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GLI Fact Sheet & Commentary
Market volatility persisted into the second quarter of 2019. The resurgence of trade tensions between the U.S., China and Mexico caused the market to sell off in May, bringing with it concerns about global economic growth prospects.
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International Real Estate Fact Sheet & Commentary
By the end of the second quarter, global equity markets were able to build upon the powerful first quarter rally. In mid-June, Central bank messaging helped offset on-going tensions related to global trade by signaling a more dovish stance as it pertains to the future direction of interest rates.
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Global Real Estate Fact Sheet & Commentary
By the end of the second quarter, global equity markets were able to build upon the powerful first quarter rally.
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U.S. REIT Fact Sheet & Commentary
By the end of the second quarter, global equity markets were able to build upon the powerful rally experienced in the first quarter.
Why Global Real Estate Now?
Real Estate Securities, i.e. REITs and their international equivalents, provide investors with exposure to commercial real estate assets via publicly traded securities.
Duff & Phelps Closed-End Funds Announce Dividends
Chicago, June 13, 2019-The Board of Directors of DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DNP), Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DPG), Duff & Phelps Utility and Corporate Bond Trust Inc. (NYSE: DUC) and DTF Tax-Free Income Inc. (NYSE: DTF), four closed-end funds advised by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., authorized the payment of dividends on each fund's common stock.
Quality. Reliability. Specialization.
Watch: Market volatility and the benefit of predictable earnings – Creswell on Bloomberg TV
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Watch John Creswell on Fox Business Network.
MLP and Energy Infrastructure Factsheet & Commentary
The midstream energy "yo-yo" continued in the first quarter as the sector rebounded strongly after an extremely difficult fourth quarter.
Watch: Creswell discusses strong REIT fundamentals, rates and the market on Reuters Insider TV
Duff & Phelps John Creswell discusses REITs on Reuters Insider TV.
Chicago, March 12, 2019-The Board of Directors of DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DNP), Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DPG), Duff & Phelps Utility and Corporate Bond Trust Inc. (NYSE: DUC) and DTF Tax-Free Income Inc. (NYSE: DTF), four closed-end funds advised by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., authorized the payment of dividends on each fund's common stock.
Watch: John Creswell on Yahoo! Finance
Duff & Phelps John Creswell discusses the case for REITs and global infrastructure on Yahoo! Finance.
MLPs - A New Dawn
The positive fundamentals around MLPs are clearly evident: significant leverage to growing North American oil and gas production, valuation multiples that are well below historical averages and stock prices that are still more than 30% below 2014 highs...
DNP Select Income Fund Announces Placement of Preferred Shares Series E and Redemption of Series A
CHICAGO, January 29, 2019 – The Board of Directors of DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DNP), a closed-end fund advised by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., today announced the issuance of an additional series of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares (MRPS).
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REITs: 2018 Review and 2019 Outlook
Cash flow & dividend growth remain positive drivers; while the impact of monetary & fiscal policies remains uncertain.
TD Ameritrade's "Morning Trade Live" - John Creswell on Global Infrastructure Investing
View Duff & Phelps Executive Managing Director John Creswell's 10-minute TD Ameritrade interview on global infrastructure investing.
CHICAGO, December 13, 2018 –The Board of Directors of DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DNP), Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DPG), Duff & Phelps Utility and Corporate Bond Trust Inc. (NYSE: DUC) and DTF Tax-Free Income Inc. (NYSE: DTF), four closed-end funds advised by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., today authorized the payment of dividends on each fund's common stock.
Duff & Phelps Bolsters Global Infrastructure Team with Strategic Hire
Duff & Phelps is pleased to welcome Eric Fogarty, CFA to the firm's Global Listed Infrastructure team. Eric serves as a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst and is responsible for conducting fundamental analysis on the utilities sector.
Global Listed Infrastructure: Thoughts on the California Wildfires
For the second time in as many years, devastating wildfires in northern and southern California have led to significant losses for two of California's major utilities, PG&E Corporation (PCG) and Edison International (EIX).
Watch: John Creswell on Fox Business Network's Countdown to the Closing Bell
It should not be assumed that an investment in the securities identified was or will be profitable or that the securities are held in client portfolios.
Steven Wittwer - Global Listed Infrastructure Portfolio Manager Announcement
We are pleased to announce Steven Wittwer, CPA, CFA, has been promoted to Portfolio Manager of the firm's Global Listed Infrastructure Strategy.
Chicago, September 13, 2018-The Board of Directors of DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DNP), Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DPG), Duff & Phelps Utility and Corporate Bond Trust Inc. (NYSE: DUC) and DTF Tax-Free Income Inc. (NYSE: DTF), four closed-end funds advised by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., today authorized the payment of dividends on each fund's common stock.
REITs: The Bid Remains!
In May, we wrote about a surge of M&A activity taking place in the listed REIT space. The largest driver of this uptick in activity was an acceleration of the deployment of private equity money which had been committed but not yet invested in real estate deals.
MLP Regulatory Update: The FERC Blinked
A surprise March 15, 2018 ruling by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission – known as the "FERC" – sent the MLP sector into a tailspin. However, in mid-July the FERC did an about-face, significantly softening the previous ruling and handing the sector a major victory.
Duff & Phelps Expands Global Real Estate Securities Team
Jieren (Jenny) Huang, CPA, has joined the global real estate securities team as a global research analyst. Huang will provide in-depth fundamental analysis and estimate intrinsic fair values, for real estate securities in the U.S. and Asia Pacific region. Please see the attached press release for more information.
North American energy infrastructure: changing landscape offers future opportunities
The oil-price slump triggered fundamental changes that have transformed the investment outlook for the listed infrastructure sector.
DNP Select Income Fund Announces 'At-The-Market' Offering Program
The Board of Directors of DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DNP), a closed-end fund advised by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., announced today that it has filed a prospectus supplement under which it may issue and sell.
Global Listed Infrastructure - Q&A with Duff & Phelps
In April and May 2018, members of Duff & Phelps' Global Listed Infrastructure team traveled to Australia, New Zealand and Europe for investment research trips. Insights from the trips follow.
Duff & Phelps Closed-End Fund Announce Dividends
Chicago, June 14, 2018 – The Board of Directors of DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DNP), Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DPG), Duff & Phelps Utility and Corporate Bond Trust Inc. (NYSE: DUC) and DTF Tax-Free Income Inc. (NYSE: DTF), four closed-end funds advised by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., today authorized the payment of dividends on each fund's common stock.
The REIT bid is back! It is global. It is thematic. And it is of high quality.
In the last 30 days, we have seen Prologis offer to acquire their smaller rival DCT Industrial at a 14.5% premium and Blackstone seek to acquire Gramercy Property Trust for a 20.8% premium.
Insight on the recent MLP regulatory ruling
Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) and stocks of midstream energy companies fell sharply intra-day on March 15, 2018. The downward move was caused by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission – also known as "FERC" - announcing that it would no longer allow MLPs to include a corporate income tax allowance in the contractual rates charged to certain customers. The Duff & Phelps MLP/Energy team provides their insight on this development...
Insight on Italian general election
Italy held its general election on March 4, 2018 following the dissolution of the country's parliament several months earlier. No political party garnered an outright majority in the election, which resulted in a hung parliament. Duff & Phelps' International Equity Portfolio team discuss the political and investment implications...
Duff & Phelps Select Income Fund Marks 30th Anniversary
Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., an affiliated manager of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS), celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Duff & Phelps Select Income Fund (NYSE: DNP) by ringing The Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, May 8.
French Election Outcome Favorable for Financials
Over the past several quarters, we have been positioning our international equity strategy in a more cyclical direction, recognizing that a broad-based global economic expansion was taking hold. Financials has been a particular area of focus, specifically the European banking sector, based on a range of catalysts.


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With each cabin remodel comes a new name plate as well. Old Cabin Philip was our first (and currently only) cabin to be finished. Other than a few small touches, it was finished the day before high school camp. It went the rest of the summer without a name, until this week. We've decided to give the cabins different names.
We had the idea to make the girls' side cabins have the names of some women in the Bible. We wanted our girls to know that women played and still play a very important role in the mission here on Earth. We wanted them to know that they have been called just as the men have been to be disciples of Christ and we wanted them to become more familiar with the women role models in the Bible.
So, old Cabin Philip is now Cabin Deborah.
Deborah is a great example of courage and leadership and now all of these girls know she existed when before this only a few of them did. We wanted these girls to be apart of this new and exciting change, so we had them help hang the sign on the cabin and then we all prayed over it and for each and every girl that will be in this cabin in the future.
The excitement and joy that filled these girls while they helped put a woman's name on the cabin was indescribable. What a beautiful night we had talking about what it means to be a woman of God and how we are all called by God to be his disciples.
We have 5 more cabins to name!
— Good stuff, very good stuff!
And what woman from The Bible would you choose for their next new cabin's new name?


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavy rain is again raising the risk of mudslides in Southern California burn areas where evacuations have been ordered during a powerful storm that flooded roads and toppled trees further north.
The system known as an atmospheric river snaked south early Thursday from the Pacific Northwest while feeding on moisture stretching across the ocean to near Hawaii.
Mandatory evacuations were in effect for areas near a burn scar in the Lake Elsinore area southeast of Los Angeles where officials say the risk of debris flows is high.
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Jerusalem's lot
By Andrew Silow-Carroll September 11, 2012, 12:00 am Edit
Following the flap over the Democratic National Committee's bone-headed treatment of its Jerusalem plank, it's instructive to look at the Republicans' version and how it has morphed in recent years.
The comparison suggests why the Jerusalem issue is a bipartisan booby trap.
In 2004, the Republican platform had this fairly straightforward position on Jerusalem: "Republicans continue to support moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel's capital, Jerusalem."
OK, very little ambiguity in the phrase "Israel's capital, Jerusalem," or in the reference to moving the embassy (although why the embassy had not yet been moved, despite a Republican president in the White House, hints at the complexities to come).
The 2008 platform introduces a new massaging of the message, little noted at the time. The section on Israel includes these two sentences, separated by a call on the Palestinians, to reject terror and embrace democracy: "We support the vision of two democratic states living in peace and security: Israel, with Jerusalem as its capital, and Palestine.… We support Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel and moving the American embassy to that undivided capital of Israel."
Two changes are obvious. The first is that the blunt "Israel's capital, Jerusalem" has been replaced by a "vision" of Israel with Jerusalem as its capital. The phrase defers the issue to a future that includes a "Palestine." If that could have been perceived as a slight weakening of Republican resolve, the double references to an "undivided capital" appear to return the issue to the present tense.
Now we come to the 2012 platform, which tweaks the 2008 version: "We support Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state with secure, defensible borders; and we envision two democratic states — Israel with Jerusalem as its capital and Palestine — living in peace and security." Gone, however, are references to an "undivided capital" and any reference to moving the embassy. Columnist Douglas Bloomfield was one of the few to notice the change, suggesting the "Republicans also softened their language."
If so, there's a big difference, politics wise, between softening the Jerusalem message and leaving it out altogether, as the Democrats seem to have done.
And yet platform-crafters in both parties appear to be wrestling with the same dilemma: the gap between what candidates pledge on Jerusalem and official United States policy on its status. Since 1967, every administration has maintained that the status of Jerusalem should be subject to negotiated settlement. Despite lawsuits and legislation, Republican and Democratic administrations have clung to the waivers that defer action on moving the embassy or acknowledging Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Nevertheless, every candidate, Democrat and Republican, pledges to do so. Both parties have indulged in this hypocrisy since at least 1972. That led to last week's awkward exchange between reporters and acting State Department deputy spokesman Patrick Ventrell. Following up on DNC claims that the president himself asked for the return of platform language stating "Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel," reporters tried various ways to get Ventrell to say his bosses agreed. Instead, he kept returning to the boilerplate: Jerusalem is an issue "that should be resolved in final-status negotiations."
If history is any guide, the question is not what a candidate will do once in office but how and how much he is willing to pander — and how much we're willing to pretend that these semantic games matter. We know that Jerusalem is Israel's capital, and will remain so no matter what kind of deal is struck with the Palestinians. What's strange is that neither party has come up with anything as famously equivocal as Henry Kissinger's formulation in the 1972 Shanghai Communique: "The United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain that there is but one China, and that Taiwan is part of China."
The Republican platform's position on Jerusalem — "envisioning" a future with Jerusalem as Israel's capital — comes close, in that it assuages Jewish voters without committing a candidate to anything.
Of course, circumstances on the ground make a mockery of our communal debates over language and floor votes and which Democrat deserves blame for the platform debacle. As veteran Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller wrote in reference to the subject, the debate over Jerusalem has never seemed less relevant. "There are no prospects for reviving serious Israeli-Palestinian negotiations," he writes. "Taking positions on Jerusalem is a thought experiment now. And most smart politicians understand this."
As if to underline Miller's despair, news came last week that bitterlemons.org — a web site founded by Israelis and Palestinians that was devoted to tough dialogue between both sides — was shutting down. Its Israeli coeditor, Yossi Alpher, explained it was done in by "fatigue" on the part of donors and contributors. "There is no peace process and no prospect of one," writes Alpher. "Here and there, writers from the region who used to favor us with their ideas and articles are now begging off, undoubtedly deterred by the revolutionary rise of intolerant political forces in their countries or neighborhood."
Perhaps smart politicians understand this completely, which is why they prefer to talk about thought experiments.

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We must accept that the meteoroids collided with the lunar surface more often during the first thousand millions of years of the Moon, when the Solar System was forming.
On Earth, the combined actions of wind and water eroded our planet and reshape its appearance almost on a daily basis. The Moon, on the other hand, has no air, no water, no plate tectonics,…Consequently, features dating back almost to the formation of the Moon itself are still visible today.
Subquest volcanic activity filled the craters with lava, creating the formations we see today. Not all the great craters became flooded with lava, however. Whatever volcanic activity once existed on the Moon ended long ago.
The lunar surfaces where the lava flooded a lot of craters, we say these lunar surfaces are younger than the lunar surfaces where the craters not became flooded with lava (these lunar surface have more number of craters).
We imagine a wall, in this wall we put thumbtack random. When we take away the thumbtack, in the wall there are holes, these holes are like our craters, and the thumbtack are like our meteoroids.
After we take away the thumbtack, we paint a part of the wall, this way we flooded some holes.
Now, we put again thumbtack for all wall (also where we painted), and we have more "craters". In the wall, where we paint there are less "craters" that where we not paint.
We say that the zone of the wall that we painted is younger than the part of the wall not painted.
With this information, answer the following question: Which do the following lunar surfaces are older?


Yesterday, on our way from Knoxville, TN to Sarasota, FL, Mr. Myrt and I stopped at Kennesaw Mountain. His Union Civil War ancestor was in an Iowa infantry on the extreme left flank (west) not specifically engaged in the earlier battle at Pigeon Hill.
As a wife, mother and grandmother, I am compelled to hold all war in contempt, for the damage it does to family is devastating. Walking amid the Confederate breastworks at the top of Kennesaw Mountain was very emotional. What little protection was offered among the mud and muck of the undergrowth.
Amid the displays at the visitors' center was a medal of honor given by the state posthumously to a Confederate soldier who grabbed the barrel of a rifle and jerked it away from the intended target, thereby saving his friend's life. The hero suffered severe injury to his own hand and arm, eventually dying of his wounds.
As we looked south to Atlanta, I could only imagine the desperation among the soldiers to protect home and hearth and defend that city, as they were pushed farther south again and again. The Confederate determination was matched by that of the Union soldiers to preserve the Union.
We came south, around Atlanta on 285 and stopped in MacDonough for the night, I was struck by the apparent progress in the area. Where once there were just a few businesses, now the place is flourishing, with strip malls and chain restaurants replacing the one hotel and several gas stations I remember from 15 years ago.
Today we'll make it to Sarasota, so Ol' Myrt can begin visiting with her friend Elsie. She was in England, France and Korea during WWII as a civilian employee of the US Army. We've longed to do a book based on her recollections of that war, using her photos and letters home. Now Elsie is in an assisted living facility, and in her 90s, so we've got to get going.
Copy her notebooks, so I can do a series of recorded interviews via phone several times a week ~ each time turning a page to assist me in posing questions to awaken Elsie's recollections before it is too late. I'll make a book and a blog out of the project, with a few podcast entries to boot.
What Elsie & her family experienced during WWII is quite telling. Her brother was a mortally-wounded navigator, who charted a safe course for his crew's B-24 across the English Channel back to England. His plane was so damaged, they had to jettison all extra weight just to clear the trees. Hence, Second Lieutenant Arthur E. Barks, Army Air Forces, United States Army was buried at sea quite unceremoniously.
There is much genealogy news to share with my DearREADERS, gleaned while attending the FGS Conference at Knoxville last week. I just need to stay in one place to get the job done.
Sorry we didn't know you were here. We're in McDonough (pronounced Mc-duh'-nuh) with our daughter & her family. I'd have loved for you to meet her (another cuz!). Hope your travels are safe. My daughter took me to Kennesaw Mountain a couple of years ago & it was very moving. My favorite remains Chickamauga where all the states who wished to do so erected monuments at the spots where their soldiers fought. Amidst the cannons in the National Park stands every sort of monument imaginable!


What is in store for us with the coding update? How about 400+ICD-10-CM codes,143 revised codes and 51 deleted codes for ICD-10-CM. We review the updates to the Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines and how the updated guidelines will affect coding. Here are few updates in store for us: Clarification about who and what documentation we can code from. Updated guideline on neoplasm coding. If you want more sign up for the webinar.
Of course, we cannot leave out PCS. This year we will see PCS increase from 78,705 codes to 78,881.
392 new codes, 261 deleted codes revised codes and 8 revised titles.
Review PCS Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines. There will be one new guideline added and some wording changes to the other.
Mary Gregory began her coding career over 20 years ago with Atrium Healthcare.
Mary's expertise on inpatient coding and the IPPS/DRG system has helped her to become a much sought-after ICD-10 inpatient coder as well as a trainer for major hospital corporations and institutions. Mary completed her Associates degree in Health Information Management at Central Piedmont Community College. She has obtained the following credentials: RHIT, CCS, CDIP, CPC, and CCS‐P. Mary is a Licensed PMCC Instructor and an AHIMA Certified ICD‐10‐CM/PCS Trainer. She is also an active member of AHIMA, NCHIMA and the AAPC.


A 61-year-old Robstown woman was pronounced dead after the pickup she was in was struck near Alice. The driver was taken to a Corpus Christi hospital.
A 61-year-old Robstown woman died after the pickup she was in was struck near Alice.
Just after 8:30 p.m. Sunday, a 1997 Mazda pickup truck was traveling east on County Road 116, about two miles west of Alice.
The pickup then failed to yield the right of way at the stop sign of a cross-over intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and County Road 116, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
A tractor-semi trailer traveling north on U.S. Highway 281 was unable to avoid the Mazda pickup and struck the pickup on its passenger side, the release states.
The pickup rolled multiple times and landed in a bar ditch on U.S. 281. Dalia Ayala Vasquez, the passenger of the pickup, was pronounced dead at the scene, the release states.
The driver of the pickup was taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Shoreline with serious injuries. The driver of the tractor-semi trailer was treated and released at the scene of the crash, the release states.


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Crime Report: Call the Coppers; They Stole My Copper!
by Zachary Dickens
Unless their clients want to shell out even more money, home builders can't secure their work sites 24 hours a day. Criminals know this, and that's why a combined $15,000 worth of copper pipes were stolen from two University Park construction sites during the weekend of Sept. 6-7. The crimes happened in the 4000 block of Glenwick Lane ($10,000) and the 4000 block of Lovers Lane ($5,000). Here are some tips to stop thieves from stealing your copper pipes.
A few days later, between 7 p.m. on Sept. 9 and 8 a.m. on Sept. 10, thieves stole $920 worth of hardware and materials from a construction site in the 3400 block of Purdue Street.
Of course, unfinished homes present opportunities for more than just theft. At 1:15 p.m. on Sept. 13, a juvenile was apprehended with less than 2 ounces of marijuana in a vacant house in the 3500 block of Westminster Avenue. Police also confiscated two glass pipes, two glass bongs, and six lighters. That's a lot of paraphernalia for just one kid; something tells us he has a few buddies who were on a munchies run when the police showed up.
Click through for a roundup of other residential crimes in the Park Cities.
Between 10 p.m. on Sept. 9 and 8:45 a.m. on Sept. 10, a thief stole a gold 2002 Dodge Durango from the 3200 block of Milton Avenue.
Between 6:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 10, a thief stole an Echo gas-powered edger and a 30-foot aluminum ladder from a backyard in the 4500 block of Arcady Avenue. The thief left behind some aluminum, in the form of an empty can of Natural Light.
Between 11:20 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 11, someone tried to force open a back door in the 2900 block of Amherst Street, causing $400 worth of damage. Nothing was reported stolen.
At 10:50 a.m. on Sept. 13, a resident of the 4500 block of Westway Avenue reported that someone broke a large flower pot on her rear porch the previous night. The victim believes a thief dropped the pot, which held an ornamental tree, while trying to steal it, because she's had other large flower pots stolen from the same porch.
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You cannot re-state my statement the way you've done it, because I never said that the difference is due only to the change in quiescent current, although it is certainly the paramount parameter.
I accept this rejection. Please explain why then you chose dissimilar plate current devices as your example to illustrate the difference between fixed and self bias.
It's not my choice! Neumann, in their infinite wisdom, chose to alter the operating point between the M49 and the M49C (and a different AC701).
To my knowledge, nobody has tested side-by-side a fixed bias and a self-bias M49, all other parameters being equal.
You mean you had modified them for same tube, same current?
I have, because, aside of the different biasing, I never understood why different levels of current would be run with that tube in the same mic.
I still don't understand that part, but I understand enough of the difference in sound between fixed and self that I modify according to the best sonic outcome, rather than a 'one size fits all' approach.
* Please use your real name and professional affiliation, if different from your screen name. I think it makes for a better, more honest forum and audio community in the long run. Anonymous posts remove responsibility from the poster. I'd rather talk to people who have the courage to take a risk and trust that their courage will not be violated by the forum's participants.
and wondered, who is this Geoff Emerick de Fake who has, thankfully, added much valuable information to this thread. No sarcasm intended!
I agree with you in principle. But I give people a little leeway, as long as they at least use their real names in the forum's "profile" section.
In this case, Mr. de Fake's real name is Jean Luc Moncel.
I agree, it would be nice to get a bit more background about him.
Asymmetric waveforms, especially if clipping will also change the bias voltage in a self-biasing amp.. I think.
I don't like self bias on most circuits, and try to avoid it, although sometimes it's the only solution.
Best thread in a long time. I appreciate the wealth of knowledge being shared. Much thanks to all involved.
All interesting points gentlemen (and thanks for stopping by Mr.Blair).
I will be experimenting with different cap configurations, makes and values in my circuit and if I can accurately measure the results I will be posting them here. In the end I will simply have to choose what I think sounds best.
Thank you all again for your insights, thoughts and opinions.
Sorry to join this discussion late. Indeed we have no tube mics in production but I have studied them extensively, built more than a few and thought several times about doing a tube model. Also, this question is certainly not unique to tube mics. Our standard FET first stage is precisely controlled fixed bias at the gate with the drain driven by a current source, so you can say that I'm a fan of "fixed bias."
But as Oliver mentioned, there aren't any standards for what we call things in microphone electronics, so describing the differences we're talking about as "fixed" versus "self" bias is a bit of a misnomer. Things are different than with voltage amplifier stages; the relation between the first active stage and the capsule is quite complex as the impedance the capsule sees changes according to the current drawn by the grid or gate of the first stage. This is in addition to anything that would be caused e. g. by a cathode bypass capacitor.
My design approach to date has been to get rid of as much "sound" as possible from the electronics. (Thank you Paul Klipsch, good sound is the absence of bad sound.) If I can prove to myself that the signal voltage developed across the polarize resistor is unaffected by the first amplifier stage, I'm happy (and that's hard, when it drives you to operate the input impedance in the gigohms). But, that is by no means the only possible approach. Circuits whose characteristics shift with signal level (I call this signal-history distortion) make a certain sound and this might be entirely desirable in some instances. Many historically valued mics exhibit this characteristic. I try to focus on what aspect of the transfer characteristic is judged to be advantageous (who says you can't build a magic limiter/compressor into the mic?) rather than trying to associate it with a given circuit topology. I would recommend looking at what the circuit is doing, rather than trying to hang it on presence or absence of some resistance and impedance in series with the cathode. In this case I think the real question is whether and how the grid voltage changes with signal level.


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3 students have now tested positive for COVID-19 at Catholic summer school in Calgary
There are now three students who have tested positive for COVID-19 at a summer school hosted by the Calgary Catholic School District, Alberta Health has confirmed.
"Health officials continue to take aggressive precautions to identify any additional cases of COVID-19 and limit the spread," spokesperson Tom McMillan said in an email.
Earlier this week, the CCSD confirmed that one student at St. Francis High School had tested positive for the virus, and said the student, teacher, and class members have been instructed to quarantine for 14 days, as per public health guidelines.
McMillan said the rapid testing indicated that "the system works."
"This relies on timely testing and isolation of those exposed to limit the spread," he said.
An outbreak has not been declared, he said, and Alberta Health Services (AHS) is involved in contact tracing and ensuring that anyone at risk is tested and isolated.
"The school remains open and underwent enhanced cleaning earlier in the week," McMillan said.
St. Francis High School is one of two schools in the Catholic system operating summer school in Calgary. The other is Bishop O'Byrne Senior High School.
Both schools have enacted strict physical distancing guidelines.
Shipments along St. Lawrence stayed flat in 2020, lifted by strong demand for grain
MONTREAL — Cargo shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway remained flat last year, despite COVID-19's harsh toll on demand for many products shipped along the waterway. Nearly 38 million tonnes of cargo were shipped last year along the route stretching from the lower St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes, with record shipments of grain offsetting a decline in liquid bulk, dry bulk and iron ore, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. said. In total, cargo shipments were down nearly 1.7 per cent in 2020 compared with 2019. "It's been a hugely challenging year," said Bruce Burrows, president and CEO of the Chamber of Marine Commerce. "We had significant drops in most of the major commodities that we move." The data from the St. Lawrence Seaway, the linchpin in a system of commercial waterways that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes, highlights the uneven effects that COVID-19 has had on different areas of the global economy. Of the types of goods shipped, liquid bulk, which includes petroleum products like jet fuel and gasoline, declined the most, with shipment volume dropping 34.4 per cent to around three million tonnes. The drop reflected a lack of demand for travel amid government restrictions to combat the pandemic. Similarly, dry bulk and iron ore dropped by 9.4 per cent and 12.4 per cent respectively, year over year, as low demand for automobiles, manufacturing and construction reduced shipments of commodities like iron, cement and stone. However, the declines in these categories were offset by a 27 per cent increase in grain shipments, which accounted for more than 13 million tonnes of cargo. Terrence Bowles, president and CEO of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp., said the increase in grain was due to high global demand for food products, coupled with rising yields by Canada's grain farmers. "One of the big Canadian success stories is grain," Bowles said. "Farmers today are highly technical. They've been able to improve their yields of grain." Burrows said there had been no restrictions on shipping as a result of COVID-19, despite general disruptions to supply chains, such as manufacturing facilities operating at limited capacity. Looking ahead to the 2021 season, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. expects shipments to pick up soon as the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. and Canada lifts demand for air travel, as well as for construction and automobiles. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 19, 2021. Jon Victor, The Canadian Press
Russian policeman detained over data leak about alleged Navalny poisoners: RBC
Russia has opened a criminal case against a police officer accused of leaking data that could have helped identify the alleged poisoners of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, the RBC business daily reported on Tuesday, citing sources. The information leaked, according to RBC, is thought to relate to flights taken by agents from the FSB security service with specialised knowledge on chemical weapons identified in an investigation as having secretly followed Navalny for several years. "Investigators are not looking for or imprisoning Navalny's poisoners, but those who disclosed their data," Georgy Alburov, an ally of Navalny, wrote on Twitter.


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Q: The problem with geolocation, once gave the result, all the others timeout I installed https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-services-js
I connect import maps from '@google/maps';
I create a client:
const googleMapsClient = maps.createClient({
    key: 'api key',
});

I want to get latitude and longitude:
router.post('/add', (req, res) => {
    googleMapsClient.geocode({
        address: '1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA'
    }, (err, res) => {
        if (!err) {
            console.log(res.json.results);
            return res.status(500).json({
                message: res.json.results
            });
        }
        console.log(err);
        return res.status(500).json({
            err: err
        });
    });
    ...

My problem is that the first time he gave information
[ { address_components:
     [ [Object],
       [Object],
       [Object],
       [Object],
       [Object],
       [Object],
       [Object] ],
    formatted_address: '1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA',
    geometry:
     { location: [Object],
       location_type: 'ROOFTOP',
       viewport: [Object] },
    place_id: 'ChIJhhRjJ-5j4ARKFsUSrwhY',
    plus_code:
     { compound_code: 'CWC8+JH Mountain View, California, United States',
       global_code: '849VCWC8+JH' },
    types: [ 'street_address' ] } ]

All the next time he gives me
timeout

How can I solve this issue?

A: If billing is not enabled on your project, your Maps Platform APIs will be limited to 1 request per day. You can get higher quota by enabling billing on your project.
Google Maps Docs

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I remember the day as though it were yesterday. It was Oct. 12, 1960. Nikita Khrushchev banged his shoe like a tyrant while addressing the United Nations as he proclaimed that Russia would dominate America. At the time I was a member of Boy Scout Troop 136, had just made First Class, and was promoted to lead the Wolverine patrol. That evening during our scout meeting, Mr. Donahue, our scoutmaster, gathered the boys together and spoke of the day's events relative to the Russian premier's proclamations.
A stroke during a 1998 brain surgery blinded Kristin VonDerahe and left her with a debilitating neurological movement disorder. Every- day tasks were made difficult by the severe involuntary muscle spasms brought on by dystonia, and Kristin could not sit up, walk or talk. In the last five years Kristin, 11, has progressed and learned to read Braille and communicate using hand signals. But her parents, Chris and Carolyn, recently found new hope in an unlikely place: a magazine behind an airplane seat.
There are ages and stages to life. Now that we are down to one feline and one canine, there's more time to attend fundraisers and other benefits in the community. There's also more time to ponder theology, theodicy and the meaning of life in the Foothills. Last weekend, Miss Audrey Hepburn, our black lab rescue dog from the Pasadena Humane Society, left for a girls' night out with our daughter. A girls' night out for a canine generally involves watching pedicures, manicures and listening to the girls sit on the bed and discuss important stuff, but this time there was more substance.
Our newest addition is a dog named Dune B. Ortiz. Dune belongs to a Naval Aviator. When his "mommy" got deployed, Dune got deployed. He got deployed right here. He got deployed to La Cañada Flintridge. Dune began this adventure with orders: "Effective 10 January 2007, 8:00 hours, Dune. B. Ortiz is TAD from Whidbey Island, WA to Intel, LCF." I know this because I wrote the orders. "TAD" means temporary assignment of duty. Intel seemed like the logical choice for a large, male adolescent.
Spencer Nels Roberg, the son of Cindy and Carl Roberg, was born in Glendale on Dec. 12, 1988. He is currently a junior at Crescenta Valley High School, where he is a member of the Men's A'Cappela Choir. He started his scouting career as a member of Cub Scout Pack 310 at Lincoln Elementary School. He earned the Arrow of Light Award, the highest award in the Cub Scouts. He also earned the Faith in God and Duty to God and Country awards. As a Boy Scout, Spencer was a member of Boy Scout Troop 391. He attended several summer camps, including Cap Kern at Huntington Lake , and Camp Cherry Valley on Catalina Island.
In recent days some La Cañada Flintridge residents have called the Valley Sun to report sightings of wildlife in their neighborhoods. Athel Herman, who lives on Knight Way just west of Gould shared her story of a bobcat visit in last week's paper. One of her neighbors called this week to report a similar encounter. "It was in my front yard on [Monday] around 4:30 [p.m.]," said resident Kitty Petti, who lives near the intersection of Crown Avenue and Knight Way. Petti said she and her children returned from shopping in the afternoon.
Years ago, my children asked for an explanation of the phrase, "Every dog has his day." I offered Andy Warhol's "15 minutes of fame" theory. The kids nodded and ambled off to answer their own question. They decided the phrase meant, "Dogs deserve birthday parties." Every year since then, the family dog has been feted with rousing birthday songs, bacon bones, hand-drawn pictures and has worn a black tie in place of the usual collar on his birthday. There's never been a cake or canine guests, until this year.
The first thing you'll notice about painter Jenna Ronnquist's La Crescenta home is its neatness. On one wall sits a television. Much of the wall is bare. Another wall contains a firelace with pictures of family on the mantle. The wall is dotted by a college degree and other pictures. Ronnquist's workplace is also neat. The table is placed in such a way that the artist has a view of the backyard. A paintbrush holder with rows of clean paintbrushes sits to the left, a ceramic dog food bowl is on the table.
We've never met our 3-year-old granddog, Ava, but Gil and I will be face-to-face with her when she arrives in La Cañada on Saturday, no doubt weary from her exhausting duty as co-pilot on a 2,100-mile road trip that's bringing our daughter Kae home from Louisville. We don't know how long the two of them will be with us; our plan is to offer shelter and TLC for as long as they need it. Kae had loved her time in the Bluegrass State, where she moved in the summer of 2009 so she could attend law school at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.


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What's OnPiece By Piece: VICKY LANGAN
Piece By Piece: VICKY LANGAN
Online, Friday 22nd January
Following the international success of the series Piece By Piece in April-May 2020, Improvised Music Company (IMC) returns with a second season of this unique musical 'chain letter' of online improvisation, with eight exciting new artists from Ireland creating new work in sequence.
The first series of Piece by Piece demonstrated the rich possibilities of the online medium, as some of Ireland's finest improvising artists created new musical works. Creative use of film and manipulated visuals showed the artists' inspirations and thought processes, and became as much part of the experience as the music. With a fresh impetus for this second season of Piece by Piece, the principle of interconnectedness will continue, with each artist's performance influencing or inspiring the next.
The seventh work of the new season comes from sound and performance artist Vicky Langan on Friday 22nd January.
Vicky Langan is a Cork-based artist whose practice operates across several often overlapping fields, chiefly sound, performance, and film. Langan both embraces and projects vulnerability, offering an intimate territory loaded with personal symbolism and unguarded emotion. With a focus on the sounds of the body and its functions, involving contact-miked skin, amplified breath and live electronic manipulation, Langan's work sits between sound and performance art. Using simple raw materials such as domestic objects, hair and magnetic tape, she layers physical gestures and scraps of sound to create intensely personal imaginary landscapes. Mundane domesticity is explored as a temporal space where the material body and sensual inner worlds mesh. In opening herself emotionally, she creates warm yet discomforting rituals that at once embrace the viewer and remain resolutely private, exploring the limits of what can be shared between people and what must remain mysterious. Her decade-long filmmaking partnership with filmmaker and critic Maximilian Le Cain has resulted in sixteen moving image works to date, with screenings and retrospectives of their work having been shown throughout the world. She is a recipient of the Arts Council of Ireland's Next Generation Artist Award 2019/20, as well as bursary awards from the Arts Council of Ireland, Cork City Council and Music Network.
The eight sequential solo performances for 'Piece by Piece' Season 2, will be broadcast via IMC's YouTube channel, as well as IMC's social media platforms on Fridays at 8pm.
Enjoy fresh new music, influenced in real-time, from world-class Irish improvising musicians, telling the story of these times through new music and live performance, piece by piece.
See the whole series here.
Ballyfermot & Arts Festival 2021
Mon 18th Jan - Sun 31st Jan
The 2021 Ballyfermot Festival will be taking place between the 18th and 31st of January. The event is free and will include music performances, drama, film, poetry, a book launch, and historic talks all held virtually and physical aspects including an outdoor photography and visual arts exhibition and poetry and film making competitions for all ages.
Fingal HomeFit Live Sessions
Mon 18th Jan - Fri 12th Feb
Fingal County Council Sports Office are delighted to announce that the Fingal HomeFit Live Sessions will be recommencing in 2021. Starting Monday 18th January for 4 weeks we will be hosting 3 live exercise sessions per week. There will be a variety of exercise classes that are open to all levels of fitness. These free, online classes will take place at 10am (Mon, Wed & Fri) via Zoom and last 30-40 minutes. The classes include Body Mind Movement, Full Body Workout and Chair Exercise.


Rehearsals are underway in 4th,5th and 6th class for the Hallelujah Festival which takes place in City West hotel in the 7th December. We are enjoying learning our new songs and our dance moves. We are looking forward to a great day out!


People say third time's the charm and I believe it! I returned to Farmhouse Inn for the third time and it was more amazing than ever! I was here last Fall and Winter (you can check out the posts here, here and here) but Summer at Farmhouse is something else! I even got an upgrade from my previous King Deluxe room to a King Luxury room which is oh-so-spacious! As always, I am a fan of the incredible marbled bathroom (equipped with a jetted tub, steam room, and heated floor), the vaulted ceiling, the double sided fireplace, the beautiful patio, the comfiest bed, and the lovely decor. And of course, I can't forget the amazing 3-course breakfast, welcome treats, and the turn-down cookies! Needless to say, I had a marvelous time! Thank you Farmhouse for having me once again!
you look super enjoy your summer day. it was uber cool!
Beautiful place! Love that mirror. Your lace top is lovely. And the watch too.


There is something so satisfying about adding beets to your salad. Golden beets have a nice mild, earthy flavor and are high in potassium. Interestingly, the dark leafy greens that are on top of the bundle of beets, are even more nutritious. Most greens get cut off and discarded, but consider a quick sauté with olive oil or as an addition to soups and salads. High in natural sugar, beets are one of those vegetables that are a healthy treat, almost like eating candy. Beets can be marinated and chilled 2 days ahead, and are even more flavorful with time. Enjoy!
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Combine beets, 1/4 cup vinegar, 2 tablespoons oil and 1/4 cup water in a baking dish, season with salt. Cover the dish tightly with foil and let the beets steam until they're tender, about 40 to 50 minutes. Let beets cool slightly. Rub off the beet skins with paper towels, the skins will come off easily, and cut into quarters or wedges.
Toss beets with the shallot, thyme, remaining 1/4 cup vinegar and remaining 1/4 cup oil in a large bowl, season with salt. Let the beets sit for about 2 hours before serving and then toss with the pistachios and tarragon. Makes 6 servings.


When veg-peeler peddler Joe Ades died last month, he left a gaping void in Union Square. This weekend his daughter Ruth appeared in his spot, carrying on his legacy.
Joe Ades made his living $5 at a time.
It was touching and not terribly surprising that when Joe Ades -- the beloved Vegetable Peeler Salesman of Union Square-- died last month, his passing was the talk of the town. In the days following the news, there was even a citizen-organized memorial held for Ades, in which New Yorkers brought a peeler and a vegetable of their choice to the spot where he plied his trade and peeled in mass tribute.
This past weekend, a woman showed up, sat in Joe's spot, and began selling peelers. It turns out she's Joe's daughter, Ruth Ades-Laurent, carrying on the family business. For now, according to Gothamist, she's just selling off her dad's leftover stock -- but she'll order more once that runs out.
If this story doesn't inspire a love for humanity, New York and vegetable peelers, you're just not right in the head.


It's not conventional magic. It's not hocus-pocus, slight-of-hand, smoke-and- mirrors magic. But it's definitely magic when a dog offers comfort to a person. It's the unconditional human/animal connection that is healing. Truly healing, and I was fortunate enough to observe this again, today.
I had made plans to meet Rita for lunch and she said she would bring Pippin. I was thrilled. I really enjoy Rita's company. She's lovely inside and out, with an exuberance that is great to be around. As a former kindergarten teacher…she retired several years ago…her energy and her positive demeanor is quite inspiring. And then there's Pippin. Pippin is a fully credentialed animal assisted therapy dog. Pippin is a Bijon, who is ten years old, but could easily pass for two. He's all snow-white and fluffy. His temperament is that of a gentle little soul, peacefully encountering the world around him. Holding Pippin is like holding a warm, breathing pillow.
I have seen him turn heads, evoking gasps along with multiple oohs and ahhs from most of the people that he encounters. Pippin's job…and he takes it very seriously…is as a fully credentialed animal assisted therapy dog. He makes the rounds at the different oncology floors at one of the nearby hospitals. During his visits, he encounters patients, their families, and of course their caregivers.
It's truly amazing to watch the change that occurs when the elevator doors open and Pippin and Rita walk out to begin their visits. The focus of energy turns, ever so briefly, and ever so needed, from hospital medical care to canine assisted therapy time. The shift is palpable. I can remember watching the most serious doctors and nurses on the Children's Cancer floor look up to see Pippin's little face and smile. The briefest encounter enables a pause in their action, a brief moment to take a breath…to look at something other than illness. They would simply smile at this little critter and say, "Well hello, Pippin!" This shared encounter would result in a gentle mood shift…bringing an unsolicited yet beneficial mini break to those who work so hard in such a serious setting.
Pippin brings a joyful calm to whatever environment he enters with his elongated pink tongue, which peeks out of his little mouth. He's as white as a marshmallow. Rita gives him the complete fluff-out hair comb treatment. What I mean by this is that if you were to put your head on top of what you might consider to be the top of his head, your chin would sink a good 4 inches. Well, we do live in the south…Pippin has big hair! Really, the Dolly Parton type of big hair!
Rita and Pippin had actually come directly from home, so he technically wasn't scheduled to work today. Rita knows that I love Pippin…in my eyes he's a superstar, and I'm a fan. He was waiting patiently in the car while we had lunch. I walked Rita to her car and of course when she opened the door to the back seat there he was…cute as a button. She picked him up and handed him to me. As usual, he was happy to be transferred from her arms to mine. Holding Pippin is as close as a person can be to holding a cloud with a heartbeat. What can I say? I have a dog that has to heel to my side any time a person happens by me. To Petey, every one is a potential enemy. To Pippin, everyone has the potential to be the most remarkable person in the world. I love my dog dearly, but he never has been (or will be) an animal assisted therapy dog. This was never in Petey's career path.
The weather was a bit raw and I was enjoying Pippin's warmth when we heard a voice. Rita's car was parked next to a little island with a couple of small trees. On the other side was a white sedan. The voice was coming from a woman who had lowered her window.
"Excuse me," she said a bit tentatively.
Suddenly, we were making our way over to the car. I was still carrying Pippin who was agreeable to anything. Not so much as a shift…he was ready.
Looking out of passenger side was a woman who had oxygen tubes, a cane beside her and was on her way to or from some form of health situation. I looked in the back seat and there was a large rectangular container. I wasn't sure what it was, although I thought it might also be a part of the medical issue that brought her to visit either the in or out patient medical service facilities nearby.
It's always hard to determine age when someone is ill, but based on her daughter, I would guess that the mom was in her early to mid sixties. She smiled immediately as I brought Pippin to her window. "He's so precious," she said.
She began petting his little head…the afore mentioned crown of fluff. "Oh my"…the top of his head is so much lower than I thought it would be!" We all had a little laugh.
She was instantly smitten. Rita asked if she would like to have Pippin inside of the car for a few minutes. It wasn't surprising to see her light up. Rita scooped Pippin out of my arms and placed him gently, yet strategically on the woman's lap. Rita has had years of experience placing Pippin ever so carefully next to, or on the lap of a patient. It's looks effortless, but it really isn't. They really are a remarkable team. Pippin easily settled, allowing her to pet him as we talked. Pippin never met a stranger…everyone was his trusted friend.
We made small talk about Pippin, about dogs, about therapy dogs. I told them that Rita had been visiting hospitals with Pippin for 8 years, at which point there was a heartfelt "God bless you" to Rita, from the daughter. We never asked any personal questions of these two women, we were all truly just experiencing this lovely little encounter. We were all just 'being in the moment'. There were several times where God was asked to bless Rita and Pippin for what they do. I silently joined in the request that they be blessed.
It was so moving and so uplifting. In this spontaneous moment, this remarkable woman and her very special little dog did an unplanned positive mood enhancing intervention. In my humble opinion, Rita and Pippin did a remarkable car visitation today. I know they both made a significant difference in the day that this mother and her daughter were spending. I know that whatever conversation, wherever they might be going to or coming from, that for a moment in time, their lives revolved around this adorable little dog. And, this extraordinary dog was totally, one hundred percent available to them.
And then like two of my childhood heroes, The Lone Ranger and Silver, his remarkable horse, Rita and Pippin rode off into the afternoon sun.


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Associazione Sportiva Cittadella – włoski klub piłkarski z miasta Cittadella.

Kluby piłkarskie w Wenecji Euganejskiej
Kluby piłkarskie założone w 1973
Cittadella (Włochy)

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