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import json
import requests

class HttpRequestable(object):

    def __init__(self):
        super(HttpRequestable, self).__init__()

    def post(self, url, data):
        r = requests.post(url, data=data)

        if r.status_code != requests.codes.ok:
            r.raise_for_status()

        response = r.json()

        try:
            if response['status'] == 'error':
                raise BaseException(response['messages'][0])
        except:
            pass

        return response

    def get(self, url, data):
        r = requests.get(url, params=data)

        if r.status_code != requests.codes.ok:
            r.raise_for_status()

        response = r.json()

        try:
            if response['status'] == 'error':
                raise BaseException(response['messages'][0])
        except:
            pass

        return response

class GetTokenCommand(HttpRequestable):

    def __init__(self, server):
        super(GetTokenCommand, self).__init__()

        self._server = server

    def execute(self):
        token_url = self._server.get_token_url()

        payload = {
            'username': self._server.username,
            'password': self._server.password,
            'f': 'json'
        }

        response = self.post(token_url, payload)

        return response['token']

class EditServiceCommand(HttpRequestable):

    def __init__(self, token, url, defaults, service_json):
        super(EditServiceCommand, self).__init__()

        self._token = token
        self._service = self._deep_merge(defaults, service_json)
        self._url = url

    def _deep_merge(self, d1, d2):
        for item in d2:
            if item in d1 and type(d2[item]) is dict:
                for leaf in d2[item]:
                    d1[item][leaf] = d2[item][leaf]
            else:
                d1[item] = d2[item]
        return d1

    def execute(self):
        payload = {
            'token': self._token,
            'service': json.dumps(self._service),
            'f': 'json'
        }

        return self.post(self._url, payload)

class DeleteServiceCommand(HttpRequestable):

    def __init__(self, url, token):
        super(DeleteServiceCommand, self).__init__()

        self.url = url
        self.data = {
            'token': token,
            'f': 'json'
        }

class ServiceExistsCommand(HttpRequestable):
    def __init__(self, url, data):
        super(ServiceExistsCommand, self).__init__()

        self.url = url
        self.data = {
            'token': data['token'],
            'folderName': data['folder'],
            'serviceName': data['name'],
            'type': data['type'],
            'f': 'json'
        }

    def execute(self):
        response = self.post(self.url, self.data)
        return bool(response['exists'])

class GetServiceJsonCommand(HttpRequestable):
    def __init__(self, url, data):
        super(GetServiceJsonCommand, self).__init__()

        self.url = url
        self.data = {
            'token': data['token'],
            'folderName': data['folder'],
            'serviceName': data['name'],
            'serviceType': data['type'],
            'f': 'json'
        }

    def execute(self):
        return self.get(self.url, self.data)

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Official Website: aena.es
Number of Terminals - 4 - Terminals 1, 2, 3 and 4, open 24 hours a day and connected to each other through a courtesy shuttle bus every 5-20 minutes (the entire trip takes 10-15 min.) In addition, an automated underground train (APM) links Terminal 4 with its satellite building, with a journey of 3 min. T1 - Gates A, B, C (for international destinations, many of them intercontinental, as well as several low-cost flights), T2 - Gates C and D (for domestic destinations and most european countries), T3 - Gates E and F, T4 - Gates H, J, K (domestic and international flights from Iberia and other international companies, plus some low-cost flights and airlines with intercontinental destinations).
Annual passenger traffic: 61.7 million passengers went through it in 2019.
Tel: +34 913 211 000. E-mail: clientesmad@aena.es. There are numerous information counters throughout terminals 1, 2 and 4 and touch screens in Terminal 4. Volunteers in green uniforms provide aid and assistance for travellers. Tourist offices on the ground floor of terminals 1, 2 and 4 (Tel +34 902 100 007).
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Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, opened on April 22, 1931, is the most important in Spain and one of the largest and busiest in the continent. It operates with domestic and international flights to destinations around the world.
Passengers FAQs
The airport is located 12 km (7.5 miles) northeast from Madrid city centre.
Offices on the ground floor of Terminal 1 and on level -1 of Terminal 4.
Avis/Budget (Tel +34 902 200 162 - 7:00 am to 2:00 am)
Enterprise (Tel +34 912 750 995 - 7:00 am to 0:00 am)
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Parking services at Madrid Barajas airport (MAD)
There are short- and long-term car parks, express parking lots, VIP areas, low-cost and free spaces for motorcycles and bicycles. Prices and reservations
Low-cost parking - Covered and outdoor spaces with free shuttle service (3 minutes to Terminal 1, 5 min. to terminals 2 and 3).
Long-stay parking
Terminals 1, 2 & 3 - 3 min. from Terminal 1 and 5 min. from terminals 2 and 3, with covered and uncovered bays and free transport.
Terminal 4 - Roofed area 4 min. away from the terminal, connected through complimentary buses every 15 min.
Parking P1 - 2 min. away from Terminal 1. Exterior car park with covered lots.
Parking P2 - Closed facility 2 min. away from Terminal 2.
Parking P4 - Covered garage with direct access to modules A, B, E and F of Terminal 4.
Parking exprés - Immediate access to the Arrivals Hall of terminals 1 and 2, ideal for short stays.
Parking preferente T4 - Closed building with free spaces indicator, located in modules C and D.
Parking VIP - In terminals 1, 2 and 4. Valet parking service around the clock. Reservations must be made at least 3 hours in advance (Tel +34 913 937 337).
Terminal 1: behind P1.
Terminal 2: next to the metro station.
Terminal 4: in front of modules A and B of P4.
Terminal 1: outside P1 and between the arrival road for cabs and private vehicles.
Terminal 2: opposite express parking and next to the metro station.
Terminal 3: adjacent to the entrance doors of the building.
Terminal 4: at the arrivals road.
Services for passengers with special needs
There are accessible counters, magnetic induction loops for the hearing-impaired, reserved parking spaces and a service for the visually-impaired that notifies about the state of their flights through messages to their mobile phones. Remember to inform your airline about your particular needs at least 48 hours in advance. Most air companies offer escort for children between 5 and 12 years travelling alone, from the check-in process until their arrival to their destination.
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Work to install new sewer pipe at Tyne Green, Hexham is now substantially complete. At Tynedale Golf Course the mid-week restrictions that had been in place have been lifted. The course is now fully open for business.
The work started in February to install a new sewer pipe under the River Tyne and underground through Tyne Green Park and required tunnelling through part of Tynedale Golf Club and Tyne Green Park.
Northumbrian Water in partnership with the Environment Agency and Northumberland County Council, have worked closely with Tynedale Golf Club to ensure the work that needed to be carried out on the golf course was kept to a minimum and caused the least disturbance.
By employing tunnelling techniques, we have significantly reduced the disturbance to the club, users of the park and also minimised the impact to the environment. It also meant there was minimal damage to the golf course.
The £1.2 million scheme was required following a burst of the existing pipe in Spring 2016. A temporary solution was put in place until this permanent solution could be planned and completed.
Mike Ciaraldi, project manager for Northumbrian Water said; "We would like to thank Tynedale Golf Club, its members and other Tyne Green Park users for their patience and cooperation while we carried out this work. With the work now substantially complete, the golf club is now fully open for business for everyone to enjoy".
There was some disruption to the clubs normal activities on week days while the work was going on.
Club chairman, Brendan Murphy said; "Northumbrian Water worked with us every step of the way. We knew it needed to be done; it was just a case of trying to do the best we could under the circumstances.


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Posters of the Lion King actors face-to-face with their characters are PERFECTION
Beyonce, Seth Rogen, Donald Glover and the rest of the Lion King cast stand face-to-face with their characters.
By Aisha Victoria Deeb July 3, 2019
The live-action Lion King is right around the corner so you best Be Prepared. As one of the most highly anticipated films of the decade, Disney is making sure we're amped with a myriad of trailers, sneak peeks and musical hints.
The latest tease comes in the form of some pretty epic posters in which Beyonce, Seth Rogen, Donald Glover and the rest of the Lion King cast stand face-to-face with their characters. Now, I don't know about you but I've got head-to-toe goosebumps.
Donald Glover with Simba
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter with Nala
John Oliver, Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner with Zazu, Pumbaa and Timon
Chiwetel Ejiofor with Scar
Alfre Woodard with Sarabi
Eric André, Florence Kasumba and Keegan-Michael Key with hyenas Azizi, Shenzi and Kamari
And finally (and MOST adorably) Shahadi Wright Joseph and JD McCrary with Young Nala and Young Simba
"The Lion King", premieres in the UAE, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and KSA on the 18th July and in Egypt on 17th July and we just can't wait!
Topics: Entertainment, Movies, TV, Disney, Lion King


Synopsis for "Wannabe Part 6"
Zebra Daddy hires a mutant called Felon to find X-23. Felon reluctantly agrees to do the job since he will earn enough to move him and his physically challenged little brother to Vegas. Kiden, X-23, Mrs. Palmer and Tatiana are currently using an abandoned warehouse in Manhattan for a base of operations. Tatiana leaves the group and returns home briefly to discover the animals that were once her friends have now turned against her. Felon gets the address to Mrs. Palmer's apartments and relays the information to Zebra Daddy who gets a few of his men to go over and wreck the apartment. Mrs. Palmer reveals to Kiden that she blames Kiden for her current living conditions. Kiden Nixon finds a day planner in a dumpster which contains drugs and an envelope clipped to the inside cover. Based on Felon's advice Zebra Daddy stations two of his men at Mrs. Palmer's apartment in case the girls return there.


It's FRIDAY. Any excuse for a taco, right? I developed this recipe before I went Keto – so adjust to your liking. Instead of the corn tortillas, a lettuce wrap would work. They even have those cheese wraps…that works too! But, this happens to be super easy because you throw everything onto a sheet tray and go IN!
Toss the veggies in olive oil, salt, and pepper and lay on a sheet tray. Do the exact same thing w/the fish and the seasoning. The, roast in the oven at 400 degrees for about 10-12 minutes.
Meanwhile, to make the ranch dressing, just throw all the ingredients into a blender until smooth.
To assemble, add the fish and veggies to a "tortilla" and then top with whatever you'd like. I used queso fresco, cilantro, avocado, and fresh lime!


"It was a dark and stormy night". That well-known phrase was coined by English politician, poet, playwright and a successful novelist Edward George Bulwer-Lytton.
He wrote in various genres, which include, historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult, and science fiction.
Among Edward Bulwer-Lytton many novels are: "The Last Days of Pompeii", "The Last Days of the Barons", and "Pelham: or The Adventures of a Gentleman".


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Snapchat's Scripted Show Approach To Lure Black Teens
Kori Hale Contributor
I'm the CEO of CultureBanx, redefining business news for minorities.
Teenagers and their technology are inseparable with 9 out of 10 black teenagers using Snapchat
Jennea Bivens, left, talks with her 13-year-old daughter, Ayrial Miller, about the contacts in her Snapchat social media account while sitting on the couch in their Chicago apartment, Monday, June 18, 2018. Bivens uses a monitoring app to track and limit her daughter's phone use, but says there's no replacement for a face-to-face conversation, especially about social media. Tracking her daughter's social media, she says, can be "a full-time job." (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
Snap announced 12 new "Snap Originals" scripted shows in effort to regain its popularity with the very coveted but fickle black teen user group. African American teens are the first-movers in many ways when it comes to deciding what's going to take-off on social media. Will these new shows be enough to get back in their good graces, impress investors and fend off Facebook's territory poaching Instagram?
The Breakdown You Need to Know
Teenagers and their technology are inseparable with 9 out of 10 black teenagers using Snapchat , according to a survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Episodes of Snapchat's new shows will try to engage the group and include six-seconds of non-skippable advertising, keeping in line with its current format of shows. In a statement from Snap, the company claims viewership of its existing shows has tripled this year.
Competition is steep in this space as CultureBanx reported for example, Apple has ordered 17 original series, including one about Kevin Durant's childhood, which is sure to appeal to the black teen demographic. The social media company plans on putting out new episodes of its shows daily, but they'll be short averaging five minutes each, to stay in the sweet spot for mobile viewing.
African American teens are more likely than their peers to have access to smartphones, which could explain why they're the biggest and most frequent users of mobile-friendly social media apps Snapchat and Instagram. "It speaks to the level of embeddedness of the technology in black youth's lives and their willingness to move into new platforms more quickly than their counterparts," said Amanda Lenhart, the lead researcher on the survey.
Video Ad Race Mindfulness
Shares of Snap have fallen 52% since the beginning of the year as the company struggles to attract new users. They've lost nearly $250 million and 3 million daily users in the last quarter. Earlier this year, Instagram said more than 400 million people used its Stories feature. This amount is nearly twice that of Snapchat's 188 million daily active users it reported at the end of the second quarter.
Snap has made inroads into video advertising but still has a small slice of the overall market. It's nemesis Facebook will command 24.5% of all video ad spending this year at $6.81 billion including Instagram, according to eMarketer. They also estimate Snapchat's U.S. video revenues will grow 19% to $397.3 million this year
In MoffettNathanson's recent analyst note they wrote Snap was falling "woefully short" of its goal to be profitable, estimating the company will lose more than $1.5 billion next year. Also, they mentioned the company was running out of cash and may need to raise new funding next year. Additionally, Evercore ISI analyst Anthony DiClemente stated the company would lose one million daily active users in the third quarter and slashed his price target to $7 a share from $9.
Snap seems to think that morphing into more of a TV network will help save the company. It might not be a bad move since they will be able to command more money in ads for their scripted shows than their general lackluster user generated content.
Kori Hale
I am the CEO of CultureBanx covering the intersection of business, technology and innovation for minorities. I was raised in investment banking while working at UBS inte...


Croton psychotherapist is helping women in more ways that one with her group therapy.
In the women's therapy group psychotherapist Donna Marder runs at The Ajna Wellness Center in Croton-on-Hudson (18 Old Post Road S, 914-271-4514), she tries to mirror the community of support traditionally seen in the sewing circles and quilting bees of Colonial-era women.
A healthy family, she adds, is one in which each member helps the others thrive. One of the most important elements—and benefits—of group therapy is the opportunity for participants to listen to others' experiences. Marder stresses that this helps them recognize and solve their own problems, making the process much faster than with individual therapy alone.
"They work to stop letting the past interfere with the present—so that they can have a better future," she says. To that collective end, the group ideally comprises eight to 10 women who help each other, just as their Colonial counterparts did before them. And no, you don't have to know how to sew to join.


These jeans by A.P.C. are a timeless piece for your casual weekend wardrobe. Crafted from high quality cotton, these jeans feature five pockets, and an engraved button with "A.P.C. rue Madame près du Luxembourg", in true Parisian style. Wear with a basic white cotton t-shirt and jeans for the perfect smart-casual look.


Wedding Guestbook Alternatives - 1928 Planning Co.
The tradition of the wedding guestbook began as a way for guests to testify to the reality of a marriage. The guestbook originally took the appearance of a ledger, where guests would simply sign their name. Now, the term "book" takes many forms, and guests' participation can range from a quick John Hancock to full-on well-wishes accompanied by life advice. Here are a few of our favorite trends in the guestbook department. We've got something for just about every level of guest involvement!
Wanting more than a note from your guest? We love the idea of incorporating a polaroid camera in guestbook signing. By setting out a camera at an entry table, guests can snap a shot of their group and sign their names at the bottom. Your photographer probably won't be able to get photos of everyone in attendance, but you could with this wedding guestbook option!
Framed signatures are perhaps the most common guestbook option we've seen here at 1928 Planning. This is a classic way to record the names of those in attendance. You can either frame a poster that your guests sign, or have guests sign a thick mat on a photo of you and your sweetie. We are loving this wedding guestbook Michigan poster from MDBWeddings shop on Etsy.
Don't want to spend a lot on your wedding guestbook? This idea is practically free and will serve as a display piece in your future home. We've got a lot of beach stones along the shores of Lake Michigan, so you can localize the meaning as well. Simply have guests sign their name or write a short note on a stone and drop it in a pretty jar or vase!
This guestbook alternative takes a little extra effort and money, but the results are pretty incredible. You will need to know someone who sews for the savvy route, or you can preorder a guestbook quilt (we love this one from The Pin Cushion shop). Each guest can either sign a fabric square, or you can hang a pre-made quilt for guests to sign. Keep warm and be reminded of all those in attendance at your wedding!
We got this idea from one of our fabulous brides who is planning her wedding at The Vineyard at 12 Corners. This is an especially delicious guestbook idea if you plan to get married at a vineyard. Set aside full wine bottles (from the winery you are getting married at!) for guests to sign or write a note on. Then stash away the bottles to open on your 5th, 10th , 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries (or whatever week, month or year you feel like celebrating!).
For more ideas from us – contact 1928 Planning! We'd love to chat!


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50+ iPad Lessons for Teaching Non-fiction Writing provides teachers with a broad range of innovative ways to use apps in order to support pupils' understanding of non-fiction genres. Raising writing standards is a key issue in many schools and the 50+ series of books by Lee and Alan help teachers to integrate 'cutting edge' technology and literacy. With a wealth of exciting, practical activities the authors demonstrate how to develop an embedded understanding of both the structure and language features of non-fiction genres. All ideas in the book are fun and useful – a winning combination!
Alan Peat is a Fellow of both The Royal Society of Arts and The Historical Association.He is the director of Alan Peat Ltd, an international educational consultancy company with a reputation for practical, high-impact teacher training and the publishing company Creative Educational Press Ltd.
Lee Parkinson has worked as a Primary School teacher for 6 years specialising in ICT. He has a wealth of experience using technology to support and develop the whole Primary Curriculum.Lee has successfully deployed a class set of iPads across a whole primary school and worked alongside children from EYFS through to Year 6 discovering how iPads can enhance teaching and learning throughout the curriculum. Lee always puts learning first and is constantly looking for creative and innovative ways in which technology, such as the iPad, can be utilised effectively to positively impact on writing & reading skills as well as developing key numeracy skills. Lee has built a sound reputation as one of the leading advocates for 'camouflage teaching', encouraging reluctant writers using new, exciting and engaging methods. After a recent Ofsted inspection, his use of iPads within a Literacy observation was deemed "Outstanding with a phenomenal use of technology and an outstanding outcome to the lesson."Alongside his expertise with iPads, Mr P also provides extensive training on how to use web based tools including blogging and considers the positive impact this can have in relation to the core skills of writing and reading.Lee has already supported many schools in using simple yet effective technology – from a real teacher with a wealth of practical ideas that really work!


Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo on Did Railroads Make Antebellum U.S. Banks More Sound?
Last year, Jeremy Atack (Vanderbilt), Matthew Steven Jaremski (Colgate), and Peter Rousseau(Vanderbilt) published a paper called Did RailProfessroads Make Antebellum U.S. Banks More Sound?
Abstract: We investigate the relationships of bank failures and balance sheet conditions with measures of proximity to different forms of transportation in the United States over the period from 1830-1860. A series of hazard models and bank-level regressions indicate a systematic relationship between proximity to railroads (but not to other means of transportation) and "good" banking outcomes. Although railroads improved economic conditions along their routes, we offer evidence of another channel. Specifically, railroads facilitated better information flows about banks that led to modifications in bank asset composition consistent with reductions in the incidence of moral hazard.
Nep-His has today published Professor Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo's review of their paper. Bernardo draws an interesting comparison between the improvement in payments technology represented by the railway and today's novel payment technologies, such as PayPal, which make it easier to move money long distances.
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Monfils Sets Sights On Top 5, Further Success In 2020
Frenchman owns 13-2 record in 2020
After winning nine consecutive matches to capture multiple titles in a single season for the first time, Gael Monfils made one thing clear at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament: he is just getting started.
"[In the FedEx ATP Rankings, I want] to reach the fifth spot. I have been sixth," said Monfils.
The World No. 9, who reached a career-high No. 6 in the FedEx ATP Rankings in November 2016, defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets on Sunday to add to the record-tying third Montpellier title he lifted last week. Monfils has won 13 of 15 matches this year, with his only losses coming against Australian Open finalists Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem in the opening month of the 2020 ATP Tour season.
Monfils Goes Back-To-Back, Claims Second Rotterdam Title
A Top 5 position is not the only goal on Monfils' checklist. The Frenchman also targeted a return to an ATP Masters 1000 final. Monfils has finished as a runner-up on three occasions at a Masters 1000 event, most recently at the 2016 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.
"[I would like] to reach the final at another Masters 1000," said Monfils. "Why not try to win one?"
Monfils' long-term goal is to put himself in a position to win a Grand Slam title and end France's 37-year wait for a male Grand Slam singles champion. Yannick Noah, the 1983 Roland Garros titlist, is the only French man to win a Grand Slam singles trophy in the Open Era (since 1968).
"The dream is to win a Grand Slam and that is what I am playing for and training for," said Monfils. "It is tough, but I believe that maybe one day I will be lucky enough to win one."
Whether Monfils will be able to achieve these goals is a question that only time can answer, but the Frenchman knows the foundation he will need to give himself a chance of success.
"I need to keep healthy, to keep being 100 per cent and definitely to keep the belief that I can make it."
Inglot/Qureshi Take First Team Title In New York
British-Pakistani pair prevail on Sunday
Dominic Inglot/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi took their partnership to new heights at the New York Open, clinching the doubles title on Sunday with a tight 7-6(5), 7-6(6) win over Steve Johnson/Reilly Opelka.
Inglot/Qureshi picked up their first ATP Tour doubles title as a team. The British-Pakistani duo began playing at the start of this year and finished runner-up last week in Montpellier (l. to Cacic/Pavic). This is the 14th tour-level doubles title for Inglot and the 18th for Qureshi.
"They put up an absolute fight and it's never over until it's over. We were panicking when they kept breaking us, so pulling this out means a lot," Inglot said. "Aisam and I had a tough week losing in the final last week, so I'm glad we were able to make it one step further here."
Johnson dropped to 1-2 in tour-level doubles finals and Opelka still seeks his first doubles crown. The American pair were competing as a team for just the second time, having lost in the opening round last year at this event.
"Reilly let me down. My back is still hurting from trying to carry you," joked Johnson. "This was a fun week and I always enjoy coming back here."
Herbert/Mahut Capture Second Rotterdam Crown
Inglot/Qureshi started out strongly, breaking Opelka in the second game of the match and taking 12 of the first 13 points. The American pair found their footing and earned the break back after Inglot let slip a 40/0 lead on his serve at 3/1.
A double fault from Opelka at 1/1 in the first-set tie-break gave Inglot/Qureshi a mini-break advantage and they quickly built a 6/2 lead. The American pair saved the first three set points, but Johnson missed a routine backhand volley at 6/5 to wrap up the opening set.
Inglot/Qureshi grabbed the momentum at 3-3 in the second set by breaking Johnson after Qureshi knocked off a volley winner. Qureshi couldn't convert his opportunity to serve out the match at 5-4 and Johnson/Opelka broke back to the delight of the home crowd.
The British-Pakistani team earned their first championship point at 6/5 in the second-set tie-break, but Johnson erased it with a forehand volley winner. With the score tied at 6/6, Johnson sent a forehand passing shot just wide and a big serve from Inglot wrapped up play after one hour and 34 minutes.
Inglot/Qureshi picked up 250 FedEx ATP Doubles Rankings points and split $40,690. Johnson/Opelka walked away with 150 FedEx ATP Doubles Rankings points and split $20,860.
Casper's A Champ! Ruud Wins First ATP Tour Title In Buenos Aires
Casper's A Champ! Ruud Wins First ATP Tour Title In Buenos Aires
Ruud is first Norwegian to win an ATP Tour title
Casper Ruud will never forget his trip to the 2020 Argentina Open.
The 21-year-old became the first Norwegian to win an ATP Tour title on Sunday, defeating Portugal's Pedro Sousa 6-1, 6-4 in one hour and 11 minutes. Not only was the 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals qualifier thrilled to lift his maiden tour-level trophy, but he will have family bragging rights on Monday.
Christian Ruud, Casper's father and coach, reached a career-high FedEx ATP Ranking of No. 39 in October 1995, more than three years before his son was born. But on Monday, Casper will surpass his father as the highest-ranked Norwegian ever, as he is projected to climb to a career-best World No. 34.
Ruud became the youngest Buenos Aires champion by one year (Guillermo Coria, 22, 2004) with a flawless performance against Sousa, a lucky loser, pushing the first-time ATP Tour finalist well behind the baseline throughout the match and forcing the Portuguese to stay on defence or go for risky shots, leading to unforced errors. Ruud won all nine of his service games without facing a break point, while he broke three times and won 43 per cent of his return points.
The eighth seed broke in his first return game of the match when Sousa, who had his left leg heavily wrapped, missed a cross-court forehand wide. That set the tone for the match, as Ruud used his heavy forehand to open up the court throughout. While Sousa often leapt into backhands to try to add some extra pace to the ball from deep in the court, he never found a way to take Ruud out of his comfort zone.
Ruud crushed an inside-in return winner to secure a second break in the opener, before another Sousa unforced error — he missed a forehand down the middle long — gave the Norwegian the opening set. The Portuguese then hit back-to-back double faults in the first game of the second set to hand Ruud the break.
The Oslo-native Ruud did not look back from there, weathering Sousa's improving level and the crowd, which was behind the Portuguese. Sousa let the ball fly as Ruud served for the match, earning a 15/30 advantage and later saving a championship point with a rocketed forehand down the line. But Ruud held his nerve, dropping his racquet and lifting both arms in the air after Sousa missed a final forehand from well off the court.
Ruud showed his clay-court prowess from a young age, reaching the 2017 Rio Open presented by Claro semi-finals when he was 18. He advanced to his first ATP Tour final last year in Houston at the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship, where he was the youngest finalist since 19-year-old Andy Roddick in 2002.
The Norwegian, who has won more than 64 per cent of his tour-level matches on this surface (34-19), adds 250 ranking points and $102,535. Sousa, the third Portuguese ATP Tour finalist in the Open Era, claims 150 points and $56,760.
Scouting Report: 15 Things To Watch In Rio de Janeiro, Marseille & Delray Beach
An executive summary of what every fan should know about the coming week on the ATP Tour
There will be an ATP 500 tournament and two ATP 250 events for the second consecutive week, with four of the Top 10 players in the FedEx ATP Rankings in action. Dominic Thiem leads the way at the season's first clay-court ATP 500, the Rio Open presented by Claro, while Daniil Medvedev and Nick Kyrgios are the top seeds at the Open 13 Provence and the Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com, respectively.
Draws: Rio de Janeiro | Marseille | Delray Beach
Stream live on Tennis TV or watch on your local TV channel – see more information on the ATP Tour TV Schedule.
FIVE THINGS TO WATCH IN RIO DE JANEIRO
1) Thiem Time: Dominic Thiem, who pushed Novak Djokovic to the brink in a five-set Australian Open final, is the top seed in Rio de Janeiro. The Austrian owns a 10-3 record at this event, where he lifted the trophy in 2017.
2) Dusan's Drive: Dusan Lajovic has enjoyed a tremendous start to the season, winning four matches at the ATP Cup, reaching the third round of the Australian Open and making the quarter-finals in Buenos Aires. The second seed will try to maintain his momentum in Rio de Janeiro, where he is the second seed.
3) 2016 Champ Back: Besides Thiem, the only former champion in the draw is 2016 winner Pablo Cuevas. The Uruguayan has won 61 per cent of the clay-court matches he has played in his career, ranking as his top surface.
4) Ruud Roaring: 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals competitor Casper Ruud has proven himself a clay-court stalwart, and he made his first big breakthrough on the ATP Tour three years ago in Rio de Janeiro. When he was 18, the Norwegian made the semi-finals at this ATP 500. This edition, he is the eighth seed.
5) From London To Rio: Two doubles teams that competed in last year's Nitto ATP Finals are the top two seeds in the doubles draw in Rio de Janeiro: No. 1 seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah and No. 2 seeds Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo.
Dominic Thiem is the top seed in Rio de Janeiro.
FIVE THINGS TO WATCH IN MARSEILLE
1) Six Top 20 Players: Six of the Top 20 players in the FedEx ATP Rankings will compete in Marseille, as will former Top 10 players Marin Cilic, Richard Gasquet and Gilles Simon, who are unseeded. Simon has triumphed in Marseille twice.
2) #NextGenATP Stars: Two former Next Gen ATP Finals champions competing in the Open 13 Provence are second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and unseeded Italian star Jannik Sinner. There are five other players who have competed in Milan in the draw. Tsitsipas is the defending champion. #NextGenATP star Felix Auger-Aliassime is the seventh seed.
3) Medvedev Magic: Top seed Daniil Medvedev reached an ATP Tour-leading nine finals in 2019. The Russian, who has a first-round bye, will try to reach his first championship match of 2020 in Marseille.
4) Goffin Goes For Glory: Third seed David Goffin, the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals runner-up, is pursuing his first ATP Tour title since 2017 Tokyo. The Belgian is off to a fast start in 2020, beating Rafael Nadal in straight sets at the ATP Cup and making the Montpellier semi-finals.
5) Blockbuster Showdown: The top seeds in the doubles draw, Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies, will play reigning Nitto ATP Finals singles champion Stefanos Tsitsipas and his brother, Petros Tsitsipas, in the first round. Krawietz and Mies defeated Stefanos and Michail Pervolarakis at the ATP Cup, triumphing in an epic 32-point Match Tie-break.
Stefanos Tsitsipas is the defending champion in Marseille.
FIVE THINGS TO WATCH IN DELRAY BEACH
1) Radu Returns: One year ago, Radu Albot became the first Moldovan to win an ATP Tour title, saving three championship points against Daniel Evans to beat the Brit in a final-set tie-break and triumph in Delray Beach. Now 30, Albot returns to the home of his maiden trophy as the eighth seed.
2) Nick In Action: Nick Kyrgios is the top seed at this ATP 250 event, and the Aussie will compete for the first time since falling in a three-hour, 38-minute thriller against Rafael Nadal in the fourth round of the Australian Open. Kyrgios fell against Albot in his Delray Beach debut last year.
3) Raonic Ready To Roar: Former World No. 3 Milos Raonic is pursuing his first ATP Tour title since 2016 Brisbane, and he will take confidence knowing he has enjoyed success in Delray Beach. The big-serving Canadian made the final on his debut in 2017, but could not compete in the final due to a hamstring tear in his right leg. Raonic is 5-1 at this tournament.
4) New York Meets Delray: Kyrgios may headline the top section, but there is plenty of New York flavour in it as well. Four players who made last week's New York Open quarter-finals will be whittled down to one by the last eight. Sixth seed Ugo Humbert will play Kyle Edmund and Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic will face Aussie Jordan Thompson.
5) Bryan Brothers Go For No. 6: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan will compete in Delray Beach for the last time, and they will try to go out with a bang. The twins, who own more doubles titles at this event than any other tandem, pursue their sixth trophy at this ATP 250. They will play Kyrgios and Thompson in the first round.
Radu Albot won his first ATP Tour trophy in Delray Beach last year.
Andreas Seppi: From Italy To… Colorado?
Seppi is the sixth seed at the Delray Beach Open
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on 18 February 2019. Andreas Seppi will compete in the New York Open final.
It's not all that surprising to hear of an Italian player spending time training in the southern United States. For example, Fabio Fognini has spent time practising in Miami, Florida.
But an Italian setting up their future in frigid Boulder, Colorado? That's a different story. Yet that's exactly what veteran Andreas Seppi has done over the past couple of years.
Seppi's wife wanted to earn a Master's degree at the University of Colorado. So the couple went to Boulder in November of 2017. And by December, they bought a house.
"We were there for two months and I did my off-season there. We liked the place, it's a really nice place. It's similar to where we live back home in Italy. We live in the Dolomites, which is in the mountains," Seppi said. "When we have the chance and we have some off time, we always go back there."
Last year, Seppi missed nearly two months after Rotterdam due to a hip injury. Where did he go? Colorado. The Italian also returned with his wife to Boulder for a couple of weeks before the US Open. He then completed his second off-season in Colorado.
Many players spend November and December regrouping with their teams to refine their games, strengthen their bodies and mentally recoup for the season ahead. But Seppi has trained without his team, instead playing with current or former local college players.
"I did everything by myself actually so that was also something different because I usually have everybody around," Seppi said. "I had my physical program [from my fitness trainer], but I had to do everything. It was nice. It was also nice to be a little bit alone with my wife for a couple of months because normally there's a lot of people around and you don't have so much time alone. It's good to have some time for us a little bit."
It still has been a significant change. While Seppi long trained near his parents' home in Italy, and then for two off-seasons in Monte-Carlo, he has not dealt with altitude like he does now in Colorado. While he enjoys the area, that is the lone challenge.
"Especially hitting the first week, it's very difficult. The ball flies a little bit more and you have to adapt. It's never easy at the beginning. Normally i'm there for more than a week, so it's okay," Seppi said. "But if you're there just for a week, it's hard. But it's good for physical conditioning, breathing and everything."
Whatever training Seppi has done in Colorado has worked. In 2018, he won an ATP Challenger Tour event in Canberra, Australia in the second week of the season before advancing to the fourth round of the Australian Open and later reaching the semi-finals in Rotterdam. This year, Seppi made the Sydney final and the third round of the Australian Open.
"It means that I can do it also by myself," Seppi said, cracking a laugh. "It's still a good place to practise and everything."
Last season was a special one for Italian tennis, with Roland Garros semi-finalist Marco Cecchinato breaking through for his first two ATP Tour titles (Budapest & Umag) and Fabio Fognini lifting three ATP 250 crowns (Sao Paulo, Bastad & Los Cabos).
"It's always nice seeing some friends and players who you have a good relationship with doing well. It makes you work hard and do some good results," Seppi said. "Especially Marco, he was practising with me when I was back in Italy. I practised with him when he was about 20 years old. We were practising together for two years and seeing him now, it's nice."
While Seppi has no plans of retiring yet, he now has a home away from home of sorts. And while he probably wouldn't have expected it earlier in his career, he hopes to settle down in Colorado.
"That's the plan. It's not a tennis place, but me and my wife, we are just buying a ranch there. Her parents are into the hotel business, so we actually want to open a lodge-resort there," Seppi said. "Working as a coach is difficult after being on the road for 20 years, and I would like to have a family with kids and everything. So being on the road [more after my career], it's not my favourite thing. This is a good chance to stay in a nice place and do something there. If it works out, it will be nice."
For now, Seppi is focused on the Delray Beach Open, where he is the sixth seed. The Italian plays Aussie Bernard Tomic in the first round.
French pairing owns 9-1 record in Rotterdam
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut extended their impressive record at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on Sunday, beating Henri Kontinen and Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(5), 4-6, 10-7 to lift their second trophy in three team appearances in Rotterdam.
The Frenchmen recorded their seventh straight victory at the ATP 500 event in one hour and 34 minutes, saving five of seven break points en route to victory. Herbert and Mahut also claimed the title on their last visit to the Rotterdam Ahoy in 2018. The second seeds have now won 16 titles from 22 finals as a partnership.
"It is a tournament I love," said Mahut. "The first time I came here, I saw the Centre Court [and] it is amazing. One of the greatest on the Tour, definitely. I have a special feeling when I play in Holland… There is something special here."
Mahut has now clinched 29 tour-level doubles crowns, while Herbert adds an 18th title to his collection. Mahut owns an 18-3 record and four trophies in Rotterdam, having also triumphed at the opening ATP 500 event of the year in 2014 (w/Llodra) and 2016 (w/Pospisil). This is the French pair's first trophy since lifting the Nitto ATP Finals title for the first time last November.
"In the tough times, you have to stick together as a team and I think we could do that the whole weekend because our semi-final was also a tough one," said Herbert. "We were still believing in ourselves and we found the solution to win maybe the one or two points that you need to make a difference in a match like this."
Australian Open quarter-finalists Kontinen and Struff were attempting to capture their first team trophy in just their second appearance together. Kontinen was also bidding to win his second straight trophy in Rotterdam after his title run alongside Jeremy Chardy last year.
Herbert and Mahut receive 500 FedEx ATP Doubles Ranking points and split €130,680 in prize money. Kontinen and Struff gain 300 points and share €63,980.
"I have to say we were a little bit lucky to win this one," said Mahut. "It is a strong team [we played]. I am pretty sure they will be in London at the end of the season. Definitely one of the top eight teams."
New York Open: Kyle Edmund beats Miomir Kecmanovic to reach final
British number three Kyle Edmund reached the final of the New York Open after beating Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1 6-4.
The victory has seen the 25-year-old reach his first ATP final since he won the European Open in Antwerp in October 2018.
"This is great to be back in a final, playing the matches you want to be playing," Edmund said.
"I obviously want to go all the way, but I'm enjoying my tennis."
Edmund will play Italy's Andreas Seppi or American Jason Jung in the final.
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Seppi plays Jung in Saturday evening session
Eighth-seeded Brit Kyle Edmund wasted no time getting down to business on Saturday at the New York Open, racing into the final with a 6-1, 6-4 win over sixth seed and #NextGenATP Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.
"This is great to be back in a final, playing the matches you want to be playing," Edmund said. "I obviously want to go all the way, but I'm enjoying my tennis. I've kept improving and learning with each match."
Edmund is through to his first tour-level final in 16 months, when he captured his maiden ATP Tour crown in Antwerp (d. Monfils). The 25-year-old awaits the winner of the evening session semi-final between Italian Andreas Seppi and qualifier Jason Jung of Chinese Taipei. Edmund leads his ATP Head2Head series with Seppi 4-1, including a victory last month in Auckland.
Ruud Battles Back To Reach Buenos Aires Final
The first five games of the match went to deuce, but Edmund came out on top in all of them. Striking his forehand with authority, he used that wing to bully Kecmanovic throughout their baseline exchanges. The Serbian scored a moral victory by holding serve at 0-5, but Edmund comfortably grabbed the early advantage in the next game.
Kecmanovic raised his level in the second set and stayed with Edmund throughout most of it, but the Brit found a new gear in the final minutes of the match. Edmund took 12 of the last 13 points, breaking his opponent to love at 4-4 and firing three aces in the next game to wrap up play after 72 minutes.


Since I've been active on social media, there has been a huge shift in how readily people talk about perinatal mental health. There is a growing community on both Instagram and Twitter talking openly about how parenting affects your mental health, and offering support to one another.
However, this is largely driven by women. While there are pockets of support for dads, men are still portrayed as 'strong and silent'. Even in the research literature, when dads are mentioned it has historically been as a supporter to the mum. Only recently has there been acknowledgement of how much partners can be affected too by the birth of a child.
Louis Dunn works as a Dads' Worker for Dads In Mind at Bluebell Care, a charity supporting families in Bristol. He'd like to let Dads know that it's important they talk about their mental health too. His Just One Thing for new dads? "Break the stigma".
'Your perception may be that everyone around you is doing fine (its ok not to be ok) and you're the only one finding this difficult. In reality 1 in 10 Dads suffer from mental ill health during the perinatal period. So take comfort in the fact you're not alone.
My name is Louis I am 28 and from Bristol. I work as a Dads' Worker for the charity Bluebell care and I offer 1:1 support to dads experiencing depression/anxiety related to their new role as a parent. I am a dad of 2 myself I have lived experience of managing mental ill health. I am really keen for fathers to have their voices heard too.
I lead their emotional support service for new dads, which is called Dads in Mind. One of the things that have been most successful has been offering peer support to dads. I have been thinking about why this is successful. I remember finding being listened to in a non-judgmental manner really helpful myself when I was unwell. This meant whoever was listening to me was just listening. They were reflecting on what I was saying without offering SOLUTIONS to my problem. They didn't need to be a mental health expert, only to be thoughtful about their own experience and to try to point me in the right direction. I think this can be a difficult balance to find, as it is easy to retain focus on what worked for you and to then to try and help the person in front of you by telling 'your story'. I don't think true empathy works like this, instead it is just saying "I get it", "I understand", "that must be really difficult". To just acknowledge that somebody is finding it tough at the moment is often enough. Peer support can often be really effective in this way. Somebody who has lived experience of their own, but isn't necessarily a mental health professional, can have great people skills, listening skills and be able to relate to you on a human level, dad to dad. I refer to this as 'normalisation'. Normalisation of an issue like paternal mental illness can help those who are currently experiencing it, to feel more normal, less isolated and more able to talk about their own experiences and to seek help.
You can see a great film Louis has made about how own experience in becoming a new dad and the services at Dads in Mind here.
Get involved in the Dads in Mind Facebook group.
Dads in Mind is a project run by Bluebell Care Trust, funded by the Rayne Foundation, the Big Lottery and Comic Relief.
Louis also made this great film about 'Feeling Bad as a New Dad' for Tomorrow's World.


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Malicious Commenter Receives Sentence For Spreading False Rumor About Lee Seo Jin And Sunny
On October 18, netizen "A" who spread a rumor about Lee Seo Jin and Girls' Generation's Sunny received a six-month sentence.
The Daejeon District Court sentenced "A" to six months in prison which is suspended for two years. This means that "A" will be on probation for two years and will have to serve six months in prison if they violate the condition of the suspension during those two years. The court also additionally sentenced "A" to 80 hours of community service after finding them guilty of defamation.
The court stated, "[A] spread false information about celebrities' personal lives on a website with over 1 million users. In light of the danger, we saw the necessity for severe punishment."
The court added, "'A' has confessed to the crime and is self-reflecting. We decided on the sentence after taking into consideration that 'A' did not have any prior record."
In October 2018, "A" wrote on the board of an online community, "Lee Seo Jin and Sunny were in a special relationship while filming a variety show. All of the staff also knew."
At the time, Lee Seo Jin released a statement stating that this was false. He said, "It's such nonsense that it isn't worth mentioning."
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Home / Ripple / Researcher Nicholas Weaver Of Berkeley states that the XRP is a security, a committed fraud
Researcher Nicholas Weaver Of Berkeley states that the XRP is a security, a committed fraud
The debate about whether or not XRP is a security has overheated since 2016. In fact, just last month, Ripple revealed that their legal executives work with SEC to convince regulators otherwise.
Now, Nicholas Weaver, a researcher at the International Computer Science Institute & Lecturer at UC Berkeley has taken some shots at the controversial cryptography on Twitter.
We go through "Howey Test" with XRP ("Ripple"). Here because @SEC_Enforcement he needs to come down like a ton of bricks on those behind the company's Ripple …
XRP is a security, and as such, Ripple Inc. is committing fraud with warranty claims not following the rules.
– Nicholas Weaver (@ncweaver) October 24, 2018
The Howey Test indicates a case from 1946 that reached the Supreme Court, SEC v. W. J. Howey Co., a lawsuit involving the Howey Company of Florida. The test determines whether the value of a transaction for one of its participants depends on the work of the other. Precisely, Howey's test concludes that a transaction means an investment contract if "a person invests his money in a joint venture and is induced to expect profits exclusively from the efforts of the promoter or a third party".
The professor then walks through Howey's test XRP step by step.
# 1: "Is it an investment of money?"
Diavolo yes People put their money in XRP, and they literally call it an "investment". Then leave control # 1.
# 2: "C & # 39; is an expectation of profits from the investment?"
Hell yes
Weaver is right. All those who buy XRP he calls it "investment" and expects profits from it. So it shows in points 3 and 4 that this type of investment is a joint venture and third parties can also benefit from it.
3: "The investment of money in a joint venture?"
Yes. The "wavy network".
4: "Do the profits come from the efforts of a promoter or a third party?"
Well, yes, even if the XRPs are strong, there are many investors who do not make the shilling …
In his last tweet, the researcher also took to Ethereum.
In fact, virtually any ICO is not limited to accredited investors where there is the quiet part of "yes, this is for a & rs; product, but you do not want the product, you can sell the token to someone other "fails the Howey test.
Including Ethereum.
In particular, Dr. Doom, Nouriel Roubini also commented on the same problem by tagging XRP as non-compliant security. Roubini is one of the most vocal opponents of crypto and blockchain technology.
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Reinventing Ritual
Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life
Daniel Belasco; with contributions by Arnold M. Eisen, Julie Lasky, Danya Ruttenberg, and Tamar Rubin
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A guidebook to the most current trends in contemporary Jewish art and design, Reinventing Ritual provides an unprecedented look at the work and thought of contemporary artists as they respond to the needs and practices of traditional culture. Beautifully illustrated with new art from Israel, Europe, and the Americas, this publication features both traditional and avant-garde sculpture, textiles, architecture, metalwork, and ceramics by forty leading artists.
Author Daniel Belasco surveys current trends in Jewish ritual art and the influences of feminism, environmentalism, multiculturalism, and new media; Julie Lasky provides a groundbreaking discussion of the role of recycling and social consciousness in contemporary Jewish design; Danya Ruttenberg, a recently ordained rabbi, offers a lively perspective on the constantly evolving Jewish impulse "to concretize the encounter with the Divine"; Arnold M. Eisen writes an absorbing and personal commentary on the role of ritual in Jewish life today; and Tamar Rubin contributes an illustrated timeline covering key Jewish cultural and historical events from 1994 to 2008.
Daniel Belasco is the Henry J. Leir Assistant Curator at The Jewish Museum. Arnold M. Eisen is the Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Julie Lasky is editor of Change Observer, an online magazine about design and social impact. Tamar Rubin was the curatorial program associate at the Jewish Museum from 2006 to 2008. Danya Ruttenberg is an ordained rabbi and the author of Surprised by God.
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Tribute Journal – Page 90 – Live and Learn then write it down!
It's been ten years since my father died at age 88 from myelocytic leukemia. "A young man's cancer," his doctor had told him. To which my dad's quick retort had been, "And after all I am a young man!" When dad called to update me on this latest doctor's appointment in early December 2001, he prefaced the phone call in his familiar candid manner by saying, "I suppose that when you get to be my age, you can expect the doctor will give you bad news about some tests he's taken on you." Then with such sadness in his voice he said, "I just figured I had a least another good five years left!" How can you possibly come up with the "right" things to say off the top of your head when you're hit with this type of news? You don't, not really. I was glad that my dad allowed me to cry–his tears had been shed earlier…I think.
After his diagnosis, my dad often reflected that he had truly lived a wonderful life!
"I've had a really good thing going here." he'd say with a chuckle.
Where my dad had enjoyed mostly optimal health throughout his life, my mother, despite her best efforts, did not fare as well in this area. She had declined considerably in the year prior to my dad learning he had leukemia. Throughout my childhood, I had observed my parents caring kindly for each other, but as far as my mother's health was concerned, my father always seemed patient in his nurturing when she didn't feel well. He was also valiant in seeking out good doctors who could direct them to safe and qualified medical resources that could give her better life quality. He became as vigilant as ever during his last months, to assure that my sweet mom would not worry for her physical needs after his death. Ultimately, my mother needed to go a care center, but my dad, in his usual endearing ways, saw to all the details so that as much as possible, it was a home away from home for her. How quickly the residents, as well as the care givers, were enriched by both my parents while they lived there.
Without even realizing it, my folks adhered to this motto with seeming ease! My mother's condition continued to deteriorate the next few years, but she didn't pass away until some three years after my father.
My father stated in the introduction of a brief autobiography he completed prior to his death, that while his life was not particularly unusual, he experienced deeply and richly!
"My life has been a good one, very worthwhile." he wrote.
What more could anyone ask for as they reviewed their years here on earth: a life well lived with wonderful memories left to linger and be remembered by those that loved you!
Unfortunately, some legal wrangling concerning my parent's trusts appeared to be the last chapter of their legacy of abundant living. When at long last, the final legal documents were signed and monetary distributions made, I felt reserved relief. The final wishes of my dad and mom for their posterity were achieved the best they could be, considering the circumstances. In the back of my mind however, I made a promise to myself that somehow I'd find a way to honor and celebrate these two lovely people, who did indeed live ordinary lives, but in a unique and steadfast fashion!
My parents had a genuine "old school" kind of love; such a natural flow of give and take it seemed. They took such good care of each other. As a family, we teased them once in awhile that they did have children to take care of too!
Having been married myself now for a number of years, what I'm learning now is that what my parents seemed to achieve so effortlessly in their relationship, more than likely required a lot more work than I ever realized!
How have you seen your parents nurture each other?
In what ways do you nurture those close to you?
I hope we can all learn to love a little more.


""Other Teens Drink, But Not My Kid": Does Parental Awareness of Adoles" by Karen Bogenschneider, Ming-Yeh Wu et al.
"Other Teens Drink, But Not My Kid": Does Parental Awareness of Adolescent Alcohol Use Protect Adolescents from Risky Consequences?
Copyright © 1998 National Council of Family Relations; published by Blackwell Publishing. Used by permission.
This study included 199 White mother-adolescent dyads and 144 White father-adolescent dyads. All adolescents reported regular alcohol use, yet less than one third of parents were aware of their adolescents' drinking. Parental awareness of adolescent alcohol use served to protect adolescents by moderating the relation of parents' responsiveness to episodes of drinking and driving. Aware parents were more likely than unaware parents to believe their adolescents' close friends drank alcohol. Aware mothers worried more about their adolescents' risk behaviors and discussed them more frequently with their adolescents. Aware fathers held values less disapproving of adolescent alcohol use and were less apt to perceive their community as supportive.


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Q: Autocomplete TextBox: Getting just the user input I'm using an AutoCompleteCustomSource for a TextBox in Append auto-complete mode. This works as expected; however, when an auto-complete suggestion appears, I still need access to just the text that the user entered. That is, when a suggestion appears, the Text property of the TextBox will return the suggestion.
Is there a way to also retrieve just the user typed string?
Update: One of my restrictions is that I must use the Append auto-complete mode.

A: Have you tried setting the property to just Suggest, that way the text property of the text box will always be the user typed in string until the user selects a suggestion.

A: you will need to do the following as example this is pasted from my windows project that i just tested in the Designer.cs file
Win Forms Example
this.txtStudGrade.AutoCompleteMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteMode.Suggest;
this.txtStudGrade.AutoCompleteSource = System.Windows.Forms.AutoCompleteSource.ListItems;

Set in the Designer DropDownList AutoCompleteSource.ListItems;
Set in the Designer DropDownList AutoCompleteMode = AutoCompleteMode.Suggest;
WebForm You Could use JQuery to do it check out the Link below for a working example
AutoComplete using JQuery

A: There doesn't appear to be a simple mechanism to retrieve only the user entered data and after trying to solve this problem, I can understand why. What constitutes user entered data is not always clear and it seems that Microsoft has decided to not tackle that question.
I've decided to manually keep track of the user data by registering for a TextChanged event. Since each key stroke will trigger this event, by keeping track of the previous value of Text, I can determine if either an Append auto-complete or paste operation has occurred.
The code snippet below if from the TextChanged event handler of my custom TextBox class; UserText contains the user entered data (of type string).
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(UserText) ||
    UserText.Length > Text.Length ||
    UserText.Length + 1 == Text.Length)
{
  UpdateUserText(Text);
}

UpdateUserText(string) first determines if a change has occurred, and if so, assigns the new value to UserText and issues an event. In the case of a paste operation, one could use the solution posted here; however, I opted to do the following:
MouseClick += UpdateUserText;
KeyUp += UpdateUserText;

//--------------------------------------------------------

private void UpdateUserText(object sender, EventArgs args)
{
  if (SelectionLength == 0)
  {
    UpdateUserText(Text);
  }
}

In this way, if text in the TextBox is no longer highlighted, then I assume it has become user entered text. This takes care of the paste operation (either via the keyboard or mouse) and caters for the user pressing the arrow keys in attempt to accept the auto-complete suggestion.
One of the edge cases that I decided to ignore is when the user has typed the entire word but the last character, in this case I would not be able to differentiate between the auto-complete suggestion and the user input.
I also considered using a StringBuilder to manually keep track of the user entered data but I think that requires more effort than keeping track of the already constructed string in Text.
I'm always open to a better implementation if anyone has a suggestion :)

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Before we delve into that question, let me fix a problem. Last week I mentioned a great strategy paper authored by my good friend Jon Sundt, President and CEO of Altegris. I failed to include the link. Here is the link. I encourage anyone who is looking to diversify into alternative investments to read it.
We are told they don't ring a bell when bull or bear markets start. That may be true, but it does seem that there are similar signs as we approach turning points. This week in my reading I have been struck by a number of signs that suggest that, if we haven't reached a top in the latest bull market cycle, at least a pause may be in order. Let's review a few of them. The first comes from Charles Gave, who notes that margin debt is now back to extremes.
I started in the fascinating business of trying to understand why markets go up and down in February 1971. The old money manager in the French bank which had hired me straightaway said: "Charles, you will never get rich in this business using other people's money. Do NOT leverage your positions. Leverage might be all right for fellows who deal in real estate, but for those in stock markets, it only brings misery."
Being young and smart (or so I thought), I assumed this advice could not conceivably apply to me. A few margin calls later, accompanied by quite a string of sleepless nights, and I came to realize that the old gentleman had a point.
Now that I am quite old myself and certainly not as smart as I thought I was in 1971, I find myself tracking the moves of the poor souls who believe they can leverage profitably. Then I do the opposite. This is why Charles the 70-year-old is watching what Charles the 30-year-old is doing—to do the reverse. Have a look at the graph.
The red line at the top is New York Stock Exchange margin debt as a multiple of US GDP per capita, the black line on the bottom pane is a ratio between US stocks and (government) bonds. It seems that the fellows using other people's money to get rich have an uncanny ability to leverage up when shares become overvalued vs. bonds. They also seem to get most enthusiastic just before a recession, usually after a prolonged outperformance of equities against bonds.
They leverage in order to participate as much as possible in what looks like a free ride, with no downside risk. There are always a number of good reasons why the stock market cannot change direction. Take your pick: "technology has created a new type of economy," or "house prices never go down," or "we have recently discovered an infinite source of wealth called QE." These reasons can be added to a long roster of other excuses such as, "I can get insurance against the next market decline" (1987) or "the Fed will never, ever allow for positive real rates to appear" (1979) or "oil prices cannot quadruple" (1974).
Bloomberg figures that bank earnings rose 27% in the second quarter, which was the only thing keeping the S&P 500 from reporting a net drop in profits for the quarter. With the banks, S&P 500 profits were up 3.3% in the quarter, Bloomberg estimates. Without them, S&P 500 profits would have been down 1.2%.
Lousy profits have not kept the S&P 500 from gaining nearly 19 percent so far this year. But even that performance trails the financial sector, which is up 26 percent this year. The banks topped the broader market last year, too, doubling the broader market's gain. And banks have managed all this despite never-ending scandals, onerous regulations and the scorn of an angry nation.
This lack of profits is showing up in the economy. Nominal GDP growth over the past year was the slowest ever recorded outside of a recession, as the following chart from the London Telegraph demonstrates.
And because the rise in the stock market has not been accompanied by an increase in earnings, price-to-earnings ratios have risen back to levels that suggest the market is getting closer to stalling out. I post the following tables from the Wall Street Journal. While the Dow and the S&P 500 are not at nosebleed levels, they are certainly pricey. The Russell 2000 and the NASDAQ, on the other hand, are seriously overpriced in terms of earnings.
What I find most fascinating in the table is the estimate from Birinyi Associates of the forward 12-month earnings of the Russell 2000. On a trailing 12-month basis, the P/E ratio is nearly 48. However, Birinyi estimates that earnings are going to grow so much in the next 12 months that the forward P/E ratio will be merely 19. Yes, merely. They come up with that number by shifting from as-reported earnings for the previous 12 months to operating earnings for the next 12 months. I've written letters in the past demonstrating that "operating earnings" should be characterized as earnings before interest and hype. Call me a skeptic, but I just don't see any way you can publish a number like that with a straight face.
Is always instructive to pay attention to what Jeremy Grantham at GMO thinks about the prospects for future returns. Grantham manages over $100 billion and is an intellectual force in the investment community. Here are his recent expected returns for various asset classes relative to their valuations. They do not bode well for pension funds that are projecting 7 to 8% compound returns for the next seven years. This problem is magnified in public employee pension programs, some of which are already massively underfunded.
Finally, let's look at two charts that my good friend John Hussman has posted in the past few weeks. John is arguing that stocks are now overvalued, overbought, and overbullish.
His second chart looks at two measures of valuation for the S&P 500 and compares them to the price level. One measure is a function of revenues, and the other is the smoothed Shiller earnings, which is an average of inflation-adjusted earnings from the previous 10 years. Note that the stock market is not at the bubble levels of 2000 in terms of valuation, but it is certainly getting close to 2006-07 levels.
This is not to say the stock market can't continue to go up from here. The belief that one should not fight the Fed has become the dominant paradigm for the market. The fingerprints of QE3 are all over the recent rise in the stock market.
As Didier Sornette put it, writing about central bank responses to the crises of the past few decades, "Each excess was felt to be 'solved' by measures that in fact fueled following excesses; each crash was fought by an accommodative monetary policy, sowing the seeds for new bubbles and future crashes."
How will it all end? Faith in central banks today is equivalent to faith in the word dot-com in 1999 or faith in the eternal rise of housing prices in 2006. With the support of a powerful narrative—that central banks can support asset prices and effectively backstop financial crises (eliminating tail risk)—sentiment is driving the markets higher in the face of cyclically improving but historically weak and unstable fundamentals (plagued by debt deleveraging and aging demographics).
Ultimately, the stability of the system depends on central banks' credibility, markets'sentiment, and policy responsiveness to prevent minor drawdowns from becoming full-blown crashes. My friend Mohamed El-Erian has written extensively on the importance of the central bank "brand" and warned of the danger of a broken narrative. Markets tend to overshoot in both directions and will most likely fall even farther than fundamentals warrant when and if central banks lose control of popular sentiment.
It is not only the credibility of sovereign nations burdened with debt that can reach a Bang! moment. The credibility of and faith in central banks is just as fragile. Today we see humorous images of dollar bills with Ben Bernanke's face on them, with the words "In Ben We Trust." Unfortunately there is truth in that jest. Whether it is Mark Carney at the BOE or Mario Draghi at the ECB or the future chairperson of the Fed, central bankers are in the hot seat when it comes to global stability. The world no longer worries first and foremost about the products corporations make or the services they perform. Rather, it is focused on the amount of easy money the central banks can dish out.
What happens when that amount is no longer enough and market forces turn? With central banks already in a hyper-easing mode, what can they do then, in the face of the next real crisis, to convince the markets that they have things under control? And there are any number of potential trigger points for the next crisis. One that comes to mind is a political shock such as a southern European country's refusing to submit to further austerity (if Italy or will Spain is forced into early elections, that could do it) or a change in Germany's tune. What if the ECB actually has to follow through on its commitment to use OMT (outright monetary transactions) to buy unlimited amounts of short-term Italian, Spanish, and/or French bonds. Draghi simply cannot follow through without expanding the ECB's balance sheet, and it is not crazy to think that the German Constitutional Court could respond by limiting the size of OMT, as it did with EFSF. That kind of blow would mean game over for Draghi's sentiment-supporting bluff.
I am extremely pleased to be able to announce the world premiere of the extraordinary new documentary on the Federal Reserve, called Money for Nothing. The screening will be in Dallas on Friday, September 6, at 7 PM at AMC NorthPark 15. The movie will then begin to open in various cities around the country the following week, starting with New York and Washington, DC. I was privileged to see the full film last week in Maine with many of my economist friends, and everyone was impressed. This is a movie that I hope everyone in the United States will watch so they can understand the history behind the Federal Reserve and what is happening now. Producer Jim Bruce was able to interview dozens of luminaries from both inside and outside the Federal Reserve system, including Paul Volcker, Janet Yellen, numerous regional presidents, and former Federal Reserve members. You can see a trailer by clicking here and learn when the movie is coming to a city near you, or you can arrange for it to do so, by going to www.MoneyForNothingTheMovie.org. I hope you can join me at the world premiere in Dallas. It will be a special evening.
On Tuesday, September 10, in Chicago, I will be joining my longtime friend and partner Steve Blumenthal to present my most recent thoughts on the economy, the Fed, and the direction of interest rates and their impact on the economy and equity markets at the Trinity Financial Advisors Investor Forum, hosted by John Wimbiscus. The Forum will be held at 6:30 PM at the Gleacher Center at the University of Chicago, located at 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL 60611. Please contact Linda Cianci at linda@cmgwealth.com or call 610-989-9090 x140 to reserve a seat. I hope to see you there.
I will be traveling from there to Bismarck, North Dakota, to delve deeper into the Bakken shale oil boom and to speak for BNC Bank on September 12. My great friend Dr. Lacy Hunt will also be presenting. If you are in the area, you should plan to attend. Then I will be in Denver with my partners at Altegris Investments on September 19 for a presentation to clients and prospects before flying to Toronto to be with my good friend Louis Gave for a morning seminar on September 23. Please note that last week I said that seminar was in August, so I created some unnecessary confusion. If you would like to attend, you can register at http://gavekal.com/seminar.cfm or contact Chris Lightbound with any questions. From Toronto I will fly on to New York City for a few days of media and meetings. While that schedule may seem busy, it involves only about 10 nights away from home for the month, which is less than half of what I've been doing for the last year. I guess it's all relative.
After a long day of travel from Montana, I'm back at my apartment in Dallas and finishing the letter. It has been a very relaxing week working from the deck of my friend Darrell Cain's summer home overlooking Flathead Lake. It is a beautiful part of the world, and I was amazed at how relatively little boat traffic there was on the lake. But then, Flathead Lake is not a hop, skip, and jump from a major population center. You have to really want to get there in order to comprehend the beauty. Darrell has been trying to get me to come up for years, and I now understand why he spends two summer months a year in Montana.
Steve Cucchiaro of Windhaven (who now manages about $17 billion at Schwab) joined us for three days and nights. We spent a great deal of time looking at nonlinear dynamic-systems analysis of the markets, which may not be your usual conversation on a summer evening, but it is one that I found fascinating. The world has become exceedingly complex: standard, backward-looking correlation analysis simply doesn't cut it anymore.
It is time to hit the send button. I'll be home for two weeks and trying to catch up on a hundred details, as well as to get into the gym and drop a few pounds. And I get to catch up with my kids and grandkids, too. Have a great week and enjoy the final month of summer.
Aug. 20, 2013, 10:03 a.m.
"What are they smoking" is definitely the right question. Recent increase in interest rates on the back of the belief that growth will come back sooner then expected by central banks and that such banks will be forced to taper sooner is the most recent proof of irrational markets to me.
I have a question I would be much grateful if you could answer, when was the last time in history that the economic world was facing such challenges and that, at the same time, the financial markets were showing such optimistic signs of near term brilliant future??
Even so, the problem still remains that, "market can remain irrational a lot longer than you can stay solvent", so what do you think a rational investor should do?
The grateful Frenchman for your "This time is different" analysis.
Aug. 19, 2013, 11:03 p.m.
Mr. Sherry, it would seem to many we are in the worst economic crisis. Perhaps the next volume of "The Lords of Finance" will describe this when written. Stay tuned.
Aug. 19, 2013, 5:58 p.m.
"Money for Nothing" is the title of a book published in 2004 by Roger Bootle, a senior economist in the company "Capital Economics", and a writer for the Daily Telegraph.
It is said that imitation is the greatest form of flattery.
Aug. 19, 2013, 4:55 p.m.
You are a great writer and know a lot about the economy, but you've been warning people not to invest in equities throughout this entire 4-year market run. In August 2011, you forecast a recession within 12 months, noting that the stock market typically falls 40% in recessions. What is different about your current market call?
Aug. 18, 2013, 6:30 a.m.
Indeed if we are so near the top would it not be prudent to sell out of our positions at this time? Yield Shark and Bull's Eye Investor seem to be in a buy mode which appears to be disingenuous with the tone of the current article. After a correction or outright drop then investors could reinvest. I imagine that all of your stock recommendations will take a big hit if your current prognosis is correct.
Aug. 17, 2013, 10:29 p.m.
The situation is absurd: absurd earnings expectations, always scaled back, so that companies can beat them, etc.
Aug. 17, 2013, 4:17 p.m.