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by Robert Wilkinson
Today is the birthday of Humphrey Bogart, Cab Calloway, Rod Serling, and Carlos Castaneda, with a guest appearance by Betty Boop!
I found some great movie clips of Cab Calloway, but it would be impossible to select which clips of Bogie, Rod, or Carlos to post. That said, here's a tip of the hat to:
Film legend Humphrey Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957). A screen icon like few others in history, he was always one of my favorites! To Have and Have Not, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, The Roaring Twenties, High Sierra, The African Queen, Across the Pacific, The Petrified Forest, and my personal favorite, The Treasure of Sierra Madre. All of these show an amazing actor who died way too young of lung cancer.
Television legend Rod Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975). Another icon, famous for his scripts and narration of his creation, The Twilight Zone, one of the all-time legendary television shows known for its excellent writing, production, acting, camera work, lighting, and editing. For five years it "thrilled and chilled" us, and held up a pretty powerful mirror to human failings, fears, and freedom. The series is really worth getting into, since it features superior plots and acting. Rod was a legendary television activist, clashing with television executives and sponsors over a wide range of issues including censorship, racism, and war. And like Bogie, Rod was a heavy cigarette smoker who also died way too young of a heart attack.
Carlos Castaneda (December 25, 1925 – April 27, 1998) was a Peruvian-American author who gave the world the Don Juan tales, The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge; A Separate Reality;and Journey to Ixtlan. These opened many "doors of perception" in millions of readers, much as Serling's tales opened doors of perception in millions of television viewers. Castaneda gave us a lens to a different reality via Toltec culture and psychotropic drugs such as mescaline, which at the time appealed to millions of us looking to get beyond "an ego-structured state of mind."
The fourth birthday boy is none other than the remarkable Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994). The Cabster was an extremely hip jazz singer and bandleader who was a regular at the Cotton Club in Harlem. The Man was a master of "energetic scat singing," and his band featured such greats as trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. And Cab was even featured in The Blues Brothers. How hip is that? I found quite a few movies taken of his performances, so kick back and enjoy several of his best!
From The Blues Brothers, "Minnie the Moocher."
A real treat!! The ORIGINAL video of Cab from a long time ago in a live and very raunchy performance of "Minnie the Moocher."
From the same performance, Cab live performing "Blues In The Night."
From 1930, the audio-only studio version of "Viper's Drag."
From 1932's The Big Broadcast, a very young Cab vamping an EXTREMELY raunchy tune, "Kickin' The Gong Around"
From 1935, produced by Paramount, here's Cab Calloway and his Orchestra at the Cotton Club doing 7 1/2 minutes of pure gold! For your enjoyment, "Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party."
From 1932, the original audio-only studio version of "The Scat Song."
Last year I had a short but absolutely fab movie performance from International House in 1933 of Cab and his orchestra doing his classic "Reefer Man," but it's nowhere to be found this year. However, I did find the "live" audio track from that movie of "Reefer Man." Here's the original audio-only studio version of Cab and his orchestra doing "Reefer Man."
From 1934, 10 minutes of great film footage of Cab doing short clips of his most famous tunes called "Hi De Ho."
More great film footage from 1937 featuring major scat singing! "Some of These Days"
From 1940 and much more in a WWII style than his stuff a few years earlier, here's the studio version of "Are You Hep To The Jive?"
Here's a great 6+ minute clip from the movie Stormy Weather featuring Cab and the Nicholas Brothers performing "Jumpin' Jive"
For our closing number, two live versions of one of his most famous hits! The first is probably from 1965, and is a fantastic live film performance of Cab and his Orchestra doing his classic "St. James Infirmary." We then go to an awesome live performance on Stockholm television of "St. James Infirmary." (Stay to the last note. Cab hits some bass notes that are lower than almost any I've heard!)
For our encore, we have history! All three of these cartoons are about 7 minutes long, and all are considered classics of the highest order! Here's a Betty Boop cartoon from 1932 titled "Minnie the Moocher," said to be one of the greatest animated pieces ever created on film. Welcome to the Great Depression's escape hatch! "Minnie the Moocher."
We now take a look at another great piece, this time from 1933, where Cab supplies the voices for various characters in Betty Boop's "Old Man of the Mountain"
For our last classic, here's Betty Boop in a 1933 masterpiece titled "Snow White," also proclaimed as one of the greatest cartoons ever created. It's a remarkable piece, and about 4 ½ minutes into the show we hear the Cabster doing "St. James Infirmary."
Our final encore is an utterly fantastic show! I found the entire 26 minute 1965 Stockholm show on one clip. It's not as raunchy as some of his early pieces, but it's very polished! Cab Calloway in Stockholm 1965 It's got "It Ain't Necessarily So," "Money Can't Buy Me Love," and more!
So all great thanks and happy Christmas and birthday tidings to these extraordinarily talented people! Christmas certainly produces some amazing beings!!
© Copyright 2019 Robert Wilkinson


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Sunday, May 25, 2008
My Husband, the Born-Again Electrician
Guess who has a sh!tload of it in their house.
We hired an electrician before buying this house for the exact purpose of ensuring that there was none of this wiring left in the house. At least none that was live.
He lied. Or was very bad at his job. Or both.
There's no ceiling light in the living room. We've had floor lamps in there, but now that the Papoosekin is mobile she's trying to pull herself up on them and both breaking them and attempting to break herself in the process. So they have to go.
The Husband set out to install a ceiling fan/light fixture. Should have been easy enough. Until he uncovered the web of fire-waiting-to-happen that is the wiring supplying electricity to about half the house, apparently.
Recall that this house was also sold to us with no smoke detectors. No, we have not made progress on that yet. We cannot keep up with our lives.
So, this has to come out immediately, which the Husband, luckily, knows how to do. He's off now to cajole Mr. Ouiser into watching the Papoosekin for me so I can continue to copy edit and he can turn our house into less of a deathtrap.
I may have to sleep on the floor outside the Papoosekin's room tonight, just for peace of mind.
In completely unrelated stressful happenings: My car registration expires on the 31st. I need a passport or birth certificate to get a TN license so I can get a TN registration. My passport has expired. My birth certificate is in NY with my parents. I'm so screwed.
3 comments:
- Strongmama said...
Did you guys purchase a home warranty when you bought the house? If so, this should be covered as an unknown pre-existing condition. Also, I would file a complaint with the BBB on the electrician who looked at your house. Whether he is a member or not, he will still have a record of having complaints filed against him. And if you can't find your birth certificate, you should be able to order a new one for some $$. B had to do that when he needed to get a new passport.
- die Frau said...
Does the passport have to be current? I would check--sometimes they accept an expired one (especially with the extended time it now takes to get one). It doesn't hurt to ask...or to get mom and dad to FedEx your B.C., which you probably need anyway!
If the electrician was part of the inspection he should be responsible for some of the repairs, this happened to my nephew that inspector miss termite damage and that company had to pay for part of the repairs.I so understand trying to keep up with life, work and raise kids my heart is with you love ya,


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This is by no means an exhaustive list, or a complete list, but here is a selection of local beer-centric places with winter and holiday beer selections for your drinking pleasure.
Rustico has, among others, the:
Harpoon Winter Warmer (Spiced w/ Cinnamon and Nutmeg)
Heavy Seas Winter Storm (Maryland-Extra Special Bitter)
Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale (Wet-Hopped American Pale Ale)
Southern Tier Old Man Winter Ale (New York-Old Ale)
Brickskeller/RFD list these, among others:
GEORGE GALE Christmas Ale 2001
HARVEY'S Christmas Ale 2000AD
FANTOME Winter Saison
FANTOME de Noel 2001
RIDGEWAY Lump of Coal Dark Holiday Stout
RIDGEWAY Santa's Butt Winter Porter
RIVER HORSE Belgian Frostbite Winter Ale
Dogfish Head Alehouse (in Falls Church and Gaithersburg) has the Chicory Stout, a rich, dark beer made with a touch of roasted chicory, organic Mexican coffee, St. John's Wort, and licorice root. Lost Dog Cafe in Arlington has the Anderson Winter Solstice, may have more. A little bird tells me that The Quarry House in Silver Spring will likely have some holiday beers around, as well.


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CannaCraft CEO William Silver Describes the 2018 "Green Rush"
William Silver, Ph.D., former Dean of the Sonoma State University School of Business and Economics, spoke to members of the Sonoma County Alliance on June 6 about his new position as CEO of CannaCraft, a seed-to-shelf California cannabis producer and distributor of a community oriented, sun-grown and sustainably-farmed product line.
This new firm is on the front line of a new era of legalized recreational cannabis production, Silver referred to as the "green rush," with manufacturing and sales made possible by the passage of a state law that became effective January 1, 2018, following a Yes vote on Prop. 64 in November 2017.
"It's no mystery to anyone that we are all living in a unique time, a time when Sonoma County residents should be proud" Silver said. "But before talking about CannaCraft, I'd like to describe my personal journey and what attracted me to this new business."
As author of a book entitled the Way of Zing, Silver said a goal of life should be to ignite your zing. "Imagine living a life where you do exactly what you are meant to do. My book is all about successfully aligning work and life. For me zing is a guide for integrating these two aspects together. Ask yourself, do you have the same level of passion after 10 years in the same job?" – referring to his decade of service as a professor and head of SSU's business school. "I'd like to return to teaching some day, but I'm enjoying this new opportunity."
He pointed to his work in support of Light-the-Night as chair of the local fundraising and an awareness building campaign for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. His son, Benji, is a leukemia survivor.
"You can change the world today…and cannabis can be effective in helping those with diseases such as cancer cope with the pain," Silver said while mentioning a film about cultivating health and wellness that featured Jerold, a cancer patient in stage 4 of the disease who found cannabis and is now cancer free.
He said the spotlight today is on the recreational market for cannabis, but added that it also has medicinal properties. Silver mentioned Project CBD.org, a California-based nonprofit news service dedicated to promoting and publicizing research by those engaged in medical marijuana and cannabinoid science. It reports on the worldwide scientific endeavors studying the benefits of Cannabinoid, or CBD, a compound reported to have significant medical applications, but does not make people feel "stoned" and is less psychoactive than THC.
"People have known for years that caffeine helps ease the pain of migraine headaches and that wine helps people relax. Centuries ago, Pliny the elder wrote about cannabis as an effective remedy for glaucoma, for use as a treatment for inflammation and as an anesthetic. Others suggest cannabis derivatives may be useful as a way to lessen the effects of opioid withdrawal as well as for the treatment of epilepsy, fibromyalgia, arthritis, etc."
From 1850 to 1927, the Pharmacopeia listed 100 uses for cannabis. However, in the 1930s, the tide of popular opinion was turned against it when the U.S. Congress separated drug prohibition from alcohol prohibition with the formation of a new federal agency, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, headed by Harry J. Anslinger.
Silver observed that Anslinger wanted to fund his new agency and establish a reason for its existence. He started a campaign to fight against the rise of marijuana use that led to the creation of the Schedule 1 (Class 1) Narcotics list (drugs determined to be illegal that have high abuse potential, no medical use and severe safety concerns, such as Heroin, LSD and cocaine). Marijuana is also includes as a Class 1 drug despite it being legal and used in many states for medicinal purposes.
A few years later, in a movement Silver said was based on racism, films were made negatively characterizing marijuana with titles such as "Weed the People, Smoke Signals" and "Reefer Madness."
During the Nixon Administration, John Ehrlichman, counsel and assistant to the President for domestic affairs, was instrumental in fighting the War On Drugs in the wake of increased heroin addiction and the rise marijuana use. Ehrlichman's campaign focused on getting the public to associate hippies (and veterans during the Vietnam War) with marijuana and African Americans with heroin.
While the National Institutes of Health (NIH) originally found that marijuana was consistent with being a gateway drug (one that leads to hard narcotic use). Other studies showed that the majority of people who use marijuana do not go on to use (illicit) hard drugs, even though many had used marijuana in the past.
However, Silver said the Gateway theory for cannabis is a myth that will not go away. This theory was largely debunked in recent years, but the controversy continues despite studies that indicate weed acts more like a filter that keeps people away from stronger drugs, rather than serving as a stepping-stone to them. The weight of evidence seems to be leaning against the Gateway theory toward cannabis use as an Exit Drug for those wanting to kick the opioid habit.
Today 29 states have legalized cannabis for recreational use. At the same time, opioid use is down 30% by those using cannabis according to research at the University of Minnesota. This institution has received NIH and other grants to study marijuana use and effects in relieving pain, sleep disorders and even possible Alzheimer's disease applications.
Silver said, "Let's continue to do research and have a dialogue on this topic without prejudice. Cannabis is now on Main Street and Wall Street. So, where are we now? Our region is the gateway to the emerald triangle as well as a focal point for greater Bay Area cannabis tourism – with Santa Rosa at the epicenter of our cannabis industry today."
He said growing weed is on the supply side of the value chain for businesses entering this field, along with ag-related cannabis technology, similar to the way the region is seen as a leader in wine and grape growing technology.
CannaCraft co-founders Dennis Hunter and Ned Fasalon say this is a fun business to be in. Hunter is a cannabis cultivator who — like many others — spent time in jail years ago for growing weed. Fasalon is from Massachusetts. He has ADHD and dyslexia, and used cannabis for these conditions, and also sold weed. He went to Costa Rica and met several people from California before moving here. Together these two are the creative geniuses driving the firm, according to Silver.
"What we discard is green gold in Costa Rica," Silver said quoting Fasalon. "Ned is bilingual. He engages with people and inspires them. He built a vineyard management-style business for cannabis and is one of the largest cultivators in California. Dennis is also a mechanical genius."
Silver said "vap" cartridges use oil of cannabis. Hunter bought a CO2 extractor, a device similar to technology used in making decaf coffee. The founders improved the technology and refined/redesigned the hardware. Today they manufacture and sell these extractors while producing a line of 150 products.
"We're an authentic, pioneering and community oriented firm specializing in personalized medicine interested in cultivating health and wellness through cannabis."
The market for cannabis is projected to be a $4B business in 2018 growing to $5B in 2019. The two key product categories include concentrates and edibles followed by cannabis flowers and other derivatives.
"There is a thriving unlicensed dispensary market, and most consumers do not know the difference between a licensed vs. an unlicensed dispensary. CannaCraft cannot sell to unlicensed dispensaries.
He said, "When the recreational cannabis became legal, medical and recreational users were the primary customers. However, most recreational users go to the street and unlicensed dispensary sources. While customer uses vary, we're seeing everyone from Baby Boomers to soccer moms using cannabis to relieve stress, anxiety, joint pain and other conditions."
CannaCraft's AbsoluteXtracts (ABX) line of strain-specific, potent 100% cannabis oil, is the number one brand at retail, according to Silver. The firm's Care By Design high quality CBD medicine available in a variety of ratios, was initially ranked 12th in the market and has jumped to 4th place. The company also manufactures Satori, an award-winning line of artisanal cannabis chocolates.
Silver said the cannabis market has suddenly become very competitive and cut-throat. "An Oregon firm came to California and quickly amassed $30,000 in sales, doubling that of CannaCraft in the same period."
Despite the entry of new players, and other growing pains, he said CannaCraft is in it for the long term.
"We're here to stay, even though other firms are using highly sophisticated, aggressive sales tactics going head to head with us. This raises major issues for the future, such as how and when to roll out new products or new combinations, raising and reusing capital, national and/or international expansion as well as issues surrounding the fact that cannabis firms are prohibited from using banks. Imagine running a business by writing hundreds of money orders each month, and hauling bags of cash around when paying taxes."
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The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) has arranged a number of syndicated loans for the electricity sector in Egypt over the past five years, at a value of approximately EGP 39.4bn, according to NBE Deputy Chairman Mahmoud Montasser.
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Outrageous. Hilarious. Ambitious. Smart. Original. Best comedy of the year. These have all probably been uttered in some reviews for the film and I'd have to agree with all of the praise. This Is the End is the sort demented movie that I'd find ingenious. I've been such a huge fan of Judd Apatow and his alum's style and brand of humor. You can cast the net wide to include many filmmakers under his umbrella and frankly, they've all been open about what has inspired them thus to say that they aren't so much as trailblazers as they are re-imagining and re-interpreting the humor that informed their own tastes. Come to think of it, some of my favorite comedies have been from the past ten or so years- The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005, Apatow), Knocked Up (2005, Apatow), Tropic Thunder (2008, Stiller), I Love You Man (2009, Hamburg), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008, Smith), Pineapple Express (2008, Green), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008, Stoller), The Five-Year Engagement (2012, Stoller), The Hangover (2009, Phillips), Role Models (2008, Wain), The Foot Fist Way (2007, Hill), Anchorman (2004, McKay), Talladega Nights (2006, McKay), Step Brothers (2008, McKay), The Other Guys (2010, McKay), Superbad (2007, Mottola), Walk Hard (2007, Kasdan), Bridesmaids (2011, Feig), Borat (2006, Charles), Bruno (2009, Charles) etc. all liked to varying degrees of course.
Maybe some would agree with me while others might think I'm being low-brow, too generous towards a popular trend, or even just insane. Putting all that aside, I'm a huge fan of many of these performers and to see them all play and lampoon themselves was a neat treat, but ultimately directors/writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg one-up their concept by taking it from gimmick to... well something else that shouldn't be put into words but can only be alluded to.
The gag of this being like a crazy episode of Entourage (a show whose creator has feuded with Rogen coincidently enough) doesn't run out in minutes. Instead the film almost unkowingly breaks a fourth wall of sorts to transcend that expectation. The best comparion I can think of is to another brilliant comedy, that being Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead. Wright often tells a story about deep relationships that is then placed in the realm of some sort of genre. Wright has used zombies, buddy cop movies, and alien invasions and here Rogen uses the apocalypse (which has been a popular concept in movies and especially television in recent years).
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When President Obama announced his $4-trillion, 10-year deficit-reduction plan last week, he included a phrase that got largely buried in the subsequent news reports and analyses, most of which focused on the monetary features of the plan and on the president�s feisty insistence that his Republican opponents accept some degree of higher taxes on the wealthy as part of a balanced approach to fiscal reform. The phrase was, �I will veto.�
�Veto� is not a word that had cropped up much in Obama�s first 970 days in office. In fact, since his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009, the president has exercised his Constitutional prerogative to turn down legislation passed by Congress only twice, both times on minor bills. A dust-up with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in July, in which Obama threatened to veto the Republican-backed Cut, Cap and Balance Act, evaporated when the Democrat-controlled Senate tabled the bill.
Obama�s reluctance to exercise his veto power has come as a result of having a Democrat-controlled Congress his first two years in office and a desire to pursue and achieve bipartisan solutions to problems since the Republicans took control of the House after the November 2010 midterm elections. But Boehner and others, including arch-conservative tea party supporters, have fought the president on virtually every issue and it became clear on Monday that Obama, lagging in the polls, stung by continuing criticism from within his own party and facing re-election next year, had finally decided to stop trying to play nice with the GOP. �I will veto any bill,� he said, �that changes benefits for those who rely on Medicare but does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest Americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share.�
Obama may be on his way to setting a modern-day record for the least number of vetoes issued by a president. Seven previous presidents never used the veto but the most recent was John Garfield, who took office in 1881 and served only six and a half months before he was assassinated. Franklin Roosevelt issued the most vetoes � 635 � followed by Grover Cleveland, who used 584 vetoes. In modern times, there have been 173 presidential vetoes (Ronald Reagan used the most, 78), of which only 16 were overridden by the required two-thirds vote in each house of Congress.
Some political observers have speculated that Obama�s veto threat may be an empty one, and that Monday�s tough talk was aimed more at laying some groundwork for his 2012 re-election campaign than at influencing the current deficit-reduction efforts of a 12-member congressional �supercommittee� trying to come up with recommendations for another $1 trillion-plus in federal savings over the next decade. That group is to complete its task by Thanksgiving.
But consider this: Of the more than 2,500 presidential vetoes issued since George Washington was sworn in as the nation�s first president, only 4 percent have been overridden by Congress. In Obama�s case, the Republicans would have to persuade at least 48 House Democrats, and at least 20 senators � all Democrats or 18 Democrats and the two Democrat-leaning independents � to join them if they were to successfully override an Obama veto.
That�s not impossible, and Congress is adept at manipulating legislation in ways that can get around a veto. But a president publicly standing up to an uncooperative � or, in the present case, obstructionist � Congress can be a powerful figure, especially if he can convince the public that he�s acting in its interest and not just seeking political gain.


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John M. Minni, 97, of Derry, died Saturday, February 9, 2019, at Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. He was born October 25, 1921, in Fairmont, WV, a son of the late Leopold and Amelia (Gasbarro) Minni. John graduated from Derry Borough High School in 1939. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on October 15, 1942 and was honorably discharged on January 15, 1946. During his tour of duty, he served aboard the USS Nelson (DD623), the USS Oklahoma City and the USS Indiana. He participated in 10 trips across the Atlantic and the invasion of Sicily and Normandy. While in the Navy, John made detailed notes of his duty and travels. Some years later, he typed the notes to create his Navy Diary. He always kept a copy of the Diary by his favorite chair at home and often enjoyed reading from it. He operated John Minni's barber shop in Derry from 1948 until his retirement in 1998. John was a lifelong member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Derry where he devoted many hours of volunteering with the annual Lenten fish fry and the weekly bingo. He was an Honorary Life member of the Knights of Columbus (3rd Degree), the VFW (Past Commander), the American Legion, the Fraternal order of Eagles, and the United States Navy Memorial. John was also a member of the USS Nelson (DD623) Shipmates Association and enjoyed attending reunions with his wife, Helen, and daughters Patricia and Amy and son-in-law, Richard. Reunions were held in a number of different locations such as Washington, DC, San Antonio, TX, Myrtle Beach, SC, Philadelphia, PA, and Covington, KY. He and his shipmates were truly members of "The Greatest Generation" . During his spare time, John enjoyed tending to his large vegetable garden, woodworking and wine making. He and his wife, Helen, spent many happy times dancing to Big Band orchestras with their friends. John had a genuine love of animals and provided a home for many beloved pets over the years. Besides his parents, John is preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Helen (Suchan) Minni, one brother George Minni, and one son-in-law Joseph F. Wasnesky. John is survived by his daughters and caregivers Patricia A. Wasnesky and Amy M. Supko and husband Richard. In addition, he is survived by daughter Joanne Petro; one granddaughter, Cristina Helena Petro; three sisters Teresa C. Minni, Rose Petrarca Giannini, and Mary B. Sirnic and husband Robert; numerous nieces and nephews and his kitties Pepper and Pumpkin. The Knights of Columbus will conduct a service 2:30 PM Tuesday, February 12, 2019 in the funeral home The family will receive friends for John's Life Celebration, on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 from 3-7PM at the Matthew X. Merlin Funeral Home Inc. 529 N. Chestnut St. Derry, PA. 724-694-8331 The Latrobe-Derry Veterans Honor Guard will conduct a Military Service in the funeral home Wednesday at 9:15Am. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10AM Wednesday February 13, 2019 at the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Derry with the Rev. Salvatore R. Lamendola as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Mary's Byzantine Church Cemetery, Bradenville. The Family would like to extend its heartfelt thanks to John's long time physician, Dr. Vin and his staff, the Excela Health Latrobe Hospital Emergency Room staff, and especially to Dr. Gonzales. The nurses and staff of 2 East (IMU), Lois Wozny, RN, BSN Home Care and Hospice, and our cousin, Patrick Petrarca ACSW, Social Worker with Excela Home Care and Hospice. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church 125 S. Ligonier St. Derry, PA 15627 or Action for Animals Humane Society 386 RT 217, Latrobe PA 15650. Online condolences may be made at merlinfuneralhome.com
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In October, U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) revised its guidelines on voter registration at naturalization ceremonies. Now, for the first time ever, USCIS has committed to providing new citizens the opportunity to register at every administrative naturalization ceremony in the country.
This is incredible news! While many elections officials and nonprofits have worked to bring voter registration to naturalization ceremonies, this is the first unifying directive. Demos has summarized what this means for all involved parties in "Voter Registration for New Americans":
- New citizens will be encouraged and able to register to vote as soon as they become citizens. This will help close the registration gap between native born and naturalized citizens who are registered at 71.8% and 60.5%, respectively.
- State and local elections officials will be called upon to increase their activities at ceremonies and dedicate staff time to cover as many events as possible.
- Voter registration groups, as long as they are nonpartisan, can provide voter registration assistance at naturalization ceremonies, complementing elections officials' efforts and filling existing gaps.
- USCIS will undertake responsibility for ensuring that all new citizens receive voter registration forms when neither elections officials nor registration groups can be present and will work to make voter registration part of the naturalization ceremony.
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The Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (OEB) would like to inform Cypriot businesses about the EU Product Safety Award which is launched by the European Commission. The award aims to reward businesses that excel in product safety. This year's edition focuses on two categories: childcare products and e-commerce.
Online applications are open until 7 April 2019.
Three SMEs and three larger companies will receive a Gold, Silver or Bronze Award in each category, making a total of 12 winners. The winners will be invited to a prestigious ceremony in Brussels on September 26.
You may find information in the links below:
- Award website: https://ec.europa.eu/product-safety-award/index_en.htm
- Press release: https://ec.europa.eu/product-safety-award/new-eu-award-to-celebrate-product-safety-champions_en.htm


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SOMERSET made it two wins out of two in the Royal London One-Day Cup by beating Glamorgan away on Sunday.
The game in Cardiff went right down to the wire with Glamorgan, chasing 262 for victory, just falling three runs short.
It looked like it might be easier than it was for Somerset when they had the hosts at 21-5 after just six overs, but Glamorgan rallied well to set up a thrilling ending.
Having opted to bat first, Somerset found themselves at just 35 for two after the 10 over Power Play.
Somerset's experienced duo of Peter Trego and James Hildreth helped get them back on track with 48 for the third wicket. Tom Abell also offered some resistance, helping Hildreth to add a further 57.
Hildreth was able to add another 10 runs before he was caught at long-off..
Somerset's last two wickets added 83 with Craig Overton leading the way with an undefeated 41 before he helped share the first five wickets with Josh Davey.
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Created a dashboard which has all of our hosts, a diagram of how it's linked up, etc. etc. However to be able to access it, a user must clone our monitoring repo, and load the .Dashboard file. There is a category for shared dashboards but I am unable to find any documentation of how this works. Any ideas on having the panorama dashboard more easily accessible?
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Yesterday I went on a boat trip around Loch Na Keal with Mull Charters to try and see White-tailed Eagles. I had already seen 8 Eagles but none of them were as good as the birds we saw from the boat. We got 4 views of birds catching fish in front of us. I strongly reccomend a trip if your on Mull. I will do a full write up on my my holiday to Mull when I get back.
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US exports to Saudi Arabia dropped 25.6% in the first nine months of 2002 over the same period last year.
|~||~||~|The most recent figures from the US Census Bureau of the Foreign Trade Division show US exports to the kingdom dropping to US $3.4 billion at the end of September this year, from US $4.648 billion in the first three months of 2001. Compared to the first nine months of 1992, US exports to the kingdom are down 37% in 2002. Saudi exports to the US for the first three quarters of 2002 were US $9.12 billion, down 16.5% on the previous year and 14.5% from 2000."Rightly or wrongly, the figure speaks for itself. My opinion counts nothing compared to the figures," says Bisher Bakheet, managing director of Bakheet Financial Advisors. "…It is the boycott issue with the continued US support [for] the extremist Israeli policy in the Palestinian occupied land. The trend, according to US Census Bureau figures of what Saudi Arabia imports from the US, has been in decline for the past 4 years. It is difficult to see a u-turn at this point." Bakheet.The decline, Bakheet points out, comes despite the fact that US imports are cheaper than European products because of exchange rates. "If the dollar becomes stronger or weaker vis-à-vis the European currency or the Yen, people will tend to buy from a cheaper source," he says. "The Euro is stronger than the dollar by 10-15% on average this year, which means European products are more expensive to buy than US products."If Bakheet is right, American businesses are still being hit by a grass roots boycott that began with the start of the Palestinian intifada in September 2000, and gathered momentum as a result of a deterioration in US-Saudi relations, Israeli incursions into Palestinian territories and the war rhetoric regarding Iraq. While some might say it is hard to say there is a direct correlation between the current decline in US-Saudi trade and the grassroots boycott, others believe it is part of the equation. "Of course — it's all about the boycott," a senior member of the Al Saud royal family told Arabian Business. "But I see no involvement on behalf of the government. We don't have a ban on American products, except for products that conflict with the Sharia but that has been there for years and I don't see an increase in tariffs or restrictions on American products. But I see people who do not go to McDonald's or Subway but instead to Saudi equivalents like Kudoo," says the prince. "Then you have the Iranian ZamZam Cola, a substitute for American pop, named after holy water in Mecca, which is hitting markets in the Gulf and arousing interest in other markets."The boycott is manifesting itself in other ways too. In November, a man tried to burn down a McDonald's restaurant in the city of Al Kharj, south of the capital Riyadh, but managed only to inflict minor damage. Businesses in other parts of the Arab and Muslim world have also suffered. Buildings housing American fast food chains were attacked in Lebanon, Bahrain and Indonesia. At times the damage has also come in the form of market rumours that a company has shut down part of its operations in the region in response to poor market conditions.When McDonald's Corporation issued a press release in November regarding restructuring and closing some of its operations in some countries, McDonald's in Jordan was rumoured to be one country where the company was cutting back. Not true, say representatives of the Jordanian operation. "We have not and are not planning to close any of our seven stores in Jordan," says Nadia Al Dary, marketing and PR spokesperson for McDonald's Jordan. "There is an ongoing project in the downtown area by the municipality and once that is complete in three years time we will reopen our store. Have we been affected by the boycott? I think you need to put things in perspective. Real estate is suffering, airlines are suffering, other sectors are as well and so you can't say that we are suffering only from a boycott. Jordan is between Israel and Iraq and yes people are worried, and they are not spending but this is normal given the circumstances." Will things on the US-Saudi front get worse? Will the boycott put a serious dent in businesses? Maybe, says the Saudi prince, adding that you have to put things in context. "Today, you have people who when they go to the US are fingerprinted and I don't know if this is acceptable. Also, for instance, I am strongly opposed to Saddam Hussein, as I know most Saudis are, but that does not mean that you come from outside and put in place a leader of your choice. Your interest is in oil — stick to it. Support the opposition, but don't meddle in internal affairs."||**||


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The spot price of uranium is up 33% this year, ending a 7-year bear market, although it remains below the cost of production for close to half the world's production and a number of mines have been shut down in 2018. With the demand picture improving and a run down in stockpiles caused by significant supply cuts and under buying by nuclear generation companies, we see a bright future for uranium.
Rising Demand
Global electricity demand is forecast to grow approximately 50% over the next two decades, with this number potentially looking conservative in the face of rapid electric vehicle adoption. To address capacity needs, the world is seeking high baseload, low cost and zero emission power. Nuclear power can solve all three. There are currently 454 Nuclear Power Reactors in operation supplying 31 countries around the world, with 54 under construction, another 148 planned and 337 proposed, across Europe, India, USA and China according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Global installed nuclear capacity (source: IAEA)
Western (North America and Europe) demand account for approximately 60% of nuclear capacity, and demand in these regions is flat to slightly growing. There are few new reactors being built in these regions due to very high construction costs and significant lead times, although this is being balanced by the need for reliable baseload power and public concern over fossil fuel use. Countries which are heavily reliant on nuclear such as France and the US are extending reactor lives which is a positive sign for ongoing demand.
Japan has approximately 10% of the world's reactors however the majority are not operating post the Fukushima disaster in 2011. The pace of these restarts will be slow, however bringing Japanese reactors back online will support demand growth over coming years.
China has the most aggressive growth plans for nuclear. With only 4% of power generation currently met by nuclear power and a target of 20% non-fossil fuel generation by 2030, there is a significant reactor build required of approximately 5 times current capacity. According to research by the Chinese Ministry of Education and Tianjin University, China, within the latest 2018 Optimal Power Paper, nuclear energy is now the lowest cost source of electricity generation in China.
In China the first of a kind (FOAK) reactor designs were switched on this year in China after 9 years of design. This testing means China is ready to roll-out new reactors, which is confirmed by the current 5 Year Plan. There are also new High Temperature Gas Reactors (HTR-PM) currently being commissioned that are compact, safe, efficient, capable of use in inland areas and are able to attach to existing coal fired power plants to replace coal use.
More recent research out of China suggests a more than 20 fold increase in nuclear generation (from 26GWe in 2015 to 554GWe 2050) is required in order to meet the target of limiting global temperature rises to 1.5°C. While reaching these numbers would be a huge stretch after considering nuclear capability and funding requirements, it is evidence of the commitment that the country has to combatting pollution, with nuclear energy benefiting as a zero emissions power generation source. For much of the decade through to 2014 nuclear had around a 2% share of power generation in China, however this has been steadily rising since, and in the last few months of 2018 has spiked to nearly 5%. This production is coming at the expense of coal fired generation.
The need for China to secure supply to meet its growing nuclear generation needs is expected to be an emerging theme over the next 12-24 months.
In addition, there have been two major recent positive demand developments we have seen this year. Firstly, Cameco is having to buy a significant quantity of uranium on the spot market to satisfy their sales contracts due to shutting a large quantity of their own production. Secondly, there have also been several financial players enter the market to buy uranium for speculative purposes – the most significant being London listed Yellow Cake, who have an agreement to purchase uranium from Kazatamprom.
Supply Deficits
While demand is showing signs of reasonable growth, uranium in the short term is really a supply story, with a number of significant uranium producers cutting back production over the past two years in response to the sustained low price. Cameco shut McArthur River earlier this year (the world's largest uranium mine), Kazakhstan is the world's largest producer and has cut production 20%, and Paladin (ASX:PDN) has shut their Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia.
Uranium supply cuts (source: Paladin Energy)
We think that around half the world's mines are producing at loss making levels at current prices, and this will really start to hurt producers once higher priced contracts roll off in the coming years. Uranium is a unique commodity whereby the raw material cost represents only around 3% of the total cost to produce nuclear energy. Therefore the cost per MWh of electricity is highly inelastic to any price changes in the Uranium spot price, and when utilities enter the market to contract future supply they typically pay a premium to spot for certainty of long term supply. US utilities in particular will need to re-enter the market given their supply coverage is rapidly falling away over the next 3 years. We think this will be a key catalyst to get the uranium price higher in 2019.
Future contract coverage rates (source: EIA, Euratom)
There is a clear supply shortage present in Uranium, with new production not incentivised to come online until prices reach a level of material profitability. We estimate the market is currently around 10% under supplied, with this supply gap increasing over coming years unless production levels recover.
Some commonly quoted numbers are $40-60/lb to re-start idled mines and $60-80/lb to incentivise new mines to start construction. These prices represent upside of between 38% and 176% compared to today's price of $29/lb. Whilst timing is always the great unknown, it is clear that supply has been cut sufficiently to warrant a price reaction, and we see it as being a matter of when, not if, uranium prices rise back towards incentive levels.
How to Gain Uranium Exposure
International investors may look to pure play exposure such as Yellow Cake (LON:YCA), or Cameco (TSE:CCO) for its diversified position across the supply chain, but in Australia the cleanest way to play uranium is through Paladin Energy (ASX:PDN).
Paladin's Tier 1 Langer Heinrich mine is the lowest cost open pit mine globally. According to UxC, the leading nuclear industry market research company, Paladin was in the first tier of the production cost curve, with all in cost of production at Langer Heinrich of US$28/lb. Paladin is well funded to a restart decision, with the company forecasting to hold around US$40m in cash by the end of the current quarter. If the uranium price reaches a sufficient level to incentivise a mine restart, the mine could be up and running in around 12 months and potentially be one of the first restarted mines back into production.
The leverage in Paladin is huge – at a US$40/lb uranium price we estimate their 75% share of the Langer Heinrich mine will produce around $40m of cashflow, going to $130m at US$60/lb and $230m at US$80/lb. These numbers compare favourably to Paladin's current market cap of $315m and demonstrate the value proposition on offer. At higher uranium prices the market will also likely start to ascribe some value to Paladin's other assets – the Kayelekera mine and their 300mlb exploration portfolio. At this stage Paladin remains a risky proposition (like most other uranium stocks), however if the uranium story plays out like we believe it should, then investors will be rewarded for their patience.
Recent share price movements for uranium companies have lagged the spot price. We see a brighter future for uranium stocks as the demand outlook continues to improve, cumulative supply cuts draw down existing inventories and buyers re-enter the market.
Steve Karp
Awesome article Matt, thank you. Steve
Frank Kamp
Excellent article Matt - quality stuff compared to some of the hype I have picked up from elsewhere. One question - why did Cameco shut down so much of their capacity, and wouldn't they likely be one of the first back in?
Matt Griffin
Hi Frank. Cameco have some good long term sales contracts in place which means their received price for uranium this year will be around the US$36/lb mark. However their cash costs of production this year are around US$31/lb, so they made the decision that while the spot price is in the US$20's it makes more financial sense for them to use excess inventory and actually buy material on the spot market to deliver into their contracts. This will also help remove material from the market and help prices get back to a more sustainable level. The McArthur River mine they shut down is very high grade but quite difficult to operate given there is a lot of high pressure water underground and they need to freeze the ground before mining. It's therefore an all or nothing proposition - they aren't able to reduce production by say 50%, it's either running at capacity or not at all. I suspect this also means it might take quite a while to turn back on, and they would probably want quite a high price to commit the capital to a restart.
Dale Haessel
I have a simple questions on uranium: There are a lot of mines on M&C (HLM, Honeymoon, Rabbit Lake, McArthur River, ...). Why did u suggest Paladin over Boss Energy's Honeymoon (will ISR for Honeymoon exceed the all in cash cost of HLM)? How much new production vs restart of existing mines do u foresee in the coming years.
Marcus Johns
Good article, but I think a few things have been misrepresented. Firstly, whilst there are a number of reactors under construction, there are also a large number being decomissioned in the west, so demand is actually expected to be relatively flat to milldly higher in aggregate over the next couple of years (according to UxC, and there is good visibilty around this). There is also no mention of the stubborn secondary supplies that account for approx 40-50m lbs per year which are unlikley to leave the market in the near-term (if you add these in, the market is relatively balanced and potentially still oversupplied). Also, you don't seem to have taken into account the extra production that will be coming from Husab, Kazatomprom and Olympic Dam over the next few years. Kazatomprom produce at an AISC of $16/lb, which is well below the current spot price - they are 40% of the worlds production and they are currently producing at <70% of capacity. Husab and Olympic Dam are not price sensitive - China want to be self-sufficient and Olympic Dam produces Uranium as a by-product of Copper. I agree that at $18 there was a strong bull case, but I fail to see a catalyst for serious price appreciation from $29. Keen to hear your thoughts.
Matt Griffin
Hi Dale, I think mine restarts will come back on line before new mines, given the capital required to start new mines will likely require a higher incentive price. The Honeymoon project has a lot of infrastructure in place and looks good as a potential project at a higher uranium price.
David Rahnejat
The reality of this sector is that it has been a terrible investment as to returns the past 7 years. Even now it seems it goes up and the price magically goes down. The rosey predictions might take many many years to play out put since this sector is complex for investors to decipher the real supply demand components. Private buyers and sellers in secret determine the price. So let's be real how long is someone willing to lose money or just pray for Japanese's reactors to come back or utilities to contract. It's always the next year things will turn around.
James Wilson
Thanks for this Matt, what do you think about Deep Yellow ASX:DYL?
Matt Griffin
Hi Marcus, thanks for your comments and the good points you have raised. It's our view that western demand is likely to be relatively flat over coming years, with few new reactors coming online but also limited numbers being decommissioned. Many western countries are extending useful lives of reactors as they struggle with emissions targets and cheap base load power generation - France was an example of this in 2018 and I believe the same thing will occur in other countries. The growth in demand will really come from China which has potential to surprise on the upside. On supply, secondary supplies are in gradual decline and are expected to roughly halve over the next decade or so. You're right that Husab is not price sensitive, although the mine has had a number of issues in ramping up and is yet to prove it can consistently produce at nameplate capacity. An Olympic Dam expansion is a risk to increased supply however this has been talked about for a long time without any action. And yes, I expect that Kazatomprom production will come back relatively quickly, however the thesis of higher uranium prices is really about the 1/3rd of global supply that is loss making at current spot prices, and what price is required to incentivise production to restart once utility buying returns in a meaningful way - we firmly believe that price is >$40/lb. Happy to discuss further if you would like.


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