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A downloadable version of the 1986 NES game, provided through Nintendo's Virtual Console service.
A combination of action adventure and platform shooter, players assume the role of Samus Aran, a space bounty hunter, who is set the mission of saving the universe from the spread of 'Metroids', the most dangerous creatures in the galaxy. Using Samus's trademark Morph Ball ability, players must search every nook and cranny of the planet Zebes and defeat the leader of the Space Pirates, Mother Brain, to restore peace to the galaxy once more.
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2 fresh lobster,about 4 lbs (clean and cut into 4 pieces)
1 stalk scallion,washed and cut 2 inch
4-6 cloves fresh garlic,peeled and minced
4 inch old ginger,scale and shredded
2 eggs
2 tbsp sugar
2-3 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 cup all purpose flour + 1 tsp salt
1 cup canola oil
1:Cut and removed the lobster tail. Discard the gooey membrane. Break off both of the antenna of the lobster.Break off the claws.Use sharp knife to cut the tail into 2 pieces .Lightly ham both of the claws.
2:Heat oil in wok at high heat.Coat cut lobster with flour and salt.When oil very hot,slowly place coated lobster into the oil.Fry the lobster lightly,about 5 minutes.Do not over fried.
3:Remove fried lobster into a large plate or deep bowl.Remove the excess oil from wok and left about 3 tbsp oil for stir -fry .Toss in ginger and garlic into the hot wok.Stir-fry ginger and garlic until fragrant or lightly brown.
4:Crack eggs into the wok and make scramble eggs.Toss in the fried lobster,scallion,sugar and soy sauce together,mix well for about 5 minutes..The heat must high.Check the seasoning.
5:Dish out and serve warm.

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The Law of Attraction
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To obtain more economic growth, what is needed is a supply of saved capital to put the advanced technological methods into effect.
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Central banks can put in motion a prolonged deviation of expectations from the facts of reality. But they can't keep it up forever.
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When the Fed began paying interest on bank reserves, it kept a lid on inflation. But now there's no easy way out.


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Much has been written about the spiritual quality of Beethoven's Late String Quartets. A brief biographical overview of Beethoven's life such as this can not dare to endeavor to even slightly touch the meaning of these masterworks. What it can do, however, is to provide a faithful chronological account of the outer events as well as of the basic history of the creation of these works during that period. It might, at least, provide to that friend of Beethoven's music who is still a "beginner" in the enjoyment of those works a "road map" to all of the events surrounding their creation.
During the spring of 1824, while preparations for the premiere of his last two great public works in May were underway, Beethoven also negotiated with the publishers Schott & Sons in Mainz for the publication of these two works. These as well as the first Gallitzin String Quartet, Op. 127, would eventually be published by this company.
By the summer of 1824, Beethoven's nephew Carl was continuing his classical language studies at the University of Vienna. In one of the conversation book entries of that time he expressed his wish to become a soldier. Beethoven was continually worried about as to whether Carl put forth all possible efforts in his studies. With respect to Carl and to his Will, Beethoven wrote the following letter to his lawyer, Dr. Bach, on August 1st:
"Most worthy friend!
My heartfelt thanks for your kind recommendation here; I am really well taken care of--I must remind you of the part of my Will concerning Carl. I think that I might have a stroke some day, like my worthy grandfather whom I take after. Carl is and remains the sole heir of all that I have and that may be found after my death. However, since one must leave something to one's relatives, even when they are quite uncongenial, my brother is to receive my French piano from Paris.- . . . " (Thayer: 918).
In September 1824, Andreas Streicher, out of concern for his friend Beethoven's financial security, suggested a plan of action for Beethoven: He should hold six high-class subscription concerts during the next winter which, on the basis of 600 subscribers, should have yielded him a total of 4,800 florins, and that Beethoven's plans of having his collected works published, should now be realized, hopefully resulting in a profit of 10,000 florins. Moreover, he suggested that piano and organ transcriptions of the Missa Solemnis be sold to Singing Societies.
To a friendly visitor from London, the Thuringian-born Johann Andreas Stumpff (not the Stumpff who tuned his Broadwood Piano), Beethoven admitted that he revered Handel above all other composers. Stumpff made a secret vow to find and send Beethoven the complete works of Handel. He would fulfill this secret promise two years later.
Beethoven's concern over his nephew Carl's conduct never abated, as is evidenced in his letter to Tobias Haslinger of October 6th and in some conversation book entries from Baden.
On his return to Vienna, Beethoven had trouble in that his life-style as a deaf composer (excessive piano noise!) and his quarrels with Carl affected his stay at the first apartment he moved to. It is not clear, however, if he had to move or if he could stay there. Gerhard von Breuning, in his Memories of Beethoven: From the House of the Black-Robed Spaniards, lists another residence, namely Krügerstraße 1009, for the winter of 1824/25.
With respect to his state of health, Beethoven mentioned in his November 18th, 1824 letter to his pupil, Archduke Rudolph, that he had returned to Vienna in ill health.
Beethoven's main composition of 1824 was the Quartet in E-flat, Op. 127. We know that Prince Gallitzin requested this work from Beethoven in the fall of 1822, while Beethoven must already have had ideas for a quartet in his mind when he mentioned these to Peters of Leipzig in June, 1822. Work on it began after May 1824. In the meantime, Prince Gallitzin had also subscribed to the Mass and paid Beethoven 50 ducats for it.
Gallitzin's letter of April 8th, 1824, described to Beethoven the first full performance of the Mass in St. Petersburg on April 7th. Gallitzin's opinion was that the work's beauties would only be fully understood in the future. The composer sent the completed quartet to Gallitzin at the end of the year, who, in turn, acknowledged its receipt in his letter to Beethoven of April 29th, 1825, after he had already performed it several times.
Charles Neate of London, in his letter to Beethoven of December 20th, 1824, extended an invitation by the Philharmonic Society for him to visit London. Beethoven replied on January 15th and 27th, 1825, basically accepting the offer and asking for an advance which, according to Neate's letter of February 1st, could not be extended by the Philharmonic Society. Neate promised to extend it in person. Beethoven's friends urged him to go to England, but his fears about his health and his concerns over Carl prevented him from making up his mind in favor of this journey.
Beethoven's former pupil Ries had, in the meantime, bought an estate at Godesberg and settled there, from where he continued to correspond with Beethoven, inviting him to Godesberg. Ries reported to Beethoven on the successful performance on May 23rd, 1825, of the Ninth Symphony in Aix-a-Chapelle. He sent Beethoven 40 Louis d'Or as a fee.
In March and April, Beethoven and Carl were also "at it again". Beethoven wanted Carl to continue his studies of classical Greek, having the lofty goal of a Professor of languages in mind for Carl who, if Beethoven was not willing to let him become a soldier, wanted to at least change his studies to a business course at the Polytechnicum. In the end, after consulting his friend and co-guardian of Carl, Peters, Beethoven gave in to this. Carl entered the Polytechnical institute around Easter of 1825. Beethoven tried to continue to monitor Carl's leisure hours to ensure himself of his moral conduct and of his diligence as a student. This put, of course, a new strain on their difficult relationship. A passage of Beethoven's June 9th letter to Carl reveals some of his frustration with Carl:
" . . . I would have liked not to have spent so much in order to have given the world an ordinary man . . . " (Thayer: 952).
Ignaz Schuppanzigh was anxious to have his quartet, consisting of himself and Holz playing the violin, Weiss the viola and Linke the violoncello, performing Beethoven's new String Quartet in a new subscription series of quartets and concerts. Since the new quartet was not ready, yet, Schuppanzigh had to substitute Op. 95 for it. A letter of Beethoven to Schuppanzigh from early March indicates that Beethoven allowed Schuppanzigh to have the Quartet for about a week. It was, with little rehearsal time, performed on March 6th. Beethoven then gave the work to Boehm for his performance (Boehm had led the Viennese String Quartet performances during Schuppanzigh's absence). Beethoven watched the rehearsals and was able to detect the slightest change in tempo or rhythm, but on observing that the quartet did not carry out his indication of meno vivace on the score, he allowed Boehm to leave it, by saying, "Let it remain so", going to his desk and crossing out meno vivace on the scores for all four instruments. This performance received enthusiastic applause. Actually, three performances were held around March 23rd and one for Boehm's benefit in April. On April 15th and in late April, it was also performed by Joseph Mayseder.
Here we should also note the Berlin poet Rellstab's recollection of his visits with Beethoven in early April. Rellstab apparently told him that he was moved by the performance of Op. 127 which he had just heard.
"Beethoven read and remained silent, we looked at each other mutely, but a world of emotions surged in my breast. Beethoven, too, was unmistakably moved. He arose and went to the window" (Thayer: 948).
Thayer mentions that Holz had, by this time, already made the personal acquaintance of Beethoven and that he shortly thereafter began to fill the void Schindler's 1824 departure as personal secretary had left. He even advised the composer on his choice of publishers and assisted the composer in monitoring the activities of Carl.
Coming back to the early spring of 1825, we can note that Beethoven, having felt encouraged by the successful performance of Op. 127 by Boehm, gladly continued to work on the next Quartet, Op. 132, with sketches for the first two movements in good progress when a severe illness befell him. We may quote his April 18th letter to Dr. Anton Braunhofer:
"My honored friend,
I am feeling poorly and hope you will not deny me your help since I am suffering great pain. Is it possible for you to visit me as early as today, this I beg of you from the bottom of my heart--with everlasting gratitude and respect, your
Beethoven" (Thayer: 945).
Dr. Braunhofer's orders for a strict diet were: no wine, no coffee, no spices of any kind. By the beginning of May, Beethoven's condition had improved to the point that he could set out for Baden. By May 17th he confirmed to Carl that he was composing again on the A minor Quartet, Op. 132. In a conversation book in use during May and June, Beethoven wrote: "Hymn of Thanksgiving to God of an invalid on his convalescence. Feeling of new strength and reawakened feeling." This was to be the "theme" for his third movement of the new work.
The new work was written down by the end of July. Beethoven's anxiety over the first performance of this work and of his agitation and exhaustion is documented in this letter to his nephew Carl:
"Baden on Aug. 11 [1825]
Dear Son!
I am worried to death about the quartet, namely the third, fourth, fifth and sixth movements. Holz has taken them along. The first measures of the third movement have been left here, that is to say, thirteen in number . . . I hear nothing from Holz--I wrote him yesterday. Usually he writes. What a terrible misfortune if he should have lost it. Just between us, he is a hard drinker. Give me reassurance as quickly as possible--you can find out Linke's address at Haslinger's. Haslinger was here, yesterday, was very friendly, brought out the periodicals and other things and begged for the new quartets. Don't engage in idle talk, it leads to vulgarities--but for God's sake give me some peace of mind concerning the quartet: what a terrible loss, the main ideas have been written on nothing but small scraps of paper, and I shall never be able to write out the whole thing again in the same way.
Your true Father" (Kolodin: 294).
On October 15th, a Saturday, Beethoven moved back to Vienna into a spacious apartment in the Schwarzspanierhaus, his last lodgings in Vienna, and thereby became an immediate neighbor of his lifetime Bonn friend, Stephan von Breuning. Actually, they had met in Vienna in August on occasion, and Stephan von Breuning's wife assisted Beethoven in hiring, for a change, reliable household staff which would remain with him until the end, namely his housekeeper Sali. Stephan von Breuning's son, Gerhard von Breuning, about 12 - 14 years of age during these years, to whom the composer took a great liking, vividly described his memories of Beethoven in his book, Erinnerungen aus dem Schwarzspanierhause, which has been edited by Maynard Solomon in its first publication in the English language.
Depiction of Beethoven's Study
at the Schwarzspanierhaus
The Quartet in a minor was first performed publicly on November 6th in the Music Society's room at the Roter Igel in a benefit concert for Josef Linke. This concert, which also featured a Carl Maria von Bocklet as pianist, playing the Trio in B-flat major, was a great success. Schuppanzigh received permission to perform the Quartet again on November 20th.
During the late summer and fall of 1825, Beethoven also wrote the next Quartet in B-flat, Op. 130, which was completed in November. This work was sold to Artaria and did not appear until May, 1827. It was first performed publicly in March, 1826, with the Great Fugue as its original finale.
The year 1826 would see the creation of Beethoven's greatest String Quartet, the Quartet in c-sharp minor, Op. 131, that of his last String Quartet, Op. 135, as well as a new last movement to Op. 130, all of which took place in the midst of Beethoven's constant worries over and arguments with Carl about his conduct. To this, Thayer has to say: "That he could continue to write amidst all the disturbing circumstances of this year in the higher and purer regions of chamber music was a source of admiration and wonder to his friends." (Thayer: 973).
Those who were in closest contact with Beethoven during this time were, of course, Holz as his private secretary, Stephan von Breuning and his family, Schindler here and there as a partly jealous observer (of Holz) and advisor, and last, and maybe least, his brother Johann. There were also conversation book entries to be found of Schuppanzigh, Kuffner, Grillparzer, Abbé Stadler and Matthias Artaria.
Near the end of January, Beethoven's old abdominal complaints returned. He also complained about his eyes. He was told to refrain from alcohol and coffee. He appeared to have improved during March.
At this time, Beethoven also became interested in the first performance of his Leibquartett,Op. 130. It was performed on March 21st. Most of the movements, particularly the moving Cavatina and the Danza alla Tedesca, were immediately liked by the audience. The second and fourth movements had to be repeated. The Great Fugue, its finale, however, was not understood. Of the Cavatina, Holz reported that "it cost the composer tears in the writing and brought out the confession that nothing he had written had so moved him; in fact merely to revive it afterwards in his thoughts and feelings brought forth renewed tributes of tears." With respect to the Great Fugue, Beethoven agreed to write a new ending for the quartet and to let the Fugue stand as a separate work, Op. 133.
With respect to Dembscher's desire to have this Quartet performed at his house, Beethoven refused to give him the score as the former had not attended Schuppanzigh's premiere. A "compensation" of 50 florins was arrived at with Dembscher asking, "Must it be?", and Beethoven humorously supplying the canon, "Es muss sein!" (It must be). Out of this joke arose the finale of his last quartet, Op. 135.
In May, Beethoven suffered from anxiety in not receiving from Prince Gallitzin payment for his second and third quartets of the series that he had already sent to Russia. It took until November to receive an informative reply from Russia in which Gallitzin explained that he had suffered great losses from several bankruptcies but that he would send the payment, soon. Beethoven was made to sign one last letter of appeal for his money on his deathbed and did not see it arriving during his life.
In his ongoing negotiations with respect to Op. 131 with Artaria, Beethoven finally turned about and gave it to Schott & Sons in Mainz.
With respect to the history of the creation of Op. 131, Thayer mentions first notes of it appearing in a December 1825 conversation book, while Beethoven was busy writing the work during the first part of 1826. It is not known for certain if the work was ever publicly performed during Beethoven's lifetime. On March 28th, the composer asked of Schott 60 Gold Ducats for it. The score was finally given to Schott's agents in Vienna on August 12th, and published in June, 1827. In a letter of Beethoven to Schott of February 22nd, 1827, mention was made that the work was originally to be dedicated to Beethoven's friend and admirer, Johann Wolfmayer, but in his March 10th , 1827, letter to Schott, Beethoven asked them to change the dedication to Baron Joseph von Stutterheim, Lieutenant Field-Marshal, whose significance in Beethoven's and his nephew Carl's lives would become apparent in late 1826.
In the midst of Beethoven's plans to finally spend the rest of the warm season either in Ischl or in Baden, an event took place which turned his life upside down: his nephew Carl's failed suicide attempt. In order to trace the development leading up to this event, we have to "track back" to a certain extent.
While Carl's spring 1825 beginnings at the Polytechnicum showed some promise, he also needed a tutor to catch up for having entered the term late. It appears that he may never have been able to entirely achieve that. Beethoven estimated that he would spend 2,000 florins a year for Carl's schooling, lodging and tuition, and wanted to see some positive results for it, while Carl's real occupational aim was that of becoming a soldier. His change from classical language studies to business studies was a compromise that did not work to either his or Beethoven's advantage.
Beethoven had Schlemmer, at whose house Carl lodged, confirm to him as to whether Carl spent his evenings there, studying, or if he went out. Schlemmer confirmed that Carl was always at his lodgings after classes and at night and that any of his amusements, such as playing billiards, must have taken place in lieu of his going to classes. During the carnival season of 1826, Beethoven was almost anxious enough to personally supervise Carl's attendance of a ball, should he decide to go to one. Holz agreed to observe Carl in Beethoven's stead. Beethoven also wanted Carl to move back in with him and only reluctantly agreed to his staying at Schlemmer's house. Their conversations now seemed to mainly consist of Beethoven's sermons and reproaches and Carl's self-defenses. Johann van Beethoven also tried to intervene, on the one hand speaking for the boy, on the other strongly advising Beethoven to see to Carl's immediate employment on completion of his course in summer. Beethoven also mistrusted Carl in money matters and wanted to see receipts for his expenses. Beethoven visited and reproached Carl at Schlemmer's several times, on which occasion, at least once, Carl appears to have grabbed his uncle in a violent reaction which Holz' entering interrupted. As if Beethoven could foresee the outcome of this development, he urged Carl on thus in a letter to him:
"If for no other reason than that you obeyed me, at least, all is forgiven and forgotten; more today by word of mouth. Very quietly--do not think, that I am governed by anything but thoughts of your well-being, and from this point of view judge my acts--do not take a step which might make you unhappy and shorten my life--I did not get to sleep until 3 o'clock, for I coughed all night long--I embrace you cordially and am convinced that soon you will no longer misjudge me; I thus judge your conduct yesterday--I expect you without fail today at one o'clock--Do not give me cause for further worry and apprehension--meanwhile farewell!
Your real and true father."
"We shall be alone for I shall not permit Holz to come--the more so since I do not wish anything about yesterday to be known--do come--do not permit my poor heart to bleed any longer" (Thayer: 994).
Beethoven's monitoring of Carl went as far as coming to pick him up from school. Schindler reports of Carl's reply to the rebuke by his teachers: "My uncle! I can do with him what I want, some flattery and friendly gestures make things all right, again, right away." Alas, during the last days of July, Beethoven received news that Carl had vanished and intended to take his life. The reasons Carl gave for this step were his debts. Beethoven had Holz go after Carl to detain him, but Carl gave him the slip. Carl pawned his watch on Saturday, July 29th. He bought two pistols, powder and balls. He drove to Baden, spending the night with writing letters to his uncle and to his friend Niemetz. On Sunday he climbed up the ruins of Rauhenstein in the Helenenthal and fired both pistols at his left temple. The first bullet missed, and the second only ripped his flesh and grazed the bone, but did not go into his skull. A coach rider found Carl and brought him to his mother's house in Vienna, where Beethoven found him. Holz, who went with Beethoven, reported the matter to the police and Beethoven went home, while a doctor already looked after Carl. Police transported Carl from his mother's house to the general hospital on August 7th. As was usual in such cases, a priest was ordered to provide religious instruction to the suicide candidate and to extract a conversion. Holz reported to Beethoven that Carl had grown tired of life which he perceived differently from his uncle, and to the Police Magistrate Carl said that Beethoven "tormented him too much" and that "I got worse, because my uncle wanted me to be better."
While the event began to pave the way for Carl's personal career choice, it had a devastating effect on Beethoven which soon had him, aged fifty-five, according to Schindler, look like a man of seventy. A decision had to be reached as to Carl's future. Stephan von Breuning, a court councillor in the war department, advised on a military career and also suggested that Beethoven relinquish his guardianship. In the meantime, Beethoven had already begun to work on the last String Quartet, Op. 135. The question arose as to where Carl should recuperate after his dismissal from the hospital, while Stephan von Breuning arranged for Carl to enter the regiment of Baron von Stutterheim as a cadet on his full recovery, and he also agreed to act as co-guardian of Carl in lieu of Professor Reisser of the Polytechnicum who had laid it down.
Finally it was decided that Beethoven and Carl should spend the time Carl needed to recuperate at Johann van Beethoven's estate in Gneixendorf. Johann was in Vienna at that time and offered them that choice. On September 28th, they set out for there. It was only to be a short visit, but turned into a two-month-stay.
Beethoven's Room
at Gneixendorf
Beethoven arrived in Gneixendorf already in a serious state of health. He did also not enjoy the company of his brother and sister-in-law. A servant named Michael was assigned to him whom he grew to trust. On the occasion of Michael's falling out of graces with Therese van Beethoven, the composer urged her to re-hire the just fired Michael. From then on, Beethoven stayed in his room for his meals. He also walked through the fields around Gneixendorf, gesticulating, humming, beating tact to the music in his "inner ear". Thus Op. 135 was completed in Gneixendorf as well as the new last movement of Op. 130. The date on the autograph of Op. 135 is October 30th, on which Johann took it to Vienna. The new finale for Op. 130 was delivered by Haslinger to Artaria on November 25th. Beethoven's relationship with Carl was still as touchy as could be expected, with both acting "in character", as usual.
Beethoven's health worsened in Gneixendorf. Soon, he could only eat soup and soft-boiled eggs, but still drank wine and contracted diarrhea. Towards the end of November, he had lost his appetite, altogether, complaining of thirst. He also developed edemous feet. All of this pointed to a serious liver disease. Johann now also became concerned with Carl's future and urged Beethoven to take him back to Vienna so that he could join his regiment soon, but did so in a letter and not in a personal argument. Beethoven's state of mind was in such a disarray at that time that he even asked his brother to leave his entire estate to their nephew Carl, thereby cutting out Therese. As for the vehicle in which they returned to Vienna, one should not rely on Schindler's biased interpretation that Johann had denied Beethoven the use of his carriage. Nevertheless, it can be assumed that they traveled in an open wagon, as Beethoven later stated to his physician, Professor Wawruch.
They arrived back in Vienna on Saturday, December 2nd, with Beethoven in a fever from a chill he had caught in their overnight stay in an unheated room. The circumstances of Carl's delayed summoning of a doctor for his uncle are anything but clear so that we have to refrain from laying the blame on Carl. Dr. Braunhofer and Dr. Staudenheim apologized for not being able to attend on Beethoven. On the third day of his fever, Professor Wawruch of the General Hospital took Beethoven on as a patient. He treated the inflammation and lowered his fever. On the seventh day, Beethoven could get up and read and write. Now he found time to answer Wegeler's letter of a year ago. On the eighth day, however, Wawruch found his patient worse after a severe colic attack. Dropsy developed from then on. The illness progressed to nightly suffocation attacks in the third week. Johann, who had come to Vienna on December 10th, attended to his brother as did Carl as long as he was still in Vienna. Stephan von Breuning also attended, as did Holz and Schindler. On December 20th, Beethoven's abdomen had to be tapped to release the water. This was performed by Dr. Seibert, chief surgeon at the General Hospital. Present were also Johann and Carl, as well as Schindler. Dr. Seibert's comment on Beethoven's endurance was, "You bore yourself like a knight." One joyful occasion in this gloom was the arrival of the collected works of Handel Stumpff had now sent Beethoven. Gerhard von Breuning vividly recalls this event in his book. The boy was now a daily visitor who cheered Beethoven up.
Stephan von Breuning had finalized the arrangement for Carl to enter von Stutterheim's regiment. Carl left Vienna on January 2nd, 1827, and would never see his uncle again. On January 3rd, Beethoven wrote yet another letter to his lawyer, Dr. Bach, in which he reiterated his declaring Carl as his sole heir. On January 8th, Beethoven was tapped a second time. The patient had by now grown impatient with Wawruch. When he entered the room, Beethoven would turn around in his bed towards the wall, commenting, "Oh, the ass!" He requested that Dr. Malfatti, his former physician, be called in. The composer had had a falling-out with Malfatti ten years prior to that. They were finally reconciled after initial hesitation by Malfatti. The latter prescribed ice punch and the rubbing of Beethoven's abdomen with ice. While this treatment brought some relief at first, its abuse by Beethoven led to a "violent pressure of the blood on the brain . . . Began to wander in his speech . . . And when . . . Colic and diarrhea resulted, it was high time to deprive him of this precious refreshment" (Thayer: 1031). Malfatti did not take over from Wawruch as Beethoven's main physician, however. Beethoven had to be tapped a third time on February 2nd.
The conversation book entries of February show the names of Haslinger, Streicher, the writer Bernard and the singer Nanette Schechner. A letter from Wegeler arrived on February 1st. Beethoven replied on February 17th. On February 18th, he also replied to his old bed-ridden friend, Baron Zmeskall's inquiry. In his letter of Feburary 8th, Beethoven thanked Stumpff of London for the gift of the Handel edition. He also mentioned his writing to Charles Smart and Ignaz Moscheles for financial aid from London. On Stumpff's initiative, the Philharmonic Society sent Beethoven the sum of 100 pounds in financial support during his illness.
During February, Beethoven became very melancholic over the outcome of his illness, over financial worries, and over the neglect of Carl's writing to him. Friends visited to take his attention away from his melancholy.
The fourth tapping took place on February 27th. To Wawruch's attempt at cheering him up, Beethoven replied, "My day's work is finished. If there were a physician who could help me 'his name shall be called wonderful'" (Thayer: 1038). On March 1st, Beethoven wrote to Schott in Mainz and also asked for a delivery of Moselle wine. On March 18th, he gratefully acknowledged the receipt of the 100 lb. from London.
In March, no-one denied Beethoven the simple pleasures of wine and good food, anymore, as the outcome of his illness was clear by now. Baron Pasqualati, von Breuning and Streicher sent their gifts of that kind. During those days, in addition to Handel's works, Beethoven also studied those of his young Viennese colleague, Franz Schubert, crying out, "truly a divine spark dwells in Schubert" (Thayer: 1043). With his friend, Anselm Hüttenbrenner, as Thayer reports, Schubert allegedly visited Beethoven eight days before his death. Johann Nepomuk Hummel also visited on March 8th.
It was now time to bring his affairs into order. His last written statement with respect to his Will reads as follows:
"My nephew Carl shall be sole heir, but the capital of the estate shall fall to his natural or testamentary heirs.--
Vienna on March 1827
Ludwig van Beethoven" (Thayer: 1048).
All other signatures for more particular documents with respect to his estate that had been drawn up before had to be obtained with great difficulty, as from about March 20th on, Beethoven was already very weak. Schindler reports that on March 23rd, after the signing of his Will, Beethoven is to have said, "plaudite, amici, comoedia finita est", implying that nothing could be done for him, anymore.
As to Beethoven's submitting to and receiving the last rites, Anselm Hüttenbrenner recalled that "Beethoven was asked in the gentlest manner by Herr Johann Baptist Jenger and Frau van Beethoven, wife of the landowner, to strengthen himself by receiving Holy Communion . . . On the day of her brother-in-law's death, Frau van Beethoven told me that after receiving the viaticum he said to the priest, 'I thank you, ghostly sir! You have brought me comfort!" (Thayer: 1049).
Around one o'clock on March 24th, the shipment of Moselle wine had arrived. Beethoven, looking at the bottles, mumbled, "pity, pity, too late!" These were his last reported words. He was given spoonfuls of the wine. Later that day, he fell into a coma which would last for two days. Anselm Hüttenbrenner, who was present when Beethoven died on March 26tharound five-thirty in the evening, recalls:
"There came a flash of lightning accompanied by a violent clap of thunder, which garishly illuminated the death-chamber . . . Beethoven opened his eyes, lifted his right hand and looked up for seconds with his fist clenched and a very serious, threatening expression . . . When he let the raised hand sink to the bed, his eyes closed half-way. My right hand was under his head, my left rested on his breast. Not another breath, not a heartbeat more!" (Thayer: 1051).
While Hüttenbrenner was present during Beethoven's last moments, Schindler and von Breuning had gone to make arrangements for his burial in the nearby Währing cemetery. The day after, von Breuning, Schindler, Johann van Beethoven and Holz gathered in the apartment to look for Beethoven's papers and for the seven bank shares. Johann van Beethoven insinuated that the search was a sham. In a rage, von Breuning left the house and returned later. The shares were then found in a secret drawer of Beethoven's cabinet, along with his letter to the Immortal Beloved.
Beethoven's funeral took place at three o'clock in the afternoon, on March 29th. A crowd of possibly over 10,000 (and maybe not quite 20,000, as Gerhard von Breuning reports) had gathered in front of the Schwarzspanierhaus to bid farewell to him.
Funeral Procession
Eight Kapellmeisterwere the pallbearers, among which were Hummel and Seyfried. Among the torchbearers were the actor Anschütz, the journalist and Beethoven friend Bernard, his former pupil Carl Czerny, Grillparzer, Haslinger, Franz Schubert, Andreas Streicher, Schuppanzigh, Wolfmayer and others.
Anschütz read Grillparzer's funeral oration in front of the gate to the Währing Cemetery. Part of it reads as follows:
"He was an artist, but a man as well. A man in every sense--in the highest. Because he withdrew from the world, they called him a man-hater, and because he held aloof from sentimentality, unfeeling. Ah, one who knows himself to be hard of heart, does not shrink! The finest points are those most easily blunted and bent or broken. An excess of sensitiveness avoids a show of feeling! He fled the world because, in the whole range of his loving nature, he found no weapon to oppose it. He withdrew from mankind after he had given them his all and received nothing in return. . . . Thus he was, thus he died, thus he will live to the end of time."


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When Molly Stanton first looked at the 1,000-square-foot Santa Monica home being sold by actress Noel Neill, best known for playing Lois Lane opposite George Reeves in the 1950s TV series "Adventures of Superman," Stanton knew the house had some termite damage, some structural steel posts that needed to be repaired and a floor plan with just one bedroom. Stanton, however, instantly fell in love with the hideaway, one of the lesser-known works by noted Case Study designer and builder Rodney Walker.
PHOTO GALLERY: New life for Rodney Walker-designed hideaway
"I wanted to find a midcentury house that was nestled in nature," she said. "It had amazing light and energy. I loved the structure itself and the interior space and its open feel." She used a distinctly Los Angeles metaphor to sum up the house's appeal: "Laurel Canyon meets the Santa Monica Canyon."
Stanton's stepfather, contractor Rick Holz, signed on to lead the renovation. The project became a true family affair when Stanton also enlisted her stepsister, interior designer Gina Holz, and her stepbrother, architect Mike Holz.
Through the 10-week remodel, family members united in their vision to preserve the architectural integrity of the house while updating it for modern living.
"I wanted to make the house look like it did when Rodney Walker designed it," Rick Holz said.
Stanton wanted interiors to be airy and light — "a treehouse," she said.
Indeed, the house practically floats over the narrow canyon street, just blocks from the ocean. To make the most of the small floor plan, Stanton's stepfather removed a sliding glass door separating a living room and den to create a single, loft-like living area. The contractor also updated the plumbing, heating and electrical systems and added insulation.
The addition of modern amenities was subtle: A new laundry room was carved out of the living room, and the kitchen, master bathroom and adjoining dressing area were redone with restraint.
"We straddled the line between keeping it clean and staying true to the midcentury aesthetic while adding a bit of luxury for my sister," said Mike Holz, who designed a television cabinet that separates the living and dining areas.
In other places, Rick Holz tried to emulate Walker's approach. When termite damage forced him to replace about 25% of the wood-plank ceiling, he used 2-by-4s installed with their narrow edges down, creating a look and texture that echoed the original design.
The contractor also built a fence and a motorized entry gate using the same off-the-shelf paneling that Walker chose for the exterior of the house.
"My dad was so passionate about this," son Mike said. "He got involved in ways that I have never seen. He was working on a 30,000-square-foot house at the same time and couldn't pull himself away from this tiny house."
As for Stanton, the 32-year-old actress is happy with her first house. And though the floor plan still has just one bedroom, she said a small space suits her.
"I definitely think having less clutter around is good for my sanity," she said. "I didn't bring anything to this house that didn't mean something to me. I feel peaceful here."
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24 Hour Fitness, INC. Service Expert Supervisor in Murphy, Texas
FULL-TIME Full-time
LOCATION 229 East FM 544 Murphy TX 75094
Who we are
At 24 Hour Fitness we are dedicated to our mission of creating a healthier, happier world. We are passionate about providing a fitness community that is accessible, affordable and welcoming to everyone. We're on the hunt for team members who are committed to being the best part of each other's day and who have a genuine desire to help our members achieve results they can feel proud of.
The sneakers you will fill
As a Service Expert Supervisor, you will partner with the Assistant General Manager to create an outstanding guest and member experience through execution of our service promise of delivering a clean, friendly, and well-maintained club. You will lead, inspire, and grow a team of Service Experts who proudly welcome and celebrate every guest and member during their visits to your club.
How you will spend your days
Lead the Service Expert team in delivering our Company promise of providing a clean, friendly, and well-maintained club that is always ready when the member is. Model for the Service Expert team what "great" looks like by delivering a guest experience that is aligned with our Company's mission and values.
Train, develop, and inspire the team of Service Experts who are excited to help members reach their fitness and wellness goals by ensuring they have the right plan, tools, and are always celebrated.
Offer continuous development and performance feedback to the Service Expert team to ensure they have the resources they need to maintain a consistent member-centric focus.
Create and grow relationships with guests and members by listening to their individual needs and offering services tailored to meet those needs.
Establish plans for new members to ensure long-term achievement of their wellness goals.
Support member retention by advocating for the best member experiences and operational processes in the club.
Educate guests on check-in process and membership options that fit their individual goals.
Act as ambassador to guests and members, ensuring they feel comfortable, informed, and welcome.
Partner in execution of retail promotions and merchandising activities.
Recommend retail products and additional services that fit members' needs.
Monitor club facilities for appearance and equipment and resolve or escalate issues that detract from the member experience.
What you bring
High school diploma or equivalent
1-2 years of customer service experience, retail experience preferred
Supervisory experience preferred
Joy for inspiring and encouraging others, members and team members alike
Proven organizational and communication skills, heavy on the listening!
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) certification required
Trustline Registration required (California Clubs)
Physical Requirements/Environment
Frequently moves fitness-related equipment weighing up to 45 pounds.
Must be able to work in an environment with occasionally high noise levels. The sound of weights clinking, feet flying across treadmills, and the laughter of lives changing can get loud.
Must be able to move frequently through all areas of the club. Your day includes continuous engagement and interaction with team members and club members.
Daily duties include lifting weights, squatting, bending, reaching, spotting, remaining in a stationary position for extended periods of time, and moving for prolonged periods of time.
Travel and Availability
Infrequent travel may be required to attend meetings and trainings.
Flexible availability across week days, weekends, and holidays to meet the needs of members and guests.
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Baked apple cider doughnuts with cinnamon and maple syrupTuesday, January 20th, 2009
I made theese lovely baked doughnuts several times last year and the year before but I never came around to blog about them. The recipe calls for a special doughnut pan (looks like this) instead of frying the doughnuts in oil which results in tasty and quite healthy doughnuts. They were moist with a great taste, but they tasted a bit different compared to the usual oily ones. Despite the fact that I made them a few times I managed to loose my recipe notes somewhere. However my recipe was based on this one and as far as I remember I just played around with the quantities. The next time when I'll make doughnuts in my pans I'll probably try with to use banana in the batter.


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text: As you may have already learned through news media, Spirit's calf passed away over the weekend. Having just endured the sudden loss of Maya's calf last week, this has been an extremely sad and difficult week for everyone at the National Aquarium. As we shared last week, Maya's calf died suddenly early Tuesday morning. The male calf appeared strong and was being cared for and nursed by his mother Maya, and was living in the same pool as Spirit and her female calf. There were no signs of declining health. Just days later, on Friday, June 24, Spirit's female calf began showing signs of declining health. The marine mammal team kept close watch of the calf for the next 24 hours, tracking respiratory and nursing patterns, as well as behavioral changes. On Saturday, the veterinary staff intervened with a medical procedure, but despite their best efforts, the calf passed away. Spirit's calf was also transported to John's Hopkins where tests are being performed. At this time, our animal care staff does not have answers as to whether the two deaths are related, but we will know more in the weeks to come. Though these losses were sudden, our dolphin trainers and veterinarian team are always cautiously optimistic about the survival of the calves. Dolphin calves have a high mortality rate: a high percentage of calves born in any setting don't survive their first year. But even with this in mind, these losses are extremely difficult for our team who works tirelessly to provide our animals with the absolute best care. Several aspects affect dolphin calf survival, as they are especially fragile in their first year of life, regardless of whether they are in the ocean or in an aquarium. Dolphins are born in the water and must immediately begin swimming along with the mother, surfacing to breathe, and nursing underwater while staying on the move. That is a lot to do at one time, and it is amazing to watch a dolphin calf learn these skills in its first month of life. In addition to hitting those milestones, the first few weeks of life are precarious because the calf's immune system is not developed, which is the main cause of infection. It's important that the calf nurses in the first 36 hours. The first milk, called colostrum, is rich in antibodies and minerals that are needed to strengthen the calf's immune system to fight infection. After this time period, the antibody levels drop off, although the milk remains high in fat and energy. Because Maya was a first-time mother, we had initial concerns about the amount of time it took for the calf to nurse and receive the antibody-rich milk needed to fight off infection. Spirit's calf, however, did nurse in the first 26 hours and was showing great signs of growth up until last week. When a calf's health begins to decline, the Aquarium does everything it can, but ultimately, the survival of the calf depends largely on the mother. In spite of this level of care, sometimes nature overrides our best efforts. On Sunday, all dolphin shows were canceled and the amphitheater was closed to the public so the trainers could tend to the mothers and spend time interacting with the entire dolphin group. When an event like this occurs, it is important we focus on the animals because they have lost one of their own and we have learned that it affects them. Staff and volunteers continued 24-hour observations of the dolphins on Sunday. This morning, we temporarily canceled shows so that our animal health staff and trainers can assess the health of all of our dolphins. Even though our dolphin presentation is very popular among our visitors, with shows selling out daily during the summer, the care and health of our animals always comes first. Changes to the show can occur on a daily basis, which is the nature of working with animals. Given the uncertainty of these recent deaths, it is important that we take a step back so we can get a good look at the health of our entire dolphin family. Thank you to all of our terrific friends, fans, and followers for reaching out and sharing condolences. Your kind words and support are deeply appreciated. We remain committed to keeping our friends, visitors, and supporters regularly updated on the status and health of the 16,000-plus animals that call the Aquarium home. We welcome questions and comments and encourage you to please share them in the section below or on our Facebook page, or to email@example.com. Categories: Animals, News Previous Post Next Post


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Flying Tigers
Never before had there been such a total air victory in the history of aerial combat.
The name "Flying Tigers" burned itself in the pages of world history for all time.
For years after the Flying Tigers disbanded in 1942, they had been known as a mercenary air force in the service of the Chinese government. Finally on July 4, 1991, in a ceremony honoring the Flying Tigers, the United States Government belatedly admitted the truth - the Flying Tigers had been created by secret order of President Franklin Roosevelt months before Pearl Harbor to help the Chinese defend their cities from the relentless bombing by the Japanese, who had invaded China in 1937.
Three hundred men and women were recruited from within the ranks of the U.S. Armed Services. Pilots, aircraft mechanics, propeller specialists, doctors, nurses, clerks and even a chaplain joined what was called the American Volunteer Group. They signed a one-year contract to protect the only supply route open for the United States to deliver war material to China - the Burma Road. They boarded ships from the West Coast in the spring and summer of 1941, traveling as missionaries, planters, even circus performers - disguises to mask their true mission and protect FDR's secret effort to keep China from falling to the Japanese without provoking a war with Japan.
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Sprungbrett Netzwerk necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 54 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Our project is a unique job/employment/career website for the German market that will enable users to sucessfully apply for jobs and (re-)employment.
Instead of simply looking for listed jobs, users will be able to generate their very own profile incl. their CV, experience, documents, photos etc.
Employers will be able to browse candidates and get in touch with them directly without having to wait for an application from the candidate.
Additionally, the system will auto-suggest eligible candidates to employers that fit their profiles ("matching").
Users also have an option to have their CVs, letters etc. checked by the system for errors (e.g. spelling) and improvement potential. This can happened automated as well as via a personal consulting project carried out by our career advice team.
To sum it up, the project will combine features from social networking sites, job listing sites and career advice sites.
The project will cater NOT mainly to academics but to "blue collar" job hunters such as plumbers, clerks, etc.
Comparable sites that we like are:
ADD1: The home page should feature a large box that prompts users to instantly register with the site instead of a search form (e.g. absolventa.de)
ADD2: Colour Prefs: darker shades of blue / green. "Timid" colours are generally preferred.
job-seeking persons with low- to mid-level incomes, males, females, young people (16 - 20) that look for vocational training, unemployed people, people that need help crafting a good application,
The site needs a simply, friendly, open-minded design that invites people to join instantly.
- business (and web 2.0) style!
The files we will require are:
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)


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In the colonial days of Portuguese rule in Angola, the town of Lubango was known as Sá da Bandeira. It was a place sought out by the Portuguese for its clean air and beautiful highland setting. But through the long, harrowing years of pre and post independence in Angola, Sá da Bandeira, like much of the southern part of the country, was ripped, battered and torn apart by fighting between the MPLA and Unita.
Wonderfully, in the wake of this violent history spurred on by their new-won freedoms, the people have flooded into what has become the city of Lubango, brimming with hope and energy. And at the helm of this ship, the Governor of Huíla Province, Isaac dos Anjos, stands with the aspirations and needs of his people firmly in his mind.
Against this backdrop, Governor dos Anjos laid out a vision to create a world-class city for the people of this extremely wealthy province, starting with a plan for the city centre with a set of future-focused iconic buildings.
To achieve this vision, the Governor turned to a leading business man as well as other property owners and local born investors, to start making this dream for his people a reality, through public-private partnership.
It is clear from even the most cursory look at the old buildings as one passes through Lubango that the spirit of Portuguese Colonial and Brazilian (Angola has always identified with Brazil even to this day) 50s and 60s inspired architecture courses strongly through the city, and in this the idea of using colour as a simple but powerful method of transforming a building into brilliant slabs of colour is well established.
Angola is a tapestry of bright colours, a primary palette seen in the form of birds, fruits, flowers and fauna. A visual lexicon of bright colour, traditionally loved and embraced by both the common people and the elite.
It was an obvious choice for the architects to work with these clean, consciously bright colours as a way to integrate the ideas of iconic buildings with the spirit of the community.
In order for this scheme to be a true generator for growth, the Governor in his briefing called for a microcosm of public, retail, leisure and commercial elements. So with the centrepoint of the scheme being a close-to-completion luxury hotel, the architects expanded a network of shaped, formed and coloured buildings linked with malls, piazzas, bridges and walkways to form a dynamic new urban landscape.


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The user that goes by the name "negative" alerted here for the need to correct the translation in the message after you enter the notes:
I promptly went to Babel, switched the Target language to lt, found a target text containing "išsaugiti" and corrected it as asked.negative wrote:In lithuanian version we have text:
Back to the input form (išsaugiti kaip pastovius)
Needs to be:
Grįžti suvesti naują banknotą (išsaugoti kaip pastovius)
The day after, negative pm'ed me. They were not seeing the change yet. I answered:
Yesterday, I got a new pm:You probably need to refresh your browser and/or remove cookies / delete your history. Please try it on another browser if you can.
I searched the source text "keep defaults" but the system's answer was "Found a total of 0 constants that match your query." (probably my mistake, but no idea what)negative wrote:now the text in lithuanian and the link has disappeared
only text in english remains with the link leading to completlly new form
I then searched through all 500+ "Inserts to do" and eventually found the constant: M_BACK_TO_INPUTFORM_KD. The translation was in fact empty. So I inserted the translated text, checked the Confirm box and submitted the change: Today, a new pm arrived:
NOTE: negative is now giving me a different translation for the first snippet, but I guess both are OK, and this is not the issue anyway.negative wrote:Today I see two links again, but first one is in english but not in lithuanian, and another with grammar mistake
The correct text of the links […]:
Grįžti į suvedimo formą (išsaugoti kaip pastovius)
Well, "išsaugiti" isn't found in Babel, and both constants seem to be OK:
I'm clueless.


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Jim Sturgess Gossip
Jim Sturgess gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Geostorm: The nonsense movie 2017 deserves
The timing could not be worse for Geostorm. They're saying now that the movie could lose between $50 – $100 million for Warner Bros, Skydance, and RatPac. Is there any good news? Well, it could become a cult classic Full Story
London Fields
London Fields is one of the worst movies I've seen this year, and I'll get to sh*tting on it in a second, but first, an odd thing happened TIFF with this movie. I saw it at a press screening at the festival—Joanna and I were both completely floored by its unmitigated rancidness—but before it premiered for the public, it was pulled from the TIFF lineup because the director, Matthew Cullen, sued the producers Full Story
Jim Sturgess for Mr Porter
Mr Porter
It's been a while. Not that Jim Sturgess hasn't been working. It's just that, well, none of what he's been working on has been very high profile. With several films due for release over the last year, Sturgess is making some moves. He wants to be talked about. He thought that would have happened after One Day with Anne Hathaway. Full Story
Kristen Stewart & Jim Sturgess?
It was announced recently that Kristen Stewart had signed on to an upcoming movie with Jim Sturgess called The Big Shoe. Naturally there followed reports that the two were hot for each other and that Robert Pattinson should be worried. Hollywood Life Full Story
Jim's Electric Slide
Jim Sturgess was photographed on the set of Electric Slide yesterday in LA. It's the true story about a dude from the 80s who sold furniture but also robbed banks on the side because he thought that might turn on his girlfriend. Isabel Lucas plays the girlfriend. Aside from "cheated on Adrian Grenier with Shia LaBeouf" and "flower child", what do we know about this girl? Does she have a personality? Do you care? She walks around often with pale lips and a middle part and I'm not sure I need more. Full Story
Deflated by Twitter: Jim Sturgess edition
This is Jim Sturgess at the LA premiere of Cloud Atlas last night getting ready for Movember I guess? Or a movie role? The moustache doesn't bother me. There's something else that bothers me more. Lately I've been hearing here and there that Jim and his long-time girlfriend Mickey O'Brien are no longer together. Full Story
Why trailers should not be so long
Cloud Atlas will premiere at TIFF. Have you read it? As I noted the other day - click here for a refresher - I was nervous about how it could be a film and at the same time, curious about how it would look as a film as imagined by the Wachowskis. Now an almost 6 minute trailer is online. Full Story
Anne Hathaway after the weekend
Perspective can be really corny. Or, maybe it's the way someone who says they gained some perspective communicates to you how they arrived at the gaining of that perspective. You know, when that girl describes how she went to plant trees somewhere in BC and came back home to Vancouver/Toronto/whatever urban city and decided to get rid of her TV because being with nature "gave me perspective"? That kind of perspective, to me anyway, is not only corny but also really punch-me-in-the-face annoying. Full Story
The Gossip Buffet: Now serving Jeff Buckley
Written by Sarah The long-awaited Jeff Buckley biopic (once called Mystery White Boy) is happening at last and Jake Scott (son of Ridley) is onboard to direct. Long attached to the part of Buckley, James Franco exited stage left a while back when everyone realized he can't sing to save his life, which opened up a coveted role for young actors. Full Story
One Day in 10 days
I was about write, "Why didn't they premiere this in London", and then I realised that would be a really bad idea right now. As a brief break from London burning though, have a look at this photo of Ealing and the #riotcleanup. Full Story
One Day I'm nervous about
Jim Sturgess was at Jimmy Kimmel yesterday promoting One Day. The movie will be released on August 19th. This makes me nervous. I just... I feel really uneasy about the date change (was originally supposed to be July, and obviously July 15th would have been ideal) and then you know my thoughts on the first trailer Full Story


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Banana Butterscotch Mini Loaf Cakes
Makes 5 to 6 mini loaf cakes
100g unsalted butter, softened
90g golden caster sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
130g self-raising flour
50g butterscotch chips
1 large banana
Preheat the oven to 180oC/fan oven 160oC. Lightly grease the tins.
Beat the butter until light. Add the sugar and beat till light and fluffy. Add one egg and sift 1 tbsp of flour. Mix in well. Add 2nd egg the same way and add 1 tsp vanilla and mix. Sift in the rest of the flour and mix well. Fold in the butterscotch chips. Cut the banana in slices. Fill the tins one third of the way up. Place slices (about 3) of banana in each tin and push down slightly. Cover each banana with the rest of the mixture. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Leave to cool in the tins for 5 minutes then turn out onto a cooling rack.


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Amherst (Mass.) - Conversation with Francis Barton, longest serving president of AFSCME Local 1776 (2000-2013), and for a few years before vice-president under Charlotte Chandler-Laroe (Charlotte Coates at the time). Memories of growing up in Athol, Mass., during the era of World War II.; German prisoners of war in Athol; relatives in the service; father worked as a woodpecker in the Qua... more


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William H. Belden, III is a managing director and head of product development at Guggenheim Investments. Mr. Belden has direct oversight for mutual funds, closed end funds, exchange-traded funds, variable annuities and product strategy. Prior to his current role, he was responsible for the overall operations of Guggenheim Investments ETF business line, which included product development, distribution and marketing activities.
Mr. Belden earned his MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and has a B.S. in finance from Miami University. He is series 7, 24 and 63 registered. Here are excerpts from his conversation with Research magazine.
The Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) celebrates its 10-year anniversary in April 2013. Do you think equal weighted portfolios have gotten the recognition they deserve?
Launched in 2003, RSP was Guggenheim Investments' first ETF as well as the first alternatively weighted ETF—a milestone in the industry. As you mentioned, the fund will celebrate its 10th anniversary later this year, which is a tremendous milestone specific to Guggenheim Investments.
Alternative weighting methodologies, such as equal weighting, have garnered significant attention during the past several years, however we still do not feel that equally weighted portfolios have received the recognition they deserve. Cap weighting is the more traditional and commonly used investment methodology, while equal weighting takes some explanation to understand its many benefits, including outperformance and diversification potential. As it relates to diversification, equal weighting has the ability to provide broad exposure across market segments and sectors, which may reduce concentration risk and result in a more balanced portfolio. Furthermore, a systematic quarterly rebalance serves the purpose of reallocating from index constituents that have appreciated the most, and have potentially become over-valued, to those that have decreased in value, and are potentially undervalued.
Those investors who have taken the time to educate themselves on the potential benefits of equally weighted strategies may have realized significant outperformance over the traditional cap-weighted approach. For example, over the past five years, RSP has offered more than 1,400 basis points of outperformance when compared to SPY, while exposing the investor to only slightly higher levels of volatility with 5-year annualized volatility levels of 23% and 19% respectively.
It is important to note that equal weighting will not outperform during all market cycles. Historically, this weighting methodology has lagged during periods of mega-cap outperformance. However, it should be considered as part of the core equity holdings discussion alongside the market-cap weighted products.
Emerging markets still have higher economic growth rates compared to developed markets and many of these countries even have less debt. What kind of opportunities do you see?
Emerging market ETFs represented the fastest growing ETF segment in January of 2013 with $5 billion in net inflows. We see exciting opportunities in a number of emerging market locales including Latin America and China. Taking a top down approach, what happens in the U.S. affects emerging markets. Per the U.S. Department of Commerce, and despite the slight contraction in Q4 2012, the U.S. economy has been expanding since Q3 2009. This drives export demand and presents growth opportunities for emerging markets. As China continues to import materials to fuel its export machine, emerging nations rich in natural resources, such as Chile and Peru, tend to benefit.
Chile and Peru fall into a somewhat grey area with many index providers. Both have developed just enough to be included as emerging nations with some providers, thus giving them a very small percentage allocation within the index. As an alternative, the benchmark index for the Guggenheim Frontier ETF (FRN), is maintained by BNY Mellon, and includes Chile and Peru. As such, both receive larger allocations within that index. FRN is a simple way to get exposure to this region without having to assume significant single country risk.
The Guggenheim China Real Estate ETF (TAO) gained 58.73% and was a top performing ETF in 2012. How important is China to the global economy?
China has been, and continues to be, incredibly important to the global economy. It is the largest exporting nation in the world, the most populous, and the largest foreign holder of U.S. government debt. For the U.S. and European nations, the historical difficulties that manufacturers have had in entering China have put them at a competitive disadvantage. For China, a downgrade in the U.S. credit rating could devalue their Treasury holdings.
As you mentioned, TAO has been performing well and is currently the only China real estate ETF in the market. Over its five year history, it has outperformed during periods of strong markets in China and conversely underperformed during more challenging periods. For broader exposure to the Chinese equity markets, we offer investors the Guggenheim China Small Cap ETF (HAO) and the Guggenheim China All-Cap ETF (YAO).
In addition to equity based ETFs, several products have launched in the past year providing access to the Dim Sum bond market including the Guggenheim China Yuan Bond ETF (RMB). The Dim Sum bond market is comprised of renminbi denominated bonds issued in Hong Kong. The availability of these products signals the continued liberalization efforts by China to open portions of its markets to outside investment.
The BulletShares ETFs take a unique approach to bond fund investing. What's their strategy?
Fixed income ETFs have become an important access point to bonds for many investors. And similar to their equity counterparts, fixed income ETFs offer a low-cost, fully transparent alternative to bond mutual funds as well as individual bonds. Until recently, strategies such as setting up a bond ladder, or targeting a specific point on the yield curve, have been difficult to replicate through ETFs.
Guggenheim created BulletShares ETFs as a way to offer investors solutions to these problems. BulletShares ETFs are structured to track an index comprised of bonds, as well as to mature in a targeted year. Unlike traditional ETFs, which have a perpetual life, defined-maturity ETFs have a specified maturity date established when the ETF is launched. When the fund reaches that maturity date, the fund's final net asset value (NAV) is returned to the current shareholders. This pre-defined maturity date allows investors to create portfolios that can do the following:
- Ladder a portfolio
- Fill maturity gaps in an existing portfolio
- Obtain targeted yield-curve exposure/manage interest rate exposure
- Manage future cash flow needs
These benefits are in addition to the low-cost, fully transparent, tax efficient, and tradable structure provided by ETFs in general. The Guggenheim BulletShares suite is comprised of eight investment grade corporate bond ETFs and six high yield ETFs with maturities spanning 2013 to 2020.
As of this interview, three BulletShares products (BSCB, BSCC, BCJC) have reached successful maturity, demonstrating that defined maturity ETFs can be a powerful and effective way to manage to specific investment goals. As proof of their usefulness to investors, the BulletShares lineup has enjoyed explosive growth of over 127% for the twelve months ended 02/15/2013, with now over $2 billion in assets.
Stock market volatility last year hit pre-financial crisis lows. How should financial advisors be preparing their clients for higher volatility ahead?
If financial advisors expect volatility to be higher in 2013 than it was in 2012, and they are seeking to limit the amount of volatility in their clients' portfolios, I would encourage them to consider dividend paying equity ETFs—both domestic and international. These ETFs consist of lower risk equities offering yields at a time when the "hunt for yield" continues to be at the forefront of many investment strategies.
Advisors may also do well by looking toward more defensively positioned stocks or ETFs consisting of similar constituents. These are stocks that tend to have low relative valuations, conservative accounting, dividend payments, as well as a history of relative outperformance during bear markets.
The Guggenheim Defensive Equity ETF (DEF) may help a diversified portfolio better weather market volatility while still remaining positioned for upside opportunities. DEF is designed to provide exposure to "defensive" companies—those that have historically had superior risk/return profiles in down markets. As of the most recent quarter end, the defensive sectors of utilities, consumer staples, and health care comprised approximately 53% of the fund. An allocation to these sectors may help limit a portfolio's downside risk.
Where do you think are the best income opportunities for dividend investors?
The Fed's unprecedented participation in the market has continued to hold Treasury and agency securities at very high valuations. If and when the Fed reduces its participation in the market, valuations on many fixed income investments could fall. For those investors seeking income, equity income ETFs offer competitive yields and the opportunity for capital appreciation while being less sensitive to interest rate movements.
There is a positive correlation between equity prices and the 10-year Treasury yield when it is below 4%. As of Feb. 20, 2013, we are just above 2% on the 10-Year Treasury. This could make the case for a continued focus on the equity income space as there are a number of products available to investors. Equity income ETFs use a wide-variety of screening techniques when picking the underlying constituents. Potential investors should review the holdings to make sure they align with their investment objectives.
The Guggenheim Multi-Asset Income ETF (CVY), which invests in dividend paying stocks, ADRs, MLPs and REITs, has been popular in the past year for this very reason. CVY offers a combination of attractive income with a current SEC Yield of 5.39%, and solid growth potential. Dividend-paying ADRs and MLPs deliver income—while equity exposure increases the potential for long-term price appreciation.
ETF growth has been explosive during the past decade. Do you believe this growth is distorting financial markets?
No. The growth in ETF assets has certainly been explosive. With that growth have come questions regarding the effects that ETFs may have on market stability. We view these opinions as mostly unwarranted. Since its inception, the ETF structure has provided investors with a reliable source of liquidity and price discovery. Investors have rewarded the convenience and flexibility of that structure by continuing to invest in ETFs as a larger and larger portion of their overall portfolios.
To provide transparency to ETF investors, and without exception, ETF issuers are required to publicly post holdings of all ETFs on a daily basis. Investors are also able to estimate, on an intraday basis, the fair value of any ETF using the intraday net asset value (iNAV) capability in most trading screens. These mechanisms help provide greater depth and liquidity, and thus better price discovery, for the financial markets. These features should be interpreted as positives for the overall health of the financial system.
The first U.S. listed ETF was launched 20 years ago. What kind of future do you see for ETFs?
There are a number of areas in which I see future growth prospects for ETFs. There has been substantial growth in the number of registered investment advisors constructing portfolios consisting exclusively of ETFs. The focus for these firms has shifted from picking individual stocks and bonds to creating alpha through the use of a portfolio of ETFs. Assets in this space surpassed $50 billion in 2012 and have a very steep growth trajectory heading into 2013.
Although only 18% of total U.S. ETF assets, the share of flows into fixed income ETFs continues to rise. Net flows into fixed income ETFs in 2012 topped $50 billion with taxable bond products accounting for $45 billion. This category alone has grown to $225 billion in assets, from $53 billion just four years ago. I see continued opportunities for product innovation and growth in the fixed income space.
I also see room for growth in the alternative weighting space. Guggenheim currently has a suite of equally weighted ETFs as well as a suite of "pure style" ETFs, products benchmarked to indices with mandates targeting only the most growth-oriented or the most value-oriented stocks. These are both alternatives to the more commonly used market cap weighted indices. I see both equally weighted and pure style products as broader solutions to, and part of, the continued search for "better beta"—finding methods of indexing that produce superior risk-adjusted returns over the long run.
As a next phase of ETF growth, or possibly as an extension of the "better beta" category, I see outcome oriented strategies as a natural transition point. These can be defined as ETFs offering the investor a specific solution-based outcome, or experience, as compared to the traditional index tracking or alternatively weighted products. Examples of outcome oriented strategies are low volatility ETFs and target-maturity ETFs such as the Guggenheim BulletShares suite mentioned previously. Low volatility ETFs seek to manage volatility by either allocating to equities with historically low realized volatility or by shifting between equity index exposure and cash. BulletShares offer investors a solution to cash flow needs while also allowing them to target specific maturities in the corporate and high yield bond spaces.
It is clear that the ETF industry has developed to a point where strategies, such as the two mentioned above, are possible. I expect innovation of this type to expand quickly, particularly in the fixed income space, as overall growth and focus on the ETF industry continues to increase. L