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Afthonia Lab Joins Hand with DBS Bank India to Empower Fintech Startup
6 Apr, 2022, 12:00 am
Afthonia Lab announced a strategic partnership with DBS Bank India Limited to empower fintech startups to bring innovative solutions to transform the traditional Indian financial industry. Through this partnership, startups from Afthonia Lab can tap into the DBS network to receive a safe ecosystem to experiment, test their ideas and grow.
Startups with Afthonia Lab will access a secure and safe ecosystem and blueprint to conduct their business operations supported by DBS. With Afthonia Lab's technological expertise and DBS Bank's digital infrastructure, these startups can prepare for the next inflexion point in their journeys to move ahead in their respective marketplaces.
Speaking on this partnership, Tanul Mishra, CEO, Afthonia Lab, said, "We are glad to be associated with DBS Bank since we believe that the traditional financial industry is on the cusp of a digital revolution, and fintech startups are leading this change. Partnering with DBS was an obvious choice because of our shared ideology that fintech startups are the principal growth drivers of the economy, currently in the aftermath of Covid. With DBS, we want to ensure a holistic and safe environment for startups to not only grow but thrive."
Commenting on this partnership, Sudarshan Chari, Executive Director & Head - Business Banking, DBS Bank India, said, "The world today is moving towards integrating seamless digital experiences for various banking requirements of users. As a digital-first bank, we are aligned with the vision to empower innovation and design end-to-end digital solutions that would ease financial access for customers. True to Startup India's ethos, we take pride in partnering with a like-minded fintech incubator like Afthonia Lab to catalyse startup culture and build an inclusive ecosystem for innovation. The partnership offers an opportunity for startups to build an integrated platform that will shape the future of financial services in the country. This shift to platform-based models is a win-win for both fintechs and banks as it provides benefits to both."
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My workshop at the Alpha-ville with Jennifer Cardinni from Kompact has sold out so it is time to write about Active Cross - Over and the next couple of big events that are coming up.
Active cross-over is happening on the 28th of September it is the last concert of a series of concerts in which some very special performer's have performed. I won't name as I will get in to trouble for missing people out !
Simon Wetham is the brain child of them all and they are funded by the Arts Council of England.
It is in a secret location which is in North London and you can find the Location out if you email Helen Frosti at info@soundfjord.org.uk The event has been planned for a while taken a lot of effort from a lot of people . Act's involved
Douglas Benford, Martin Clarke, John Grzinich, Kaffe Matthews, Jo Thomas & Simon Whetham.
I'm playing a solo set and a duo with Martin Clarke later on in the evening . So it should be good.
Solo set at Cafe Oto is on the 11th of October which I'm thrilled about and will be posting again about this.
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The Tonight Show: Orlando Bloom Vs. VR Pictionary
Virtual Reality Pictionary with Orlando Bloom and Zoe Lister-Jones
Orlando Bloom made an appearance on last night's (May 24) episode of The Tonight Show, and participated in a super fun round of Jimmy Fallon's Virtual Reality Pictionary!
The 40-year-old actor teamed up with The Roots'Tariq Trotter to face off against Jimmy and special guest Zoe Lister-Jones in a virtual reality version of Pictionary.
Orlando also promoted Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and talked about showing his 6-year-old Flynn the original movie for the first time. "I was very reluctant, because obviously you want to keep that normalcy and that dynamic, and I didn't want him to know what dad did for a while,"Orlando told Jimmy. "But then he started school and I was like, 'Well, older brothers and sisters…' The movie was coming out and they'll talk about it, and I wanted to have that moment of showing him me in Pirates of the Caribbean. So, last summer I was in France. It was on a little TV; it wasn't a big grand screen or anything at all. But I just flicked it on and he was watching it."
"I had a video camera on him as he was watching. He was like, 'Wait, that's you! What? That's you?'" Orlando continued. "He was a little disgruntled, which I was freaked out about, because I was like, 'Wait! I should have spoken to a child therapist before I even thought about doing this. What was I thinking? This was a bad idea!' And then he loved it. He was like, 'So, wait a second: How long can you hold your breath under water for? Did you really do that?' Like, 'Yeah, bro! Forever! I could walk from one side of the ocean to the other.' Because he still believes that!"
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Flight from Vegas to Germany Diverted over Unruly Passenger
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An international flight from Las Vegas to Frankfurt made an emergency landing at Denver International Airport escorted by two F-16 fighter jets Friday night after what officials called a "disturbance on the plane."
A pilot on the Condor Airlines Boeing 767 reported an in-flight emergency, and the fighter jets were sent as a precaution, said Air Force Capt. Ashleigh A. Peck, a spokeswoman for North American Aerospace Defense.
The plane landed safely, and one person was taken off the plane. Airport spokesman Heath Montgomery said the flight was originally scheduled to resume on Friday, but it was delayed for the night and passengers were put up in hotels. The flight was rescheduled to resume Saturday night.
"All passengers are fine," Montgomery said.
The FBI called the incident a misunderstanding, and it said nobody was arrested or taken into custody. But no other details were available.
Carsten Stepanowicz (ste-PAN'-o-wits), a spokesman for the airline in Germany, said the pilot requested help because of an unruly passenger on board.
"It was not possible to go on with the flight, so the pilot decided to land in Denver," he said. He said he could not release details on the number of passengers.
The incident occurred shortly after 6:00 p.m., Montgomery said. The Transportation Security Administration and Denver police met the plane at the gate, and the FBI was notified.
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By Danny Groves | 9th November 2017
Reports in Japanese media indicate that the Japanese whaling fleet has left today for Antarctica. The fleet sailed from Shimonoseki Port, Yamaguchi Prefecture in order to kill up to 333 Antarctic minke whales by next March for ongoing 'research'. The fleet consists of the Yushin Maru (724 tons) and The 3rd Yushin Maru (742 tons).…
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AFP reports that two Japanese whaling ships and a surveillance vessel left Saturday for the annual hunt in the Antarctic Sea quoting Kyodo News. The three ships departed from the western port of Shimonoseki to join other ships to hunt up to 935 Antarctic minke whales and up to 50 fin whales through March, the news…
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Hill has worked on more than 50 films in his career and has many television credits, including the award-winning television series "House," for which he received an Emmy Nomination for his production design. He also received an Emmy Nomination on the Critically acclaimed History Channel miniseries "Hatfields and McCoys".
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A finished loaf of rice cooker sourdough with starter.
Good bread is, as I've said before, one of the things that it can be difficult to find in Japan. Japanese bread is tasty, but it tends not to have the heft or flavor I prefer. To be fair, this was also true in the U.S., and I also made my own bread there. In Japan, this proved to be a challenge as I don't have an oven. I've made good use of my rice cooker, though, which you can read all about here along with a recipe for rice cooker yeast bread.
As I watched and listened, I thought about another food writer, Sandor Katz, and his classic book on making fermented dishes. It seemed to me that sourdough would be a logical next step. So, that evening I mixed flour and water and waited for the yeast to come to the buffet I'd laid out.
Sourdough starter just starting to bubble.
Yeast is, like dark matter, all around us all the time. It is a natural part of our environment, and so we attempt to harness it to help out in the kitchen. Foods like beer, wine, kimchi, natto, kombucha, chocolate, and sauerkraut are delicious examples. By setting out a bowl with flour and water in my kitchen, I aimed to entice some of my very local yeast to settle there and have a snack.
After about three days of nervous watching, regular stirring and aerating (lifting the spoon up about three inches or so as I fed the starter) small bubbles appeared. The yeast, you could say, was at the table.
I continued feeding and stirring my sourdough starter and soon had a very lively, bubbly mass. The smell was definitely sour, but also yeasty in a lovely, bready way.
Using a combination of Katz's recipe and mine adapted from The Tassajara Bread Book, I made my first batch of sourdough bread. Everything essentially followed the same steps as my rice cooker yeast bread, but with a few caveats.
I find the best timing is to mix the sponge up in the evening, wrap it in blankets and tuck it on the couch. (In winter, I even give it a hot water bottle.) By morning, the sponge is bubbly and happy and has risen considerably.
My husband keeping the sourdough warm while he works.
The rising times tend to be a little bit longer depending on the weather. In summer or on warmer days, the sponge and dough tend to be more active and rise faster. I set it in a sunny spot and wrap it in a dark blanket. Again, a hot water bottle in winter is also not a bad idea or simply holding it on your lap while you work.
A finished loaf of beer-based sourdough with fresh cucumber and butter.
Sourdough can have a strong taste. My friend, Sarah, uses a different recipe, and while her bread has a sourdough tang, it is nothing compared to the flavor punch of mine. (Think a particularly pungent blue cheese.) Her methods vary a bit from mine, but it I certainly believe it also comes down to the environment of the starter. Yeast varies by location, so it stands to reason that the resulting flavor of sourdoughs will also vary by location. You are tapping into your microbiome (how cool is that!) after all!
People often express amazement and admiration that I make my own bread or can jam and pickles. Even as I enjoy basking in their adulations, I have to tell the truth: it really isn't that hard. What these tasks require are time, patience, and some attention to detail. However, those, too, are somewhat flexible. I am a little bit lazy and inattentive, so sometimes the dough rises longer than usual, or I forget to take the rind out of the yuzushu. These are not deal breakers by any means. Bread rises while I run off to teach classes or research information for an article or while I sleep. Yuzushu or umeboshi (pickled plums) steep along in a dark cupboard for weeks or months while I travel, garden, write, or spend time with friends. Just be there when it bakes for best results.
These projects certainly can feel intimidating at first and like most things done for the first few times, mistakes will be made. More often, you get to eat the mistakes and learn something in the process. Whether you decide to make bread to feed your family, the resistance or both, don't be afraid. Enjoy the process of exploring, making something with your own two hands, and sharing it with family and friends.
Mix the flour and water in a bowl vigorously. Cover with cheesecloth and stir at least once a day. After about three days, give or take, you will notice bubbles when you visit. The yeast is there. At this point, add roughly a tablespoon of flour (again, any kind is fine) a day and stir it in. This is feeding the starter. As the yeasts and bacteria feed on the flour, they burp and fart, creating a protective layer of liquid over the top of the starter. Just stir it back in each time you feed.
Keep doing this for about three or four days. By the end of a week, the starter should be a lively, smelly mess in your kitchen. Hooray! It's time to bake!
*Double bock, gone flat, is a nice substitute. (Don't worry. It wasn't a Baird Beer, although I'm sure that would make a lovely bread. I would just rather enjoy it in a glass with my bread.) I've also used the water from making soba noodles and steaming potatoes.
1/4 cup of sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, or whatever other things you fancy mixing into the bread.
Mix the starter and water (beer) to make a kind of slurry, a.k.a. the sponge. Mix in 2 cups of the flour to get a thick mud. Stir and stir and stir. I recommend 100 strokes at a minimum. Never cut through the middle of the sponge. Just like in the soil, you don't want to bust up the community of things bonding and working away to feed you. Cover and let it rise for anywhere from a couple of hours to overnight wrapped in blankets with a hot water bottle.
The starter has probably doubled in size and looks quite festive by the end of this rising time. That's perfect. Sprinkle the salt over it, drizzle the oil about, and toss in that quarter cup of stuff at this point. Stir without breaking up the dough.
Kneading away and making a mess.
Once things seem pretty well mixed, add the flour gradually and mix thoroughly. Eventually, you will get to a point where you can barely stir. This is when you tip it out onto a floured surface and start to knead. I need for about 10 to 20 minutes, depending on how elastic the dough becomes and how good the podcast is that I'm listening to just then.
Dough rising in the sponge bowl.
Once the dough seems to push back at you, it's time to give it a rest. I lightly oil the same bowl the sponge was in** and set the dough in there, cover it, and wrap it up once more with a hot water bottle. Let it rise for anywhere from two hours to overnight. **Don't bother cleaning the bowl. I always figure the extra bits probably help it feel at home after the trauma of the kneading.
Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled loaf pan. You can punch it down, as I suggest in the other recipe, but it is not entirely necessary. The shock of the transfer causes some deflation as it were, so I sometimes just let it rise. This can vary from a few hours to overnight.
Transfer the pan to the rice cooker and turn it on for a full cycle. Flip over the dough when the cycle ends, and start it up again.
No way!! I'm so excited to hear more about that. Want to write it up here? I'd love to add it to my collection of non-conventional baking recipes.
Thank you so much! How did it go?


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Dallas Black Dance Theatre: Moving a Legacy Forward.
by Leslie Barker
Founder Ann Williams and Artistic Director Melissa M. Young Look Forward to a New Generation
Photographs by Kim Leeson
Founder Ann Williams and Artistic Director Melissa M. Young
When you are the founder of the Dallas Black Dance Theatre…when the sign on the building and on the street surrounding it bear your name…when such dancing maestros as Alvin Ailey and Arthur Mitchell have sought you out … when you and your dancers — including children who would never have worn a pair of ballet shoes if not for you — have performed all over the world… when the theatre's growth has surprised others but certainly not you…you're not going to leave your dream in the hands of just anyone.
Which is why, when DBDT founder Ann Williams decided to retire and the board chose Melissa M. Young to succeed her as artistic director, Mrs. Williams was beyond pleased with the decision.
"Melissa and I are so in tune with each other," Mrs. Williams says. "I have no doubt she understands the quality and artistic excellence of running this company. I hit myself every day and say, 'I could've been gone 10 years ago!' "
With such peace of mind, Mrs. Williams can sleep as late as she likes. She can play bridge several times a week. She can be in no hurry as she walks Sparky and Bobo, her beloved dogs.
And when she attends a DBDT performance — watching dancers who weren't even born when she started teaching the craft to minority children more than 40 years ago — she can just soak it all in.
"I am so pleased," says Mrs. Williams, now a very youthful 81. "I get joy when I'm in the audience and the curtain goes up and it's so beautiful and they're performing so well."
She didn't hesitate putting utmost trust in her protégé. Ms. Young danced at DBDT for 11 years before becoming (take a deep breath for this) rehearsal director, dance academy director, associate artistic director and interim artistic director and then, in September 2018, artistic director.
Melissa Young and David Wilson (1994); photo by Floyd Ferguson.
"She has always been a leader," Mrs. Williams says. "Dallas Black Dance Theatre is like her home. You can't say that for everyone."
Echoes Ms. Young: "I believe in the mission and values of our organization. I respect it. I feel DBDT is woven into my DNA."
But when she first auditioned for DBDT more than a quarter-century ago, she had never heard of Dallas Black Dance Theatre. But her mentor had — even calling Mrs. Williams on the phone to talk to Ms. Young.
"I told my roommates that was the last audition I was going on," says Ms. Young, who had graduated from The Ailey School and was getting weary trying to make a living as a dancer. "I said, 'If I don't get the job, God's telling me to do something else.' "
She got the job. But not long after moving to Dallas, she called her parents in California.
"This city is weird," she told them. "The energy is different. There's no skyline. I think I made a mistake."
Her mother told her to give it two years, which sounded like an eternity. Then Ms. Young got caught up in dancing for DBDT; with its camaraderie, passion, stellar reputation; with the national and international travel. And, of course, with Mrs. Williams, whom she calls "a genius."
"My mom always gives the best advice and her timing was so perfect," Ms. Young says. "After two years, I was trying to come up with reasons to leave: 'I'm not leaving until we travel to…' and then we'd travel there. 'I'm not leaving till we perform at the Kennedy Center, at the Lincoln Center.' And then we did.
DBDT building
"Ms. Ann had said we'd have our own building one day. So it was, 'I'm not leaving until we have our own building.' "
Which, since 2008, DBDT has had. (For the record, Ms. Young still isn't leaving). The building, formerly the Moorland YMCA, has special significance to Mrs. Williams. This was where she learned to swim and where she later taught others to swim. It's where she attended her senior prom and, she says with a twinkle, "probably where I had my first kiss."
The pool was filled in when the building was renovated for DBDT. But Mrs. Williams insisted that lessons still be taught in that area, which is now a practice room.
"There's history and energy that exists in these walls," Ms. Young says. "She wanted people's eyes to dance when they came in here. It's a rich historic place to surge forward. Not everyone can understand. But that's OK: We understand that."
Talk to each of these women individually and their thoughts seem to intermingle, even though they're not even in the same room. Each gets almost reverent talking about the sound of the curtain being lifted, the thrill of applause, the feeling of interconnection between those on stage and those in the performance hall.
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Dancers Zion Pradier and Kayah Franklin
"We want the audience to feel they have hope, that there are infinite possibilities in their lives," Ms. Young says. "I'm big into creating new experiences for the audience and dancers alike. As much as the dancers discover who they are, the audience learns about themselves by being there. I call our audience family members. I take it very seriously. The moment you walk through our door, you're part of our history."
Thus, selecting the right dancers is paramount.
"It goes far beyond talent," Ms. Young says. "It's your mindset and how you treat others. It's integrity for yourself and how you interact with those around you. It's about humanity."
Since taking over the reins of artistic director, she's often asked what she will change at DBDT. "I'm here to significantly enhance and grow what's been built, not to recreate the wheel," she answers.
Which isn't to say she doesn't have her own ideas. She does. But they'll be intermingled with the legacy with which she's been entrusted; offered to the next generation of dancers and the one after that.
"Every dancer wants to succeed," she says. "I want to help you nurture and uncover the best sides of yourself. This comes in part from my upbringing and care we had for each other. Everyone who knows me knows my family is No. 1."
Artistic Director Melissa M. Young
She has something else to say about Mrs. Williams, reaching for a tissue. ("I brought them for my allergies, not my tears!" she says) before continuing.
"She wants everyone to have opportunities, to enhance their lives," Ms. Young says. "It's almost as if she puts the puzzle pieces in front of you and you have to find a way to put them together."
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George Osborne may make changes after defeat in the House of Lords.
Last night, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, signalled a rethink over tax credit reductions after a defeat in the House of Lords. The changes, which could see over 3 million tax credit recipients lose up to £1,000 a year, are part of a range of measures that were proposed in the Chancellor's budget earlier this year.
Under the initial proposals, the £6,420 income threshold for Working Tax Credits will be cut to £3,850 a year. In other words, as soon as someone earns £3,850, they will see their payments reduced. The income threshold for those only claiming Child Tax Credits will be cut from £16,105 to £12,125.
The rate at which those payments are cut, known as the taper rate, will also increase. Currently, for every £1 claimants earn above the threshold, they lose 41p. In the proposals, the taper rate will accelerate to 48p, so for every pound earned above the threshold claimants will lose 48p. Alongside this, the national minimum wage is to be replaced by a 'National Living Wage' set at £7.20 in April 2016 and rising to at least £9 by 2020. Whilst many will benefit from the changes, as well as an increase in the income tax threshold, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said that only 13% of tax credit recipients will be better off as a result of the overall changes.
What's changed?
Since the proposed reduction came to light in July, there has been widespread opposition. Despite the Chancellor pledging not to budge on the policy, many have predicted, including some Conservatives (link to Turn2us news story), that it was only a matter of time before George Osborne would need to rethink his plans.
This came to a head last with Peers voting to delay the changes as well as asking the government to carry out an independent review of their potential impact before they come into effect.
This is by no means the end of the story and we can expect to see the tax credit debate in the newspapers for many more weeks to come. On a practical level, it seems likely that the Chancellor will propose changes that will make the reductions more palatable in a bid to convince them to reconsider. If this is the case, we can expect to hear the Chancellor's revised proposals on 25 November when he delivers his Autumn Statement to Parliament.
What are the Chancellor's options?
The most controversial element of the proposals is that those on the lowest incomes will be hardest hit, so changes must target this specific group.
Speaking after the defeat in the Lords, the Chancellor told reporters, "We can achieve the same goal of reforming these tax credits, securing the money we need to ensure our economy is safe and, at the same time, helping in the transition to these changes and I will set out how we achieve that at the Autumn Statement."
This would seem to indicate that while he is looking at softening the impact on the poorest people, he is still determined to push ahead with the broader policy. There are a number of options that would allow him to do this, including phasing in the cut in tax credit thresholds to soften the blow; only applying the measures to new claimants; or bringing in specific support for those on the lowest incomes. Many have suggested that changes to the National Insurance threshold could be on the cards but as the tax only applies to those earning over £8,000 a year it is unlikely to have the impact needed for those at the bottom of the income spectrum.
This morning, Leader of the House of Commons Chris Grayling admitted that the Treasury would now be looking at "transitional arrangements" to mitigate the impact of the tax credit cuts on up to three million people, adding, "The detail will come in the Autumn Statement and we will be looking at a variety of options."
Even under the existing proposals, changes would not come into effect until April 2016 and with this latest development the full impact may now come in much later.
Simon Hopkins, Chief Executive of Turn2us commented, "We have voiced our concern for some time that these proposed changes will have a devastating impact on some of the poorest in society. It is better news for those concerned about the impact of the proposed cuts that the government has indicated that it may now water down these proposals. We will of course be paying close attention to the Chancellor's Autumn Statement on 25 November. The bottom line for us is for meaningful and practical help to be available for those that are struggling.
"I would urge anyone unsure of what support they are currently eligible for to visit www.turn2us.org.uk, as the first step in preparing for any changes is knowing where you stand now. Realistically, it is likely that many will still see a reduction in income as a result of the proposed changes but this latest development gives us some hope that the impact may not be quite as severe as initially proposed."
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Culver Street (Trading) Ltd, Vinsignia Ltd and the WIA
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Below is an anonymous comment left on the post about Premier Cru and Cult Wine Ltd. I'm not posting it there because it is not relevant. Instead here is a separate post covering Culver Street (Trading), Vinsignia Ltd and the Wine Investment Association.
'Hi Jim,
A curious thing: having checked the Wine Investment Association website it seems that Culver Street Trading are no longer a registered member but that another company of which Hugo Rose (chairman of the Wine Investment Association) has miraculously taken its place. On further investigation, it seems that Culver Street are now in liquidation
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2172343
So, the chairman's company is in liquidation and ghas been replaced by the WIA by another company he has an interest in. This raises many questions, least of which is, if Amphora Portfolio Management, who's membership has been "pending" for almost two years have not in that time had their audit and passed their initiation into the association, how on earth have this new company had the time to suddenly pass the audit? Have the WIA simply sneaked this company in through the back door? And is it a glowing recommendation of the WIA that the chairman of the association's company has gone into liquidation?'
Firstly Hugo Rose MW was never a director of Culver Street (Trading) Ltd. He was a consultant to the company. His consultancy ceased in June 2014. You are correct that Culver Street (Trading) Ltd has gone into voluntary liquidation. 82-year-old Richard Wheeler is now the sole director in post.
Vinsignia Ltd was formed on 15.12.2009 but not with that name. The company name changed to Vinsignia on 21.2.2012 and Hugo Rose MW was appointed as a director on 12.11.2012. The last accounts were filed on 31.12.2011 as a dormant company. The company's latest accounts have been overdue since 31st March 2014, although Hugo Rose says they have recently been filed.
I understand that Vinsignia Ltd and another company have taken over Culver Street (Trading) Ltd's customers and their stocks. This includes stock in the UK as well as in France.
As far as Vinsignia Ltd and the WIA is concerned I assume a new audit has been carried out – given that Rose has been a director since November 2012 there would have been time for this to be done.
I would agree that it does not reflect well that Vinsignia Ltd's accounts have not been filed on time and that a First Gazette was published on 1st July 2014, which was subsequently cancelled on 12th July.
It is also curious that Amphora Portfolio Management Ltd's full WIA membership remains pending. As is the case with a number of wine retailers the WIA needs to bring its code of practice into line with the contracts legislation, which came into force across the EU on 13th June 2014.
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I think the point here is being missed, Jim. You say that, "given that Rose has been a director since November 2012 there would have been time for this to be done." I think this is highly unlikely. It is no secret that the WIA, since launching almost two years ago, tried extremely hard to get as many members as possible, and it soon became a running joke that they couldn't scrabble together more than the four companies that the WIA's registered directors were directly involved with. Do you not think that, if in the last couple of years Vinsignia Ltd had passed the audit (or was even entered for it) the WIA would not have put them up on their site as a member as soon as the audit was passed (apart from anything else, why even take the audit if the intention is not to become a registered member?) What actually happened was that, as soon as Culver Street was taken off the WIA website, Vinsignia appeared. This is highly suspicious, and I feel that the only way to prove that this company has passed the audit is for both Hugo Rose, as chairman of the WIA, and the auditors themselves, to confirm this on this website.
Secondly, the Wine Investment Association was set up to protect investors and make sure that the company the investors are dealing with doesn't go bust, like so many others have done, leaving said investors high and dry. I am not suggesting that a moment any of the clients of Culver Street will be left high and dry, but surely, if, after a period of less than 24 months after the association was set up, one of the only four companies being recommended by the association goes bust, is it not reasonable to declare the association not fit for purpose, and to have it closed down?
So, a definitive answer please, from Hugo Rose. Has Vinsignia taken and passed the WIA audit. If so, on what date.
It is also time for an explanation from the WIA as to what purpose it actually serves, and why it should not be closed down?
Jim's Loire 7 August 2014 at 22:50
Fair questions Anon – the process needs to be transparent.
The WIA or any similar organisation can aim to safeguard the interests of clients, customers or investors but they cannot make sure that a member company doesn't go bust.
It all stinks, clarification is needed on how Vinsignia passed the audit so quickly.
Lets face it, Culver Streets accounts (along with APM and Provenance) were all looking fairly dismal when the WIA came in to being. Provenance's are looking even worse now!
The real goal of this association is not to protect investors but to twist their arms in a difficult time. The association's fifth Core Aim is really their modus operandi... "to do such things as are necessary or expedient to sustain or raise the status of wine investment and the Members of the Association."
On another WIA note...
How Vin-X can continually use the phrase "Vin-X, the fastest growing fine wine investment company in the UK." is beyond me. It's on all their marketing blurb including Essential Tips for Wine Investors PDF downloadable from the main page of their site.
Who says they are the fasting growing? Where did they get this from? Their accounts show they are shrinking. Surely this is misrepresentation? I thought the WIA "... seek to safeguard the general public against fraud, malpractice and misrepresentation"
Could someone please clarify:
1. In what way they are the fastest growing
2. How did they obtain this wonderful statistic
Can Jim or someone else please explain what is meant by the following:
"WIA needs to bring its code of practice into line with the contracts legislation, which came into force across the EU on 13th June 2014."
What exactly are the changes that came into force by the EU and what does it mean for wine buyers like myself???
Jim's Loire 10 August 2014 at 14:04
Anon. This refers to widespread changes affecting retailers and those who provide services.
See: http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/en-primeur-sales-now-exempt-from-right.html
http://jimsloire.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/which-uk-on-line-wine-retailers-are-up.html
As no one from the Wine Investment Association will respond to any of these questions, perhaps a letter to the Fraud Office will do the trick. I think this "organisation" needs some proper investigation.
Anon. There isn't a fraud office as such. Have you contacted the WIA directly? Here are their contact details: http://www.wineinvestmentassociation.org/com-xmap-title/contact-us.html
No, I haven't. Why waste the time with the blather they would respond with. They have had the opportunity to respond here and they haven't done so. And there is a fraud office. It is called the Serious Fraud Office. I will be contacting them to discuss the Wine Investment Association. It will probably achieve nothing but at the very least it will bring this organisation to the SFO's attention.
Vinsignia's website is now down. According to Companies House they are in liquidation although it looks clear they have the funds to pay all their debts. Mr Rose is now a Director or Cellar&Co Limited. I wonder if we will see them joining the WIA soon
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Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 15:49
- by Tom Dumarey
We not only caught up with vocalist Andy Cairns from Therapy? to talk about the band's new album 'Cleave,' which will be out tomorrow on Marshall Records. No sir, we went all out because... well, it's Therapy?. So we also sat down with drummer Neil Cooper and asked him a bunch of questions about his hometown of Derby, the city that didn't gain city status until 1977.
PRT: What made you first fall in love with the city?
Neil: As I'm sure most people have with their home city, I have a real love/hate relationship with the place I grew up. There's plenty that annoys me about the city but the people and the characters can be fantastic. I'll have disgruntled rants about Derby all day long but when I hear anyone say anything less than complimentary about the city I'll defend it to the hilt.
PRT: If you had to come up with a marketing slogan for the city, what would it be?
Neil: "You moved here? Seriously?" Ha ha
PRT: Best place to play?
Neil: The Rockhouse was a classic rock club/gig venue. It's no longer there but I played it a few times. One particular occasion, with my old band The Beyond, we played there with Therapy? That was back in 1990. Currently, 'The Venue' is a good place to play or watch bands.
PRT: Best place to go for a late night drink after the show?
Neil: The Duke of Clarence, in the Chester Green area outside the city centre. It's a real, old fashioned boozer with a pianist in the corner and all the old boys taking it in turns to get up and sing the standards. The atmosphere is always brilliant. Proper old school.
PRT: Best place to go for a late night snack after the drink after the show?
Neil: Derby Grill, friar gate. Hands down. A regular haunt for myself, Michael and Andy after a long day's rehearsal….
PRT: Best touristy thing to do in the area?
Neil: For 'earthy' tourism you must check out shrovetide football in Ashbourne (just outside Derby) Each Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday the town, Ashbourne, is literally boarded up (pubs stay open though!) It's a complete free for all with around 600 people trying to either get hold of the ball or follow the mass scrum. The goal posts are mill stones set two miles apart at either end of the town. The only rule is the ball cannot go on or inside a vehicle – the 'scrum' trampling through houses/pubs etc is the norm! Utter carnage but great fun.
PRT: Best hidden spot in the city?
Neil: Darley Park is a great spot to chill out. With 'The Abbey' pub, a building built by monks in the 12th century, at one end.
PRT: One thing you would like to see changed in the city?
Neil: It would be nice to see the 'Spice' problem dealt with!! I know every city has drug problems but, seriously, what the fuck is going on in many city centres at the minute?
PRT: What's your best memory about the city?
Neil: I've so many personal memories here! Great memories relating to the city as a whole… Derby County being promoted to the premiership was very much a city-wide celebration. I've great memories of that. However, the season that followed caused city-wide depression!
PRT: Where in the city did you get your heart broken?
Neil: Erm? Behind the bike sheds? etc etc
PRT: Is there a historical fact about your city that makes you chuckle?
Neil: The chap who invented the hot dog in the early 1900s, Harry Stevens, was born here
PRT: Favorite quote about your city you'd like to share?
Neil: Bob Monkhouse once said "If you can pull a crowd in derby you know you've made it". Fair comment.
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SUMMARY: The Scottish Borders and the beautiful Tweed Valley are home to one of the finest Lowland Scotch Malt Whisky distilleries and one of Scotland's oldest 'craft' breweries. These provide a great introduction to the history of both distilling and brewing in Scotland.
Our visits will include a 'Hauf and a Hauf', which in Scots means a beer with a whisky chaser! Our first visit, or 'Hauf' will be to Glenkinchie Distillery, one of Diageo's Classic Malts. There will be plenty of time to both explore the manufacturing process and enjoy the finished product; a wonderful dram of Lowland single malt whisky. We will then have our second 'Hauf' at Traquair House where they've been brewing craft beer for over 250 years.
ITINERARY: Our day starts by leaving Edinburgh and travelling south to Rosslyn Chapel, made famous in the Holywood Blockbuster 'The Da Vinci Code'. Built around 1485 it is home to some truly magnificent stone carvings.
We will then travel the short distance to Glenkinchie Distillery where we will enjoy a tour lasting approximately 60 minutes finishing with a tutored nosing and tasting of some of Glenkinchie's best single malts.
After our visit we will travel south to the beautiful Borders Town of Melrose, a truly magnificent drive amongst the heather clad hills of the Southern Uplands.
Our lunch stop will be at a local pub, specialising in locally sourced produce and a chance to sample some more great single malts and local craft beers.
Following lunch we can travel along the beautiful Tweed Valley to Traquair House, Scotland's oldest continuously inhabited house; home to the Stuart family since 1491. We'll be following in royal footsteps too; Traquair has been visited by 27 Scottish kings and queens, and dates back to 1107.
Beer has been brewed at Traquair since the 1700s and became one on the original 'craft beer' pioneers in Scotland in the 1970s, resurrecting recipes from 200 years earlier. Our visit will allow us to sample a selection of these excellent Traquair Ales.
Our return journey to Edinburgh takes us along the beautiful River Tweed to the charming Borders town of Peebles where we then head north to arrive back in Edinburgh.
OVERNIGHT STOPS & ACCOMMODATION: Although this is a one-day tour departing from Edinburgh, you can choose to extend your stay to include additional highlights of the Borders, such as Abbotsford House or Floors Castle. We are happy to provide recommendations.
PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES: River Tweed, Rosslyn Chapel, Borders scenery, Traquair House (NB although photography is not allowed within the distillery's production areas, there are opportunities to take exterior photos).


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Padmaavat: Deepika Padukone gets SPECIAL message from ex-beau Ranbir Kapoor's parents
Deepika Padukone's Recent Release Padmaavat Has Set The Box Office Ablaze. The Magnum Opus Has Garnered Positive Reviews From The Critics And The Audience.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Ranpreet Kaur | Updated on: 28 Jan 2018, 12:02:08 AM
Not just the movie, lead actress Deepika Padukone has also won the audience's hearts.
And while the actress is getting congratulatory messages from everyone, she also received a special message from ex-boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor's parents.
Veteran actors Rishi and Neetu Kapoor sent a bouquet to Deepika Padukone, praising her performance in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed "Padmaavat".
The couple sent the bouquet after watching the film, which also stars Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, over the weekend.
They were especially impressed by Deepika's performance, who came alive as Rani Padmavati in the film, which has been marred by protests from various Rajput groups.
Deepika shared the picture of the bouquet the couple sent to her on Instagram.
"Excellent work! So very proud of you. Love Neetu and Rishi," the note on the bouquet read.
it was so lovely seeing both of you yesterday...Thank You for all the love & appreciation!🙏 @neetu54 #RishiKapoor
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The film was released on January 25 after the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) cleared it last month with a 'U/A' certificate and five modifications, including title change from "Padmavati" to "Padmaavat".
It had opened to select paid previews across the country on January 24 and has collected over Rs 50 crores within two days of release.
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Outer Banks national parks seem to get all the press, but Jockey's Ridge State Park in the middle of Nags Head, is a natural wonderland easily explored in a day. It is so unique and beautiful, providing so much to do, that residents and visitors return time and time again.
It doesn't look beautiful at first glance—impressive and awe-inspiring, maybe. A slash of sand piled 80 to 100' along the sky line seems barren and desert-like. It is that characteristic–the absolute lack of any vegetation that makes Jockey's Ridge one of the finest places in the world to fly a kite. And that's any style of kite. From a child giggling in delight as a parafoil or delta kite is launched, to a two or four line stunt kite reaching all the way up towards hang gliders, the constant winds of the dune system create ideal conditions for unpowered flight.
From the park, Kitty Hawk Kites operates what they claim is the largest hang gliding school in the world. It may or may not be the largest, but it is a very well-run school with excellent instruction. As a first time experience, hang gliding at Jockey's Ridge is about as good as it gets. There is usually a breeze and learning to fly a hang glider almost always includes two or three hard landings and the sand provides a relatively forgiving landing zone.
Although it appears devoid of any vegetation from the road, there are patches of greenery and grass through the park. The boardwalk that begins at the Visitor's Center traverses a small maritime forest. One of the nicer features of the boardwalk are informational signs describing trees along the path. At the end of the boardwalk, looking off to the left (southwest for those compass minded), there is a temporary pond that forms when there's abundant rain in the area. When it remains filled beyond July, it explodes with life. There are some fascinating examples of adaptation here, notably the Spadefoot Toad that thrives in sporadically wet systems. In between abundant rain, which may be up to six years, the toads burrow into the sand and seem to hibernate. When conditions are right, they emerge and reproduce explosively.
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RENAISSANCE: First Live Album From The First Line-Up
Close relatives of LED ZEPPELIN, RENAISSANCE were a radically different recombination of THE YARDBIRDS' DNA, but many tend to forget their genesis – eclipsed soon enough by a new line-up that fully embraced the art-rock idiom. Still, that was the original plan of Jim McCarty and Keith Relf when the two enlisted the latter's sister Jane as a co-vocalist, as well as bassist Louis Cennamo and keyboard player John Hawken. Debuting in 1969 with a self-titled album, the band soon enough found themselves in America, and it was there that "Live Fillmore West 1970" comes from.
Recorded on March 6th, when the quintet were opening for Paul Butterfield, these recordings could be found on a bootleg previously, yet now, prepared for August 26th release by McCarty himself, alongside four tracks from the U.S., there's also "Statues" which was preserved for posterity in London and never taken to the studio, as well as three original demos. It would be the first official concert document from the original collective. Read the review here.
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Entercom Communications : Teams Up with the Ad Council on COPING-19 Mental Health Campaign - Communications
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- Entercom has teamed up with the Ad Council as the exclusive audio production partner for COPING-19, a national public service advertising (PSA) campaign aimed at raising awareness and providing Americans tips and resources to help people who are experiencing mental health challenges, in conjunction with the CDC, the CDC Foundation, The HHS, and the White House.
As part of the campaign, Entercom will develop and provide bilingual audio PSAs that help Americans address mental health, as well as donate time and space to support the campaign across its robust portfolio of broadcast, digital and social media assets.
"Entercom is dedicated to supporting the health and success of the communities that are the heart of our business," said Sarah Harris, Vice President, Social Impact, Entercom. "With so many Americans struggling with mental health, we are delighted to use the reach of our platform to share helpful self-care and coping tips with our 170 million listeners and so many more in partnership with the Ad Council. We know talk is a powerful tool in the struggle for mental health, and are committed to using our voice to break the stigma and help people find the resources they need to thrive."
"With the prolonged health crisis and the isolation and economic challenges stemming from Covid-19, many aren't talking about what's happening with our mental health," said Heidi Arthur, Chief Campaign Development Officer, Ad Council. "COPING-19 is a far-reaching platform that provides self-care and coping tips, as well as resources, to address the struggles people are facing. We're so grateful to our creative and media partners for developing the creative content and resources that will empower audiences throughout the country to take steps to protect their mental health."
The campaign will also see the launch of a new website, Coping-19.org, which will serve as a central hub where visitors will be able to access over 100 vetted resources in English and Spanish to help with their mental health needs. Coping-19.org will also feature a set of self-care best practices and principles in accordance with CDC and leading scientists, as well as links to more in-depth information by category.
Morbidity and Mortality Week Report survey shows more than 40% of Americans are struggling with mental health conditions as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
Entercom is committed to supporting the health and success of the communities that are the heart of its business. Participating in COPING-19 is a part of Entercom Serves, the Company's social impact platform that raises awareness of social issues and brings communities together for good. Entercom unites with its listeners and brands to support sound communities through several pillars of impact: mental health and anti-bullying, children's health, veterans and service members, the environment, civic education, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE: ETM) is the #1 creator of live, original local audio content in the U.S and the unrivaled leader in local radio sports and news. Home to the nation's most influential collection of podcasts, digital and broadcast content, and premium live experiences, Entercom engages over 170 million consumers each month. Available on every device in every major U.S. market, the company delivers the industry's most compelling live and on-demand content and experiences from voices and influencers its communities trust and love. Entercom's robust portfolio of assets and integrated solutions offer advertisers today's most engaged audiences through targeted reach, brand amplification and local activation-all at national scale. Learn more at www.entercom.com, Facebook and Twitter (@Entercom).
About the Ad Council
The Ad Council has a long history of creating life-saving public service communications in times of national crisis, starting in the organization's earliest days during World War II to September 11th and natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy and, most recently, leading the industry's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its deep relationships with media outlets, the creative community, issue experts and government leaders make the organization uniquely poised to quickly distribute life-saving impactful information to millions of Americans.
The Ad Council is where creativity and causes converge. The non-profit organization brings together the most creative minds in advertising, media, technology and marketing to address many of the nation's most important causes. The Ad Council has created many of the most iconic campaigns in advertising history. Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk. Smokey Bear. Love Has No Labels.
The Ad Council's innovative social good campaigns raise awareness, inspire action and save lives. To learn more, visit AdCouncil.org, follow the Ad Council's communities on Facebook and Twitter, and view the creative on YouTube.
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A century from now, thanks to a technology allowing instantaneous travel across light-years, humanity has solved its energy shortages, cleaned up the environment, and created far-flung colony worlds. The keys to this empire belong to the powerful North family - composed of successive generations of clones. Yet these clones are not identical. For one thing, genetic errors have crept in with each generation. For another, the original three clone "brothers" have gone their separate ways, and the branches of the family are now friendly rivals more than allies.
Or maybe not so friendly. At least that's what the murder of a North clone in the English city of Newcastle suggests to Detective Sidney Hurst. Sid is a solid investigator who'd like nothing better than to hand off this hot potato of a case. The way he figures it, whether he solves the crime or not, he'll make enough enemies to ruin his career. Yet Sid's case is about to take an unexpected turn: Because the circumstances of the murder bear an uncanny resemblance to a killing that took place years ago on the planet St. Libra, where a North clone and his entire household were slaughtered in cold blood.
Now Sid must navigate through a Byzantine minefield of competing interests within the police department and the world's political and economic elite...all the while hunting down a brutal killer poised to strike again. And on St. Libra, Angela, newly released from prison, joins a mission to hunt down the elusive alien, only to learn that the line between hunter and hunted is a thin one.
As galactic armadas clash in quest of the ancient fleet of the Progenitors, a brutal alien race seizes the dying planet of Garth. The various uplifted inhabitants of Garth must battle their overlords or face ultimate extinction. At stake is the existence of Terran society and Earth, and the fate of the entire Five Galaxies. Sweeping, brilliantly crafted, inventive and dramatic, The Uplift War is an unforgettable story of adventure and wonder from one of today's science fiction greats.


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Thoughts on Theses: Camille Blum
By Rebecca Picciotto
Camille Blum is a history, Russian and math major. Her thesis looks at the human rights movement in 1970s Soviet Russia and considers how scholars might reframe the narrative of the Soviet dissidents in that period. Her thesis advisor is Five College Associate Professor of History Sergey Glebov.
A: It is about Soviet dissidents in the 1970s, both about their activities in the Soviet Union and how they interacted with potential allies in the West and the steps that they took to change Soviet society from within.
Q: What led you to that idea?
A: It turns out that [the college's] Russian department has this really amazing archive in the Russian Center and they have this collection of documents from one of the dissidents named	Grigorenko. His family left all of his documents to the college which was really amazing. My advisor, Professor Glebov, suggested that I use those documents to do a study of the period that I was interested in, which is the Soviet 1970s.
Q: What kinds of conclusions have you come to?
A: A lot of current scholarship on the dissidents emphasizes their role in terms of their interaction with the West, with the United States. But the most important work that they did can actually be viewed within the context of just the Soviet Union and the work that they did within it. I'm trying to sort of reframe the way we view the dissidents' work from a Western oriented perspective to an Eastern perspective.
Q: How have you reframed it?
A: A lot of their own writings have given us some clues about the work that they were trying to do and the ways in which they interacted with Soviet society at large. They published journals, they had a lot of samizdat works in circulation, which basically means they had an entire underground press running that informed people in the Soviet Union about what their government was doing wrong and made people in the Soviet Union want change to occur.
Q: What has been your favorite part of the process so far?
A: Definitely working with other people in the history department. I got a lot of good advice from [Morgan Assistant Professor in Diplomatic History Vanessa Walker, who wasn't my advisor, but knew a lot about the general human rights movement of the 1970s. It hasn't been just a project between me and my advisor. I've been able to bring in a lot of ideas from other people in Amherst, which has been super helpful.
Q: How have the changes resulting from COVID-19 and the switch to remote learning impacted your project?
A: I think weirdly enough, it's made my thesis a lot less stressful because before COVID-19, it was sort of this world-ending — you know, this is the only thing that matters — situation for me. But now that the world is actually, potentially ending and, you know, everything in reality is sort of terrible, I have a better perspective about what my undergraduate thesis means in the grand scheme of things.
Q: Has it affected your research or writing processes at all?
A: Well, the history department is on a much earlier schedule than a lot of other departments. So I had actually finished my thesis basically by the time I had to get off campus. It does sort of suck that I can't, if I wanted to, access any more resources last minute. But I think, compared to the STEM theses, the history department is actually much better off right now.
Q: Besides the coronavirus, what have the main challenges been throughout the process?
A: I think actually one of the more challenging parts is starting to write. Sometimes I felt like, "What if everything I'm going to write is stupid? I have nothing to say." But then once I did start writing, I realized, "This is actually going fine." And then also at the beginning of a large project, it seems very daunting. It wasn't until I realized that I just had to take small steps day by day that the project seemed a lot less overwhelming for me.
Q: What did those small steps look like?
A: Luckily, I had an advisor who gave me a pretty clear weekly schedule. A lot of advisors do this. They say, "This is what you should be doing this week compared to historically what people have been doing at this point in time." So I was able to get a time frame down for "This week is my outline [or] this week I need to write 10 pages." And if I followed that schedule, things went better.
Q: What is your relationship with your advisor like?
A: Professor Glebov is — obviously — super smart. He knows so much about the history because he lived the Soviet experience. Sometimes it's sort of hard for me to understand Soviet mentality and what these people have been thinking. But he adds such a good perspective and he'll say, "Oh, there's a joke about this that I knew," or bring in things that I might not have otherwise considered. Our meetings are super helpful.
Q: If you could give a piece of advice to a student thinking about writing a thesis right now, what would it be?
A: Don't quit all your extracurriculars. I know a lot of people do, but having more time doesn't necessarily mean you spend more time writing your thesis. It actually, for me at least, helps to have a certain time frame each day when I know I'll have to get my writing done and then in the evening I still have time to be a human being. And that sort of helped me balance thesis life with the rest of my life.


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Concentrated Positions: Don't Let a Torpedo Sink Your Hard-Earned Ship!
One of the many things we do when a prospect comes to us is analyze their current portfolio. We do this so we can assess the current risks in their portfolio that they may not be aware of and identify ways to minimize those risks, thereby getting the overall portfolio working for them, in a way that is in line with their particular risk tolerance.
heavy cash exposure – we often hear from people that they build up cash as they are hesitant to make a decision on how to invest it. Unfortunately, with cash returning about 0.001% these days it creates a huge drag on the portfolio.
management fees that are higher than industry standards – we've seen people with significant size portfolios paying over 2% – that's crazy!
We could do a blog on each one of these issues, but this week the focus will be on concentrated position risk.
of an investor's overall portfolio. A common example is a stock inherited from a grandparent. Another situation that we often see is a concentrated position risk stemming from a client's company stock.
Some public companies offer many ways for the employee to get company stock. Here are just a few examples: restricted stock grants, ESOP programs, deferred comp programs, stock options, company stock within the company's 401k plan, etc. Many people don't realize how much these positions may have grown over time or, because of "bucket mentality", they don't even think of it as part of the overall portfolio. But they should.
In a recent meeting with a prospect, we identified that her company stock made up close to 30% of her overall portfolio. She wasn't aware that her position was anywhere near this percentage until we pointed it out, but like many people she didn't seem too concerned at first.
Here's the problem: the major risk associated with such a portfolio is a lack of diversification; a concentrated position makes a large portion of the investor's wealth dependent upon the performance of one particular stock. At DWM, we also call concentrated position risk 'torpedo risk', because that's what a concentrated position can do to your whole portfolio, and hence your overall financial plan. It can hit and sink it just like a torpedo- not good. People tend to think this won't happen to them, but so did the former employees of Worldcom and Enron.
Don't let 'torpedo risk' from a concentrated position ruin your portfolio and/or financial future. A good rule of thumb is to keep all company-specific positions to less than 6% of your overall portfolio value, if possible.
Of course, there may be reasons for keeping a concentrated position such as restricted stock/options that follow vesting timelines, emotional attachment, low cost basis tax concerns, trading volume concerns, etc. An advisor like DWM can help you work through those issues via different strategies (e.g. dollar-cost averaging out, "collars" and other derivatives strategies, prepaid variable delivery forward contracts, exchange funds, etc.) and help you put together a portfolio that's working for you, free of unnecessary risk and capable of meeting your long-term goals.
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Overland literary journal > Articles by: Elizabeth Allen
Elizabeth Allen is a poet and short story writer based in Sydney where she also works as a bookseller at Gleebooks. Her work has found frequent publication in well-respected journals and anthologies both in Australia and overseas, including Cordite, Ajar, Bodega, Overland, Southerly, Meanjin, Australian Book Review, and SAND. The author of two poetry collections, Body Language (Vagabond Press, 2012) and Present (Vagabond Press, 2017), Elizabeth won the Dame Leonie Kramer Prize in 2001 and the Anne Elder Award in 2012.
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Published in Overland Issue 244 Spring 2021
Stick insects
In the dream I give birth to twins but they aren't human: they are small spindly creatures a lot like stick insects. When I am discharged from hospital we take them out to the car and I put them in the baby capsules.
Snow White: nomenclature
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My meditation teacher is a pessimist and a poet. He says the mind is like a glass of orange juice, the sediment slowly settling to the bottom leaving a clear liquid.
Two Years On
I want to write a poem about gardening, watering the veggie patch & how it reduces things down to a manageable size. To write a poem about putting on