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I think getting to a BUG would be slower than clearing a malfunction for me. I am ambidextrous, and practice drawing all guns with my weak hand. My idea of a BUG is a last resort gun. when all else fails.
This is a discussion on When would you transition from primary to back-up? within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I have been thinking about carrying a back-up gun (BUG). In the process I have come up with a few questions. The big question on ...
I have been thinking about carrying a back-up gun (BUG). In the process I have come up with a few questions.
The big question on my mind-
When should I transition to the BUG?
- * As soon as I realize there is a problem with my primary (jam, failure, etc)
- * Only after I have attempted to clear the malfunction of my primary
- * After I have used up the ammo in the primary (New York reload)
- * After I have used up all the speed strips, speed loaders, or magazines for my primary
- * Transition?! My BUG is already out, in my weak (non-dominate) hand, I just have to line up the sights
Since I do not carry two guns at this time its difficult to say what I would do or how I would train myself to make the transition. For now I think the best for me would be to hang onto my primary, clearing and reloading if required. I practice clearing, failure drills and magazine changes. I know what I can do in a short amount of time. The time it takes to draw out another gun compared to the time it takes to fix or reload it fairly close. My guess would be most people would go for a BUG as the very last option. Has anyone gone over this?
I think getting to a BUG would be slower than clearing a malfunction for me. I am ambidextrous, and practice drawing all guns with my weak hand. My idea of a BUG is a last resort gun. when all else fails.
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I 95% of the time carry two. One available for each hand.
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Interesting questions and responses.
There are many, many factors to consider remembering that Shootouts are very dynamic and fluid situations.
One thing I try to do is not allow certain "absolutes" in my training ie, "Only draw my BUG after trying to clear a jam or malfunction, Only draw my BUG after primary is empty, etc, etc".
Also you should have at least one of your guns available to both hands.
I prefer having my BUG available to my off hand for several reasons, and one important reason is this:
Studying many actual shooting scenarios has shown that often times when in a gun fight, in a large percentage of instances, people have been shown to subconsciously focus, not on the person they are fighting but they often focus on the weapon the opponent is holding.
This accounts for a surprisingly large number of the people who are wounded are shot in their gun hand or gun arm and often times, the primary weapon is shot and damaged.
The biggest thing you can do is to Train, Train, Train... Not just live fire, but just creating mental scenarios and identifying actions to take is a form of training. You can train in the house with unloaded weapons at anytime the mood strikes you or you think of something new to try. (I want to point out that before you do any in-home training with an unloaded weapon is that you first develop and safety ritual of unloading weapons, keep all ammunition totally out of the training area or even better locked up out of the room or rooms entirely. When you are done training, you are DONE. No "let me try it one last time". And anytime you are distracted from the training or interrupted, you are done. Stop and formally end the session!
One thing you should bear in mind however, is that you should be able to adapt to changing situations. It's funny though, that what allows us to be able to adapt to changing situations in a highly stressful situation is to train rigidly to the basics. Training with specific tasks in specific situations until it becomes part of your muscle memory is what allows you to be able to adapt with greater success when under the stress of a gunfight.
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I carry the BUG accessable to my weak hand and often have my hand on it as I'm walking around.
I may or may not have a third gun on me, but I always have my "Primary". When I make the transition to my BUG it's done by dropping the Primary to the ground. If I need to reload the "Primary" later I will have to pick it up first.
I will use an "El Cheapo" handgun out of the safe to practice dropping the "Primary" and going to the BUG.
I carry my BUG on the weakside. The transition would depend on several things. It may depend on the situation, such as I'm stiff arming the BG with my strong hand, my BUG becomes my primary in a hurry. Have two BGS that I have to cover then both would come out. If I have mag failure or a gun problem I probably would go to the BUG. If I've run out of ammo and I can't beat the BG with my 1911 (forgive the lame joke.) If I totally run out of ammo including my BUG I'll draw my derringer. After that hopefully the PD would have shown up by then.
At least this is kinda my thinking as far as a BUG
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Of course, now that I traded in my .380 for a .357Mag, (Taurus 605) all my carry guns are in serious calibers, (9mm, .357Mag, and .45ACP) so I guess when I carry two, it's more of a co-primary situation than primary/backup. When I do carry two, my backup is generally quicker to get at than my primary, (Coronado vest or SmartCarry for the BUG, vs tuckable IWB for the larger frame primary) so it's more of a question of which is easier to get to right now than anything else - if that's not enough, then the other may come out.
More likely, I'll start just leaving the larger autos in the car, and carry only the .357 and a couple of speed strips when I'm not in the mood to dress around multiple guns.
I answered ambidextrious or amphibius as one of my employees jokes because I am one of those freaks that do most things with either hand. I dont practice "both guns blazing."
I would stick with primary as long as that makes sense. The time I see a need for "another" gun is when there's something wrong with #1 -or- your dominant hand. If you are shot, sliced, or bashed in your right arm. Then you may enter the conflict with your back up (in your weak hand.) Therefore- IMHO it should be positioned for left or non-dominant hand to draw.
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I haven't carried a BUG often since I left LE, but when I did/do, I carried it to be drawn (hopefully) with my dominant hand. I agree that with training it is probally faster for most to clear a jam than draw a BUG, but when I carried a BUG I did so because I felt clearing a jam might not be the reason I would need a BUG. Everyone can poke at me for this one if they want, and I'm not recommending it for anyone else or condeming any one who packs a BUG, do as YOU like, but since I left LE and don't go out expecting I might use a gun as part of my normal work routine anymore, I see no need to carry a BUG. I still carry a primary for the unexpected though.
For what it's worth, I say if you are going to carry:
-Carry it for dominant hand draw, but also practice non dominant hand drawfrom same location
-Don't normally use a lot of different carry methods for a BUG-use same spot, holster, gun
-If you carry a auto, good idea to pick a BUG that can use your primary's magazines
-If you wouldn't carry it for your primary, don't carry it for your backup (eg. I woundn't carry a .32acp for my primary, so I'm not going to depend on one for my backup)
After a couple injuries in the last 10 years left me one handed while healing up, I started carrying the BUG left hand draw. Most of my shooting with it is done left handed and one handed. I also practice drawing my main pistol with my left hand. I like being able to draw a gun with either hand. The gun that is the handiest to get to comes out first. Often in cooler weather, that's a BUG in a jacket pocket.
IMHO the poll is too simplistic to answer ( not the OP's fault , its just a more complex issue than a poll can handle ) .
My thoughts are that " Ideally " a bug should be carried so as to be accessible with either hand when standing , setting , or kneeling . This is not allways possible but is something to think about when selecting carry location .
As far as when to transition from primary to bug well that is highly situational dependent. If your away from cover and have a stoppage then go for the bug , dont diagnose . I train to stick the first gun into my waistband in the front and transition to maintain fire while moving to cover . Normally my weak hand takes the primary and stuffs it at or near centerline in front while the strong hand draws the bug . Never stop moving to cover no matter what you choose tho . Once behind cover i can figure out why my primary went toes out on me and attempt to fix same . If its empty i reload it and go on , if its mechanically non functional well then i have time to diagnose it and possibly get it back in the fight . If its down for the count , then i have time to reload the bug . If all works properly i go to the bug when i have depleted the primary, and the reload that i carry . If for any reason i cannot quickly and conveniently use my strong hand to shoot ( be it a wound , or herding another party , carrying a child , ect.. ) then i go to the bug and use it if i can reach it .
In summation :
Carrying a BUG is a lot like carrying a leatherman type multi tool . It will likely never be the ideal answer to any situation but with a little thought and care it will work for a hell of a lot of jobs , and certainly beats calling " time out " while you go get the proper tool for the job at hand .
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My primary is right hand draw and my BUG is left hand. I would draw it when needed. If I happen to have somthing in my right hand and I need to draw the BUG would be drawn first. I would go for the bug whenever I demmed it necessary depending on the situation.
There are never any absoluts in a fight, one has to go with what is presented and respond as needed.
if YOU draw MY BUG with either hand, we'd better be REALLY well acquainted or there's going to be trouble :-)
I know what you meant though and answered appropriately.
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I think that carrying 2 guns will be a pain. If you keep yous gun in good repair and clean you should have few problems if any.
I pocket-carry my BUG accessible to my non-dominant hand and carry my primary on my dominant-side hip. This allows me to have a firing grip on my BUG while opening doors, shaking hands, getting out my keys, etc. One might say that the BUG is my primary gun in many such situations.
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Days of travel soon took their toll on the prince, whose every step was accompanied by a pained wince Every time Fern glanced behind himself, the distance separating the two of them grew steadily larger until finally, he found himself stopping every now and then to let the other boy catch up.
Eventually it got to the point when Fern, turning around completely, could catch no sight of the prince. He stood there for a moment before the prince himself came trotting up the hill they had been walking on.
He stopped in front of him, bending forward to catch his breath. The sound of his hurried, wheezing gasps filled the silence between the two of them before the prince suddenly straightened his back, a defiant glare on his flushed face.
"I know, Fern!" he exclaimed breathily. "I'll get used to it eventually. It's just I've never had to walk this far. The castle was big, but not this big."
Fern frowned, gesturing down to the prince's feet. His eyes followed the movement down to the muddy boots he was wearing.
"They're new, and they pinch my feet," the prince said with a small sigh, regarding them sadly. "You know how new boots are, Fern."
Mouth twisted in a smirk, Fern slowly shook his head. The prince's cheeks turned a light shade of pink. He let out a quiet huff before
"Right, I should have thought that over," he murmured, scowling. "How far's the next town anyhow?"
There it was again. The sound of the map opening, a sound ingraining itself into the prince's memories. He was sure that long after this ordeal was over, he would be reminded of his own incompetence at this moment every time he heard the crinkling of paper.
Fern thrusted the map in front of his face, a finger on the halfway point between the next town and the castle that they had just left.
He snatched the map out of the other boy's hands, looking it over to make sure of what he was seeing. "We've walked for days, and we've only gotten this far?" His voice, barely audible, sounded foreign and raspy to his own ears. It had been a while since they had left their hometown, and already he felt as if it had been forever since he last saw another person besides Fern.
With a cry of frustration, he crumpled the map up into a ball and tossed it on the ground. "It's not fair!" he screamed, roughly rubbing his sleeve against his eyes. "I'm a prince! I should have my own escorts at the very least!" Fern stood and watched as the prince stomped back and forth, kicking up dead leaves and dirt with every dragging step of his.
And then, like a rag doll, he collapsed in on himself, curling up into a little ball on the ground. A short silence stretched between the two of them, before a broken whisper came from him. "I've been locked up in a castle my whole life too. How do they expect me to rescue her by myself."
Sitting there on the dusty forest trail, not paying any mind to the gnats swarming around his face or the ants slowly making their way up his tailored clothes, the prince had cast aside all of his pompous airs. For all his finery, he seemed tiny, and much too young for his age.
When he couldn't stand to look any longer, Fern grabbed ahold of the prince's hand, and he pulled.
"Ah, that's right," the prince murmured as he stumbled to his feet. "I have you, Fern, though I do wish you were more of a conversationalist." This earned him a cuff on the ear, to which he replied with a quick laugh and a sniffle.
Perhaps it was an illusion all along, the pain he had been feeling, that infuriating frustration at his helplessness. Right now, he found himself feeling lighter than when the journey had started, and they were well on their way to rescuing that infamous princess with her moonlight beauty.
"But you'll have to do the climbing, Fern," added the prince. "I won't even mind if you happen to get her to fall for you and your silent charm, as long as you promise not to leave me."
Fern's pinky hooked around his in a tight secure grip, devotion in the curve of his smile.
"Good then. Now, how about this? At the next town, we'll hitch a ride on a trade caravan. It'll cost us, but it will be faster! And less trudging through the mud!"
His mouth was dry, but the prince would go on rambling for the rest of the day, and Fern walked beside him, and let him.


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Once upon a time, a seriously-alarmed legislative body concluded that wage-hour claims and litigation had gotten out-of-hand.
Following a series of court decisions that had, among other things, broadly interpreted the scope of what counted as "hours worked", this group observed that the law was "creating wholly unexpected liabilities, immense in amount and retroactive in operation . . .." The legislators were convinced that, if the status quo persisted:
♦ "the payment of such liabilities would bring about financial ruin of many employers and seriously impair the capital resources of many others, thereby resulting in the reduction of industrial operations, halting of expansion and development, curtailing employment, and the earning power of employees;"
♦ "there would be created both an extended and continuous uncertainty on the part of industry, both employer and employee, as to the financial condition of productive establishments and a gross inequality of competitive conditions between employers and between industries;"
♦ "employees would receive windfall payments, including liquidated damages, of sums for activities performed by them without any expectation of reward beyond that included in their agreed rates of pay;"
♦ "there would occur the promotion of increasing demands for payment to employees for engaging in activities no compensation for which had been contemplated by either the employer or employee at the time they were engaged in;"
♦ "voluntary collective bargaining would be interfered with and industrial disputes between employees and employers and between employees and employees would be created;"
♦ "the courts . . . would be burdened with excessive and needless litigation and champertous practices would be encouraged;" and
♦ "serious and adverse effects upon the revenues of [various] governments would occur."
This legislature was the U.S. Congress, and these quotations are drawn from the actual findings that led Congress to pass the May 1947 Portal-to-Portal Act to "meet the existing emergency and to correct existing evils" by refining and limiting certain aspects of and claims under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. See 29 U.S.C. § 251.
These findings are written in a bygone style, but they are nevertheless apt today, when there is an "emergency" that is at least as pressing as it was then. Indeed, these concerns are even greater now, as the 73-year-old FLSA has become anachronistic and ill-suited to the 21st century. It is in part for this very reason that the FLSA has become foremost among the sources of employment-law claims.
The current state of affairs is leading to broad-based, increasingly-urgent calls for changes in the FLSA to move it out of the 1930s and to align it with modern-day realities. Supplications to the U.S. Labor Department will not be sufficient. Fundamental changes in the FLSA itself are necessary.
The question is: Are Congress and the President listening in 2012?


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HAMILTON Ś With three talented seniors and two stud sophomores leading the way, the Hopewell Valley High boys swim team is excited about this season.
That is, if Ethan HatkeÆs analysis is any indication.
ōI think weÆre gonna do really well this season,ö Hatke said after yesterdayÆs 108-61 win at Steinert. ōWe have a great group of seniors. We got a great core group of guys. Everyone on our team is kicking butt!ö
HatkeÆs enthusiasm came after a solid effort in which Hopewell won all but one event in bouncing back from a tough, opening-day loss to Notre Dame.
ōWe were looking to compete and maybe win against Notre Dame,ö coach Vince Illuminate said. ōI was hoping they lost some swimmers and we had our core group back. That was a little disheartening, but our guys swam great.
ōThe times they swam in that meet were low, so when you look at that aspect you canÆt really be mad. You have to be optimistic for the rest of the year.ö
Especially considering that the Bulldogs times at the start of this year, are the same as what most of them ended with last season.
Leading the way are seniors Hatke, Justin Voelzke and Oliver Stratton, and sophomores Tim Gronet and Matthew Tees.
Hatke, Tees and Gronet each won four times. All three were in the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay, while Hatke won the 200 free and 500 free, Tees won the 200 IM and 100 breast and Gronet won the 100 free and 100 back.
ōWe have a great group of seniors, plus Matt and Tim,ö Hatke said. ōTees, that kid, heÆs making me work harder. HeÆs pushing me.ö
Voelzke was also on both winning relay teams and won the 50 free.
ōIÆm extremely happy,ö said Illuminate, who also praised the effort of sophomore Chuck Turi. ōWhen youÆre starting off in times where you left off the year before, thatÆs a good thing. So, IÆm only looking for them to drop. They should probably break a couple school records for us this year too, so it should be interesting.
ōIÆm looking for those seniors to be leaders and to continue what we did last year. They were main point scorers. I have four guys that scored over 100 points last season and IÆm hoping to continue that this season. We added a little more depth with some freshmen, so we should be pretty strong.ö
He could be right, if the Bulldogs effort against Steinert was any indication.
ōI think we did awesome,ö Hatke said. ōOur team definitely has gotten a lot better over the years. I was very happy with how we swam today.ö
SteinertÆs lone winner was freshman Stephen Walsh, a first cousin to former Spartan girlsÆ basketball standout Dana Jeter. Walsh provides a nice infusion for team that graduated tons of talent.
ōWe knew going into it that it would be tough,ö Spartan coach Jen Smith said. ōHopewellÆs always tough. I put the boys where I thought theyÆd do best. IÆm still trying to figure out where everybody fits with so many new people.ö
And it gets no easier when you come up against a team that is kickinÆ butt.
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Hopewell (1-1) 108
Steinert (1-1) 61
200 medley relay: 1. Hopewell (Hatke, Tees, Voelzke, Gronet) 1:49.19, 2. Hopewell 1:59.18, 3. Steinert 2:04.05.
200 free: 1. Hatke (H) 1:54.50, 2. Kosowski (S) 1:55.21, 3. Miele (H) 2:08.82
200 IM: 1. Tees (H) 2:09.62, 2. Turi (H) 2:29.00, 3. Joralemon (S) 2:31.15
50 free: 1. Voelzke (H) 22.48, 2. Walsh (S) 23.48, 3. Olaya (H) 25.04
100 fly: 1. Walsh (S) 56.95, 2. Voelzke (H) 57.44, 3. Huie (S) 1:06.84.
100 free: 1. Gronet (H) 54.08, 2. Chandler (H) 57.98, 3. E. Michalec (S) 58.20
500 free: 1. Hatke (H) 5:11.15, 2. Kosowski (S) 5:11.53, 3. Byrne (S) 6:02.29
200 free relay: 1. Steinert (Walsh, Huie Kosowski, Byrne) 1:42.42, 2. Hopewell 1:42.99, 3. Hopewell 1:48.51.
100 back: 1. Gronet (H) 1:01.31, 2. Blagg (H) 1:08.2, 3. E. Michalec (S) 1:09.88
100 breast: 1. Tees (H) 1:10.21, 2. Stratton (H) 1:14.72, 3. Delakowski (S) 1:17.84
400 free relay: 1. Hopewell (Voelzke, Hatke, Tees, Gronet) 3:37.83, 2. Steinert 3:45.33, 3. Hopewell 4:03.40.


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U.S. Style Box ETF Rotation – Introducing Portfolio Cafe's newest ETF model.
In 1992 Morningstar introduced their now famous "style box" as a way to classify mutual funds into distinct categories based upon market capitalization and growth and value characteristics. In this article I will introduce Portfolio Cafe's newest ETF model which is based upon the observable performance differential between investment styles. But first, some quick background.
How it Works – Quantitative Ranking
The vertical axis of the Style Box defines three size categories, or capitalization bands-small, mid-size, and large. The horizontal axis defines three style categories. Two of these categories, "value" and "growth," are common to both stocks and funds. However, for stocks, the central column of the style box represents the core style (those stocks for which neither value or growth characteristics dominate); for funds, it represents the blend style (a mixture of growth and value stocks or mostly core stocks).
Style Box assignments begin at the individual stock level. Morningstar determines the investment style of each individual stock in its database. Stocks are evaluated against other stocks in the same geographic area (United States, Latin America, Canada, Europe, Japan, Asia ex-Japan, Australia/New Zealand). The style attributes of individual stocks are then used to determine the style classification of stock mutual funds.
The Horizontal Axis
- The scores for a stock's value and growth characteristics determine its horizontal placement:
- Value Score Components and Weights
- Forward looking measures 50.0%
- Price/Prospective Earnings.
- Historical based measures 50.0%
- Price/book 12.5% Price/sales 12.5% Price/cash flow 12.5% Dividend yield 12.5%
- Growth Score Components and Weights
- Forward looking measures 50.0%
- Long-term projected earnings growth
- Historical-based measures 50.0%
- Historical earnings growth 12.5% Sales growth 12.5% Cash flow growth 12.5% Book value growth 12.5%
The Vertical Axis
Rather than a fixed number of "large cap"or "small cap" stocks, Morningstar uses a flexible system that isn't adversely affected by overall movements in the market. Large-cap stocks are defined as the group that accounts for the top 70% of the capitalization of each geographic area; mid-cap stocks represent the next 20%; and small-cap stocks represent the balance.
Style Boxes as Factors
While style boxes have served usefulness in classifying mutual funds, I would pose that they also represent another example of where "rotation" is observable and where rotation strategies can produce excess returns. Since each style box represents a concentration of stocks of similar characteristics, it's fair to treat each style box as a factor.
The financial literature is filled with numerous examples of where momentum strategies have been used to produces excess returns in virtually every asset class and their respective parts. (sectors, industries, countries). Momentum strategies are equally applicable to equity styles.
In 2008, Tibbs, Eakins, and DeShurko published "Using Style Index Momentum to Generate Alpha" which examined the effect of momentum using Russell style box classification. The results indicated that momentum does indeed persists when applied to equity styles, just the same as when applied to other forms of classification. That is, the performance of the top-ranked equity style tends to persist. The top-performing style typically displayed the best performance and the bottom performing style continued to display the worst performance.
For investors, this is good news as the use of Russell style box ETFs represents a very easy and low-cost means to gain diversified access to the U.S. stock market. For example, the iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (IWD) presently holds 669 stocks classified as large-cap value. Names like Exxon-Mobile, AT&T, Chevron, Procter & Gamble, and Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. are among its top holdings.
Building a Better Model
The addition of the style-based momentum model to the Portfolio Cafe lineup provides investors with a very affordable and effective means to invest in the U.S. market. In addition to including an ETF representing each of the Russell primary style boxes, I have added a handful of other ETFs including the iShares DJ Select Dividend Index (DVY), the PowerShares Nasdaq 100 Index (QQQ), and the iShares MSCI USA Minimum Volatility Index (USMV). My reason for doing so is that I believe each also represents a "style" of investing that the market displays tendencies to favor at various times.
As is customary to all of my ETF models, I have built in rules that will protect investors during periods of protracted market declines. As such, the model may hold cash or short-term bonds when there are no attractive opportunities available in the equity markets.
While the full details for the new model can be found on the models page, here is a look at the summary page.
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But this year's grand dinner for the children's charity ARK - hosted tomorrow night by hedge-fund tycoon Arpad Busson and his fiancée Uma Thurman - was very nearly cancelled.
"We did some serious soul-searching," says Busson, the 46-year-old founder and chairman of ARK (Absolute Return for Kids), known to just about everyone as Arki.
"It was a very difficult decision. Was it appropriate to have such a gathering at this time? We agonised for a while but what really prevailed in the end is the work that we're doing for the children.
"That, it seems to me at a time of cutbacks across every economy, is more important than ever. For us to have shut down would have been ... not right. And we're not the kind of people to give up."
Instead, they're scaling down - 900 guests, paying £10,000 each, are expected at tomorrow's party at the old Waterloo Eurostar terminus (tables have been erected over the train tracks) compared to the 1,200 last year who collectively raised £25.5 million.
Boris Johnson will give this year's keynote speech, and the guest list, as always, will positively glitter. Busson is wary of giving out names - "they say yes, then no, then yes again" - but in previous years Sting, Liz Hurley, Jemima Khan and Damien Hirst, essentially Arpad's set, have all turned out.
Not that you'd expect him to cave in at the first whiff of trouble. Dressed impeccably in a navy suit and spotless white shirt (hippy-ish beaded bracelets peeping from beneath the cuffs), Busson is about as alpha as they come, even in a City now regaining some of its lost bullishness.
I'm told there are two types of hedge fund manager out there right now: the victim and the survivor.
Busson's EIM hedge fund has certainly contracted over the past 18 months - it now has $10 billion under management compared with $14.6 billion this time last year - but it's still standing. He was once worth an estimated £250 million himself. How much has he lost personally? "Some. Some.
"I had a hedge fund portfolio but I've lost a lot less than the market average. If the market lost close to 50 per cent last year, our portfolios lost about 18 per cent. That's a hit, but it's not bad."
And then there are the women. It's a measure of Busson's rather old-fashioned European politeness - he ushers me everywhere with a slightly disconcerting gallantry - that he takes questions about his extraordinary romantic history on the chin.
He comes from vaguely aristocratic French and English stock; his father Pascal was a French army officer turned financier and his mother Florence "Flockie" Harcourt-Smith an English debutante.
But his public profile is largely the result of long-term relationships with Elle Macpherson, by whom he has two boys - 11-year-old Flynn and six-year-old Cy - and latterly with Uma Thurman.
He and Thurman, who also has two children from her second marriage to actor Ethan Hawke, announced their engagement last year. Why the delay in setting a date?
Busson hesitates. "I understand there is curiosity," he replies. "We were both married before and we both have children and we both really want to make it right.
"I think we are a little bit advanced in our lives to play, and this next commitment has to be a real commitment. We don't want it to be a marriage of fantasy. It has to be absolutely 100 per cent right."
Thurman lives in New York, and is a working actor. "I travel a lot to America and she very graciously comes here," explains Busson. But there's no question of his moving to New York full-time and you get the feeling this is a bit of a sticking point.
"I won't move," he states fairly baldly. "My kids are here. And London is really part of my DNA. This city has been great to me, and it has such dynamism, such rich human capital. I think of myself as a Londoner."
Meanwhile, Busson co-parents his boys equally with Macpherson. "We've been separated for four years and we've had the boys more or less half and half. They absolutely ground me, and it's enormously important to me that they're in a good place."
Later he speaks admiringly of his friend Liam Neeson, who, since the death of Natasha Richardson in March, has "absolutely dedicated himself and his time to his boys".
"Natasha was a very close friend of Uma's and her death had a strong and devastating affect on her. But Liam has stepped up in an incredible way.
Some people can shut down completely, or retreat into grief but on the contrary he has been doing this marvellous job with the whole family. He has been the support for all of them."
Busson's own father took a very different approach to the upbringing of his son.
Pascal Busson died suddenly from a heart attack just last month - yet it's only in the past three years that Arki has had any kind of relationship with him at all.
When Busson's parents split up, the children "were part of the package" that went with their mother, and contact simply ended.
"I had a very difficult relationship with my father," he says. "We didn't speak for 25 years. It was on his call three years ago that we met again, and actually I'm incredibly grateful to him for opening the door.
"He got to meet my sons, and he'd call the house to speak to them. There was a lot of healing but it was difficult and strange at the beginning - to have someone who should have been so important in your life suddenly re-appear after so long.
"We didn't manage to talk about everything before he died, but it was enough I think." Busson looks suddenly pensive; moved perhaps by the thought of what he didn't say to his dad.
"It was difficult growing up, when I was a teenager and a young man, trying to forge a path and not having that mentor, the person to whom you'd naturally turn for advice. But maybe I wouldn't have done everything I have done if he'd been around."
Perhaps his father's absence was a spur to his ambition; his business and philanthropic success a means of proving something to the dad he resented as a kid? "The biggest gift he's given me actually," he replies, "is the road map of what not to do with my own boys.
"I'm grateful I have this map. If you have difficult moments, or times when you get annoyed, you have this perspective: 'Oh God, look what happened to me and how this was done so badly.' It means I never take them for granted, not for a second."
ARK, too, is very much his well-nurtured child. Busson has every detail of its wide-ranging projects at his fingertips and without question the charity has made a substantial difference in countries across the world.
In South Africa and Mozambique, it is funding a broad programme of HIV/Aids clinics, some in partnership with The Clinton Foundation, with pledges from government agencies that establish their long-term future.
In Romania and Bulgaria, it's helping children out of still-intolerable state care - a situation that makes Busson fume. "The first time I walked into one of those state institutions, I was outraged by it. Hugely angry.
"It was like walking into a concentration camp, 150 children all nearly naked. It is state-sponsored abuse and there are still pockets of it going on. I find it absolutely unacceptable."
Here in Britain, ARK is part-funding a host of education initiatives, including six academy schools in some of the most deprived parts of London.
The King Solomon Academy Primary School in Westminster, for example, once a failing school, has turned around dramatically with ARK's help; a recent Ofsted report pronounced it "outstanding" .
There is still, of course, a huge amount of public anger directed at the banking fraternity; and the likes of Arpad Busson. He embarks upon a long, passionate defence of the hedge fund industry in response, and insists that this year it's starting seriously to bounce back in any case.
I'm not sure it's an argument that would win him a popularity contest - but if anyone can make hedge-funders look like decent, moderate people with a solid social conscience, then Busson can.
"The more money I made and the more success I saw," he says, "the more I saw this need to give it back."
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"We do not attack religion, but we do when it gets involved in politics," Gerard Biard said in an interview with Chuck Todd broadcast on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
"If God becomes entangled in politics, then democracy is in danger," Biard said through a translator in his first interview with an American television network since his magazine was attacked by Islamist terrorists. The attack on Jan. 7 killed 12 people, including staff members.
He said that even though Charlie Hebdo is considered an "atheist" magazine, it employs staff members who practice and observe different faiths. They don't fear being mocked, Biard said, "because they are not publicly declaring it and instead they keep it within their hearts, in their conscience."
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