He had me do lemonade stands and I remember one of my first birthday gifts was one of those cars that little kids can sit in. It goes maybe like five miles an hour. He got me like a truck version so I could put my lemonade stand table into the back. I mean I would drive it down to the street corner and we would set up this this lemonade stand and my parents taught me what profit was. How much a lemon is, how many cups of water you get from that. Okay that's your cost now you have to double it to make a profit. What is revenue? Did they take the tax money away? They didn't teach me the tax yet. That came up later in life and that really hit hard.


This paper proposes a novel tactile sensor design based on a synergistic microcrack bristle structure and cross-shaped configuration engineering. The microcrack sensing structure provides high mechanical sensitivity while the bristles provide additional sensitivity. Additionally, the cross-shaped configuration enhances the ability to detect and distinguish the directions of the applied mechanical forces. The resulting tactile sensors have a high sensitivity, 25.76N1, low detection limit, 5.4mm, and good capability to resolve both mechanical intensity and directional features. These tactile sensors could be used in a variety of applications such as surface texture recognition and biomimetic path exploration. This article was authored by Itun Shang, Chi Lu, Wen Wan Ren, and others.


That actually also really worked to make everyone silent here. That's great Then maybe we should actually continue and open this right so Everyone welcome to Amsterdam Welcome to welcome to chess If you want to know who to blame for this do you hear me if you want to know who to blame for this for this conference then Peter is here from about university and if you want to show appreciation that would go to Iliana from risk cure Actually, we can say welcome to the biggest chess ever We're pretty close to 600 people now So we had to register a few people on site although officially on site registration is closed If you want to get an overview we have officially 592 people registered. Yeah from 40 different countries The biggest participation is from Germany then United States is very close number three is France and of course next comes Netherlands So yeah, yeah, so We want to thank to all our sponsors Rambos has been with chess for a very very long time And when you think about our sponsors, please consider for example the very nice dinner that we will have tonight Otherwise, it will be just next so that's due to our sponsors Yeah, a bit of overview of where we are here. You have already experienced the registration area, which Which is either in yellow where it says registration. We are here where it says we are here and You will later experience the food area and the poster area because we really would ask you to spread out a little bit Also into the poster area and into the registration area when when eating or drinking something during the breaks Yeah There is also a secret room from riskier, which I will not say what it is but you're all welcome to go and discover what it is and We also have a special session for breastfeeding So if you are interested in that then just come to the registration desk and we will give you out the key Yeah more sponsors gold sponsors and here also goes Apple who also is a gold sponsor And well, please think about them when you're enjoying the special beers tonight There's a few instructions that we should give you please keep your badges on it makes it much easier to figure out who actually belongs here If your speaker, please in the break before your session come here to the front Make sure that your slides are on this presentation laptop and speak to your session chairs And you may have noticed that this room is actually rather full We have well basically 600 people registered and 600 chairs So that kind of tells you how much you should squeeze and make sure that the room is really used You did a good job so far and the questions So when there's questions you will notice that we have two microphones that can be thrown around to make this a bit quicker and a bit more fun so Don't be afraid just throw them to whoever is raising their hand Whoever is indicated to ask next and then just speak in them when you when you hold them Yeah, so Again next to the record number of participants. We also had the record number of sponsors Think about them when you are I don't know what else Ah Well, actually probably quite a few students here get really nice students stipends and allow them to attend Yes, so if you see all the students around and are happy to see them, maybe think of those sponsors Ah, yes, and very important the social program for this week So tonight we will have a welcome the reception from starting from 6 30 until 8 30 and it's going to have a full dinner Please join Monday, we're gonna start at 7 with the dinner and the rum session will start at 8 o'clock We'll come back to the rum session in the next slide Tuesday We have a canal cruise and banquet at the Merity Museum Please be ready to go at around quarter past five We'll come back to that as well and Wednesday if all goes well, we're gonna close the conference at five o'clock Yeah, so that's a good moment to thank all of our other sponsors So please this whole conference wouldn't be possible without them So I think this is a good moment to give all of our sponsors from platinum to bronze everyone Maybe a clap. I think this is really nice to have the support. Ah, yes, the rum session So as we mentioned the rum session will begin at 8 o'clock on Monday You will have one hour to Have dinner, but the dinner will go on a little longer The rum session will begin with the talk from the program cheer who will mention statistics about the submission to chess and about they will talk about the new submission model of chess and Also, we will announce the winners of the chess ETF But your talks can go here. Please don't forget to submit them before tomorrow at noon time local time in Amsterdam Yeah, and then well, we already mentioned the canal cruise So basically we'll be facing the challenge of distributing 600 people onto 10 boats leaving at four different times from three different locations so Here's how this hopefully is going to work when you look at your badge then on the top you see a boat number that determines what boat you're on not very surprisingly and The idea is that you figure out at which time your group gathers in the Hranberg's all this information is on the chess website When you click on venue it's also in the booklet that you find in your bag And we will also reiterate that and show this on the slides here So please arrive at the indicated time and there will be a student holding up a sign with that number So you just gather around that student and follow your leader Yeah, and that was it so with this we declare chess 2018 open and welcome to chess


Flesh like paper, eyes like pins, take from me, my deepest sins. I hadn't talked to Jessica since the month after we graduated college. I was moving back home to Alabama, and she was staying behind in the apartment we'd shared since sophomore year. We occasionally kept in touch, first through regular phone calls, then periodic emails, and finally, sparse social media messages. But I told myself it was just the natural atrophy of getting older. People from your past tended to fall away over time, and I'm sure that was a part of it. But another part was that Jessica had grown stranger over time as well. Even before we finished senior year, she'd gotten in with some rough characters that I didn't like being around or feel safe to have in our apartment. I never knew what their, or her, deal was exactly. Were they drug buddies, criminals, part of some weird cult? I avoided them when I could, and Jessica was never forthcoming when I asked more about them in private. But there was no denying a sense of palpable danger and strangeness that seemed to radiate from her odd new friends and in time from Jessica herself. Maybe that's why my stomach clenched a little when I heard her on the phone two months ago. Her voice was deeper, huskier than I remembered, but it was still undeniably her. And after just a few minutes of talking, I felt a bittersweet nostalgia spreading through me. She sounded like the old her, or what I remembered of the old her. Sweet, funny, and charming, smart and engaging, and most of all, normal. I live in Charlotte now, and she told me she was in Kansas City, but a business trip had taken her to Richmond for a couple of weeks, and she was thinking about a southern road trip during the long weekend she had coming up. Would I be interested in meeting her somewhere and hanging out for a bit, catching up on old times, that kind of thing? I surprised myself when I said yes. The restaurant was a couple of hours north for me, but it saved her some travel time and looking at the website, I had to admit the place looked very cool. Set back in the cool green woods near the state border, the Midnight Star was more than just a five-star restaurant with a chef that supposedly had trained in France and been the personal chef to several celebrities. It also sat on 200 acres of unspoiled land that included campgrounds, a massive fully stocked lake, and an underground spa that claimed to have natural hot springs and healing salts. It all sounded just fancy and weird enough to be exotic and fun, and I had the thought that maybe Jessica had turned from a creepy whatever into a hippie-yuppie that liked gourmet food and overpriced body scrubs. After giving my name at the gatehouse, I followed a winding private road back for a mile before the main building appeared. It had the shape and style of a massive old log cabin, but one that had been clearly built in the last few years. I pulled into a parking spot as a woman stepped out a silver Audi a few yards down. Even dressed in the shadows of the late afternoon, I recognized Jessica immediately. She looked older and a bit heavier, but not by much on either count. Not as much as me. She looked in my direction and smiled that same smile that had always drawn me in. Always drawn everyone in. Always made me feel special while letting me know that the reason wasn't because of anything good in me, but because she had noticed me, at least for a while. Swallowing, I gave her a wave and got out. We hugged and laughed and exchanged pleasantries for a minute before she ushered me inside, telling me we had reservations for an early dinner followed by a private spa treatment if I was willing. I smiled nervously as I glanced around the interior of the place. I… maybe. This looks really nice, though, and I'm not sure if I can swing dinner in whatever they charge for, you know, the spa stuff. I blushed. I mean, I do okay, but I just have a lot of expenses and… She reached out and pinched my nose lightly. I'd forgotten her doing that to me when we were younger. Silly. I didn't invite you to some super expensive place to have you pay a ton of money. I actually picked this place because I know the owner, or at least I know people that do. All of this is getting calmed. Dinner in the spa. No worries. I raised an eyebrow. Are you sure?   She broke into a grin. All we have to do is enjoy it. And that's what we did. We drank delicious wine in a course after course of delicious small plates, each one more varied and wonderful than the last. We also talked, really talked, in a way that I hadn't with anyone in years. I started to realize how shallow some of my more recent friendships really were. All of them based out of convenience or utility. More than any deep enjoyment of each other's company. And seeing Jessica doing well. So happy and obviously successful in life. Well, it made me a bit jealous. But mostly it just made me glad, glad and curious. She told me she'd worked for a medical research company in Missouri, not doing the science but managing the business end of things. The company had become very profitable in the past few years, which explained her obvious wealth. But as we were led from the dining room to the lounge area, I couldn't shake the feeling that there was more to it than that. The attendant told us he'd be by in 20 minutes to take us down to the spa. And after settling into comfortable chairs, we sat in companionable silence for a few minutes before I burst out with the question that had been on my tongue for the last two hours. So what is your secret? Jessica's eyes widened, and then she let out a burst of laughter. What do you mean? Blushing.  I know that sounds dumb, but you just seem so happy and at peace. She smiled and returned my shrug. I don't know about that. I have bad days just like anybody, and I have things that stress me out the same as you. But yeah, I am very fulfilled. Jessica's smile faded as I met her eyes again. I struggled a lot when I was younger. You saw that. I was searching for something, but I wasn't sure what it was, and I made more than my share of mistakes along the way. I don't regret most of those mistakes, but I do regret how I treated you. You were my best friend, and I took that for granted. And it's my fault that we drifted apart in the years since. I shook my head slightly. It's mine too. I should have kept in touch better, maybe, but I get why you didn't. I wasn't an easy person to be around or trust. It's only been in the last few years that I found my place in things and really figured out who I am. She glanced away. My hope is that we can become real friends again. It was my turn to smile when she looked back. Of course, Jess, I'd love that. I really, really would. I gestured at the room we were in, and I'm not just saying that because of the kick-ass place you've brought me. We both laughed, and I could feel my last misgivings and all the empty years without my friend melting away. The air had grown colder when we stepped back outside. The attendant now leading us down a lit path of crushed stone that trailed from the main house to a much smaller building further back in the wood. I felt mildly confused. If this was the spa, it certainly wasn't very big, and I didn't know how they offered all the different amenities they claimed on the website, glancing over at Jessica. I was about to make a joke about the tiny building when I saw something in the trees beyond the path.  I reached out and gripped Jessica's arm tightly. There's some dude looking at us from the trees. She glanced in my direction before following my gaze, snickering slightly. She patted my hand as she turned back to me with a smile. Sorry, that's just Jeffrey. He's my helper. I know he's strange looking, especially lurking around like that. But he doesn't mix well with most people. What with his condition and all a glanced back at her. What kind of condition does he and here you are. She stepped inside. I looked up and through the open door before us. Inside there was just a small reception desk beside a large winding staircase of dark polished wood that led down into the ground. Looking at the attendant and then Jessica, I felt a moment of confusion. Down there. She nodded with a small smile. Oh, I thought underground spa was just their way of saying it was exclusive and cool. Jessica snorted laughter. No, it's in a natural cave they built in. Down where the springs are. She grabbed my hand as she headed for the stairs. Now come on. Isn't this just heaven? I lifted the corner of the cold mask I'd been given as soon as we'd settled into the hot pool. It did feel good once you got used to the heat, but my nose was still prickling from whatever they'd used in my massage. Some kind of spice maybe whatever it was I was grateful for the mask so Jessica didn't see my eyes watering. Still, it was a very nice place. All the staff had been very kind and professional. And while I'd been anxious about stripping down all the way at first, their detached demeanor and Jessica's urging as she undressed herself made it seem less odd. I just needed to relax, go with the flow and trust my friend. She clearly had things more figured out than I did and it might not hurt to pick up a finger to nodding at her. I settled the mask back into place. It is. It's awesome. I've never seen anything like it. Raising the mask again. I shot her a questioning look. Are we the only ones here? It's a really big place, but I haven't seen any other customers. Jessica nodded. They close it at night on the weekend. That's when they do special events for VIPs and stuff. That's why we're getting the extra fancy treatment. I tried to keep the unease out of my voice and you're sure we don't have to pay for anything. She grinned. I told you. That's all been taken care of. I have some very good friends. This is one of the benefits. Sliding her own mask back down, she settled against the side of the pool we were in. Now put your mask back on and relax. That skin treatment they did will make your eyes puffy if you don't wear the compress for a few minutes after. I flinched slightly and slid the mask back down. I hope she didn't think I was complaining or wasn't grateful. I felt like I was so close to really getting her back in my life and I didn't want to ruin it. And the mask did help. It smelled weird too, but in a soothing way. My nose stopped. It's buzzing. And I felt myself sinking down into. When I woke up, I was hanging in midair.  I sucked in a panicked breath, looking from side to side as best I could manage, first to the right and then to the left. There were people all around the edge of the pool, strangers, all naked and painted with yellow symbols across their thighs and bellies and face. I was sinking into terror now, surrounded by a sea of thin lips and alien stairs, naked and hostile and strange in a way that shouted danger through the trembling halls of my brain. Just then, a small bit of hope on a distant shore, a familiar face in the crowd. Jess, what is this? What are they doing to me? She smiled, her eyes almost luminous in the cave's perpetual dusk.  Her grin widened as she pointed below me. See for yourself. I looked down to see the inky liquid beneath me, beginning to ripple. When the thing's head broke the surface, that's when I started to scream.  The black fluid ran off her naked body, leaving behind the same pale cracked skin that I'd seen on the man in the woods.  Her eyes were so dark, dilated so far that only a thin ring of blue could be seen, like the promise of some old forgotten moon on some strange distant shore. And now she was closer still, her dry, hungry lips finding mine, kissing me deeply, drawing pleasure and pain in the pressure, fear and then excitement, and then blood. Only then, when there was a wet bond of life between us, did she pull back, gasping, shuddering. Her eyes were pinpricks now and she seemed to wince at the ambient light even as she stepped toward the edge.  All of this was insane.  I looked back towards Jessica. I can see what you're going through, the scared voice running in your head. There's no need to be scared. No one's going to hurt you. Nothing could be farther from the truth. These people are my friends and they know my love for you, and they've given you a very special gift because I asked them to, a way to repay you for all the times I neglected you for all the years we've lost. As she spoke, I was drifting through the air, being holed on a system of pulleys to the edge where I was rited and freed from the straps. Recoiling from the strangers, I held my ground as Jessica approached with a soft white robe and draped it around my shoulders. It's alright, it's okay. I know it doesn't make sense right now. In time, it will. In time, you'll remember this night very fondly. I was trembling as she took my arm and led me out from the lower chambers of the cave. This place was somewhere below the main spa, and it took another 10 minutes of corridors and stairs before we reached the changing room where our lockers were. Jessica ran a towel under the sink and began wiping the yellow markings off her skin as she gestured toward the shower. You don't have this gunk on you, but you may want to shower regardless, or at least wash your face because of, well, you know. But don't worry, it's over, and I won't let anyone mess with you. Her eyes widened as she gave a laugh. Not that they would, God, that sounded bad. No, you're one of us now. I yanked open my locker. One of you. What? What was all that? Are you? I lowered my voice to a whisper. Are you in a cult? Jessica giggled. I get you thinking that. But no, it's nothing like that. It's just a group of like-minded people. People with certain knowledge of how things work and how to use it to our advantage. I was already half dressed and slipping on my shoes. I headed for the door. Well, whatever it is, I'm getting out of here. Not waiting for a response. I left the changing room and moved to the stairs, waiting for someone to tackle me or block the way forward. But no one ever did. I made it to the surface and back to my car without seeing anyone. And I was looking for my keys when I saw movement at the edge of the parking lot. It was that woman, the pale woman from the pool, clothed now and standing at the edge of the light, watching me. Or at least I assumed she was watching me behind those dark goggles she still wore. It's freaky at first, isn't it? I let out a small scream at Jessica's voice so close, turning. I took a step back from her. What? What is? The goggles. The skin. The whole get-up. Shuddering.  Uh-huh. Yeah, sure. It's not just theatrics, though. Their skin turns that color as part of the process. And after bonding, well, they get really sensitive to light, too. I felt my hand close around my keys. I knew I should just leave. Just escape these crazies while I had the chance. But something told me it wasn't that easy, that there was more to it than some nutjobs in the woods. What is this? Who are these people? I glanced toward the staring pale woman, meaningfully. Jessica touched my chin gently. It's what I said. I've never lied to you about any of it. The one I have. I call him Jeffrey. He helps me with things, does things for me that I don't want to or I can't do myself. Helps me get what I want. I pulled back slightly. But why? Who are they? Where do they come from? Are they part of this call? Group. She smirked slightly and shook her head. No, they, well, I don't know who they are really. I mean, I could find out. But it doesn't matter who they once were. It's what they are now that matters. I felt a chill go down my spine. What are they? Her eyes twinkled in the dark. Their vessels, you could call them possessed, though that's a very crude term for what they really are. And rather than try to exercise them or destroy them, there are an enlightened few that have learned to use them to channel their abilities and appetites toward our own ends. My mouth hung open as I stared at her. Jess, that, that's insane. You don't really believe that, do you? She grinned at me. Of course I do. I've seen how it works. You can tell them what you want, what you need, and they'll make it happen. Even when you don't, they have this intuition. They'll always look out for you. Jessica nodded past me to the woman at the edge of the parking lot. She'll always look out for you. My voice shook as I pulled my keys out and went to unlock my door. I'm going. I have to go. I'm sorry, but my door was already unlocked. I always lock my door. Looking up at Jess, I saw her wince slightly. Yeah, they may have gone through your stuff a bit while we were busy. She raised her hands. All well intentioned, I assure you. Just makes it easier to keep tabs on you and make sure you don't need anything or, you know, make any rash decisions. She leaned in closer because this gift, this group, it's still a very private and personal thing. We don't want outsiders in our business. Right. Yanking opened my door the rest of the way. I got in quickly. Right. Yeah, sure. I slammed the door shut without waiting for a response and backed out of my spot. As I pulled away and shot down the road, I heard Jessica yelling after me. It was so great seeing you. I'll call you tomorrow. And she did. And the next day. And the day after that, at first I was resistant to answering. And when I did answer, I was resistant to talking. I knew she had to be crazy or at least brainwashed, but I thought maybe if I talked to her, then over time I could get her to understand how insane it all was. Then I saw the pale woman outside my office one morning, standing in the bushes, barely visible. She watched me as I entered the building. The next day, I noticed her at the grocery store as I was driving away. It's so strange. She never approaches me. And I haven't dared to approach her, but no one else seems to even notice her, despite the pale skin beneath her hooded sweatshirt or the odd goggles she always wears. It's almost like being haunted by a ghost only I can see. Then four days ago, Bonnie Sutter died. She worked at my job, and while we'd once been workplace friends, that all changed when she got promoted instead of me. No more joking or going to lunch, just hard looks, condescending meetings, and constant undermining, as though it wasn't enough that she had won. She had to make sure I lost too. They found her in a park two miles from her house.  And there were no suspects or known motives for what had happened to her. Just a random act of violence, some monster that had found easy prey. I went to her wake, just like everyone else. I pretended to mourn her, just like everyone else. But how could anyone really miss her that much? She wasn't a good person.  Not like me. Not like Jessica, for that matter. Weird as she may be, she really was my friend again. And when I got word I was getting the vacated position at work, Jessica was the first one I called. That's so great. See, I told you, good stuff is going to start happening for you. I was smiling into the phone, but I felt an uneasy rumble in my belly. But if she did it, if my woman did it, doesn't it mean that I did it really? I mean, she killed her because it would help me, right? Jessica's voice was more serious when she answered. Yeah, it helped you, sure.  Don't you deserve some help? And would you rather these helpers, well, if they were left to their own devices, they'd hurt a lot of people that didn't deserve it. At least this way, you can point them toward good causes, only hurt the ones that have earned it, the ones that get in your way. I swallowed. Um, I guess. But what if I tell them what to do? What then? Aren't I to blame? No, not at all. They're still choosing to do it, right? And again, it's for your own good, for the world's own good, if you care about all that. After all, how can helping a good person be bad for the world? Oh, okay. Well, how do I do it? Do what? Um, ask them for something. She laughed. Oh, that's easy. I'll text you a number. You just call it in and say the special phrase. That's it. In a little while, your girl will show up and hear whatever you have to tell her. They aren't much for talking, but they listen very well. I felt my heart quickening. Okay, what's the special thing I have to say? Skin like paper, eyes like pins, take from me, my deepest sins. That's it? That's it. Easy as fallen.  She didn't return the laugh. If you like. I just made the call a few moments ago. A few moments ago, I'm excited and scared at the same time. But that's all right. Isn't it? I've been scared so much in my life, worried about what I had to lose, what might be taken from me. But now, now I'm just afraid of being happy. Terrified that I'm finally going to make the world give me what I deserve. Jess is right. I can control where this goes, control where I go. I bet this is how little baby birds feel, scared and happy at the same time, right before they fall, right before they fly. Oh, I have to go. There's a knock at the door.


This is why Pedro Pascal is daddy, according to psychology. People are attracted to those they perceive as being similar to them. Do they see things the same way you do? I mean, that is before their eyes get squished out. And judging by the results when you google Pedro Pascal in Relateability, this theory holds up. Also, scientifically speaking, dads can get it, even those that aren't covered in metal armor or fighting mushroom zombies. One study showed that dads that take on more child-rearing responsibilities have more and better sex. And another showed that women found 45-year-old men to be hotter if they had two kids versus none.


As luck would have it, you need to see a letter written by Churchill that's only available at the London Metropolitan Archive. And like most archival documents, it hasn't been digitized, and you can't get it online. Your main options now are to wait days or possibly weeks for a scan from the archive, jump on a plane to see it in person, postpone your research, or shift gears and pursue other lines of inquiry. As a researcher, you're often working with document request websites that look like these. It would be great if the scan request process could be simplified. Moreover, the need for convenient remote access without need to travel is even greater during the current pandemic. Many archives are closed to in-person researchers, and universities have instituted strict travel restrictions that make it even more difficult to visit collections in person. Or on the flip side, imagine you're working in an archive. While you're eager to share your collections with researchers, you're constantly trying to keep up with an email box that's chock-full of document scan requests. If you're lucky, you have a dedicated scan request system to help you manage, but it's still often difficult to keep up with the sheer volume of requests. Even if you manage to keep track of all the requests coming in, some of your patrons may be turned away by systems that are difficult to navigate, require signing up for yet another account, or have unclear pricing. Right now, this is all the norm, and no one's really questioned why it has to be so difficult. This is why we have developed Sorcery. Sorcery is a platform that gives researchers convenient access to the documents they need, cheaper, faster, and with less hassle. Now add COVID into the mix. Travel is grounded, buildings are closed, and access to sources has never been more difficult. Archival professionals all over the world have had to work in creative ways to find ways to share their resources with researchers needing access. Sorcery also gives the ability to serve more patrons using a helpful and simple platform. Sorcery is designed to work in two different ways. First, the institutional researcher model. With Sorcery access through any device, a researcher seeking a document can simply type in the information for the document they need. Other researchers with a Sorcery account, who are located near the archive where the document sits, can claim the job, call the document from the archives, take scans of it from within the Sorcery app, and send the scans back to the researcher who made the request. For the institutional model, archives would have their own dedicated account, and Sorcery would become the archive's main in-house system for handling document requests. Under this model, the researcher makes a request from their laptop or mobile device. Sorcery locates the document in the correct archive, and the archivist has a simple platform that allows them to scan and share the document with the researcher. Any fees the archive wishes to charge are seamlessly collected by Sorcery on the archive's behalf, and the archive no longer needs to handle credit card payments or other methods of charging for requests. Without Sorcery, researchers have to follow each archive's unique instructions for requests and create a profile for each institution, or figure out how to contact the archive directly and request a scan. This also means usernames and passwords to remember for every single institution. With Sorcery, researchers are able to request documents across multiple institutions using the same platform and a single login. Sorcery doesn't just do the heavy lifting of untangling the request process for the researcher, it also aims to help the archive. With Sorcery's streamlined institutional dashboard, requests are neatly organized in a queue. Sorcery also utilizes Stripe, a widely trusted and secure payment system, to handle small dollar transactions that would otherwise take up valuable time and resources. While large, well-funded institutions may wish to provide scans free of charge, many small and medium-sized archives would like to generate revenue from document scan requests, but currently lack an efficient means of doing so. Sorcery launched in beta in December 2019, serving archives in Boston, New York, and Stores, Connecticut. In January of this year, we had the first successful request passed to the platform, and almost 400 users have signed up since launch. The reception from academic researchers, our main user base, has been overwhelmingly positive. Sorcery's early success, however, was cut short by the pandemic. When archives all around the world remain closed in the spring, we quickly began developing the institutional version of Sorcery for use by archives and collecting institutions. The institutional version is on track to be completed by the end of January. In early 2021, we plan to begin rolling out the institutional version on a free trial basis and a select number of archives. Operating under both the institutional model and the individual researcher model, Sorcery seeks to break down existing barriers between researchers and non-digitized documents in a way that benefits multiple stakeholders in the archival research community. Sorcery is open source and not for profit. Ultimately, we hope that Sorcery will become a core piece of archives infrastructure. A key part of our approach is to build Sorcery in collaboration with the researchers and institutions who use it. In particular, we have worked closely with archives and libraries as we develop the institutional version of Sorcery. This fall, in partnership with North Eastern University Library, we hosted a series of virtual workshops over boat access to archives that was attended by archivists and administrators from a range of collecting institutions and potential users. Both the workshops and the ongoing development of Sorcery have surfaced a number of difficult questions surrounding issues of access, copyright, archivist labor, and the ways in which research has changed dramatically since the advent of the smartphone. In developing Sorcery, we want to help solve some of these long-standing problems in a way that benefits the larger community of researchers. We want Sorcery to become a useful tool, but we also want to create new channels for access to archives and special collections and simplify request options for researchers, challenge the conventional financial model of archives and special collections, and create new means for funding. Help facilitate and in some ways formalize transactions between archives, researchers, and others which are already happening off the books. Make use of quicker and cheaper technologies to fulfill information needs that are different from traditional archival practices and facilitate a more accessible, equitable, and sustainable archival research landscape. Almost all of these issues predate the COVID-19 crisis, which in addition to being a public health crisis has also become a budget crisis and a crisis in access to sources for research. Many different fields will be permanently changed by the pandemic. Archival research likely will be as well. However, the pandemic also gives us an opportunity to think about how we can change the research landscape for the better. The Sorcery team includes researchers with extensive experience in both developing software and conducting archival research. We are a diverse team of scholars, developers, designers, librarians, and archivists. The very people Sorcery is designed to help. Collectively, we understand the issues researchers and archivists face because we've experienced them firsthand. Tom Sheinfeld is a historian who previously developed Omeca and Zotero, two popular academic software platforms, each with tens of thousands of users across the globe. Lead developer Brian Daly has nearly two decades experience in web and app development. Brooke Gimmel is an experienced web and user interface designer who also previously worked in the archives. Greg Colotti of UConn Library has long been at the forefront of digital collections management. Sarah Sykes, former digital projects editor for the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society, has extensive experience in museums and libraries. Wes Hamrick works in digital humanities and has extensive experience conducting archival research on 18th century British and Irish literature. 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others with a more secular approach who have also been very successful. Let's take Warren Buffett of Omaha, Nebraska. If you had put $10,000 in 1965 into his company, Berkshire Hathaway, you would have one million today. Warren was a chapter in my 1972 book, Supermoney, so I've known him a long time. He learned his trade with Ben Graham, the original dean of security analysis at Columbia University. I don't think Warren has ever been on television until this interview, and he has certainly never courted publicity, but recently he got a lot of it when he emerged as the key figure in the takeover of ABC by Capital Cities. Warren will be the largest shareholder of the new company, and his own net worth is now far in excess of $500 million. But when I spoke with him last fall in his office in Omaha, he very characteristically made his investment style seem so perfectly simple. The first rule of an investment is don't lose, and the second rule of an investment is don't forget the first rule, and that's all the rules there are.  Warren, what do you consider the most important quality for an investment manager? It's a temperamental quality, not an intellectual quality. You don't need tons of IQ in this business.  You need a stable personality. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd, because this is not a business where you take polls. It's a business where you think. And Ben Graham would say that you're not right or wrong because a thousand people agree with you, and you're not right or wrong because a thousand people disagree with you.  Warren, what do you do that's different than 90% of the money managers who are in the market? Certainly most of the professional investors focus on what the stock is likely to do in the next year or two, and they have all kinds of arcane methods of approaching that, but they do not really think of themselves as owning a piece of a business. But the real test of whether you're investing from a value standpoint or not is whether you care whether the stock market is open tomorrow. If you're making a good investment in a security, it shouldn't bother you if they close down the stock market for five years. All the ticker tells me is the price, and I can look at the price occasionally to see whether the price is outlandishly cheap or outlandishly high, but prices don't tell me anything about a business. Business figures themselves tell me something about a business, but the price of a stock doesn't tell me anything about a business. I would rather value a stock or a business first and not even know the price so that I'm not influenced by the price in establishing my valuation, and then look at the price later to see whether it's way out of line with what my value is. So Buffett chose to stay in this world, Omaha, Nebraska, where corn grows just minutes from downtown. Now Omaha is a nice town, but nobody claims it's a world financial center, and here the only thundering herd is actually on four feet. Don't you find Omaha a little bit off the beaten track for the investment world? Well, believe it or not, we get mail here and we get periodic goals, and we get all the facts needed to make decisions, and unlike Wall Street, you'll notice we don't have 50 people coming up and whispering in our ear that we should be doing this or that this afternoon. You appreciate the lack of stimulation here. I like the lack of stimulation. We get facts, not stimulation here. How can you stay away from Wall Street? Well, if I were on Wall Street, I'd probably be a lot poorer. You get overstimulated on Wall Street, and you hear lots of things, and you may shorten your focus, and a short focus is not conducive to long profits, and here I can just focus on what businesses are worth. And I don't need to be in Washington to figure out what the Washington Post newspaper is worth, and I don't need to be in New York to figure out what some other company has worth. It's simply, it's an intellectual process. And the less static there is in that intellectual process, really the better off you are. What is the intellectual process? The intellectual process is defining your level, defining your area of competence and valuing businesses, and then, within that area of competence, finding whatever sells at the cheapest price in relation to value. And there are all kinds of things I'm not competent to value, but there are a few that I am competent to value. Have you ever bought a technology company? No, I really haven't. In 30 years of investing, not one? I haven't understood any of them. So you haven't ever owned, for example, IBM? Never owned IBM. Marriott's company, I mean a sensational company, but I haven't owned IBM. And so here is this technological revolution going on, and you're not going to be a participant. It's gone right past me. Is that all right with you? It's okay with me. I don't have to make money in every game. I mean I don't know what cocoa beans are going to do. There are all kinds of things I don't know about, and that may be too bad, but why should I know all about them? I haven't worked that hard on them. In securities business, you literally every day have thousands of the major American corporations offered you at a price and a price that changes daily, and you don't have to make any decisions.  So you, there are no called strikes in the business.  In the securities business, you sit there and they throw a US Steel at 25, and they throw General Motors at 68, and you don't have to swing at any of them. They may be wonderful pitches to swing at, but if you don't know enough, you don't have to swing. And you can sit there and watch thousands of pitches, and finally you get one right there where you want it, something that you understand, and then you swing. And so you might not swing for six months? You might not swing for two years. Isn't that boring? It would bore most people, and certainly boredom is a problem with most professional money managers. If they try to sit out on anything or two, not only do they get somewhat antsy, but their clients start yelling swing you from the stands, and that's very tough for people to do. Warren, your approach seems so simple. Why doesn't everybody do it? Well, I think partly because it is so simple. The academics, for example, focus on all kinds of variables. Partly because... By academics, you mean professors of finance and business school? Sure, and the data is there.  There are all these variables because the data are there, and they learn how to manipulate data. And as a friend of mine says to a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And once you have these skills, you just are dying to utilize them in some way, but they aren't important. If I were being asked to participate in a business opportunity, would it make any difference to me whether I bought it on a Tuesday or a Saturday or an election year or something? It's not what a businessman thinks about in buying businesses. So when I think about it when buying stocks, because stocks are just pieces of businesses.


A car plowed into a crowd celebrating the election victory of Liberia's President-elect Joseph Boakai in the capital Monrovia overnight November 20, killing two people and injuring around 18 others. Two hospital staff said.It was not immediately clear if the incident, which took place outside Boakai's party headquarters, was deliberate or an accident. A video of the aftermath shared on Facebook showed badly injured people sprawled over the road and pavement outside the Unity Party office, Boakai, 78, a former vice president, narrowly defeated President George Weah in the November 14 presidential runoff, securing 50.64 percent of the votes cast, according to the Election Commission's final results. The election has passed largely without incident and will mark only the second democratic transfer of power in Liberia in more than seven decades, the first. This is when Weah swept to power six years ago.


You guys remember when there were seven crewmates? Yeah, me too. Like seven or eight episodes ago. We're down to five now. Gonna have to start throwing some job applications out there because this is getting disastrous. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the channel. My name is Jack the Buster. I, Shinobi, have episodes 241, 242 over one piece. Watch today. The last one, Robin announced to Sanji and Chopper that she's leaving the crew as well. But we're gonna hop right into it. If you're new to the channel, drop us up and hit that big blue bell. And let's get started with the episodes. What, did he just lead them all to them? But he just didn't follow them. Why didn't Luffy just stretch to a roof, man, and take them with him? We gotta run down the friggin' streets. That's what I'm sayin'. Oh, this seems much more difficult. He's holding on with his toes, bro. Put those grippers away! Damn, he's got the grip of a champ. A little more. Dog! All right, you're good. Oh, now that they're just messing with you, Luffy. Chopper! He wants to buy timber? Bro, Usopp. Dude, he's batting down the hatches. Oh, no. This is so sad. What, are you a bumpkin? Is that his stomach? The merchant. Like he's choosing this one for eating? This is so sad! He just wants to hold on to Mary. He's such a champ. Sir, please help him! Please! Do you have a cart or something, please? Give him some energy. What a nice guy! Oh, Usopp. This makes me so damn sad, man. Just can't let go. Can't show Mary's face like the ship is worried. Yeah, that's true. You can fly in the sky, you can handle a little sun. Jesus! Did Buddy just remember what happened? He's like remembering that he was mad at Luffy in Galila? Is it because he just got refilled? Refueled? They pronounce it like Bruno. What are with the people in Water 7, man? How idiot's thing? Group meeting without Sanji. Dude, Sanji's the only other member missing right here. And it seems so small. Guys, we're gonna have to approach Polly in a reasonable manner to join the crew. We're not even just desperate for a ship right at this point. We're desperate for anybody. So Sanji's just gonna go off and try to find Robin? Oh, you're just now breaking this, okay. Yeah. Oh my god. That's true. Robin, they knew had like a darker past and she's been involved in weirder stuff. Zoro once again remaining or remaining as the rock of the crew.  They're gonna go back.  At what time? Midnight? I remember. 10? 11? I don't know. Finish the job. Yeah, so she could frame them even more. That's true. Yeah. Or maybe she wanted them to think that way. You don't know. You have to prepare for anything. Screwing yourself over. Zoro's so badass, man. I like the clouds. Oh, that's the title of the first opening. I hate myself. Chopper has just had a consistent worried face the past like 20 episodes. Chopper so straightforward. Or she owes them something. How do we do it? Yeah, because even a Saanji had asked when she approached them. She wouldn't have said anything. Oh man. The sun sets. Oh my God, the sun really sets. Yeah. It's going down. The wind is so strong. Tell me that it doesn't sound like Bonklein. Wait, that's Franky. Franky sounds like Bonklein, bro. No, that random dude in the crowd sounded like Bonklein earlier too. I would not be shocked if they showed a voice actor. Are they walking like that? Maybe that's why I thought Franky's voice sounded so weird or like it didn't fit him as much because I'm thinking of Bonklein. They have to watch sideways because the wind pushes them. Oh my God. That makes way more sense now. It actually makes a lot of sense. Oh, here we go. The rest of the Franky crew. Franky family. Nobody does that. He assumes that he's got rid of everybody except for Usa. Oh no. Tell me he doesn't go to Mary. No. No. His band got... Man. The warehouse under the bridge. Whoa, Franky.  Dude, his eye looks crazy. Pumped him, dumped him in the background, bro. Oh man, out in the sunsets. Watch the sunset. It's good word. This is like a fortress to stay safe in. Oh shoot. Gotta help Doosup. Special bed. Oh, this town is prep-prep. I see. So people don't just go like high up. They straight up have like a vault to go in. Yeah. So is Iceberg just staying in Galila? Oh yeah. Just staying in Galila. If it's high up enough, it's fine. Actually, Galila is like the tallest point in the city, isn't it? From one of the... All the stories and rumors and whatnot are spreading as they naturally would. They're just all standing outside? What? Guys, Aqua Laguna is coming. What are you doing? Does it matter this high up? The board on the window. What patchwork is that? They ready, ready. Damn, I don't know how Robin and whoever the person from CP9 is going to do this. There's a lot of people guarding him. They gotta be here. They're still under the impression that Luvian them are trying to. Ugh. And the whole thing with Frankie, those were rinsed into it because now they're going to draw Luvian all them to the warehouse. That's how people see you. Thank you! Oh my God! I've been waiting for that question! Holy! Kalimba and B. That's it? Oh. Alright. That doesn't really, you know, clear up much, but okay. It still seems like a personal grind. Like you have history. Ooh. Ooh, look how pretty the city is. Things are getting spicy. That's what I think for everything in this show. It just stretches arms. Easy. Oh, there's Robin. Whoever the person from CP9 is. They're a freaking unit too.  Wait, I can just pause. Do I get a look at what they look like? Come on. What is that, man? What is that mass? Okay. I see why it was a fast cut. Alright. Well, night falls upon Water 7 and a chaos to come with it, I'm assuming. I'm excited again to it. I'm very nervous. Let's run it. Episode 242.


Good morning. Welcome to CMC markets on Friday the 18th of September and this quick look at the week ahead beginning the 21st of September Before we get started obviously do the usual housekeeping, disclaimers and what have you But I think one of the things that I have taken away from this week's price action in equity markets is that Despite the gains of last week. We really struggled to make any inroads Into further upside particularly for European markets. We've tried to go higher but Essentially we've lacked an awful lot of momentum and also with respect to US stocks. I think there is still quite a bit of concern about The lack of Political consensus within the US ahead of the US election on Any sort of new stimulus program and its concerns about the resilience of the US Economic recovery this week's retail sales data out of the US pointed to a bit of a slowdown Which I think is not altogether surprising given that The stimulus program of six hundred dollars a week Ended at the end of July so disposable income Is always going to be a little bit tighter? Heading into August and that's really been borne out in the consumer confidence numbers and more broadly I think in the retail sales numbers even though the the jobs market has continued to hold up fairly well Prevailing narrative for the past week or so I think there's been on the fact that the Bank of Japan the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England really didn't offer too much In the way of guidance about further stimulus so you could argue that the Bank of England in opening up the negative rates locker Did help to push the pound down to its lows of the week and Given the fact that Last in in last week's video. I said that the Bank of England Wouldn't be going down the negative rate route That really that comment hasn't really aged that well that being said just because they're looking to Work with the regulator to try and make negative rates work doesn't mean that they will be able to having said that Why put in all that effort to try and investigate an Outcome which might see them work if you're not seriously thinking about doing it Is that being said experience has taught us and I don't really want this to be a rent about negative rates But I just can't help myself It's not worked in Switzerland. It's not worked in Japan. It's not worked in Europe It's not worked in Sweden and in fact in Sweden with the ricks bank they pulled their rates back out of negative territory and pushed them back to 0% because of the damage it was doing to the Swedish financial system yet here we are These super brains of the Bank of England somehow think because it's failed everywhere else. That doesn't matter It doesn't matter. We're going to have a look at it. We're going to give it a try Because we can make it work when everyone else hasn't been able to anyway run over So I think with respect to that there are obviously They're obviously looking to try and keep the option on the table The reality is that it's going to be very very difficult for the Bank of England to push rates into negative territory Without significant damage and blowback in the UK financial system. So What does that mean for the pound? Well at the moment you can see the instance when The Bank of England talked about looking at negative rates You've got that big spike down there and the daily candle which went all the way down to 128 60 And then we closed Back towards the upside now some people will say that was because Ursula von der Leyen That of the European Commission said that she still saw the prospect that a trade deal was possible Let's be clear about this It's in neither party's interest to take the prospect of a trade deal off the table Europe is in trouble economically the UK is in trouble economically Politicians will not be forgiven if they don't work past their differences and try to come to some form of accommodation As we head in head towards year-end now they talk about an October deadline Ultimately the EU does what the EU always does they always work up to and beyond a deadline There will be some form of mechanism put in place to try and smooth over any speed bumps any potholes Um between the UK and the EU now how they do that? Hard to say but at the moment this area of support down at one around about 127 60 looks fairly solid for the time being so All of the political noise notwithstanding the price action is telling me That the pound is continuing to find support at higher levels from this daily chart here If we can now break back through 130 20 Then we could well see further gains back towards 132 now that could be as a result of a weaker dollar Certainly, I think there was widespread disappointment on the part of investors As to the federal reserve stance when it came to its own meeting earlier in the week But in reality, what else could the Fed have done we're six weeks away from the US presidential election They will not want to appear to be seen to be partisan And in that context, I think the least the Fed could have done was exactly what they did do Which is absolutely nothing while at the moment keeping the prospect of easy monetary policy out to 2023 2024 on the table You know if the markets want more than that they're going to have to wait the market You know investors have to stop behaving like spoiled toddlers every time central banks don't give them what they want eventually That stimulus will probably come the market's way. They're not going to be tightening policy anytime soon So it's unlikely That markets are going to collapse under the weight of their own valuations That being said that doesn't necessarily mean we can't fall further at the moment If we look for example at the NASDAQ we can see that it's close to a fairly key support level These series of lows through here around about 10 930 that low there that low there and that low there Is flirting a little bit with the 50 day moving average? Hasn't conclusively broken below it. It has it is below it at the moment But you have to look at it in the round You have to look at it in the context of the s and p 500 Which is still above this 50 day moving average and in classic Dow theory The averages need to confirm each other and the s and p 500 is still above this 50 day moving average and as such Also above a very key support level in 3300 so keep an eye on these lows here on the NASDAQ but also Keep an eye on the 50 day moving average and this trend line support From the lows here and the lows here that we saw earlier in september For any indications that we could stop be starting to break lower Also, have a look at these share prices of Companies like apple facebook and what have you and look where their 50 day moving averages are Relative to the price action and the price action is above all of them So there is a distinct correlation between the performance of these big tech stocks And obviously the underlying indices that they are in so At the moment, we're still very much in by the dip mode for us stock markets despite concerns about current valuations if we look at the DAX Similar sort of story look at the price action. It's a very very tight There's an awful there's not an awful lot of range there and the one time we did try and break lower It was very very short lived and we actually closed more or less where we open so at the moment There's an awful lot of uncertainty. There's not much momentum in either direction And as a result that means that we're still very much in the uptrend that we've been in for the past few weeks It's a similar sort of story But see 100 is in this downward channel Um, it's towards the top end of the downward channel, but nonetheless We're still at the upper end of this recent range that we've been in over the course of the past two or three months So i'm anticipating further range trading Going forward For the major indices now in terms of what we're looking at later this week There's not much To really get the old creative and excited juices flowing. Obviously this week. We had central banks bank of japan Bank of england um, and the federal reserve we also saw Some fairly resilient uk economic data retail sales rose for the fourth month in succession Yeah, the jobs numbers Um, the unemployment numbers did go to a four-year higher 4.1 on the ilo measure The actual real measure is probably higher than that And jobless claims numbers have continued to rise Which with the expiry of the furlough in october could see a significant Rise even further assuming of course that the chance for the exchequer doesn't bring out any mitigating um policies to try and offset the impact of a sharp rise in the jobs numbers So the key things i'm keeping an eye out for the coming week ahead are French and german flash PMIs uk flash PMIs manufacturing and services Um, there's a german ifo business climate survey These are all in 23rd the PMIs and the 24th the ifo We've also got weekly jobless claims On the 24th of september as well. So in terms of macro Pretty light in terms of earnings numbers We've got kingfisher Cineworld and nike. There's a couple of key companies that i'm Keeping a close eye on So the overall macro picture Let's look At euro dollar because we've got some flash PMIs coming out Later in the week from france and germany and obviously some of the concerns about Um stock market valuations and risk off that we've seen this week Have been as a result of talk of new localized and targeted lockdowns As well as curfews quarantines that they appear to be coming more commonplace Not only here in the uk But also in france and spain where infection rates are really starting to get worryingly high World hold the world health the world health Organization is also warned about the alarming rise in coronavirus cases across europe as we head into the autumn, but This was always going to happen. This was always going to happen. We're testing more A lot more than we were in march and april So when you see all these spectacular Sensationalist headlines about you know the infection rates higher than it was you know in in In march and april well, of course it is because we're testing more the r-rate is still lower The r-rate was an awful lot higher in march april and may When the pandemic was at its height. We just weren't testing anywhere near as much because we didn't have the capacity now that we're testing more Obviously that capacity is being stretched to the limit by increased capacity As is the the lab results in terms of trying to get those results back quickly So it's not just the uk government That's struggling with this and you know, there's plenty of reasons to criticize the uk government. I mean Governments themselves in glory anywhere not just the uk the u.s. Administration, france, germany Running out of capacity some people are going for tests don't need to go for tests which is obviously overburdening the system The big Number the important numbers to keep an eye out for not so much the infection rates hospital admissions And deaths now hospital admissions are going up in marseille and france That is a concern and obviously that's why you're getting these localized talk of new localized and targeted lockdowns Over the course of the next few weeks a month and that is likely To continue to weigh On certain sectors namely travel stocks Leisure stocks, that's why you're starting to see them come under further pressure Over the course of the net over the course of the last few days That's why ryan air has cut capacity again in october And and could well continue to do so as we head into the winter months. So there will be more Stimulus measures from governments as we head into the autumn as virus infection rates go up. What does that mean for pmi's? It means that pmi's particularly services are going to come back under pressure After the big rebounds that we've seen in the summer We've got france and germany. There's already evidence there that pmi's are starting to taper off in france We saw services slow down from 57.3 in july to 51.5 in august Given the direction of travel that we've seen in the case of infection rates over the course of the past three or four weeks That it could well actually see a dip into contraction territory In september So I think it's important to understand that as we come to the end of q3 q4 is going to be much more challenging when it comes for when it comes to The resilience of the recovery that we've seen in the wake of the absolute lockdowns that we saw in march and april And that's going to be true just as it is for manufacturing as it is the services uk flash pmi's have been slightly more resilient in august services activity for the uk Had a five-year higher 58.8 Now with e-touch to help out in august that obviously helped In terms of the september numbers we could see a little bit of a slowdown From that if we come into if we come anywhere near the loads of mid fifties I think we'll be doing well there given the fact that there's The uk recovery has been slightly lagging behind the rest of europe because we released our lockdown measures slightly later so They're they are they are you know these pmi's are likely to be key bellwothers of what's to come Further down the pipe in terms of the effect on the euro 50 day moving average again is acting as a decent support level We did break below this neckline very very briefly before coming back above it, but it's becoming quite apparent This 119 level is proving to be a little bit of a barrier And again my head and shoulders Scenario is still very much valid But we do need to consolidate a move below 190 below below this neckline here the 50 day moving average To target and move back to 116 if we look at the euro index This is a particularly interesting chart We draw a trend line from the lows in february We're on the cusp of breaking a potential support for euro, which could herald in a significant Um period of euro weakness if we break below this 1030 area here This could be a sideways consolidation Or it could just be a simple break of an upward trend line. Nonetheless This is likely to be a key support area for the euro a break of which Could signal in about of euro weakness going forward So keeping an eye on that and that could also play into the euro sterling play That's seen a significant sell-off in that over the course of the past few days um Try to break through 92 70 80 has come all the way back here finding support in 90 80 So that's the next key support level on euro sterling as long as we as long as we remain below 91 70 80 Then we could well see further losses there back to around about 89 and a half I you know, I find it I think it's very easy For people to be bearish about sterling It's very much a contrarian position to be slightly bullish simply because I think there's an awful lot of negative narrative around the pound um, and as such The pound is very susceptible to short squeezes as we've seen this week If we can break above 130 20 in cable Then we could see a move back to 132 And certainly given the very sharp reaction of those lows there. It suggests there is some um, there is some residual short positions still out there Um, we've also got german ifo business climate. It's due out on the 24th German government has pledged to continue its fiscal plans to support the german labor market until the end of 21 2021 which should in the face of it be supportive but If you're worried about a slowdown in the economy localised lockdowns and what have you Then it's highly likely that you're not going to be particularly incentivised to Invest in your business as you head into the winter months So that's certainly something to keep an eye out for going forward. So I would certainly expect um Certainly expect the dollar To continue to remain a little bit on the south side Now that could benefit the euro certainly in terms of the rebounds that we've seen in the dollar at the moment They're very hard one But at the moment the euro hasn't been particularly strong either so You've got a little bit of conflicting signals when it comes to Dollar strength or weakness and euro strength or weakness And that's why I think it's important to look at the dollar the dollar index and the euro index Try and give a steer on the next move on that particular currency pair And that's one of the beauties of these new index products. They do give you a much broader Outline of what's put you know What what the next likely move in a particular currency might be certainly on a more trade-weighted basis Jobless claims again It's a tricky one this one because They're they're still solidly below a million But the declines that we're seeing are tending to be an awful lot more nuance a lot more muted. We've seen 860,000 and the latest jobless claims numbers. It's only down around about 30 000 from the previous week So it does appear that the jobless claims increases are starting to level off At a very very at this very very high rate And ultimately that's not sustainable It essentially means that they're probably they're probably gonna plateau in and around this sort of level And if you want an economic recovery in the u.s You need to see these numbers come down an awful lot faster And that doesn't appear to be happening and it's not likely to happen Unless we get some movement on some form of fiscal stimulus um from u.s politicians, but And unfortunately, I don't really see much evidence of a datont On that particular measure in terms of the earnings numbers. We've got cine world one of the One of the sectors that's been Worst affected by the corona virus shutdowns cinemas have reopened albeit You have to wear a mask Which is not my idea of fun and you go into the cinema Now there has been some speculation that cine world could be subject to a takeover bid from a big hollywood studio Um, certainly with the shares of record lives. It is a bargain, but it's a bargain for a reason It's carrying an awful lot of debt so um, you know, there could be some truth in that given recent changes to um us us regulation when it comes to the release of With the release of movies, but I don't hold out much hope there's too much risk involved and I think The uh The the the numbers that the first half numbers that are due out Um this week are not likely to paint a particularly pretty picture Even though cinemas have started to reopen on a fairly albeit on a fairly limited basis We've also got nike's latest numbers Certainly the loss that they posted in q4 hasn't held their share price back digital sales again have been a big driver of um A lot of companies outperformance in the retail space If we look at the if we look at the um the last set of numbers Um digital sales saw a rise of 75 in q4 So I think that is the direction of travel That is likely to continue to help drive these sorts of gains this week. We've seen big gains um in or decent numbers I should say from the likes of h&m next and um Inditex who own who owns are all as a result of Decent performance on the part of their online businesses. They prove themselves to be able to adapt To the changing retail um The changing face of retail when it comes to Physical stores and online and it's been the same story for king fisher who were reporting their first-off numbers as well I mean king fishers had its fair share of problems owns b&q and screwfix um at its last set of numbers um ceo teary garnier reported a 66 four in four-year profits, but king fisher Stores were allowed to stay open in april And this is seen online sales surge so I think that will continue to be the case and king fisher is one of those companies that's that is actually employing new staff It's employed an extra 4 000 staff to deal with the extra workload from the boom in the online business So I think while its costs may have gone up So will its revenues and that's reflected in the rebound that we've seen in the share price So there is good news out there in the retail sector You just have to know where to look for it look behind the negative headlines There are pockets of good news out there. Tesco's is hiring An awful lot of new people as is amazon King fisher as well. So for all the for all the noise about job losses There is there are other entries on the other side of the ledger um, unfortunately the job losses at the moment Are outweighing the number of new jobs being created That being said, um, I think that's pretty much it for this week um Thank you. Uh, thank you all very much for listening that we just sign off with quickly putting up the disclaimer again now before we Before we sign off the end of another week and Hopefully look forward to a slightly more um interesting Trading week as we come to the end when we head towards the end of The third quarter of which obviously september is there the last month


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We have episode 22 today last last episode was a big one We saw the fight between Aaron and the female Titan Aaron ended up getting just eaten I guess and then Mikasa and Levi when chasing after them Levi said to just stay behind a little bit So I'm guessing we're gonna see like how they decide to go about things with this because it's a very Sketchy situation having Aaron just completely gone especially since that was probably the female Titan's goal Oh, he says Aaron probably dead I doubt it because that would be a bold move to kill the emcee like I'm telling you She's just using her stomach as like a backpack right now. Okay, just keep it. I go like a kangaroo Okay, guys, we're gonna go ahead and get started if you need a channel beach drop something hit that big boy bell So you don't miss any future episodes and let's just let's just hop right into it gotta fix my McDonald's heroine Yeah, I was about to say she does a very light jog now Yeah, the end of last episode Levi was like she tired Well, will he sir theme seems to think so I'm with me I hate that She saw the legs go down. Yeah, I mean Aaron's got experience being just chilling in a Titan's stomach Remember we watched that one girl die in the stomach. She was like, it's so hot.  Oh Oh He's got a tripper. Oh, maybe not. Oh, that's me cuz dude me cuz it's cooler than Levi.  I'd be bold Bro, what do you rip out? Did he get an eye? All right, I take it back. He's cooler than me He was so fast she couldn't harden her skin. I think she does she's just like you have got to protect the neck Well, it is hard. Well, it was her job to distract but now she just needs to oh She's actually gonna straight up. No, that wasn't part of the plan make a saw.  Oh, no It doesn't matter. He's flying a oh In the mouth.  No, no, no double tap. They got a finisher.  Yeah See there's the blood on the eyes again. I think it's just an artistic. I'm saying it's a deeper It's a deeper theme. It's a deeper meaning. We got to be looking into it, dude. Yep She's chasing oh She's crying that's creepy she just wanted a friend She just wanted a Titan friend dude. Oh, they got back. Oh shoot. That's awesome Well, yeah, she's hot. Oh, it's showing their families dude.  I take it back. You're horrible Remember when they brought that one lady's son's arm back? I know how would they do that? Oh? No That's that hit hard. I guess the most I've ever seen Levi grieve or any emotion. Yeah, other than anger Some maturity for more I mean I didn't need to cheer that quickly yeah good for our mean Not for a long geez dude died the entire team Levi died in like point two seconds, but bread girl is fine I need to know his name comments. I know you hate me for forgetting names. Who's the bald kids name? Ang okay, I'll call him Ang Forgot wants to go back just for the body Man I kind of get it respectful, but I mean so many people die dude. No, yeah, it's not worth it But I know Yeah, they can they know he's dead. It's not he's missing Well, they're not like floating on the right. We what is I saw that too. I Think it's he's staying on the rock. It was just weird. Oh Dude, they're in the scouts.  I don't know Disposable disposable sounds so inhumane, but it's true like people die so often. Oh god That's so unsettling all the boots. Oh Yikes. Oh my gosh, they went back to get him.  I don't I can't how much sympathy I give it your friends, dude But she's gonna do that just that just to get everyone else.  I'm GGs What are you gonna? Oh, he's actually fighting back bold. Oh, that's so Don't like that neighbor's kid Oh They're gonna dump the bodies they're gonna use the bodies this bait, aren't they? Oh That's gonna be so dark if they do. Oh, oh Bye There you go Mika saw because that's gotta save the day again The horse just walks up. What's going on?  I was like our miss is gonna start throwing bodies off before anyone realizes it Oh, that's that's dark, dude Yeah, you didn't have to say that you get a bit like hey, we're gonna save humanity I mean you could I couldn't they just toss like one like wouldn't one distract the Titan? You only have to dump all of them Yeah, okay, at least they tried one to start Oh, this is sad. What was comrades that Petra? Oh That's pretty that's rough those Levi's comrade man. That's wait. I saw like three fall off Yeah, I guess they're lighter now, too Man is scarred good guy Levi Dang, I thought he's gonna like slap him or reprimand him There's the bell CG. Oh I wonder if they're doing this so we can have a different perspective now because we saw those the scouts return Yeah, we actually know what it's I was gonna say earlier. I was like when they came back I bet they didn't bring all the bodies either That's the exact same Yeah Instance interesting flashback. So we're not much they're grown up now Little tweaks to their characters make them feel so much more grown up One of those anything more to that flashback room is literally just so you can see it in the new light I think that little like clutch of the stick is gonna be like a maybe a little cliffhanger It's over why he stopped we lost It's the same looking Yeah, they're all I can't wait those one day It's the exact same thing. They were complaining about. Yeah Taxes tax money's going to fatten up the Titans Levi 2020 It's like a cycle Yeah, like the kids just see them like the scouts is these invincible troops. Oh Oh, dude, they really did not have to do this This is so mean He's sweating need Levi's like dog. What do I say?  So now they're just like, okay Well, it's just like low. Let's just ask to like have him like I don't know Yeah, let's do some we got to do something about that dude.  I guess with a female Titan Well, that was because it kind of summed up the whole I think that that brought a nice like ending to it Because it wraps back around to the beginning of the show where it showed like a story Aaron and he was like he viewed the scouts in a certain way Then he realized that like other kids view them in the same way But it's just like it's not as all like oh, they're cool as as he seems or as they thought I mean, it's true in real life, too That some people like look at that stuff and and no matter what their reality is they're prideful for doing it Which is which is like Aaron and like even though he failed in like saving his comrades I guess or whatever. I still think Aaron doesn't have regrets. I don't think so.  Yeah Is a child in older skin pretty much Alright guys, that's going to be it for episode 22 of attack on time That was a really good nice kind of ending to that sort of arc I mean interesting to see what we get into because I believe there's only like there's only three more episodes in season one So it should be coming to some kind of I don't know climax conclusion. We'll see I don't know if I doubt it's just gonna ride a wave down for the end because it has to build to something I'm excited to see what we get into if you're new again Be sure to drop a sub check out Willie down below. We'll see you guys in the next one