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the great british bake off s11e2 (c8e2) biscuit week
tell us more, prue
cheeky bake off part 4 of ?
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Luton To Lisbon
Born to stay in a new world of grey towns. Now we pay for the years of decline. Half the world concerned with it’s future. Half the world preparing to die. All the same from Lutton to Lisbon. Just the name providing a clue. Chaimstore towns in faraway places. Mark the end of the capital boom.
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Prue Leith: "I remember worrying a bit about your very large nuts"
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listening to mark speak in his thicc irish accent
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(2) home - enhypen
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(listening to the song while reading the chapter is recommended~)
in a long straight path, there lined eight houses, every two faced each other. this was what i considered my neighborhood.
the houses looked completely worn out. there were still leftover hopscotch marks in the grubby street that separated the houses, and several cracks lined the outer front walls of the homes.
i hastily ran out of one of those houses, and onto the narrow roadway. i was in a bit of a hurry - i decided to wash myself before going to sunghoon's place because the field made me feel sticky, which means i took an extra amount of time to get ready.
as i left my terrace, i heard gates clambering to my right side.
"oh, you're late too." niki pointed out as i approached him.
"didn't know you were going to eat at sunghoon's as well."
"sunoo ran out of food," niki crankily replied, "and everyone else is having dinner there anyway, so why not? it's free carbonara, might as well take the chance because sunghoon never shares anything unless his mom forces him to."
i gasped, "the others are there too-"
"hell yeah! goo goo ga ga hoon waaaah go cry about it! we're all going to drain your food supply tonight!" niki said as he childishly hopped up and down.
"niki, please don't be too happy. there will be three people slaughtering us tonight." i shivered at the thought while we both started to walk towards sunghoon's house at the end of the pavement.
jake, heeseung, and jungwon hate waiting for people in order to eat. they're literally a foodie trio, they get grumpy when they can't have their meals right away. they also tend to blame their hysteria on the people they're waiting for. the word blame is an understatement, heeseung takes food a bit too seriously for a twenty year old.
usually, they just go ahead if they get impatient.
however, sunghoon's flight-attendant mom is supposedly back home tonight. our parents have created this sort of rule that we have to eat all-together. this rule stems from when seven year old me threw a tantrum when i found out that the boys ate fried chicken without me, so we've been kind of following it for most of our lives because the elders get upset if one of us has a temper.
niki added, "actually, four people will have ideas that involve murdering us tonight. well honestly- only three for me. four for you."
i stopped in my tracks, "what the hell are you on about?"
"jay doesn't like when others take his stuff and wear it without his permission.."
clothes. niki was referring to my clothing. i looked down just to realize that i was wearing an oversized t-shirt that had 'park 02' printed on it. it was jay's custom tee from high school.
was i in such a rush that i didn't even register that i put on jay's shirt that i had secretly stolen?
"niki- you dumbass! why would you tell me this now? we just reached sunghoon's!" i yelled at the lanky being while i harshly slapped his abdomen.
"oh so i'm the dumbass? that's what you get for being an idiot, i can't believe you're a senior!" he yelled back at me.
i rolled my eyes and hit him one more time in the gut before taking position behind him as we slipped into the entrance of sunghoon's humble abode.
"using me as a shield won't do you any help." niki sneered while he opened the front door.
i wretchedly threw my head back and followed niki's back into the wood-paneled parlor. a chatter of voices could already be heard.
we moved past a set of stairs, and eventually winded up where the dining room was.
six people, who were previously facing each other and conversing, turned towards the direction niki and were coming from. they were seated at an old-fashion table with eight cushioned chairs. four individuals were settled on the side of the table that could see the room's entrance, while two people had their back facing niki and i as we arrived.
i scanned the room and surprisingly, nobody wore an irked look.
"byeol! looking good!" a puppy-like boy grinned. at that, i made my way towards him and teasingly pulled at his dark hair. jungwon, who sat beside him, elbowed his arm and mumbled something that sounded similar to "jake, focus on your food".
sunoo gleefully waved his hands then patted the seats beside him, gesturing for niki and i to sit there. the two of us shuffled and took our seats.
i found myself directly next to sunoo, with niki at the left end of the table facing heeseung.
i wrapped my arms around sunoo, he returned my actions and drew nearer to me which made our cheeks squish against each other. i creaked, "sunoo, my only source of sunshine! how are you? it's been a while."
"it has been way too long! i have been suffering lately- because of this moron called sunghoon! for the past hour he has been talking about how he received five confessions today even though it's only the second week of him attending college. my ears are so close to falling off!" sunoo wailed dramatically.
i hugged him tighter and jokingly sniffled, "i'm so sorry, sunoo... i can't imagine what you've been going through."
while i was comforting the poor boy, a hoarse voice sarcastically rang out, "i apologize for sharing my experience of being a really attractive, warm-hearted, and extremely smart person."
i let go of the hug and looked at the being past sunoo, "you don't need to ask for forgiveness. i think we all know that you don't have any three of those qualities, so what's the point in saying sorry?"
sunghoon just scowled as a response.
heeseung snickered at our exchange before his expression became serious, "start eating, byeol. the vegetables are gonna get cold."
i titled my head in confusion. wait what? i internally thought, did he just say vegetables?
i peered at the middle of the table, where an empty bowl with remaining white sauce stood alongside a plate filled with greens.
"you guys ate without-"
"yeah, byeol. you and niki were an hour late.. what did you expect-"
i cut jungwon off, "you were the one who told me there was gonna be carbonara! and now there's none? you could have made sure that heeseung and jake wouldn't hog it all for themselves!"
jungwon bit his lower lip guiltily, "i tried... but you know how they are."
niki shook his head as he grabbed the salad, "disappointed, but not surprised."
he put some vegetables onto my plate, then took the leftovers for himself. i began to bitterly munch it while making weird faces.
"i swear they're no older than six." jay whined. "also, byeol, is that not my shirt you're wearing?" he continued.
"now now jay, it is not the time to get mad at byeol. she 's already irritated, so she'll bite back even more." heeseung advised as if he was talking about an animal.
jay annoyingly pointed at me, "you're not getting away with this type of stuff next time."
i glanced at heeseung and gave him a quick thankful look. he gave a small smile back.
"considering you guys went ahead, is your mom not here, hoon?" niki probed.
"she's out running errands, won't be back until 10." sunghoon answered.
from there, the usual night-time conversation started. we discussed about the coffee shop heeseung was running, lutton high rumours, and how jake was unexpectedly doing well with girls in college too?
"did you know that i got invited to 3 dinner dates today? hoon's not the only one attracting ladies in the university of lutton." jake smirked.
"you should have went to one then." sunoo and i retorted at the same time. we playfully nudged each other.
"well, i was going to! until i heard that byeol was joining us for dinner tonight, she hasn't eaten with us for the past week!" jake countered.
jungwon's eyes flickered to mine while i told half of the truth, "sorry, i've been tired from school recently."
niki's eyes went wide, "oh right! you're still in the photography club? i heard hwang intak's the president this year!"
"who's hwang intak?" sunghoon strangely asked. he was rarely curious about others apart from us.
jungwon and jake's ears perked up at the question as well.
"lutton high's new it boy, also known as your replacement. except he's like ten times more friendly than you." sunoo taunted.
"yeah, right." sunghoon scoffed.
jay began to clap his hands and wheeze, "i thought the girls there would be heartbroken when sunghoon graduated. they move on quickly!"
"he's actually really nice though," i insisted, "during our club meetings, he always allows me to do homework before taking pictures. he even offers to help sometimes even though he's in a different section. i wonder why."
jungwon interrupted, "he's probably one of those overly kind people."
i shrugged, " i guess? i'm the only senior in the club apart from him, so he probably understands how i feel overwhelmed with assignments and stuff-"
"or," niki interjected, "he's into byeol!"
jungwon flashed a glare at niki.
niki responded with a face that said, "what?"
heeseung pondered out loud, "that may be true, i did something similar with the girl i liked when i was part of the student council."
sunoo's mouth was agape, "ahhhhhh! that explains why he comes into our class and studies with byeol sometimes during our free periods! it all makes sense!"
"who in their right mind would actually be interested in the lunatic?" sunghoon remarked.
"you've got to admit that she occasionally looks cute."
sunghoon's ears tinged red, "jake..." he paused, "n-no i don't think that she's-"
"i'm just saying!" jake hollered as he pushed back his hair.
"can everyone shut up for a second? you guys are being overdramatic. school just started last week- how can he like me in a span of fourteen days?" i exhaustedly let out, ignoring jake's comment.
"you never know how someone truly feels byeol, you never know.." niki uttered.
i slapped his knee aggressively, "what do you know about love, niki?"
"trust me, i know more than you." he replied, his eyes fixed on something behind me.
i let out a final huff of annoyance. i always question how i managed to survive eighteen years with these brats.
"shoot, it's already 9:30! i'm gonna go to bed, i have early morning classes tomorrow. and so do you jake." jay got out of his seat and waved his hand at us as he left the room.
"tsch, i guess i'll get going too." jake said as he started bidding goodbyes. when he got to me, he pinched my cheeks hardly and ran out of the room with a cheeky smile before i could chase after him.
i rubbed the area where he pinched, whispering exaggerated cries of how much it hurt.
"i think it's time we all go, it's getting late. you guys still have school tomorrow, and i have to open up the café." heeseung stood up and clapped everyones shoulders.
"don't stay for too long!" he finally said as he exited.
niki ridiculed, "yes, father heeseung!"
"hey, is anyone going to watch the game tomorrow?" sunoo inquired. there was only five of us remaining. "i don't want to go alone."
"i have to go, the photography club needs to take pictures of the game." i nodded
sunoo put his two hands into a prayer position, "oh, thank the lord!"
"i'm coming too, a few of my classmates are players." niki said as he was beginning to leave, "jungwon and sunghoon, you guys should come along too, since you two are so curious about photography club president intak."
after saying that, the younger boy immediately took his leave. he didn't wait for any comments, he just yelled, "see you, tomorrow!" before he slammed the doorway.
sunghoon pointed out, "i think he left straight away because jungwon had a knife ready in his hand."
"no doubt about it, hoon." i said as i looked at an annoyed jungwon who was gripping his utensil in a very uncivil way.
"i'll come, unlike those biophysics majors, i don't have any classes tomorrow."
sunoo hooted, "good! that's good, hoon! how about you, wonnie?"
jungwon sighed, "fine. now we're done here. i'll walk you home, byeol."
sunghoon chimed, "walk her home? she lives down the street..."
jungwon pretended that he didn't hear sunghoon and moved over to me. he tried pulling me out of my place while i held onto sunoo's arm, "i'll go home only if sunoo's sleeping over! my dad's at the city again!"
"i'll stay at your house tonight, byeol! don't worry."
i let jungwon pull me up, while sunoo followed suit.
"your dad's not here again?"
"i just said that, hoon." i put my arms around sunoo and jungwon and started leading us out of the house.
"just know you can come over anytime- like always!" he called out in an uneasy tone from the dining area.
"noted!" i yelled back before sunoo closed the door behind us.
"my legs are tired, can someone carry me?" i immaturely begged.
"really? they're worn out from sitting down for two hours?" jungwon declared.
"let the girl be! you can piggyback on wonnie, byeol." sunoo beamed while ushering me to get on jungwon's back.
regardless of his displeasure, jungwon crouched down.
i jumped onto the rear part of his figure and wrapped my arms around his neck. he jumped a little as he made his posture straight again, "i actually need to stop babying you."
"i'm pretty sure you said that yesterday too." sunoo chuckled as we plodded back to my house.
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a/n: this chapter is pretty long compared to the first one, so im a little proud of it! i wanted to show how byeol banters with the others and how their characters react to certain stuff to show their personality!!! heheheheh
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The Great British Bake Off airs Prue Leith's most NSFW innuendo ever
Prue Leith had one thing on her mind during this week's Great British Bake Off – and it might sound very naughty at first!
Tuesday's (September 29) episode on Channel 4 saw Prue and fellow judge Paul Hollywood puting their critical eyes (and palettes) to use in viewer-favourite Biscuit Week. Yes, it's an old favourite on Bake Off!
But, at one point during the Signature Challenge this week, biscuits weren't necessarily Prue's most pressing concern. The judges were chatting to Liverpool baker Mark Lutton about his Macadamia nut and Mango Florentines, when Prue shared a very blunt concern.
"It looks a bit lumpy, too lumpy," Paul complained, with Prue then blurting out: "I remember worrying a bit about your very large nuts."
All Paul could do was sigh, as the judges bit into the biscuits. Unfortunately, Prue was right to worry because she felt the Florentines "could be better".
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William and Mary Marquertry long case clock
One of the rarest marquetry clocks on the market today, Circa 1685. By Edward Bird, Londini Fecit (Exchange Alley)
Believed to have been commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Bond (Kings Serjeant) in 1683 (research still ongoing) less than a dozen clocks are known by Bird
The movement is one of the finest ever seen with SIX fully latched pillars, inside countwheel and original pierced polished bell.
I based my restoration on bird mainly but also used Joesph knibb for research as they work in the same area and were around the same time, with his movement showing signs of Joseph knibb design .
Joesph knibb is known of one of finest quality clock makers of his period . And it turns out that he worked in London but his family originate from calverton and moved to oxford then London before he tried to hanslope village from were he was buried in side the church . Which turns out isn’t far from The workshop .
clock was commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Bond, King Charles II and William III’s Sergeant.
commissioned and case designed in 1682 and was finished in 1684.... wasn’t far out with the dates... superb pedigree it turns out and it was handed down by Nathaniel Bond through generations to Major General Mark Bond
Edward Bird is an elusive maker; although there is no record of him in the Clockmakers Company archives, there are approximately 8 known longcase clocks dating from the last 20 years of the 17th century that bear his name
Nathaniel Bond KS (14 June 1634 – 31 August 1707), of Creech Grange in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament.
Creech Grange, Dorset
Bond was the fourth son of Denis Bond, a prominent politician during the Interregnum, succeeding to the family estates at Lutton after all his elder brothers died without male heirs, and also in 1686 buying the neighbouring estate of Grange which subsequently became the family seat.
He was educated at Oxford University, awarded a fellowship at All Souls College, matriculated from Wadham College in 1650,[graduating B.C.L. in 1654, and incorporated LL.B. at Cambridge University in 1659.He proceeded to the Inner Temple, where he was called to the bar in 1661.Making his career in the law, he was a barrister and King's Serjeant. He entered Parliament in 1679 as member for Corfe Castle, and subsequently also represented Dorchester in 1681.
On 21 December 1667 he married Elizabeth Churchill (b. 1648/9 d. 1674).His second marriage, on 3 August 1675, was to Mary Browne (d. 1728), widow of Thomas Browne of Frampton and daughter of Lewis Williams of Shitterton, and they had two sons:
The Bond family were displaced from Tyneham House, their home for over 250 years, in 1943. They made this sacrifice to enable the expansion of Lulworth tank ranges in preparation for D-Day landings. The Bond family moved permanently to Moigne Combe after they were informed Tyneham would not be returned to the family, a devastating realization.
It has been suggested that a Bond family ancestor, rumored to be an Elizabethan spy, may have inspired the titular character of Ian Fleming’s famous books. The Bond family motto is ‘non sufficit orbis’, which translates as “the world is not enough”. This is James Bond’s fictional family motto in The World Is Not Enough. Fleming attended Durnford Preparatory School in Langton Matravers, Dorset, close to the Bond family home.
The late Major General Mark Bond was the last member of the Bond family to live at Moigne Combe. General Bond had an illustrious military career; he enlisted as a rifleman in 1940 following the Blitz of London. Major-General Bond served at the Battle of El-Alamein and the capture of Tunis. In 1943 Mark Bond was taken as a POW but managed to pull off a daring escape from his transport train. He was only recaptured after trying to steal supplies from the Germans. Major-General Mark Bond also served as aide de camp to Field Marshal Montgomery, NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 1950. A letter from Field Marshal Montgomery thanking Mark Bond for his service is present at Moigne Combe. During his fascinating life he had a distinguished military career,
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Round 2
THE SEA EAGLE
MAKING RUGBY LEAGUE LESS SH(#T
Round 2
Manly Sea Eagles 12
Defeated by
South Sydney Rabbitohs 26
Bordering on monsoonal, it was a genuine Heavy 10 for this Round 2 clash with the Bunnies at Brookvale. With capacity restricted due to the construction of the aptly named “Centre of Excellence” it was only the brave and/or the desperate who left the sanctitude of their own dwellings to witness this one live. In saying that, there was very little on display in terms of excellence in this game (particularly from Manly) and we can only but hope that this new Excellence facility when finalised, bears some fruit sooner rather than later.
Of recent times Manly’s form in wet and sloppy conditions has been less than what is required in the top grade and when the Bunnies scored within 5 minutes it was looking like this trend would continue. Again, Manly’s flanks were exposed when Cody Walker crossed following a deft pass from wonder-kid Latrell Mitchell. Young Latrell (in the Sea Eagle’s opinion) still looks about 7-10kg overweight (despite some Fox experts commenting that he has never looked fitter) and one can only ponder how good he would be if he ever got himself into any semblance of decent physical condition.
The ensuing set was one that fill-in fullback Dylan Walker would no doubt like to forget. Firstly, fumbling a stock standard catch under the high ball when under no pressure, thus gifting the Bunnies another set and then basically tripping over his own feet to allow Adam Reynolds to score following a pretty innocuous grubber kick.
Walker’s time at Manly has been nothing short of a debacle during which time he has been sidelined due to hand injuries sustained from allegedly punching a wall, stood down (under the NRL’s mandatory policy) for domestic violence related charges he ultimately defeated with a non guilty verdict, and more recently has been charged with allegedly assaulting someone around a Pizza place in Narraweena (which it appears has yet to be determined by the courts).
Off field performance must affect or have an impact on the on field performance, in the Sea Eagle’s opinion. Manly management need to have a good hard look at themselves as to their reasoning in retaining Mr Walker instead of failing to facilitate the return of local junior and potential superstar Clint Gutherson who continues to impress at the Eels and may well be another exception to the time-honoured decree that they never go better when they leave the nest.
Last week The Sea Eagle said if losses continue, he would name names of players who need to be shown the exit door, and Mr Dylan Walker based on current and past form (personal opinion) appears to be the first candidate.
While Manly did hit back with a try to Lachlan Croker, it was the final 10 seconds of the half that summed up Manly’s first half performance. A ricocheting kick and an inability to kill the ball saw Manly concede the softest of tries and it was the Bunnies who held a 14-6 lead at the break.
The weather deteriorated even further in the second half with the game bordering on unwatchable. In fact, the Sea Eagle will admit to tuning out for a large portion of the half. The only solace for the Sea Eagle being that he was able to watch from the comfort of his own lounge room (Bundy in hand), whist a hand full of the Manly faithful had to sit through this dribble live in torrential rain.
Manly were more competitive and were far less Sh@%t than last week, but ultimately, they were still well beaten with the Rabbitohs running out 26-12 victors.
The Sea Eagle feels for the Penn Group who not only have to endure this, as do the Manly fans, but they also get the privilege of paying for it as well (financially).
Next week, Manly travel to Wollongong to take on a return to form Dragons. Whilst we are still only in Round 3, this game could well be a precursor to the spoon in 2021 with (in the Sea Eagles opinion) only the Trent Barrett inspired Bulldogs being the other realistic contender for this less than coveted accolade.
Experts Everywhere
The past 12 months have no doubt seen the rise of the term “Expert”. Every media outlet loves to roll out an Expert for comment, many in the hope of merely grabbing a headline or purporting to give an insight that the average punter fails to grasp. We now have so-called Experts in everything, whether it be epidemiology (Covid), climate change, house prices, politics, economics and god forbid, rugby league.
Strangely, but not surprisingly, most of these Experts get it wrong more times than they get it right and not only wrong, but their insights and opinions are so for off the mark that its not even in the ball park. As far as the Sea Eagle is concerned whenever the term “Expert” is rolled out such reference should be deleted and replaced with the following “Brain-dead gormless gibberer”.
No-One Inspires Like Trent
With interest the Sea Eagle noticed the article in the Daily Telegraph (20/3/21), penned by NRL Expert, Michael Carayannis detailing the inspirational qualities of new Bulldogs Coach, Trent Barrett. Only hours later - Panthers 28-Bulldogs 0.
Based on this article, it’s likely that Mr Carayannis has never set aside some of his hard earned and valued time to consider the Sea Eagles own less than expert opinion on Coach Barrett. The Sea Eagle has well documented Coach Barrett’s deficiencies, that being he is a non-premiership winning, DFI infected ex Dragon/Shark. Add to this, he (Barrett) is a protégé of DFI patient zero, Brian Smith and is the only NRL player in living memory to be publicly slapped by his own Coach (also a non-premiership winning, DFI infected ex Dragon, protégé of Brian Smith). It’s fair to say that the terms “inspirational” and “Trent Barrett” are not mutually inclusive and should never be used in the same sentence.
Barrett’s time at Manly was nothing short of a debacle and the current struggles at the Peninsula based Club can no doubt be linked to Barrett’s ill-feted time at the helm.
Pull Something … Anything
This one caught the Sea Eagles, eagle-eye last week.
Following the Sharks win over the struggling Dragon’s rookie Shark forward Toby Rudolf found himself on the wrong end of a live cross with Fox leagues Matty Johns. When asked by John’s what he would be doing post game, Young Rudolf, who rocks a mullet only Billy-Ray Cyrus could dream of, responded to the effect of “head off to Northies, have a 1000 beers and try to pull something…. pull anything”.
Whilst these comments were firmly tongue in cheek they were met by the usual and universal twitter social media outrage/condemnation and sanctioned by NRL head office.
Sea Eagle Comment – after coming to terms with the initial shock that the Sharks could win a game the Sea Eagle is quite frankly flabbergasted by the extent of outrage and the subsequent intervention by the NRL.
It has been suggested that Young Rudolf’s comments were disrespectable to women yet there was no reference to women in what he said. What are we to be outraged and offended by apart from the ongoing concept of being offended?
Northies, for the un-initiated is a licenced club in the Shire, perhaps best known as the venue for Todd Carneys now infamous bubbler incident. Being a licenced venue, Young Rudolf (who for all we know may have a background in bartending) could have been off to Northies to pull a beer. Alternatively, Rudolf may have just been interest in going there to pull something else??
Add to this the sexual preferences of Rudolf are not known. Even it was a female he was looking to “pull” (but there is no certainty about that and no issue either whichever is the way he likes to roll) there was no suggestion of violence or non-consensual activity and given Young Rudolf’s rugged good looks and screaming mullet (and the fact that he is a top-grade Shark) it’s likely that there would be no shortage of takers (let’s be gender neutral here and just say “anything”) should he strut his wares at Northies on a Saturday night.
What we do know is that this was a joke by Rudolf, and the reaction by the NRL was a joke and those that were offended need to get a life and take a good dose of Valium.
Fit and proper person to play Rugby League – the debate continues
It was a no-brainer for the NRL to warn Toby Rudolf over post-match interview
Phil Lutton – SMH 16 March 2021
Still on the Rudolf incident, League Expert Mr Lutton has reported that Sharks Forward Toby Rudolf’s “cunning plan” was to have “1000 beers” and then “try and pull something. Anything will do” at Northies Hotel.
NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo swiftly let Rudolf and the Sharks know it was all out of order.
“It’s clear that those kind of comments are offensive and derogatory to people and that’s not how we are as a game any more,” Abdo told the Herald. “He was trying to make a joke but it’s not appropriate to joke like that. I think he understands and he appreciates those comments are hurtful.”
Sea Eagle Comment: As set out above, Northies is apparently a drinking establishment at North Cronulla. It is widely known as the place Todd Carney apparently also pulled something as well, in the alleged bubbler incident.
Nevertheless, according to the NRL Rules. a judgement has to be made about where Mr Rudolf is a fit and proper person to play rugby league. More so, because it was not about something he had done, but rather something he said he was going to do – to wit have “1000 beers” and then “try and pull something. Anything will do” at Northies Hotel.
In the view of the Sea Eagle, Mr Rudolf has clearly demonstrated, based on past rugby league players behaviour, that he is quite clearly a fit and proper person to play rugby league.
As for Mr Abdo of the NRL’s comment “He was trying to make a joke but it’s not appropriate to joke like that. I think he understands and he appreciates those comments are hurtful”, Mr Abdo should be promoted straight away as Captain of the fun police (personal opinion).
The view of the NRL now appears to be that having fun and rugby league (even if misguided and stupid fun) no longer go hand in hand.
Have they forgotten what sells newspapers, keeps up fan interest, and general enthusiasm for rugby league? It is to a large part, player stupidity and controversy.
This sort of antiseptic NRL attitude should go down nicely, when trying to improve participation rates in junior leagues and TV ratings by making post-match interviews even more boring than they are currently.
Friday Night Football - Channel 9
Each week we get the Broncos as the Friday night main game on TV in Sydney. The Sea Eagle can’t remember when the 2020 wooden spooners, the Broncos, and still winless in 2021, actually won a game. Worse than this, this round we had the Broncos v the Titans (both last week losers) tossed up as prime time rugby league TV footage.
The Sea Eagle did not watch the game. Basically, after the Qld Covid lockdowns and banning of NSW residents during most of 2020 and early 2021, and then refusing to pay their fair share of the cost borne by NSW taxpayers of Covid riddled quarantined Queensland residents on return from overseas (which they had agreed to pay), the Sea Eagle’s view of Queensland, which it is understood is shared by many other NSW Welshman, is that anything to do with Queensland can and should be both ignored and boycotted.
So Channel 9, please take note. If you keep throwing the Broncos up on Friday night in Sydney, be prepared to watch your ratings go down the S Bend in Sydney and NSW markets.
Vale Fred Jones
The Sea Eagle was saddened to hear of passing of former Manly Captain Fred Jones prior to Saturday nights game. Fred was a true Manly legend, leading the Club to its inaugaral premiership in 1972 and then for good measure backing it up again the following year.
Despite hailing from the South Coast, Jones played all is junior football in the Manly region with a career spanning from 1961 to his retirement in 1975, at which time he was Manly’s most capped player.
In an era of toughness, there was none tougher than Fred. Pure rugby league and pure Manly and this current Manly squad could do with a few like him. RIP Great Man!!
THE SEA EAGLE
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Last week's top 20 videos (2022, week 34)
Top 19 videos last week (August 21-27)
DOD FX65 Chorus: How I Use Them (by AndyDemos)
Tube Screamer Shootout - Origin Effects Halcyon, Strymon Sunset, Cornerstone Antique & More! (by AndertonsMusic)
The Boss DS-1 Makes No Sense... (by Dipswitch Demos)
Behringer Super Fuzz SF-300 Rehouse Octave Mod / Secret Mode/ Boost Volume Mod (by Gigahearts FX)
BASS CHORUS SHOOTOUT // Boss CEB-3 vs. MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe vs. EHX Bass Clone (by Bassic Gear Review)
Can you get a great tone in ONLY 10 Minutes!? Quad Cortex and HX Stomp (by Pedalboards Of Doom)
Daredevil Bootleg Dirty Delay V2 demo (by Daredevil Pedals)
Boss - FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz - Demo (by Ryan Lutton)
How to Clean Record and Playback Heads on a Binson Echorec (by Effectrode)
Vintage Ibanez TS10 (orig JRC4558D) vs BluesBox TS10 Side Part 2 (by RC Pedals)
Keeley Electronics Dyno My Roto + Bass 001 #shorts (by Keeley Electronics)
Line 6 Helix LT Ambient Guitar at the Beach ("Frippertronics") (by Chords Of Orion)
Mark Lettieri - Delatté TonePrint for Flashback 2 Delay (by TC Electronic)
Fulltone ultimate Octave | Demo [NO TALKING] (by Wingerter Electronics)
Joyo hidden gem? Joyo Sweet Baby overdrive #shorts #joyo (by Budget Pedal Chap)
Sonicake Echo Rain Delay (by Shnobel Tone)
Beetronics FX Swarm Fuzz Harmonizer Pedal Demo (by Sweetwater Sound)
Tiny Turntable Tuesday with some help from the Inflection Point (by Mattoverse Electronics)
Seamoon Studio Phase 1974 (by Bennett/Berner Project)
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4 Out Of 5 Illinois Public Schools In Top Tiers Despite State’s Low Test Score Averages
A remarkable 80 percent of public schools in Illinois were classified as either “exemplary “or “commendable” by the state on Wednesday, conjuring images of Lake Wobegon, the fictional Minnesota town where “all the children are above average.”
It’s the first time the Illinois State Board of Education has rated individual public schools, which is a requirement under the country’s current education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act. The overwhelmingly positive school designations come even as 69 percent of Illinois elementary school students tested below proficiency in math; 63 percent missed in reading.
The state’s new accountability system — featuring changes to how schools are judged and a less punitive approach to those deemed underperforming — shows a shift in thinking about school quality and even the purpose of an accountability system.
Just a few years ago, under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, 85 percent of Illinois schools failed to meet expectations.
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But under the state’s new designations, the top 10 percent of schools are considered “exemplary” and another 70 percent are “commendable.” Fifteen percent — 550 schools — are “underperforming,” and the bottom 5 percent — 195 schools — are labeled “lowest performing.” Each school’s designation is available at www.illinoisreportcard.com.
William Hatch School in west suburban Oak Park. (Linda Lutton/WBEZ)
The shift in the proportion of schools deemed successful comes largely because the state has changed how it defines school success. It gave added weight to factors like attendance, high school graduation rates, and above all, academic “growth,” or how much students improve from one year to the next on state standardized tests.
“Historically, we had a system based on whether students were proficient or not,” said State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith. “And that really did not fully represent the work of families and educators and students.”
Smith says the state will now “be able to see growth trends and learn from places where students are really making significant progress and use that to help other places where other students might not be making that same kind of progress.”
Along with the designations, the state is also releasing a trove of data, including:
Scores from standardized tests taken last spring. Results from the PARCC exam — which tests for proficiency in reading and math in grades 3 through 8 — showed 36.9 percent of students were meeting standards in English language arts and 31.3 percent meeting standards in math. Those rates have varied little over the past three years. SAT scores show 36.9 percent of high school students met proficiency standards in English; 34.4 percent met in math, a slight drop in both subjects from last year.
College enrollment. The state is touting the highest percentage of students enrolling in college since Illinois began reporting the metric in 2014; 74.8 percent of high school graduates in the state enrolled in two- or four-year colleges within 12 months of graduation.
Advanced Placement results. A record number of Illinois high school students took and passed Advanced Placement exams last school year. Some 40,696 took at least one of the nationally scored exams; 30,560 passed an exam. Both figures are up slightly from the previous year.
Also, for the first time, school report cards include data showing how close school districts are to funding “adequacy,” as defined by the state’s historic overhaul to the school funding formula in 2017.
“We have considerable inequity in Illinois,” Smith said. He said some school districts have less than half the funding needed to provide their students with an adequate education, while others have nearly three times what they need. “So that’s certainly not Lake Wobegon,” said Smith.
The bottom 20 percent
School officials have said one motivation to embrace test score growth in their school rating system rather than proficiency — or how well students score — is that growth is less tied to socio-economics status.
But the 195 schools labeled “lowest performing” are for the most part located in urban neighborhoods marked by concentrated poverty. All but 25 schools have a student body that’s at least 60 percent low-income. Sixty-four percent are majority black schools. Nearly half are in Chicago.
Schools labeled “underperforming” are scattered throughout the state, including in more affluent communities. In those schools, at least one student group — low-income, special education, or white students, for example — performs at or below the performance level of the 5 percent of schools in the state deemed “lowest performing.”
In west suburban Oak Park, for instance, the community’s two middle schools are both designated “underperforming.” Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School’s black students, low-income students, and special education students all performed in the lowest 5 percent of schools in the state.
Adrienne Guldin lives across the street from Brooks and says her children will be at the middle school in a few years.
“Part of the reason that we want to be in Oak Park with the schools is because we want our kids to have a diverse education,” said Guldin, who is white. “So if the school is not helping all of the kids it needs to help, then that’s a big concern.”
Everything to help, nothing to hinder
For more than a decade under the No Child Left Behind law, low-performing schools faced a series of sanctions, including letting students transfer or converting a school into a charter school, if they didn’t meet testing targets. Now, in another sea change, the state says schools named “lowest performing” or “underperforming” will get extra money and support. They’ll be able to work with outside partners, including schools that are performing well.
“It really is the intent … to identify kids that need extra supports — to put a spotlight on that so we know exactly where we need to do more work, and that no underperforming students are left behind or fall under the radar any longer,” said Allison Sherman, executive director of IL-Empower, the state effort set up to assist schools designated underperforming and lowest performing.
In north suburban Evanston School District 65, Superintendent Paul Goren calls this “a new day.”
“We’re moving from a more punitive system — ‘Here are accountability standards, you didn’t achieve them, you will be penalized’ — to more of a way to identify schools that might be struggling, and identify segments of schools where the struggle might be — and then to provide help and assistance.
Goren’s district is home to six schools labeled “exemplary” and six labeled “commendable.” But the district also has three schools labeled “underperforming.” Goren said the schools fell short on their education of special education students.
“In the past, under what was a more punitive policy, you were designated, and then you were basically told what to do, and you had to do it the state’s way. Here, we’re given the opportunity to work with providers who can actually help us craft a plan and help us — if we do have blind spots — to make some improvements.”
Some school leaders whose schools were labeled “underperforming” are pushing back against that label, saying their entire school doesn’t deserve the label. They argue it hurts more than it helps. The state argues schools have to be judged on how they serve all their students.
Check out report cards for all Illinois schools here.
Linda Lutton covers education for WBEZ. Follow her on Twitter at @WBEZeducation and @lindalutton.
Source: https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/4-out-of-5-illinois-public-schools-in-top-tiers-despite-states-low-test-score-averages/185503d3-17f2-4c50-b84e-0b7697bc8e19
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4 Out Of 5 Illinois Public Schools In Top Tiers Despite State’s Low Test Score Averages
A remarkable 80 percent of public schools in Illinois were classified as either “exemplary “or “commendable” by the state on Wednesday, conjuring images of Lake Wobegon, the fictional Minnesota town where “all the children are above average.”
It’s the first time the Illinois State Board of Education has rated individual public schools, which is a requirement under the country’s current education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act. The overwhelmingly positive school designations come even as 69 percent of Illinois elementary school students tested below proficiency in math; 63 percent missed in reading.
The state’s new accountability system — featuring changes to how schools are judged and a less punitive approach to those deemed underperforming — shows a shift in thinking about school quality and even the purpose of an accountability system.
Just a few years ago, under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, 85 percent of Illinois schools failed to meet expectations.
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But under the state’s new designations, the top 10 percent of schools are considered “exemplary” and another 70 percent are “commendable.” Fifteen percent — 550 schools — are “underperforming,” and the bottom 5 percent — 195 schools — are labeled “lowest performing.” Each school’s designation is available at www.illinoisreportcard.com.
William Hatch School in west suburban Oak Park. (Linda Lutton/WBEZ)
The shift in the proportion of schools deemed successful comes largely because the state has changed how it defines school success. It gave added weight to factors like attendance, high school graduation rates, and above all, academic “growth,” or how much students improve from one year to the next on state standardized tests.
“Historically, we had a system based on whether students were proficient or not,” said State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith. “And that really did not fully represent the work of families and educators and students.”
Smith says the state will now “be able to see growth trends and learn from places where students are really making significant progress and use that to help other places where other students might not be making that same kind of progress.”
Along with the designations, the state is also releasing a trove of data, including:
Scores from standardized tests taken last spring. Results from the PARCC exam — which tests for proficiency in reading and math in grades 3 through 8 — showed 36.9 percent of students were meeting standards in English language arts and 31.3 percent meeting standards in math. Those rates have varied little over the past three years. SAT scores show 36.9 percent of high school students met proficiency standards in English; 34.4 percent met in math, a slight drop in both subjects from last year.
College enrollment. The state is touting the highest percentage of students enrolling in college since Illinois began reporting the metric in 2014; 74.8 percent of high school graduates in the state enrolled in two- or four-year colleges within 12 months of graduation.
Advanced Placement results. A record number of Illinois high school students took and passed Advanced Placement exams last school year. Some 40,696 took at least one of the nationally scored exams; 30,560 passed an exam. Both figures are up slightly from the previous year.
Also, for the first time, school report cards include data showing how close school districts are to funding “adequacy,” as defined by the state’s historic overhaul to the school funding formula in 2017.
“We have considerable inequity in Illinois,” Smith said. He said some school districts have less than half the funding needed to provide their students with an adequate education, while others have nearly three times what they need. “So that’s certainly not Lake Wobegon,” said Smith.
The bottom 20 percent
School officials have said one motivation to embrace test score growth in their school rating system rather than proficiency — or how well students score — is that growth is less tied to socio-economics status.
But the 195 schools labeled “lowest performing” are for the most part located in urban neighborhoods marked by concentrated poverty. All but 25 schools have a student body that’s at least 60 percent low-income. Sixty-four percent are majority black schools. Nearly half are in Chicago.
Schools labeled “underperforming” are scattered throughout the state, including in more affluent communities. In those schools, at least one student group — low-income, special education, or white students, for example — performs at or below the performance level of the 5 percent of schools in the state deemed “lowest performing.”
In west suburban Oak Park, for instance, the community’s two middle schools are both designated “underperforming.” Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School’s black students, low-income students, and special education students all performed in the lowest 5 percent of schools in the state.
Adrienne Guldin lives across the street from Brooks and says her children will be at the middle school in a few years.
“Part of the reason that we want to be in Oak Park with the schools is because we want our kids to have a diverse education,” said Guldin, who is white. “So if the school is not helping all of the kids it needs to help, then that’s a big concern.”
Everything to help, nothing to hinder
For more than a decade under the No Child Left Behind law, low-performing schools faced a series of sanctions, including letting students transfer or converting a school into a charter school, if they didn’t meet testing targets. Now, in another sea change, the state says schools named “lowest performing” or “underperforming” will get extra money and support. They’ll be able to work with outside partners, including schools that are performing well.
“It really is the intent … to identify kids that need extra supports — to put a spotlight on that so we know exactly where we need to do more work, and that no underperforming students are left behind or fall under the radar any longer,” said Allison Sherman, executive director of IL-Empower, the state effort set up to assist schools designated underperforming and lowest performing.
In north suburban Evanston School District 65, Superintendent Paul Goren calls this “a new day.”
“We’re moving from a more punitive system — ‘Here are accountability standards, you didn’t achieve them, you will be penalized’ — to more of a way to identify schools that might be struggling, and identify segments of schools where the struggle might be — and then to provide help and assistance.
Goren’s district is home to six schools labeled “exemplary” and six labeled “commendable.” But the district also has three schools labeled “underperforming.” Goren said the schools fell short on their education of special education students.
“In the past, under what was a more punitive policy, you were designated, and then you were basically told what to do, and you had to do it the state’s way. Here, we’re given the opportunity to work with providers who can actually help us craft a plan and help us — if we do have blind spots — to make some improvements.”
Some school leaders whose schools were labeled “underperforming” are pushing back against that label, saying their entire school doesn’t deserve the label. They argue it hurts more than it helps. The state argues schools have to be judged on how they serve all their students.
Check out report cards for all Illinois schools here.
Linda Lutton covers education for WBEZ. Follow her on Twitter at @WBEZeducation and @lindalutton.
Source: https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/4-out-of-5-illinois-public-schools-in-top-tiers-despite-states-low-test-score-averages/185503d3-17f2-4c50-b84e-0b7697bc8e19
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La pandémie de Covid-19 est le plus grand défi pour la communauté mondiale depuis les années 1940.
À cette époque, à la suite de la dévastation de deux guerres mondiales, les dirigeants politiques se sont réunis pour forger le système multilatéral. Les objectifs étaient clairs - rassembler les pays, dissiper les tentations de l'isolationnisme et du nationalisme et relever les défis qui ne pouvaient être relevés qu'ensemble dans un esprit de solidarité et de coopération, à savoir la paix, la prospérité, la santé et la sécurité.
Aujourd'hui, nous avons le même espoir que, alors que nous luttons ensemble pour vaincre la pandémie de Covid-19, nous pouvons construire une architecture de santé internationale plus robuste qui protégera les générations futures.
Il y aura d'autres pandémies et d'autres urgences sanitaires majeures. Aucun gouvernement ou agence multilatérale ne peut à lui seul faire face à cette menace. La question n'est pas de savoir si, mais quand. Ensemble, nous devons être mieux préparés pour prévoir, prévenir, détecter, évaluer et réagir efficacement aux pandémies de manière hautement coordonnée. La pandémie de Covid-19 a été un rappel brutal et douloureux que personne n'est en sécurité tant que tout le monde n'est pas en sécurité .
Nous sommes donc déterminés à garantir un accès universel et équitable à des vaccins, des médicaments et des diagnostics sûrs, efficaces et abordables pour cette pandémie et les futures .
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La vaccination est un bien public mondial et nous devrons être en mesure de développer, fabriquer et déployer des vaccins le plus rapidement possible.
C'est pourquoi l' Accélérateur d'accès aux outils Covid-19 (ACT-A) a été mis en place afin de promouvoir l'égalité d'accès aux tests, aux traitements et aux vaccins et de soutenir les systèmes de santé à travers le monde. ACT-A a donné des résultats sur de nombreux aspects, mais un accès équitable n'est pas encore atteint. Nous pouvons faire plus pour promouvoir l'accès mondial.
À cette fin, nous pensons que les nations devraient travailler ensemble à un nouveau traité international de préparation et d’intervention en cas de pandémie. Un tel engagement collectif renouvelé serait une étape importante dans le renforcement de la préparation à une pandémie au plus haut niveau politique. Il serait ancré dans la constitution de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, faisant appel à d'autres organisations pertinentes essentielles à cet effort, à l'appui du principe de la santé pour tous.
Les instruments de santé mondiaux existants, en particulier le Règlement sanitaire international, sous - tendent un tel traité , garantissant une base solide et éprouvée sur laquelle nous pouvons construire et nous améliorer.
Le principal objectif de ce traité serait de favoriser une approche de l'ensemble du gouvernement et de l'ensemble de la société, de renforcer les capacités nationales, régionales et mondiales et la résilience aux futures pandémies. Cela comprend un renforcement considérable de la coopération internationale pour améliorer, par exemple, les systèmes d'alerte, le partage de données, la recherche et la production et la distribution locales, régionales et mondiales de contre-mesures médicales et de santé publique telles que les vaccins, les médicaments, les diagnostics et les équipements de protection individuelle. .
Les agents de santé font la queue pour recevoir une dose de vaccin Covid dans un hôpital de Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud Crédit : Themba Hadebe / AP
Cela inclurait également la reconnaissance d'une approche «One Health» qui relie la santé des humains, des animaux et de notre planète. Et un tel traité devrait conduire à davantage de responsabilité mutuelle et de responsabilité partagée, de transparence et de coopération au sein du système international et avec ses règles et normes.
Pour y parvenir, nous travaillerons avec les chefs d'État et de gouvernement du monde entier, et toutes les parties prenantes, y compris la société civile et le secteur privé. Nous sommes convaincus qu’il est de notre responsabilité, en tant que dirigeants de nations et d’institutions internationales, de veiller à ce que le monde tire les leçons de la pandémie de Covid-19.
À un moment où Covid-19 a exploité nos faiblesses et nos divisions, nous devons saisir cette opportunité et nous rassembler en tant que communauté mondiale pour une coopération pacifique qui va au-delà de cette crise. Renforcer nos capacités et nos systèmes pour y parvenir prendra du temps et exigera un engagement politique, financier et sociétal soutenu pendant de nombreuses années.
Notre solidarité pour faire en sorte que le monde soit mieux préparé sera notre héritage qui protégera nos enfants et petits-enfants et minimisera l'impact des futures pandémies sur nos économies et nos sociétés.
La préparation aux pandémies a besoin d'un leadership mondial pour un système de santé mondial adapté à ce millénaire. Pour faire de cet engagement une réalité, nous devons être guidés par la solidarité, l’équité, la transparence, l’inclusion et l’équité.
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A Murfreesboro firefighter and an Emergency Communications specialist were among those honored with the Jerry Anderson Hero Award from the Murfreesboro Branch of the NAACP Saturday (Jan. 25). The awards were presented at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast held at Middle Tennessee State University James Union Building.
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD) Engineer Tim Rowlett received the award for his self-less actions July 21, 2019. Rowell was off-duty but responded to a fire near his home in his personal vehicle to assist with firefighting and the transport of an injured County firefighter. He used his four-wheeler to move water and personnel up to the front of the line and made it possible to move an injured firefighter from the hot zone to an ambulance 2,500 feet away. As the scene ended, Rowlett used his truck and trailer to haul the county’s fire hose to a safe location so they could reload it.
“Rowlett is a prime example of the caliber of firefighters that make up the Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department,” MFRD Chief Mark Foulks said. “Our firefighters are never off-duty when it comes to helping our citizens and fellow firefighters.”
Dispatcher Brady Lutton earned the award for helping to convince a suicidal man who was nearly 500 miles away in Gulfport Mississippi not to take his life. He encountered the on a firefighter’s Facebook chat group December 26, 2019. The distraught man thanked Lutton for saving his life.
“Emergency Communications is vital,” said Murfreesboro Emergency Communications Director Seth Russell. “We are very proud of Brady’s live-saving actions and the outstanding work of all our Emergency Communications Professionals who serve in the City’s Emergency Communications Center as the critical communications link between our citizens and public safety field personnel.”
The Hero Award was named in memory of Jerry Anderson. Anderson drowned after jumping into the Stones River, saving the lives of two young boys May 27, 1989. He was a Central High School football star who went on to play for the University of Oklahoma. He also played in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
City Councilman Kirk Wade was presented the Humanitarian Award at the event.
Tennessee Branch of the NAACP President Gloria Sweet-Love was the keynote speaker at the breakfast.
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September – 2018 Newsletter
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Index Month / Year to Date Dow Jones +2.60%/+6.71%
Please note the Dow Jones numbers are as of the close of last night on August 30, so you’ll need to add or subtract today’s gains or losses from these numbers!
S&P 500 +3.23%/+9.82%
Google, Yahoo Finance, and many other websites will tell you what the DOW, S&P 500 and NASDAQ Indexes all did, if you have any issues email Eric Lutton.
NASDAQ +5.57%/+17.93% 10-Yr Treasury yield was 2.95% at the end of July and 2.85% at the end of August
Markets
The stock market returned to a mostly upward trend in late summer after months marked by a consistent pattern of small gains and big drops. Though the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as of this writing, still hasn’t regained its 2018 peak, it did come close in late August, while the S&P 500 actually surpassed its January high and hit a record 2,914 on August 29 before starting to level off again in the final days of the month.1
The relatively strong performance was probably driven in part by news of secondquarter GDP growth hitting 4.1 percent—a figure that was more recently upgraded to 4.2 percent.2 Four percent, of course, was the growth rate touted by President Donald Trump on the campaign trail, and the main goal behind his massive tax overhaul.
In addition to growth, the markets were probably also fueled by additional encouraging data around jobs and consumer confidence, and the fact that interest rates remained fairly stable. The yield on the 10-Year Treasury rate was right around 3 percent at the start of August but never rose higher, and it finished the month at about 2.8 percent—continuing to demonstrate that strong 3 percent resistance level I forecast long ago.3
Despite the market rally and the GDP milestone, it’s important to note that many experts continue to maintain that 4 percent growth is nothing more than a temporary “sugar boost” from President Trump’s tax cuts and is not sustainable long term. Many also remain concerned about the growing economic impacts of President Trump’s controversial trade policies (the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has said new tariffs could lead to 2.6 million American job losses in total)4, and the potentially troublesome relationship between President Trump’s tax cuts and the federal deficit.
How it will all play out remains to be seen. But with another budget showdown looming and the Federal Reserve scheduled to approve another short-term interest rate hike this month,5 it’s clear that our unprecedented age of economic uncertainty remains as uncertain as ever.
Portfolio Transactions:
When managing your portfolio at SIS, we look for one of four possible “enhancement” trades while reviewing securities and possible transactions. Income generation is our primary goal for our clients, and we consider the following four portfolio enhancements before transacting: current yield, yield to worst (minimum projected annualized total return), interest rate risk, and default risk. The intents of these transactions are categorized as follows:
Pay Me Now – Enhancing current yield
Pay Me Later – Enhancing yield to worst
Cover My Assets I. – Managing interest rate risk
Cover My Assets II. – Managing default risk
We evaluate the transactions by determining whether they meet one, two, three, or all four enhancements. A baseball analogy for this: SINGLES, DOUBLES, TRIPLES, and HOME RUNS.
Portfolio Swaps:*
Sold AIG Life Insurance (AIG 3.75% 7/10/25 @ 4.12% ytw)
Purchased Olin Corp (OLN 5.0% 2/1/30 @ 5.45% ytw)
Slightly higher yield pickup of 1.33%
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Lucia Mutikani, “US Second Quarter GDP Growth Raised to 4.2 Percent,” Reuters, August 29, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-gdp/u-s-second-quarter-gdp-growthrevised-up-to-4-2-percent-idUSKCN1LE1GB?il=0
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William Mauldin, “Trump’s Trade Policies Threaten Millions of U.S. Jobs, Chamber of Commerce Says,” Wall Street Journal, May 31, 2018, https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-trade-policiesthreaten-millions-of-jobs-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-says-1527792627
Greg Robb, “Fed to Send Clear Message that More Rate Hikes are Coming,” MarketWatch, Aug. 1, 2018, https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-to-send-clear-message-that-more-rate-hikesare-coming-2018-07-27
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