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GPs told to 'maximise capacity' and call in off duty staff to tackle urgent care pressures
Exclusive GPs have been told to maximise capacity by cancelling 'discretionary services' and recall off-duty staff in a bid to relieve pressure on struggling urgent care services, Pulse has learnt.
The NHS England Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSSG) area team also asked GPs to work from home to 'process incoming letters' wrote to practices after a spike in the number of frail elderly patients presenting in secondary care with acute respiratory infections.
The area team also told GPs that 'any disappointments that [secondary care clinicians] experienced in primary care responsiveness demanded highlighting'.
This comes as urgent care services across the UK have been struggling to cope with winter pressures, with GPs being widely blamed for a lack of access, while Pulse has reported that GPs in Essex were paid to work on New Year's Day to help urgent care services.
The original letter from the BNSSSG area team, dated 7 January, stated GPs should: 'Take all actions to maximise capacity in the surgery, calling on any "off-duty" staff as appropriate.'
It added that practices should 'seek to cancel discretionary activities in order to free up more urgent care slots if there is excess demand, in line with acute and community trusts'.
The area team told Pulse that the discretionary activities that the letter referred to included 'staff training and planned care that could be recoverable later on - an example used in some practices was that they have safely scaled back planned contraceptive services.'
After a backlash, a subsequent email was sent out on 14 January, with a list of actions that could be, or were already being, undertaken by practices to increase their capacity.
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One of the suggestions was to enable 'some tasks to be undertaken by "home-workers" such as part-time GPs processing incoming letters, results etc'.
In the second email, the area team's director of commissioning, Linda Prosser, said the stability of the urgent care service over Christmas had been down to the extra hours GPs had put in.
But, she added: 'You will appreciate from your peers working in other parts of the system, including acute trusts that their pressures have been intense too, such that any disappointments that they experienced in primary care responsiveness demanded highlighting.'
Ms Prosser also acknowledged that 'we can never really know' if patients reporting they attended A&E because they were unable to get a GP appointment actually tried.
The area team told Pulse it recognised GPs were already taking on additional appointments and working extra hours but taxpayers and patients reasonably expect practices to take a 'proactive role' in enabling the system to cope with winter pressure.
But Avon LMC chair Dr Mark Corcoran told Pulse that the initial letter was 'crass' and 'created a backlash, created anger and angst amongst local GPs'
He said: 'The original letter, says "take actions to maximise capacity in the surgery calling in any "off-duty staff" as appropriate, which I think was a little bit crass.
'Obviously it's not a good time to have staff away, and I think most GPs are aware of that, and they're not going to reduce staff at times when there's going to be an obvious need.'
However, he said the second email 'was much more understanding, and did have some good points that I think we can work with'.
Dr Corcoran said the call for a system wide review of inappropriate demand over Christmas and New Year was particularly important, and should be looked at nationally.
But he added: 'I don't quite know why they think we're all going off on study leave all the time.
'We don't have spare capacity, we don't go off on study leave, if we are doing CPD we're often doing it online or we're doing it in the evening. We don't take days off on a regular basis to go off and have a jolly, so it's just not something that we do.'
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Please see below and attached from >>> regarding the planned industrial action by Health Unions on the 29th January 2015.
London Ambulance Service are requesting the support of one GP from each CCG across London, to provide emergency cover during during the strikes.
The CCG needs to report back to NHS England by 14.00 today that they have identified a individual to perform this role.
Give me funding for another f/t gp and i will improve access. Unfortunately, the plea for equal funding has fallen on deaf ears and the explanation is 'it's historical' - does not justify why a Practice with 4150 patients receives 21k global sum per month while another with 3500 gets 30k. The differnece in global sum payments discriminate against patients some of whom are lesser citizens of this country and NHSE allocates as low as - £54 for their care per year ( as calcullated for my Surgery by my Accountants for year ending 2014.
Does NHS Fraud look into allocation and formula manipulations at the PCA level. Probably not, The govt has created untouchable quangos over which they don't have influence.
If you can't give adequate funding, don't expect access to improve.
DMC in Gillingham is given 2.5 mln per year for a walk in Centre. I bet GPs could provide better service for half that sum 7/7 and 8/8
tell, tell, tell.......if these people actually entered into discussion, there might be a bit more willingness to help, providing there was a longterm strategy to address the issues.
Expecting doctors in all fields to take on more work increases the risk of things going wrong.
Deal with the patient demand (which is mostly inappropriate) to free up doctor resources, and provide adequate funds, and the system will work!
general practice is imploding, we haven't got the resources for this, many gp's are at the brink of burning out and if they do many won't be able to be replaced with anything other than locums putting more pressure on remaining gps. the government need to attract more gps into permanent positions or face a worsening crisis. wake up and smell the coffee
I will keep my language polite - but it does not reflect what is in my heart. The politicians are worked up about ED pressures because they choose to measure them. The whole system, including Primary Care, District Nursing and Social Care is at breaking point. Try measuring GP workload and getting aerated. Do they even know what we do? I doubt it. Do they know I work 11-12 hour days and am continually frustrated with poor discharge summaries, patients admitted and sent out with no problems addressed - so they are back in next week. I despair - we need a non-political NHS management (in my dreams). Actually Managers are not stupid - so clearly the agenda is to break Primary Care and let in their private health buddies.
Discretionary activities may of course be the yearly grind of catching up on QOF targets in order to be paid to run the service. Or maybe identifying the demented, of which there is a great supply of examples in Westminster and NHS England.
What parallel universe do these people live in. It is their ilk who have created the problem by systematically failing to invest in primary care ( as advised by highly paid, special consultants, who are of course unaccountable).

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Mexico, in full United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos in Spanish), federal republic in North America. Mexico is the fifth largest country in the Western Hemisphere and is rich in natural resources such as petroleum and natural gas. Mexicos efforts to develop and modernize its economyone of the 15 largest in the worldhave been slowed by the nations rugged terrain, limited farmland, a rapidly growing population, and a series of economic crises. The nations capital, Mexico City, is one of the largest cities in the world. In Latin America, only Brazil has a larger population than Mexico.
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text: Staff Host Account / Saturday, January 12, 2019 / Categories: Islam Times-English Tehran, Baghdad discuss expansion of ties in defiance of US' pressures Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh on Thursday met with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, whose office said he "confirmed the deep relations between the two countries, the two neighboring peoples and the importance of strengthening them in areas that serve the interests of the two peoples, foremost of which is cooperation in the fields of oil and gas." The Iraqi premier's office also said the Iranian oil minister "expressed his country's pride in the level of relations with Iraq and the aspiration to develop them, and hoped to achieve more cooperation and to meet the needs of Iraq's gas." PM Abdul-Mahdi had earlier declared his country "will not be part of the [US] sanctions regime, as it will not be part of aggression against any country." The Iranian minister also held talks with Iraqi President Barham Salih, who said promotion of ties between Tehran and Baghdad would serve the stability and security of the entire Middle East. The talks were held after Pompeo's meeting with Abdul-Madhi on Wednesday, where the two discussed "US support for Iraq's energy independence" from Iran among other issues. The US official's unannounced visit to Baghdad was part of his tour of the Middle East meant to promote the White House's hard-line position on Iran. Pompeo's trip to Iraq, which followed a controversial visit by US President Donald Trump late last month, was notable in that Iran was not mentioned in any official readout. However, he earlier referred to a "counter-Iran revolution" between the US and its Mideast allies during a Tuesday press conference in Jordan. During a speech at his next stop in Cairo, the words "Iran" and "Iranian" were among his most frequently used, as he portrayed Tehran as a "common enemy" of the US and other countries in the region, The National reported. In a speech at the American University in Cairo, Pompeo described the US as a "force for good" in the Middle East, and accused former US President Barack Obama of having sowed chaos by abandoning the Middle East. The remarks, however, were scolded by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who said actually the opposite of Pompeo's comments was true. "Whenever/wherever US interferes, chaos, repression, and resentment follow," Zarif tweeted on Thursday. The talks between Tehran and Baghdad on expansion of energy ties came a few weeks after US Energy Secretary Rick Perry urged Iraq to sever its energy dependence on Iran and open its energy sector to American investment. He was in Baghdad with a trade delegation arranged by the US Chamber of Commerce. However, in defiance of the US' efforts, Iraq's oil minister announced on Thursday Iraq and Iran are jointly exploring two oil fields shared by the two countries. Thamer Ghadhban said his country is honoring an existing exploration agreement with Iran. The US granted Iraq a sanctions waiver until March to continue buying gas from Iran, after which Iraq could face punitive measures. The Trump administration reimposed sanctions on Iran's energy exports in November, but has granted waivers to several buyers provided that they reduce their liftings and find new sources.Link to original article Previous Article Canada grants asylum to Saudi girl who fled abuse, oppression Next Article Lebanon to lodge complaint with UNSC against Israeli 'border wall' Print 421 Rate this article: No rating Tags: Iran Leave a comment Name: Please enter a name. Email: Please enter an email address. Please enter a valid email address. Comment: Please enter comment. Please solve captcha. Add comment


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Tube Products of India Ltd. merged with TI Cycles of India Ltd with effect from 22nd January, 1959 : consequently the companys name was changed from TI cycle of India Ltd to Tube Investments of India Ltd. wef. 16 th September, 1959.
2000 - Arunachalam Vellayn, managing director of Tube Investments of India Ltd,
has been electted president of ICC India for 2000-2001.
2001 - Alagappan has been appointed a Wholetime Director with the designation as
Executive Vice-Chairman for a period of 5 years from February 1.
- Tube Investments of India Ltd., part of the Chennai-based Murugappa group, has been give
the ''Corporate Citizen Award'' by the Rotary Club of Ambattur, Chennai.
-Tube Investments of India Ltd informs that Mr K Ganesan has ceased to be Director, it has further informed that Mr S Gurumurthy has been appointed as an Additional Director of the Company effective May 24, 2002.
-Tube Investments of India Ltd informs that Mr Adhiraj Sarin has been appointed as Managing Director of the Company for a period of 5 years with effect from August 01, 2002. Mr Adhiraj Sarin will replace Mr V A Raghu the present Managing Director who retires on July 31, 2002.
-Implements the Oracle 11i e-business suite for better planning and inventory control.
-Cholamandalam General Insurance Co becomes a subsidiary to the Tube Investments.
-Makes additional investment of Rs.76cr in Cholamandalam Insurance Co Ltd.,
-The Board of Directors approve for the buyback of equity shares of the company on
August 22 2002.
-Director Mr S Gurumurthy expires on jan 25 2003.
-The Registered Office of the company has been shifted to Dare House, 234, N S C Bose, Chennai 600 001 with effect from December 5, 2003.
-Company has splits its Face value of Shares from Rs 10 to Rs 2
- Tube Investments of India Ltd has appointed Mr. N Srinivasan as Additional Director on the Board of Directors of the Company with effect from January 29, 2007.
- Tube Investments of India Ltd has informed that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on January 31, 2008, inter alia, Mr. L Ramkumar has been appointed as Managing Director of the Company for a period of 5 years with effect from February 01, 2008.
- Tube Investments of India (TII) has forayed into the e-bike segment with the launch of three models - BSA 250, BSA 500 and BSA 800. Priced between Rs 23,000 and Rs 36,000, they will be marketed under the BSA brand.
-TII invests Rs 55.55 cr in Cholamandalam MS General Insurance
-Tube Investments buys 77 % stake in Sedis of France
-Tube Investments has acquired 1,75,82,000 equity shares of Cholamandalam DBS Finance Ltd (CDFL) from DBS Bank Ltd, Singapore.
-Tube Investments have recommended a final dividend of Rs. 1.50 per equity share of Rs. 2 each
-Tube Investments has been awarded Growth with Quality for their excellence in Technology & Innovation.
-Tube Investments has acquired 2,12,46,122 equity shares of Re. 1/- each of Shanthi Gears Limited, Coimbatore
-Tube Investments enters into an agreement with M/s. Tsubamex Company Ltd (Tsubamex) Japan to form a Joint Venture Company (JVC) in India .
-Tube Investments has recommended a final dividend of 50 paise (Paise Fifty only) per equity share of Rs. 2/- each.
-TI Cycles of India acquires the Brand Licensing Rights for Ridley


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Inside the Mind of CJ Dunning
BAC: Tell us a little about your upbringing.
CJ: Well, I'm the youngest of 3 girls and we are all 3 years apart. As far as activities, I remember camping in Las Vegas, and camping and fishing out here in Colorado. My dad and I have a love for the outdoors, especially the mountains. I started skiing at 2 years old, which progressed into snowboarding with my middle school team. Altogether, I have always been active.
BAC: What sports kept you active as a kid and when did you start weightlifting and modeling?
CJ: Growing up, I skied, snowboarded, played soccer for eight years, tennis from an early age, did some volleyball, and cheered in high school. Apart from all that, I started lifting weights at 13 and doing modeling shoots at 16.
BAC: That was around high school, can you tell us a bit about that time in your life?
CJ: I was actually bullied in High School, bullied for being a bit of a geek. I took a lot of AP and honors classes; in fact, I earned a whole year's worth of college credit my senior year which contributed to me completing a six-year program in two years. I read all the time and still do. Knowledge and growth were firmly rooted in my upbringing and it has stayed with me. Being so involved across the gamut academically and with various sports I always had different friends, in different groups. I always thought that people who identify themselves with a singular group, and/or those who gang up on other "cliques" to feel empowered are followers, and are weak. I always made it a point to be a leader and accept everyone.
BAC: Tell us about your college years.
CJ: Sure, I attended Northern Arizona University from 2010-2014. I double majored in Pre-Law and Criminal Justice/Criminology, double minored in Sociology and Political Science with an emphasis on Aerospace Dynamics within the Air Force ROTC my freshman year. Although I was busy during college, I continued to lift because that was the best way to channel negative energy into positive energy. So yes, I am obviously an academic geek, and although it contributed to the bullying in High School, I'm a firm believer that the greatest revenge is having large amounts of success.
BAC: Can you tell us a little bit about competing in bodybuilding?
CJ: I was sponsored early on, before my first competition in early 2014 where I placed 1st! Later that same year, I placed in the top 15 nationally at USA's. A year later, at my 3rd competition, I moved up to 9th.
CJ's work-outs BAC Magazine
BAC: What's something about you, that our readers may not know?
CJ: I'm a curve-ball tomboy, who loves to listen to heavy metal while reading books.
BAC: Rock on. We did a bit of research on you and discovered you have a talent for writing. What genres do you like?
CJ: Documentaries and inspirational stories.
BAC: On that note, are you working on any new projects in that regard?
CJ: I'm right in the middle of working on a book on health that touches on diet, exercise, and valuable tools that promote healthy living. I'm really passionate about what the book stands for, and I'm hoping to impact a lot of people with it.
BAC: Have you ever worked any odd jobs?
CJ: I wouldn't call this odd, but I worked on a ranch during college: a job I enjoyed and learned a lot from.
BAC: What do you do for downtime?
CJ: I'm a huge movie buff, with a concentration on scary movies based on faith, the paranormal, and unexplained events.
BAC: How do you combat fear?
CJ: To start off with, fear is controlling and toxic but it's something that is innate to us as the human race. What I do to combat and place reins on fear is, I challenge myself, take risks on opportunities, and I completely erase "what if" from my vocabulary.
BAC: On days that you feel like you've hit a brick wall, what process do you practice to stay focused?
CJ: Self-reflection and visualization of what I strive for and the grounding of my beliefs. I write notes in a journal, I place thoughts and goals into it. I always revisit it so it serves as a primary source that lifts me when walls pop up.
BAC: With those thoughts in mind, what's your definition of a champion?
CJ: A person who is purposeful, doesn't settle for mediocrity. Doesn't merely want to win, but lives to win. A person who is in love with accomplishing what no one else around is willing to do. Putting proven goals into action.
BAC: CJ, can you give us insight about your diet?
CJ: Recently, I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease so as far as my diet, I keep it simple and gluten intolerant. During competitions, I use a macronutrients strategy. That's where all food categories are numerically accounted for using my weight, height, body fat, etc, and keeping all that in line with my goals. Outside of competition, I maintain what my body needs: I never count calories, I eat more lean meat than red meat, dark and colored carbs over light/white based carbs, the greener the better when it comes to veggies, and no dairy, dairy is hard to process, so I stay away from it.
BAC: CJ, can you give us a little insight into the culture of bodybuilding?
CJ: The sport itself is phenomenal; however, the culture can be somewhat toxic. Some people are competing for the right reasons, but others turn it into a narcissistic breeding ground: a social club. Historically, bodybuilding has been, and continues to be, a prestigious sport, the pinnacle of human physicality, but like most sports, there are those who are involved in it with wrong motivations. I will always love bodybuilding because it's based on the beauty of the human form and celebrates the rare attainment of ultimate fitness, so when something so noble gets taken too lightly, it bothers me.
BAC: Can you tell us where you get your inspiration?
CJ: Yes, I'll start with my faith in God. Recently, I tattooed "I Am Second" on my foot to commit myself and my recognition to Christ. What that means to me is, regardless of what I want to win or accomplish, despite the trophies I strive to obtain, even considering the "value" of my surroundings and public presence I may ever have, I will always put myself second to God. I am also floored by extraordinary people like Bethany Hamilton, the Soul Surfer. I couldn't even imagine what to do if I lost a limb and my soul told me to continue my sport.
Another would have to be Ronda Rousey. I like her perspective of "Don't be a D.N.B" Don't be a do-nothing bitch! Do something of value with your life and don't sit around looking pretty, resting your existence on someone else's gratification, desire or will for you.
BAC: CJ, thanks again for your time and invaluable perspective on how to Become A Champion!
As we can see, CJ stays true to her principles. With her motivation, willpower, and support system, we only expect to hear greater and bigger things from her.
Written by: Adrian DeBarros


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- Ola Bad and Howdy Nater, 2011
Living Walls
This mural is a collaboration between Ola Bad and Howdy Nater and is located off the railroad. Ola Bad (Atlanta, Ga.) got his name from the missing letters of a street sign. He's best known for wheat pasting delicate charcoal drawings of facial expressions onto walls and water towers, or strategically placed and pasted dreamcatchers above the sleeping homeless. Howdy Nater is also from Atlanta, Ga.
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At a minimum, school districts and RCCIs participating under this provision must maintain the following records.
If all meals will be claimed free, the program site must be located in an area served by a school or RCCI in which at least 50 percent of the enrolled students are eligible for free and reduced price meals as indicated on the most recent Annual Membership Report.
For all other sites, documentation of free and reduced price eligibility for children whom free and reduced price snacks are claimed must be maintained.
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Documentation of individual children's attendance on a daily basis.
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Typical toulouse country house recently renovated mixing modern and traditional
House & lavander
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Garden, Views & Brickwork
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- Type: Residential (Country House, Mansion, House)
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bath/ Shower Rooms: 3
- Habitable Size: 820 m²
- Land Size: 4 ha
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- 20' from Toulouse and 15' to Blagnac Airport
- Lovely view of the Pyrennees mountains
- Traditional house for nature and peace lover
- Total privacy, haven of peace set in 2.40ha (5,93 acres)
- Surrounded by stunning countryside & fields of lavander
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Located only 20' from the heart of Toulouse, 15' from Airport and bordering the Forest of Bouconne is a haven of peace of 2.40ha (5,93 acres) for nature lovers, ensuring complete privacy.
This typical toulouse country house has been recently renovated with all modern commodities, while keeping its 19th century charm (red stones, pebbles and woodwork).
The first level of this prestigious property of 740 m2 offers the entrance hall which leads into a spacious living room and dining room, american style kitchen, large pantry and guest bathroom. The signed artistic stairway leads you to the second floor comprised of 2 large bedrooms with ensuite bath/shower rooms and a magnificent gallery that can be converted into at least 4 guest rooms.
The property also includes a huge garage/dependancy of 80 m2, a vast outer shelter (160m2), a pond and two south oriented terraces with view on the Pyrennees mountains. Other rooms or independant studio can be created in the dependancy that already has a bathroom and a technical local.
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text: Here's a hidden gem alert for all you drink lovers! There are piles upon piles and shelves upon shelves of craft beer, wine, mead, kegs, and cider at Sam's Bottle Shop. f that's not enough to entice you, walk up the stairs and you'll find a tended bar with over two dozen taps, they host unique events (like tap takeovers) and are home to Durham's biggest balcony—perfect for enjoying a brew or two when it's warm. Sam's Bottle Shop has an unassuming exterior that gives way to an endless supply of just about any type of drink you can imagine—seriously, they have over 1,600 bevs between their two locations! If you can't make it to South Durham, visit thier sister location, Sam's Quik Shop.


text: There are a LOT of pictures here. Way too many. Over a hundred. Take your time and go slow. Morro Bay is, basically, the most beautiful place on earth. No, it really is and I want to go back there SO BAD. I also would like to say that editing these photographs while sitting in a small leaky trailer in the freezing Midwestern April snow was a special kind of hell and I deserve huge thanks and kudos for even doing it. So buy a print or toss me a coffee, yo.


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If a new report from Juniper Research is accurate, the amount of devices connected online with 5G speeds will hit 240m by 2025, but only 3pc of the world will actually have access to it.
While 4G speeds are still only now beginning to become standard on some mobile phone networks, network providers and researchers are already working on the next step in evolution, 5G.
In many ways, the 1Gbps speeds that would be achievable on a 5G connection are not only considered an eventual goal in terms of progressing as a technology, but rather one that will be necessary to facilitate the changing environment brought on by the internet of things (IoT).


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From Benjamin Franklin to Sartine: Two Letters, 19 October 1779
To Sartine: Two Letters
(I) and (II) Copy: Library of Congress
Passy, Oct. 19. 1779.
I received the Letter your Excellency did me the honour of writing to me the 14th. Inst. relating to the Claim of françois Vermeille to be payd Wages and prize money due to him from Capt. Cunyngham, Commander of the Revenge Privateer. I find on Enquiry that the Said Vermeille and several other french Sailors who Said they had belonged to that Vessel, having been a long time imprisoned in England, were exchanged by the Last Cartel. When they pass'd thro' this Place on their Return to Dunkirk, I gave them some Money to help them on their Journey,1 and advis'd them to apply to Mr. Coffin our Present agent there, who I Supposed could inform them who it was that did the Business of equiping Capt. Cunnyngham, and must therefore know what men were Shipt on what terms, what they had received in advance and what Prizes were taken (of all which I was totally ignorant) and by that means ascertain their Claims, in which I desired Mr Coffin to assist them so that I might take the proper Means of obtaining for them what is their Due. Mr. Coffin wrote me a Letter in answer to my Request; of which I inclose a Copy—2 Mr. Deane and Mr. Hodge who were concerned in that Enterprise are neither of them at present in france, But Mr. Deane is soon expected here. Capt. Conyngham is now a Prisoner in England, but I hope will soon be exchanged and appear here, Nothing is more just than that These Men should be paid what is Really due to them, but as I had no Concern in the affair, and never Saw any Account of the Prizes taken, and know nothing of the agreement made with the Sailors, it is impossible for me to adjust their Claims. All I can do is to communicate them to the proper Persons, and Solicit which I Shall do warmly that justice be done. With great Respect, I am your Excellency's most obedt.
M. De Sartine.
Passy, Oct. 19. 1779.
I am much obliged to your Excellency for so Speedily procuring for me the Passport desired, for the Cartel ship to make use of the Port of Morlaix, and am very thankful to his Majesty for his Goodness in so readily granting it as I now hope soon to have by that means the rest of our American Prisoners at Liberty who will then be ready to act against the Common Enemy. With the greatest Respect, I am &c.
Mr. De Sartine
1. Between Aug. 2 and 4, BF had given Vermeille and seven of his former shipmates 12 l.t. apiece to aid their return to Dunkirk: Account VI (XXIII, 21); Alphabetical List of Escaped Prisoners. His Cash Book (Account XVI, XXVI, 3) on Oct. 24 records a payment of 24 l.t. as "Charity to one of Capt Conyngham's People, Sergeant of his Marines, to help him home having been a Prisoner."
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text: The apartments are located directly on the island of Lindau. If you reach the island via the bridge please turn right mini island). Then keep driving approximately 400 meter (Zwanzigerstraße)., leaving the big parking place right hand side then turn left (Zeppelinstraße). After approximately 150 meter turn left (Schrannenplatz) and immediately right. You will find our house after 30 meter on the right hand side (Oberer Schrannenplatz 4).


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Dear Microsoft,
Can you please increase the number of rows you can retrieve with one of the Excel connectors from SharePoint and Onedrive to a proper number?
It has been increased (for onedrive at least) to 2048 rows but it feels underwhelming and not logical as, for example, a for each can process 5000 lines.
My question is to at least increase the limit to 5000 as most Excel files contain many many lines on which you want to do certain operations.
Thanks in advance!
With kind regards,
I am not sure why there is a limit at all here. I am currently working with spreadsheets of almost 100,000 rows. Even if you need to grab the data in chunks, it would be really helpful to be able to grab all of my data.
It appears the legacy "Get Rows" connector had a limitation of 2048 but the "List rows present in a table" connector has a limitation of 255. Neither the advanced option "Top Count" nor the settings "Threshold" values make a change to this 255 limitation


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Friday, March 13, 2009
Wonderful new talents that I was exposed during the week include David Ryan Harris, Vienna Teng, and Brandi Carlile. I guess Brandi has quite a following but I had never heard of her before. She's got a huge voice and is a pretty kick-ass performer besides. The lovely Mrs. and I had the somewhat surreal experience of ending up in line to clear customs with Ed Robertson and his family on one side of us and Brandi Carlile and her entourage on the other. In a celebrity-obsessed world where you often wonder if strangers you pass by are "somebody," being on a boat where everybody is "somebody" is a little mind-blowing.
Anyway, one of the things that I found interesting seeing all of these acts over several days was the appreciation of the musician "persona." From what I've seen, musicians are not generally "actors," unless they're doing some kind of early Bowie or Kiss schtick. But there is definitely the development and/or projection of a persona, which generally seems to be an exaggerated or accentuated version of the performer him/herself. I saw this most distinctly with Lyle Lovett, a talented and extremely entertaining performer who has a certain low-key, homespun, almost absent-minded professorish persona onstage. There was also a woman named Mindy Smith who projected a somewhat ditsy, cute-as-a-button personality that I eventually found really annoying.
Many aspects of this fascinate me. I'm curious how self-conscious of a process the development of such a persona is. Does it just happen organically for most musicians? Do they seek input or does their management encourage them down one path or another? I also wonder how divergent these personas are from the performer's off-stage personalities. There is no way Ed Robertson, for instance, could be as open, engaging and funny all the time in person as he is on stage (and based on seeing him in line with his family, such is the case; a perfectly nice man but also not telling jokes to passersby…)
It also makes me reflect on aspects of life for higher-profile musicians. For instance, is one of the reasons Britney is so f-ed up in her life because she was (is) encouraged to develop this sultry, sex-kitten persona when in real life she's something so completely different (like for instance the somewhat dimbulbish, small-town girl she seems in some interviews)? Does that kind of dramatic divergence help cause such dysfunction? Also, do musicians generally not have great success crossing over to movies and TV because they confuse projecting a persona with inhabiting a real character? What do you think?
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- Dave T said...
The following comes from Glenn Leftwich who conceded to me posting it here, since it seems relevant and lends insight. Enjoy!
"Also, do musicians generally not have great success crossing over to movies and TV because they confuse projecting a persona with inhabiting a real character?"
When I was teaching acting in LA, I was always thrilled to find that a new student was involved in some other creative pursuit, especially music. Without fail, musicians would just "get it" quicker than anyone else. Let's be clear, though! By "getting it", I mean the training; understanding "the process". I've had new students tell me they "don't need this stuff! I've done over 20 plays and three movies!". Well, the fact is, you still need to communicate with directors and your fellow actors in THEIR language! Nor can you learn everything you need to know by "just doing it"! So, these "cross-overs" of which you speak, most likely, would have a better shot at enjoying a certin degree of success as actors if they at least took the time to learn the basics. Whether they're victims of their own arrogance or poor advice seems the only real question.
Upon rereading what I wrote, however, I feel I must add/revise a bit. When I stated "Whether they're victims of their own arrogance or poor advice seems the only real question.", I left out a HUGE chunk of the real equation. While some musicians actually have ambitions (and experience!) regarding acting, many musicians are DRAGGED into Film/TV by producers who can smell a hot property in their sleep, or they're pushed into it by greedy managers and agents. And who's gonna say no? "Hey Kid! Ya wanna be in de MOOVEES?" So, off they trot as dutiful as they are unprepared. Ultimately, the managers and producers are the only ones not groaning.
- Unknown said...
Some musicians are lucky enough to have the charisma and charm to create their own on-stage persona (and yes, all musicians have one...performing is performing, regardless of the art form you're practicing).
Some musicians are not so artful or creative or interesting as to create their own persona but have an appealing look and a malleable enough image (through youth or guilelessness or whatever) that they can be molded into whatever the record label thinks will be the best way to make money.
But the music business, like ANY business (as is the point of BUSINESS) is out to make money, and to make money, you need a product that people want to buy. Since part of the music product is the musician him/herself, there must be SOME kind of punch, SOME kind of flair, style, personality, whatever you want to call it...that special SOMETHING that makes people want to know more.
It's the same with musicians, actors, models, and any other industry that requires you to stand in front of people and sell something.


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Finally the long wait is over. ALL iOS (iPhone, iPad etc…) and Android users will finally be able to use BBM on their smart devices.
And ALL for FREE.The original & still the best messaging service is available to all.This Saturday 21st Android users will be able to download it from GooglePlay store & for us iOS users we have to wait another day & will get it for Sunday 22nd September.
Just a heads up for now,. BUT a freebie like this MUST be shared 🙂
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As part of Guy Martin's latest television series, JCB once again returned to Elvington Airfield, Yorkshire to set a new speed record with a Fastrac tractor. James Rickard was there to witness it.
Aiming to top its previous British speed record achievement of 103.6mph, as reported by Farmers Guardian back in June, JCB and Guy Martin were on a mission to set a new world record.
And with an official record speed of 135.191mph, and a top speed of 153.771mph, it was celebrations all round for the Staffordshire-based outfit.
As before, the record achieved is an average taken over a one kilometre distance. This kilometre run also has to be done in two different directions, within an hour, to count.
However, as we found last time, this is no normal Fastrac tractor. In the eyes of Guinness World Record, it is classed as a 'modified' tractor, which when you get under the panels, the term hardly does the level of engineering work justice. These levels were also raised for this second attempt, with a second tractor built using the knowledge learned from the first time (see panel).
Tim Burnhope, JCB chief innovation officer says; "For us it is about showcasing the best of British design and engineering.
"With an average age of 27, we have had a fantastic young team working on this, who have been allowed to really push the boundaries of what is possible, and in this respect they are fearless."
As mentioned, for this second record attempt, JCB took what they learnt from the first time round and incorporated that knowledge into a second tractor.
Alan Tolley, JCB group director of powertrains explains; "In particular, aerodynamics were a massive learning curve for us. As you can image, this is not something which we normally need to worry about with our products.
"In addition, we really had to up the power levels, while at the same time reduce weight. As a result, it was more sensible to build a second tractor, rather than try and adapt the first one."
Following the first attempt, the manufacturer soon realised that structurally, the second Fastrac could be made lighter. In particular, the chassis alone could be made 22 per cent lighter – one of the main reasons for a second tractor to be built.
Bonnet and brackets were also changed to aluminium from steel. Overall, Fastrac 2 is 10 per cent lighter than Fastrac 1. This equates to about 500kg, resulting in a machine weight of just under five tonnes.
Helping refine airflow around the tractor, JCB called upon the expert services of famous ex-Formula 1 race engineer Rob Smedley. Formerly of Ferrari and Williams, he and Williams Advanced Engineering created air flow maps (computational fluid dynamics) to find areas of improvement.
This saw rear side wings fitted behind the cab to prevent turbulence, a rear cover to smooth out airflow over components, redesigned side pods and the inclusion of an under tray to better channel air around the tractor, and the addition of engine side panels.
Another major area was the cab roof lip which surrounds the work lights. Mr Tolley says; "This area alone created an enormous amount of turbulence and 'air disconnect' from the tractor's surfaces."
As a result, the work lights and lip were removed to create a much cleaner edge around the top of the tractor. In all, total drag was reduced by 10 per cent.
Though capable of 1,000hp, for the first attempt the six-cylinder, 7.2-litre JCB DieselMax engine was only running at about half power. In comparison, for the second attempt, substantially more power was unleashed.
Working with engine expert Ricardo, 1,016hp at 3,150rpm was extracted from the diesel-powered engine during practice. To achieve this, several modifications were made including a revised exhaust manifold to improve flow.
To keep up boost pressure in the turbo charger and prevent 'lag' between gear changes, it was injected with 300psi of high air pressure and a dose of water. The latter expands when it comes in contact with the hot manifold, and provides a 'filler' gas in the absence of exhaust gas, which momentarily prevents the charger from slowing down.
Cooling was also a major challenge. For Fastrac 2, the charge air cooling system was aided by the use of an ice tank, which reduced air temperature by another 50 degrees. However, this meant for every run down the runway, the tractor needed topping up with ice.
Though the tractor used the same six-speed gearbox as last time, this time the tractor had the power to get into fifth gear.
Via a multi-plate wet clutch, spikes of torsional stress along the driveline were also reduced. And a lot of high speed testing was done on a rig to determine the limits of the tractor's BKT Ridemax tyres.
Brakes were still the Fastrac's standard disc brakes, which were more than capable of bringing the much lightened tractor to a halt. For visual effect, these were accompanied by a parachute.
Suitably attired in work boots, the tractor was once again piloted by speed daemon Guy Martin. He says; "You knew you were going fast this time. There were a couple of moments when it got wet where the back-end got a bit lively.
"Between this one and the last tractor, there is definitely more urgency about it.
"I don't think there is much more speed left in it, though. At 153mph it was just about in its steady state where acceleration levelled out."


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It's Sunday morning. The house is quiet. No dotes around to wake me up and demand entertainment. No excuse to spend the morning making pancakes and watching cartoons.
In the interests of good summer preparation and a heartfelt dedication to the research of dote-friendly activities I've spent the morning playing with a t-shirt and my neon paint (*squee). So many options to try – stencil print? PVA glue relief painting? freehand? (⇐oh cod, no) but a little voice tells me simple is best if I'm really doing this for the dotes. So me and my pencil have been busy.
I'm a print kinda girl. On a daily basis I'll be wearing at least two and have a tendency to buy more. Polka dots and stripes are high on the favourites list at the minute. Plain is out. I believe the dotes have a similar view. So come summer a little dabbling with some paint and pencil tops seems like an easy yes. Quick to set up, quick results – great for all of us impatient sorts, both little + large(r).


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April 23, 2018
NVDA: AI Upside Greatly Outweighs Crypto Risks
GPUs have enjoyed a significant boost in demand from cryptocurrency mining and many investors fear that NVDA could be at risk from changes in that market. We believe that these concerns have been overplayed for 3 reasons: 1. NVDA's exposure is offset by AI and other drivers – Crypto-mining has risen to about 7.3% of sales (13.7% of the gaming segment), up around 500bp YoY. Datacenter has risen to 19.9% of sales, up 1034bp YoY and we expect 87% growth in FY19. Automotive is 5.7% of sales, and while it grew 14.6% in FY18, the rise of ADAS systems portends acceleration. 2. Crypto-mining GPU demand will not collapse – There are headwinds – weaker crypto-coin prices, a shift from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake, and competition from ASIC-based mining rigs – but we believe the impact will play out gradually. 3. Slack demand absorbed downstream – Graphics card prices are down 20-25% from an early Feb peak, but remain nearly 50% above list price, as GPU suppliers still struggle to meet volume demands. Slowing demand may hit retail prices further, but chip makers will be insulated for quite a while. Meanwhile falling prices should draw renewed demand from gamers who had been priced out, and from marginal crypto-miners, further supporting GPU demand. Our conclusion: NVDA and AMD GPU sales are likely to exceed expectations colored by overly cautious views of crypto-mining.
- We believe analysts are overly pessimistic on NVDA sales growth. Consensus projects NVDA revenues to slow from 41% growth in FY18 to 27% in FY19 and 15% in FY20. Amongst the reasons given are an "inevitable" deceleration in cloud datacenter investment, increased competition for graphics cards, and the risk of an "implosion" in GPU demand for crypto-mining.
- Datacenter sales will continue to surprise. Yes, torrid infrastructure spending by the leading cloud platforms (GOOGL, AMZN, MSFT, IBM, BIDU, BABA, Tencent, et al.) must slow, but not as steeply as many assume and the share spent on AI processing will grow, with NVDA poised to take 60% or more of that (ASICs and FPGAs will take the rest). As such, datacenter demand for NVDA GPUs should show little, if any, deceleration in 2018, and could even accelerate. While we believe that NVDA's automotive opportunity – more Autonomous Driver Assistance Systems than fully autonomous robocabs – will take time to develop, the opportunity 2-3 years out remains substantial.
- NVDA's exposure to crypto is modest. Estimates suggest that more than $3.5B was spent on crypto-mining computing over the past year, up more than 5x YoY. However, higher retail prices accounted for almost half of the growth, while GPU chip prices remained steady. Moreover, we believe that as much as 50% of purchases by crypto-miners were used equipment and existing stock, further reducing the impact for chipmakers. In addition, we believe that the popularity of AMD Radeon GPUs amongst the crypto community suggests NVDA held less than its average market share in this segment. As such, we believe its exposure to have been ~14% of its gaming GPUS and ~7% of total sales in 4Q18.
- Coin prices likely well above real breakeven cost. After a fall from a $19K Dec17 peak, Bitcoin has been stable at $7-8K since early Feb, up more than 5X YoY. Recent reports suggest the breakeven for miners has risen to as much as $8,800, but we are skeptical. First, high rig prices are temporary – GPU prices remain 45% above MSRP and ASIC rig maker Bitmain is believed to be making windfall profit. Second, estimates from just 4 months ago put breakeven MUCH lower, at $3-4,000, depending on power costs. This seems a case of a bottleneck – mining gear retailers – capturing surplus than a structural obstacle. Expect mark-ups to contract further if demand wanes. Finally, increased competition amongst miners for the most popular coins may have increased breakeven but should also prompt arbitrage to less popular coins and support for new coins.
- Proof of Stake gaining ground … slowly. A bigger risk is Ethereum's gradual migration from "Proof of Work" (e.g. transaction fees paid to the miners that solve difficult algorithms the fastest) which drives GPU demand, to "Proof of Stake" (e.g. fees paid to users who have staked the most coins for the longest) which doesn't. The debate between PoW and PoS proponents within the crypto community is vigorous – PoS greatly reduces processing demand and power costs, but dramatically advantages the biggest players with the longest standing, discouraging market participation. We believe that very few PoW currencies will follow Ethereum's lead.
- ASIC threat is not new. Beijing-based crypto-miner Bitmain launched a custom-designed ASIC for Bitcoin mining in 2014 and has been selling it to 3rd parties since early 2016. The platform has been wildly successful – some reports suggest that as much as 80% of Bitcoin volume is validated by its servers – but it has been less successful with other coins (It will have a new Ethereum chip in July). While the ASICs are intrinsically more cost effective, Bitmain has reduced that advantage by raising its retail prices dramatically in pursuit of margins. Moreover, many are concerned that backdoors programmed into Bitmain's solution are a major security risk, particularly given increased Chinese government scrutiny of the crypto-market. While Bitmain is already a huge player, we don't see the dynamics of its competition with GPU-based alternatives to change in the foreseeable future.
- Slack demand absorbed downstream. Retail prices for graphics cards appropriate for crypto-mining hit a peak more than 90% above MSP earlier this year and have since fallen ~25% to a 45-50% premium. This would seem to indicate a damping of demand, but the cost has been borne by retailers, who have enjoyed the windfall of sky-high markups, rather than manufacturers, who have kept their prices steady and struggled to meet market demand volumes. If anything, this trend should revive demand from PC gamers, who have been priced out of graphics board upgrades. Lower card prices also bring in new marginal buyers for crypto mining.
- NVDA likely to continue beating expectations. Given our strong beliefs that NVDA's datacenter business can sustain its stellar growth and that the downside risks from crypto-mining demand are overstated in analyst models, we expect the company to deliver $13.1B in FY19 sales, well ahead of the $12.4B consensus. Our simple earnings model suggests ample leverage to the bottom line, with the potential to exceed the $6.27 consensus EPS projection by more than 10%. We understand investor concerns over valuation but note that stocks like NVDA have historically been driven by upside surprises and upward revisions, rather than multiples and DCFs. AMD, with a higher exposure to mining, and XLNX, with less, have also been tagged with unnecessary pessimism.
Don't Fear the Crypto
NVDA shares have been the object of an intense bull-bear tug-o-war that has played out over the past years, with the bulls enjoying the better of it with the stock up more than 140% YoY. Still, despite a thunderous upside surprise in 4QFY18 results delivered in February, a new bearish narrative has gained traction. As per usual, the story begins with valuation and pessimism over the sustainability of cloud datacenter investment, but folds in warnings of a Bitcoin apocalypse. Once the crypto-bubble pops, say the naysayers, NVDA will fall, and hard. We see a few things wrong with this story.
First, in NVDA's most recent quarter, we calculate the YoY growth in GPU sales for crypto-mining at ~$220M. That is about 30% of NVDA's total sales growth – 760bp out of 34%. While impressive, it is hardly the most important growth driver for company sales – that would be datacenter, which for all FY18 accounted for nearly 20% of sales while growing 132% for the year. Despite an acceleration of sales to datacenters in FY18, analysts, habitually following the "law of large numbers", are forecasting a sharp deceleration for FY19 to less than 70% growth. We think this is extremely pessimistic. While we agree the big cloud platforms that dominate datacenter processor purchases are likely to slow down CAPEX from the torrid pace set in 2017, the share of spending on NVDA's GPUs, which are the backbone for AI computing capabilities, will rise quickly. We expect NDVA datacenter sales growth of 85%, for FY19 sales almost $400M above consensus. That is a substantial margin against disappointment from crypto-mining.
Second, we don't expect the crypto-mining market to collapse. Bitcoin's breathless run to more than $19K in Dec., followed by stomach-turning drop to $6K in Jan. fueled apocalyptic projections for crypto-currency. With Bitcoin now back to more than $8K, one report suggests the breakeven for miners is 10% above that – we are skeptical that it is so high. A big factor is inflated retail rig prices, that had risen to a 90% markup over MSRP – these are coming down. Another is increased competition amongst miners – arbitrage to less popular coins and support for new coins will partly mitigate this.
Another worry baked into the bear case is Ethereum's shift from "Proof of Work" to "Proof of Stake". PoW allows miners to earn validation fees based on the completion of complex computing algorithms, thus driving demand for powerful GPU powered mining "rigs". PoS shifts the basis for awarding fees to the size and seniority of coins "staked" as investment in the system, eliminating the arms race for more powerful rigs. While this is an obvious net "bad" for GPUs, Ethereum's transition will be gradual and there is substantial resistance to other crypto-coins following the precedent, damping the risks to NVDA. Finally, a threat from custom ASIC solutions – China's Bitmain is the most prominent – is nothing new. ASICs will continue to take share, but not at an accelerated pace.
Even if crypto demand for GPUs slackens, most of the pain will be taken downstream. The retail markup on NVDA PC cards skyrocketed along with the price of crypto-coins to more than 90% only to fall back to about 45% today, but NVDA's prices have been rock-steady, even as it struggled to meet demand. If anything, a lower retail price brings gamers (and marginal miners) back to the market, a buffer against the gloom and doom scenario.
We believe that NVDA's FY19 sales are likely to continue the trend of significant upside quarterly surprises with leverage to EPS. AMD, which has a greater share of crypto-mining, has more risk but is also likely to beat expectations. XLNX has less exposure than either and will flourish on datacenter and 5G.
Nvidia Skeptics Abound
Nvidia is one of the hardest stocks for value investors to abide. It trades at 36.6 times the forward consensus for a hefty 3.94 5-year PEG ratio. The only way that this makes sense is that the consensus is wrong. We believe that this is the case.
In its FY18, ending in January, Nvidia delivered 40.6% sales growth and 87.5% EPS growth, topping estimates by an average of 21% per quarter (Exhibit 1). This was an acceleration from the 38% sales growth delivered in FY17, driven by a 138% increase in GPU sales to datacenters, which use the parts to train and run AI models. Datacenter made up 19.9% of sales for the full year (Exhibit 2). The big drivers of Nvidia's data center demand were big cloud platforms – capital spending by Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Facebook, Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent was up 24.5% in 2017 to $46.5B (Exhibit 3). Within that, we believe that the proportion of processor spend targeted at AI increased by 9120bp, and thus, Nvidia's big year.
Analysts are concerned that it is all downhill fast from here. The CAPEX expectations for the big five American platforms portend a 518bp slowdown to 17.7% spending growth over the next 3 years (Exhibit 4). Surely this means a proportional drop for Nvidia's datacenter segment, suggesting a sharp deceleration to less than 70% growth in FY19 and an asymptotic approach to something in the 10% range thereafter. This line of thinking relies on the assumption that the growth in investments to accommodate both the shift to the cloud and the adoption of AI-based application architectures hit their peaks in CY17. Looking at graphs of the trailing 12-month datacenter and total YoY sales growth, along with consensus forecasts reveals the inflection points implicit in consensus (Exhibit 5-6).
Exh 1: NVDA Quarterly Revenue and Earnings Surprises
Exh 2: NVDA Annual Sales Breakdown by Segments, FY2015 – FY2018
Exh 3: Historical Capex Spending for Big Hyperscalers, 2012 – 2017
Exh 4: Consensus Expects a Sharp Drop in Cloud Capex Spending
Exh 5: NVDA Financial Snapshot, April 2018
Exh 6: Quarterly LTM NVDA Datacenter Sales and Y/Y Growth
Datacenter Sales Have Plenty of Runway
Cynically, we note that the sell side consensus expected that inflection point to have happened last year, scrambling to raise estimates every quarter when it didn't come, the most recent blowout results reported just two months ago. Part of this rampant over conservatism comes from the semiconductor analyst community's distrust of cloud demand.
We believe that most world-wide enterprise computing is destined to shift to the cloud, driven by compelling economics and performance advantages (see http://www.ssrllc.com/publication/37440/). We believe that cloud hosting will displace trillions of dollars in annual spending on private enterprise datacenters. Even with significant disinflation, we expect hosting to be a $450B market by 2025, dominated by the small handful of leading platforms that have already established their leadership. Moreover, those leading platforms will also continue to invest to support their own dominant consumer franchises, which may be leveraged in many new directions (e.g. autonomous robocabs, healthcare, consumer finance, etc.). It is not at all clear that 2018 is the year of the investment inflection point, and a quarter or two of slowing spending would more likely a be respite than a rapprochement – CAPEX tends to be lumpy. For example, the top 7 global hosts have averaged 23% annual growth in aggregate over the past 5 years, but right in the middle was 2015, when spending was up just 4.6%. Investors taking that as inflection point would have been very wrong, as spending growth popped back up to 25.7% the very next year.
Furthermore, cloud platforms specifically buy GPUs for training and running AI models. We have written of this (http://www.ssrllc.com/publication/hyperscale-semiconductors-processor-diversity-coming-to-the-cloud/). Between now and 2025, we believe that the proportion of processing spending earmarked for AI acceleration will grow from 22% today to 45% or more (Exhibit 7-8). Within that, GPU's face competition
Exh 7: Annual Cloud Processor Spending Share by Processor Type, 2017 – 2025
Exh 8: Annual Cloud Processor Spending Forecast by Processor Type, 2017 – 2025
from high performance FPGAs, which can be reprogrammed to optimize processing for specific applications, and from ASICs, which are hardwired as optimal solutions for those applications. We believe that all three solution types will find their place in the platforms of the Cloud/AI era, but that GPUs are likely to stabilize at roughly 70% of the total spend. Nvidia, whose CUDA programming rubric is widely adopted by AI developers, is in the driver's seat for that market. While repeating FY18's 136% growth in datacenter revenues seems too much to ask for, the consensus deceleration from 40.3% topline growth to 27.6% this year implies a very sharp fall off. We believe consensus embeds less than 70% growth in data center revenues, still accounting for half of the overall expected sales expansion. This is far too pessimistic.
The Joy of Crypto-mining
The rest of Nvidia – gaming, professional visualization, automotive and OEM/IP – would grow less than 18%. In FY17, these segments collectively grew 21.9%, so this trajectory is significantly less severe (Exhibit 9). Part of this was 35% growth in Gaming. Part of this was the successful launch of the Nintendo Switch console, which featured an Nvidia GPU, but a bigger factor was gaming processors bought to mine crypto-coins.
The headlines on the crypto-market have been lurid. The price of a Bitcoin topped out at more than $19,000 in December of last year, only to collapse to $6,000 in January. With that, retail prices for GPU gaming cards dropped 25% amidst "I told you so" admonishments from a posse of investors and business executives who considered the markets for blockchain-based assets a tulip-style bubble. Against this backdrop, the retail price of GPU gaming cards dropped 25% in a month, prompting the same gloomy predictions for Nvidia and AMD, the primary suppliers (Exhibit 10).
Exh 9: NVDA Quarterly Sales and Growth by Segment, 1FQ17 – 4FQ18
Exh 10: NVDA Graphic Cards Average Retail Market Price Trends


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- 2 ¾ c. bread flour
- ¼ c. cornmeal
- 2 t. instant yeast*
- 2 t. kosher salt
- ¼ t. black pepper
- 1 c. lukewarm water (about 105F)
- 1 c. ricotta cheese
- 8 oz. Italian sausage, browned
- 5 oz. frozen spinach, defrosted and drained
- 1 c. shredded mozzarella
- 1 c. parmesan cheese
- 1 egg
- Marinara sauce for dipping
*Instant Yeast is different than Active Dry Yeast. While it doesn't necessarily make your dough rise faster (I wish!), the main difference is that the yeast does not need to be dissolved in water before incorporating it into the recipe.
- stand mixer fitted with a dough hook
- large mixing bowl, clean kitchen towel or proof cover
- skillet for browning sausage
- large baking sheet
- parchment paper
- fork
- rolling pin
- pastry brush
Time: 2-2 1/2 hours, including rising time
Freezeable: I have not tried this yet, but think that it should be possible to form the calzones and prebake them slightly and freeze them. If you give it a shot, let me know how it goes! I know you'd be able to freeze the dough after the first rise. Frozen pizza dough balls are great to have around.
Serves: Makes 4 (very) large or 8 medium calzones
Multiplying the recipe: I would mix the dough in separate batches.
Homemade Calzones:
In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine flour, cornmeal, yeast, salt, and pepper. While mixing on low, add the lukewarm water and olive oil. Increase the speed of the mixer and knead with the dough hook for 3-5 minutes. Spread about one tablespoon of flour on the counter (just enough to keep the dough from sticking) and knead by hand a few turns until you have formed a smooth round ball of dough. Place in a greased bowl and cover with a clean kitchen towel. Let rise for 1-2 hours, until doubled in size.
Brown the Italian sausage. Mix together the cooked sausage, spinach, ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesan.
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. When the dough has risen, turn out onto a lightly floured counter and divide into 4 to 8 pieces, depending on how large you want your calzones. Add the filing on one side of the circle. Wet the edge of the dough with water and fold it in half. Press the edges together to seal. Use a fork to stamp the edges. Line them up on the prepare pan. Bake for 25 minutes. Brush the tops of the calzones with an egg wash and return them to the oven for an additional 5 to 10 minutes, until crust is lightly browned.
Serve with warm marinara sauce for dipping.


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