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Brian McKnight Takes Shots at Chris Brown, R. Kelly Behavior; Brown Fires Back
The R&B singer has been taking flack for his recent excursion into sexually explicit lyrics and subject matter.
In response to the backlash, McKnight wrote a series of messages attempting to draw a distinction between his perceived missteps and the behavior of some other celebrities.
That’s when things got intense.
McKnight tweeted, “Since everyone’s so opinionated I’m taking suggestions on what I should do next I’m thinking rent a lambo and beat the s**t outta my girl… That’s acceptable these days.”
The apparent reference to Brown’s well-documented battery of Rihanna was not the end of McKnight’s commentary.
“Or maybe have sex with a 14 year old girl and film it that’s acceptable these days,” tweeted the singer, this time seeming to allude to R. Kelly’s past legal issues.
Then McKnight wrote, “Or let the court system let me make 35 million before I do my 87 days in a private cell for domestic abuse that’s acceptable these days.”
The last remark refers to Mayweather, who was allowed to take a big payday for a prizefight before being having to enter jail on Friday.
McKnight explained, “It’s not shade I’m just reminding all of us what we accept on a daily basis.”
He further added, “I meant no disrespect to anyone I was merely pointing out that In today’s society anything goes and WE Are all to blame the end.”
What followed was lengthy back-and-forth between the singer and his Twitter followers, before Brown himself chimed in with a response.
“I see how this works now,” wrote Brown. “When peoples careers get to the “nobody cares” stage they use my name for publicity! Lol.”
Brown continued, “I can’t keep helping these old n**gas. Its miracle the way I’m bringing the dead alive!”
He added, “I would’ve gladly wrote you something that would make u look less irrelevant!”
Brown then said of McKnight’s infamous song about women’s anatomy: “THAT S**T IS TRASH!”
So far, there’s been no response from McKnight.
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Investing in gold is a resurgence after the economic uncertainty of recent years. Many people are choosing to invest in gold, but not every person knows how to do that properly. This article offers advice to anyone and everyone learn about the market.
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O palm trees launches this Thursday (14) the casual collection Football Culture. The pieces, produced by Puma, feature the same print on their backs used on alviverde’s game shirts, referring to the campaign A Shirt with Historywhich has players William, Matías Viña and Gustavo Gomez, as well as Juliana and Agustina from the female squad.
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A secretive family office triggers one of the biggest trading losses in history. An army of retail investors single-mindedly hunts down short sellers in the stock market. The world’s most important financial benchmark marches inexorably towards death.
While the last of these seismic events was stage-managed – to the extent possible – the others were not. The rise of Reddit’s retail army was anticipated by some, as home-workers ploughed their savings into a Bolshie new form of stock trading, but the explosion it set off in January came as a shock to most. And the failure of Archegos Capital Management was a five-alarm fire. Against the backdrop of a mutating virus and rising global temperatures, this was a precarious, disorderly year.
It was also a story of adaptation and survival. Despite taking huge losses, banks managed the Archegos collapse without systemic tremors. Robinhood Markets, the online discount broker at the centre of the meme-stock frenzy, narrowly avoided defaulting on its clearing obligations. Trillions of dollars of derivatives successfully strapped on their contractual parachutes ahead of Libor’s demise.
None of these stories end with the calendar year, of course. The Archegos debacle has transformed the prime brokerage landscape and could lead to new leverage and risk-taking curbs for hedge funds. The retail trading boom has changed the structure and dynamics of equity markets. And a host of alternative benchmarks – some eyed with contempt by regulators – are vying to fill the void left by US dollar Libor.
Meanwhile, pressure continues to build on financial firms to do their part in the fight against global warming.
Here, we look back at some of the year’s biggest Risk.net articles.
A COLOSSAL FAILURE
When Credit Suisse lost $5.5 billion from the collapse of a single client, it prompted a single question: how?
The simple answer is that the client was allowed to take on far too much leverage. As Risk.net revealed in April, Archegos posted an average margin of just 10% against the equity swaps it traded with Credit Suisse.
But the Swiss bank’s lax margin practices were arguably just the symptom of a deeper malaise. The loss was a case study in everything that can go wrong in a risk-taking business: overworked and underqualified staff; multi-hatting; outdated technology; bad decisions; missed red flags; an aggressive sales culture that overwhelmed risk management; and a lack of accountability and responsibility among senior leaders.
An independent report published in July laid bare the “fundamental failure of management and controls” at Credit Suisse and confirmed much of Risk.net’s earlier reporting. It should be required reading for all risk managers, and anyone involved in investment banking.
“[We’ve had] a 15% floor on single names for decades” – head of risk at a rival clearing bank (Credit Suisse held just 10% margin against Archegos book, April 30)
“It’s not that prime brokerage is inherently risky. It’s that some of these banks are risky because they are Frankenstein creations and nobody knows what’s going on and where the risk is” – Carson Block, founder of Muddy Waters Capital (Credit Suisse and the Wild West of synthetic prime brokerage, May 11)
“This was due in part to a lack of competence (including a failure to appreciate obvious and severe risks) as well as a culture in which profits were prioritised over sound risk management and respect for controls” – independent report on Credit Suisse loss (Archegos report details margin failings at Credit Suisse, August 21)
This wasn’t just a Credit Suisse story. The collapse of Archegos left at least five large banks with collective losses exceeding $10 billion. The fallout was swift. Nomura suspended its cash prime brokerage operations outside Asia and Credit Suisse exited the business entirely. Others have tightened risk controls or taken a more assertive stance with clients – JP Morgan reminded hedge funds it had the right to call for margin intraday.
The retrenchment is likely to limit credit availability and raise leverage costs for hedge funds, at least in the short-term. Further changes could be coming. One recommendation in the report into Credit Suisse’s loss – giving derivatives valuation adjustment (XVA) desks a wider role in pricing or even vetoing trades with hedge funds – is gaining wider traction in the industry.
The debacle also raised serious questions for regulators. Archegos used equity swaps to acquire huge stakes in a handful of companies without alerting its counterparties or the wider market. Long-delayed margin rules for these instruments finally came into force on November 1. The following month, the US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new disclosure and anti-fraud rules for security-based swaps. Banking regulators have also signalled that scrutiny of counterparty credit risk management will intensify.
Archegos may have faded from the headlines, but its collapse will reverberate for years.
“Initial margin is precisely there to manage close-out risk on defaulted positions. It may not work every time but it provides a safe, systematic buffering of the system” – Donal Gallagher, president of Quaternion Expert Services (Would margin rules have checked Archegos? Perhaps not, April 14)
“The JP Morgan standard prime brokerage agreement actually says that they can call you whenever they want for variation margin – like you can get up to seven calls a day” – head of treasury at a large US hedge fund (JP Morgan warns hedge funds to expect intraday margin calls, July 13)
“The patchwork of regulatory agencies in the US means that even though one regulator may have the right information, that is not yet guaranteed to extend across all regulators” – Josh Galper, CEO of Finadium (Archegos shows up US swaps reporting shambles, July 13)
“We absolutely have veto or feel free to elevate an outsized risk for a portfolio. All trades over a certain threshold have to be approved by me” – head of XVA at a US bank (After Archegos, a bigger role for XVA desks?, October 6)
Even before Archegos collapsed, there were hints of excessive leverage in the banking system. An article published by Risk.net on March 1 revealed Nomura had reported more collateral received than total balance sheet assets for the past four years. The discrepancy is explained by the fact that collateral received in securities financing trades can be sold or repledged in other transactions without being recorded on the balance sheet. The last major bank to run up such large off-balance sheet exposures was Lehman Brothers. Nomura had the second-largest exposure to Archegos, with losses totalling $2.9 billion.
But it is by no means the only bank to engage in this sort of off-balance sheet activity. Collateral velocity – the reuse rate of securities in funding transactions – hit its highest level in a decade at the end of 2020, as global banks responded to the hedge fund industry’s growing demand for leverage. An analysis of bank balance sheets suggests the leverage capacity available to hedge funds at the start of 2020 was higher than at any point since the 2008 financial crisis. The off-balance sheet nature of these transactions meant the risks were not adequately captured in the leverage ratio, the regulator’s ultimate backstop against systemic risk.
“The leverage ratio plays the part of a significant brake on the reuse of collateral in the banking sector, so we don’t need to strengthen these rules further. The issue is to apply them to non-bank entities” – Denis Beau, deputy governor of the Banque de France (What lies beneath: Nomura’s iceberg balance sheet, March 1)
“The leverage capacity – both on- and off-balance-sheet – available to hedge funds is higher today than at any point in the past decade” – Manmohan Singh, senior economist at the IMF, and Phil Prince, partner at Pine River Capital Management (Hedge funds and the rebound in collateral velocity, June 7)
Shares of GameStop shot up more than 1,600% in January when internet-savvy retail traders clubbed together to put the squeeze on hedge funds that had bet against the struggling video game retailer. Clearing houses ultimately paused the frenzy, which created huge dislocations in equity markets. Robinhood, the trading app popular with retail investors, halted purchases of GameStop and a handful of other so-called meme-stocks after being hit with a mammoth $2.2 billion capital charge.
The trading limits caused GameStop shares to crash nearly 90% and drew the ire of customers. But things could have turned out even worse. The cash call from the National Securities Clearing Corporation far exceeded Robinhood’s cash on hand and borrowing capacity – it could have been declared in default and its clients’ positions liquidated. NSCC instead used its discretion to waive the charge – a decision that left its largest member firms with mixed feelings.
NSCC’s defenders say liquidating Robinhood even as it was taking steps to lower its risk would have unleashed chaos on the markets. Its critics claim the clearing house’s actions created a moral hazard that might lead to even bigger problems in the future.
Retail investors seem largely unconcerned by the near miss. Many are embracing more complex options strategies and setting their sights on even bigger targets, such as Apple and Tesla. Banks and large asset managers have responded by developing meme-stock factors that seek to track retail flows and capitalise on them. The tug of war between retail and institutional money looks set to continue well into 2022.
“Investors have experience of looking at stocks that are 20%, 30% or 40% volatility, but when you get to 500%, all of a sudden your normal assumptions will go out the window” – Chris Murphy, co-head of strategy at Susquehanna International Group (Options pricing framework buckles under GameStop frenzy, February 3)
“This is a clearing house. They shouldn’t have the option to waive a few billion dollars [from a risk charge]” – chief risk officer at a clearing firm (Hero or villain? NSCC draws fire for Robinhood margin waiver, March 31)
“If we were able to see the likely drivers of these inelasticities, such as more retail participation or more government involvement in markets, that would translate into return predictability” – Vitali Kalesnik, head of research at Research Affiliates (Inelastic markets: how index funds fuelled the meme stock frenzy, April 7)
Transition away from US dollar Libor was thrown into turmoil in March after the market’s key working group warned it would miss a mid-year deadline to approve a term version of its preferred substitute, the secured overnight financing rate, or SOFR.
With the arrival of term SOFR in doubt, loan markets – which were already concerned about the new benchmark’s lack of credit sensitivity – began looking seriously at alternatives, such as Ameribor and the Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield (BSBY) index, with the latter garnering the most interest from large banks and corporates.
Bank of America tested the waters with a $1 billion floating rate note referencing BSBY in April, while US workwear company Duluth Holdings became the first corporate to link a syndicated loan to the index in May.
The growing momentum behind BSBY seemed to galvanise a response. On May 21, a working group – the Alternative Reference Rates Committee – selected CME as the official provider of term SOFR and followed through with a full endorsement in July.
But the genie was already out of the bottle. By the summer, the market had seen more than $1 billion notional of swap transactions linked to BSBY, including fixed-to-float instruments out to 10 years, prompting a trenchant response from regulators. At a June meeting on systemic risk, US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler cautioned against widespread use of BSBY, which he said had “many of the same flaws as Libor”. That turned out to be just the opening salvo in a barrage of regulatory attacks that slammed the brakes on credit-sensitive rates ahead of the year-end deadline to cease new Libor issuance. But with lenders still uneasy about risk-free rates, it remains too early to write off BSBY and its peers.
“Our ability to recommend an administrator and endorse a particular rate was always contingent on certain conditions. There’s just been slower take-up [of SOFR derivatives] and some of those conditions haven’t been met” – Tom Wipf, chair of the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (US stumbles in pursuit of term SOFR, March 25)
“It might seem like an improvement on Libor, or a more resilient benchmark, but I would suggest we not make that mistake” – Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC’s Gensler takes aim at Bloomberg’s BSBY index, June 14)
“I’ve never been more bullish about a world of multiple benchmarks” – Richard Sandor, chief executive of the American Financial Exchange (Pick a rate: pitfalls and prizes in the post-Libor world, July 6)
“The regulatory pressures and blocks to BSBY have meant that nobody can proceed with trading it. Even though there is some desire for this as a risk management tool, it is pretty much dead in the water” – head of rates trading at a large European bank (Regulatory attacks deal BSBY swaps a crippling blow, October 12)
FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT
Quants seeking to apply machine learning to finance have run up against a simple reality: a lack of adequate real-word data to train their models. One solution is to create synthetic datasets with the same statistical qualities as the real thing. These so-called market generators spit out vast quantities of realistic but fictional data, which can be used for myriad purposes, from training predictive systems to stress-testing portfolios.
The idea took hold this year. Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, began using synthetic data to test some of its volatility trading risk parity strategies. Quants at Bank of America found that a neural network trained using fake data did a better job of forecasting moves in US Treasury bonds than traditional models.
The techniques used to generate synthetic datasets are advancing rapidly. A new paper authored by several prominent quants and published on Risk.net in June proposes using ‘signatures’ – mathematical objects that can quickly and efficiently encode financial data – to create synthetic datasets that capture the essence of financial markets. Models using signatures have been shown to retain information more efficiently than existing data generators and can derive useful information from even small sample sets. This could make it possible to apply machine learning techniques such as the deep hedging algorithms developed by JP Morgan to more exotic and sparsely traded instruments. Another barrier to the widespread application of machine learning in finance appears to be falling away.
“We can create synthetic series that are indistinguishable from the original. That’s where the excitement is coming from” – Blanka Horvath, an academic at King’s College London (In fake data, quants see a fix for backtesting, May 19)
“With synthesising, you can replicate the shape and form and size of the data that you’re trying to use without the hassle of having to ask a vendor like Bloomberg as well as your legal team whether you can use it” – Erik Mostenicky, senior associate at Fidelity International Strategic Ventures (Quants turn to machine learning to unlock private data, July 1)
“The signature method can take a price action path, convert it into a set of coefficients that describes the shape and then we can go back in time and test what has happened when there were similar shapes before” – Gordon Lee, executive director in portfolio quantitative analytics at UBS’s investment bank (‘Signatures’ promise quants a tool for all jobs, October 13)
TUG OF WAR
The euro swaps market became the venue for a fierce tug-of-war between the European Union and its former member state – the UK – over the provision of clearing services. After Brexit, the EU gave UK central counterparties (CCPs) temporary permission to continue clearing trades for European clients until June 2022.
The waiver was intended to give EU firms enough time to reduce their dependence on UK clearing houses and European officials signalled early on that it would not be extended. They spent much of the year pressuring banks and buy-side firms to move euro swaps from LCH in London to Eurex in Frankfurt, with mixed results. Most end-users took a wait-and-see approach, wagering the EU would not risk the disruption of a hasty, forced relocation of trillions of euros in swaps. Others quietly split their swaps books between LCH and Eurex, while taking great pains to keep their intentions hidden from the market. In one of these cases, the investing arm of the Dutch insurance giant Aegon completed a years-long effort to rebalance its cleared swap portfolio across the two CCPs at the end of 2020 – a story Risk.net told in September.
That would not be enough. Going into the fourth quarter, more than 70% of euro swap trades were still being cleared in the UK. After some brinkmanship, the EU announced the temporary waiver for UK clearing houses would be extended in the New Year. It’s not clear what, if any, extra pressure will be applied to market participants.
“Today, the mandatory tool the European Commission has in its arsenal [to move euro swaps] is the derecognition of UK clearing houses. That’s what they have in their legal arsenal, but they know it’s not good… the current text they have is not credible. If they want to be credible in their threats, they need to change it” – clearing source at a large bank (Euro swaps clearing showdown pits banks against Brussels, April 20)
“Especially in the beginning, if it had been widely known that we were working on shifting some of our exposure, then we were actually very worried that we would impact the basis level. So we wanted to be very careful with that” – Derek Milner, portfolio manager at Aegon Asset Management (How Brexit split Aegon’s euro swaps book, September 1)
“We need transparency regarding assessment of UK CCPs’ long-term recognition as soon as possible. The clock is ticking” – Jan Ritter, head of hedging and treasury at ATP (Buy side divided on euro swap clearing move, October 19)
When faced with a new risk, the standard regulatory response is to introduce new capital charges to cushion against potential losses and encourage firms to reduce their exposures. That is proving difficult with climate risk.
New European rules requiring banks to publish a ‘green asset ratio’ of climate-friendly assets were met with open scepticism from the industry, with critics arguing the measure would only serve to push carbon-intensive companies to seek out financing from non-bank lenders.
To be effective, capital requirements aimed at curbing climate risks must account for the possibility of polluting businesses becoming more sustainable over time – a contingency that is hard to objectively measure.
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is taking its own crack at this problem, with a new report expected to appear shortly. The global standard-setter will need to decide whether climate risks can be incorporated into the existing capital framework, which relies heavily on historical data, or if an entirely new approach is needed.
The buy side is also struggling with this problem as it looks to align portfolios with global carbon reduction goals. Asset managers seeking a forward-looking measure of climate risk gravitated towards so-called implied temperature rise metrics, which gauge a company’s contribution to climate risk over a period of time. The most widely used methodology, developed by MSCI, currently rates Shell as a greener investment than Europe’s largest operator of offshore wind farms. Regulators must avoid falling into such traps as they look for ways to green the financial system.
“We need one number today to understand where we are on sustainable finance and where we are heading” – Piers Haben, director of banking, markets, innovation and consumers at the European Banking Authority (EBA faces backlash over ‘green asset ratio’, March 10)
“If you are going to do capital add-ons at some point, it will need to be based on rigorous assessment” – Robert Begbie, chief executive of NatWest Markets (Weather, or not: is climate risk just part of credit risk?, October 7)
“The issue with implied temperature rise is that there is no consistency in the market” – Rory Sullivan, chief technical adviser at the Transition Pathway Initiative (MSCI’s temperature scores stir angst among green investors, December 22)
TIME FOR A MAKEOVER
The US Treasury market was beset by volatility in 2021, as investors responded to weak auctions, rising inflation and the withdrawal of stimulus measures. The ructions, following on the heels of extreme illiquidity in March 2020, forced regulators to confront structural weaknesses in what is meant to be the world’s safest market.
Shoring it up will not be easy. As with any market, there are competing interests. Non-bank market-makers and high-frequency traders, which account for a large share of Treasuries volume, want greater transparency and central clearing. That may not suit dealers, who bid in primary auctions and handle most large trades with buy-side clients.
The Federal Reserve’s first effort at market reform – the creation of a standing repo facility to backstop liquidity during times of stress – exposed these fault lines. Sceptics insist the facility, which is currently available only to banks and primary dealers, will do little to improve market resilience in its current form, and are calling for it to be opened up to a wider range of market participants, including non-bank market-makers and hedge funds.
Other items of the reform agenda – such as central clearing and real-time trade reporting – are likely to be even more contentious. Regulators will need all their ingenuity to craft a set of reforms that improves resilience in the US Treasury market without upsetting its delicate balance.
“The dealer community does not appear to feel a need to step in and say, ‘you know, the five-year is trading at the wrong price here’ and provide liquidity. That’s not the dealer’s job anymore” – Michael de Pass, global head of US government bond trading at Citadel Securities (Dealers warn of trouble ahead as Treasury issuance swells, March 16)
“Greater transparency in the Treasury market probably makes a lot of sense. It’s a pretty antiquated market, frankly” – William Dudley, former president of the New York Fed (The US Treasury’s great market makeover, May 12)
“What’s interesting is that this facility only really solves liquidity-driven shocks … It’s much more about September 2019 than it is about March 2020” – Josh Younger, head of US rates strategy at JP Morgan (Fed’s repo facility won’t end US Treasury woes, experts say, August 13)
A MOMENT OF CLARITY
For the better part of a decade, banks have been struggling to make the economics of the client clearing business viable. Rules introduced after the 2008 financial crisis require most vanilla swaps to be centrally cleared. But the leverage ratio limits the amount of balance sheet clearing businesses can consume. Faced with this reality, many banks came to view clearing as a support business or platform that helps service strategic clients, rather than a revenue generator in its own right.
Citi was one of the few exceptions. Required US client swap margins at its clearing business grew from $4 billion in 2014 to a peak of nearly $38 billion last year – more than any other bank. But the days of Citi’s hard-charging clearing unit towering over rivals may be over.
The bank conducted an internal review of the business following the retirement last September of Jerome Kemp, its long-standing global head of clearing. That process culminated in February with the clearing business being re-housed in the bank’s equities division, led by Fater Belbachir. Kemp’s replacements – clearing and FX prime brokerage co-heads Chris Perkins and Sabrina Wilson – left the bank a few months later. Mariam Rafi was confirmed as Citi’s new global head of clearing in October.
The changes signal a major shift in strategy. Those now at the helm see clearing primarily as a service that supports more lucrative client activity in equities and elsewhere. This may not be a healthy thing for what is essentially a risk management business.
“I suspect this is not an equilibrium point, with more changes to come. Unstable supply is not what you want from a utility” – an executive at one of Citi’s largest clearing clients (Clear out: inside the equities takeover of Citi’s FCM, October 4)
“It has to be an ancillary business, a support business – it can’t stand on its own under the current market structure” – a former clearing executive (Citi reorg the final note in failed swaps clearing model, October 11)
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One hundred million bucks in asbestos screening prices.
An article from U.S.A. Today estimated a price of $100 million dollars in costs to evaluate and also get rid of asbestos contamination in buildings throughout the USA. You could anticipate a huge variety of lives saved for that amount of money. The research cited in the post suggests that ONE life is saved for every $100 million dollars spent. Discuss a real governmental bailout, the attorneys have actually made asbestos their personal cash printing press. You are even more most likely to die in a airplane accident, an automobile crash, or be struck by lightning than to die of a illness related to exposure to asbestos. The level of asbestos direct exposure would correspond to being in a polluted structure your entire functioning life at that.
Let’s check out hard facts for a moment. In the past three decades, approximately 43,000 people have actually died as a result of asbestos-related diseases, mainly lung cancer. That number originates from the lawful industry pressing to obtain you to demand damages if you could have been exposed eventually in time in your life.
A basic math inquiry indicates we shed concerning 5 people each day to asbestos-related illness as well as cancers cells. Five each day feels like a tragic number, as well as it is. Until you understand we shed twenty thousand more people a year in website traffic crashes than from mesothelioma.
The reduced price of feasible disease is great news if you are in a structure or home with asbestos. Most cases of asbestos-related cancers cells originated from improper safety and security preventative measures taken years earlier during the manufacture and mining of products with asbestos. The world still creates more than 2.3 million lots of asbestos each year, with Russia being the largest manufacturer at 40 percent of the supply of the globe. There is a all-natural exposure to asbestos each day. Asbestos is a all-natural fiber. Second-hand smoke is most likely to have far more danger to you than the normally taking place fibers.
The National Cancer Cells Institue Fact Sheet suggests asbestos-related cancer just takes place in regarding one in every one million people in the United States. Basic mathematics again. The estimated population of the United States is 300 million. When you complete the department, you locate regarding 300 situations annually of this cancer. Yet we invest big quantities of cash, energy, and resources attempting to clean all asbestos out of public as well as exclusive structures.
Part of the concern and fear of asbestos originates from unbelievably bad scientific research and advice from the UNITED STATE Epa in the very early days of the asbestos scare. Attorneys have actually fasted to follower the fires of asbestos rage, seeing very easy as well as big money negotiations just a claim away. The recommendations came from the EPA prior to researchers had the proof required to make a proper assessment of risks.
The EPA today suggests asbestos should not be disturbed by removing it. Various other suggestions consist of managing feasible spread of the fiber by using covering substances like paint or enclosing it below other kinds of coverings.
All this evidence still might not encourage your asbestos is not hazardous in the quantities usually discovered in buildings and also residences. There are business that examine for asbestos. They may also try to encourage you of the requirement for elimination. Keep in mind these business exist to make money, not always for your health advantage. Examining likewise occurs to give a level of security versus hyper lawyers and costly suits.
In among one of the most thorough research studies ever done on the danger of asbestos in buildings, the Health and wellness Consequences Institute launched an EPA funded 1991 evaluation. The research was bought by the UNITED STATE Congress and spent for with taxpayer funds. The research study recommended you are 10 times MORE SECURE breathing air in a structure with asbestos than you would certainly be outdoors. The risk of cancer cells for somebody that operated in an asbestos-containing building was one in 250,000. Exterior air danger is one in 25,000. A European Compensation got to a similar verdict after assessing proof.
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DEFLATION OF SELF, ALIENATION, NEUROSIS AND ABSURDITY IN BECKETT’S WAITING FOR GODOT AND ENDGAME
Keywords:Deflation, Purgation, Glamorous, Gallantry, Absurdist, Frustration, Degeneration, Anti-heroism
The evolution of the Absurd Theatre resulted into the deflation of self in the protagonists. From Greeks to Shakespeare and from Shakespeare to Brecht, dramatists portrayed life- like characters and thus what happens to Oedipus and Lear is partly the result of what they are. In epics, the problem of man is linked with the destiny of the nation, for instance, the fate of Oedipus is linked with the destiny of Athens; he himself is a presence making history. Action and limits, violence and organization, the individual and collective norms-these are the polarities that the epic hero has to experience. On the level of ritualistic pattern, his experience culminates in rebirth. He passes from guilt through suffering to purgation and emerges “a new man”but in the modern drama, the myth of rebirth, renewal, and rededication has degenerated into a grotesque parody of their classical versions. The heroes of the quest are tattered and fallen beings suffering from eternal disillusionment and frustration but an absurdist “gives nothing we can envy or admire; no courage, no gallantry, no glamorous lovers, beautiful costumes, handsome settings or desirable furniture” (Hayman 4).
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Cuphead is one of the most talked about games in recent memory. Developed by Canada’s very own Studio MDHR, the game was first announced in 2014, and ever since then fans have been clamouring for it. With over one million sales since launch, Cuphead is already making a name for itself in the gaming community. Check out these Cuphead Tips and Tricks.
Having played through the entire game on Xbox One, let’s discuss my thoughts on what is one of 2017’s most innovative titles.
The story in Cuphead is fairly minimal, but just like the old cartoons, it’s intentional. One day Cuphead and his brother Mugman visit a local casino and discover that luck is on their side. After winning big playing craps, the casino owner offers them a deal. If they win, they will be showered with unimaginable riches, loose and the Devil will own their souls.
After not being so lucky, both Cuphead and Mugman beg the Devil for mercy. Devious as he is, the Devil comes up with a plan for the two brothers to repay their debt. Both Cuphead and Mugman must collect the contracts from others who have lost their souls to the Devil.
Just like its graphics and sound, the gameplay of Cuphead is unique. Originally the game started out as just featuring boss battles. However, during development, the team at Studio MDHR decided to incorporate side-scrolling run-and-gun levels into the mix.
Thus Cuphead consist of three different types of levels: side-scrolling, platforming boss battles, and airplane shooter. The side-scrolling run-and-gun segments are some of the best of the bunch. They mostly involve platforming and enemy pattern memorization, which is a throw back to the days of games like Contra, Megaman, and Gunstar Heroes. These stages feel like reprieves after maddeningly hard bosses and extend the enjoyment of the game.
The most common level you will play are the platforming boss battles, which offer some of the most intense challenges I’ve seen in quite sometime. Each one is beautifully hand-drawn and animated to perfection—they are really good.
The flying levels are equally as fun as the other types of levels. Though, I did find them a tad more difficult given how much action is going on the screen. Many of these stages involve light dodging segments mixed with enormous boss fights, just like you would see in shooters such as R-Type or Gradius. To make things a big easier, you can switch between two different types of planes. The first is a highly maneuverable plane with weak gunfire. While on the other hand, the other plane is slower with stronger bullets.
When Microsoft first gave us a glimpse of Cuphead, I immediately fell in love with the game’s unique art direction. Unlike any game before it, Cuphead captures the look and feel of the cartoons from the 1930s through its stunning watercolour art design. The hand drawn characters and backgrounds along with the film grain effect is absolutely stunning.
It’s not just the visual appeal that totally blew me away, it’s also the audio in the game. Levels are filled with jazzy big band tunes that are a perfect compliment for the on screen action. Voices have a muffled warm feeling to them. It’s just enough to where you can understand what the characters are saying, just like the old cartoons.
Take a look at the video below to see and hear just how awesome Cuphead looks and sounds for yourself.
There has been quite a lot of talk about Cuphead‘s stiff difficulty, and yes it’s 100% true. The game’s hard, borderline punishing at times, and bosses require you to memorize patterns while dying numerous times learning them.
As a gamer who grew up first playing games in the 1980s, Cuphead’s difficulty reminded me of games like Battletoads, Contra, and Megaman. So, though it had been quite some time, the challenge that Cuphead presents was welcomed. However, I can understand how some gamers are upset about the difficulty of the game. Comparatively speaking, most modern games are considerably easier, thus making it a shock to many gamers of the modern era.
Gameplay elements such as life bars are completely removed in Cuphead. You’ll have no way of knowing how much health bosses have left, aside from an ambiguous progress line after dying. And don’t even think about half-way checkpoints, this game doesn’t have those either. When you die it’s always back to the beginning to have another attempt from scratch.
Here are some tips and tricks to help you out while playing Cuphead:
If you are looking for a game that will give you a challenge, then look no further. Cuphead is a punishing game in its own right. With impeccable controls and memorable boss fights, Cuphead is a game that overwhelms you with a feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction when you succeed. And, brings out your competitive side when you are on the loosing side of things.
I hope we see more of Cuphead in the future, with a little more broader appeal to the mass market of gamers.
Platform: Xbox One
Developer: Studio MDHR
Publisher: Microsoft Studios
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Based in Toronto, Jon is a proud Canadian who loves all things gaming. He is a veteran of the video game and tech industry who has been in love with technology and gaming for over 20 years. Come say hi and join the conversation with Jon on Twitter.

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Just wanted to add onto the blog from yesterday about the pattern shifting to colder and stormier in late December/ early January for our area
We learned that things are beginning to fall into place, the Gulf of Alaska low is gone, and is being replaced with ridging, we have warm stratospheric anomalies spreading into North America and the MJO is heading into more favorable territory, tonight I just want to illustrate exactly wat I think will happen over the next few weeks
We see the warm anomalies entering the US BUT they are entering the western US first , where you get warm stratospheric anomalies is where troughs are more likely, so if the warm anomalies are entering the west first, that means its likely that a trough will develop in the western US first, and the cold air bottled up in Canada will spill into the western US first , the fact that the EPO is positive and ridging is setting up a bit too far west supports this theory
So with a trough and cold air spilling into the west , it is likely that the eastern US will have to do deal with the Southeast ridge on and off , although the negative NAO should be enough to suppress the SE ridge somewhat , prevent it from being dominant and keep us from getting real toasty .
But still, with a deep trough over the western US and western Plains , storms are likely to track into the Great Lakes region, more so than the east coast. I this type of pattern, phasing of the polar and sub tropical jets are likely to occur in the southern Plains rather than the eastern seaboard , this will pump up ridges over the east when this occurs, and that is when the SE ridge will rear its head , a perfect example is tomorrow (Monday)
As I said , the pattern change will be slow and steady. I expect that this cold will SLOWLY make its way east through the remainder of December and reaching our area late December and early January .
The positive EPO , and Polar Vortex too far north still, tell me that the mid month expectations are too early , but with stratospheric warming occurring, the Polar vortex which is currently over Siberia, a very unfavorable area, will be forced to weaken and come south SLOWLY . If you’re expecting the pattern change by mid December you will likely be disappointed or happy depending on whether you like warmth or cold
Expected weather pattern through December 20th-25th
I illustrated my thoughts above, cold air begins to spill into the west and central US (which is occurring now) and will slowly spread east with every storm system , these are big changes occurring from what we saw earlier this month but the east still has to wait a bit longer as there is still a lot to change, and its going to take a little bit of time
This regime of trough in the west, and zonal/ridge in the east will last through December 20th – 25th I believe. Each storm system (which I believe will track west of us) will help to bring down the Polar vortex as well, but this is a slow process that will not occur by December 15th, im almost positive of that.
We have the MJO which will be moving into phase 1 around December 15th , add a 7-10 day lag period and I believe this cold will be spreading into our area around Christmas time, most likely in between Christmas and New Year is when we will truly begin to notice changes , assuming all goes as planned. hats not to say there will not be any cold between now and late December, we will have shots of cold air behind storm systems and cold fronts, but they will be transient, and quick-moving.
To sum things up, the pattern is SLOWLY changing, cold air from Canada is beginning to spill into the west and central US , and will slowly come east , in the mean time , a trough in the west will counter act to a ridge over the east , which will force our storm systems to track west of us, most likely through the Great Lakes region through December 20-25th, I believe based on MJO and stratospheric data, the cold will invade the east between December 25th- January 1st as of now. I will continue to track this pattern change, if things change you will know but so far things are falling into place for the ate December / early January change I hav been harping on about. So if you like cold and snow , patience is a virture, you you enjoy warm December weather and rainstorms, enjoy it while you can!!


Camera Corps will launch its new CC-3D Universal RCP remote control panel at NAB in April. The controller can handle up to six cameras, (or three stereo pairs), of different makes and models from a single panel.
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Interestingly, the Camera Corps data system uses modems to convert the digital control signals into audio-style tone signals before transmission. This has many advantages compared with conventional high bit-rate digital data control, including practically unlimited distance as well as easy transmission over RF links and telephone lines. Standard audio cables or CAT5 data cable can be used for transmission. The data is paralleled using XLR3 splitters for transmission to multiple cameras/heads.
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The Doors' Robby Krieger's Jazz Kitchen does an encore of "Roadhouse Blues" in an intimate setting at Lilly's Pad, upstairs at Toad's Place in New Haven -- 45 years to the day after Doors lead singer Jim Morrison's infamous arrest onstage at a performance at the old New Haven Arena. Krieger said afterward that he was unaware it was the anniversary -- which among other things, helped spawn the line in "Peace Frog" about "blood in the streets in the town of New Haven" -- until someone told him after the show. Not much Doors music aside from this. The show was mostly jazz fusion. But with three Frank Zappa alums in the band, they also played "Cosmik Debris!"


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The use of a liquid-metal (LM) plasma-facing component (LM-PFC) in fusion reactor designs has some advantages as well as some disadvantages as compared to traditional designs that use a solid plasma-facing wall. Neutronics analysis of these potential LM-PFC concepts is important in order to ensure that radiation limits are met and that system performance meets expectations.
A three-dimensional (3-D) neutronics analysis parametric study considering four LM first-wall (FW) candidates, (PbLi, Li, Sn, and SnLi) was performed with a thin (2.51-cm) LM-PFC design. The 3-D neutronics study used a fusion reactor based on the Fusion Energy Systems Study (FESS) Fusion Nuclear Science Facility (FNSF) (FESS-FNSF) that served as the baseline for comparison. FESS-FNSF is a deuterium-tritium–fueled tokamak with 518 MW of fusion power. A partially homogenized 3-D computer-aided-design model of the LM-PFC FNSF design was analyzed using the DAG-MCNP5 transport code.
The results show that all candidate LM designs are acceptable with 4% to 13% increases in the tritium breeding ratio compared to the baseline case. The peak displacements per atom at the FW decrease 2% to 15%. For all four LM designs examined, the magnet heating and fast neutron fluence are well below acceptable limits. Overall, the Li LM design is the best candidate from a neutronics perspective.

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Welcome to the Eastern Nile Seasonal Flood Forecast.
The Eastern Nile Flood Forecast and Early Warning (EN-FFEW) project, since itsestablishment, is one of important component of ENTRO’s activities that continuously hasbeen conducted since 2010 in every flood season (June-September). The FFEW activitiesstrengthened regional collaboration and in overall reduced the risks of flood devastationfor more than 2.2 million people in the region to present, despite preserving its environmentalbenefits.
Description of EN Flood Forecasts
Since, many flood prone areas in the EN river systems are significantly affected by both riverine floods and flash floods, ENTRO designed the flood forecasting and early warning, and monitoring activities. The flood forecasting is carried out for flood prone areas in Lake Tana (LT), Baro-Akobo-Sobat (BAS), Tekeze-Setit-Atbara (TSA), and Blue Nile (BN) River systems to reduce devastations from flood events and human sufferings.
The EN flood forecast systems, however, enhanced from using HEC suit models (i.e., Hydrological and hydraulic models, RAS mappers, statistical methods, and GIS tools) per each flood prone area to Mike suit models (i.e., NAM, Mike 11 and Mike Operation) where the flood forecast is carried out from a common platform since 2020 flood season to present. During the enhancement the EN flood forecast system, Tekeze-Setit-Atbara (TSA) flood prone area is included since 2020. The enhanced flood forecasting and modeling processes are upgraded to use Cloud System using theWRF forecast (the GFES forecast, otherwise) to estimate the peak floodwater levelsand peak runoff using NAM hydrological model. The WRF rainfall forecast is produced in the Cloud and automatically used by hydrological model to estimate flood water. The Mike 11 is then used to route the river runoff from hydrological control points to where the flood inundation starts. MIKE Operation uses GUI to visualize the forecast information andanalyze forecast products generated by the hydrological and hydraulic models.
The WRF rainfall forecast is made for the entire Eastern Nile basin emphasizing on the flood prone areas and compared with other rainfall forecasts products over the EN region with GFS and ECMWF for instance among others.
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In 1998, when this film was released on TV, I am sure it must have made a good impact. In those days, being gay was not talked about openly (at least not that I know of). And to top that, it is not about a struggling teenager. Instead the drama is heightened by the fact that the lead character is a happily married man. The film is apparently based on a true story.
Elaine has been happily married for 20 years to Jim. A successful doctor, she has two beautiful teenagers, a stable career and two houses: one in the city and one in the country. However, her life is shattered in an instant when she discovers that Jim is having an affair with a man. She reacts very strongly to the whole truth and so does her colleagues. It is not only their personal lives that gets affected but it is also the professional life of both the characters. With this realization, both the teenage son and daughter are no struggling to accept the truth. The mother initially heart-broken tries her best to keep the family together albeit minus the father. There is an episode where a teenage gay bashing happens and it turns out that it is the teenage son who did it because he could not accept his father's homosexuality. Finally he pleads guilty in the court because now the anger in the system is out, and it is a hint that every member in the family is going to try their best to make things better.
The movie pictures in a very believable way the reaction a wife can have when discovering after twenty years of marriage that her husband is gay: the reaction of her colleagues was also portrayed in quite a realistic way. There's hurt, and anger, and tears, but it doesn't sink into sap. Elaine acted really well and was super convincing in the part of cheated on wife and struggling mother trying to balance things out. Her speech to the board of directors where she and her husband work was brilliant. There were some regular cliches in the movie but it is all relative. In today's time when you see the film, you might just roll your eyes but for that time, maybe it was the best that the film makers could do keeping the censors in mind.
It is a decent film depicting the struggles of a wife and mother dealing with homosexuality and makes for a decent watch because of the lead actress' acting. (5.5/10)
Started in 2007 to keep a track of gay films that I watched, this blog has come much further than I had planned. There are tons of movies that I need to watch and review here. Through this blog, I want to give you genuine, my personal heart-felt review of the films that I see. These are my personal thoughts and opinions about the films and I would love to hear your thoughts on these films as well. I always reply to comments in a day or two. Please help me make my blog more popular by becoming a member, following it and by recommending it to your friends. As far as I know this is one of the very very few gay movie review blogs where reviews are not linked or copy-paste imdb summary. Enjoy and do keep writing your feedback.

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The Harmonious Evolution: Exploring the Future of Music
Music has been an integral part of human culture for centuries, transcending boundaries and connecting people across different geographies and generations. Over time, music has evolved in various forms, from ancient chants to complex symphonies, reflecting the cultural, social, and technological changes of each era. As we embark on the 21st century, the future of music holds exciting possibilities. In this article, we will delve into the harmonious evolution of music and explore how emerging technologies and innovative trends are shaping the future of this universal language.
The Fusion of Traditional and Modern Influences
One of the defining characteristics of music’s evolution is the constant fusion of traditional and modern influences. Throughout history, musical genres have emerged as a result of the blending of various styles, often reflecting the cultural diversity of different communities. In the future, we can expect this fusion to continue, albeit in novel and unexpected ways.
In recent years, we have witnessed the rise of genre-blurring artists who refuse to be confined by traditional categorizations. Musicians are increasingly experimenting with different styles, merging classical elements with modern beats, infusing jazz with hip-hop, and combining traditional instruments with electronic sounds. This fusion of genres not only results in unique and captivating musical experiences but also fosters a greater sense of inclusivity and diversity within the industry.
2. Cultural crossovers
The globalization of music has given rise to cultural crossovers, where artists draw inspiration from different musical traditions and fuse them with their own. The blending of Eastern and Western influences, for example, has resulted in the emergence of genres such as world music and ethno-pop. As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, we can expect more cross-cultural collaborations and the birth of exciting new musical forms.
Technology: Revolutionizing the Production and Consumption of Music
Technological advancements have played a pivotal role in shaping the future of music. From the invention of the phonograph to the rise of digital streaming platforms, technology has revolutionized both the production and consumption of music. As we look ahead, it is clear that technology will continue to be a driving force behind innovative changes in the music industry.
1. AI and Machine Learning
The integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms is transforming the way music is created, produced, and consumed. AI-powered tools can analyze vast amounts of musical data, generating unique compositions and assisting musicians in the creative process. Moreover, algorithms can curate personalized playlists tailored to individual preferences, providing listeners with a more immersive and customized musical experience.
2. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies have the potential to revolutionize live performances and virtual concerts. With the advent of VR headsets and AR devices, audiences can now immerse themselves in virtual concert halls or watch holographic performances from the comfort of their homes. These technologies not only enhance the accessibility of music but also open up new avenues for artistic expression and boundary-pushing performances.
Changing Consumption Patterns
The way we consume music has drastically changed over the years, and this trend will undoubtedly continue in the future. As technology evolves and societal preferences shift, new consumption patterns are emerging, reshaping the music industry as we know it.
1. Streaming Platforms
Streaming platforms have become the primary means of accessing and discovering music. With the rise of platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music, listeners now have vast catalogs of music at their fingertips. As these platforms continue to evolve, we can expect more personalized recommendations, immersive audio experiences, and enhanced social features that bring music lovers together.
2. Collaborative Creation
The future of music creation lies in collaboration and co-creation. As technology enables real-time remote collaborations, musicians from different parts of the world can come together to create music without the need for physical proximity. This opens up new possibilities for musicians to connect, experiment, and learn from each other, enriching the global music landscape.
Musical Landscape: A Platform for Social Change
Music has the incredible power to drive social change and unite communities. As we look into the future, the musical landscape will likely continue to serve as a platform for expressing and addressing social issues.
1. Activism and Protest
Throughout history, musicians have used their art to challenge the status quo and raise awareness about social injustices. From the protest songs of the civil rights movement to the anthems of the LGBTQ+ community, music has acted as a catalyst for change. In the future, musicians will continue to use their platforms to advocate for social causes and amplify marginalized voices.
2. Healing and Well-being
Research has shown that music has a profound impact on our mental and emotional well-being. As our understanding of the therapeutic effects of music deepens, we can expect the integration of music into healthcare settings to become more widespread. From music therapy to personalized soundscapes, the future of music will see its integration into various wellness practices, further emphasizing its role as a tool for healing and self-expression.
The harmonious evolution of music is an ever-continuing journey, constantly adapting to the changing world around us. As we embrace emerging technologies, fuse diverse influences, and champion social causes, the future of music holds immense potential. From groundbreaking collaborations to immersive experiences, the future of music promises an exciting and harmonious era where the universal language of music continues to inspire, unite, and innovate.


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Social Media and Depression: How are they linked?
Social media has almost become like a window into our daily lives, so researchers have been trying to investigate if social media activity can help identify depression.
- A research conducted in 2021 suggests that reduced social media activity may be an indication of depression, However more research is required to validate the findings of this study before drawing a conclusion.
- Researchers have also tried to study if facebook posts can be used to find loneliness or depression and the findings are really interesting. The study found that both depressed and lonely people were more likely to use language about sickness, pain, and negative emotions, including words like “crappy,” “miserable,” and “tired”.
Deleting Social Media: Reasons beyond Depression
Although we have been discussing the link between deleting social media and depression, it is important to acknowledge that people might be leaving social media for several other reasons as well. Reducing social media intake can lead to increased productivity, better time management, other mental health benefits such as reduced social comparison, improved sleep, etc.
You might be wondering, if social media activity cannot be the only marker for depression, what are some signs that we can look for?
Here are a few signs or symptoms that might indicate depression
- Feeling low or lack of energy through the day for extended period of time
- Feeling a lack of interest in activities that are usually enjoyable
- Sleeping too less or sleeping too much than what you usually require.
- Consistent feelings of sadness, worthlessness for an extended period of time
- Feelings of irritability and hopelessness
- Indulging in alcohol or drug intake or increased alcohol intake
Digital Detox: Is taking a break from social media the way to go?
You might be wondering, if increased or excessive social media contributes to mental health issues, would it help if we were to take a break from it? And the answer to it is a solid ‘Yes’
- When a group of undergraduate students was asked to limit their social media usage to 30 minutes per day for three weeks, they reported significant reduction in their feelings of loneliness and anxiety.
- A recent study conducted in Swansea University shows similar findings. When participants reduced their social media use by 15 minutes a day, they had an improvement in their overall health and also reduced levels of loneliness and depression.
- Even a 7 day short break from social media can have a positive impact on symptoms of anxiety and depression. In addition to this, other research findings indicate that limiting social media use leads to improvement in sleep cycles as well.
There is no conclusive evidence to suggest that deleting social media is a sign of depression but social media does have a strong impact on mental health. If you notice, most of the research advocates towards limiting social media to avoid any harmful side effects on mental health.
- Choudhury, M. D., Gamon, M., Counts, S., & Horvitz, E. (2013). Predicting Depression via Social Media. Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, 7(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1609/icwsm.v7i1.14432
- Handley, E. (2022, May 6). Seven-day social media break can reduce depression and anxiety. Open Access Government. https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/seven-day-social-media-break-can-reduce-depression-and-anxiety/135128/
- Hunt, M. G., Marx, R., Lipson, C., & Young, J. (2018). No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 37(10), 751–768. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2018.37.10.751
- Tandon, A., Kaur, P., Dhir, A., & Mäntymäki, M. (2020). Sleepless due to social media? Investigating problematic sleep due to social media and social media sleep hygiene. Computers in Human Behavior, 113, 106487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106487
- Turel, O., Cavagnaro, D. R., & Meshi, D. (2018). Short abstinence from online social networking sites reduces perceived stress, especially in excessive users. Psychiatry Research, 270, 947–953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.11.017
- Piteo, E. M., & Ward, K. (2020). Review: Social networking sites and associations with depressive and anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents – a systematic review. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 25(4), 201–216. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12373
- O’Connor, E. A., Whitlock, E. P., Gaynes, B., & Beil, T. L. (2009, December). Table 1, Primary DSM-IV depression disorders, criteria for adults [Text]. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK36406/table/ch1.t1/
- The language of loneliness and depression, revealed in social media. (2022, October 26). Penn Today. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Penn-research-language-of-loneliness-depression-on-social-media

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A piece of Punt Road history is expected to attract investors, owner-occupiers and developers, with the Domain Hill site home to the Glenhope mansion hitting the market.
Expectations are of circa $5.5 million.
Currently, the substantial 1880s grand Victorian building is home to Millswyn Clinic and is used for medical and consulting rooms. It is on a 1,777sqm site zoned Residential Growth.
It is being offered with a short-term lease expiring December 2022.
“There’s so much potential for this site,” Bourke said.
“There’s enormous scope to repurpose the property for a range of uses, including for medical or childcare, boutique residential accommodation or for redevelopment,” Bourke said.
“The nearby Forest Hill precinct of South Yarra is undergoing a transformative period that is bringing new residential, retail, office and hospitality offerings, and there’s a fast-growing demand from young families moving to the area for education, medical and childcare services.
“Character buildings provide a point of difference for businesses, and we’re expecting interest from owner-occupiers looking to acquire their own character premises on the Melbourne CBD fringe. Historic inner-Melbourne buildings such as this are very tightly held.
“Developers will note that inner suburban locations with high-quality hospitality and lifestyle amenity are hugely popular now, particularly at a time of flexible working arrangements. It’s incredibly rare for a South Yarra site of this size and potential to come to the market.”
James said South Yarra is being regenerated as a commercial and lifestyle destination in its own right.
“The property is close to all of South Yarra’s fantastic amenities, including the Royal Botanic Gardens, Fawkner Park, the Toorak Road restaurant and lifestyle precinct and Forrest Hill,” he said.
“The prestigious Domain Hill precinct is also within walking distance to the Yarra River, Melbourne Cricket Ground and Yarra Park, and is moments from the Melbourne CBD and St Kilda Road office precinct.”
He said Domain Hill is occupied by many of Melbourne’s most exclusive residences, together with leading private schools Melbourne Grammar and Melbourne Girls Grammar.
Glenhope was built in 1887 by Robert Paxton, and held within the Paxton family until it was bought by the Warsaw Jewish Committee in 1951 for £17,200, and housed Polish refugees arriving from Europe. A financial sharing and occupancy agreement was made with the Australian Jewish Welfare and Relief Society (AJWRS) and ownership and occupancy was transferred to the AJWRS in 1958. The building served the society as its headquarters until 1992.
Across South Yarra, Newmark Capital, Gurner and Qualitas are currently planning the $1.5 billion Jam Factory redevelopment, while Vicland recently completed the 11 Wilson Street office building, Goldfields is developing a new office tower at 627 Chapel Street, and US company Greystar is planning Australia’s biggest build-to-rent project in the suburb.
Dahua, Simonds and Spotlight are also developing apartment projects in South Yarra.


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No, at least you're not going to get that ability from Two Weapon Fighting, Improved Two Weapon Feint, or any of the other feats you've listed.
Improved Two Weapon Feint opens:
While using Two-Weapon Fighting to make melee attacks...
Emphasis mine, but it's clear that you must be using a melee weapon, and that you must be in range to make melee attacks with it. You might be able to cheese some range with a whip or some other reach weapon, but RAW does suggest that you're attacking with the melee weapons you're feinting with.
One of the answers on the thread you linked in your question list a couple feats that explicitly allow for feints at range, which again implies you can't do that with the normal feint ability.
could I swap my mainhand melee for a ranged weapon, and still get the benefit? Or do I need to *keep the melee weapon?
Unless you gain it through some other feat that explicitly allows it, you cannot exploit the bonus from a feint with a range weapon. Let's look back to the actual feint ability:
If successful, the next melee attack you make against the target does not allow him to use his Dexterity bonus to AC (if any).
Improved Feint lets you feint as a move action. Two Weapon Feint lets you replace your first attack with a feint "while using Two-Weapon Fighting to make melee attacks", that is the rest of the attacks you make that round must be melee attacks.

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