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Be someone who matters for someone who matters.
That is the main thrust behind a mentorship program set to begin early next year in the Denair Unified School District.
Trustees were briefed about it by Superintendent Terry Metzger at Thursday night's board meeting.
The goal, Metzger explained, is to identify community volunteers willing to meet one-on-one for an hour each week with a student. The program will be overseen by Sierra Vista Child & Family Services, a nonprofit based in Modesto that operates a similar system with the 30,000-student Modesto City Schools District.
Informational meetings for potential mentors are scheduled for Jan. 10 at noon and Jan. 15 at 5:30 p.m. at the Denair administration office. They will be a chance for those interested to learn more about the mentoring program from Sierra Vista officials.
"We're very excited," Metzger said. "We feel like we have a number of students who can benefit from another caring adult in their lives."
She already has reached out to local service clubs and said the response has been positive. All mentors will undergo a background check and screening conducted by Sierra Vista, which also will provide training.
The weekly meetings will be held during school hours on the child's campus. Students from all grade levels and mentors will be matched based on teacher referrals and Sierra Vista's expertise.
"It could be a conversation in the library or shooting hoops outside," Metzger explained. "Most often, these students just need someone to be there to listen. They need an adult. Sometimes they're being raised by their grandparents or caring for their younger siblings. They need someone who can be there for them."
The partnership is an extension of a larger mental health pilot program that began this fall, also in collaboration with Sierra Vista. A full-time mental health clinician is stationed at Denair Middle School to work with students and their families from all DUSD campuses.
The program is funded by the Legacy Health Endowment, whose mission is to provide financial and technical support to improve the health of people living in Stanislaus and Merced counties. The nonprofit was created in 2014 as part of Tenet Healthcare's acquisition of Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock.
One of Legacy Health's grants funds a program directed by Sierra Vista that focuses on the mental health of people living in southeastern Stanislaus County. Research by Sierra Vista shows that some children and teens in the area can be adversely affected by their socioeconomic status or rural living conditions.
"That can lead to greater risk of anxiety, depression and self-harm, including drug or alcohol use," Metzger said.
With that in mind, Sierra Vista Executive Director Judy Kindle – who lives near Denair – suggested that the school district become an incubator for the pilot program. Metzger quickly agreed.
The mental health clinician provides services not just for Denair students, but also their families, Metzger explained. Referrals come from the students themselves as well as teachers, principals or even family members.
"Our goal is to help families in crisis who have long-term needs," she said. "If our students can be assisted by our counseling staff, that's what happens. But this opens up Sierra Vista resources for the students and their families."
Metzger used a hypothetical example to describe how the mentoring program and mental health access might overlap.
"A high school student suffering from depression might see the clinician, but his or her siblings who need someone to talk to might see the mentors," she said.
In other action Thursday, trustees:
- Heard the first interim budget report from Chief Business Officer Linda Covello. Attendance across the district is 1.9% higher than expected, including an increase of 12 students at the middle and high school level. If that continues through the end of the school year, it will mean an additional $200,000 in revenue to the district, Covello said. Multi-year projections anticipate continued growth, with the elimination of deficit spending in the 2020-21 school year. "We remain cautiously optimistic," Metzger said.
- Reviewed the updated California School Dashboard results. Areas of strength include the district's high graduation rate and the middle school's low chronic absenteeism. The district will continue to focus on academic achievement, particularly in math.
- Honored the state championship football team and coach Anthony Armas. The Coyotes thrilled local fans by winning the Division VII title Dec. 1, beating Santee of Los Angeles 42-14 at Jack Lytton Stadium.
- Approved the addition of a college course at Denair High School. Beginning in January, an American sign language course taught by Modesto Junior College instructor Pam Martinez will be offered for up to 30 high school students each Thursday from 4:30 to 7:35 p.m. Students who pass the course will receive college credit.
- Elected Trustee Reggie Gomes to be the board president for 2019. Crystal Souza was chosen as clerk. Board meetings will continue to be the second Thursday of each month.


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One good thing about my arbitrary rule-driven reading list is that I've found myself reading a lot of stuff I never would have ordinarily looked at. A bad thing is that I find myself having to share my terrible opinions on stuff I know nothing about. So let's talk about capitalism. Sort of.
Ever since the nonsense that's come out over the last few years telling us we don't trust experts anymore, I've been more aware of just how much I do end up trusting experts, or at least people who know more than me, and it's a lot. I may have mentioned in my Basti rant that reading translations involve a huge leap of faith – you're trusting someone to convey things you can't verify for yourself. And pretty much all non-fiction is the same, unless you're an expert yourself, or at least a serious scholar, which I am not. When I read Stephen Jay Gould's The Mismeasure of Man and Stuart Ritchie's Intelligence, I had no real foundation of knowledge to base my opinions on, just the strength of the arguments and depictions of research by the authors.
And that's in a subject that I find vaguely interesting.
I know the absolute minimum of economics that you can osmose from the world around you, haven't read any economic theory and, let's be honest, am not willing to put in that effort in future. Am I part of the problem? Probably!
Anyway, let me start by saying The Origin of Capitalism was a lot more interesting that I thought it would be. There were chunks of the book where the argument became a bit… semantic? for me, and I don't know enough about economics jargon and terminology to follow some of her arguments about definitions and such, but the main thrust of her argument, about where/when capitalism developed and why, was thoroughly explained in a way I could follow. I didn't follow so well the rebuttals and responses to other people's arguments, though – this isn't really a book for laypeople; it's a book that wades right into argument and expects that you know who's arguing and what about in order to get the most from it.
But I'm glad I read it. As I said, I found it genuinely interesting to follow the history and I think I've learned more about what capitalism actually is (I assume there are a thousand definitions of "capitalism", but learning one definition in some kind of depth is still learning, right?). Meiksins Wood is very insistent that capitalism isn't some kind of pinnacle of human civilisation or an inevitability, that it's just one system among many and one possibility among many, and I found myself really convinced by this idea. Trying to imagine a world outside capitalism is like trying to imagine the edges of the universe, in a way, as our whole lives are dictated by it, but it's still a worthwhile exercise.
And of course as it's the pre-NaNoWriMo season, which means worldbuilding season, I found a lot to think about and borrow…
So, I'm probably not going to pursue a lifetime of economic scholarship, but I'm glad I dipped my toe in this time.

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"Our Conflict Comes From Not Having a Civilized, Modern Life."
Political scientist Guillermo Aveledo Coll sees a society more open to negotiation and an opportunity in Barbados, than the groups fighting to rule over it
Photo: Sofía Jaimes Barreto
A Spanish version of this piece was originally published in Cinco8.
Guillermo Aveledo Coll is one of my generation's best observers of Venezuelan reality. He has a degree in political science from the UCV, he's dean of the School of Law and Political Studies at UNIMET, and comes from a long line of caraqueño scholars that has already given us quite a few thinkers. His knowledge about Venezuela's political and institutional past, as deep as his perspective of our present, comes not only from being an academic still living in Venezuela, with everything so close and fresh, that overwhelming reality crushing those enduring it—he also has to distill it to his students and readers. As professor and politician Ramón Guillermo Aveledo's son, Guillermo has seen up close what it means to be in the political opposition in Venezuela, during the chavista era and before it.
I asked him to talk about the nature of resistance against every idea of negotiation between political opponents, even when there doesn't seem to be a better way to put this unbearable present behind us, in which Maduro's regime ni lava ni presta la batea (it neither rules nor allows anyone else to rule.) A resistance that's stronger on social media than on the streets, according to recent surveys, such as the one carried out by Datanálisis, revealing that the electoral solution is the most favored among Venezuelans.
Let's start by talking about realities that might seem obvious, but apparently aren't to many people. First: a political transition can't begin in Venezuela, towards a democracy or at least a more flexible dictatorship that makes our country more functional, without a negotiation. Marines won't remove Maduro and Guaidó and his allies don't seem able to break the military alliance keeping Maduro in power. So, there's either a negotiation or nothing but the preservation of the status quo, unbearable for everyone except Maduro and his circle. Do you agree?
I not only agree, I think that the great political options are, for the better rather than the worst, rallying behind this idea, along with grassroots organizations and the Catholic church. We have a history of pacts (Santa Ana, Coche, Puntofijo) that under chavismo has been dismissed, but that was essential for progress after a violent, iniquitous history. This is an unavoidable conclusion, far from perfect, but then again I'm afraid of ideas of perfection that gives you direction, but may also be impossible to execute.
The great political options are, for the better rather than the worst, rallying behind this idea, along with grassroots organizations and the Catholic church.
So, based on the fact that we can't advance without a negotiation, let's explore the sources resisting the very notion. How do you evaluate that resistance, from the chavista side? Who can bet on numantine resistance, on not moving an inch?
Chavismo's greatest problem surrounding the negotiation stems from the fact that, beyond the corrupt and incompetent practices that have defined it, in their vision of the country, of our history, it's sectarian. Everything existing before the Bolivarian Revolution, for five centuries of being what we are, is, according to their ideology—because they do have one—despicable. It's corruption and violence, and there's no compromising with that. Those pacts I mentioned before weren't (for this chavista vision) exemplary moments, but treason. So, making a pact means going back not only on Chávez's legacy or socialism, but on a century-long historical battle, where present hardships aren't explained with their own mistakes, but external causes. Is there a moderate sector in chavismo? We assume there is, but this world is opaque. There are people who directly sabotage the efforts—Cabello, the most evident—, but there are also those who are moderate depending on the occasion, on the situation. Isn't that the Executive's situation and the situation for his negotiators? From having the need to having conviction about moderation, there's a step, an enormous leap of faith. It's saying: "This thing we've been thinking for years isn't as good as we thought."
And now let's talk about resistance, that horror for negotiating within the opposition. What's the point, why do they oppose the very idea of considering it? Do María Corina Machado & Co. really think a military coalition will invade Venezuela?
Maybe they do. Maybe they expect it, tragically, because we have to admit that an important part of Machado's political career has been devoted to having an internal change, with variating efficiency, with higher or lower possibilities. Assuming that there's no other way out but an intervention is a dramatic conviction that can't be taken lightly if it comes from a serious political actor. But I see the opposition from two perspectives: One, in moderate, center politics, there's no way for her option to achieve power (at least power within the opposition). I say this assuming that her ideological option, and her own option of power, isn't only legitimate, but also isn't undesirable from the start (and that, if I have to choose one, I'd clearly choose it over chavismo).
You mean there's no way for that part of the opposition that aligns ideologically with center politics to achieve power?
No, I mean that the most radical opposition will hardly win a majority. That's why they try to filter the competition, morally at least. The second perspective within the opposition, and there are very eloquent spokespeople for this, rests on their conviction that nothing in chavismo is worth saving, it's morally and politically lost. And that's not an unpopular idea: the general ambiguity facing this whole process proves it.
So, this opposition, as chavismo, can't fathom negotiating with something they consider to be absolutely negative, pernicious, and therefore, according to this opposition, something that should disappear forever as a political actor. Right?
I think that those opposing moderation—Machado and others—have been clear when they say that they don't think chavismo should continue, and that if it does, nothing will change even if they open up, and even if they do, it wouldn't be enough.
Assuming that there's no other way out but an intervention is a dramatic conviction that can't be taken lightly if it comes from a serious political actor.
My feeling about the entirety of Venezuelan society and our political culture, that time has only confirmed, is that we don't know how to solve conflicts without violence. We either avoid conflict or we solve it with machetes. We look down on negotiating, even when our experience, from here and there, tells us that with very few exceptions, democracies are built from the start by negotiating. Is this cultural, thinking that negotiating is surrendering?
Negotiating has a bad rep, ironically, because of our double tendency to strength and viveza: we'd be Tío Tigre, the bully, and Tío Conejo, the trickster. We think that if we negotiate, it's either to be somebody's fool or to make someone our fool. I don't know if that's a terrible trait, though. What I do see is that our effective violence—that doesn't solve anything, but strengthens the inequity—has been normalized and the fact that we haven't gone through an actual war isn't all that clear (because of the distance between political violence in civil wars and the optimistic view on poorly studied rebellions.) It's not the same as crime or the violent way of life at the edge of civility. It's not like protests and repression, and I don't mean just in magnitude. Even those who advocate a solution without negotiations—with only a few exceptions—state their alternative as "legitimate violence," like a fulminating phase that's not that bloody. I'm skeptic towards that belief, but this may be my conservatism winning. I'd rather we seriously ponder about the severity of things.
Another matter is that, if you look at the surveys, most Venezuelans still think, as they have for years, that this must be solved peacefully and through elections. The idea of an American invasion exists on Twitter and certain Venezuelan and diaspora sectors more than among common folks living in the country, making queues and struggling to survive. There's a gap between social media and reality, like two different public opinions. How do you feel, and what's the feeling among your people or at college?
Although I could appeal to the masses, I won't because they could change their mind and minorities aren't always wrong. But I don't feel that in ordinary society there's a push towards redemptive violence. There's exhaustion towards these alternatives, maybe because of the previous failures of maximalism, or the fraud of socialist redemption. So, it's the moment for realism, for sense. What do I perceive? That there's an incredible will for change, but also a notion that this change must be gradual, even if it contradicts the moral indignation about the damage caused to society. And this indignation exists, rightfully, even if it won't turn into power. This indignation and this prudence, dismisses the possibility of us being tío-Tigre-tío-Conejo.
How do you imagine a transition, or governability in a transition, in these conditions?
Beyond imagination (and I have everything from nightmares to dreams) when we talk about transition we have to mention realities that are not at all uplifting. Something's gotta give, transitions aren't unilateral, but they also imply change. And it's not only about appeasing conflicts, it's also solving them. And, what's Venezuela's essential conflict? The May 2018 elections? The ongoing coup against the National Assembly? Not recognizing the revolution? No. The greatest Venezuelan conflict is that we have no civilized, modern life. Regarding our human development indexes, in practice, we have residual modernity, that is there because something was there before. But it's faint. And we assume that Venezuelans, by birthright, should live in an open, prosperous society, under a system of liberties, have a voice in public matters, with security and tranquility, all of that, but we have to understand that our reality screams otherwise. So, I have to convince those who hinder these general aspirations to stop doing it. Convince them that their own sense of patriotism and progress is at risk if we don't change towards a more open society, especially those who claim to defend the majority. Who can believe, really, that the most vulnerable sectors of society are okay today? I'm not saying better or worse, just plain old okay. Nobody!
Negotiating has a bad rep, ironically, because of our double tendency to strength and viveza: we'd be Tío Tigre, the bully, and Tío Conejo, the trickster.
The transition, besides, would start with at least temporal, unavoidable impunity, necessary for a regime change.
History is full of examples where, except for a very small group, the elites settled the transitional changes. And this implied, in the sector that pushed for change, the need for postponing justice. Let's think about 1958: General Pérez Jiménez and his circle leave, secret police Seguridad Nacional is dismantled. But sectors of the bourgeoisie, the church and Armed Forces that benefited from the dictatorship remained. I know that many find in chavismo's crimes a difference not only in magnitude but in their very essence, different from those times, but they must look at it as a global experience.
More in detail, how do we make a transition towards democracy if moderate leaders are butchered because of these principles and succumb to internal competition? It's Guaidó's case and it was also, in different circumstances, your father's case when he was MUD coordinator.
Moderates have also been ambivalent. Years ago I was talking to a friend of mine, a priest, after the 2015 elections, and I wondered, with such discipline and peace, what more credentials could we present for our wish of true, peaceful change? He answered that the problem we had from the opposition is that we also walked the semi-loyal route like a calculation, waiting to irreversibly deploy our power. Because of that, a system that was already unequal and abusive turned even more authoritarian. Was it possible to convince those who have power that we don't want to destroy everything they've done? As they've done terrible things, it's hard to defend anything. But it's something we did have, in defense of the imperfect and limited Constitution of 1999. If the leadership is convinced about this, really, it must convince its opponents, or step away from them. Even more, if they think that tragedy is unavoidable, act in consequence, seriously and severely. This also gives you the moral authority to make demands, because those who don't believe in change, let's say the most reactionary revolutionaries, use this ambiguity to sow doubt, divide and humiliate. And the State-PSUV has a degree of responsibility in that, immeasurable against any other political actor. Chavismo should be the first one to show moderation and its instinct has stopped it from doing so.
Another topic is building consensus about what the country should do, consensus between those who govern and society itself. What to do with oil, with the Armed Forces, foreign relations, etc. Thousands of things, priorities that in Chile, for example, were shared by the center-left and the center-right, that resulted in a successful transition. Do you think it's possible for us, or that it will be possible if it currently isn't?
Yes. It's not easy, because we're stuck in the ideological goal, but the potential agreement could be overwhelming if looked at in a certain way. There's a series of ideas that travel through us: one, that sovereignty resides in the people (who's the people and how that sovereignty is exercised?); Can that be framed into our different ideas of freedom? Two, that society will be better as it's more inclusive and prosperous and this matches our different ideas about equality. While that's possible, we could count on oil to promote both goals (inclusion and prosperity) even if that's a window about to close. Our priorities, if we assume that the Venezuelan conflict has the unfulfillment of our aspirations to liberty and equality at its root, are the civilizational shortcomings that I mentioned before. Services and infrastructure, rule of law, economic stability, identity… Those six or seven problems we all know, as Alberto Adriani said in 1936.
Our priorities are the civilizational shortcomings that I mentioned before. Services and infrastructure, rule of law, economic stability, identity.
Our leadership shouldn't care, when it's time to solve this crisis, who's to blame, but which problems to solve first. Use the narrative you want, but allow work to have value, make things work and life bearable. And basic consensus is required in three main points: inclusion politics (because our society is poorly organized,) strong institutions (because we're subject to discretionality and inefficiency) and a social pact that respects those, that makes us all partners and beneficiaries of that. About the technical aspect, we are not short on ideas for measures. Plan País could also be assumed from an official perspective, but it also requires abandoning certain sacred truths. Negotiation is an opportunity. There may be many more, if we let this one slide, but starting from scratch will always be harder.
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Australia's Regional Express expects to report a profit for its current financial year, which ends on 30 June 2023, as its domestic jet operations continue to be profitable.
According to unaudited accounts, Rex's domestic jet operations are expected to report an A$2 million ($1.35 million) pre-tax profit, higher than the "slight profitability" reported in September.
This is also the first time the operator has disclosed a profit figure for its jet operations, which it launched in March 2021.
In an earnings forecast released 25 November, Rex notes that its regional operations remain loss-making in October – "due to the predatory actions of Qantas" – but that it will return to profitability by early 2023.
"The board of Rex will reaffirm its expectations that the group will make up for the accumulated losses incurred in the first four months of the [financial year] to emerge profitably overall for the entire [financial year]," the airline adds.
At the release of its financial results for the year to 30 June, where it widened its losses, Rex had said it was "cautiously optimistic" of returning to profitability in the current financial year.
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Activision Blizzard (ATVI) shareholders approve Microsoft (MSFT) acquisition
It looks like little else is standing in the way of Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard when the deal is expected to close in 2023.
One of the biggest stories of 2022 so far is Microsoft's announcement of its intention to acquire Activision Blizzard to the tune of $68.7 billion USD. There have been a lot of matters that need to be settled before the deal closes, but both entities just passed another major hurdle. Activision Blizzard shareholders have officially voted to approve the deal and allow Microsoft's acquisition.
Activision Blizzard announced the approval of its shareholders in the Microsoft deal in an investor relations press release on April 28, 2022. Reportedly, around 98 percent of shareholders voted in favor of the acquisition, giving an overwhelming majority on the go-ahead for Microsoft to proceed with the acquisition.
"Today's overwhelmingly supportive vote by our stockholders confirms our shared belief that, combined with Microsoft, we will be even better positioned to create great value for our players, even greater opportunities for our employees, and to continue our focus on becoming an inspiring example of a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive workplace," said ineffective and problematic Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick.
With the vote passed, there are very few further things standing in the way of Microsoft's proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. While there are still matters like the US FCC ensuring the deal doesn't violate competitive regulations, there has been little to suggest that the deal won't pass at this point. If all goes as planned, Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard should be settled by around spring 2023.
Even so, there are still a number of matters up in the air. The company has continued to face and attempt to settle various lawsuits of sexual harassment and workplace toxicity, many of which are still ongoing. There has also been little word on what happens with Bobby Kotick once the deal is settled. Nonetheless, as Microsoft moves along on preparing the finalization of the Activision Blizzard acquisition, stay tuned for more details as they become available.
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Why BITCOIN NEW ALL TIME HIGH Changes EVERYTHING!
Currencies / Bitcoin Nov 22, 2021 - 04:02 PM GMTCrypto Portfolio Current State
So far the crypto markets have managed to dodge the black swan bullets and so I hold ZERO of the two largest market cap crypto's, Bitcoin and Ethereum. Instead what had fallen to deep discounts have been the Alt coins, though again not to the extent where I would have piled in head first hoovering up huge amounts of crypto's as the current state of my crypto portfolio illustrates where even the crypto I have been banging on about all year Ravencoin is just scratching the surface at about 12% of my target holding, the table lists crypto's in order of my target $ position size.
Overall just over 10% of my target funds have been invested when by now I would have expected to be about 50% invested as I basically let the limit orders do their work accumulating on the few and far between price spikes lower, gradually raising the limits over time.
The primary purpose of the bear market was to accumulate into where the greater the deviation from the high then the greater the buying opportunity presented. So since I bought diddly squat of BTC and ETH does that now mean I have missed the next crypto bull market boat? HELL NO!
In fact I am content that I don't hold any bitcoin. Why? Because I see it as basically dead money. In the midst of the bear market the most I could imagine BTC reaching during the next mania was doubling to a high of about $130k, and even then I would probably have planned to have exited at around $100k, which is why I sought a repeat of past bear markets so BTC could then deliver a target X5 return in exchange for the risk of falling to under $10k. However crypto's that did fall harder and further than either BTC and ETH were the ALT coins that saw huge deviations form their highs and thus truly allowed one to fantasise about achieving X10 returns.
Now with Bitcoin having traded to a NEW all time amounts to a switch being flipped on the crypto markets, effectively acting as a wake up call, a slap on the back of my head to switch strategy as the bear accumulation phase is OVER. It's time to bite the bullet and start buying at the market especially in those select few alt cons still trading at a significant discount to their highs as indicated in my table above.
The crypto bear market i.e. deviations form the previous bull market highs form the outset was to accumulate into so as to sell into the next mania peak at many multiples of the previous highs. So if one buys significantly BELOW the previous highs then that's job done! Sit back and let the next mania do it's work.
The BITCOIN NEW ALL TIME HIGH Changes EVERYTHING!
1. bitcoin leads the alt coins that will follow in no more than a couple of months or likely several weeks later, i.e. retail money first flows into BITCOIN sending it's price soaring as is taking place today with very few alt coins joining Bitcoin in the rush to new all time highs.
2. The longer the bitcoin rush to highs goes on the more retail investor funds start seeping into the alt coins and thus they begin their their bull runs to many times their previous highs, given the weight of capital seeking home in relatively small market cap markets.
3. Then Bitcoin peaks and trades along it's highs as the Alt coins start to soar into the stratosphere as money LEAVES bitcoin and goes into the alt coins, which then start to soar to well beyond their previous highs as Alt coin mania takes hold.
That is what happened last time! And that's what I expect to happen during the next great crypto bull market.
For instance this is what Bitcoin did when it last broke to a new all time high. With the ALT coins typically starting to embark on their parabolic runs some 1 to 2 months later!
So understand this I / we have missed NOTHING! For we are at the very beginning\s of the next crypto bull market that 'should' see the Alt's trade at many multiples of their previous bull market highs. There is huge upside to the $2 trillion crypto market, for instance APPLE has a greater market cap than the whole of the crypto universe which illustrates the potential for where the crypto's could be trading upto in 5 to 6 months time.
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By Alex Pollak, CIO Loftus Peak
Key takeaways:
- Even small European cities are imposing bans on the use of many diesel cars
- Disruption started in newspapers and music, but it is now in industries as core as transport and energy
- The massive shift that is taking place globally into disruptive companies may be pushing up their prices, however, simply throwing money at oil, traditional retailers or TV stations is not a viable alternative.
- For exposure to disruptive companies in an investment, see the Loftus Peak Global Disruption Fund
50% chance German car companies remain in global elite – VW chief
Earlier this month, VW CEO Dr Herbert Diess said "The chances are perhaps 50-50 that the German auto industry will still belong among the global elite in 10 years' time," referring to Volkswagen Group, BMW and Daimler Benz.
The VW chief executive was quoted in the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, saying the shift from combustion engines to electric cars would lead to the loss of 14,000 jobs at VW by 2020 and warning that "around a quarter of the jobs in our factories would have to go in the space of 10 years – a total of 100,000 posts," if the EU succeeded in its push to slash carbon output by 40 percent between 2020 and 2030.
He went on to say that it would also require an overhaul of the carmaker's in-house components business, which is the largest part of the group's €170 billion euro procurement spend, and employs 80000 people.
His comments followed the announcement that Porsche (effectively a division of Volkswagen) will no longer produce the diesel engine in its popular Cayenne and Macan four-wheel drive vehicles. Investors who had bet that the 2015 VW diesel scandal would just 'blow over' were wrong, with Volkswagen off 40% since the cheating was revealed.
Exhibiting the same share price trajectory as VW is Daimler Benz, down 30% in three years to €57 per share. It wasn't caught cheating but will probably also phase out the diesel over time.
It is worth thinking about this in the context of buying shares in the many companies making electric and self-driving cars, relative to those in companies making internal combustion engines. VW makes 10m cars a year, Tesla makes 400,000 (at present) – yet VW is only 50% more expensive at US$75b in market capitalisation (while making 25x the number of cars).
The perception that investors are paying too much for exposure to electric cars – whether Tesla or one of the many others now springing up – is naïve. These companies are outgrowing their nearest competitors so investors have to pay up to access them.
If we were simply considering a comparison based on cars produced per company then the valuations should be very different. But pre-existing structures mean that their journeys will be different, and so will their share price trajectories.
Boards and management, as well as shareholders, are not rewarded for disrupting their existing businesses
The real way it works is that existing managements, boards and shareholders don't get paid for the value they create through disruption but are still penalised for the coming re-engineering that will be forced upon them.
Fossil fuel engine companies have extensive supply chains which produce tens of thousands of components, which means that any car maker will have to manage the costs in that process in tandem with the costs in any new process.
Like all manufacturing, how all these parts come together often isn't just a matter of contract, it's also about the hundreds of other things that need to come together to get the job done.
New technologies blow all this away – disrupt it, in fact – breaking down the industries just as they eat into sales, creating new pockets of wealth all along the way.
As Dr Diess said: "If you look at the former bastions of the auto industry like Detroit, Oxford-Cowley or Turin, you understand what happens to cities when once powerful corporations and leading industries falter."
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It is becoming hard to find an industry not hit by disruption
The disruption hitting the car industry is also at work in many other industries – energy (where the head of Saudi Arabia's Aramco was reported to have said that the value of oil in the country's vast oil reserves will decrease significantly in coming years), telcos, and banking, to name a few. Locally, in retail, Woolworths and Coles are optimised for sales in shopping centres controlled by Westfield and the like. A significant move online simply cannibalises their existing store sales without reducing the fixed costs of those stores. At the same time, creating an online fulfilment channel can be very expensive. The combination of lower throughput in the physical store and higher costs for online is a drop in profit.
Another example: Foxtel and free-to-air networks are struggling to make their existing one-to-many broadcast television models work, in part because Netflix and others have taught viewers to expect that their favourite content should be available any time, including with a fast forward or pause button. Foxtel can't offer this with the same economics as its regular pay tv service – it hurts the advertising and subscription funded business model, which is based around as many people watching the programme at the same time as possible.
Globally, Walmart, AT&T, Procter & Gamble, the car companies and a host of others are affected. In fact, it's becoming difficult to find examples of industries not affected. By the way, this is the reason that Murdoch sold out of content creation in the US and UK.
And banking? What will the banks do with their heavy management structures built to corral people during different credit cycles at a time when the world's understanding of money is that it is truly a digital commodity?
The massive shift that is taking place globally into disruptive companies is pushing up the price – but investing in the alternatives, even for gutsy deep value players, does not look like it will stack up for some time.
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When family comes to town for the holidays or old classmates want to get together, you are always supposed to bring a snack. When your children have their classroom Christmas parties or Sunday school programs, you have to bring a snack. How about quick and easy real food snacks?
If you are like me and struggle to keep your sweet tooth under control, all these holiday functions are terrible to your waistline! So how can you enjoy so many festivities guilt-free?
By planning ahead a little bit and bringing quick and easy real food snacks for holiday parties and events.
I Love to Bake
Do you love baking like I do? Especially Christmas cookies and candies? If you are like me then you always take a plate of cookies and candies to such events.
I start baking in early December and have ice cream pails of cookies and candies sitting on my front porch (frozen) ready to grab in an instant.
So, my go-to snack is usually a plate of cookies I fill from all my different buckets.
But I intend to change that this year because I am entering the holiday season 30 pounds more than my goal weight. True confessions!
Read More: Cooking for the Freezer: How to Make and Bake Ahead
Planning Ahead
Instead of "planning ahead" to take a plate of frozen cookies and candies to my holiday functions, I'm making an effort this year to set myself up for healthier snacks.
Real food snacks for holiday parties isn't something that should scare you off or needs to be overly complicated.
Planning ahead can be as simple as:
- Having an extra dozen eggs in the fridge for boiling
- Keeping extra cheese and sausage in the fridge for a meat and cheese plate
- Hiding a container of nuts and raisins so the kiddos (or husband) don't eat them
It really is quite simple to have delicious snacks ready to take in an instant.
[Notice I didn't say sugar-free…]
Just because you want quick and easy real food snacks for holiday parties doesn't mean they have to be sugar-free.
You don't have to throw sweets completely out!
But be wise with them. Choose real-food sweets that you know don't have crazy chemical foods and colorings in them. By making your own, you know exactly what's in them.
For instance, I know my cookies are made with real butter (not shortening) and don't have a bunch of preservatives or flavor enhancers.
By all means! Feel free to still take cookies and candies!
Read More: How to Use Stevia Instead of Sugar
Quick and Easy Real Food Snacks for Holiday Parties
1. Popcorn – This is such an easy go-to! Pop a big bowl, butter and salt it. Jazz it up a bit with seasoned salt instead of regular. This is also one of the most affordable snacks to share if your budget is tight.
2. Deviled Eggs – Have a dozen or two of hard boiled eggs sitting in the fridge. Then when it's time to make the deviled eggs they are plenty cool. I don't have an exact recipe but read 7 Ways to Fix Hard Boiled Eggs for some pointers from me.
3. Mixed Nuts – Have some peanuts or mixed nuts handy that you can grab and go. Or mix in some raisins, craisins, or chocolate chips.
4. Trail Mix – Fancy up your mixed nuts a bit more with other dried fruit and/or a seasoning blend. Try Oh, Sweet Basil's amazing Spiced Trail Mix recipe!
5. Peanut Butter Popcorn Balls – Or just peanut butter popcorn. Here is Gwen's recipe from KeyIngredient: Honey Peanut Butter Popcorn Balls
6. Caprese On a Stick –
These are so delicious and easy! What you need:
Cherry or grape tomatoes
Mozzarella or string cheese sticks
Fresh Basil
Cut the cheese into cubes about the size of the tomatoes. Load the skewer with a tomato, a basil leaf and a cube of cheese.
The colors are even perfect for Christmas!
7. Meat and Cheese Tray with Crackers – If possible, put the crackers in a separate bowl so they don't get soggy.
8. Relish Tray – Pickles, olives (green and black), red beets, and pickled garlic make a colorful tray.
9. Chai – There are delicious chai recipes out there. But Ali from Gimme Some Oven has a great recipe you can make ahead of time to keep in the fridge. Then you just add the milk, heat and serve when needed.
10. Caramel Popcorn – When made with honey or maple syrup this really can be a real-food snack!
Read More: Healthy Homemade Caramel Popcorn 3 Ways
Learn some more great ways I love to use maple syrup and honey!
11. Spiced cider – Just wing it on this one. Throw some cider in a kettle and add a few slices of orange and lemon peels (if you throw in the whole slice it can get pulpy…). Drop in a couple cinnamon sticks and cloves and simmer for 1/2 an hour.
12. Pickled Eggs – Eggs pickled in red beet juice make a beautiful plate! Read my post on how to pickle them.
13. Egg Salad – Bring some crackers to go with the egg salad. If you have time, spread it on bread and cut each slice of bread into four. Mini egg salad sandwiches! Extra points if you garnish each quarter with a sprig of fresh parsley.
14. Veggie tray with Dip
15. Fruit tray with Dip
16. Tortilla Roll-Ups – You can use a recipe for these if you want. Otherwise just throw in what you have. I always start with a cream cheese base, but then you can mix in what you want: guacamole, relish, chopped olives, minced garlic, shredded cheese, etc. Or even layer in some deli meat.
17. Meatballs – Everyone makes freezer meals, how about freezer snacks! Make several pounds of burger into your favorite meatball recipe. [Try Lauren's Cranberry Meatball recipe from Tastes Better from Scratch.] Bake them all the way through, cool them and freeze them flat on a cookie sheet. After they are frozen, bag them up.
Several hours before, you can throw the meatballs in a crock pot and drizzle some BBQ sauce over. Let them simmer a while and whisk them away to your party. Bring toothpicks with for eating.
Read More: Cooking for the Freezer: How to Make and Bake Ahead
18. Deli Meat Rolls – Take pieces of deli meat and wrap them around string cheese. Stick three or four toothpicks evenly spaced, in the roll. Cut between the toothpicks. You have meat and cheese skewers!
19. Chips and Salsa
By planning ahead a bit you can be prepared to share quick and easy real food snacks for holiday parties. Bringing a healthy snack you can enjoy will free you up to snack with the rest of the crowd!


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5 Steps To Get Debt Free Fast!
Becoming debt free is a goal that so many consumers have these days. With debt loads rising faster than incomes, it is an unfortunate fact that debt has become a way of life for so many. With nearly $1.79 in debt for every dollar of income we make, it is clear that times are becoming harder for the average Canadian. Insolvencies have increased by 6.5% compared to last year, which is constant a year-over-year trend we are beginning to notice. We are in a very gloomy time in our society. Topics like Debt Consolidation, Debt Forgiveness and even the Debtor Assistance Program in Nova Scotia have become a hot topic.
Now, what do you do if you have debt but aren't quite sure where to begin? We always recommend everyone starts with our simple questionnaire we included in our 'How Does Debt Consolidation Work' article. This is a great place to begin as if you are too far gone then many of the items in this article won't apply to you and you are better off speaking with a debt professional.
Debt can be a symptom of any number of problems and life circumstances. However, it is important to understand that YOU ARE NOT YOUR DEBT.
At Halifax Debt Freedom, we'd love to discuss how we can help you become debt free.
You won't see your typical 'Spend less than what you earn', or 'Make more than the minimum payments' on this list as this advice has become mainstream. Instead we are going to talk about practical advice that will truly make a difference in your life.
1. Write down your bad habits and tackle them
Determine what makes you spend money impulsively. Think about the practices that you consider to be bad habits. We first want to address the habits that are easier to kick. The most natural habits to break are the ones we know are a problem. The most common bad habits people outline are generally items like shopping, eating out, smoking, video games, or a host of other reasons. Don't pick these, unless they apply to you. For example, we have many clients that smoke that also have an eating out problem. However, they may not see smoking as something they are willing to quit. Should they spend their time trying to make themselves stop something they don't want to or addressing their eating out habit first? We believe it should be the latter.
Start with the easy habit to break, first.
Once you've identified the bad habit, we want to understand why we 'partake' in the habit. Once you know why you can quickly discover solutions to the problem, and finally, you can make compromises in your life to ween yourself off the bad habit.
Summary of this step
- Identify bad habits
- Determine why you 'do' the bad habits
- Come up with suitable compromises.
Let's pick on eating out for the remainder of this section.
Let's imagine that you've identified that eating out is a bad habit of yours that you want to try and reduce the amount of money you spend on it. Many people have this problem. So now think of the reasons why you eat out. Your list will be different of course but here a few possible underlying causes:
- It's convenient and fast
- I don't have a microwave at work
- I can't cook
- I hate cleaning dishes
- And the list could go on
The most important part isn't to be perfect. The direction you want to head in is a direction of improvement. So, instead of buying a $15 meal at McDonald's, perhaps go to the local grocery store and pick up a sandwich and drink from there. Most likely it will cost you half the price and solves every single problem listed above. Is this the perfect long-term solution? Probably not – unless you have a lot of disposable cash flow. However, it certainly gets you heading in the right direction and could quickly free up 50% of your eating out bill.
You can apply this process to any habit you want to cut out.
2. Constantly try and save money
This sounds obvious…. but bear with us!
When was the last time you saw if you are paying as little as possible for your cell phone, your internet, insurances, or any of your other monthly re-occurring bills? Go ahead and review your subscriptions and see which ones you don't need. Try and see if you can save money. The most common answer is usually "I can't save any more money, I already have the cheapest *whatever service is*." If you know you have the lowest price, prove it. Go through the exercise of calling the service/product provider and let them know you are not 100% happy with your current price and that you wanted to give them a chance to see if there is anything they can do.
You would be surprised at how often you will get a discount, a promotion, or even a better offering at a much better price. Try and save money, and you will.
The real point behind this step (and step 1) is to take a pro-active approach to your finances. We have seen it hundreds of times; when people begin caring about their finances, they can save money. By the way, this isn't a process that ends. We recommend that you review your re-occurring expenses at least twice a year.
3. Review your spending
Pull out your last 12 months of bank statements. The exercise here is to go line by line and tally up all of your expenditures. There is no 'best' way of doing this. Just grab some scrap paper and start categorizing your expenses. This process will undoubtedly take a few hours, but it will eye-opening, we promise. Once you have all of the expenses categorized, you will want to add them up and then divide them by 12. This list will give you the monthly average you spend per category.
Make sense? If so, move to the next step.
4. Make a spending plan (the budget!) and track
The problem with budgets is that most people don't know how much they spend. Hence why Step 3 is so crucial. The reason why most budgets fail is that the numbers used are often inaccurate. For a budget to be effective, it must reflect reality. It is easy for us to say that you should spend no more than $250p/m on grocery items; however, your family might have dietary restrictions, health issues, etc., that cause this expense to be higher for you.
Using your numbers from Step 3, you will want to make sure the numbers make sense for your goals. In the past, you may have spent $300p/m on eating out. However, if your plan moving forward is to try and cut that in half using the techniques above, then you will want to use $150 in your plan.
We suggest that you write out your spending plan on a per-pay basis. Meaning that if you get paid bi-weekly, your plan will be a 14-day plan, if you get paid weekly you will have a 7-day plan, etc. This plan is only to start to develop the habit.
Moving forward – write down all of your expenses as they occur. Please write them down as this will help you remember them.
5. Now decide what debt to tackle first
The average client we help can save anywhere's from $150-300p/m using steps 1-4. (PS – This would be an excellent time to save up at least $1,000 if you have not already. It is a good starting position for a savings account. Also, there is very little that costs more than $1,000 if you needed the funds immediately.)
With this money, we want to begin targeting the best debt to reduce. There are two main ways to pay off debts. The Debt Snowball and Debt Avalanche method. An explanation of the two methods is below.
Debt Snowball
This method involves paying off your smallest to largest debt, regardless of the interest rates. This process involves making the minimum interest payment on everything except for the smallest balance. Every additional penny should applied to the smallest balance account. You simply rinse and repeat this until all of the accounts are paid
Debt Avalanche
This method involves paying off your highest interest rate debts first. The balance on the account doesn't matter. As with the Debt Snowball method, you would make minimum payments on everything except for the debt with the highest interest rate. Mathematically this makes the most sense and will save you the most amount of money.
However, which is the best method? Research has shown that the Debt Snowball is far easier to stick to then the Debt Avalanche. The reason is because you feel good about actually eliminating accounts. However, if you are extremely disciplined the debt avalanche method will save you more money.
Check out this wonderful calculator that can go through both of these options.
Putting it all together
Getting out of debt quickly won't happen because of one thing that you do right. It is the combination of a lot of little things that you do right to make a big difference in your life moving forward. By just budgeting, or just reviewing your expenses, you will get nowhere. To ensure you have the best odds at success, you want to make an effort to be good at everything. We tell our clients – we would rather you be OK at every step listed above than an expert in one of them but neglects to do the other.
This article was written by David Moffatt, a Debt Relief Expert. He has helped assist in creating plans that have helped save Nova Scotia residents over $30 million dollars of consumer and tax debt since 2015. We believe that no consumer should have to struggle with the stress of overwhelming debt. Our debt restructuring strategies can help you cut your debt by up to 80%.
If you are struggling with debt please reach out. It hurts to continue to suffer financially. Halifax Debt Freedom services Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, Sackville the entirety of HRM, and all of Nova Scotia.


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CannaBotica has been in operation since 2011. Originally named Personalized Organic Treatments, it was founded by Megan and Carlos Solano, who have always been devoted, first and foremost, to the well-being of the patients under their care. That philosophy has shaped our values as a company, and continues to influence how we conduct ourselves to this day.
Our shop is located just north of Alameda and Tejon, in the Valverde neighborhood. We have CBD and glass available in the lobby, as well as an ATM and water cooler for your convenience. Each customer receives individual attention from one of our knowledgeable staff, and can browse our inventory at their leisure to ensure they make the right choice for their medicating needs. If you have questions, please call or email and we will be happy to address any concerns you may have.


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In this episode, Adam Springer, founder and CEO of StartupSales.io shares a value proposition example to show us how we can build and refine our own.
StartupSales helps B2B companies triple or more of their sales output by creating predictable and repeatable processes.
Some topics we discussed include:
- Why businesses find it difficult to articulate their value proposition
- What needs to be done to address the gap
- What you need to know about the problem of examining a value proposition example from another business
- How to avoid making assumptions about customers
- How to empathize with customers
- How to test your value proposition and validate
- Why every company should ensure that new and existing clients are a fit with regards to the value proposition
- Value proposition template that can help businesses
- Elevator pitch formula to help condense your value proposition
- How to craft your message (from your value proposition example and template)
- and much more
Links and resources mentioned
- Check out StartupSales.io
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Your reviews and feedback will not only help me continue to deliver great, helpful content, but it will also help reach even more amazing founders and executives just like you!


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Gillray's Steakhouse & Bar is the latest restaurant to throw its hat into the ring hoping to claim the title of 'London's Best Steakhouse' and in my opinion, this County Hall darling could have the edge. It's bold, British and where else in the world can you tuck into a steak to the sound of the bong of the Big Ben bell? And, what a setting, the River Thames, the London Eye, the Houses of Parliament.
The entrance to County Hall is grand, undeniably impressive and as a former seat of government. King George V opened it in 1922. Sympathetically restored, the architecture is a stunner and the interior doesn't disappoint either. Here you'll find polished marble floors and gigantic bronze doors
I invite Keith who likes food as much as me and admits that he lives up to the old Irish meat and potato cliché – he's a Doyle so is allowed.
We meet in the grand reception and the PR team direct us towards the bar. We're greeted by the bar manager Karina Elias who is charming and an incredibly welcoming host.
We begin with a cocktail, and gin is clearly the spirit of choice here. Head bartender Carlos Santos has put together 39 English gins, 5 English vodkas and 10 English beers. Carlos talks me through the infusions and the gin infusions include Williams Chase and Fennel seed, No.3 with mandarin and cardamom, and Hendricks and English Breakfast tea. For the vodka drinker, there's a Plum and Rosemary vodka infusion which sounds gloriously wicked.
I had the Rhubarb Examiner – a fresh raspberry mash-up with vanilla syrup, shaken with Hayman's dry gin and Chase rhubarb liqueur. It's topped off with a passion fruit foam and a purple pansy. You sip through the foam, get your head knocked into a cocked hat, then if you're still upright after the concentrated booze hit, you finish off enjoying the light, fruity smoothie.
Keith had the "red Snapper", gin infused with tomato juice and horseradish, finished off with a good twist of ground pepper. I'm not a fan of tomato juice based drinks but I could drink this.
We took in the panoramic views as we sat on one of the bright yellow high-backed Chesterfield's.
There was a guitar two-piece performing chart hits which were easy on the ear, but this is was laid on for the launch. The restaurant and bar play easy listening background music.
We finish our drink and move into the dining room and I'm impressed by the space and decor. We're greeted by the restaurant manager Jonathan Prescott who seats us by the bar and I sit facing a rainy River Thames.
We're served an amuse bouche almost immediately which was great as we were both starving. Two massive Yorkshire puddings filled with Montgomery cheddar arrived, served with a dish of horseradish cream. Yes, they were as delicious as they look and we debated the merits of a well-risen Yorkshire in between bites.
The panelled walls in the main dining room are hung with cartoons from famed 18th century caricaturist and namesake James Gillray. There's evidence of his work throughout Gillray's, peppered on the menus and napkins and my favourite is The Plum Pudding in Danger' – one of the most famous satirical prints of its day. This is split between two panels, on one side, Prime Minister Pitt sits between a globe 'plum pudding' helping himself to a rather large slice of the ocean, while Napoleon carves a slice of continental Europe on the other.
Nine cuts of steak, all 35-day, dry-aged Herefordshire beef from the Duke of Devonshire's Bolton Abbey estate in Yorkshire, and showcased by the one kg "Bull's Head".
The Executive Chef here is Gareth Bowen who began his career at Mirabelle. With 17 years experience under his belt he's more than qualified to deliver here and he's ably supported by a bespoke team of 'Steak Chefs' – one of whom cooks every steak served on their Montague Grill.
The menu had plenty of choice and I was hard pushed to find something I didn't or wouldn't eat. I began with scallops and these are perfectly cooked. A smoked bacon wafer which started life as pork belly, was coiled, spring-like, and cut so very finely it sat on top of the dish and the texture and taste was divine. The pea puree was succulent, sweet and designer green and worked perfectly with the smokey flavour of the bacon and the marshmallow-softness of the scallops.
Keith was going for the 'Cocktail Years' experience and opted for the Prawn Cocktail. Good sauce to prawn ratio and if he had one complaint it was that there were too many prawns. There's just no pleasing some people is there? He loved the DIY sauce idea, no sloppy mayonnaise blanket draped prawns here, the option to put little or no 'rose-marie' sauce on your prawns is clearly the way forward. Good crispy gem lettuce base and big boy prawns were found all the way to the base of the glass.
We were given a choice of the red and white wine and both were very good indeed. Wickham Estates is an English wine and from Hampshire. The labels helpfully tell you all you need to know.
For those of you who don't eat, or fancy steak the choice is still plentiful. South coast lemon sole, veal cutlet, roast spatch-cock chicken, lamb rump, smoked Gloucester Old Spot pork chop, mushroom and leek pie and a steak burger.
For those who want it, steaks are 35 day dry-aged and from Yorkshire Hereford cattle raised on the Duke of Devonshire's Bolton and Abbey Estate. Choose from bone-in or bone out and all steaks are acoompanied by a choice of sauce (Red Wine & Bone Marrow, Stilton, Steak Butter, Peppercorn, Tarragon Butter) and a selection of English mustards. As if you'd have room there is an extras menu which features Bury black pudding (£4.00), baked bone marrow (£4.00), two Surrey duck eggs (£3.00) carpetbag oysters (£4.00) I can't eat oysters but as the chef has worked at the Rainbow Rooms in New York I imagine steak gets oyster-stuffed. The crab oscar is the last extra (£6.00) and again I assume it's a take on the US surf and turf, white crab meat mixed with mayonnaise, sour cream and onion and placed on top of the steak.
I had the Ladies Cut fillet (£26.00) and loved it – a nice thick cut which was the perfect size for me. I chose the tarragon sauce which was dense and full of flavour and the knife made easy work of it.
This restaurant was working overtime, they're used to serving many covers but usually at different times. About 75 guests sat down at roughly the same time and we thought the staff coped incredibly well and with excellent humour.
You can have potatoes 6 kinds of ways – yes – 6 kinds of ways. We tried the truffle and parmesan chips (£3.00) although I couldn't really discern the truffle or the parmesan. The Witchill and apple wood bake was just naughty (£3.00) and the peas, broad beans and bacon (£4.00) was also well executed.
Keith had the 600g T-Bone (£42.00) and it was obvious when it arrived he'd not be finishing it. His Jack Russell, 'Tayto' would be a very happy boy.
For dessert we opted for the Gillray's Sherry Trifle which was the only error of the evening. The concept was nice, served in a large jam jar but the layers were simply too thick. Once you'd broken through the cream top there was a thick jammy, blackcurrant layer and by the time you'd burrowed your way down to the sponge the sherry had evaporated. The sponge squares were as dry as well a wrung sponge. It could have been brilliant and I'd like to think that it usually is. The recipe was on a small label attached to the jar both of which I left. Shame.
The cheese choice was great, not one bad one on the board but the biscuits, whilst beautifully crafted were way too fancy in the flavour department and were fighting with the cheese for pole position. There was Tor, Yorkshire Blue, Westcombe Cheddar, Birtwell Sheeps Milk Cheddar, Tunsworth from Somerset and Oxford Isis (our favourite) and came with spiced pear chutney, a smashed apple compote and quince jelly. Unfortunately there were no plain crackers in the Hotel but we were offered toasted sourdough which worked a lot better and we were grateful and sorry for being a pair of cheese and cracker divas.
As we waddled to the bar for a nightcap the staff organised a box and glossy bag so that we could take the rest of Keith's steak home.
Just when we thought the night could get no better we saw a live show of cocktail theatrics – no one was hurt in the making of that drink – and we also met the men behind Hayman's gin.
I was a guest of Gillray's but I will definitely go back with my purse. It's a great place to take friends and family and a super spot for drinks.
I leave you with a picture of an excited Tayto – just look at that tail.


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Gregg Scoresby wants to be the most active investor in Arizona, but he'd love for someone to give him a run for his money.
Gregg is passionate about the Arizona tech community and hopes to see it continue to grow. But he's not just on the lookout for the next great Arizona startup. He's also running a company.
Gregg founded CampusLogic, an edtech startup based Chandler, in 2011 and launched the first product in 2014. He says the beginning was rough — they were frequently out of money. But Gregg's wife was patient and told him not to give up. Now, CampusLogic is a multimillion dollar student financial success company that's only become more relevant during the pandemic. He also gets to work with two of his sons.
In this episode, Hamid talks to Gregg about the unpredictable startup journey, working with his kids and the pros and cons of student loan forgiveness.
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Businesses generate a ton of sales data every day. Sales data, such as a business directory Mississauga, is such a great tool that you can use to find new customers for your product. Like all tools, your information is only good if you can use it to connect to customers who will buy your product or service. If you are only generating data, or perusing the Canadian phone number database, you need to find ways to humanize your data. Here are some tips for connecting to your potential customers in ways that maximize your results.
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Whether you are using a Mississauga business directory, a Canadian business directory database, or a list of potential customers, you have to start making the data useful to you and your business. When you are a B2B company, your customers may be more profitable than a single person, but they are also spread out all over Canada, if not the world. You need ways to humanize your interactions–and this is much harder to do when your customers are not right in front of you.
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7 Subtle Ways To Know You've Truly Moved On
Immediately after a break up, there's a whole lot of pretend moving on that gets played out between one or both parties. There's the "I'm fine with out you" Instagrams. You know, the ones were you're out at a bar, dressed like the bad girl in a high school movie. You're fake laughing, your friend snapped the picture, you probably cried after the flash went off. And then there are the vague yogi tweets, usually featuring some nonsense about releasing negative energy, soaring higher, reaching your full potential and so on. Your ex probably doesn't read your tweets so this is more directed at your social circle, letting them know the relationship is over but you're in a better place (subtext: your ex is evil). There's the new profile picture that supposedly debuts the new you. You're probably smiling a little too wide, standing on a mountain, or on some form of pubic transportation to suggest you're moving away (subtext: ask me where I'm going).
Over the next few months the song lyrics which tend to harden, suggesting leftover beef. Then there's the residual Instagram feed featuring an ongoing parade of the new you, the you your ex doesn't know. There's the haircuts, the tattoos, the Wild trips, the wistful selfies, the group pics that you hope will make your ex wonder who you're with. And then there's the offline struggle, the obsessing, the crying, the calling, the begging, the apologizing, the antagonizing. Getting dumped is like having your ego ripped out and thrown into the ring of an illegal cock fight: Ouch! This is unjust!
It might take weeks, it might take months, it might take years. Our hearts and egos all have different recovery rates, no two are built the same. But at some point you're going to feel tired. A wave of logic will wash over you, and you'll realize that instead of putting your energy towards healing, you're wasting it on pretending to heal. And while you might forgive yourself for being dishonest with everyone around you, it's a lot harder to forgive yourself for being so dishonest with you. Once you cut that energy flow, once you stop fueling the break up, you'll have so much more fuel for yourself. Here are seven ways you'll know it's working:
You Can Acknowledge The Good And The Bad
Immediately after a break up, you go back and forth between despising your ex, and building them up. A la: I'll never meet anyone as amazing as they are / they're an over-coddled child with no personality. Once you get to a place where you can calmly acknowledge the things you liked about your partner and the things that didn't work for you, you'll know you've moved on.
You're Not Waiting For A Text
Every time your phone buzzes or bings or dings you won't be pouncing on it with your heart in your ears. You're not waiting to hear from them, you're not still praying that they'll change their mind as ask for you to come back. Because you don't want to go back.
You're Not Comparing Everyone You Date To Them
At first everyone you date will be held against the shadow of your ex. You'll see the ways in which they're different as faults. When you move on from your ex, you no longer hold anyone up to them. They didn't work out for you, so no reason to find someone else with the same stats.
There's No Urge To Drunk Dial
When we drink, the things we've been surprising tend to rise to the surface. Hence, the drunk dial. But when you're over your ex, there's no urge brewing below the surface, waiting for enough vodka tonics to free it. If you pass the drunk dial test, you're definitely moving on.
You Can See Why It Wouldn't Work
After someone breaks up with you, your instinct is the fight like hell to change their mind. They've just taken something away from you, how dare they! But after some time, you'll realize it takes two to tango. Usually, if one person is unhappy the other person is too, just perhaps less willing to acknowledge it. If your ex was willing to let you go, there's no use in trying to change their mind. You want to be with someone who blocks the doorway when things get tough. After your ego has some time to heal, you'll see what your ex saw — it wasn't working.
You'd Rather Be Progressive With Your Time
One day you'll be on Instagram, reducing the shadows on your face and increasing the saturation to make your eyes pop, and be stuck on the caption. You'll rack your brains with the perfect quote to register as the perfect slap in the face for your ex. And then you'll stop yourself, delete the picture, and go live your life. Your time is for you, not your ex.
You Wish Them The Best
OK, so this isn't subtle, but it's the end of the journey. When you've moved on enough to heal, you'll wish your ex the best. You loved them once, and even if they broke your heart, if your love was ever pure, somewhere deep down in a healthy place, it still is. You can appreciate your relationship for what it was and look back on it without scorn ... this might take decades.
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Last night, late last night, it was announced that an arrest had been made in the DC-area sniper shootings. I'm curious as to what all of you, particularly those in the area, think about all of this (including the media coverage.)
While here in Chicago I've been able to think about it, I can't fully relate. But the idea of being afraid to do anything outside for fear of getting shot – at any time, for no "good" reason – is more frightening than anything that the Axis of Evil, Inc. has done in some time.
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August 26, 2005
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed suit against 39 pharmaceutical companies, alleging they manipulated prices to artificially increase the reimbursement rate paid by the state's Medicad program, called Medi-Cal.
The case will be consolidated with those filed by other states in federal court in Boston. The central claim is that drugmakers have manipulated the average wholesale price of a new drug, setting it higher than it should be to maximize profit. In one example, Lockyer showed reporters a drug that pharmacies purchased $2.82 but were reimbursed $31.83 from Medi-Cal.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on the lawsuit on August 26, 2005.


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Full Name | Alla Shishkina (Алла Шишкина) |
Nation | Russian Federation |
Birthdate | August 2, 1989 |
Olympics | 2012, 2016, 2020 |
Status | Retired (Aug. 2021) |
Social Media | Twitter | Instagram |
Three-time Olympic champion in team (2012, 2016, 2020)… 14-time World champion… Competed at the 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2019 world championships… Six-time European champion… Took a break after the 2016 Olympics and returned to elite for the 2019 season.
2021: Olympic Gold medalist in the team event in Tokyo… Won gold in technical team at the European Championships… Also swam in that event at the third World Series stop in Kazan.
2020: Did not compete internationally due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of all meets.
2019: Returned to the national team after a two-year hiatus… Won three gold medals at the 2019 FINA World Championships in technical team, free team and free combination… Won the technical and free team events at the European Cup in St. Petersburg and helped the team qualify to the 2020 Olympics… Competed as part of the technical and free team routines all season, and won gold in both at the Russian Nationals (ASWS #3) and the Spanish Open (ASWS #8).
2018: Did not compete.
2017: Did not compete.
2016: Olympic gold medalist in the team event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil…Two-time gold medal winner (technical team, free combination) at the European Championships in London.


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Sergio Leone is a singular figure among Italian filmmakers of the postwar years; his films grow in reputation year after year. Groundbreaking westerns such as his Dollars trilogy and the authoritative Once upon a Time in the West have made Leone one of the most popular and influential directors in world cinema. Christopher Frayling's remarkable biography of Leone—the first ever—affectionately explores his body of work and casts light on little-known details of his life. A wealth of research, story, and insight, Sergio Leone: Something to Do with Death stands as the definitive study of this master filmmaker, crafted by one of our most acclaimed critics and historians.


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Make the Most of Hot Cocoa Season with a Molinillo Whisk
Make the Most of Hot Cocoa Season with a Molinillo Whisk
Hundreds of years before Swiss Miss, Indigenous Mesoamericans drank bitter, spiced chocolate — and invented the reigning champ of hot cocoa mixers
With its high altitude and cool temps, afternoons in Bogotá are marked by warm beverages and snacky carbs. But whereas cultures with similar traditions like the tea-drinking English might go for scones and cucumber sandwiches, in the Colombian capital, where I was born and raised, the traditional onces santafereñas (afternoon snacks) consist of tamales and pandeyucas, paired with a cup of delicate, foamy hot chocolate. Unlike the bland, mini marshmallow-studded Swiss Miss warmed in the microwave, hot chocolate in Colombia is an effervescent textural experience, both lighter and chocolatier than a packet dumped in a tepid mug of milk. And it's often whisked by hand, on the stovetop, with a molinillo.
The nearly foot-long wooden whisk has been used for centuries in Central America to make perfect hot cocoa. Though there is some debate about the origin and domestication of cacao, Indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica famously used chocolate for rituals, medicine, and currency, so it makes sense they would develop the perfect tool to efficiently mix drinking chocolate. In the late 16th century, Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún documented the molinillo's use in Aztec culture in the Florentine Codex, and researchers have found traces of foamy drinking chocolate in ancient Mayan vessels too.
According to the Larousse Encyclopedia of Mexican Gastronomy, the name molinillo comes from the Nahuatl "moliniani," meaning to move or wiggle. Rather than stir the hot chocolate, like you might with a spoon, you place the end of the molinillo in a pot of hot water (or milk) and chocolate, then rub the handle between your palms, creating a small whirlpool that not only incorporates the cocoa but also oxygenates the mixture. While there are other ways to create volume and texture in a drink (pouring back and forth between two pitchers, zipping it with an electric blender, nitro-infusion), the molinillo's design creates a particularly delicate, light froth.
The molinillo's staying power among ancient cooking objects — and its spread southward to Colombia — comes down to its ingenious design, ease of use, and eye-catching look. But most of all, the molinillo remains beloved for the unbeatable texture it lends to every cup of cocoa.
Why You Need One
In 2014, researchers from the Institute of Biotechnology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico analyzed the molinillo's unique foam-generating abilities. They found the whisk blades reached about 7 miles per hour, rapidly pulling in air and dispersing it through the liquid. They also found that cocoa's high protein and fatty acid content helped the molinillo create finer, more homogenous bubbles, producing a texture that's far lighter than the thick whipped-milk topping on a cappuccino.
Then there's the molinillo's dashing good looks. The tool is often an impressive work of art, intricately carved from a single piece of soft wood, decoratively burned, and accessorized with ornamental rings that spin independently around the base. Some versions are designed entirely for display, but even the most basic utilitarian model is a beautiful addition to your kitchen.
If somehow you don't drink enough hot chocolate to justify a place for the molinillo in a drawer, you can also use it for atole, a variety of hot Mexican drinks thickened with corn, including the chocolate-flavored champurrado. Likewise, it can be handy behind the bar for muddling fruits and herbs, and mixing cocktails. José Luis León, bar director for the RitualH group in Mexico City, has used his molinillo in place of a swizzle stick to put a local twist on a punch of guava, green apple, lemon, Becherovka, amaretto, and whiskey.
While you could mix up a cup of Hershey's or Ghirardelli, drinking chocolate really blooms with tastes rooted in Mesoamerica like the whisk itself (though as the tool spread to South America, including Colombia, fluffy hot chocolate has become a natural pairing for a broad assortment of flavors there too). In his 1590 text, Natural and Moral History of the Indies, the Spanish Jesuit José de Acosta recorded Indigenous peoples adding chile and spices to their chocolate. In his own research, renowned Mexican chef Ricardo Muñoz Zurita found evidence that chocolate was seasoned with allspice, vanilla, and edible flowers, and it was sometimes sweetened with honey from melipona bees. "The drink was bitter and not sweet as it is known today, but it was a good bitterness," Zurita says.
A few shops, like Mexico City's La Rifa Chocolatería, offer traditional bitter chocolate, but even supermarket brands like Ibarra and Abuelita include interesting flavors of almond and cinnamon along with sugar and cocoa. Taza spikes their chocolate with several kinds of chile, intense 85 percent dark chocolate, or coffee. These flavors, combined with the texture imparted by the molinillo, make for a far more nuanced, bracing drink than a sleepy cup of dull, milky cocoa.
How to Use One
Though originally drinking chocolate would have been made with water, the molinillo can be used with milk or your preferred mix of the two. It's best to use the hard chocolate tablets found throughout Latin America, which add a grainy, sort of rustic texture, with a nice balance of sweet and bitter flavor. While it can also work with chocolate powder, tablets usually have higher fat content, which creates a more substantial foam.
To get the best results, it's helpful to have a little technique. Begin by heating water or milk with the chocolate on the stove, chopping up a tablet, and plopping it in the liquid. Submerge the molinillo completely and begin rubbing the whisk between your hands to help the tablet dissolve. Then keep the whisk spinning as you gradually pull it toward the surface to produce a nice foamy head. "The molinillo blades should be half-submerged, so the chocolate will release its beautiful and appreciated foam," Yuri de Gortari, a beloved expert on Mexican cuisine, explained in a 2014 video. "It is important that [the liquid] does not boil so that the foam can be released." It takes a little practice, but once you've got the technique down, you'll never choose any other way to do it.
How to Get One
Today, communities in the Mexican states of Michoacán, Oaxaca, and Puebla specialize in molinillo production, and although designs have evolved a little with time, the modern tool doesn't look too much different than the original. You can find molinillos at Mexican grocery stores, or grab one online at Amazon or Imported Mexican Foods.
Liliana López Sorzano is a food and travel writer based between Mexico City and Bogotá, Colombia, where she contributes to local and international media. She is a former editor-in-chief at Food & Wine in Spanish.


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Eight students have received the prestigious U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research Fellowships to conduct their research at Fermilab. DOE awarded these fellowships to 78 students from U.S. universities. The Fermilab recipients are:
Robert Chirco, Illinois Institute of Technology
Neutrino flux prediction, validation and improvement for NOvA and DUNE
Mentor: Katsuya Yonehara
Austin Dick, Northern Illinois University
Optical stochastic cooling
Mentor: Jonathan Jarvis
Derek Doyle, Colorado State University
High-energy-physics computing and neutrino cross-sections
Mentor: Andrew John Norman
Aurora Ireland, University of Chicago
New directions in electroweak symmetry breaking
Mentor: Marcela Carena
Edgar Marrufo Villalpando, University of Chicago
Dark matter in cosmological context: Investigating dark matter with skipper CCDs and stellar streams
Mentors: Juan Estrada and Alex Drlica-Wagner
Logan Rice, University of Pittsburgh
ICARUS Cosmic Ray Tagger system commissioning and data analysis
Mentor: Minerba Betancourt
Lauren Street, University of Cincinnati
Inferring ultralight axion abundances from galactic data with deep learning
Mentor: Nick Gnedin
Erin Yandel, University of California-Santa Barbara
Light system and CRT commissioning for the Short-Baseline Near Detector
Mentor: Ornella Palamara
"DOE has long been where the nation turns for scientific solutions to complex challenges, and now more than ever we need to invest in a diverse, talented pipeline of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs who can continue this legacy of excellence," said Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. "I'm thrilled that these outstanding students will help us tackle mission-critical research at our labs, and I can't wait to see what their futures hold."
The goal of the SCGSR program is to prepare U.S. graduate students for STEM careers critically important to the DOE Office of Science mission by providing graduate thesis research opportunities through extended residency at DOE national laboratories.
Students receive supplemental awards to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a DOE laboratory or facility in collaboration with a DOE laboratory scientist. This opportunity is expected to advance the student's doctoral thesis while providing access to the expertise, resources and capabilities available at the DOE laboratory or facility.
The award period for the proposed research project at the DOE laboratory or facility may range from three to 12 consecutive months.
Fermilab is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy. The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, visit science.energy.gov.