frame included in the kit. Top right pocket was filled with glittery embellishments, then I sewed the top part to keep the glitters in.
Day 25. For Christmas day, I used several spreads. For the first one, I used the #25 wood veneer included in the kit and painted it gold. For the right side of the spread, the Bible verse was cut in my Silhouette Cameo, then machine stitched on a patterned paper.
The second spread included photos taken the morning of December 25th. The left side of the spread is just a patterned paper which I embellished with a 3×4 card from the kit, some washi tapes and a button from the kit. The "Merry Christmas" was cut from my first ever Simon Says Stamps Die. I love it!
For the third spread, I used photos taken later in the day. The journaling card on the bottom left pocket was a patterned card stock. I adhered thin washi tape on it to serve as lines for the journaling. For the right spread, I used a vellum envelope as base for the photo. I stitched some "flags" which I hand cut from some cardstock in the kit. The wood veneer label was from an old stash, and I stamped "rejoice" on it.
This next spread is a simple page. I just layered some embellishments.
I did some stitching on this spread. I also included a small vellum envelop which was actually a packaging material for some embellishments int he kit. I filled it up with star glitters and used it to embellish the page.
I used the "December" veneer for the final page. I painted it red, then stamped a Christmas tree in black ink on it.
That's it! That's my 2013 December Daily album. I had so much fun creating it. It helped that the kit is really awesome and being part of the Studio Calico class kept me inspired to complete this album. Hope you enjoyed it!


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Serge Blenner (* 23. April 1955 in Mülhausen) ist ein in Deutschland lebender französischer Komponist im Genre der Instrumental- und elektronischen Musik.

Allgemeines
Serge Blenner wurde in Frankreich geboren und studierte Komposition und Harmonie am Konservatorium von Mülhausen, bevor er 1975 nach Deutschland ging.
Bald darauf begann er mit elektronischer Musik zu experimentieren und präsentierte 1978 seine ersten Arbeiten in München und Hamburg in einer Reihe von Live-Konzerten. Erste Aufnahmen wurden ab 1980 bei dem Hamburger Elektroniklabel "Sky" veröffentlicht.

Seit 1979 lebt er in Hamburg und arbeitet in seinem Studio "Esthématique". 1999 gründete er sein Label MdeC Editions und publiziert seither im eigenen Verlag.

Blenners Musikstil ist nicht eindeutig einer bestimmten Richtung zuzuordnen; sie weist Elemente von Ambient, Lounge, aber auch symphonischer Klassik auf. Oft wird sie dem Musikgenre "New Age" zugeordnet. Von manchen Musikkritikern wurde Blenners Musik als "philosophische Musik" bezeichnet.

Laufbahn
 1982: Die Arbeit an Computerklängen mit dem Prototyp PPG Music-Computer führte zu seiner Teilnahme an der "Ars Electronica", dem bekannten Festival für elektronische Musik in Linz/Österreich. Veröffentlichung des Albums Fracture Interne beim Label "Erdenklang".

 1983–1985: Vertiefung in der Sampling-Technologie. Einladung von Sat.1 TV für eine Live-Aufführung bei der Landung der SpaceLab D1 Mission.

 1986: Veröffentlichung des Albums La Dimension Prochaine. Lizenziert in den USA bei dem Label "LifeStyle".

 1987: Nach Les Architectes du Temps begann Serge Blenner mit orchestralen Samples zu arbeiten und demonstrierte das Spektrum seines Ideenreichtums. Großes Interesse aus Japan.

 1988–1990: Mit Equateur und Cosmos präsentierte er eine ambitionierte Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts, wie es damals die Fachpresse schrieb. Nummer 1 in Italiens "New Sounds Charts". Einladung von der TVE, Spanien.

 1991: Arbeit an einer Synthese von Computerklängen und französischen Chansons. Vertonung eigener Gedichte (poèmes). Veröffentlichung von Babylone, die Nummer 1 in Finnlands "Alternative Charts" wird.

 1992–1994: Symphonische Werke (Virtuelle Orchestration): Libération und Symbolique.

 1995–1996: Zwei neue Alben, Vision et Poésie und Amour, Arbeit an einer neuen Konzeption.

 1997–1999: Mit Ars Oratoria lieferte Blenner das wohl eigenwilligste Werk seiner Karriere als Komponist von "Electro-acoustic music".

 2000–2001: Aufnahme des 15. Album Virtualis.

 2002–2004: Mit Miroir de Soi zeigt Serge Blenner eine sehr persönliche wie eindringliche Facette seines Könnens. So spiegelt das Stück Le Miroir z. B. die ganze Schönheit des Meeres wider, dessen Tiefe und Beständigkeit ihn zu ozeanischen Klängen voller Anmut und Lebensfreude bewegten.

 2005–2008: Serge Blenner schickt in seinem neuesten Werk Musique de Chambreein komplettes virtuelles Kammerorchester auf die Bühne.

Diskografie

 La Vogue (1980)
 Magazin Frivole (1981)
 Fracture Interne (1982)
 Plaisir Ardent (1985)
 La Dimension Prochaine (1986)
 Les Architectes du Temps (1987)
 Equateur (1988)
 Musique Esthétique (Compilation, 1988)
 Cosmos (1990)
 Babylone (1991)
 Libération (1992)
 Symbolique (1993)
 Musique Esthétique Vol. 2 (Compilation, 1993)
 Vision et Poésie (1995)
 La Vogue et Magazin Frivole (Compilation, 1995)
 Amour (1997)
 Ars Oratoria (1999)
 Virtualis (2001)
 Miroir de Soi (2004)
 Musique de Chambre (2008)

Weblinks
 Website von Serge Blenner

Elektronische Lounge- und Ambient-Musik
Mann
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Franzose
Geboren 1955

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Date(s) - Saturday, April 1, 2023
The Rooted in Reverence Group welcomes you
Rooted in Reverence meets monthly on the first Saturday of each month from 9:30 to 11:00 am on Zoom.
This UUCLB Affinity Group draws upon Jewish, Christian, Pagan, Sufi and UU sources to deepen our UU Faith and practice. Group discussion explores contemporary and historical writing, music, and meditations.


Geographic coordinates are the approximate centre of the area covered by CW9 8TP, and are not necessarily those of any specific postal address within it.
CW9 8TP is a residential postcode in Kingsmead, Cheshire West and Chester. It was first introduced in March 2003.
The most common council tax bands are B and F. Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £147,483 to £531,437 with an average of £224,319. Housing types are typically terraced (including end of terrace). 54% of house sales since 1995 have been new builds.
In the 2011 census, there were 27 people resident in CW9 8TP, of which 13 were male and 14 were female. This includes overnight visitors as well as permanent residents.
CW9 8TP is in the Crewe travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust.
CW9 8TP has a Healthy Living Index of 7/10 (High).
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Gone are the days when cheap usually means that quality has been compromised resulting in lower monetary value. If you are looking for a car, you may just decide to go for cheap used car auctions instead.
There have been a lot of horror stories at these cheap used car auctions where flooded cars have been refurbished to mislead buyers. However, you need not have to worry about situations like these if you decide to patronize cheap used car auctions from reliable and trusted institutions.
For instance, you might like to decide on going for cheap used car auctions by the U.S. government and its agencies. From sources like these you can be sure that these previously owned vehicles from the government are very well maintained so that you can be sure that what you will be purchasing is truly a steal.
To be able to bid at these cheap used car auctions, you must first register for an auction about to happen nearest you. Do not worry, registration for these cheap used car auctions held by these government agencies are free. You can find out about the schedule and details of these auctions online.
After registering to bid, ask whether they have a scheduled inspection day so that you can check out the cars being auctioned off ahead of time. If there are no inspection day schedules, schedule one for yourself so that you can personally check out the cars so you can find some that you might be interested in.
Ask also for an auction booklet that will contain all the details of the cars that will be auctioned off. Here you will find the cars and details like their make, color, and mileage. This will help you estimate how much the market value of the car is, how much the starting bid is, and from here decide on your budget and target price.
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Dr. Terry Siller, Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon, Galveston County, TX (Texas City, League City, Galveston) / Services / Hip / Hip Hemiarthroplasty
Hip Hemiarthroplasty Surgeon in Texas City
Patients with hip fractures are treated with a surgical technique called hip hemiarthroplasty, wherein only one half (ball section) of the hip joint is substituted by a metal prosthesis. Terry A. Siller, M.D. provides expert diagnosis and individualized treatment plans for hip fractures including hemiarthroplasty in Texas City. Terry A. Siller, M.D. also provides highly specialized care during and after surgery. contact Terry A. Siller, M.D.'s team for an appointment today!
What is Hip Hemiarthroplasty?
Hip hemiarthroplasty is a surgical technique employed to treat hip fractures. In this procedure, only one half (ball section) of the hip joint is substituted by a metal prosthesis.
The hip joint is one of the body's largest weight-bearing joints and is the point where the thigh bone (femur) and the pelvis (acetabulum) unite. It is a ball and socket joint in which the head of the femur is the ball and the pelvic acetabulum forms the socket. The joint surface is covered by smooth articular cartilage that cushions and enables smooth movements of the joint.
The procedure is performed under general anesthesia. An incision is made along the outer aspect of the affected hip. Your surgeon gains access to the hip joint and the head of the femur is removed using surgical instruments and prepared to accept the prosthesis. The stem of the metal prosthesis is placed inside the femoral bone. The surgeon now connects the metal ball that forms the femoral head. The stem prosthesis can be press-fit in patients with a strong, healthy bone or cemented in cases of weak, osteoporotic bone. The method of implantation depends on the patient's age and condition of the bone. At the end of the procedure, the incisions are closed with sutures and a dressing is applied.
The post-procedural instructions to be followed hip hemiarthroplasty include:
You will be prescribed medications to reduce pain and inflammation
Crossing your legs should be avoided
Avoid lifting of heavy objects
Avoid bending and twisting your hip. Instead, use grabbers to pick things
Avoid standing for long hours
Use an elevated toilet seat
Avoid sitting on low chairs
Your surgeon may recommend physical therapy to strengthen the joint and the muscles and to help restore mobility to the hip joint.
Complications of hip hemiarthroplasty include infection, dislocation, deep vein thrombosis, loosening of the prosthesis, and failure to relieve pain. Discuss with your surgeon if you have concerns regarding hip hemiarthroplasty surgery.
If you would like to have additional information on the treatment of hip fractures or would like to learn more about hip hemiarthroplasty, please contact Terry A. Siller, M.D., serving the communities of Texas City.
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Both of the Kellogg Community College women's basketball games scheduled against conference rival Kalamazoo Valley Community College this season have been canceled.
The Bruins had been scheduled to play the Cougars at home in Battle Creek at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, and away in Kalamazoo at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. The games will not be rescheduled.
KCC's men's basketball games versus KVCC, scheduled on the same dates as the canceled women's games, will run as scheduled.
For a full schedule of KCC's 2017-18 men's and women's basketball games, visit www.kellogg.edu/athletics.


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A recent example: the claim that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – the self proclaimed leader of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq – was funded or trained by the CIA or Israel's Mossad, and that this was apparently revealed by Edward Snowden.
Stories claiming this hoax have gone viral all over the web (example 1, example 2, example 3). This is simply not true. In fact I asked the reporter Glenn Greenwald, who has had more contact with Snowden than most people – this question directly.
@sunny_hundal I've never heard him say any such thing, nor have I ever heard any credible source quoting him saying anything like that.
Furthermore, Edward Snowden's lawyer called this claim a hoax too.
So where did ISIS money and the guns come from?
"After initially funding its efforts with extortion, smuggling and private donations, it literally struck gold in June when it made off with $400m in cash and gold from the central bank in Mosul.
"Since then it has also captured oil fields and earns up to £3m a day by selling the resource on the black market.
But America is still to blame, right?
From there he joined al-Qaeda, and later split off into his own group which later became ISIS and Islamic State.
But what about all the pictures?
If you see any pictures, supposedly of al-Baghdadi meeting someone (like John McCain!), they're also fake. McCain met some Syrian opposition leaders but he didn't meet Baghdadi. These pics never reveal their source, time, date or location. Unless a pic does that, so it can be verified, its a fake.
So where did ISIS come from?
But ISIS split from Al-Qaeda and went its on way to establish a Caliphate. Its only over the last year they have made serious inroads towards their aims and have therefore become much more prominent.
Now, stop spreading conspiracy theories please.
Update: A longer debunking of this hoax is here.
A court judgement out this week sheds light on a very under-reported and rarely-discussed problem within South Asian communities in the UK.
In 2007 I reported for BBC Asian Network on women who come to the UK as brides from South Asia, and the potential problems they face. Since many don't speak English (and are sometimes discouraged from learning it!) – they are more vulnerable to being abused, exploited, beaten or abandoned. One way to help, I argued, was to make it compulsory for them to learn English, so they could more easier seek help when needed and play an active role in British society.
Here are the facts of the case, as laid out in the court judgement. What's extraordinary about this case is that a British law-firm (Dawson Cornwell) fought on behalf of this woman and won a judgement against the man. I hope it sets a precedent and serves as a warning to other men thinking of abandoning their wives.
A very young wife was lawfully brought to the United Kingdom, where she was dependent upon her husband and his family, and where she gave birth to a child who has major disabilities. Her husband made little effort to secure for her the immigration status to which she was entitled and when the marriage got into difficulties, she was then sent out of the country with no right to re-enter. The result is that she and her child have been separated for the past three years, a situation that is a wholesale breach of their right to respect for their family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The child, S, was born in 2005 and is nearly 9 years old. He has very severe learning and communication disabilities. His parents are both of Pakistani origin. The father was born in England while the mother came here in June 2002 after an arranged marriage that was celebrated in Pakistan in 2000 when she was around 15 years old.
In December 2012, the father pronounced a talaq. In August 2013, the mother remarried in Pakistan. She says that this marriage was a marriage of convenience. Her father was planning to arrange for her remarriage to a person of his choice and she went through a ceremony of marriage with someone else to prevent this. Her evidence is that she has never lived with this "husband" and has no intention of doing so in future or of bringing him to the United Kingdom.
The mother described several occasions on which the father and his mother would slap and kick her and pull her hair. These did not cause major injury and she did not seek medical treatment or, in general, complain to the authorities. However, on 7 February 2011, she did make a police report and went overnight to a refuge. She explains this as being because the father struck S on that occasion. The father denies any violence whatever.
The father's failure to secure the mother's immigration status was a gross dereliction of his responsibility towards her and towards S. In his evidence, he claims that he was unaware of her precarious position, having left matters of that kind to his own father. He says that when she left the country in July 2011 he did not know what the position was. I found the father's evidence incredible and I reject it. He knew perfectly well that if the mother left, she could not return. The reason why the father and his family were so careless of the mother's position was because it suited them.
Having considered all the evidence on this issue, the judge found that the mother was tricked into going to Pakistan. He also made it easier for her to travel back to the UK and see her son, and forced the father to give her some visitation rights.
Well done on the judge on handling this so well.
Where one party to a failing marriage has secure immigration status and the other does not, the opportunity arises for the former to exploit the latter's weakness by taking advantage of immigration controls. This case is a bad, but by no means unique, example of what has come to be known as the stranded spouse.
The other day, in a discussion among friends on Israel's attack on Gaza (I generally avoid them, even on Twitter), one said Hamas started the latest round of shelling by bombarding Israeli towns and inviting a response.
I have no way of verifying this, so I shrugged. Its irrelevant who started it.
On social media I've seen Israelis blame Hamas and say they're merely defending themselves, so they're justified in attacking Gaza. Israelis ask "what would you do if someone attacked you with rockets?". Its a really counter-productive question to ask, and it misses the wood for the trees.
Palestinians are a desperate people who live in an open-air prison camp controlled by Israel. Their lives are lived in squalor and poverty. This is beyond dispute; even Israelis know it. Israel blocks drinking water and proper sanitation even when its not attacking Gaza. It keeps building illegal settlements when there isn't a war going on.
Palestinians aren't stupid – they can see Israel wants to slowly annex their land until its too late for independence. In fact, its PM Benjamin Netanyahu stated quite explicitly in a (very under-reported) speech just last week that Palestinian weren't going to get independence.
That makes it even more likely that Hamas will provoke Israel into an angry response. They see it as the only real option available to them.
Every time Israel responds it is goaded into spending money, becoming more extreme, killing more Palestinians children and becoming more isolated from international opinion.
Sooner or later something has to give. The Palestinians have little to lose by carrying on by goading Israel. They already live their lives in squalor and under occupation.
Israel on the other hand has over-stepped the mark already to the point it has alienated most of European public opinion. A few more missteps, coupled with the rise of social media, and American opinion could rapidly turn against them too.
Once that happens Israel really will face an existential crisis.
The question for Israelis shouldn't be "what would you do?", but "how do we break out of this cycle?". But they're not asking that. Benjamin Netanyahu has stoked up his country enough that the majority want immediate respite and instant revenge. They've lost sight of the broader picture.
Israel may be winning the battle on the strength of its military now, but Hamas is winning the longer strategic war.
A few observations on the ongoing crisis in Iraq and Syria.
Ed Miliband's fairly gentle questioning of Cameron yesterday in PMQs illustrated the obvious: there is consensus among the three main parties that there will be no military intervention in Iraq again. The same goes for President Obama, who has been proceeding far more carefully than he is given credit by the left and right. In one sense Syria has sealed the fate of military intervention: when a humanitarian and strategic disaster on that scale cannot elicit a US-UK response, its highly unlikely Iraq will. For better or for worse, we have given up major on military interventions in other countries. The American and British public are firmly against them, despite what commentators in the press say.
Less than a quarter of American oil imports are from the Middle East. The US isn't just a net energy exporter now, some say it may become the world's largest producer of oil by next year. Meanwhile, a majority of oil exports from the Middle East now go to Asia, and China is particularly exposed. If oil prices shoot up because of ISIS, I suspect China will throw money towards Iran to send more troops into Iraq and wipe them out. The geo-political plates have shifted significantly over the last ten years.
The US supported dictatorships across the Middle East because they provided stability. I suspect we are about to see commentators on the left and right, who earlier wanted to see democracy across the Middle East, going back to supporting dictatorships for the same reason. To take one example, Mehdi Hasan would like the US government to prop up Bashar al-Assad in Syria. I've debated other lefties too who would prefer to see Assad propped up in Syria. The same may soon apply to Iraq, and will be an argument against popular uprisings in Bahrain, Yemen and elsewhere.
The strength of ISIS has strengthened the hand of Iraqi Kurds who, in the face of a disintegrating national Iraqi government, may demand an independent Kurdistan. This is on balance a good thing because the Kurds are a persecuted minority and don't have a homeland. But it may also increase sectarian tensions and there will be questions of how an independent Kurdistan would protect itself.
In my view there is little doubt the invasion of Iraq in 2003 lit the tinderbox across Iraq, but the conflict has taken a life of its own because its driven by deep-rooted sectarian differences. There is no appetite for military intervention in the foreseeable future, among politicians or the public, unless we are under provable, imminent threat. Whether that means we see a more peaceful world, or one where other countries (Russia, China) try and take advantage, remains to be seen.


McDonald's chief digital officer, Atif Rafiq, reveals how the embattled fast-food chain might revamp its restaurants by 2020.
Soon, you could walk into a McDonald's, sit down, maybe play a video game for a few minutes, then have your food brought to you.
At least that's the vision of Atif Rafiq, the first chief digital officer at McDonald's, for how the company's stores could evolve by 2020. We caught up with Rafiq at South by Southwest–which McDonald's has attended for the first time amid a two-year streak of disappointing sales–and he described how the company plans to leverage kiosks, smartphones, and wearable to change the way people order and eat at McDonald's restaurants around the world. In the U.S., all experiences would work through an app in development that knows your identity and tracks your order history.
An app knows your identity and tracks your order history.
"We see the experience being made so much better through technology," Rafiq says. "It's an environment where it's really built around you as opposed to operations of a restaurant.
What does he mean? Today, when you go to a McDonald's, you probably walk to the counter, order, wait by the counter for a while for it to be prepared, and then grab a tray or bag with your food. In some cases, McDonald's has set up quick-order kiosks if you'd like to avoid the counter.
At the McDonald's of tomorrow, restaurants will have a standardized set of hardware and software that the company has been developing through its global digital team. That hardware would include kiosks similar or identical to those already on the market. You could walk up, tap your phone to it, and sync your account via an app. From there, the screen would not just show a stock menu, but provide your order history, and offer Amazon-like recommendations.
This latter scenario is what Rafiq calls the "perfect union of humanity and technology," because he doesn't allow digital automation to overrule the friendliness of hospitality. "I think it'd be the wrong way to go about it, to take that human out of the loop," he says.
It's worth noting that the automated, simply walk-in-the-door-and-be-fed ordering experience that Rafiq described is almost identical to that of a Disney MagicBand, which allow diners to walk into the Disney World Be Our Guest restaurant, sit at their table, and just have food delivered. Rafiq doesn't find it necessary for a customer to have a highly specialized MagicBand, or even an Apple Watch to make that magic possible. He's happy to snag relevant information from the phone in your pocket–which prompts the question, what could wearable technology bring to the McDonald's experience that a phone could not?
The wrong way to go about it would be to take humans out of the loop.
If that response sounds blasé, it's only because Rafiq doesn't imagine the diverse McDonald's clientele–what he likens to a website with half a billion unique visitors as year–as offering customers one mandatory digital experience, but accommodating any number of customers wielding different technologies that walk into their door.


The Hon. T.A. FRANKS(15:18:51): Supplementary: does the minister agree with the words of Richard Denniss of The Australia Institute that, rather than a lifeline for Arrium Steel, this offer from Adani is a cruel hoax? Indeed, describing a one-off order of 56,000 tonnes of railway line as a 'lifeline' for Arrium Steel, when it has a capacity of some 2.5 million tonnes of steel per year, is less than 1 per cent of the capacity of the steelworks, and rather than a lifeline is it indeed a piece of dental floss?
The Hon. K.J. MAHER(Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy)(15:19:22): I'm not going to get into the merits of projects that have nothing to do with South Australia, but if there is an opportunity to supply steel for any project that occurs anywhere in Australia, I think that's a good thing.


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George Culmer
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the board of Aviva plc on 25 September 2019.
George is an experienced finance executive with significant insurance experience, having worked at Lloyds, Prudential, Zurich and RSA for a total of 28 years.
George was previously Chief Financial Officer of Lloyds Banking Group plc, and joined their board on 16 May 2012. Between 2004 and 2012, George was a director and Chief Financial Officer of RSA Insurance Group plc.
His previous roles included Head of Capital Management of Zurich Financial Services and Chief Financial Officer of its UK operations. Prior to that, George held various senior management positions at Prudential including Group Financial Controller and was a member of the UK management board. George began his career at Coopers & Lybrand in London and New Zealand and read History at the University of Cambridge.
George is currently a Non-Executive Director of Rolls Royce Holdings plc.
Professional qualifications and memberships
George is a Chartered Accountant, and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.
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Need to stay connected when abroad without having to worry about expensive roaming fees from your mobile phone provider?
Traveling to a few countries and feeling overwhelmed with all the local SIM options and local plans?
Fortunately, tackling this problem is more possible than ever these days. Keepgo is just one of the newest of the bunch to offer an "International SIM" option for travelers.
The idea with an international SIM is having one SIM card with data access around the world, with one rate and no worries about extra fees or overage charges.
KeepGo offers a pair of options for their globetrotting customers. The first is a data SIM card for unlocked phones, and the second is a mobile WiFi hotspot. Both offer coverage in 64 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia and data credit that doesn't expire for a full year. They'll also ship the SIM card or hotspot to more than 30 countries around the world for free.
We decided to try out both of their options (data SIM for an unlocked phone, and a mobile hotspot) in different parts of the world and put them to the test.
The answer was "me" – and anyone else planning to country-hop through several places for a few days or a week at a time. So, how did it do?
The first thing to know is that this is a "data-only" SIM card. The second is you'll need to have an unlocked phone to use it. Since it's data only, it won't give you a number if you want to make calls to a local friend, but works fine if you want to call home on Skype.
And for that, it worked exactly as advertised. Over a month of testing, I used it in two different Android phones (Asus Zenfone 2 and Samsung Galaxy S4) and in three countries (France, Italy and Croatia). The data connection was problem-free in all situations, including tethering to my laptop.
The SIM card was delivered to my hotel in France on schedule, waiting for me when I arrived. The package contained a small users guide and a credit card-sized SIM card holder. In addition to the nano-SIM, there were a number of adapters and empty slots to use in phones needing a micro or standard SIM.
Installation was simple, however did require digging into the phone settings to create an Access Point Name (APN). Essentially, you need to create a bridge from your phone to KeepGo that connects via whatever cell network you're able to access.
The creation of the APN is simple and KeepGo provides detailed instructions in the aforementioned Users Guide.
The very slick KeepGo SIM card case has spots for Micro, Nano, and standard SIM cards.
KeepGo also provides an app (Android/ iOS), which I downloaded but never used for much of anything. The app has a few functions, but much of it is just a digital version of the Users Guide. If you burn through a lot of data, the app allows you to easily recharge your account online.
One of the oddities of the app is that you have to manually input the SIM card ID number to check or refill your balance, yet another app function tells you the SIM ID. For some reason, those two functions aren't connected, which could save you the trouble of typing in the ID. It wasn't a huge issue, just strange.
One other nice feature is that text messages were sent to my phone as I burned through the data (at 75% and 90% used). That was helpful in ensuring I didn't run out at an inopportune moment.
While cheaper local SIM cards can be had, dealing with potential roaming issues when heading through multiple countries wasn't a problem with the KeepGo.
Instead of country hopping like Joel, I was heading down to a conference in the USA for a couple of weeks. KeepGo shipped the hotspot to me in Canada well before I departed on my journey south, so I unpacked it, charged it up, and tossed it in my carry-on.
The KeepGo hotspot itself is a small unit about the size of a mobile phone. When powered on, it allows you to connect to it like an WiFi hotspot in your home, office or coffee shop. The difference with this is that you can take it with you wherever you go.
For this trip, I wanted to be able to receive calls and text messages on my phone with my Canadian phone number, but didn't want to deal with outrageous data roaming fees from my provider ($80 for 500MB). So I turned off mobile data on my phone, and instead connected to the KeepGo mobile WiFi hotspot for data instead.
It's also worth mentioning that if you don't have an unlocked phone, then the mobile hotspot is the best option for you. The SIM option above will only work with an unlocked phone.
There's not a lot to the little white hotspot itself. There's a power button, a few lights for information, a charging plug (micro USB), and a little sticker showing the hotspot SSID and password you'll need to plug into your devices to connect.
I would get between 3-6 hours of power when using the hotspot, with the shorter amount in areas with less coverage, and it charged back up in 1-2 hours.
The charging cable, as well as plugs for North America and Europe were included in the package. You could use any micro USB cable and charger, though, so there's no need to carry too many adapters. See what I did there?
Data speeds were often super fast (LTE)… at least in the main cities that is. In the USA, KeepGo uses T-Mobile (see a list of all of their partners worldwide.) This meant coverage could become pretty limited when you leave the more densely populated areas.
After leaving Portland, Oregon and heading east, my speeds dropped down to Edge, then GPRS. When driving through South Dakota and Wyoming, coverage was nil and I was left with offline Google Maps. It's worth considering where you might be traveling in the USA when looking at the KeepGo.
The KeepGo Hotspot is a great option if you're traveling as a group, have more than a couple of devices yourself, or don't have an unlocked phone. It does mean that you'll have another device to carry, and another gadget to keep charged up though.
Is the KeepGo Convenience Worth the Extra Cost?
While it's true that you can buy a much cheaper local SIM card in most places, for some people, it's just not an efficient use of the time or resources. This is especially true if you're only visiting a country for a short time.
The price tag of $59 for 1 Gb of data ($45 for additional GB) is about half of what you might pay for an international roaming package in the USA. The data is valid for an entire year, which is a nice benefit if you take frequent short trips and you don't use a lot of data. For some comparison, in the USA, a SIM card from T-Mobile USA and 1GB data for a week runs ~$15.
If you don't have an unlocked phone and local SIM cards aren't an option at all, the KeepGo hotspot could really save you a lot of money on those roaming fees above. There is a cost to the convenience, but KeepGo is a decent option in the international SIM card scene for sure.
Click here to save 15% off your KeepGo purchase. KeepGo is also offering a discount on their data rates at the moment, so check out the current deals.
Note: we compared several other international SIM and hotspot options here.
Despite a huge amount of effort and support I (and 3 referred friends) have not had the success we hoped for with knowroaming outside the USA.
Any luck with their customer support Chris?
Thanks for the discount link! Fingers crossed this works well for our France/Italy trip.
the keepgo hotspot I ordered only works when it's near my neighbors Internet. Anywhere else it will not work at all we are in remote Thailand and that's why I purchased a keepgo. So it's pretty much useless.
At least it's not heavy.
Sorry you haven't had a great experience Mary.
Like all international SIM card options (and SIM cards for internet in general), they rely on mobile towers to access internet (just like a mobile phone). So being in rural areas anywhere in the world you're likely to struggle. Just like I did on the road trip in the USA.
Hi Dustin. Thinking of buying Keepgo SIM for trip to Buenos Aires, Arg. Rio de Janeiro Braz. Will also be cruising up the Amazon to Manaus . Will Keepgo SIM work while on cruise ship? Your site is very informative.
KeepGo offers coverage in Brazil and Argentina, but like most other international SIM cards, it relies on local cell companies for service. If there's coverage along the Amazon with a major Brazilian cell company, you'll likely get it with KeepGo as well, and you'll almost certainly have it in Manaus. If you need more certainly than that, it'd be worth dropping KeepGo a line and seeing what they have to say.
Used and keep using this service for about an year in South America. Bought the 3G package, which comes to about 0.03$/M – the cheapest I could find. Works very well, just note that in order to function there needs to be 3G network, which is not always the case. In remote areas often there was usable network, but not 3G. So for emergency calls it's still better having a regular plan in addition to the data only KeepGo. I had a KnowRoaming card in my second (old) phone for that purpose, until I lost it. Also worth noting is the importance of carefully going through the phone's settings to make sure only certain apps have access to the data – not all are so obvious.
My experience with keepgo mobile hotspot was not ideal. We traveled from US to UK and then into the middle region of the UK. Coverage was non existent. After some trouble shooting and "refreshing the line" still no internet connection. I sent mine back. I had also purchased additional GB which keepgo will not refund.


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Prompt me please what I'm doing wrong or how I can get around this problem. Thanks in advance.

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ACM's 2020 Points of Focus
Taken from December 2019 Newsletter:
2019 review:
2019 was a record year for global markets. After narrowly avoiding bear market territory in the S&P, global markets staged a dramatic rebound in the beginning of the year shrugging off any concerns that had led to the market sell off and propelling indices to record highs. Markets were compelled upwards by continuing positive corporate earnings and economic growth brought by worldwide government stimulus and intervention. Our cautious stance, although qualitatively merited by geopolitical volatility, did not estimate the fervor of investors in the face of a continuing bull market run.
2020 Predictions:
We foresee increased potential for volatility in 2020. Underlying risk has continued to rise in lock step with the spectacular returns of 2019 without being priced in by market valuations. Markets ignored increasing global protests, unicorn flops and economic growth that was heavily premised on government intervention. We see these trends continuing into the new year; although we are not predicting an outright recession, we do not find the market as it stands particularly attractive. There are many potential avenues for the market to be derailed. The higher valuations, the worst the final outcome.
Geopolitical risk:
In the past year we have seen contentions grow with the current US administration and its pursuit of a trade war with China, the swings in the UK in connection with Brexit, as well as the rise of global protests shaking otherwise stable economic centers such as Hong Kong, Chile and India to their core. Markets have remained positive in the face of lowered GDP forecasts, reduction in corporate margins and even outright recession. We see difficulty sustaining this trend through 2020, as the current US administration vies to remain in power in the face of an election, developed nations grapple between inflation and ongoing stimulus and others such as Hong Kong continue to deal with the unrest of the masses.
In the last decade investors have pointed to emerging markets as engines for global growth. Money has in-flown into these countries premised purely on the potential for economic growth and the promise of the next China. This has ignored the cultural nuances, political disputes and other frictional damages within these nation that pose risk to these growth projections. For example, India has recently dealt with demonetization, tax reform, and highly controversial anti-Muslim initiatives leading to growing unrest within the country. Yet investors ignore this and continue to pour capital into the nation. Markets are ultimately tied to the underlying economies. This disconnect is unsustainable just as we saw with Argentina in 2019's surprise election results.
Corporate Actions:
The last few years have set the stage for some of the largest mega mergers that we have seen in history. As we reach what we perceive is the top of the business cycle, we predict that we will see corporations accelerate this trend and promote growth through acquisition. This will continue in hotbed sectors such as IT and Healthcare but we see particular focus in IT security, Alzheimer drug development and allogenic gene therapies.
Is This How It Ends? Corona Virus Edition
After updating friends and family (and investors too) regarding performance and views regarding the Corona Virus at the end of February, we have been fielding a consistent stream of emails and phone calls regarding market volatility. We thought it would be prudent to put our thoughts down on metaphorical paper and return to publishing on our website during these very unique times.
The ferocity with which we saw the end to the longest bull market in recent history has many investors on edge believing that we may be facing a recession on the scale of 2008; at least that is what they have been led to believe by the recent swath of aggressive surprise rate cuts. The fact is that a decade of prosperity and relatively easy lifts on the investment front have softened many memories. The better way to examine the virus in a historical context is the combination of the turn of the century tech bubble bursting followed by the fallout from 9/11, but in reverse order. We have a specific event causing people to be concerned of their safety and the potential for escalating fallout which has drawn attention to some of the glaringly obvious disconnects between markets' dangerously precipitous valuations and real economics.
The potential for recession is not one truly brought on by lack of demand, but the barriers brought on temporarily by COVID-19. The rational question to ask is if the virus were gone tomorrow, how would markets react? As I write this, the world has ground to a halt. Chinese manufacturing has dropped by double digit percentages, major US cities have shut down and global airlines are whispering the forbidden word of bankruptcy. Russia and Saudi Arabia have decided to play a game of chicken that neither can reasonably win. In fact, it has shifted their own fortunes to consumer countries such as the USA and China who will hoard and stockpile oil in their own reserves and has put on display how weak Russia and Saudi Arabia's own hands are implying that both countries are already in the midst of recession. The Federal Reserve, the last backstop to any economic contraction has brought a bazooka to a baseball game, wasting precious ammunition on a hair trigger that never should have been pulled. Instead of reassuring markets, it has been misconstrued as a lack of confidence by the Fed regarding the economy causing investors to interpret it as signs of the worst potential scenario rather than a pre-emptive strike. If a vaccine or new infections evaporated miraculously by tomorrow, we would probably have a sharp V like recovery. But with a loss of confidence and dwindling flow of capital through the economic machine, as time goes by economic impact will grow lock in step as businesses shut down in the face of dwindling revenue, unemployment growth and future demand for goods and services declining and cycling through as the world tightens its belt. This grim reality relies solely on the actual viral fallout, and more specifically the fear surrounding the viral fallout.
COVID-19 has proven virulent and highly contagious. But let's examine the facts. The virus maintains a higher mortality rate than the flu, but much lower then historical epidemics (H1N1, SARS, etc) with a susceptibility weighted towards geriatrics with compromised immune systems or pre-existing conditions. It has similar properties to the common cold and the flu in terms of infection rates but seasonality as well hypothesized by documented temperature sensitivities. This has led to some experts believing that we would see a reduction in viral progression as we enter spring/summer months, but that like the flu, we would see annual occurrences. We would suggest that the best way to examine the viral life cycle is to observe its progress in China and other Asian countries as they have reached a certain level of containment. Similar levels of containment may take an extended period of time in the western world, but with growing efforts to quarantine and limit the spread, we should see eventual progress.
The true test of weathering this market is to be able to separate market fear and economic reality. Market fear will be our guide in the short term; it will dictate markets and cause ongoing volatility as we have seen with double digit swings in major market indices as of late. As we examine these swings, we need to frame them in the context of economic reality. Do these moves make rational sense? Do they represent a true change in economic activity, or are they more representative of market mentality and investor confidence? As we examine market movements under this lens, we can position tactically to not only preserve capital and lessen the volatility of our overall portfolios in the short run, but to profit from the reactionary investing of others. As we observe longer term impact and market stabilization, we will find opportunities to invest in themes, sectors and companies at valuations that appear only once a cycle. The key is to be rational and nimble in the immediate.
As my wise and brilliant mother always likes to remind me, "This too shall pass". Markets will eventually shrug off much of the overhang that the virus has caused. Confidence will return to markets, companies will recover lost revenue and the economic machine will start up once again. I cannot guarantee that we will emerge unscathed; we have spent the last several years urging investors to recognize how the underlying risks in the market were not being appropriately priced into asset valuations. Geopolitical tensions, isolationism, cash burning unicorns and persistently low interest rates have been constant red flags as we position our investments. As investors take stock of their current portfolios, I strongly endorse more prudent examination of investments. There are many companies who do not have the balance sheet let alone the business model to re-emerge from this routing of the market and global economy.
Even as we deal with the current volatility at hand, we have become more concerned about the eventual next roadbump we face with interest rates back at their lows. With persistent low interest rates, the tendency is for investors to deploy even more capital into markets. But as that capital floods back into traditional assets and drives valuations back up, this capital will begin to trickle back down to riskier asset classes as we saw with the deployment into emerging markets (I'm looking at you Argentina), cryptocurrencies, and cannabis in recent years. We will again face an overvalued and overheated market that could again topple for a number of black swan like events that are financial in nature rather than pandemic. Monetary policy will be unable to stimulate during these periods as we have spent the bullets prematurely and ineffectually in the wrong scenario yielding a very Japan style economy in its aftermath.
ACM Outlook 2019
In our 2018 Point of Focus, we highlighted several key factors that caused us to stress caution for 2018. The continued rise in asset class valuations while disconnecting the underlying risk caused by geopolitical tension had the predicted outcome as markets fell in the last quarter. Too much liquidity was flowing to a limited set of asset classes in an effort to diversify risk away and replace low yielding government securities.
2019 will be a transitional year. Underlying fundamentals will continue to drive global growth, albeit at a slower pace, with valuations reflecting this adjustment in reality. We do not predict a recession, but a return to sanity as growth comes at a cost as we depart from the historic decade of nil level interest rates. Markets will become increasingly volatile in the mid term as it adjusts to the new equilibriums. There are several points we want to draw attention to in the coming year that will contribute to market movement:
Geopolitics:
Geopolitics will be at the forefront this year. Despite a modicum of volatility in recent, markets have largely shrugged off the growing bouts of political tension arising across the globe. The longer term implications of populist policies are beginning to take hold to a level that investors can no longer turn a blind eye to. In 2019, elections in Europe, India, Argentina coupled with policy movements in China and the developing markets will cause greater uncertainty towards the international order of trade that has dominated global norms in past decades. The current destabilization of the US and UK political systems will continue to contribute to volatility moving forward this year.
Equity valuations remain a concern even after the most recent retracement as they are still trading at the high end of historical ranges. Risk premiums for debt are still low, and property prices globally are still unaffordable for the average person. These factors point to the beginning of a potential devaluation cycle.
China's economy is wading through a trade war slowdown as well as a government sponsored deleveraging. We remain cautiously optimistic that the Chinese government will be able to keep tight controls and navigate these perils; however there will be winners and losers. Fortunately, they have been consistent in telegraphing which industries will come under pressure and which industries they will support.
Emerging markets suffered the most in 2018 as investors fled to safety in developed markets, depressing valuations to historic lows. As volatility continues, there will be opportunities to invest in the next set of global growth engines at bargain prices. But focus will have to be sighted on a combination of true fundamentals and a calculation of underlying political and economic risks.
ACM Market View, 7-2-2018
With the first day of the second half 2018 off to a rocky start we wanted to highlight a few key areas that we think investors should focus:
Tariffs: Although this has been the highlight of markets as of late, our focus is to look to who ultimately benefits and who ultimately suffers in the worst case scenario. Many investors have flocked back into risk assets regardless of the rising geopolitical tensions stemming from the tariffs. From an economic standpoint, the US with its history of strength may appear to have the advantage here, but they have isolated themselves while other countries such as China have cultivated trade partners in the last two years. On the surface, the US might seem to be propelling growth via fiscal stimulus, but tariffs threaten the real growth drivers of the most recent economic boom (tech, pharma/biotech, etc) as well as the purported beneficiaries of tariffs (automakers, basic commodities, consumer staples) with margin compression as trade partners retaliate with tariffs in kind. This has the potential of unseating the market at at time when the Fed has already begun the process of raising rates.
Argentina: With the elimination from the World Cup, it is back to reality for Argentina. With the IMF loan in place, the real work is in now at the forefront. Much of the meteoric rise of the Merval index over the last couple years has been premised on an opening of free trade economics and foreign investment stimulating growth. However the slip in the peso has revealed the ugly balancing act as the quickly devalued peso has left many local Argentinians unable to purchase basic goods or earn a wage commiserate with inflation. This has the potential to send the pendulum swinging as Argentina remembers its ugly past with the IMF and protest against potential austerity which in either case, could stifle growth. GDP projections for the next year have already been lowered by economists and market analysts. Argentina is in a precarious situation; it the global economies slow, Argentina is at greater risk than the most.
Oil: Pundits of Oil prices rising have focused on the benefits to oil shale producers and the cold war that is going on among oil producing nations as reason for prices to continue to ascend. However, times have changed and the reliance on oil has shifted. Despite incentives and recent lower oil prices, automakers have begun to make the shift to a fully hybrid/electric line up and the world is moving forward. Long term shifts aside, in the short term, the volatility of the markets and potential fragility of a continuing bull market will reign in oil prices. A market crash would not benefit oil prices as we saw in 2008. Many of the oil producing countries have broken from the pact in order to generate revenue over margin and are willing to produce at lower selling points just to reap some benefit from selling oil while they can.
VIX: Despite the recent rise of VIX with market volatility, the asset continues to trade below its historical average as many investors shrug off geopolitical risks and believe that the government put option will prevent any recession instead of a failsafe against a market collapse. There are some structural reasons that have kept volatility low, although we saw earlier this year the consequences as the short VIX instruments were shuttered. The question remains, is the market shrugging off the risks or has VIX become irrelevant as a measure of risk and should we be looking elsewhere as an indicator of fear?
Consolidation: Companies continue to consolidate in rapid succession with the recent acquisition of PillPack by Amazon and the increased bid of Fox by Disney. Although the consolidation is providing some very lucrative opportunities for select investors, the record breaking price tags are pushing valuations even higher with a potential of a fallout if topline growth fails to achieve promised levels if we experience a pullback. It should be noted that historically mega mergers such as AOL-Time Warner have failed to deliver on the promise of "synergies".
Softbank Considers Telecom Spin-Off
Softbank is considering spinning out its telecom assets in a USD 18 bn IPO raise according to the Nikkei newspaper without citing sources. The Softbank Group (9984 JP) would be selling up to 30% of Softbank Corp, its telecommunications arm in the IPO. This would leave Softbank Group to focus on its technology investments, leaving it as the largest publicly listed technology investment vehicle.
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Toshiba Agrees to Sell to SK Hynix/Bain Capital
In an 11th hour turnaround, Toshiba agreed to sell its semiconductor unit to consortium led by SK Hynix and Bain Capital for USD 18 billion instead of Western Digital, which had been said to be the front runner less than a day before the announcement. The change came as a surprise to the market as many investors scrambled to make sense of the implications.
Following the announcement, Western Digital announced that it had filed a case against Toshiba in the International Court of Arbitration to block the sale.
SK Hynix announced that there were still some key issues that needed to be agreed upon before completion of the sale.
Softbank Positive on Potential T-Mobile – Sprint Deal
Softbank's CEO Masayoshi Son is hopeful for a revitalization of the T-Mobile – Sprint merger following a tentative agreement with T-Mobile's parent company, Deutsche Telecom. The two entities were originally slated to merge in 2014, but were blocked regulators.
Son is counting on support from the new Trump administration and its appointed regulators. Following the 2016 election, Son stated that Softbank would contribute up to USD 50 billion in investments in the USA. If the deal were to fail again, Son has made mention of other potential companies that Sprint could be combined with.
Toshiba Back with Western Digital
In another turn in the ongoing saga, it is being reported that Toshiba's board has shifted back to Western Digital as the potential acquirer of their semiconductor unit, according to people familiar with the deal. This is days after the firm stated that they were siding with a bid that including South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix as well as Bain Capital.
Toshiba's board is scheduled to meet Wednesday to continue discussions. Toshiba needs to sell its unit in order to shore up its balance sheet and prevent the initiation of the de-listing process from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Disney Plans Streaming Service; Plans to Leave Netflix 2019
Disney has begun to move towards its own separate streaming service by announcing the formal split with its content and Netflix beginning in 2019. Currently their are two planned streaming services, one to offer a similar service to Netflix and Amazon Prime Video which will group Disney's own film collection including its Marvel and Lucasfilm segments and another service which would provide an ala carte access to their ESPN content.
Sarepta Shares Rise After New Drug Results
Share prices rose in Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT US) following release of positive clinical trial data for a drug combating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Preliminary results were better than indicated and could potentially treat 8% of patients suffering from the disease, although physicians still remained skeptical. This opens the door for a second potential drug in Sarepta's portfolio after the approval by the FDA of Exondys 51 last year.
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Ben and Leona Kvindlog in front of Ben Kvindlog Service Station.
A Reputation 85 Years in the Making
Kvindlog Services, Inc., is a family owned and operated auto repair service in Waldo, Wisconsin, serving our local community and surrounding areas for 85 years.
Ben Kvindlog started the "Ben Kvindlog Service Station" in March 1934. He bought property from Bill Leverenz in September 1936. The "Ben Kvindlog Service Station" sold Texaco gasoline and was located in the heart of Waldo. The original building was moved to a different location and a new building was put in its place. The station had 2 gas pumps. Several additions were made to the building over the years and a new building was built in 1962. Ben was very proud to sell Texaco gasoline. His son, Bill, began working at the station in 1962. Ben retired in 1971. Bill took the business over and had it incorporated in 1972. It remained a Texaco station until they pulled out of Wisconsin in the early 1980s. It then became a Conoco gas station and later an Amoco gas station. BP bought out Amoco gasoline and we became a BP station in September 2003.
Bill added the radio control hobby department in 1978 and a convenience store in 1982. Bill retired at the end of 2007 and his daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Jim Parrish, took over.
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We treat our customers the way you want to be treated.
Mary & Jim Parrish
Co-Owners since 2007
Mary is a former administrative assistant and has a degree in Graphic Design and Web Development. She is currently attending Lakeshore Technical College in the marketing program. Mary is a photo storage specialist and Disney addict.
Jim is a former automotive technician and factory maintenance mechanic. He is a volunteer firefighter with the Waldo Fire Department and is currently attending school for Retail Management. He is also a Disney addict.
Jim and Mary have two children. Jarret is a junior and Kyleigh is a freshman in high school. They love to travel, especially to Walt Disney World. One day they hope to visit Norway and all 50 United States.
Our Automotive Team
Meet Our Specialists from Kvindlog's
Our team specializes in many different types of vehicles, and since they work on a wider variety of vehicles than their dealer counterparts, their overall expertise is greater, too. By working on many makes and models, our technicians can be trusted to properly diagnose challenging repairs and other issues. As automotive technology advances, our team is continually updating their education & skills.
We specialize in custom exhaust work, brakes, suspension work, wheel bearings, and air conditioning repair. Kvindlog's also has 24 hour towing.
Dave Mauer
ASE Certified Technician in the automotive industry since 1978. Dave has excellent customer service skills. He joined our team in May 2009. Dave is an avid outdoorsman.
Jim Kvindlog
Jim is an ASE Certified Master Technician. He joined the team in February 1987. Jim enjoys kayaking and fishing.
Mike Schuerer
Mike joined our team as an experienced mechanic in June 2007. Mike enjoys fishing in his spare time.
Aaron Mauer
Aaron joined Kvindlog's first in the deli department in November 2015 and then in August 2016 as an auto mechanic. He is a Qualified 91B Wheeled Mechanic for the Wisconsin Guard, with a Recovery Operations Emphasis. Aaron is an ambitious car enthusiast.


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