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By The Weiss Ratings Team on
January 24, 2018
Dear Friends,
Wow! What a day! After a cyberattack last night, we're seeing a barrage of criticism on the Web, especially from disappointed Bitcoin and Ripple fans.
Understood! Many see strictly our letter grades and not our logic behind them. Others misunderstand our primary goal: To help investors reduce risk and find the coins with the most upside potential. That means we not only consider fundamentals like adoption and history, but also investor risk-and- reward metrics based on price action.
Some prime examples:
Why don't we give Bitcoin an A? Actually, thanks to Bitcoins strong adoption, brand, and security, it does merit an A … but only on our Fundamental Index.
Problem: That's just one of our four major metrics. Meanwhile, Bitcoin falls short in two other important areas: Our Risk Index, reflecting extreme price volatility and our Technology Index, reflecting Bitcoin's weaknesses in governance, energy consumption and scalability. As soon as the metrics on these improve, an upgrade for Bitcoin is likely.
Why doesn't Ripple get a higher grade? Like Bitcoin, it gets an A for fundamentals, but it scores poorly on our Risk Index due to repeated price crashes. Its Technology Index gets clipped due to heavy centralization and control by its creators.
How come Dogecoin is rated on par with the likes of Ripple? This is indeed surprising. But the numbers are the numbers, and they include surprising facts: Dogecoin's usage is greater than that of Bitcoin Cash. Its usage is also greater than that of Dash and ZCash combined. Of course, that alone is not enough to bump it up above a C. But it certainly does pull it up from the D range.
Thank you very much for your input! We take it very seriously. After all, ratings are not a science. They are, and always will be, a work in progress.
The Weiss Ratings Team
January 24, 2018
Tyank you
January 24, 2018
If you would have checked more carefully you would have seen that there is Ardor, the evolution on NXT that solves scalability and is Proof of stake, it's packed with features and is very cheap compared to the competition. It would have taken an A+ Accordingly to your metrics. But it was completely forgotten. Shame.
reply_all Jimmy
January 25, 2018
I agree. Ardr is one of the best promising candidates.
Study and rate this cripto please!
Nuno costa
January 24, 2018
XRP with heavy centralization?
Did you read the Ripple Faq?
5. Is the XRP Ledger centralized?
This is a top misconception with the XRP Ledger. Centralization implies that a single entity controls the Ledger. While Ripple contributes to the open-source code of the XRP Ledger, we don't own, control, or administer the XRP Ledger. The XRP Ledger is decentralized. If Ripple ceased to exist, the XRP Ledger would continue to exist.
Ripple has an interest in supporting the XRP Ledger for several reasons, including contributing to the longer-term strategy to encourage the use of XRP as a liquidity tool for financial institutions. Decentralization of the XRP Ledger is an ongoing process that started right at its inception.
Do your homework before make this kind of reports without consistency and correct justification for the rates.
Alex R.
January 24, 2018
"Bitcoin falls short in… our Technology Index, reflecting Bitcoin's weaknesses in governance, energy consumption and scalability."
This shows a deep fundamental lack of understanding about what gives Bitcoin value or a use case. It is exactly the lack of governance that gives any blockchain technology a reason to exist. If you require governance, you should use a much more efficient technology, such as SQL, and have a hierarchical product / dev team similar to a private company. Now we've just recreated the currently existing banking system.
Sven Meyer
January 24, 2018
Bitcoin was a great breakthrough and delivered a great secure proof-of-concept for a working crypto currency, but even after years of development it does not scale, the whole governace process does not work (after 2 years of discussion a fork which would have improved transaction speed only a little bit was called), transaction times and cost are so prohibitively high that Bitcoin can not serve it's initial purpose.
If Bitcoin would have received anything more than a C in this rating, I would have questioned the professionality of the rating agency.
January 24, 2018
why you guys didnt checked IOTA out?
January 24, 2018
With all due respect, Stellar Xlm is atleast a B+ on its worst day. It shares the same developer who created ripple and is not centralized like ripple so that alone should garner an upgrade from a C. The IBM partnership is a strong indicator of it's business practices and team.
It's scaling is above Ethereums to the point that ICOs have recently been migrating to the Stellar platform because eth does not meet the same scalability needs that Stellar does. So Eth has a B and this also puts Stellar on the same level which is another reasons for the upgrade.
Your metrics are phenominal and a grading scale we need in this space, but we also have to keep in mind that your understanding of every coin may not be up to speed. That is ok, but we hope get the chance to further examine.
January 24, 2018
Ripple is not "heavily" centralized. It's not the most decentralized, but if you look at Bitcoin more than 50% of its network is controlled by 5 mining pools. How is Bitcoin much better?
January 24, 2018
Why didn't you examined at least all of the top 10 coins? I think coins like Megacoin is not such important as Modum or IOTA?
Drew R.
January 24, 2018
Downgrading XRP due to repeated price crashes? Are price crashes why none got an 'A'? Singling out XRP for this reason seems absurd.
January 24, 2018
Most Ripple crashes happen when most coins 'crash' and being 'centralized' isn't necessarily bad. What is bad is high fees and transactions that take minutes or hours. I hope that in a follow up report enough focus will go to usability instead of to some theoretic ideal unrealistic world.
Justin Schlee
January 24, 2018
You do realize when you say that the Ripple price swings up and down alot you are forgetting about every other coin that lost 50% or more in the recent crash? ADA hit a $1.30 and dropped down more than 50%. Ripple dropped yes, but it has huge momentum and major partners like MoneyGram???? The market crashed not just ripple and Bitcoin????
January 24, 2018
Thanks for the explanation. makes sense.
January 24, 2018
All coins "crashed" and since the "crash" XRP has actually shown remarkable stability. Just for reference during the same "crash" ETH lost one third of its value in under 2 hours but still got rate a B? Go figure?
Also, the whole decentralized vs centralized discussion is fairly moot as XRP is already into phase 2 of a decentralization evolution of the technology. Since when did being decentralized have anything to do with people making money? The market cap of XRP reflects this.
Bob Fahy
January 24, 2018
I can understand your approach and your conservative ratings. You certainly don't want to mislead. On the flip side, when one or two of your "C" or " D" rated coins becomes very successful your tacit recommendations won't serve you well in terms of future credibility.
Tristen Van Der Horst
January 24, 2018
The reason why your recieving so much hate for ripple is because your facts are wrong. Ripple xrp ledger isn't centralised. And price crashes?? The only big price crashes it's had is when the whole market experienced the same effect. I fear you haven't taken into account the actual real world use case and MASSIVE partnerships ripple has and partnerships soon to be released. There's three situations that have played out here. 1. You haven't done your research. 2. You have done your research but are most certainly biased against ripple. Or 3. You have done your research but are severely lacking in the common sense and or intelligence. Very disappointed. Your judgement and reasoning is just not good enough here. Unacceptable.
Another thing. Have you even read the statement made by Cuallix about the percentage improvement to their bottom-line? It stated a 1000% improvement and that's from real empirical data. How is it possible they did so badly on your technology index? There are so many questions that arise from your methods and observations. Don't get me wrong, I own Bitcoin and I agree with that rating but like most XRP owners, your valuation simply not realistic.
On another note, where is TRX?
January 24, 2018
Why does dogecoin get a C base rating? It's better than almost all other coins.
Joe Makhobsin
reply_all andy
January 25, 2018
It isn't just one of the best coins. It is the best coin.
Steve Lincoln
reply_all andy
January 25, 2018
You do realize that the dev team for DOGE has done absolutely nothing with the coin in about the past 2 years right? No security updates, no new innovation, no new… Anything.. Even the Head Honcho of DOGE could not believe that it's actually maintaining the spot that it has on CMC. It's a Billion dollar company with no one behind the wheel…. I'm expecting to hear DOGE will be the victim of a Cyber Attack by the end of 2018.
Crypto Couple
January 24, 2018
Hi (probably very busy) people of Weiss Ratings,
we are a couple of diversified crypto investors who trade/buy in the US and Europe. So we read it all with great interest and not a strong bias. We hold from Bitcoin and Ethereum to Ripple and from Dogecoin and Verge to Tron and others. We encourage objective ratings and regulation that makes this wonderful blockchain technology and its crypto token market blossom. Yay for innovation.
We also agree with most of your ratings, but one had us baffled. Ripple. We rate coins ourselves for their risk, potential (technology), governance, etc. We looked at your arguments and agree on risk (volatility), but totally disagree on your other points. The governance (just an excellent company), marketing, rapidly growing market adoption because of its technological excellence (speed/costs/etc) and a clearly set path of decentralization (a growing network of validators). Ripple is a gem in crypto land. We call it our "safe" coin, compared to the cowboy coins we also give a chance in the name of embracing innovation.
How many times per year do you review? Please look at Ripple again. We love all our 14 tokens, but that one is the gem.
Kind regards,
Crypto Couple from US/Netherlands
January 24, 2018
Can you please list the 4 Index scores for each coin?
That will make things easier for people to understand why the overall rating.
Richard Hughes
January 24, 2018
I think you may need to check your facts regarding Ripples centralisation and control of the XRP ledger, your assumptions seem to be based on incorrect information that is often regurgitated by journalists who have done no research of their own.
January 24, 2018
Good of you to shed some light on this. The document most of us got to see was just a long list of letter grades and dry, well known stats like market cap and ranges. In stocks rating, the basics of the rating models are disclosed (S&P, Zacks…) because without them the rates are meaningless. I think you cut XRP way short on the tech side – centralisation (which is a debatable definition in XRP but I get your point) is not an indication of inferior tech – tech index is supposed to measure the quality of the tech in emplemeting what the product is meant to provide, not an extrinsic idea of what other products are meant to do. You'll have a hard time showing that XRP tech fails in comparison to any other coin. If anything, the fact XRP has an official powerhouse behind it gives assurance to the amount of R&D, support and maintainanc capital allocated to it, as opposed to a bunch of who-knows-whos developer with limited skin in the game as in most other coins.
As for volatility – you are rating young and volatile assets in nature – what was the benchmark? Standard deviation alone with no reference is barely meaningful unless you're an options trader. Crypto volatility must be measured against that of some well weighted crypto benchmark index.
January 24, 2018
This is really cool! Is there any way to see the score break down for each individual coin?
Stuart H
January 24, 2018
I can appreciate your logic, and am familiar with your service after years in the Insurance and Finance industry. However, the repeated market crashes you attribute to Ripple's downgrading were actually initiated by a market panic set off by a 31 year old kid in his apartment that runs Coinmarketcap. He took the major Korean exchanges off of his listing without giving a heads up ahead of time, dropping 100 billion in market cap and sinking prices and a panic sell ensued. Completely foreseeable…and reckless. Many coins that had at least 30 or 40 percent of their market in Asia and Korea like Ripple never really ever recovered from that. You cannot punish a coin for being the victim of a manufactured crash limited to Jan of 2018. Google the WSJ article on how a 31 year old guy took down the crypto market in Jan. Article published yesterday. Also there are Bitcoin futures out due to expire on the 26th. Wall Street is short on Bitcoin and other cryptos.
January 24, 2018
" Like Bitcoin, it gets an A for fundamentals, but it scores poorly on our Risk Index due to repeated price crashes. Its Technology Index gets clipped due to heavy centralization and control by its creators" -unprofessional, bias and corny!
p.s. Ripple fell only once in its history and at the same time as all others.
January 24, 2018
"reflecting Bitcoin's weaknesses in" " energy consumption". This is actually an indication of Bitcoin's strength.
For anyone that does not understand why bitcoin consumes so much power it is not because that much power is required to produce 1 block every 10 minutes. Bitcoin has a difficulty algorithm so it averages 1 block every 10 minutes. The more miners there are attempting to solve the problem, and win the right to the next blocks reward, the more difficult the algorithm makes that problem. Bitcoin is so valuable that many, many miners are trying to get that reward and it is still profitable for them to keep doing it even considering the high electric costs. If there were 5% of the current miners mining bitcoin would still make a block ever 10 minutes. The fact so many people can be mining, using so much power and still make a profit goes to show the strength of BTC not the weakness.
Do not get me wrong I feel BTC is ranked about where it should be but not because of this. They deserve it because they have lost the original vision of Satoshi Nakamoto and so far have refused to make changes to get BTC back on coarse. With the long transaction times and high fees BTC can not be considered a useful currency and can not dream of replacing fiat currency for the masses. The algorithm should be changed so it is not mined by expensive ASIC machines, but instead farmed by regular computers owned by everyday people the way it was in the early days. This way a small group of wealthy ASIC farm owners can not have so much control over the coin that was meant to be controlled by the people.
reply_all Ricky
January 25, 2018
That is not a strength and if you think it is perhaps you have the wrong idea about crypto
January 24, 2018
BTS'rating is too low
January 24, 2018
Bitcoin's governance = highly decentralized and highly trustless. These are Bitcoin's most powerful characteristics, unmatched by no other.
Ryan Dean
January 24, 2018
Uh, ..NEO below EOS and Cardano.. ?
You guys might want to rejigger your thrombombulators.. Neo's a gigantic ecosystem giving birth to hundreds of functioning projects which seek to radically alter our world.. and it pays a freaking dividend!
EOS is a utility token and Cardano has resorted to hiring outside developers to get their wallets working so people can withdraw the damned thing.
Hard to take these ratings seriously without real analysts on your team.. Sorry!
reply_all Ryan Dean
January 26, 2018
It costs 300k to **deploy** a smart contract on NEO. It's one of the most expensive networks to use. You need to check the economic viability of your claims before you make them.
January 24, 2018
Thanks Weiss team for an objective rating.
Truly appreciate the effort because it will help us traders to convey the message to the CEO of Ripple, my most favorite XRP. We deserve fair trade not a very super centralized one please. I am behind the concept of using XRP for global remittance 100%. So maybe we can take it up a notch and make XRP more popular to the members (i.e banks, financial industry) and make them use the coin not just the technology. I am putting all my excess money to XRP every month from here on.
Here's hoping 🥂
reply_all ZenTokyo
January 25, 2018
They already have a number of companies using it.
January 24, 2018
Dear Sir, Madam,
We all know that Ripple is having real world use case. I agree as of now its "under heavy centralization" by Ripple.
I understand from Ripple employees that by year end 2018, Ripple will be decentralized. Then i think you need to revisit the rating for Ripple.
I agree with you on your point – ratings are not a science. They are, and always will be, a work in progress.
Kind regards,
Anil Rajpal
H. Yoon
January 24, 2018
Your job is very precious, and valuable guideline. Will help a lot of people who invest in the future
January 25, 2018
I can't believe I'm actually filling out this form but Bitcoin's downside volatility as been lower than higher rated coins JUST OVER THIS PAST YEAR (e.g. Ethereum) and that's what you knocked it on in the above paragraph.
No one, who knows literally anything about crypto, would look across the space and see anything else as less risky than Bitcoin. Perhaps with less potential upside (at certainly higher risk), but there is no definition of risk that involves cryptocurrency where Bitcoin is not the "safest" bet. And now you're being mocked now even by people who strongly dislike Bitcoin and who will financially benefit by it being replaced.
I can't take this seriously. You can have all the legitimate criticisms you want to make (such as whether being slow to upgrade is a feature or a hinderance) but you cannot in good conscience list ANY other cryptocurrency as less risky.
Good luck on turning this attempt at ratings around as losing legitimacy will not benefit you in the long run.
January 25, 2018
Stand strong, the only people that are upset are hired shills from the Whales of the coins you just rated honestly…
January 25, 2018
The fact that you are calling XRP Ripple indicate how clueless you are; A for fundamentals lol.
"Bitcoin's weaknesses in governance", what part of censorship resistance didn't you get ? Most other cryptos can go to 0 if a government arrests devs or if there is a contentious hardfork.
January 25, 2018
How much research was actually done on NEM by your teams? NEM seems to tick all your boxes – adoption, robust technology, security, decentralized and centralized hybrid blockchain, ability to have smart assets off chain. governance, scalability and no energy used to "mine" (harvest). In excess of 4000 tps (faster than Visa and Mastercard) on Mijin catapult release.
Stefan Kerschbaumer
January 25, 2018
Why didn't you rate IOTA? You have announced it. I think many many people would be interested.
Or maybe you cannot rate it because there would be a A, and the Blockchain-Community would not accept it?
Thank you for your information
January 25, 2018
Bitcoin Cash deserves a much higher rating. It will be able to do everything Bitcoin and ETH can when op codes are enabled later this year. It is bitcoin that scales with everything ETH can do.
Leyla Ek
January 25, 2018
Lightning will address scalability, but how in the world is BTC's governance poor?
Decentralized, trustless, and has overcome more obstacles and attacks than all other coins combined.
January 25, 2018
Wy did you leave out relatively popular coins like Tron (TRX) and Cindicator (CND)?
January 25, 2018
Dear Sirs or madam,
why is there no "IOTA" Rating, one of the TOP10 CC worldwide? Because it´s a "token" instead of a "coin"?
One can´t just ignore the fact that it´s the future (Blockchain 3.0 aka DAG) and also that the largest automotive company in the World Volkswagen is joining IOTA Foundation and put their CDO (former Mercedes and Apple) in the supervisory board as like BOSCH, which holds together with german car-brands the #1 Place in autonomous driving patenting (TESLA relies on BOSCH), also of beeing one of the biggest IoT Players with a brand new build Campus for IoT. Those are the biggest Partners and real life adoption in any usecase EVER to happen in Crypto.
How possibly can such an future investment be ignored? Because still in its infancy, it´s at least worth of mentioning and a clear "hold" for early investers! Actually, a sleeping Giant till it matures.
January 25, 2018
Ripple – repeated price crashes?? What you are talking about?
Have you actually seen XRP chart over last year? Do you know how to switch your chart to log scale? I believe not, because you would see XRP price constantly rising in 2 major legs up so far and it's holding very well.
The so called centralization allowed Ripple to grow it's software quickly to an outstanding piece of technology. Without a clear leadership Ripple would have to mature extremely slowly – exactly as Bitcoin is actually lagging, fighting for minor technology/terminology/philosophical issues in chaotic series of forks.
Expect MUCH more from Ripple in near future.
David Hirschfeld
January 25, 2018
May you please elaborate why you excluded IOTA even though it ranks in the TOP 20?
You did announce to publish a rating for this currency as well as far as I remember.
January 25, 2018
Of course Dogecoin has a higher usage than other coins, they are given away free in numerous faucets,
As for your comments and rating of Ripple, one of best innovation's since the web. May I suggest that you pay a visit to Ripple's website and read what a great team they have and which institutions they already have onboard
Steve Lincoln
January 25, 2018
This is a very useful space for both Crypto Investors and Crypto Enthusiasts alike! While right at this moment, I personally feel these ratings should be taken with a grain of salt, I feel that by about Q3 maybe Q4 we should be able to believe in these ratings a bit more. As stated by the Weiss team, it is still a work in progress and this is all still *fairly new. After more information comes out, prices stabilize a bit more, adoption grows, and many of these somewhat newer currencies have the chance to establish themselves a bit more, this website should deserve the #1 spot for your bookmarked websites when it comes to information on Crypto Currencies.
Thank you for your work here Weiss Ratings Team!
Peter Adams
January 25, 2018
Your ratings are seriously flawed. Ripple has groundbreaking technology products, an expanding big business client base and will be a major part of the global payments sector. To score it a C is a disgrace and makes a mockery of your whole review. Being Centralized has nothing to do with with being a leader in it's technological field and I think you should review your score accordingly.
Peter Adams
Robert Haddad
January 25, 2018
Dear Weiss Team,
Thank you very much for the ratings. I for one believe that the ratings you've given at the current time and climate in the cryptosphere are quite fare and maybe even generous on a couple of the coins rated so far. I would love to see how these metrics are calculated so we can better see the rational behind all of the ratings to better make more informed decisions when investing in different coins. I look forward to seeing more ratings on the rest of the coins out there.
Great job and thank you,
Najy Cherabieh
January 25, 2018
As a General Manager of a major media organization, and personal investor in new technologies, we feature in depth analysis on our media of crypto currencies and the tech behind them and potential for case uses and growth.
While we agree with most of your rankings for most crypto currencies, we strongly believe you have made a grave misjudgment on XRP, as all factors considered, this is the only coin that does not belong in the pack and could actually end up being the game changer.
It is my personal and educated view that this mistake with XRP rating not being the highest of all coins will be the one this first report will always be remembered for.
Chris Barnett
January 25, 2018
Concerning EOS (And possibly other cryptos)
The technology fundamentals maybe OK, but I don't think you've looked at the legalities side of things deeply enough. Legally the EOS tokens are worthless.
I don't think EOS is worthy of it's rating for that reason. One day if their project has their tokens on their own network and they are actually being used for something, that would be a different matter.
January 25, 2018
It just don't work to put traditional ratings on revolutionary technology. You should called it Beta…
Looking forward future explanations on your competency, once ratings are proved wrong.
Your image might be the cost of your will to take a piece of the the pie!
Lee B
January 25, 2018
Verge from a technical standpoint is vulnerable to data leaks your Analysis team need to take a closer look. Privacy find it does not provide privacy is severely impaired .
January 25, 2018
I'm sorry but from your evaluations on Ripple it is understood that you have done things too quickly without obligation. The qualities that distinguish Ripple from other cryptocurrencies are reliability, speed, 55 billion guarantee. they are features that has no cryptocurrency. so he deservedly earned a B +
January 25, 2018
Ripple is not centralized.
sarah hunt
January 25, 2018
Why has Iota been missed out completely? Given it's market position and potential this seems like a huge omission.
Peter Michaels
January 25, 2018
You giving Ripple ( which is now being adopted by 100+ banks, is being used by MoneyGram and has actual real world use) the SAME rating as Dogecoin, which is a meme coin literally based off of a Shiba Inu shows that you should have never actually released grades for any coins or tokens in the first place. This is the equivalent of giving Yahoo and Google the same scores because they are both internet based companies – Not to mention that Ripple is more decentralized than Bitcoin at the moment and will continue to be so as Ripples Nodes are taken off of the network.
It would have also helped if you checked WHY Ripple has repeated price crashes, not to mention the Coinmarketcap fiasco, the "ban" in south korea as well as the China "mining ban" which all took place within 10 days of each other. Ripple receives an enormous amount of hate in the community because its the only coin that serves a purpose and this annoys Bitcoin fans.
You have once again caused irrational panic within the markets and at this point should just stick to rating companies and funds, because you, like world leaders and politicians who have stated that "Bitchain is dying" have no idea what you're doing when it comes to cryptocurrencies.
Mark Reyman
January 25, 2018
Especially projects which tackle a real world problem should stand out among all the quick-buck and literally useless ones.
Here to mention especially some better known ones such as Factom and Storj, but as well less known ones such as SHIFT. I think all the topics around storage, data processing, and web are becoming increasingly important as these are particularly suitable areas for the blockchain technology.
Crypto Couple
January 25, 2018
Hi Weiss Ratings Team,
we would like to respectfully express some criticism on your ratings.
We're absolutely interested, the market needs a good rating, but right now it doesn't help us enough. It needs refining.
There are several examples, but the Ripple/Dogecoin comparison everyone speaks of is the most clear.
Why we think you are mistake with your criteria? With Ripple/XRP you hold "being a company" against this token. Yet, you also measure on "governance". The beauty of this token for us as investors is the governance. Compared to coins that have a few young cowboys deciding, and governance is quite uncertain, Ripple has a big team of very knowledgeable and experienced people. If you hold Ripple against crypto purists standards, sure. But isn't this about helping us investors make decisions?
And by the way, we know our tokens, decentralization is in process, but not finished yet, true. But if you look from an investors perspective: it's WAY safer to have good governance. You of all would know that. If that is the measure for your stock ratings, then is EVERY company therefor a risk because there is strong management? Not in our book.
We understand you have to start a new rating somewhere. But to rate Ripple a C, just like so many small coins. Dogecoin is the example everyone mentions. Lets talk about that one, because we actually own that one too. Dogecoin was a joke coin, WITHOUT use case, the creators have been completely honest online about how they haven't even updated their technology for 2 years.
As I said, we hold both tokens, but Ripple is an investment, Dogecoin is for fun. A good ratings system should automatically show a difference between the two.
We were considering subscribing, but if the ratings aren't improved beyond these first time mistakes, it will not help us with our investment strategy. Because we want to know the difference between a solid use case and a project of a couple of kids.
And that's too bad. The crypto market really need this rating, but right now, sorry to say, but it's still flawed.
We do appreciate the effort and hope that Weiss corrects these mistakes by making the measures more refined. There should be a difference in rating a "Ripple" versus a "Dogecoin", otherwise we still risk making big investing mistakes.
Maybe the first was to shake things up?
We will hold off on judgement for now and will follow this 😉
Kind regards, keep up the work and make it better.
Conclusion: the ratings need at least "finetuning". It's too rough right now.
Kind regards,
a couple of friendly investors (holding 14 tokens)
January 25, 2018
"Bitcoin's weaknesses in governance, energy consumption"
Energy consumption should not be viewed negatively. It's required and is the cost of high security. It is not a weakness but a strength! You do not understand this fully yet, you should seriously reconsider the "energy" claim which has been promulgated due to lack of knowledge and understanding
January 25, 2018
I think you'll find that XRP the coin is decentralized. If Ripple went out of business tomorrow, the coin would still be there. Also for every two validator nodes a ripple node gets replaced. It's not heavily centralised as you put it. Additionally 50Billion coins are in escrow and so out of the controls of Ripple who can only release 1 Billion a month.
Have you looked at the way Ripple and XRP are set up? Is this a case of another one of these scenarios. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xZx1lf2tvs
January 25, 2018
Buenas tardes, te queria comentar que tu explicación no es convincente, habia mucha expectación y esperábamos algo mas de profesionalidad en el detalle del informe que sin lugar a dudas hace aguas por muchos lados como ya te han comentado varias personas, sobretodo te recomendaria que volvieras a revisar los puntos que has detallado referente al XRP porque NO es correcto.
Estaria bien que rectificaras aunque el daño ya lo has hecho, pero de verdad te lo digo si quieres que tu analisis tenga alguna credibilidad de cara el futuro, rectificar es de sabios.
Un saludo cordial.
January 25, 2018
How about your company rating?
Is Weiss good company??
I never heard before. How many people working in your company? 3?? 4??
Who are you to judge others ' grades? What is your grade?
Did you want to be popular?
January 27, 2018
Thank you for starting to evaluate cryptocurrencies!
January 27, 2018
It is true that Bitcoin is volatile, but it is less volatile than most other coins. What I find so perplexing is that EOS is given the same rating as Ethereum, even though EOS doesn't even exist yet. They are incorporated in the cayman islands for christ stake. They state on their website that EOS tokes "do not have any rights, uses, purpose, attributes, functionalities or features, express or implied, including, without limitation, any uses, purpose, attributes, functionalities or features on the EOS Platform."
How can EOS possibly have a higher rating than bitcoin, the most widely adopted, used, valuable, and innovative blockchain? The amount of research, innovation and development in bitcoin is greater than any other blockchain project.
Lebron James
January 28, 2018
What exactly is the usage to any of these coins unless you can use them on a day to day basis? This is all pump and dump talk by your "analysis". Let me know which coin I can buy day to day products with? That's your risk/reward/fundamentals.
January 31, 2018
What is the reasoning for which crypto get selected for evaluation and others don't?


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Meet the Secret Wall Street Group Whose Fingerprints Are All Over the 2008 Crash
Courtesy of Pam Martens.
Since 1999 the chief risk officers of the Wall Street banks that blew themselves up in 2008 because of reckless and irresponsible risk practices have been meeting in secret and calling themselves the Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group (CRMPG). Their plan was to periodically release erudite-sounding reports to regulators suggesting that Wall Street could police itself under a set of "Guiding Principles" in order to perpetuate its off balance sheet debt bombs, unregulated OTC derivatives and a self-regulation regime.
The group was led by former New York Fed President E. Gerald Corrigan who then moved on to a lucrative career at Goldman Sachs.
Representatives from banks like Lehman Brothers, Citigroup, Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch sat on key committees of the Group and helped to formulate the "Guiding Principles" for Wall Street. Lehman Brothers filed bankruptcy on September 15, 2008 – just five weeks after a report from the group on managing risk was released. One day before the Lehman collapse, Merrill Lynch had collapsed into the arms of Bank of America. In March of that year, Bear Stearns had already collapsed into the arms of JPMorgan Chase with a generous financial assist from the Fed. In the same year, Citigroup became insolvent and received the largest taxpayer bailout in U.S. history.
Notwithstanding the hubris of these risk managers lecturing others on how to contain risk while their own institutions are in the process of an epic collapse because of negligently managed risk, the Federal Reserve actually deferred to this group at the peak of the crisis in 2008.
According to an email obtained by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission from Patrick M. Parkinson of the Federal Reserve to Steven Shafran (an official of the U.S. Treasury Department who had joined it in February 2008 from Goldman Sachs to serve under U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, the former Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs) the Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group's plan for dealing with a major defaulting counterparty was going to be relied upon. Shafran wrote as follows:

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Bisping says that McGregor cannot beat Alvarez at 155 pounds, disagreeing with John Kavanagh, who has said McGregor would beat Alvarez inside two rounds.
I think looking at that last fight, he does not want to fight Eddie Alvarez at 155. I think Alvarez kills him man. He'll just take him down and destroy him. I'm not saying that to be mean, I just think stylistically…I like Conor. Conor is incredible, he's done amazing things for this sport. He's brought so many eyes on to it, he's making so much money and he's exciting as hell. He brings excitement.


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|The Boy Holty
|Ready to roll - predictions please
|August 5, 2015 : 01:56
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|The mighty Shakers are all set for the start of the new football season on Saturday. What do we expect for the coming season?
I predict we'll finish 13th - just outside the top half.
|thick & thin
|August 11, 2015 : 10:53
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|I remember when Sir Stan was in charge after promotion from League 2 that Bury were bookies' favourites for relegation from League 1. Inevitably they finished the season as Champions !
Having finished 14th. in Richie Barker's season in charge in League 1 I would say that the current division is much stronger than that one.
So putting logic to one side I predict finishing 10th. due largely to the strengthening of the squad which has taken place under DF, a luxury not afforded to RB, and his constant drive for improvement.
Interesting to note that so many of the players who jumped ship after that promotion under RB have eventually faired no better, except perhaps financially, than if they had stayed at Bury, e.g. Kyle Bennett, David Worrall, Michael Jones...
No matter, there's another fascinating season in prospect thanks to SD and some superb fixtures on offer in a division dominated by Northern and Midland teams.
P.S. Great to see the site is still going strong.
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|long hard season ahead ,,top half just !!!!
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Its only January and the humidity is already high – unbearable. I'm running the de-humidifier now. Am tempted to run the aircons all day tomorrow to kill the mould colonies growing! DIE VERMIN DIE!
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In a general ranting with friends, I've formulated that its cost effective to keep a Kindle in Hong Kong. My flat is approximately 402 sq ft (GROSS). When you consider NET size, its approximately 320 sq ft (less -20% from gross). The value based on sale price of other flats should be around HK$2.8m. Value […]


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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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Augh! We moved to Holland and won't get the internet for 4 more weeks! They do things so slooooow here! And mom has so many pics of when Mowglie and Baloe came for the weekend! So please be patient and I promise I'll post all sorts of new pics of me and my buds when we finally get the internet. Miss you all!


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Holcombe, Randall G., and Russell S. Sobel. Growth and Variability in State Tax Revenue: An Anatomy of State Fiscal Crises. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.
Gwartney, James D., Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, and David A. Macpherson. Economics: Private and Public Choice, 16th Edition. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, 2018.
Cline, Brandon N., Russell S. Sobel, and Claudia R. Williamson (eds.), Promoting Prosperity in Mississippi. Mississippi State, MS: Mississippi State University Institute for Market Studies, 2018.
Sobel, Russell S. The Rule of Law: Perspectives on Legal and Judicial Reform in West Virginia. Morgantown, WV: Center for Economic Growth, The Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia, 2009.
Sobel, Russell S. Unleashing Capitalism: Why Prosperity Stops at the West Virginia Border and How to Fix It. Morgantown, WV: Center for Economic Growth, The Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia, 2007. [Winner of the 2008 Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Award]
Calcagno, Peter T. (ed.), Unleashing Capitalism: A Prescription for Economic Prosperity in South Carolina.. Columbia, SC: South Carolina Policy Council, 2009 (Associate editors: Joshua C. Hall and Russell S. Sobel).
Clark, J.R. (ed.), Freedom and Prosperity in Tennessee. Chattanooga, TN: The Scott L. Probasco Jr. Chair of Free Enterprise, 2012 (Associate editors: Russell S. Sobel and Joshua C. Hall).
Hoffer, Adam J. and Russell S. Sobel. "Preference Policies: Perpetual Costs of Distributive Politics," Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, forthcoming.
Sobel, Russell S., Reagan N. Sobel, Douglas M. Walker, and Peter T. Calcagno, "How Effective Are Expert TV Hosts at Saving Failing Businesses?" Contemporary Economic Policy 37, No. 1 (January 2019), pp. 9-24.
Dutta, Nabamita and Russell S. Sobel. "Entrepreneurship and Human Capital: The Role of Financial Development," International Review of Economics and Finance 57, (September 2018), pp. 319-332.
Sobel, Russell S., and J.R. Clark, "The Use of Knowledge in Technology Entrepreneurship: A Theoretical Foundation," Review of Austrian Economics 31, No. 2 (June 2018), pp. 195-207.
Edwards, Jonathan C., Russell S. Sobel, and Leonardo Bonilha. "Marginal Decision-Making in the Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy," Journal of Medical Economics 21, No. 5 (2018), 438-442.
Sobel, Russell S., "The Rise and Decline of Nations: The Dynamic Properties of Institutional Reform," Journal of Institutional Economics 13, No. 3 (September 2017), pp. 549-574.
Dutta, Nabamita, Russell S. Sobel, and Sanjukta Roy, "Foreign Aid's Impact on Domestic Business Climates - An Empirical Analysis with SSA and MENA Countries," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 5, No. 3 (2016), pp. 365-382.
Sobel, Russell S., and J.R. Clark, "Does More Special Interest Group Activity Cause Government Growth or Does Government Growth Cause More Special Interest Group Activity?" Cato Journal 36, No. 3 (Fall 2016), pp. 507-533.
Walker, Douglas M., and Russell S. Sobel, "Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling," Current Addiction Reports 3, No. 3 (September 2016), pp. 293–298.
Sobel, Russell S. and John A. Dove "Analyzing the Effectiveness of State Regulatory Review," Public Finance Review 44, No. 4 (July 2016), pp. 446-477.
Dutta, Nabamita and Russell S. Sobel "Does Corruption Ever Help Entrepreneurship," Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal 47, No. 1 (June 2016), pp. 179-199.
Sobel, Russell S., and Joshua C. Hall, "Has the War between Rent Seekers Escalated?" Cato Journal 36, No. 1 (Winter 2016), pp. 47-53.
Walker, Douglas M., Stephen W. Litvin, Russell S. Sobel, and Renée A. St-Pierre, "Setting Win Limits: An Alternative Approach to 'Responsible Gambling'?" Journal of Gambling Studies 31, No. 3 (September 2015), pp. 965-986.
Walker, Douglas M., Stephen W. Litvin, Russell S. Sobel, and Renée A. St-Pierre, "Stopping When You're Ahead: Win Limits and Responsible Gambling." Responsible Gambling Review 1, No. 2 (January 2015), pp. 1-9.
Sobel, Russell S., "The Elephant in the Room: Why States Are Refusing to Expand Medicaid," Applied Economics Letters 21, No. 17 (2014), pp. 1226-1229.
Sobel, Russell S., and J.R. Clark, "Preference Formation, Choice Sets, and the Creative Destruction of Preferences," Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 14, No. 1 (July 2014), pp. 55-74.
Calcagno, Peter T. and Russell S. Sobel, "Regulatory Costs on Entrepreneurship and Establishment Employment Size," Small Business Economics 42, No. 3 (March 2014), pp. 541-559.
Sobel, Russell S. and George R. Crowley, "Do Intergovernmental Grants Create Ratchets in State and Local Taxes?" Public Choice 158, No. 1/2 (January 2014), pp. 167-187.
Young, Andrew T. and Russell S. Sobel, "Recovery and Reinvestment Act Spending at the State Level: Keynesian Stimulus or Distributive Politics," Public Choice 155, No. 3/4 (June 2013), pp. 449-468.
Dutta, Nabamita, Russell S. Sobel, and Sanjukta Roy, "Entrepreneurship and Political Risk," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 2, No. 2 (2013), pp. 130-143.
Sobel, Russell S., Nabamita Dutta, and Sanjukta Roy, "Does Fiscal Decentralization Result in a Better Business Climate?" Applied Economics Letters 20, No. 1 (January 2013), pp. 84-91.
Skarbek, David B. and Russell S. Sobel, "The Industrial Organization of Street Gangs." Journal of Gang Research 20, No. 1 (Fall 2012), pp. 1-17.
Sobel, Russell S. and Matt E. Ryan, "Seniority and Anti‑competitive Restrictions on the Legislative Common Pool: Tenure's Impact on the Overall Production of Legislation and the Concentration of Political Benefits," Public Choice 153, No. 1/2 (October 2012), 171-190.
Leeson, Peter T., Russell S. Sobel, and Andrea M. Dean, "Comparing the Spread of Capitalism and Democracy," Economics Letters 114, No. 1 (January 2012), pp. 139-141.
Leeson, Peter T. and Russell S. Sobel, "Race, Politics, and Punishment: Democratic Failure in the New Orleans Mayoral Election," European Journal of Law and Economics, 31, No. 3 (2011), pp. 265-285.
Crowley, George R. and Russell S. Sobel, "Does Fiscal Decentralization Constrain Leviathan? Evidence from Local Property Tax Competition," Public Choice 149, No. 1/2 (October 2011), pp. 5-30.
Sobel, Russell S. and Christopher J. Coyne, "Cointegrating Institutions: The Time-Series Properties of Country Institutional Measures," Journal of Law and Economics 54, No. 1 (February 2011), pp. 111-134.
Dutta, Nabamita, Sanjukta Roy, and Russell S. Sobel, "Does a Free Press Nurture Entrepreneurship?" Southern Journal of Entrepreneurship 4, No. 1 (April 2011), pp. 71-91.
Coyne, Christopher J., Russell S. Sobel, and John A. Dove, "The Non-Productive Entrepreneurial Process," Review of Austrian Economics 23, (2010), pp. 333-346.
Crowley, George R. and Russell S. Sobel, "Adam Smith: Managerial Insights from the Father of Economics," Journal of Management History 16, No. 4 (2010), pp. 504-508.
Sobel, Russell S., Nabamita Dutta, and Sanjukta Roy, "Does Cultural Diversity Increase The Rate Of Entrepreneurship?" Review of Austrian Economics 23, No. 3 (2010), pp. 269-286.
Hall, Joshua C., Russell S. Sobel, and George R. Crowley, "Institutions, Capital, and Growth," Southern Economic Journal 77 No. 2 (October 2010), pp. 385-405.
Yakovlev, Pavel and Russell S. Sobel, "Occupational Safety and Profit Maximization: Friends or Foes?" Journal of Socio-Economics 39, No. 3 (June 2010), pp. 429-435.
Sobel, Russell S., Nabamita Dutta, and Sanjukta Roy, "Beyond Borders: Is Media Freedom Contagious?" Kyklos 63, No. 1 (February 2010), pp. 133-143.
Sobel, Russell S. and Brian J. Osoba, "Youth Gangs as Pseudo-Governments: Implications for Violent Crime," Southern Economic Journal 75, No. 4 (April 2009), pp. 996-1018. [This article won the "Georgescu-Roegen Prize" for the Best Article Published in the Southern Economic Journal for 2009.]
Leeson, Peter T., and Russell S. Sobel, "Weathering Corruption," Journal of Law and Economics 51, No. 4 (November 2008): 667-681. [This paper was the topic of an article in The Economist magazine entitled "Blame the Weather" (Vol. 380, No. 8493; September 2, 2006, page 28.), of CSPAN2's "Today in Washington" broadcast (August 23, 2006, 9:30-11am), personal interview and appearance on CBS Evening News (September 1, 2006, 6:30-7pm), and was also of articles that appeared in many newspapers including the Washington Post, National Review, and Houston Chronicle.]
Sobel, Russell S. and Andrea M. Dean. "Has Wal-Mart Buried Mom and Pop?: The Impact of Wal-Mart on Self Employment and Small Establishments in the United States." Economic Inquiry 46, No. 4 (October 2008), pp. 676-695. [This paper also formed the basis for the article: Dean, Andrea M. and Russell S. Sobel, "Has Wal-Mart Buried Mom and Pop?" Regulation Magazine (Spring 2008), pp. 2-10, and was the topic of articles and interviews in various media outlets including US News & World Report and Fox Business Network (TV).]
Sobel, Russell S. "Testing Baumol: Institutional Quality and the Productivity of Entrepreneurship." Journal of Business Venturing 23, No. 6 (November 2008), pp. 641-655.
Sobel, Russell S. and Kerry A. King. "Does School Choice Increase the Rate of Youth Entrepreneurship?" Economics of Education Review 27, No. 4 (August 2008), pp. 429-438.
Leeson, Peter T. and Russell S. Sobel. "Costly Price Discrimination." Economics Letters 99, No. 1 (April 2008): 206-208.
Hall, Joshua C., and Russell S. Sobel, "Institutions, Entrepreneurship, and Regional Differences in Economic Growth," Southern Journal of Entrepreneurship 1, No. 1 (March 2008), pp. 69-96.
Ashby, Nathan J. and Russell S. Sobel, "Income Inequality and Economic Freedom in the U.S. States," Public Choice 134, No. 3/4 (March 2008), pp. 329-346.Sobel, Russell S., Christopher J. Coyne, and Peter T. Leeson, "The Political Economy of FEMA: Did Reorganization Matter?" Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 17, No. 2/3 (2007), pp. 49-65.
Sobel, Russell S. and Joshua C. Hall "Can You Here Me in the Back? Improving Large Section Instruction Using Walkie Talkies," Journal of Private Enterprise, 23, No. 1 (Fall 2007), pp. 157-164.
Sobel, Russell S., J.R. Clark, and Dwight R. Lee, "Freedom, Barriers to Entry, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Progress." Review of Austrian Economics 20 (2007), pp. 221-236.
Boettke, Peter, Emily Chamlee-Wright, Peter Gordon, Sanford Ikeda, Peter Leeson and Russell Sobel, "The Political, Economic, and Social Aspects of Katrina," Southern Economic Journal 74, No. 2 (October 2007), pp. 363-376.
Luitel, Hari Sharan and Russell S. Sobel, "The Revenue Impact of Repeated Tax Amnesties." Public Budgeting and Finance, 27, No. 3 (Fall 2007), pp. 19-38.
Sobel, Russell S. and Todd M. Nesbit. "Automobile Safety and the Incentive to Drive Recklessly: Evidence from NASCAR." Southern Economic Journal 74, No. 1 (July 2007), pp. 71-84. [Cited and discussed at length in Steven E. Landsburg, The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life Revised and Updated for the 21st Century, New York, NY: Free Press (Simon & Schuster, Inc.), 2012, pp. 5-6 in Chapter 1 "The Power of Incentives: How Seat Belts Kill"].
Sobel, Russell S. and Joshua C. Hall "The Effect of Judicial Selection Processes on Judicial Quality: The Role of Partisan Politics." Cato Journal 27, No. 1 (Winter 2007), pp. 69-82.
Sobel, Russell S. and Peter T. Leeson. "The Use of Knowledge in Natural Disaster Relief Management." The Independent Review 11, No. 4 (Spring 2007), pp. 519-532. [Reprinted as Chapter 3 in Emily Chamlee Wright and Virgil Henry Storr (eds.), The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2010.].
Sobel, Russell S. and Peter T. Leeson, "Government's Response to Hurricane Katrina: A Public Choice Analysis." Public Choice 127, No. 1/2 (April 2006), pp. 55-73.
Mafi, Elham and Russell S. Sobel. "Does a Less Active Central Bank Lead to Greater Economic Stability? Evidence from the European Monetary Union." Cato Journal 26, No. 1 (Winter 2006), pp. 49-70.
Wagner, Gary A. and Russell S. Sobel. "State Budget Stabilization Fund Adoption: Preparing for the Next Recession or Circumventing Fiscal Constraints?" Public Choice 126, No. 1/2 (January 2006), pp. 177-199.
Ovaska, Tomi and Russell S. Sobel, "Entrepreneurship in Post-Socialist Economies." Journal of Private Enterprise 21, No. 1 (Fall 2005), pp. 8-28. [This article won the "Templeton Award" for the Best Article Published in the Journal of Private Enterprise for 2005].
Kreft, Steven F. and Russell S. Sobel. "Public Policy, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Freedom," Cato Journal 25, No. 3 (Fall 2005), pp. 595-616. [Topic of National Economic Trends (St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank) cover article "Entrepreneurship" (May 2004; Page 1)].
Sobel, Russell S. "Can Public Choice Theory Explain the U.S. Budget Surpluses of the 1990s?" Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 23, No. 3 (2004), pp. 169-182.
Sobel, Russell S. and Jennis J. Taylor, "The Last 30 Years of Public Choice: An Analysis of Author and Institution Rankings." Public Choice 120, No. 3/4 (September 2004), pp. 331-352.
Garrett, Thomas A. and Russell S. Sobel. "State Lottery Revenue: The Importance of Game Characteristics." Public Finance Review 32, No. 3 (May 2004), pp. 313-330.
Wagner, Gary A. and Russell S. Sobel. "Expressive Voting and Government Redistribution: Testing Tullock's 'Charity of the Uncharitable'." Public Choice 119, No. 1/2 (April 2004), pp. 143-159.
Thomas A. Garrett and Russell S. Sobel. "The Political Economy of FEMA Disaster Payments." Economic Inquiry 41, No. 3 (July 2003): 496-509. [Topic of The New York Times article "Disaster Aid: The Mix Of Mercy and Politics" (November 2, 2003, Section 4; Page 1) and The New York Times article "At FEMA, Disasters and Politics Go Hand in Hand" by Alan B. Krueger (September 15, 2005, Section C; Page 2). Story and live interview also appeared on CNBC's "Closing Bell" at 4:00 p.m. on September 15, 2005].
Sobel, Russell S. and S. Travis Raines. "An Examination of the Empirical Derivatives of the Favorite-Longshot Bias in Racetrack Betting." Applied Economics 35, No. 4 (2003), pp. 371-385.
Sobel, Russell S. "Defending the Articles of Confederation: A Reply to Dougherty." Public Choice 113, No. 3/4 (December 2002), pp. 287-299.
Sobel, Russell S. and Thomas A. Garrett. "On the Measurement of Rent Seeking and its Social Opportunity Cost." Public Choice 112, No. 1/2 (July 2002), pp. 115-136.
Sobel, Russell S. "Public Health and the Placebo: The Legacy of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act." Cato Journal, 21, No. 3 (Winter 2002), pp. 463-480. [The paper was cited and discussed in the Wall Street Journal article "Economy Got You Blue? Or Vice Versa?" (Wednesday, June 26, 2002, page A19)].
Sobel, Russell S. "A Public Choice Explanation for the Budget Surplus." Journal of Economic Perspectives 15, no. 4 (Fall 2001), pp. 219-221.
Holcombe, Randall G. and Russell S. Sobel. "Public Policy Toward Pecuniary Externalities." Public Finance Review 29, No. 4 (July 2001), pp. 304-325.
Sobel, Russell S. and Randall G. Holcombe "The Unanimous Voting Rule is Not the Political Equivalent to Market Exchange," Public Choice 106, No. 3/4 (March 2001), pp. 233-242.
Wagner, Gary A. and Russell S. Sobel. "New Empirical Evidence of the Role of Interest Groups in Influencing the Growth of Government." Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 18, No. 2/3 (2000), pp. 83-100.
Holcombe, Randall G. and Russell S. Sobel. "Consumption Externalities and Economic Welfare." Eastern Economic Journal 26, No. 2 (Spring 2000), pp. 157-170.
Reece, William S. and Russell S. Sobel "Capacity-constrained Price Discrimination." Southern Economic Journal 66, No. 4 (April 2000), pp. 1001-1008.
Sobel, Russell S. "Theory and Evidence on the Political Economy of the Minimum Wage." Journal of Political Economy 107, No. 4 (August 1999), pp. 761-785.
Sobel, Russell S. "In Defense of the Articles of Confederation and the Contribution Mechanism as a Means of Government Finance: A General Comment on the Literature." Public Choice 99, No. 3/4 (June 1999), pp. 347-356.
Thomas A. Garrett and Russell S. Sobel. "Gamblers Favor Skewness not Risk: Further Evidence from United States Lottery Games." Economics Letters 63, No. 1 (April 1999), pp. 85-90.
Sobel, Russell S. and Gary A. Wagner. "On the Determinants of Congressional Bill Sponsorship and Voting Behavior with an Application to Government Growth Theories." Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 42, No. 2/3 (1998), pp. 87-116.
Sobel, Russell S. "The Political Costs of Tax Increases and Expenditure Reductions: Evidence from State Legislative Turnover." Public Choice 96, No. 1/2 (July 1998), pp. 61-79.
Sobel, Russell S. "Exchange Rate Evidence on the Effectiveness of U.N. Policy." Public Choice 95, No. 1/2 (April 1998), pp. 1-25.
Sobel, Russell S. "Optimal Taxation in a Federal System of Governments." Southern Economic Journal 64, No. 2 (October 1997), pp. 468-486.
Sobel, Russell S., and Thomas A. Garrett. "Taxation and Product Quality: New Evidence from Generic Cigarettes." Journal of Political Economy 105, No. 4 (August 1997), pp. 880-887.
Sobel, Russell S. "The Distinction Between True and Induced Free Riders: An Application to GATT De Facto Membership." Public Finance Review (formerly Public Finance Quarterly) 25, No. 4 (July 1997): 366-392.
Sobel, Russell S. and Randall G. Holcombe. "Measuring the Growth and Variability of Tax Bases Over the Business Cycle." National Tax Journal 49, No. 4 (December 1996), pp. 535-552.
Sobel, Russell S. "Vibert's European Union: A United Nations or United States?" Constitutional Political Economy 7, No. 4 (1996), pp. 309-316.
Sobel, Russell S. and Randall G. Holcombe. "The Impact of State Rainy Day Funds in Easing State Fiscal Crises during the 1990-1991 Recession." Public Budgeting and Finance 16, No. 3 (Fall 1996), pp. 28-48.
Holcombe, Randall G. and Russell S. Sobel. "The Stability of International Coalitions in United Nations Voting from 1946 to 1973." Public Choice 86, No. 1/2 (January 1996), pp. 17-34.
Holcombe, Randall G. and Russell S. Sobel. "The Relative Variability of State Income and Sales Taxes Over the Revenue Cycle." Atlantic Economic Journal 23, No. 2 (June 1995), pp. 97-112. [This article won the "AEJ Best Article of the Year Award" for 1995].
Sobel, Russell S. "Empirical Evidence on the Union Free Rider Problem: Do Right-to-Work Laws Matter?" Journal of Labor Research 16, No. 3 (Summer 1995), pp. 347-365.
Sobel, Russell S. and Robert A. Lawson. "Intrastate Differences in Representative and Senator Behavior: The Relative Impact of District Elections, Ideology, and Shirking." Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 13, No. 1 (April 1995), pp. 3-17.
Holcombe, Randall G. and Russell S. Sobel. "Empirical Evidence on the Publicness of State Legislative Activities." Public Choice 83, No. 1/2 (April 1995), pp. 47-58.
Sobel, Russell S. "The League of Nations Covenant and the United Nations Charter: An Analysis of Two International Constitutions." Constitutional Political Economy 5, No. 2, (Spring/Summer 1994), pp. 173-192.
Sobel, Russell S. "Political Incentives and Legislative Voting." Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 10, No. 2/3 (December 1992), pp. 171-182.
Sobel, Russell S. "Welfare Economics and Public Finance," Chapter 2 in Handbook of Public Finance, Edited by Jurgen G. Backhaus and Richard E. Wagner, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, pp. 19-51.
Sobel, Russell S. "Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurship," Chapter 2 in Donald J. Boudreaux (ed.), What America's Decline in Economic Freedom Means for Entrepreneurship and Prosperity. Vancouver, BC: The Fraser Institute, 2015, pp. 37-66. [Book was winner of 2015 Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Award]


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Today marks the beginning of a new month, and I'm so happy that it is looking more like spring here at last! All of the trees are budding and the pussy willows are getting really big! There are also lots of dandelions popping up everywhere, which reminds me, I need to try serving some of those leafy greens to the budgies.
My previous post from today was about a new discovery I made about Kasper's love of corn, and the new idea I came up with, which I think was a really great start to this month. Another cool thing that happened today was that we set up our new TV and rearranged the living room. I hope the rest of the month is this fun!
May is a month with many celebrations for our family. There is my sister's birthday, then Mother's Day, then my Mother's birthday, and then Victoria Day. We also have a lot of things going on at the school, so we are definitely going to be busy this month. May always reminds me of tulips for some reason, maybe I'll get some for my mother for Mother' Day. 🙂
I hope everyone else has a great month, and enjoys the spring hours!


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Note from Sharon
Hi, I'm Sharon Stahl.
Redhead, freckle faced, veteran of New York advertising, dog lover, design enthusiast, lover of food and all things chocolate, morning person, punctual to a fault, organ donor and occasional tango dancer. I prefer to watch movies in the theater with popcorn, eat out rather than in, don't care about my astrological sign but believe in biorhythms and that dog people are different than cat people. I will go to the ends of the earth for a good laugh, raspberry pie or my friends.
After more than 12 years of battling the aromas of New York and surviving winter weather, traffic jams and subway snafus, I have finally succumb to the pleasures of California. However, there are things about New York that I really, really miss. The constant jibe of creative minds in search of the even better solutions. The realization that brilliant concepts and execution are only a place to begin. The thrill of seeing good work actually produce the intended oohs and aahs and client satisfaction.
On the other hand, there is something to be said for eternal sunshine and happy people. So, I thought there must be a way to commingle the best of both worlds? There is a way to keep the creative juices flowing without the constant battle of traffic jams and big egos.
Could you benefit from my New York experience albeit without paying New York prices? And what could I offer? Pretty much the whole gamut, everything from creating and implementing a fully integrated advertising campaign to conception and execution of graphic work that includes logos, print, collateral, web design and video.
Maya Angelou once said, "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Great branding is understanding the feeling that you want to spark in your target market and how to elicit those emotions.
If you think a meeting might be beneficial, profitable or simply entertaining, I would love to show you what I have done for others and hear how I can help your business right here in the land of imperfect bagels.
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Forest Park St Louis Mo
Forest Park is one of the largest urban parks in the world. It is 500 acres larger than Central Park in New York City, just to put it in perspective. It was created in 1874 and at the dedication ceremony, Chauncey Shultz described it this way "I present to you, the people of St Louis, this large and beautiful "Forest Park" for the enjoyment of yourselves, your children and your children's children forever…the rich, the poor, the merchant and mechanic, the professional and the day laborer, each with his family and lunch basket, can come and enjoy his own, all without stint to hindrance and there will be no notice "Keep off the Grass". I am delighted to say that his vision is very much alive today.
Forest Park has been the site of some wonderful history. In 1904, the St Louis World's Fair took place on the grounds of the park. This was one of the most amazing events in the history of St Louis with over twenty million people coming to see all the exhibits. This was the largest World's Fair ever and it changed the park into a magical world of entertainment and exhibition. When it was all over, the park was returned to its original park like setting,
Around the same time, it was decided that St Louis could use a municipal golf course and it was also constructed in Forest Park. It is still around today, having been upgraded and updated many times over the years. The great pleasure it brings to St Louis residents has never diminished.
Forest Park is surrounded by museums among them are the St Louis Museum of Art, the Missouri Museum of History and the St. Louis Science Center. The St Louis Zoo is also located in Forest Park. This park really does have something for everyone.
The park is open to all people, there were several large family groups with their tables, chairs, volleyball nets and grills enjoying the grass and shade within the park when we were there. There were also many joggers, skaters and walkers even though it was in the high 90's.There were paddle boats for rent in one of the ponds and some of the most beautiful fountains I have ever seen. This is what a park should be, free, open and accessible to everyone. It is also very confusing to drive through which is how we got to see so much of it while traveling between museums. Thank you to the skater who gave us directions.


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Well this is it… After three months it is going through its final proofread as it nears the end. My wonderful editor Doree has done an amazing job and i can't wait to finally release this piece of me to the world.
The official release date is May 18th on Kindle and Amazon. Get ready for my take on zombies.


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Tao Tao, a giant panda cub, is undergoing a process called "wild training" in preparation for his release into the wild. Watch Tao Tao take the final test he must pass in order for his training to be considered a success.Watch the video from the Nat Geo WILD program "Destination Wild," then consult the tabs for some basic comprehension and critical-thinking questions, links to related materials, and a short glossary list of vocabulary used in the video.
Take a look at our MapMaker Interactive layer on the current and historic species range of the giant panda. How has the panda's range changed over time?
The species range of the giant panda has shrunk dramatically. Giant pandas once roamed across southeastern China and possibly as far south as Vietnam and Myanmar. Today, the species range of the giant panda is restricted to central China.
Why do you think scientists are dressed like pandas?
By wearing panda suits, the keepers at the panda enclosure minimize the animals' stress and human attachment.
Why are the scientists carrying around a stuffed leopard?
The test carried out in the video involved scientists making sure Tao Tao, the juvenile panda, has maintained his natural fear of predators despite having never encountered one. Jackals and leopards are natural predators in the panda habitat. Researchers were not going to let a real leopard in to the protected panda enclosure, so they brought in a stuffed version, covered it in leopard smells (urine and droppings), and played an audio recording of a leopard to see how Tao Tao would react.
Those panda suits don't look that convincing, and neither does the leopard. Do you think Tao Tao was fooled by either one? Why?
Yes, he was probably fooled. As we learned in the video, pandas have poor eyesight, so the basic costumes probably fooled him. The spot-on scents, meanwhile, fooled his sophisticated nose.
Besides sight, what other senses do the scientists in the video use to try to fool Tao Tao?
Smell! Scientists coat the stuffed leopard with real leopard feces (poop) and urine (pee) to make it smell authentic.
Sound! Scientists use a recording of a growling leopard to convince poor Tao Tao that she's facing a real predator.
Term Part of Speech Definition Encyclopedic Entry authentic Adjective
real or genuine.
captive breeding Noun
reproduction of rare species controlled by humans in a closed environment, such as a zoo.
curiosity Noun
desire to know more about a subject.
disturb Verb
to bother or interfere with.
droppings Plural Noun
dung of certain animals, usually in pellet form.
dummy Adjective
reproduction or fake version of something.
enclosure Noun
area surrounded by a wall, fence, or other physical boundary.
encounter Verb
to meet, especially unexpectedly.
experiment Verb
to try or test an idea.
feces Plural Noun
waste material produced by the living body of an organism.
hunt Verb
to pursue and kill an animal, usually for food.
nearsighted Adjective
able to see objects at a short distance. Also called myopic.
predator Noun
animal that hunts other animals for food.
radio collar Noun
a band put around the neck of an animal that uses radio signals to track the animal's movement.
species range Noun
native, geographic area in which an organism can be found. Range also refers to the geographic distribution of a particular species.
Encyclopedic Entry: species range superior Adjective
better than something else.
telemetry Noun to transmit data automatically and at a distance, usually between a ground station and a moving source, such as a satellite or radio collar. urine Noun
liquid waste excreted by an animal's kidneys.
vulnerable Adjective
capable of being hurt.
wildlife Noun
organisms living in a natural environment.
wildlife biologist Noun
person who studies animals in their native habitats.


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Located in South Kensington close to Gloucester Road and right outside the elegant Queen's Gate Gardens, these apartments situate guests within an area lined with stately residences, iconic city landmarks and high-street amenities. The Natural History Museum is right around the corner just a five minute walk away, The Royal Albert Hall is only a short step further and Hyde Park is also conveniently close by. This property is desirably located for guests keen on exploring some of London's most high-profile shopping areas with Knightsbridge and Oxford Street both easily accessible via Piccadilly line services from Gloucester Road which is just a three minute walk from the apartment.
Tastefully decorated, light and stylish, each of these South Kensington apartments provides smart and sleek self-catered accommodation complete with a fully-equipped kitchen, satellite television and wireless internet access, as well as a range of on-site facilities and services to make your stay as enjoyable as possible. Access to wireless internet is provided free of charge, a complimentary welcome pack is also supplied upon arrival and housekeeping services are provided daily.
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You'll find a recurring theme here on This Marvelous Mess. I like things that are cheap and as natural as possible, I also love preventative health. Kombucha fills all of those lovely little check boxes and since I made a batch this week, I figure I'd share how I make it and how awesome it is.
A friend asked me if I wanted a SCOBY to make kombucha. I of course had no idea what the heck she was talking about. It sounded like she was giving me a secret password to play a new hipster board game that came out or something, so I briefly googled it. Turns out kombucha is a fermented tea that's supposed to be really good for you. I got the SCOBY from her and I was thinking it was going to be some special teapot that ferments tea for you… I WAS DEAD WRONG. She gave me a jar, in this jar was a byproduct of something apparently made from the slime in the Ghostbusters II movie. I wanted to make sure making a batch of this stuff was worth my time before I put my hands on that disgusting thing. Turns out SCOBY is an acronym for symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, this little disc is filled with vitamins, probiotics and good-for-you acids. When you place the SCOBY into a batch of tea and wait a week or two BAM! You have kombucha. The SCOBY has now created a beverage that is great for your digestive and immune systems. Seriously, this thing saved me so much stomach pain postpartum. It costs $2-$5 a bottle at the store and I make a gallon of it for dirt cheap, and you can too. Winna winna chicken dinna. Here is a super easy step by step guide on how to make it, and stay tuned next Monday for a post on how to carbonate and flavor your kombucha!
What you'll need:
- A SCOBY at room temperature in at least 1/2 of a cup of some starter tea. If there is no starter tea, purchase a bottle of unflavored kombucha from the store.
- 1/3 of a cup of green or black tea. If you are using tea bags just stick enough tea bags in a measuring cup to make the 1/3 mark and SKIP STEP 2.
- 1 Gallon of purified water
- 1 Gallon glass jar (I got mine HERE)
- Coffee filters
- A rubber band
Boil the gallon of water and then shut it off once it's done.
Make a ginormous tea bag by putting your 1/3 cup of tea in a coffee filter and staple it shut, like this:
Steep your tea in the freshly boiled water, for five to ten minutes.
Pour your tea in the glass jar and allow it to cool to the same temperature as your SCOBY and starter liquid,usually 12-24 hours.
Once your brewed tea is room temperature, using clean hands put your SCOBY in the batch of tea.
Add ½ of a cup of starter tea.
Cover the top of the jar with a coffee filter and rubber band to allow the tea to breath and keep fruit flies out. Put the jar in a warm corner in your kitchen.
YOU'RE DONE SON! Now pat yourself on the back and wait 1-2 weeks. The longer you wait the more sour it will be. You'll be able to smell it becoming more similar to vinegar after a few days. After a week try a bit by using a straw to see if you like it or if you'd like to ferment it more. If you'd like to kick your "booch" up a notch try to carbonate and flavor it!


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Sleep Better with An Adjustable Bed
It's no secret that we all want to sleep better at night. For some, problems sleeping may be due to an injury or a back condition. No matter the reason, it's a proven fact we perform better after we get a great night's sleep. Sleep comfort adjustable beds are one of the ways to achieve a luxurious night's sleep. These beds allow you to alter them in an array of different sleep positions. No need to sleep in your favorite recliner, as this bed will allow you to adjust it to meet your body's specific needs. These beds will allow you to raise the bed to a slight incline if lying flat is out of the question. Raising your legs to take the pressure off your lower back is another option this bed allows you to achieve. Patients with osteoarthritis or stenosis now have a foundation that will support their bodies. The
Finally Sleeping Better at Night
Unconsciously as you sleep, you tend to shift positions to alleviate pain and tension. By introducing an adjustable bed mattresses into your bedroom, you may find that problems sleeping at night are minimized. You can find dual adjustable beds and ergonomic beds with the right amount of adjustment to give you a great nights sleep. For those looking at different ways to get a good night sleep, but are less familiar with the adjustable mattress and its design, both ends of the bed can be raised or lowered as needed to get into a more comfortable position. By changing the height and position of the foot, the adjustable mattresses can prevent you from bending legs into positions that will c
The Health Benefits of a Good Night's Sleep
Do you ever wake up in the morning feeling like you spent the previous day working for an appliance moving company, but the day actually consisted of watching the NCAA tournament, pounding beers, and eating pizza? If this sounds familiar to you, the chances are you wake up feeling achy more often than not. Although there are many different reasons why people experience chronic body aches, those whose back and neck pain are worse in the morning than any other time of day could probably use a new mattress. In fact, adjustable mattresses and ergonomic beds are designed to address specifically sleep-related aches and pains. Additionally, the bed comfort provided by a high-quality adjustable bed mattresses will not only help people to Continue Reading No Comments


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Back on Track – have adults you live with argued or fought? Survive group for young people age 11-17 who have been involved in family difficulties – information booklet
Beat Exam Stress, a booklet produced by Childline
What is bullying? – an information poster
Drugs – Are you under the influence? – if you're feeling pressure to take drugs, here's how to deal with it.
Feel safe at home booklet – what to do if violence is happening around you.
Female genital mutilation helpline information
Female genital mutilation poster
LGBT information leaflet – coming out as lesbian, gay or bisexual – answers to some of the questions you may have
Neglect Matters – a guide for young people about neglect
Prevent Strategy is part of our UK counter-terrorism strategy – information issued by South Gloucestershire Council
Rights and Entitlements – leaflet for young people
Safety and Welfare information for students at King's Oak
Understanding Self Harm – a booklet for anyone who self-harms and their friends and family.
Are you or a friend being sexually exploited? – information poster


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This was it. This was supposed to be the first week of the new year where I was going to get lots of things done. I made my to-do list on Monday while I enjoyed the Martin Luther King holiday with my girls. I was going to have four days to get into a new routine. My to-do list included a new writing schedule, some freelance projects, errands, cleaning out some areas of my house that haven't seen the light of day in a while and even a little time for me. Today, not even halfway through the week, my to-do list lies in figurative tatters.
Instead of running errands, we have run to the doctor. Instead of cleaning my house, it looks like I'll be cleaning my driveway of a half-foot of snow in the morning. Instead of having kids in school, I have a sick one at home and will probably have both at home for a snow day tomorrow and maybe Friday. Instead of writing and working, I've spent my days cuddling, watching movies and reading to my sick daughter.
None of the things I've done this week are bad. They're just not what I had in mind. God has spent the week rearranging my priorities. While the things on my to-do list were good, the things I've spent my week doing are more important. It won't be too many years from now that there won't be sick kids in my house. In about 10 years, it can snow 10 feet, and a snow day won't affect my life much.
But, today, those things do affect me. And when my schedule and plans get interrupted, I can get frustrated. I see the things I need to do piling up, but they aren't getting done. But then I'm reminded that my girls need to know that when they need me, I'm available. They need to know that when the chips are down mom and dad are going to be there to love them.
Because that's how God loves us, and the best way to for our kids to grasp God's love is for us to be an example of that love for them. God says in Jeremiah 31:3 "I have loved you with an everlasting love." Our kids need us to love them like God loves us with an unconditional, everlasting love. Being there when they need us is part of that.
So, the next time your child needs you to rearrange your schedule because they're sick. Or your son or daughter comes home from school and needs you to stop what you're doing to listen to a problem they're having at school. Or maybe your child simply needs some of your undivided attention. Set aside your to-do list and be a picture of God's love to them. Be the hands and feet of God to your children so they can see God's love through you.


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Data shows housing approvals down
A housing economist says a drop in building approvals in central western New South Wales could lead to a downturn in the industry in the next six months.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows the number of homes approved in the region in the year to August was down 300 on the previous year.
The Housing Industry Association's chief economist, Harley Dale, says the industry will feel the impact of the lower activity in three to six months.
He says the work local builders are doing now is the result of approvals from the beginning of the year.
"If we look at the latest update for building approvals, which is for the month of August 2011, that does suggest that there's not as much work being approved, which implies that in late 2011, early 2012 there won't be as much construction activity occurring as there was 12 months earlier," he said.
"Early in 2011 we were seeing approval levels higher than we're seeing coming through now.
"Those early 2011 approval levels have probably by and large translated into the work that local businesses are reporting now.
"So you might subsequently see a little bit of an easing in activity before a lift again in 2012."
The president of the central west division of the Master Builders Association, Mick Banks, says he has seen no evidence of a downturn.
"Things are going in leaps and bounds at the moment," he said.
"Everyone you talk to is really busy, especially the home builders. It's really hard to get trades at the moment, which is a sign that everyone's actually busy as opposed to just one or two people.
"So I find it hard to believe that there'd be a downturn.
"I would agree that possibly the value of houses are going down a little bit because land is getting so dear."
He says some customers are waiting months for projects to begin.
"If you are planning on building a house at the moment I think because everyone is so busy I wouldn't expect to walk into a builder and expect to start straight away," he said.
"I think if you are thinking about it I'd go and start talking about some plans and going and seeing some people because you may find there'll be a little bit of a delay before you can start.
"Depending on the size of the company it could be two months, it could be six months."
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From January 31 till February 1 you can find several of our Feed experts at the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Georgia in the USA. Hailed as the largest annual trade show for the poultry, meat and feed industries, the exhibition will bring together more than 1,200 exhibitors and 30,000 visitors. You can find us at booth B7683. We hope to see you there!
Perstorp plans to make an impact on the North American feed market in the next few years so expect to find several feed management team members there, eager for interesting discussions. The main solution that we will promote at this exhibition is ProPhorce™ SR: esters of butyric acid for improved gut health. Learn more about ProPhorce™ SR here >>
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Meet Me in the Kitchen – Good Nutrition!
An event every week that begins at 2:00pm on Tuesday, repeating until March 20, 2018
Event Details
Learn to eat for increased energy and nutrients, reduce sugar, salt, and inflammation and prepare easy, fresh meals. Each week, Registered Dietician Lauren C. Kelly will share research findings and home remedies, portion planning, and shopping tips.
Free for adults.
Week 1, 2/6 – Naturally Sweet
Week 2, 2/13 – Healthy Heart
Week 3, 2/20 – Too Much?
Week 4, 2/27 – Shopping for the Season
Week 5, 3/6 – Spice of Life
Week 6, 3/20 – Boost Your Immune System
Registration required, please email firstname.lastname@example.com by the Friday before each session. Made possible through a community partnership with Asphalt Green Battery Park City Seniors and Battery Park City Authority.


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Installing MS Office 2010 on Windows 10
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ESYLUX provides intelligent automation and lighting solutions that ensure greater well-being and optimal demand-driven energy use in office buildings, educational institutions and health facilities. As an innovative company with our own research, development and production departments in Ahrensburg near Hamburg, we are always expanding our portfolio. We are gaining momentum in an international environment. If you would like to support us as a successful global player in this way, we offer you a variety of interesting career opportunities.
We prioritise the same thing when developing pioneering building technology for an indoor climate and light as we do when managing employees: people are always at the heart of what we do. We know that only motivated and individually supported employees give full rein to their creativity and achieve excellent results. In our owner-managed family company, treating each other with respect is the basis of everything we do. We welcome initiative and extraordinary ideas at all times. We offer flat hierarchies, targeted further training, optimal working conditions and joint leisure activities as a team. A good working environment is not created at the push of button, rather it is the result of a lived corporate culture.
The success at ESYLUX is only possible because we give people the opportunity to do their jobs in an ideal way and grow with their role. The basis for this is the willingness to go off the beaten track once in a while, take chances with courage and venture into the unknown in your job. If you share this aspiration, we look forward to receiving your application! Because our development is gaining momentum and we are continuously expanding our product range as well as sphere of activity, we are always looking for new talent from the fields of research and development, marketing, quality assurance, HR, sales, purchasing and finance and controlling.
ESYLUX offers a great starting point. From the student assistant or the applicant with the first valuable professional experience to the seasoned professional, you will find a job with us that suits you perfectly. Especially if your interest has been sparked in our goals and you are ready to engage with great enthusiasm in the continuation of our success story.
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We prefer to face the challenges of the future, which is why ESYLUX places great importance on training our specialist staff and management of tomorrow and have defined youth development as a management issue. Whether you are an intern, trainee or student, we have plenty of exciting roles to discover, a great deal to learn and responsibility to take.
We offer two different routes to begin your diverse career with ESYLUX. During your training period, you will gain practical experience in your desired career with us and add to this experience with expert knowledge at vocational college. You will work in different departments and with an international focus, if desired. You can look forward to gaining interesting insights into our state-of-art company, focused personal support as part of a friendly team and exciting prospects for your future.
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|Deployment in all departments relevant to the profession
|Goods incoming and outgoing, order picking, despatch
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Our dual study programme in business is a solid foundation for a later career with ESYLUX in every respect: In just six semesters, you will combine fundamental knowledge from the studies with extensive business experience. Throughout the entire study period, you will benefit from our know-how and our financial support, take on independent, exciting tasks in different departments and be well supported by our training management team and managers. In addition, you have the opportunity to take part in a period abroad as part of your HSBA studies and can gain early experience at an international level.
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Are you already on the final straight of your studies? Prospective academics have a range of options available with ESYLUX, as working students gaining their first practical experience and earning their own money. In addition, we are happy to support you as a motivational partner on the way to completing your Bachelor, Master or thesis.
As a working student, you can start gaining practical experience with ESYLUX straight away and work on individual tasks or in a fixed project that fits with the specialism of your study programme and interests. You can choose between a regular internship on a part-time basis or a full-time basis during the holidays. You will of course have your own workplace and a fixed contact partner.
The end of your studies is a very sensitive phase for many students. ESYLUX would like to be on your side for this important step in your professional future and support your Bachelor, Master or dissertation in research and development, marketing, quality assurance, HR, sales, purchasing or finance and controlling. Please apply to us in good time before you start your dissertation.
During an internship with ESYLUX, you will find out more about different careers and gain interesting insights into an innovative sector and fascinating product worlds. We attach importance to adjusting your role to suit your personal interests and skills. You will always have a contact partner who will respond to your queries and requests.
We look forward to working with you in our company on a school internship, a mandatory internship at the university or technical college or a voluntary specialised internship as part of your studies. You can also complete an internship with ESYLUX as part of an educational programme. Apply now!


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Patrick Swift (Irish Artist Directory)
Full Name: Patrick Swift
Lived: 1927 - 1983
Categories: Oil Painting, Ceramics
Artist Biography
At the National College of Art, Swift won a travelling scholarship to study in France and Italy. In the 1950s he settled in London and was associated with a group of artists and writers in Soho such as Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, George Barker and Patrick Kavanagh and in 1959 he co-founded with the poet David Wright a quarterly magazine "X", in which Swift, under a nom de plume (James Mahon), attacked abstract art as the art of the establishment.
In 1962 he emigrated to Portugal where he founded the Porches Pottery which started a revival of interest in indigenous traditional ceramics. In 1993/4 the Irish Museum of Modern Art staged a major retrospective exhibition of his work.
Patrick Swift Art Previously On Sale at Adam's Auctioneers
Patrick Swift (1927-1983) Girl in a Garden (c.1951/2) Oil on canvas, 134.5 x 106.5cm (53 X 42")...
Hammer Price €32,000.00
Patrick Swift (1927-1983) Studio Still Life c.1956 Oil on canvas, 51 x 61cm (20 x 24'') Provenan...
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Patrick Swift, (1927 - 1983) Cottages at Ashwell Oil on canvas, 51 x 76cm, 20 x 30'' Signed, also...
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Patrick Swift (1927-1983) The Springs, Ashwell Oil on board, 100.5 x 70 cm. (39 1/2 x 27 1/2 in....
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Patrick Swift (1927-1983) Far Oak Ridge Oil on canvas, 68 x 53cm (26.35 x 21'') Estate stamp verso
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About Us
We are a young and dynamic car rental company based in Kusadasi. Our customer base in Kusadasi and the surrounding cities & towns is thriving with each passing day. We provide car rental services in Kusadasi, Didim, Bodrum, Ozdere and Selcuk. We also provide airport transfers from and to the Adnan Menderes Airport in Izmir, and Milas-Bodrum Airport.
We are proud to be one of the most diligent rent a car companies in Kusadasi, as we replace our fleet every few years. Another important factor that makes us stand out amongst car rental companies in Kusadasi is that we have our own garage serving our vehicles as well as others'.
As the top Kusadasi Rental Car company, we plan on growing our business with our investments in car rental business, and our service policies focusing on the customer. Our purpose is to expand our service network to serve you even better. We're looking forward to see you too at our office.