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LD innovates on equities, fees
Amanda WhiteJune 13, 2017 | 2.09pm
A more structured approach to managing risk in its equities exposure has led Danish fund Lønmodtagernes Dyrtidsfond (LD) to introduce four style buckets for equities – from pure beta through to pure alpha – and a dynamic allocation approach that allows movement between the buckets depending on market conditions.
The fund has also partnered with other Danish pension funds – Sampension and the Medical Doctors' Pension Fund – in an innovative approach to managing fees. In its passive bucket, it has co-invested in mandates that its Danish pension fund peers have already set up. The mandate with Sampension is a targeted index fund that cuts off the smallest 25 per cent of companies in the index. With the Medical Doctors' fund, the mandate is an emerging market index fund with an environmental, social and governance overlay.
LD is relatively small, with DKK43 billion ($6.5 billion) and collaborating with peers on mandates with external managers is one way it can innovate around fees, chief financial officer Lars Wallberg says.
Collaborating with peers who have gone through the process of mandate design and manager selection allows the fund to reduce costs and time spent on external managers. LD has a clear focus on fees, with a total cost – including administration, management fees and trading fees – of 0.5 per cent of assets.
"Co-investment in passive equities, where we are buying a proportion of the assets, is a very attractive way of investing," Wallberg says. "We are investing in something that the other pension funds have set up themselves. It's a win/win; it reduces our costs and we can benefit from the fact our colleagues found the manager and set up the investment guidelines, and we are comfortable the manager is capable. There is no reason for us to set up a fund ourselves. There are significant economies of scale for both of us regarding costs and set up.
"You need to be open and precise as to what your objectives are…Every fund will make their own allocation based on risk profile but there is no reason every fund should invent everything for itself. The risk allocation and monitoring [are] unique to a fund, and should be kept close, but keeping managers to yourself is a losing game. It is more relevant to share knowledge of good managers and spend time on your strategic portfolio."
In addition, smaller funds benefit from having a collaborator with which to discuss investments.
"We are a very small organisation," Wallberg says. "In equities, for example, we have only one person monitoring it, so we like collaboration. Our colleagues are more than welcome to invest in our mandates; the firm believes in collaboration.
"For large and growing pension schemes, internal management reduces costs, but for us it is not a strategic opportunity. Ten years ago, we were fully self-managed but identified outsourcing as key. We can be agile in changing allocations, can call managers and reduce or increase mandates at very short notice, and can exit asset classes. It's easier to call an external manager and reduce by half the mandate. If you had to call internal staff and say to colleagues they're now managing half the size of the mandate, they would wonder about their jobs."
From active management to a more varied approach
Like the innovation around management fees, the new approach to equities arose out of a focus on risk management within the equities portfolio.
The fund has traditionally emphasised active management but since the beginning of the year the equities portfolio has been separated into four parts: pure beta, beta plus or factor investing, core alpha and special alpha.
Pure beta is in global developed equities as well as the index funds with slightly higher tracking error, where LD co-invests with its Danish pension peers. On top of the pure beta risk bucket, LD has added a beta plus basket, which is a factor investing strategy with a high weight to value, but also a tilt that can be changed. This was also done with Sampension. The core alpha bucket holds the existing active managers within developed and emerging markets. Finally, special alpha is where managers with significant tracking error reside. This includes Danish equities. The fund has reduced its allocation to domestic equities from 25 per cent to 10 per cent over the past few months.
The four new risk buckets allow for a dynamic approach to equities and the exposures to each bucket can be dialled up or down depending on whether alpha or beta is dominating the market. Since the beginning of the year, about 20 per cent of the equities portfolio has changed from active to passive.
"We have seen a quite significant twist in the overall equities portfolio," Wallberg says. "We reduced the core alpha bucket a lot as well and have increased the beta exposure significantly. We now have about 45 per cent in beta and beta plus, and 55 per cent of equities in the alpha-generating buckets. This is a significant change.
"It allows us to be more precise about when we take a pure beta exposure, when we take factor-based exposure and when we are getting return from fundamental stock selection. We have to have the discipline in ourselves between the mandates. But we hope it will help us achieve our goal of minimising losses in down markets. We can forgo excess return as long as we mitigate losses in down markets."
Wallberg says LD had previously achieved "quite a lot of excess return" from equities but it had a large tracking error because of the allocation to Danish equities. The first step in this more structured approach to managing the equities exposure was to reduce tracking error and the volatility of the portfolio. The added benefit was to reduce costs.
The next step will be to work on how to manage the individual parts of the portfolio separately.
"We are finding the right risk metrics to identify the action/inflection points to initiate a change in the allocation; this is a work in progress," Wallberg says.
In the next few weeks, Wallberg will be leaving LD to start a new job as chief executive of Norliv, which is an association with 300,000 members who are all customers of Nordea Life & Pensions.
He'll be responsible for the association's endowment, with a portfolio that invests partly in Nordea Life & Pension and partly in discretionary investments. The majority of returns from the fund are distributed to members as a bonus, with 20 per cent going to a charity focusing on mental health for workers and those in early retirement.
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Movie Review: Summer Children (1965)
Marco Duran
In 1953, Morris Engel made a film called Little Fugitive. It was about a boy who thought he had killed his older brother and ran off to Coney Island to live on his own. It's a charming piece (even though Engel was more interested in capturing the realism of this little boy in this big world than in having a tight and well rehearsed story) that bucked the trends of cinema at that time. Francois Truffaut, famous director of the French New Wave, credited Engel for helping begin this new style that took over European cinema from 1958 to 1964. Their approach was low budget and avant-garde. They dismissed traditional narrative and plots in place of more introspective and existential themes. This, in turn, then began influencing American filmmakers and starting around the mid 60s the American New Wave, or New Hollywood, began and implemented all the same techniques, most with more solid plot lines and great results. Such films as The Graduate, Bonnie and Clyde, Easy Rider and Midnight Cowboy came out of this era; pieces again more interested in mood and theme, outside of the studio system, but speaking to the culture of that day. The film Summer Children, which was recently discovered, restored and is now showing in a limited release, was directed by James Bruner and written by Norman Handelsman (neither of whom had done a movie before nor done one since) is an early example of this New Hollywood style with all its greatness and shortcomings.
Summer Children is the story of a group of friends who set off from the California beach scene to spend a day on the island of Catalina. Their friendship is tested and broken over that 24 hour period as a new and elusive girl is introduced into their group and all the trappings of being a teenager in the 60s are brought to bare upon them.
From a highlight point, Vilmos Zsigmond, the cinematographer on this film who went on to be Oscar nominated for The Deer Hunter, The River and The Black Dahlia, and who won the Oscar for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, shot it beautifully. There are shots captured here that are breathtaking to behold. Fairly quickly into the film it becomes apparent why Vilmos was hired on to do this film — not only for his skill but also to bring that European New Wave style that director Bruner was obviously going for. This film mixes the beach culture films (beach bunnies, crazy dances, people saying things like "Groovy" and "Daddy-o") with the French New Wave moodiness and lackadaisical pace. It may have worked too, but there were a few things stacked against it that were insurmountable.
First and foremost is the script by Norman Handelsman. With lines like, "That bed sure makes me think of the Golden Rule. Do unto others . . ." it would be a chore for most trained actors to make it look natural and not comical. However, these actors were all fairly new to the art and could not make much of anything look natural. There are looks, long languid looks, between some of the actors that were intended to be full of meaning and intent but come across as just blank and silly. Again, a lot of the people involved in this went on to very fruitful careers in the film industry, so I'm pointing my finger at the fact that these people were in their salad days when they made this movie.
I am not a fan of the French New Wave. I like story, good and hearty, with characters that leap off the screen and confront me with their problems and emotions — those morose, slice of life, cinema verité films just don't do it for me. Therefore, admittedly, I wasn't necessarily the best audience for this film. It attempts to show a loss of innocence, although it felt to me that these teens were not so innocent to begin with. That said, I did like that Summer Children did try to have a bit of a plot as well as some arcs for the characters to travel, short and ill planned as they may be.
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Summer Children (1965)
Genre(s): Musical, Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director(s): James Bruner
Actor(s): John Hanek, Sandy Gabriel, Stuart Anderson, Valora Noland
IMDb Info: Summer Children
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About JAG-K
What is JAG-K?
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Kansas Students Visit Topeka for Annual JAG-K Day at the Capitol
TOPEKA (February 8, 2019) – Students representing Jobs for America's Graduates – Kansas (JAG-K) programs from Augusta and Holcomb traveled to Topeka on February 7 to visit the Kansas Statehouse as part of the annual "JAG-K Day at the Capitol."
Due to weather and safety concerns, many of the 230 anticipated students were unable to attend this year. The event gives students the opportunity to tour the Statehouse, meet with their legislators, and watch both legislative chambers in action. JAG-K was honored on the floor of both the House and Senate Chambers with a resolution officially recognizing the day. Students also had an opportunity to eat lunch in Topeka's new Cyrus Hotel. The lunch was sponsored by AT&T Kansas.
"Leadership development and civic awareness are important aspects of the JAG-K program," said JAG-K President and CEO Chuck Knapp. "JAG-K Day is an incredible learning experience for our students, and it allows us to thank legislators for their tremendous support."
Several JAG-K students testified in the House Education and K-12 Budget Committees and in the Senate Education Committee. Students discussed the positive impact JAG-K has had on their academic outcomes and post-secondary plans. A JAG-K parent told House K-12 Budget Committee members that JAG-K has not only changed their son for the better but has positively impacted their family relationships as well.
"I look at conversations with my son from two years ago telling me that he hated school and wanted to drop out. We would start every morning with a fight" explained Michelle Cheslic Ware. "Now, he has the highest GPA that he has had since 6th grade. JAG-K has not only changed his life but our family life at home too."
JAG-K was also present February 1, 2019, when Governor Laura Kelly signed a proclamation declaring February 7, 2019, as JAG-K Day at the Capitol. It was one of the first 10 proclamations signed by the new governor.
JAG-K, a 501(c)3 organization, is an in-school program that helps students prepare for successful futures. The evidence-based JAG model includes small class sizes, the use of project-based learning to introduce and master the 87 JAG competencies, 12-month student engagement, and a 12-month follow-up period for all JAG-K seniors. JAG-K has 81 programs in 65 Kansas public schools, 38 school districts and serves approximately 3,800 students. The JAG-K graduation rate last year was 98 percent.
In addition to public schools, JAG-K partners with the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) and the Kansas State Department of Education. Funding for the program primarily comes from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant to the state, administered by DCF. JAG-K also relies on private funds from investors including ADM, AT&T, and John Deere Coffeyville Works.
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US commandoes attack Yemen's Bayda, kill 57
US forces have carried out a series of ground and air raids against a village in the Yemeni province of Bayda, killing a total of 57 people, among them civilians.
Axar.az reports that, US paratroopers parachuted in Bayda's Qifah district and raided the Yakla village there, with some 30 aircraft such as Apache helicopters and drones taking part in the operations.
Saudi media said 16 civilians, among them women and children, lost their lives in the US assault.
Reports said the rest of those killed were militants with the al-Qaeda terror group, including three of its ringleaders.
"The operation began at dawn when A DRONE bombed the home of [al-Qaeda ringleader] Abdulraoof al-Dhahab and then helicopters flew up and unloaded paratroopers at his house and killed everyone inside," an unnamed local told AFP.
The Lebanese al-Mayadeen television channel reported that a US soldier was also killed during clashes with militants.
Two years ago, US troopers conducted a similar operation in Yemen's Hadhramaut Province to allegedly save an American reporter who was held captive by al-Qaeda. However, the operation was unsuccessful and left the correspondent dead.
Separately on Sunday, Saudi fighter jets mistakenly bombarded positions held by Riyadh's own mercenaries in Bayda Province.
Arabic-language al-Masirah television network quoted an informed military source as saying that the Saudi warplanes had also targeted homes in Bayda's al-Quraishyah and Sharyah neighborhoods.
Similar Saudi air raids were also carried out in the districts Harad and Nasim in Hajjah Province as well as the Sirwah neighborhood of Ma'rib Province.


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The two heaters affected by the prohibition have the model numbers 3108 or 3109 on the back and match images shown on the Worksafe New Zealand website. These heaters are likely to have been installed three or more years ago. This prohibition does not affect any other Goldair bathroom heaters, so please expressly check your heater first (to the images shown).
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Like the rest of the nation, I was horrified by this weekend's senseless attack on an Orlando nightclub. Such brutality is unconscionable, but as Americans we need to remain strong in the face of violence and intimidation, and resist giving in to despair. At times like this, we must pull ourselves up, hold our loved ones tight, block any legislation that would prevent suspected terrorists from purchasing guns, and say a prayer for the victims.
The loss of life in Florida came as a terrible shock to all Americans. The scope of this tragedy—49 innocent people murdered in a single act of hatred—is almost impossible to comprehend. But does that mean we should give in and abandon our way of life? No. As always, when faced with these kinds of horrors, we must steel our resolve, comfort the families of those killed and wounded, and ensure that we continue to live under a system of laws in which anyone can easily purchase a semi-automatic weapon, no matter their possible ties to terrorist organizations.
This is who we are as Americans.
Now isn't the time for politics, or bickering, or considering the fact that people with presumed ties to terror organizations bought over 2,000 guns from U.S. dealers since 2004, or turning against one another—it's a time for coming together and grieving.
This is a sad day for our nation. Our hearts are heavy, our votes are against measures barring those on FBI watch lists or the government's no-fly list from obtaining a firearm, and our sincerest condolences go out to the loved ones who lost a family member or a dear friend. In moments such as these, we must turn to God to give us the strength to carry on living our lives and rejecting bills that would keep guns and explosives from people who have violent extremist views. Let us all find His grace in these dark hours.
As we reflect on this horrible tragedy, it's only natural that we might feel a heightened sense of unease. However, we should take care not to let our fears get such a hold on us that they prevent us from going about everyday activities like fighting initiatives to increase federal oversight of gun sales, going to the store, not putting even a single roadblock in front of someone with inclinations toward committing acts of terror to prevent them from procuring a military-grade weapon, or enjoying the company of our friends and family. Our strength is in our resolve.
And let us be sure not to forget the first responders and law enforcement officials who heroically and selflessly put themselves in harm's way, all of whom—like the 54 senators, including myself, who have rejected measures to keep terrorists from procuring guns—deserve our highest praise.
Attacks like this are designed to frighten us into giving up our liberties, whether it's the freedom to go about our days in peace or the freedom to purchase high-powered rifles with large-capacity magazines without even the most basic check to determine if we harbor sympathies toward ISIS, al-Qaeda, or any other terrorist group that encourages the massacre of innocent civilians. But we can not give in to these attacks on our freedoms.
We must also, in the face of tragedy, never allow the collection of data on gun violence in our nation. That's important, too.
Because ultimately, once we've taken time to remember those we've lost, we all have to go on living. An act of violence like this disrupts our lives with its senselessness and barbarity, but at the same time, it also causes us to remember how much we value this precious gift of life. So please, let us all take a moment today to tell our spouses, our parents, our children how much they mean to us, and let's be sure to open our hearts and share our love and our prayers with our friends, our neighbors, and our fellow Americans.
After all, what more can we do?


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Viola May Barnwell
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Obituary of Viola May Barnwell
BARNWELL: Viola May (nee Hainer) -
A resident of Chatham and formerly of Tilbury and Blenheim, Viola Barnwell passed away at Meadow Park Longterm Care Home with family by her side on Sunday, December 11, 2022 at the age of 96.
Born in Uren, Saskatchewan, Viola was the daughter of the late James and Maud (Ryckman) Hainer.
Beloved wife of the late Robert George Barnwell (2001).
Loving and cherished mother of Ruth Carson (late Bert, 2021), Diane Lodewegen (William) and Robert Barnwell (Celine).
Proud Grandma of Susan Carson (Murray), Janet Adriaensen (Gary); Mark Lodewegen (Aimee), Ryan Lodewegen, Joel Lodewegen (Lauren); Jason Barnwell (Angie), Cheryl Ann Barnwell, Jeremy Barnwell (Tressy), Tara Spears (Joe), the late Ryan DeVos, Jennifer DeVos (Jerry) and Kyle Barnwell.
Great-Grandma to 28 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren.
Predeceased by her sister Arleen Seibel (late Wilf).
Sister-in-law to the late Allen and Bill Barnwell.
Viola was a very loving, outgoing person who went out of her way to make somebody smile. She loved singing and playing the piano. In Saskatchewan, she rode her horse to school, something she spoke of often. She loved all animals, particularly her pets which she cherished over the years.
Family will receive friends at the Funeral Home, 459 St. Clair Street, Chatham on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 from 6:00 - 8:00pm. A Funeral Service will be held at the Funeral Home at 1:30pm on Thursday, December 15, 2022. Burial to follow at Maple Leaf Cemetery, Chatham.
Donations made in memory of Viola to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated.
McKinlay Funeral Home, 459 St. Clair Street, Chatham, 519-351-2040


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The Resonant Rogues at The Living Room
Presented by The Living Room at The Living Room, Columbia SC
The Resonant Rogues' dark Appalachian folk paints a picture of their lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina and on the road.
The Resonant Rogues' dark Appalachian folk paints a picture of their lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina and on the road. Anchored by the songwriting duo of Sparrow (banjo, accordion) and Keith Smith (guitar), they've traveled the byways and highways of America and crossed the oceans with instruments in tow. From riding freight trains to building their own homestead, the pair are no strangers to blazing unconventional trails. At once rooted and adventurous, each song tells a
The Resonant Rogues' dark Appalachian folk paints a picture of their lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina and on the road. Anchored by the songwriting duo of Sparrow (banjo, accordion) and Keith Smith (guitar), they've traveled the byways and highways of America and crossed the oceans with instruments in tow. From riding freight trains to building their own homestead, the pair are no strangers to blazing unconventional trails. At once rooted and adventurous, each song tells a story of real experiences, friendships, and challenges.
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I have been intermittently reporting on the NYPD for half a century—sometimes admiringly, as when I spent several weeks with a homicide squad on the Lower East Side, learning how (in contrast to the CIA's current methods) confessions that will hold up in court can be obtained by detectives without laying a hand on the suspect. And I've also written critically about the police, as well as various commissioners. But I have never seen such systematic dishonesty and contempt for the law as those documented in the 102-page report, "Marijuana Arrest Crusade: Racial Bias and Police Policy in New York City 1997-2007," by Professor Harry Levine of Queens College and Deborah Peterson Small, executive director of Break the Chains.
In 2007 alone, there were 39,700 misdemeanor arrests for the possession of small amounts of marijuana. But such possession hasn't been a crime in New York State since the Marijuana Reform Act of 1977. Under that law, which is still in effect, an offender can usually expect to get only a ticket, punishable by a fine of not more than $100.
Since most of these people arrested had the pot hidden in a pocket, backpack, or purse, how did these stop-and-frisks turn into an arrest for "burning" marijuana" or having it "open to public view"?
As "Marijuana Arrest Crusade" demonstrates, this is done "by tricking and intimidating" suspects to take out the concealed marijuana, so that police officers can then claim they saw it "open to public view." In fact, a longtime Legal Aid supervisor quoted in the study says that this process happens "all the time." And such routine deception by the police to set someone up for arrest on a criminal-misdemeanor charge is perfectly legal.
My main motivation as a reporter has never been to get "exclusives," but to get vital information out by all possible means. I hope this revelation of the NYPD's continuing disgrace will be read carefully by other reporters, legislators, and everyone else concerned with ending this racist crusade.
I don't get around much any more—especially to jazz clubs—because I spend so many evenings reading investigative reports, court decisions, and the like. And I've rarely seen such a lucid and fully documented report (including a 26-page "Notes and Sources" section) of such fundamental importance to the families of the young people caught up in these outrageously dishonorable practices, which have been approved by no less than three police commissioners, including the current one (and future mayoral candidate), Ray Kelly.
Will the sunlight of public exposure finally begin to disinfect the NYPD, which under this rancid policy—promulgated by several New York mayors and police commissioners—has been contemptuously violating the letter and the intent of the Marijuana Reform Act for 10 straight years?
Does anybody else in this city give a damn?


AAF has a new study out that found young adults will face huge price increses under ObamaCare. Specifically, AAF found: "on average, a healthy 30 year old male nonsmoker will see his lowest cost insurance option increase 260 percent." Yeah – 260%. Ouch!
Read more on their study, here.
True Story – A liberal blogger at The Daily Kos has just received his ObamaCare notice that his health insurance premiums are increasing. And. He. Is. Not. Happy.
WARNING: His language is graphic but you can read his (revised) post here and commentary from Breitbart here.
FoxNews Neil Cavuto tells it like it is. ObamaCare is the problem!
But with all due respect sir, I can only conclude you do know; I know, I know you hate us at Fox. But please take a look in a mirror, and fast. You think we're the skunk at your picnic. But that doesn't mean we're the ones that stink. Because that smell isn't coming from the folks reporting on your law. Mr. President, that smell is your law.
The President promised that if you liked your plan you could keep it. No one would do anything to change that. But his law did. It imposed a lot of expensive mandates on employers. And it requires more expensive insurance. As a result, employers that had offered part time workers a scaled back but affordable health care plan can no longer offer those plans. Home Depot has been forced to take away health insurance from 20,000 employees because of ObamaCare and to push those employees into the exchange. Employees lose. Businesses lose. Taxpayers lose.


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Arsenic Exposure and School Participation in Cambodia
Saing, Chan Hang
Cannonier, Colin
Colin Cannonier
Chan Hang Saing
We exploit the exogenous variations of arsenic contamination across regions in Cambodia and apply two-period difference-in-differences (DID) to examine the impact of arsenic-contaminated groundwater on school participation among children aged 5-17. We find that conditional on the DID assumption, a standard deviation increase in the arsenic reduced the probability of having ever been enrolled for children aged 5-17 by approximately 0.017. The effects for girls are slightly larger than those for boys. Our results are robust to adding parental education, province fixed effects and zone trends. We also show that children of all specific age groups experienced the reduction in their probabilities of having ever been enrolled, while the children, who were between 12 and 17 years old, currently enrolled and active in the labor market, experienced more reduction in school enrollment relative to their peers, who were not active in the labor market.
Saing, Chan Hang & Cannonier, Colin, 2017. "Arsenic Exposure and School Participation in Cambodia," GLO Discussion Paper Series 95, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
Handle: RePEc:zbw:glodps:95
File URL: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/163570/1/GLO-DP-0095.pdf
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Arsenic; Cambodia; Difference-in-Differences; School participation;
O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
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NEP-SEA-2017-08-13 (South East Asia)
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The "Talon" is a unique variant of the popular RFP-9 pistol. Its three-round-burst fire mode gives it incredible stopping power, and makes it one of the deadliest sidearms in San Paro.
The "Talon" includes the Pistol Silencer modification, which both reduces muzzle flash and audio while removing bullet tracers.
* There is currently a minor issue where the recoil effects of the Pistol Silencer are currently inactive. This will be fixed in an upcoming patch.


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''I was won over by the Monteverdi 'Coronation of Poppea' by the beautiful playing, wonderful singing, and mostly by the characterisations and story-telling ability of the singers. Giles Davies taking his tie off was as important as his fine singing''.
"The commiment and skill of the production overall makes you want to see the same company offer a fully staged run in a larger venue - and soon"
"Her Strephon was Giles Davies, an admirable portrayal with plenty of tone."
"He impressed with his carefully paced dialogue and good diction."
"His rendition of Love Unrequited Robs Me of My Rest is a standout."
"Giles Davies is a wonderful Lord Chancellor with the largest wig in creation and gives his virtuoso arias - like the Nightmare Song - to an enraptured audience. "
"Giles Davies, on the other hand, showed excellent audience rapport right from the start with his Sentry Song from Iolanthe and he enthused the willing Perth audience into taking part in A Policeman's Lot from The Pirates of Penzance. His singing was good, accurate and well projected."
"It can't aid anyone's attempt at verisimilitude to know that as well as being a beautiful Arcadian shepherd who is a fairy down to the waist and who will suddenly and successfully enter politics and take over Parliament, he's supposed to be a mere 25. Luckily Giles Davies took Strephon in his stride with just the right edge of self-awareness – it never does to undermine the internal logic of Gilbert's plots and characters, but there's a way of being knowing without eroding the innocent fun."
"Giles Davies, who fully explores the comic opportunities of Leporello, Giovanni's reluctant sidekick, and whose strong, melodic baritone voice is the most beautiful of the entire cast."
''An excellent stab at a difficult role. He manages convincingly to relay the character's innate warmth, humility, sensitivity and openness."
''Firstly, Giles Davies was quite the best Pish-Tush I've seen in a long time in what can be a thankless part - superb diction with acting to match - a delight, and a lesson in how it can be done''.
"As Kolenaty, Giles Davies sang with colour and force".
"It was good to have for Puck neither an adult dancer, nor an airborne boy, as at Glyndebourne, but young Giles Davies, showing a remarkable stage presence as the keen mischievous boy tumbler Britten really wanted".
Giles Davies as the title role, Edgar Drake, in 'The Piano Tuner' by Nigel Osborne.
''The single most impressive moment came from the Ariodates of baritone Giles Davies, who briefly showed how a determined singer, standing and delivering, can become a dominant musical force''.


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Q: python2.7 crawler without BeautifulSoup I started a little crawler with local html file without using beautifulsoup from bs4, the issues I am facing are:

*

*I got duplicated results after the script finished with 100% accomplish without knowing why there are duplicated elements

*When I tried to compare two lists extracted and test links i got only false result (string comparison).

You can find the full files here.
The html code (links part):

 test #2 first website

 test #3 a second website refer to index file

 test #4  a website contain many links , atree one of them refer to index file and another duplicated link

Python script:
import string
import urllib

links = []

def ex_link(y):
    result = []
    for i in y:
        if i != None and i.find("
") != -1:
            result.append(i)
    for element in result:
        for i in range(len(result)):
           raw = result[result.index(element)].replace(" ","")
           first = raw.find("<ahref")
           end = raw.find(".html")
           links.append(raw[first+7:end+6])
    print links
    return links
def page(x):
    page = urllib.urlopen(x)
    result = []
    while True:
        page_line = page.readline()
        result.append(page_line)
        if not page_line : break
    return result
link_test =  page("file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-1.html")

the links test are
"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-2.html"
"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-3.html"
"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-3.html"
"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-3.html"
"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-4.html"
"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-4.html"
"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-4.html"

and the test links are
"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-2.html"

file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-3.html

file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-4.htm

http://www.google.com

file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-1.html

the output results are :
"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-2.html" not found !

"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-3.html" not found !

"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-3.html" not found !

"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-3.html" not found !

"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-4.html" not found !

"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-4.html" not found !

"file:///home/godzilla/crawler-project/test-4.html" not found !

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Max Planck Institutes
MPI for the Physics of Complex Systems
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
In reality, there is no magnetic monopole – the north and south poles of a magnet are usually assumed to be inseparable. However, a magnetic monopole can occur in certain magnetic solids, as researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems have discovered. Such a solid represents a complex system in which the whole is more than the sum of its parts – this is why even a magnetic monopole can occur. The physicists develop theories regarding such phenomena: not only in solids, but also in individual atoms, molecules or in small groups of atoms, where they interact with light, for example. They also want to understand the physical principles behind cell division or the transport system in biological cells. As different as these systems are, their complex behaviour is largely based on the same principles.
Nöthnitzer Str. 38
Phone: +49 351 871-0
https://www.pks.mpg.de
This institute has an International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS):
IMPRS Many-Particle Systems in Structured Environments
In addition, there is the possibility of individual doctoral research. Please contact the directors or research group leaders at the Institute.
From the MPI
Frank Jülicher
Department Biological Physics
julicher@pks.mpg.de
Roderich Moessner
Department Condensed Matter
moessner@pks.mpg.de
Jan-Michael Rost
Department Finite Systems
rost@pks.mpg.de
Gene loss can prove to be an advantage
Evolutionary Biology Genetics
Mammals have profited repeatedly in evolution from losing genes
A smart grid –self-organised simply
Electricity supply and demand can be coordinated in an entirely decentralised way with the help of a new type of smart grid control.
Green algae move to the beat
Max Planck researchers in Dresden explain the flagellar synchronisation of swimming algae
Surviving amongst cannibals
Locusts move in swarms to avoid falling victim to their conspecifics
In search of the key word
Bursts of certain words within a text are what make them keywords
Quirks in the computer
MaxPlanckResearch 3/2018 Environment & Climate
Storms, droughts and extreme rainfall could become more frequent due to global warming. At any rate, climate researchers are discussing this eventuality and are analyzing measured data to determine whether such a trend can already be observed. Holger Kantz and his colleagues at Dresden's Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems are developing the necessary statistical tools.
Player in a Magical World
MaxPlanckResearch - 2/2015 Physics & Astronomy
What do soccer and quantum mechanics have in common? Both have surprising twists in store that are difficult to predict. Soccer, however, at least follows some rules that are more or less reliable. As a striker, Jens Hjörleifur Bárdarson controls the ball; as a physicist, he masters the rules of the quantum universe. The 35-year-old researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden studies atomic particles, which display many a tricky move.
Polar Research in Spin Ice
MPR 1 /2009
No job offers available
Leaping dynamics in the quantum world
2018 Heyl, Markus
Complex Systems Material Sciences Solid State Research
In recent years a novel class of experimental architectures in so-called quantum simulators has revolutionized the field of non-equilibrium quantum many-body physics. However, the characterization of such non-equilibrium systems faces a major challenge. In this context the theory of dynamical quantum phase transitions has emerged as a promising concept to formulate general principles for the dynamics in quantum systems and to understand universal behaviour far from equilibrium.
Crystallising photons — light becomes matter
2017 Piazza, Francesco
The interactions between atoms and photons (i.e. particles of light) has been investigated for a long time. In recent years it became possible to precisely control them to a high degree. The results are fascinating. In particular, it is possible to employ atoms to mediate strong interactions between photons. As a many-body system, a collection of interacting photons is a very interesting object of research, whose investigation has just scratched the surface of a complex and novel phenomenology. It turns out that under proper conditions the photons can crystallise — light becomes matter.
bacterial microcolonies as early forms of multicellular organisms
2016 Zaburdaev, Vasily; Pönisch, Wolfram
Many pathogenic bacteria, for example Neisseria gonorrhoeae, form microcolonies, aggregates consisting of up to several thousands of cells, due to type IV pili. These filaments mediate attractive cell-cell-forces that affect the spatially-dependent dynamics of cells within the colony. This dynamic heterogeneity can then give rise to an altered gene expression pattern in the microcolony and thus changing the phenotypes of the cells. This behavior is reminiscent of early embryonic development and suggests a view on bacterial microcolonies as model multicellular organisms.
Topological order and efficient simulations of fractional quantum Hall systems
2015 Pollmann, Frank
Phases of matter are usually characterized by their symmetry breaking. With the Quantum Hall Effect, a completely new class of topological phases was discovered, which cannot be characterized by symmetry breaking. These phases have highly non-local excitations that could serve as ideal building blocks for a fault-tolerant quantum computer. To understand topological phases in realistic model systems, complicated quantum-many body systems have to be solved. This can be achieved by using new efficient algorithms based on insights from the field of quantum information.
Atomic giants in a new light: nonlinear light-matter-interactions in ultracold Rydberg gases
2014 Pohl, Thomas
Complex Systems Quantum Physics
The study of highly excited atoms has a long history in physics, starting from the early days of quantum mechanics to more recent developments of cavity-QED. In ultracold gases it is nowadays possible to precisely probe and utilize the remarkable properties of these atoms.
Uta Gneiße
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden
gneisse@pks.mpg.de
Karen Huppertz
huppertz@vw.pks.mpg.de


text:
from oslo_log import log
from oslo_serialization import jsonutils

from watcher._i18n import _
from watcher.decision_engine.scoring import base

LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)

class DummyScoringContainer(base.ScoringEngineContainer):
    """Sample Scoring Engine container returning a list of scoring engines.

    Please note that it can be used in dynamic scenarios and the returned list
    might return instances based on some external configuration (e.g. in
    database). In order for these scoring engines to become discoverable in
    Watcher API and Watcher CLI, a database re-sync is required. It can be
    executed using watcher-sync tool for example.
    """

    @classmethod
    def get_scoring_engine_list(cls):
        return [
            SimpleFunctionScorer(
                'dummy_min_scorer',
                'Dummy Scorer calculating the minimum value',
                min),
            SimpleFunctionScorer(
                'dummy_max_scorer',
                'Dummy Scorer calculating the maximum value',
                max),
            SimpleFunctionScorer(
                'dummy_avg_scorer',
                'Dummy Scorer calculating the average value',
                lambda x: float(sum(x)) / len(x)),
        ]

class SimpleFunctionScorer(base.ScoringEngine):
    """A simple generic scoring engine for demonstration purposes only.

    A generic scoring engine implementation, which is expecting a JSON
    formatted array of numbers to be passed as an input for score calculation.
    It then executes the aggregate function on this array and returns an
    array with a single aggregated number (also JSON formatted).
    """

    def __init__(self, name, description, aggregate_function):
        super(SimpleFunctionScorer, self).__init__(config=None)
        self._name = name
        self._description = description
        self._aggregate_function = aggregate_function

    def get_name(self):
        return self._name

    def get_description(self):
        return self._description

    def get_metainfo(self):
        return ''

    def calculate_score(self, features):
        LOG.debug('Calculating score, features: %s', features)

        # Basic input validation
        try:
            flist = jsonutils.loads(features)
        except Exception as e:
            raise ValueError(_('Unable to parse features: %s') % e)
        if type(flist) is not list:
            raise ValueError(_('JSON list expected in feature argument'))
        if len(flist) < 1:
            raise ValueError(_('At least one feature is required'))

        # Calculate the result
        result = self._aggregate_function(flist)

        # Return the aggregated result
        return jsonutils.dumps([result])


People often come to us looking for advice on how to respond to false information they hear about immigrants. In this series, we debunk dangerous myths about immigration. If you would like to be added to our email list to receive these myths and realities, email Katie Graves-Abe.
Undocumented immigrants are taxpayers - they pay sales and property taxes and many pay income taxes. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released a study showing that undocumented immigrants across the US paid an estimated $11.84 billion in state and local taxes in 2012.
The Social Security Administration estimates that undocumented immigrants contribute about $12 billion each year to the cash flow of the program without receiving benefits in return because of their status.
In New York, undocumented immigrants contribute over $1 billion in state and local taxes annually.
Immigrants in the United States today are actually learning English slightly faster than their predecessors. Sixty-six percent of immigrants who speak a foreign language at home can also speak English "very well" or "well," according to a new study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
In many parts of the country, the demand for English as a Second Language classes is far greater than the services available.
The most significant determinant of whether or not immigrants learn a new language is their age at the time of entry. Immigrants who arrive as young children learn a second language quickly while adults find it much more challenging.
89% of native born Hispanics in the U.S. speak English well.
Immigrants do not generally compete with U.S. born workers. Instead, immigrants usually compete with the migrants who came before them.
Many immigrants with legal authorization to work here are highly skilled and sought after by U.S. companies because of shortages in the native-born skill base. Economists find that highly skilled immigrants have a significant positive impact on creating new jobs in the United States.
Undocumented immigrants often fill the lowest rung of employment in construction, agriculture and domestic services. Studies show that low-skilled immigrant workers and low-skilled native-born workers take on very different jobs, with native-born workers taking jobs that require work authorization and English language skills.
The largest reason that native-born employment has stagnated or declined is due to significant restructuring of the U.S. economy.
Undocumented immigrants do not qualify for welfare, food stamps, Medicaid or most other public benefits.
Most government assistance programs require proof of legal immigration status and even legal immigrants cannot receive many benefits until they have been in the United States for more than five years.
Undocumented immigrants can receive schooling and emergency medical care. A recent report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce states that "economists view expenditures on healthcare and education for children as investments that pay off later, when those children become workers and taxpayers."
Numerous studies have found that immigrants pay more in taxes than they receive in government services and benefits.
Decades of research has shown that immigrants are less likely to commit serious crimes than native-born citizens.
Research also shows that high rates of immigration are associated with lower rates of violent crime and property crime. This holds true for both documented and undocumented immigrants.
From 1990 - 2013, immigration in the United States increased significantly, including the number of undocumented immigrants, which more than tripled. During that time, the violent crime rate in this country declined 48%.
The reasons for lower crime rates among immigrants are not fully understood. One theory is that people who choose the intense emotional and social sacrifice that comes with migrating are less likely to engage in risky or criminal behavior that would put their new lives in danger. Another theory is that immigrants revitalize neighborhoods and generate economic growth, which helps decrease the crime rate.
Children of undocumented immigrants made up 7.3% of the U.S. school population in 2014. Most of these children (5.9%) were born in the U.S. and are citizens. The rest (1.3%) are undocumented immigrants themselves. In New York, children of undocumented immigrants make up 6% of the total K-12 school population.
The Supreme Court ruled in 1982 that children, regardless of immigration status, must have access to public elementary and secondary education. The Court found that the harm imposed on our entire society by denying undocumented children from public schools was far greater than any resources saved from excluding them.
Our entire country benefits from well-educated children. As our population ages, it is expected that today's immigrant children in elementary school will be an important part of the workforce in the coming decades.
There is significant opportunity in increased diversity in our schools. Research shows that increased racial, socioeconomic and ethnic diversity in classrooms provides students with a range of cognitive and social benefits.
Immigration Myth 7: Undocumented immigrants should have "waited in line" outside the U.S. in order to immigrate here or should have "fixed" their status after entering.
Most people immigrate to the United States through one of three routes: family relationships, job offers, or humanitarian grounds. Both family and employment-based immigration are limited to specific situations and relationships. Humanitarian protection is only available to certain categories of people. All three routes are expensive, complicated and narrow. Most immigrants do not have the necessary family or employment relationships and often cannot get humanitarian protection. Therefore, even if immigrants have family and jobs in the U.S. or are fleeing persecution back home, these three routes may not be available to them.
Immigrants eligible for one of the three routes often face significant obstacles. Under the law, no country can receive more than seven percent of the visas available each year. Therefore, people from countries such as Mexico, China, India and the Philippines, who often have U.S. citizen family members and are most interested in immigrating to the United States, usually have a very long wait. Often this can exceed twenty years depending on their family tie and country of origin.
Once somebody has entered the United States without authorization or has overstayed their visa, the law typically prohibits them from getting legal status within the United States. To get status, an immigrant will usually have to leave the U.S. first and return to their country of origin. When this happens, they may be banned from returning to the United States for up to ten years. This is true even if they are married to a U.S. citizen and have U.S. citizen children. The limited exceptions to this rule only apply for select groups of people.
Immigration law has changed dramatically over the past 100 years. It has become extremely complex and confusing. Most of the people who immigrated to the United States more than 75 years ago would likely not be eligible under our current laws.
Some people have asked us to explain what is meant by "chain migration," a term that has been in the news recently. "Chain migration" is being used to describe what has traditionally been known as "family reunification" or "family-based immigration." Since the Immigration and Nationality Act was enacted in 1965, legal immigration to the United States has been based mainly on family ties or work skills. The family-based immigration program enables citizens of the United States and green card holders to bring certain qualified family members to the United States. This is currently the most common legal form of immigration to the United States, but it has many restrictions.
There are limits on which family members are eligible (based on whether the person petitioning is a green card holder or citizen). There are also caps on the total number of immigrants who can come from each country, so even family members who are eligible for this program may have to wait 10 to 20 years or more to come to the United States. Finally, the family member in the United States must show an income level that is above the poverty line and has to commit to support the family member they are bringing to the United States.
This system keeps families together and provides a strong support system for new immigrants.
Having the support of a family often ensures that those immigrants are more successful, which means they are able to contribute more to their own communities.
Family-sponsored immigrants are the most upwardly mobile American workers (regardless of whether they are high or low skilled workers).
Family-based immigration has been shown to have a strong positive impact on the development of new businesses and on revitalizing communities.