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By Njideka Agbo 10 October 2018 | 9:43 am
The 2018 edition of the American Music Awards held by 1:00 WAT at the Microsoft Theater in California and hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross.
The event saw Taylor Swift not only give a stellar performance but opened the night with her hit song, "I Did Something Bad" and became the most decorated female AMA awards winner with 23 AMAs (including her four wins: Tour of the Year; Favorite Album — Pop/Rock, Reputation; Favorite Female Artist Pop/Rock and Artist of the Year.
Celebrities who attended the awards stunned in their amazing outfits.
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Jennifer Lopez attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Khalid attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Tracee Ellis Ross attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Cardi B attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Qveen Herby attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images For dcp/AFP
Ruffles and Fringe
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Patrick Starrr attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images For dcp/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Tyra Banks attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Halsey attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Rita Ora attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Dua Lipa attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Camila Cabello, winner of the New Artist of the Year presented by Capital One Savor Card award poses in the press room during the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Matthew Simmons/Getty Images For dcp/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Bad Bunny attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Post Malone attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Miles Brown attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Shawn Mendes attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Amara La Negra attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images For dcp/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Macaulay Culkin attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Ella Mai attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Jessie James Decker attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Taylor Swift attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Ciara attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
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Exclusive Interview Series: The internet and the music industry – Comeback Kid
As part of a new series of interviews EspyRock commander-in-chief Michael Hughes, who is currently writing a dissertation on the effect of the internet on the music industry for the University Of The West Of Scotland, will be getting the views of artists on the internet's effect on the music industry. The interview series will cover what is currently going on with the band at the moment but will also feature a questionnaire ranging from topics as to illegal downloading, social networking, technology and the future of the industry.
Comeback Kid guitarist Jeremy Hiebert was next to give us some time to answer some questions. As only a few months ago we questioned drummer Kyle Profeta in Glasgow regarding the bands latest release 'Symptoms + Cures', I took the chance to talk about the bands upcoming UK tour as well as his view on the internet's effect on the industry.
Be sure to read on to read his responses and also follow Comeback Kid on Facebook for all the updates regarding the band. Check out some of their songs in the player below and support the band by purchasing a CD or some merchandise from their store.
You're back in the UK this month after your spot on the Never Say Die Tour in November, glad to be back?
We always are stoked to come back. Over the years of touring the UK we've made some great friends as well as playing some awesome shows so it's always fun to come back and visit people you like as well as play for people that appreciate what we do. Can't wait!
How does the band prepare a tour? Is there anything different you have to take into consideration when you are leaving Canada and coming across to the UK or Europe?
We are lucky to have a great booking agency called Avocado Booking, we have been working with them since 2003 or 2004, and they have always put together solid tours that flow easily and make sure we have everything we need as far as working with backline companies to making sure all of our accommodations are taken care of. It's really great to work with people that take care of their bands and don't just treat us like their ATM machine to extract as much money as they can from us doing a half-assed job like some do.
Do you do a lot of rehearsing still or are the songs driven into you now that it is easy to just take the stage and perform in the manner that you do?
As a band we are now spread all across Canada and the United States so it's hard to get together to practice but with the amount of touring that we do in a year it's all second nature now. With a quick sound check before a first show of a tour we are always good to go and seems like we were never even apart before.
The upcoming dates are being highly pushed throughout the UK because everyone is praising the choice of bands on the line-up. Have you heard all the bands you are playing with? Anyone you are looking forward to seeing?
I'm really stoked on the package that got put together as well. We are friends with GraveMaker and The Ghost Inside and are stoked to have them with us but are somewhat unfamiliar with Kvelertak and Social Suicide. These were recommendations made to us by our European booking agent and after checking some of their stuff out on MySpace and YouTube I'm happy they will both be with us. I have a feeling Kvelertak may be my new favourite European band.
I spoke to Kyle last time you were in Glasgow on the Never Say Die Tour and we were talking about the balance of albums on the set list. As 'Symptoms + Cures' has been out for a while now and fans are accustomed to the songs, do you think you will play more from that album on this tour in order to have those songs heard in the live setting or still try balance it out over all the albums?
As a band we feel it is important to play songs from every record. We have a wide range of fans. Some have been with us since day one and prefer to hear the older songs that impacted their life back then but we've also made a lot of newer younger fans that are more familiar with the more recent records so our focus will always be to have as balanced a set list as we can. We will be introducing more new songs from the new record though.
Has Kyle been able to get any closer to his dream of touring with Lagwagon yet?
At this point no. As long as we are both active bands there will always be the possibility but at this point it just hasn't become a reality yet.
What's the craziest thing that has happened to the band on the road to date, any stories for your fans?
I think one of our crazier experiences was touring in South East Asia back in 2008. Getting into Indonesia was going to be a bit tricky because of Visa and passport issues but my understanding is that there was some bribery going on with the help of the promoter to let us into the country and do our thing. It's rather hard to explain in print but it will always be one of the more nerve wracking experiences of my life just not knowing what would be happening next.
When the band is having some downtime what sort of interests do you have to keep you busy?
Me personally I like to do a lot of cooking at home and try to stay in shape by running, biking and going to the gym. I like to have a focus on health and fitness but there is another side of me that also likes to go out and party with my friends when I'm at home. I am a man of extremes.
Still some time to go in 2011, what are the goals for the rest of the year?
We are still putting tours together for later in the year so with the stuff that we already have booked as well as the upcoming tours we have we will be keeping very busy on the road.
Internet and the music industry
The biggest issue with the internet for artists is of course illegal downloading and there has been a rapid decline in value of the industry as the internet expands throughout the world. Several artists I have spoken to have stated that it has become part of life and that now selling albums is no longer a profitable business; money is solely earned from touring. What are your views on the matter of illegal downloading?
I think that there are pros and cons to it. Unfortunately it makes recording records much more difficult as record labels do not want to spend the money they used to on recording records when they don't think they'll be making their money back. The upside for bands like us is that more people will now take the chance to check our band out before buying the record or coming to the shows and buying some merchandise from the bands.
Do you feel that any of the current methods such as watermarking or streaming based models which have users paying a fee to stream music will take off and help stop the illegal sharing of music files? Or do you see any strength with the idea of giving away your music for free, having it shared around the world and again relying on touring to make money?
I guess the industry is in transition mode right now as people are frantically trying to think of new ways to make the industry financially viable but for bands like us, we never really counted on the royalties as a reliable source of income as we've hardly been paid anything in that regard in the past or present.
The global recorded music industry saw a 31% decline in value from the years of 2004 to 2010 but the digital music market has seen a 1000% increase in value over the same period. Do you see the internet's influence on the industry as the sole cause of this decline or do you believe there are any other factors which you consider an issue?
I would think that it can mostly be attributed to the internet. Not sure what other factors would be involve as it seems there are more people going to shows than ever before.
With such a growth in the digital music market, many artists have already stopped creating physical albums; the most notable is Rob Zombie who stated his most recent release would be his last physical album as the growing popularity of iTunes and Amazon is now controlling album sales. The IFPI recently published findings that 16.5% of internet users in the United States purchase their music digitally than physically.
Firstly as an artist and music fan, do you still buy physical albums or do you download from digital music stores? Secondly, do see the digital music markets as something positive for the industry and your career as a new and cheaper distribution method?
I haven't bought a CD in some time but I get a lot from record labels and bands we tour with. I am 35 and still like to have the physical copy with the artwork, lyrics etc. I grew up in a time where I would buy a CD, lie on my bed and listen to it over and over reading along to the lyrics. I think if money can be made from digital sales it is totally a positive thing. Bottom line is that a good quality record that the listener, fans and critics want cost thousands of dollars so having the digital option as well as having a hard copy would theoretically be the best of both worlds for fans and musicians alike.
As the digital music stores assist in distribution, other factors that come into releasing an album are marketing and promotion of any sort. What are your views on the ability to use the internet to promote and market yourself?
I think for bands like us that have not made it into mainstream airplay and whatnot the internet it a great tool to get the word out. I'm sure that's how most bands get the word out now.
Social networking has naturally become a massive asset in the industry for labels and artists to be able to interact with fans on an everyday basis from anywhere in the world. Do you feel that if the social networking boom hadn't taken place that it would effectively hinder careers as there would have been no direct route to communicate with fans?
It probably just wouldn't be as fast. Back in the day people actually wrote letters to bands and a lot of times the bands would write back. Sure it took a lot longer but that was all we had or knew back then. Now everything can be done in real time on twitter, Facebook and whatever else is out there.
A big development in recent years has been the hardware and software that has been created for anyone and everyone to purchase. We now find aspiring artists building their own home studios at their computer by purchasing top of line software, sound cards, microphones and such. What are your views on the technology advancements in recent years from software, hardware and even to the MP3 itself? What positives or negatives if any do you see?
There are a lot of tech savvy people out there who know what they are doing and can save themselves a lot of money. I think it's great when bands take the full on hands on approach if they have the means to do so.
While purchasing hardware/software and recording in your own home studio is a method of removing big studio costs and staff costs, recently fan funding in return for incentives has become a new way forward. Recently in the UK bands such as Madina Lake, Funeral For A Friend and The Blackout have used Pledge Music (Kickstarter in the US) in which fans contribute towards the cost of the studio in return for signed albums, special gifts and more. Do you think this method of involving fans more intimately in the creation of an album and offering them incentives to do so could be a way forward to combat the losses through piracy?
I really like this approach and would like to explore it for ourselves one day. I think it's really cool to see fans show their appreciation for their favourite bands in this kind of way when things have been made a lot more difficult. It makes the whole experience of recording a record a lot more intimate i think.
In the United States from 1999 to 2009 there was a 17% fall in the number of people hired as a musician and in Europe, while not directly musicians, the estimated number of jobs likely to be lost due to piracy in the creative industries will reach 1.2 million by 2015. Do you worry as an artist that you will ever be swept by this wave and be forced to leave the industry you love in order to provide a better living for yourself?
It may come to that point but I also think that we are in a good enough position that as long as we are a full time touring band we can make ends meet and continue to do what we love until we think the band has run its course. Live music is huge right now but may not be forever so all of us know that things can change but we will just have to adapt accordingly to keep the dream alive.
When you consider the industry previously to the time before the internet and to now with the internet in full swing, what do you see for the future of the industry?
It's basically going to come down to the survival of the fittest. Those that are willing to change with the industry and take an innovative approach to carrying on doing what they do in the industry will survive.
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package org.activiti.dmn.engine.impl.cmd;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Map;

import org.activiti.dmn.api.DecisionTable;
import org.activiti.dmn.api.RuleEngineExecutionResult;
import org.activiti.dmn.engine.ActivitiDmnIllegalArgumentException;
import org.activiti.dmn.engine.ActivitiDmnObjectNotFoundException;
import org.activiti.dmn.engine.DmnEngineConfiguration;
import org.activiti.dmn.engine.impl.interceptor.Command;
import org.activiti.dmn.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandContext;
import org.activiti.dmn.engine.impl.persistence.deploy.DecisionTableCacheEntry;
import org.activiti.dmn.engine.impl.persistence.deploy.DeploymentManager;
import org.activiti.dmn.model.DmnDefinition;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;

/**
 * @author Tijs Rademakers
 */
public class ExecuteDecisionCmd implements Command<RuleEngineExecutionResult>, Serializable {

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

  protected String decisionKey;
  protected String parentDeploymentId;
  protected Map<String, Object> variables;
  protected String tenantId;

  public ExecuteDecisionCmd(String decisionKey, Map<String, Object> variables) {
    this.decisionKey = decisionKey;
    this.variables = variables;
  }

  public ExecuteDecisionCmd(String decisionKey, String parentDeploymentId, Map<String, Object> variables) {
    this(decisionKey, variables);
    this.parentDeploymentId = parentDeploymentId;
  }

  public ExecuteDecisionCmd(String decisionKey, String parentDeploymentId, Map<String, Object> variables, String tenantId) {
    this(decisionKey, parentDeploymentId, variables);
    this.tenantId = tenantId;
  }

  public RuleEngineExecutionResult execute(CommandContext commandContext) {
    if (decisionKey == null) {
      throw new ActivitiDmnIllegalArgumentException("decisionKey is null");
    }

    DmnEngineConfiguration dmnEngineConfiguration = commandContext.getDmnEngineConfiguration();
    DeploymentManager deploymentManager = dmnEngineConfiguration.getDeploymentManager();
    DecisionTable decisionTable = null;

    if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(decisionKey) && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(parentDeploymentId) && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(tenantId)) {
      decisionTable = deploymentManager.findDeployedLatestDecisionByKeyParentDeploymentIdAndTenantId(decisionKey, parentDeploymentId, tenantId);
      if (decisionTable == null) {
        throw new ActivitiDmnObjectNotFoundException("No decision found for key: " + decisionKey +
            ", parent deployment id " + parentDeploymentId + " and tenant id: " + tenantId);
      }

    } else if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(decisionKey) && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(parentDeploymentId)) {
      decisionTable = deploymentManager.findDeployedLatestDecisionByKeyAndParentDeploymentId(decisionKey, parentDeploymentId);
      if (decisionTable == null) {
        throw new ActivitiDmnObjectNotFoundException("No decision found for key: " + decisionKey +
            " and parent deployment id " + parentDeploymentId);
      }

    } else if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(decisionKey) && StringUtils.isNotEmpty(tenantId)) {
      decisionTable = deploymentManager.findDeployedLatestDecisionByKeyAndTenantId(decisionKey, tenantId);
      if (decisionTable == null) {
        throw new ActivitiDmnObjectNotFoundException("No decision found for key: " + decisionKey +
            " and tenant id " + tenantId);
      }

    } else if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(decisionKey)) {
      decisionTable = deploymentManager.findDeployedLatestDecisionByKey(decisionKey);
      if (decisionTable == null) {
        throw new ActivitiDmnObjectNotFoundException("No decision found for key: " + decisionKey);
      }

    } else {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("decisionKey is null");
    }

    DecisionTableCacheEntry decisionTableCacheEntry = deploymentManager.resolveDecisionTable(decisionTable);
    DmnDefinition dmnDefinition = decisionTableCacheEntry.getDmnDefinition();

    RuleEngineExecutionResult executionResult = dmnEngineConfiguration.getRuleEngineExecutor().execute(dmnDefinition, variables,
        dmnEngineConfiguration.getCustomExpressionFunctions(), dmnEngineConfiguration.getCustomPropertyHandlers());

    if (executionResult != null && executionResult.getAuditTrail() != null) {
      executionResult.getAuditTrail().setDmnDeploymentId(decisionTable.getDeploymentId());
    }

    return executionResult;

  }

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State Board Implementing New Guidelines for Estimated Pension Payment
The following update is from the MA State Retirement Board.
STATE BOARD IMPLEMENTING NEW GUIDELINES
FOR ESTIMATED PENSION PAYMENT
Retiring can be very stressful. When a retiree hasn't received their first pension check for more than two months or possibly more, it only raises undue anxiety during this life-altering move into retirement.
"When I was elected to the State Retirement Board, one of my priorities has been to allow for an estimated payment if the first pension deposit could not be made within two months," says Frank Valeri. "While the Board has allowed for a debit card to be issued before the first payment, retirees would prefer receiving a payment 'in hand.'
"Over several months, I collaborated with my fellow Board members, as well as staff, to develop an estimated payment plan for 'first payees'. And we did come up with a viable guidelines so that my fellow state retirees could receive payment within two months of their retirement."
Last fall the State Board approved guidelines for requesting an estimated retirement benefit and earlier this year they were finalized. Hopefully there will soon be a formal process developed for members to request by written affidavit along with the current application form.
"I like to thank Chairman Deb Goldberg and my fellow Board members for all their help in bringing these guidelines to fruition. Here's a summary of the key features."
State Board Guidelines
Estimated First Payment
An eligible state member may make an application to receive an estimated superannuation retirement benefit ("Estimated Benefit Request") within 60 days of the member's stated retirement date.
An Estimated Benefit Request must be filed along with a completed MSRB-Superannuation Retirement Application form at least 30 days prior to the member's stated retirement date.
A member, filing an Estimated Benefit Request, must have completed certain criteria before filing the Request (i.e., completed and paid any service purchase request and Group Classification determination finalized).
A member, filing an Estimated Benefit Request, acknowledges that an adjustment based on their salary, service, employment status or other pension calculation factors not available at the time of application will be applied for a final calculation of their benefit and adjusted appropriately to reflect an accurate final benefit level.
It must be noted that certain members may NOT be eligible for an Estimated Benefit because they are subject to certain conditions that include the involvement of other public entities, individuals and situations. (For Example; benefit payments involving divorce agreement conditions, Child Support Orders, Optional Retirement Plan transfers and Disability Benefits. Unfortunately, these conditions will prohibit the calculation of a reasonably accurate pension estimate within a 60-day period.
Also, it must be emphasized that these Guidelines apply only to members of the Massachusetts State Employees Retirement System (MSERS) who are eligible and applying for a regular pension (superannuation retirement allowance).


Study specialist modules including hedge funds and fund management, computational finance, risk, shipping markets, and mergers and acquisitions. To enrol on these modules, you require some previous academic or practical exposure to finance.
Gain a short-form exposure to the types and styles of learning available to you at Cass Business School.
This short summer programme is designed to give students exposure to the key issues in modern finance. It begins by introducing the language of finance, describing the structure of financial markets and detailing the roles played by financial intermediaries. The introductory finance course proceeds to analyse how companies make their financing choices (for example, how they decide which investment projects to undertake) before going on to discuss how financial securities (e.g. bonds and stocks) may be valued.
The course is intensive yet rewarding and the ideal introduction to finance for people from a wide range of professional experience or academic backgrounds.
The course will cover fundamental financial terminology as well as providing you with the skills to outline and discuss the basic concepts of financial security, financial markets and financial valuations.
Demonstrate the key considerations affecting the decisions of financial market participants.
Explain the structure and the institutions making up the financial markets.
Be equipped for further study of finance-related courses at postgraduate level.
Outline the role and functioning of financial intermediaries.
Outline basic concepts of valuation of securities and firms.
Prior to completing his PhD at London Business School, Aneel worked as an economist for a commodities research company. Aneel taught at both LSE and Lancaster University before coming to Cass, and has also consulted for various investment banks. His main research area is fund management and he is a Director of the Centre for Asset Management Research at Cass.
Sonia Falconieri joined the faculty of Finance at Cass in September 2009. Her research interests are in Corporate Finance; specifically she has been working on Initial Public Offerings, Takeovers and the financing side of Public Private Partnerships among others. Her articles have been published in some major journals such as the JEEA, the Review of Finance and Financial Management.
The course is open to current undergraduates and recent graduates of any discipline. Students on this course are not expected to have previously studied finance at University level. It is recommended that students wishing to enrol on this course have mathematical skills to the equivalent of a UK A-level in Mathematics.
Students who have not studied a degree programme taught in English before are required to have an overall IELTS score of at least 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.5 in writing).
Finance, both academic and practical, is a quantitative subject. Risk managers use data and statistical techniques to evaluate portfolios, investors must estimate the expected returns and risk contributions of potential investments and traders wish to forecast future movements in the levels of stock, bond and foreign exchange markets.
The Introduction to Quantitative Methods course is designed to equip students with essential statistical and mathematical tools. You will become familiar with the language of mathematics and statistics, and will cover important fields such as linear algebra, calculus, probability, inference and linear regression. The module is designed to enable you to understand the core language of mathematics and statistics, and to be able to apply the concepts to practical problems in business and finance. Thus this is not just a theory course; it also provides students with hands on experience of working with, manipulating and understanding financial data.
Introduction to Quantitative Methods is taught by Dr Lorenzo Trapani, a researcher in financial econometrics and the Associated Dean for Teaching and Learning at Cass, and by Professor Richard Payne, an empirical finance researcher with a background in quantitative research, both in academia and as a quantitative equity trader.
*Students who have taken this course would, for example, be fully prepared to undertake the quantitative elements of a finance-related MSc at Cass (and at other top UK universities). Thus an undergraduate who has completed a degree in a non-quantitative subject can use this course as a primer that would help them to switch to studying finance at MSc level.
How to apply statistics, and mathematics, in the analysis of financial and accounting data.
Use the basic mathematics required to undertake the fundamental types of calculation that will be required in the study of finance.
Discuss the underlying assumptions in statistical modelling and the dangers of ignoring them.
Develop skills to enable statistical analysis of data.
Provide critical assessment of empirical research in the field.
Develop and interpret empirical tests to assess the validity of finance theories.
Dr Mamdouh Medhat is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Cass. His research is on theoretical and empirical asset pricing. He holds a PhD in Finance from Copenhagen Business School, an MSc in Mathematics-Economics from the University of Copenhagen, and has been a visiting researcher at Stanford University. He has 5 years of industry experience as a risk management analyst at the Danish mortgage bank Nykredit.
econometrics to advanced undergraduate level. It is recommended that students wishing to enrol on this course have mathematical skills to the equivalent of a UK A-level in Mathematics.
Mergers and acquisitions are a major form of corporate activity with important and wide ranging implications for firm managers, employees, customers and investors. The M&A module will provide you with a detailed understanding of the financial issues surrounding M&A activity, within a strategic context and from an international perspective. Students will complete the module with not only an understanding of the blend of strategic and financial implications thrown up by M&A activity, but more importantly with a full recognition of the impact of corporate restructurings on organisations and people. The course will cover topics related to the motivation for deals, determinants of the success of deals, deal valuation and post-merge integration.
The M&A course is taught by Professor Scott Moeller, Director of the Cass Mergers and Acquisitions Research Centre and an ex M&A practitioner, together with other faculty from the business school.
This course will provide you with a detailed understanding of the financial issues within a strategic context regarding mergers and acquisitions from an international perspective. At the end of the module you should have the ability to form your own views about M&A, and should be prepared to make your own creatively strategic and analytically supportable recommendations regarding potential M&A transactions.
Scott Moeller is the Director of the M&A Research Centre at Cass Business School. He teaches Mergers & Acquisitions on the MBA and MSc programmes at Cass.
During his six years at Deutsche Bank, Scott was Global Head of the bank's corporate venture capital unit, Managing Director of the Investment Bank's Global eBusiness Division and Managing Director of the department responsible for world-wide strategy and new business acquisitions. Scott worked first at Booz Allen & Hamilton Management Consultants for over 5 years and then at Morgan Stanley for over 12 years in New York, Japan, and most recently as co-manager and then member of the board of Morgan Stanley Bank AG in Germany. Scott has held a number of other board seats throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas and is currently a non-executive director on several boards.
The course is open to current undergraduates and recent graduates. Applicants must have studied finance as part of their undergraduate degree, with some coverage of corporate finance, or have a professional background in finance. It is recommended that students wishing to enrol on this course have mathematical skills to the equivalent of a UK A-level in Mathematics.
To examine in depth the fundamentals of shipping investment.
To equip students with the analytical tools and skills for making shipping investment and finance decisions.
Understand how revenue is earned by shipping companies.
Understand the importance of the industry's cost structure and the necessity for cost minimisation.
The importance and position of the shipping industry in the world economy.
Analysis and features of various shipping sectors: dry-bulk; tanker; container and specialised sectors.
Analysis of the four shipping markets: freight; new-building; second-hand and demolition.
Supply and demand factors in shipping.
Market equilibrium and freight rate determination.
Contracting and cost and revenue responsibilities in different shipping contracts.
Stylized features of freight rates: analysis of volatility, term structure and seasonality.
Analysis of shipping risks; risk management of shipping revenues and costs.
Freight risks and the use of derivative contracts.
Project evaluation and cash flow analysis of a shipping project.
Understand the fundamental principles of shipping markets.
Comprehend the economics of shipping and its inter-related markets, including freight, new-building, second hand and demolition.
Comprehend the key parameters involved in shipping investment decisions and the tools used in a shipping investment feasibility study.
Assess and evaluate the major financial risks involved in a shipping project.
Undertake a shipping feasibility study.
Carry out a cash-flow analysis for a shipping project and critically evaluate a shipping investment appraisal.
Understand and assess different sources of funding for a shipping project.
Identify different sources of risk in shipping operations and measure exposure to such risks.
Measure and compare the effectiveness of different derivatives instruments in the management of financial risks in shipping.
Demonstrate confidence in applying financial concepts for shipping projects.
Demonstrate the use of judgement in the comparison and evaluation of projects and clarity and non-bias in describing the relative merits of investments to others.
Nikos Nomikos is Professor of Shipping Risk Management at Cass Business School. He commenced his career at the Baltic Exchange as Senior Market Analyst where he was responsible for the development of the shipping indices that are currently used in the market as pricing benchmarks. For the last 10 years he has been with the Faculty of Finance at Cass Business School, where he is also the Director of the MSc course in Shipping, Trade and Finance. His area of expertise is Ship Finance and Risk Management. As such, he particularly enjoys lecturing on the topics of shipping economics, ship finance and shipping risk management as well as quantitative finance and risk management in financial and commodity markets.
Nikos Papapostolou is a Senior Lecturer in Shipping Finance at the Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance. He holds a BSc in Money, Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham, an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance and a PhD in Finance from City, University of London. He is involved in Shipping Finance Executive training in collaboration with the Baltic Exchange and acts as a consultant to industry clients.
Financial modelling is a skill that helps you build a finance career. This module will equip you with an understanding of the most important methods in computational finance and, in particular, their implementation using Excel. These include optimal portfolio construction, calculation of the efficient frontier, dynamic portfolio management, asset price modelling, optimised volatility and correlation estimation, risk measurement and forecasting, Monte Carlo simulation and scenario generation, and pricing of financial derivatives. You will gain an insight into financial data, processing them by means of instructor-led demonstrations and Excel-based exercises for the participants, interpreting results, and performing model validation.
The course is suitable for students with some prior finance knowledge, basic mathematical skills and some familiarity with probability distributions. Basic understanding of Excel is also recommended. Building on these, you will learn how to implement various financial models and become competent in using Excel to this end. The module is well-suited for prospective entrants to the finance industry in areas such as quantitative analysis, investment analysis, financial and real asset research, portfolio construction and management, credit risk research, but also students with an interest in further studies (at Cass or other top UK universities) in quantitative finance, financial engineering and mathematical finance.
Computational Finance and Financial Modelling is co-delivered by Dr Ioannis Kyriakou, a researcher with interest in stochastic asset modelling and numerical methods in finance, and Dr Panos Pouliasis, who will share with you his expertise in energy/commodities finance.
Practical portfolio analysis: efficient frontier calculation techniques, optimal risky portfolios and optimization using different risk measures.
Asset price and volatility modelling: definitions, stylized facts and distributional properties.
Volatility and correlation: estimation, forecasting implementations and interpretation.
Density and tail forecasting, management of adverse price movements, dynamic portfolio management and examples of these techniques in Excel.
One-dimensional and multi-dimensional models. Analysis of price trajectories: tranquillity and / or existence of jumps.
Inverse problems: model calibration and implied volatility profiles based on basic financial contracts.
Monte Carlo simulation. Applications in Excel in asset price path generation, investments, pricing of one-asset and multi-asset contracts, expected exposure for defaultable contracts.
Ioannis Kyriakou is a Senior Lecturer at Cass. He holds a PhD in Finance. Previously he worked for Lloyd's Treasury and Investment Management on Lloyd's Investment Risk Model for measuring the market and credit risks under the Solvency II Directive. His teaching duties relate to Numerical Methods in Finance, Financial Derivatives, and Probability and Statistics. His research agenda encompasses stochastic asset modelling and development of efficient methodologies for valuation of exotic derivatives in freight and commodity markets.
Panos Pouliasis is a Senior Lecturer in Energy/Commodities and Finance at Cass. He holds a PhD in Finance. He joined Cass originally as a researcher at The Costas Grammenos International Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance. Currently, he is in the Faculty of Finance where he lectures on Finance, International Business and Financial Markets, Quantitative Methods, Commodity Derivatives and Structured Equity/Energy Derivatives. His research interests relate to commodity and shipping risk management, volatility-correlation modelling and forecasting, and financial econometrics.
The course is open to current undergraduates and recent graduates with some prior finance knowledge, basic mathematical skills and some familiarity with probability distributions. Basic understanding of Excel is also recommended. Building on these, you will learn how to implement various financial models and become competent in using Excel to this end. The module is well-suited for prospective entrants to the finance industry in areas such as quantitative analysis, investment analysis, financial and real asset research, portfolio construction and management, credit risk research, but also students with an interest in further studies in quantitative finance, financial engineering and mathematical finance.
The last two decades have seen a dramatic increase in investor interest in alternative investments and chief amongst these have been hedge funds. The purpose of this module is to provide an in-depth study of the structure of the hedge fund industry and the strategies that funds use to generate returns. We will begin with issues of industrial structure, ultimately investigating why the hedge fund industry has come to look the way it does. Then the coverage will proceed through an exhaustive study of the 10 major hedge fund strategies paying particular attention to the risks underlying these strategies. You will be introduced to the key issues involved in constructing portfolios of hedge funds as well as issues that one faces when incorporating hedge funds into a traditional portfolio. For all topics you will be provided with both the academic and practitioner perspectives.
The Hedge Funds and the Asset Management Industry course is taught by Dr Nick Motson, who does research on portfolio management issues and, specifically, on hedge fund performance. Dr Motson spent many years working as a trader in the City of London and still actively consults on trading and asset management issues.
Dr Nick Motson joined the faculty of finance at Cass in 2008 following a 13 year career as a proprietary trader of interest rate derivatives in the City of London for various banks including First National Bank of Chicago, Industrial Bank of Japan and Wachovia Bank.
Nick's research interests include asset management, particularly hedge funds, alternative assets and structured products. In 2009 he was awarded the Sciens Capital Award for Best Academic Article, in The Journal of Alternative Investments for his paper Locking in the Profits or Putting It All on Black? An Empirical Investigation into the Risk-Taking Behaviour of Hedge Fund Managers.
Nick teaches extensively at masters level on alternative investments, derivatives and structured products and in recognition of the quality of his teaching he was nominated for the Economist Intelligence Unit Business Professor of the Year Award in 2012.
As well as teaching and researching at Cass, Nick actively consults for numerous banks and hedge funds and has provided research or training clients including ABN Amro, Aon Hewitt, Barclays Wealth, BNP Paribas, FM Capital Partners, NewEdge, Societe Generale and Rosbank.
The course is open to current undergraduates and recent graduates. Applicants must have studied finance as part of their undergraduate degree, with some coverage of financial markets and portfolio theory, or have a professional background in finance. It is recommended that students wishing to enroll on this course have mathematical skills to the equivalent of a UK A-level in Mathematics.
Students will also be expected to engage in a number of hours of independent learning which will be supported through our Moodle Virtual Learning Environment. These sessions are demanding but highly rewarding.


The role will include many differing responsibilities and these will change over the course of the apprenticeship which we envisage will last 3 to 4 years.
Initially, responsibilities will include administrative tasks (answering the phones, taking messages, opening and dealing with the post, taking the post to the post office at the end of the day, scanning) in addition to accounting and bookkeeping tasks.
The latter will include posting purchase invoices to client's bookkeeping software (xero or sage), reconciling bank accounts, preparing VAT returns, posting payroll journals, setting up payments. Accounting tasks will be assisting more senior members of the team in putting together a set of year end accounts, e.g. updating working papers, posting client's trial balance to our internal accounting package, summarising bank statements, drafting the accounts.
In the second and third years, responsibilities will become more complex.
For example, supervising new apprentices in carrying out the 'year 1' tasks, producing management accounts including making month end adjustments, visiting clients to assist with their bookkeeping, carrying out more complex reconciliations such as month end factoring account reconciliation, preparing year end accounts from beginning to end.
We would also expect our apprentices in years 2 and 3 to be the first point of call for new apprentices in terms of training and supervision - we find this is one of the best ways for trainee accountants to consolidate their knowledge.
Ability to work unsupervised but also willingness to work as part of a team.
There will be client contact from the very start so the candidate should be personable and polite and have, or aim to develop, a good telephone manner.
The candidate will need to be a team player but also capable of working independently.
The candidate should be punctual and conscientious, and well presented.
Minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade A-C including maths and English or equivalent qualifications.
There is every chance that the candidate could be qualified within 4 years - our apprenticeship programme will give the candidate on-the-job experience, across a wide and eclectic client base. Upon achieving the ICAEW qualification, the candidate will have the opportunity to take a senior role in the firm or take their internationally recognised qualification to another practice or in to an industry role.


Haitian born Jimmy Jean-Louis embodies the « rags to riches » story, growing up in the slums of Petion-Ville, Haiti, to becoming an international actor and Hollywood celebrity. His amazing story could have ended there, but while continuing to pursue his acting career, Jimmy shifted his focus to rebuilding his homeland, ravaged by the 7.0 earthquake on January 12th, 2010.
In his early years, Jimmy worked as a dancer and model in France, Spain, Italy, South Africa and England. He moved to Los Angeles in 1998 to pursue an acting career in Hollywood. His credits include Tears of the Sun with Bruce Willis, Hollywood Homicide with Harrison Ford, Monster in Law with Jane Fonda & Jennifer Lopez, Phat Girlz with Mo'Nique, the hit NBC Show Heroes and, more recently, Five Thirteen with Tom Sizemore. He will also be acting in upcoming films: The Promise Keeper by award-winning indie director Jerry Lamothe and Lives of the Saints starring Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Kat Dennings and Meg Ryan.
Jimmy has had an international career since 2006, acting in films produced in France, England, Indonesia, USA, Nigeria, Ghana and Mexico. His international appeal is due greatly to his fluency in 5 languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian and Creole. His international credits include a starring role in A Butterfly Kiss with Italian star Valeria Golino, the French comedy, Coursier, by director Herve Renoh, Sinking Sand from the Ghanaian award winning director Leila Djansi and the Nigerian produced Doctor Bello. He will also be in "Misere" with Gerard Depardieu, and in the upcoming film,Yefon, by Kevin Natera's, a "Nollywood" production (colloquial name of the Nigerian film industry; the second largest film industry in the world).
Jimmy recently portrayed Toussaint Louverture, the 18th century leader of the Haitian Revolution, in a film about and named after this extraordinary Haitian hero. The role has been his most important French language film to date and has won him the BEST ACTOR award at the Pan African Film Festival, the Trinidad and Tobago International Film Festival & Vues d'Afrique and the International Film Festival in Canada. He was also nominated BEST ACTOR at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2012.
Foundation and the Organization of American States. HUFH-PADF-OAS and its partners provided support to more than 300,000 people and delivered in excess of 200 tons of supplies during the first 8 weeks of the disaster.
Mr. Jean-Louis has taken part in a series of campaigns for Haitian aid. He was an invited singer on the Quincy Jones project, « We Are The World, » to benefit humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti.
In January 2010 Jimmy was presented the key to Miami-Dade county during Haitian Independence Month.
Named Pan American Development Foundation's Ambassador for Haitian Children, he testified to congress on their behalf in June 2010.
Jimmy is now working on his very personal project Haiti 16:53; the incredible story and documentary film follows the adventures of one man's journey of a lifetime under extraordinary circumstances.


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Arnold Schwarzenegger 'thankful' after heart surgery
Photo: Bang
Published Tuesday, April 03, 2018
Arnold Schwarzenegger is "thankful" to have woken up after undergoing emergency open heart surgery last week.
The 70-year-old actor was admitted to hospital last week to have a catheter valve replaced, and after complications with the procedure, an emergency team of doctors were forced to perform emergency surgery on the star.
On Monday the former Governor of California took to Twitter to reveal that he was awake and well following the ordeal, and thanked medical staff for their life-saving work.
He wrote: "It's true: I'm back! I went to sleep expecting to wake up with a small incision and woke up with a big one - but guess what? I woke up, and that's something to be thankful for. Thank you to the doctors & nurses. And I'm truly filled with gratitude for all of the kind messages. (sic)"
Previously, his representative Daniel Ketchell had taken to social media to explain what had happened to the 'Terminator' star.
In a note posted in the form of a picture, he wrote: "Yesterday, Governor Schwarzenegger underwent a planned procedure at Cedars-Sinai to replace a pulmonic valve that was originally replaced due to a congenital heart defect in 1997.
"That 1997 replacement valve was never meant to be permanent, and has outlived its life expectancy, so he chose to replace it yesterday through a less-invasive catheter valve replacement.
"During that procedure, an open-heart surgery team was prepared, as they frequently are in these circumstances, in case the catheter procedure was unable to be performed.
"Governor Schwarzenegger's pulmonic valve was successfully replaced and he is currently recovering from the surgery and in a stable condition. We want to thank the entire medical team for their tireless efforts."
And the rep then took to Twitter again a few hours later to let fans know the 'Predator' actor was awake and in "good spirits".
He tweeted: "Update: @Schwarzenegger is awake and his first words were actually "I'm back", so he is in good spirits. (sic)"


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New album released March 22nd
Single LOOK AT YOU NOW released Dec 5th
On Gorsky Records
Plus UK tour dates.
On 22nd March 2019, Sleeper release their first album in 21 years, The Modern Age. It wasn't meant to happen. In fact, the band had promised each other it never would.
"We had no plan to get back together. Sometimes life throws you a massive curve ball. You end up jumping off the cliff, just to see what it feels like.": Singer, Louise Wener
The band spent summer 2018 recording The Modern Age with their long time producer, Stephen Street - a relationship that clicked into place again right away. They tracked live at Metway studios in their adopted city of Brighton, before decamping to Street's studio in West London to add the finishing touches.
The Modern Age is the outward looking sound of a band revitalized and refreshed. Covering subjects from motherhood and social media to personal loss and, inevitably, relationships. The Modern Age retains Sleeper's classic pop sensibilities with a shiny, new, contemporary feel.
The first single to be taken from the album is Look at You Now – released on Dec 5th and available on all digital platforms. Initially it appears to be referencing Sleeper's comeback, but it's a protest song at heart: a howl for the politically homeless in a landscape where reasoned debate has given way to vitriol.
As well as digitally, The Modern Age will be available on limited edition coloured vinyl, black vinyl and CD. The Modern Age is released on the band's own Gorsky Records.
The track-listing for The Modern Age goes like this:
Paradise Waiting
Look At You Now
The Sun Also Rises
Car into the Sea
Blue Like You
More Than I Do
Big Black Sun
Sleeper tour the UK next Spring with festival appearances to be announced. Dates (so far) are:
21 – GLASGOW Garage
22- NEWCASTLE Riverside
23- EDINBURGH Liquid Rooms
28- SOUTHAMPTON Engine Rooms
29- NORTHAMPTON Roadmender
30- LEEDS Church
04- DERBY The Venue
05- CARDIFF The Globe
12- BRISTOL- 02 Academy
13- LONDON KENTISH TOWN Forum
Sleeper enjoyed huge critical and commercial success in the mid 90s: achieving 8 Top 40 singles across 3 Top 10 albums with well over 1,000,000 sales. Their music was characterized by astute, observational lyrics and big, hook driven melodies. Wener was an iconic front-person, heading up a movement that brought women center stage in guitar music.
Sleeper split In 1998 and walked purposely away from the limelight. Wener carved out a career as a successful novelist. Drummer Andy Maclure and John Stewart – Sleeper's guitarist – both became lecturers in music studies. Sleeper's current line-up are joined by former Prodigy bassist Kieron Pepper.
Sleeper are: Louise Wener, Andy Maclure, Johnathan Stewart, Keiron Pepper
facebook.com/Sleeperofficially/
@Sleepertweeting
@ReaLouisewener
For more information please contact rob@sonicpr.co.uk


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Home WEINSTEIN AUTHOR SERIES EVENT: KAREN L. COX No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice
WEINSTEIN AUTHOR SERIES EVENT: KAREN L. COX No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice
Sep 14, 2021 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Library of Virginia 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219
Please join us for a talk by author and historian Dr. Karen L. Cox on her book No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice. In this eye-opening narrative of the efforts to raise, preserve, protest, and remove Confederate monuments, Dr. Cox depicts what these statues meant to those who erected them and how a movement arose to force a reckoning. When it comes to Confederate monuments, there is no common ground. Polarizing debates over their meaning have intensified into legislative maneuvering to preserve the statues, legal battles to remove them, and rowdy crowds taking matters into their own hands. These conflicts have raged for well over a century—but they've never been as intense as they are today. Dr. Cox shows the forces that drove white southerners to construct beacons of white supremacy, as well as the ways that anti-monument sentiment, largely stifled during the Jim Crow era, returned with the civil rights movement and gathered momentum in the decades after the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Civil rights activists, Black elected officials, and movements of ordinary people have fought to take the story back.
Location Library of Virginia 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219
Event Type History
Date & Time Sep 14, 2021 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM


UK based energy startup for batteries may open 25 person research and development here in Charlotte according to the Business Journal subscriber article.
""Charlotte may soon see its first tangible benefit from local interest in the energy-storage startup ZapGo Ltd. The U.K.-based company will decide by mid-month where to locate a 25-person U.S. research facility, and Charlotte is expected to get the nod. ZapGo is a member of the latest cohort of early-stage cleantech companies at the Joules Accelerator in Charlotte. It is designing a 350-kilowatt storage battery aimed at the fast-charging market for electric cars and trucks. The prototype for the third generation of the product will be built by Parker-Hanafin Grid Tie, which is based in Charlotte. Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) is slated to test the project at is Mount Holly Research and Development Lab. UNC Charlotte' Energy Production and Infrastructure Center will provide technical services.""
Here is how NC ranks counties as Tiers 1, 2 and 3. 3 is the best off and that is what the large counties are like Mecklenburg, Wake etc. This article also talks about how the incentives benefit other parts of the state even when 100s of jobs come to Charlotte for example.
here are photos from today of Amazon's new 2.5 million sq ft warehouse by the airport. Its massive size is really starting to take shape. Photos from I-85 and I was not the driver this time.
Major job announcements in the region: Corvid Technologies in Mooresville 367 jobs, Sonic Automotive in Gaston Co. 500 jobs Numerous manufacturing expansions in Gaston, Stanly Rowan Lincoln, Catawba, Cabarrus counties.
This list does NOT include major employers expanding locally like our banks. Wells is continuing to grow here as evidenced by their taking more space and not giving up any. Our big banks don't herald job announcements but I would say they all growing here in Charlotte which in turn creates more space needs. Most new job announcements never make the papers or news due to their size and lack of incentives. But all this warehouse space around town is creating thousands of jobs but with many different companies. You don't absorb that kind of space without job expansion.
Looking forward to what 2019 has to offer as with our low tax environment, great air connections, low cost of living compared to the NE and West coast we will continue to attract other companies. Just wait!
thought this was interesting the Charlotte Chamber removed their sign and put up the new name. And just read a story in the Business Journal they have 5 solid candidates coming down this week I think to interview. I think we need new blood because the regional counties would be very suspicious of a Charlotte Chamber person leading this position. So I think a new person who will think regionally is good. Especially since they are going to try to get funding from Cabarrus Iredell Gaston Union and other counties around Charlotte Mecklenburg.
Interesting article about Honeywell and their move here from recently released documents from the EDPNC, the states economic development agency.
""But public records submitted to the Charlotte Business Journal from the N.C. Department of Commerce late Wednesday suggest the five metro areas shortlisted for the 750-job relocation — Charlotte (as well as its metro area in South Carolina), Houston, Atlanta, and Tampa and Orlando, Florida — were fairly equal on things like cost of doing business, talent and infrastructure. Ultimately, the records indicate, incentives packages proved to be the tipping point in the company's final decision.""
""About 150 employees are expected to relocate from the company's current New Jersey headquarters over the next six months, and at least 100 employees will relocate from an existing Honeywell division in Fort Mill, with the remaining 500 to be hired locally. All 750 positions would be filled by the end of 2024, the company has previously said, and those targets are mentioned in several documents. The JDIG has a 12-year term; annual payments are made after verification that jobs and investment targets for each year have been met.""
""Other clues about Honeywell's real estate needs are indicated in a May 21 email from BLS & Co. to Chung. At that time, the expectation was that Honeywell sought about 237,500 square feet of space for its corporate headquarters and was "focused on suitable existing office facilities" that can be renovated. An overview of Project Bee says the company was considering locating its safety and productivity solutions business unit — the division based in Fort Mill currently — in a separate site from its global headquarters, although both would be in Mecklenburg County""
I can't remember where I originally saw this article. It might have been on UP, so sorry if it was, but here is a prediction I would like to throw out. In the next 3 years, Chase will start building a tower in Charlotte. Jamie Dimon stated the bank plans to move into top 50/75 markets they are not currently in. Looking at the image below, five of those cities are in the Carolinas, with Charlotte being one of the largest cities nationwide they are not currently in. In fact, Charlotte is the fourth largest market they are not currently in. It makes complete sense to open a regional office in Uptown. The talent is there, the rent is affordable, and it is a hub for one of the largest concentrations in the US where Chase does not currently have a presence (the Carolinas).
Mr. Dimon, we would welcome you and a new tower with open arms. We only request that you give us something slightly more thoughtful than Bank of America's Legacy Union.
So....they have opened in a new tower, at Capitol Towers in South Park.
That article is specifically referring to branch banks, do not necessarily driving the need for more office space, but as they build out their Carolinas retail network they might need to have a regional leadership team, but I don't see it driving major office expansion.
...but, Morgan Stanley is rumored to be looking for a lower cost market to move some mid/back office jobs, and I would think Charlotte is on that list. MS is the only major bank that hasn't moved 1000s of back office jobs out of NY area.
Didn't know about Capitol Towers. Good to know! As far as the tower, I was thinking something similar to what FNB is doing; having regional leadership (to support retail branches and local mid-market lending) in a tower with visibility. I could also see them doing something like what Regions did. Either way, good to know they are moving into Charlotte.
Let's hope Morgan Stanley see the light in Charlotte! Thanks for sharing your insights!
Major textile holding company rebrands itself as Elevate Textiles announces new corporate headquarters will be in Charlotte. Probably not a huge number of jobs and this is private company as of now but it does have quite the global reach.
They operate on 6 continents!
Poor Triad is seeing so many of their companies move the top leadership.
LOL would you want to live there if you are top leadership? If you want to fly anywhere you have to connect. Almost no restaurant scene and tiny town culture. RDU area at least provides some of the elements that CEO types would enjoy. Triad is a very difficult region to attract top talent to.
No I wouldn't. They just haven't gotten many wins lately and I'm sure it is discouraging.
I like Winston-Salem and think it punches above its weight as a small city.
Well not quite true. National General Insurance is adding 600 plus jobs in Winston which is HUGE for that city and Greensboro continues to grow just much slower than Raleigh Durham or Charlotte. their aerospace cluster by PTI airport is growing with companies such as HondaJet, FedEx, HAECO an aerospace company etc. Much more manufacturing in that area that is growing.
Despite losing the HQ of VF to Denver they still have the same amount of people working in Gboro with the spinoff company now called Kontoor that makes the jeans and moving execs in from Kansas City. Most of the back office staff with VF remained in Gboro.
The area is growing but much slower than the 2 bigger metros in the state. Plus Publix is opening a mega distribution center east of Gboro employing 1000 including bakery jobs.
PS they have the Best highway freeway system in the state. Greensboro has I-85,40, 840,73, and I-785. Nearby is I-74 in High Point. I-840 is almost complete.
Guilford County has more interstate highways than any county in the state!
""On Elevate's decision to locate in Charlotte, Sides said, "Charlotte provides a central metropolitan area that allows Elevate Textiles to maintain its headquarters and roots in North Carolina, is easily accessible by both the Mt. Holly and Greensboro offices and provides good access to financial and other resources beneficial for a global headquarters."
""Elevate Textiles spokeswoman Delores Sides told Triad Business Journal that the company's decision to locate its headquarters in Charlotte will have a minimal impact on Greensboro jobs – either through layoffs or transfers to Charlotte.""
Good for Brad and Iredell County.
""NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski used his own money to open a $10 million advanced manufacturing facility in Statesville that's designed to be the "factory of the future" to combine emerging production systems with current methods. Keselowski dedicated Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing adjacent to the Statesville Regional Airport on Thursday There, the staff of 100 will eventually make metal parts using both 3-D printing techniques and traditional computerized numerical control (CNC) machines to quickly and efficiently serve customers in defense, health care, automotive and, oh, yes, racing. "" already 45 employees working in his own building that used to house his truck team.
According to the article above, the old Philip Morris plant grounds will become another megasite in NC's inventory of megasites once all the buildings are demolished. Hopefully when Chris Chung says that the Philip Morris site will become another premier megasite in NC, it will be featured on the EDPNC page along with the Greensboro-Randolph site and the Chatham-Siler City site, and will be marketed by the state to automotive companies with all the same fervor the two above sites are.
I personally think that once the old cigarette plant and distribution buildings are gone it will be the best site in the state for an automotive assembly plant. It already has all the infrastructure such as an onsite substation, multiple rail spurs, and presumably a good sewer system. It is also zoned for heavy industrial. Plus it is closer to the interstate than any other megasite in the in NC. I thought the fact that it didn't have interstate frontage would end up being a downside, but in that regard it is on par with every other megasite in the state (to be fair the other two sites mentioned above are very close to 421 which is nearly a freeway SE of Greensboro).
Furthermore we have a considerable amount of automotive knowledge in the area with all the NASCAR teams, and at my last check, we had about 3000 workers that had been furloughed from the area's Freightliner plants. Between NASCAR workers and furloughed Freightliner workers, I'd say we pretty much have a ready made workforce for an automotive assembly plant.
Finally I think we already have a decent base of automotive suppliers in the area due to the Freightliner plants and the BMW plant in GSP.
Positives: They highlighted the Rail Trail, which if done right can become one of, if not the first place you take an out-of-towner.
Negatives: The presentation did not mention the impending UNCC building uptown, which brings 1,000s a day. I feel like that was a missed opportunity.
Random: The fact they quoted the Honeywell CEO so prominently in the presentation, all but assures me they will be in South End or Uptown.
The most surprising stat in that report was that only 25% of South End residents work in Uptown.
See first item. Pretty exciting.
Yup, and the $120 million price is not as daunting as it looks. It sounds like the Belk College has secured a significant portion of that amount in donations for the building.
Many people pick SouthEnd for the lifestyle and access to amenities on the weekend, rather than proximity to work. I'd say a majority of my friends that live in SouthEnd work in the airport office parks, Arrowood, Steele Creek, Ballantyne / Indian Land, Fort Mill, South Park, University City, etc... but then again my friend group isn't largely bank people so it is probably skewed. I even have friends that live in SouthEnd and commute up I-77 to office parks in Huntersville and Davidson.
If you are 25 and work at a place like Charter Cable, Sealed Air, Ingersoll Rand, LFL, etc.. living in SouthEnd is desirable to being around your peers and it is interstate close for getting to a lot of these suburban office parks pretty quickly.


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What It's Like to Be an Avalanche Rescue Dog
By Jennifer Paull | January 11, 2013
Courtesy of Patti Burnett
Trained canines are key members of avalanche search-and-rescue teams.
If you ever spot a dog jumping onto a ski lift, don't worry, the high altitude isn't getting to you. You may have spotted a canine avalanche expert, an essential member of a search-and-rescue team. These rescue dogs deploy to locate skiers, snowmobilers and other mountaineers (sometimes even other dogs) who get caught in an avalanche. They can trace a buried victim far more quickly than human searchers, with the ability to sniff out people stuck under several feet of snow.
And since victims have a good chance of survival if they're found within 15 minutes (barring other trauma), every second — and every sniff — counts.
Ski patrollers and community search-and-rescue volunteers train and handle these dedicated dogs. To be eligible for emergency response, both the dogs and their handlers must pass timed certification exams, testing their endurance, communication skills and ability to find targets quickly in a complicated debris field.
Come behind the scenes as Vetstreet takes a look at the daily lives of these heroic dogs who redefine what it means to be a professional "powder hound."
Morning: Time to Go to Work — on the Mountain
An avalanche dog's day usually starts with a short obedience routine before a protein- and fat-packed breakfast, giving them fuel for a busy day. After a quick game of fetch to take the energy-edge off, the dog gets dressed for work in a bright patrol vest. If needed, he may also get a slathering of Vaseline between his toes to help prevent painful snow clumping.
Then it's time for the commute by way of a chairlift up to ski patrol headquarters, where the dogs are stationed throughout the day. During the morning patrol briefing, the dogs can get in some playtime with one another — as well as with the patrollers. From a young age, search-and-rescue dogs must be well socialized, familiar with the entire ski resort and comfortable with loud noises, such as a helicopter's roar.
When it's time to buckle down though, these canines leap into action. "The dogs will go right to work, even though they're around all these distractions," says Patti Burnett, a renowned avalanche dog handler with the Summit County Rescue Group and author of Avalanche! Hasty Search. "They go from puppy mode to wanting to be all business. They sense how important it is."
Above all else, obedience to voice and hand commands is crucial. Handlers will regularly expose their dogs to new and unusual experiences to build a trusting partnership. For instance, a handler may practice rappelling off a chair lift, while carrying his clipped-in dog down the rope. As the old George Michael song goes, you gotta have faith.
Afternoon: Nose to the Scent Cone, Paws to the Packed Snow
Once the patrollers' and handlers' morning tasks are done, they start to set up the dogs' training programs. In early training, just a handler and one or two helpers will go along with a dog. With more experienced canines, handlers stage elaborate scenes, with several people and dogs working a field together. Regardless of the scenario, the trainers get very familiar with their shovels!
Exercises for young dogs start with a basic hide-and-seek. After digging a trench in the snow, the handler will hold the dog, while a helper calls to the canine, runs away and then jumps into the trench, dropping out of sight. When the dog is released, he must race over and find the helper.
Once they've mastered a basic search, the dogs then graduate to covered targets. Handlers build snow cave hiding places and the canines must rely on their nose to pinpoint a "scent cone," whose distinctive scent molecules rise through tiny air pockets in the snow. At first, handlers will leave the snow cave entrance open, so the dogs quickly see them and rush in. Eventually, handlers will block the entrance with a hunk of snow, so that the canines need to dig to break through.
Avalanche dog handler Patti Burnett practices digging with a search-and-rescue canine named Magic.
Finally, brave volunteers will dig pits and climb in, carrying two-way radios and scent cones. Snow blocks seal them in, and then snow is piled on top to hide any trace of their location. Just as in a real-life search, other helpers probe the area, flag a strike and grab their shovels to help dig the "victim" out alongside the dog.
Buried volunteers also have tug toys with them, so they can reward the canine with a satisfying game. "You give the dog the feeling that they're actually pulling the person out of the hole," explains Burnett, who estimates that, within a year, rescue dogs should be able to quickly find someone under six feet of snow.
Old-hand avalanche dogs get thrown all sorts of extra curveballs and complex scenarios. "You want to make it as difficult as possible," notes Burnett, so that an experienced canine continues to learn while having fun.
Helpers may shout, create distractions, or pour a bit of gas on the snow to mimic the smell of snowmobiles. Handlers will also hide objects, like articles of clothing that have fainter scents than live people. And then there's cadaverine, a compound that smells like decaying flesh, which is sealed in a container and buried under several feet of snow.
Evening: Follow the Snowplow . . . to Supper
After an intense day of training, the dogs and handlers head back to the patrol center. On their way home, a handler may snowplow slowly down the slopes, while the dog keeps pace behind the "V." This shields the canine from other skiers and also helps maintain an easy pace to protect his hips and joints. There's always the option of a swift ride back on a chairlift too.
After a high-protein dinner, possibly with an added fish oil supplement, it's time for some much-needed doggie downtime.
Calling All Avalanche Dogs!
In a real avalanche emergency, canines are among the most valuable members of the response team. One avalanche dog can cover more ground more thoroughly than two dozen people with probing poles. Someone trapped in the snow has a 90 percent chance of surviving in the first 15 minutes, but those odds drop to about 50 percent after half an hour.
Once the person has been dug out, the handler will praise and play with the dog — but if the victim has died, the situation must be treated carefully. "It requires a certain level of sensitivity," says Burnett. "It's a positive thing to find [the victim], but we might take the dogs someplace else to reward them, away from any family. Or we'll have someone hide, so that we can get a live find to replace the unhappiness."
In happy cases, when someone is found alive, the dog gets especially energetic praise and tug games. Often, the lucky "find" will want to meet the rescue dog afterward — the best reward of all.
Plus: Read about the rich search-and-rescue history of the Saint Bernard.
READ MORE: Dogs, Hero Animals, Animal Rescue, Inspiring Stories, Working Dogs, The Human - Animal Bond, Day in the Life


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Home Memorial Wall Alan Joseph Younger, 26
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Army Specialist Alan Joseph Younger, of Topeka, Kansas, formerly of Marlow, was born June 2, 1987, at Fort Sill to Jim and Kim (Adams) Younger.
Alan graduated from Marlow High School in 2005 and later joined the United States Army, serving in Germany and a tour in Iraq. He had lived in Kansas for the past two years. On Aug. 14, 2009, Alan married the former Amber Voigt in Idaho.
Alan was interested in engineering and was recently accepted to the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas. His greatest joy was in spending time with his daughter, Mariska.
Alan was preceded in death by his grandfathers, James Younger and Daniel Giers.
Survivors include his wife, Amber Younger, of the home; a daughter, Mariska Younger, of the home; his parents, Jim and Kim Younger of Marlow; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Dean and Stephanie Raab of Bray, and James and Erin Munnerlyn of Abilene, Texas; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Krissie and Derek Hunt of Mustang, Tammera and Billy Holley of Marlow, and Nicole West of Wichita Falls, Texas; and a number of aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
SPC Alan Joseph Younger lost his battle with PTS on August 12, 2013. He was 26 years old.
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Injustice: Gods Among Us for the Wii U gets delayed in the UK
Warner Bros. has confirmed that the Wii U version of Injustice: Gods Among Us will be delayed in the UK….
By Alex Co April 15, 2013 January 17, 2019 Share
Warner Bros. has confirmed that the Wii U version of Injustice: Gods Among Us will be delayed in the UK. No reason for the delay was given.
Due to the delay, the Wii U version won't arrive on store shelves until April 26, while the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions are still set to launch in the UK on April 19. Here in the United States, Injustice: Gods Among Us will launch tomorrow, so hopefully, the Wii U delay abroad won't affect the Wii U release here.
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