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Scenes from an Australian Childhood
Performance of Rainforest Toccata by Gil Sullivan
Garden Orb Web
Rainforest Toccata
Lanterns on Lake Illawarra
Fire Haze at Gerringong
In this set of pieces for solo piano the composer recalls aspects of herritten from an adult's perspective, Scenes from an Australian Childhood depictsTarantella 3:15
Trees and Lightning 5:00
Garden Orb Web 5:00
Rainforest Toccata 3:30
Wombeyan Caves 5:30
Lanterns on Lake Illawarra 6:30
Fire Haze at Gerringong 6:00
1986 (World Premiere of Rainforest Toccata) Roy Howat
Eilen Joyce Room, University of Western Australia, Perth.
30 October 1988 (UK premiere of Rainforest Toccata) Roy Howat
2001 (World Premiere of Tarantella) Cordelia Williams
BBC Young Musician of the year
13 July 2002 (French premiere of Tarantella) Roy Howat
La Schola Cantorum Summer School, Paris, France.
16 July 2002 (Portuguese premiere of Tarantella) Roy Howat
Third International Piano Festival Aveiro, University of Aveiro, Portugal
21 August 2002 (Japanese premiere of Tarantella) Roy Howat
Kusatsu Concert Hall, Japan 23r
4 October 2002 (USA premiere of Tarantella) Scott McCarrey
McKay Auditorium, Brigham Young University, Hawaii.
6 October 2002 (Australian premiere of Tarantella) Roy Howat
11 August 2004 (Czech premiere of Tarantella) Roy Howat
Cesky Krumlov Festival, Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic.
28 April 2005 (Spanish premiere of Tarantella) Roy Howat
Osteguna, Spain.
29 April 2006 (Premiere of Garden Orb Web and Wombeyan Caves)Vladimir Stoupel
15 November 2007 (Premiere of Trees and Lightning) Scott McCarrey
15 November 2007 (World Premiere of Lanterns on Lake Illawarra) Scott McCarrey
10 May 2009 (UKGallery 3 at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England.
3 November 2013 (Premiere of Fire Haze at Gerringong) Wendy Hiscock
10 June 2016 (Australian premiere of Wombeyan Caves) Wendy Hiscocks
Town Hall, Gerringong, NSW
Other Performances of Tarantella
Roy Howat, 25 October 2002, Church of the Epiphany, Crafers, Adelaide, Australia.
Roy Howat, 27 October 2002, Jurlique Herb Farm, Mount Barker, South Australia.
Roy Howat, 10 February 2003, Keele, UK.
Roy Howat, 29 March 2003, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Scott McCarrey, 10 June 2003, Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City. Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival
Roy Howat on 27 April 2003 at Pangbourne College, UK
Scott McCarrey, 10 June 2003, Temple Square Concert Series, London
Roy Howat, 2004, Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Roy Howat, 21 January 2005, West Kilbride Music Club, Scotland
Roy Howat, 14 July 2005, Elder Hall, University of Adelaide, Australia.
Roy Howat, 27 July 2005, Ruskin Hall, Melba Conservatorium.
Scott McCarrey, 15 November 2007, Scott McCarrey, 10 May 2009, Gallery 3 at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Sally Mays, 19 April 2017, ABC FM broadcast.
Other performances of Trees & Lightning
Scott McCarrey on 10 May 2009 in Gallery 3 at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Other performances of Garden Orb Web
Vladimir Stoupel on 5 May 2006 in the Kleine Salle, Konzerthaus Berlin.
Other performances of Rainforest Toccata
Roy Howat, 16 February 1989, Glasgow University, Scotland
Roy Howat, 17 February 1989, Troon Arts Guild, Scotland
Roy Howat, 23 February 1989, University of Leeds, UK
Roy Howat, 27 February 1989, BBC Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London
Roy Howat, 16 April 1989, Chopin Society, London.
Roy Howat, 18 July 1989, University of Otago, New Zealand
Roy Howat, 4 August 1989, Christchurch Arts Centre, New Zealand
Roy Howat, 10 August 1989y Howat, 20 August 1989, Sydney Opera House, ABC 'Broadwalk', Sydney
Roy Howat, 23 August 1989oy Howat, 14 September 1989, Melba Hall, University of Melbourne
Roy Howat, 24 October 1989, St. Martin's in the Fields, London
Roy Howat, 17 February 1990, Newton Stewart & District Music Club, Scotland
Roy Howat, 3 March 1990, Hemsted Music Society, Kent
Roy Howat, 10 March 1990, BBC broadcast.
Roy Howat, 13 March 1990, Brunel University, London
Roy Howat, 18 March 1990, Cannizaro House, Wimbledon, London
Roy Howat, 21 March 1990, Leeds Institute Gallery, Leeds College of Music, UK
Roy Howat, 26 April 1990, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, UK
Roy Howat, 14 September 1990, Caterham School, Surrey, UK
Roy Howat, 16 September 1990, Maidstone, Kent, UK
Roy Howat, 13 November 1990, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Roy Howat, 26 November 1990, Queen's College, Flushing, New York
Roy Howat, 9 April 1992, University of Wollongong, Australia
Roy Howat, 30 April 1992, University of Sydney, Australia
Elizabeth Watson, 27 April 2014, Gippsland, Victoria
Other performances of Wombeyan Caves
Other performances of Lanterns on Lake Illawarra
Wendy Hiscocks, 19 May 2017, St. Mary-at-Hill, London.
Wendy Hiscocks, 25 May 2017, Steinways, London.
Wendy Hiscocks, 12 August 2017, Bundanoon Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Bundanoon, Australia.
Wendy Hiscocks, 20 August 2017, St. Jude's Music Association, Bowral, NSW.
Other performances of Fire Haze at Gerringong
Wendy Hiscocks, 10 July 2016, Gerringong Town Hall, Australia
View excerpt: Tarantella
View excerpt: Trees and Lightning
View excerpt: Garden Orb Web
View excerpt: Rainforest Toccata
View excerpt: Wombeyan Caves
View excerpt: Lanterns on Lake Illawarra
View excerpt: Fire Haze at Gerringong
NB. Piano solos in this collection are listed/recommended by the Sydney International Piano Competition for the Australian composition requirement.
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An appreciation of Adam Goldstein - DJ AM
by A.D. Amorosi, SPECIAL TO THE INQUIRER, Posted: August 29, 2009
Whether buying into Atlantic City nightclub or throwing the first pitch at a Phillies-Mets baseball game or spinning and mixing records for high-profile celebrity friends and fans, all Adam Goldstein - DJ AM - was trying to do after surviving a horrendous 2008 airplane crash was live his life and stay clean.
But Goldstein, a Philadelphia native who grew up in Rittenhouse Square, was found dead Friday evening at age 36 in his Manhattan apartment, where police found a crack pipe and prescription pills. He had been dealing with burn injuries received in the airplane crash and post-traumatic stress disorder he'd developed afterward.
Rock drummer Travis Barker, a friend of Goldstein's who also survived the crash that killed four others, had apparently recovered from the trauma. Barker has reunited with his band, Blink-182, which is selling out venues such as at a recent show at Camden's Susquehanna Center. Barker showed it could be done.
Mostly though, for those who knew his back story, DJ AM had been working hard to stay off the drugs that had marred his life nearly a decade before.
In Goldstein's case, it apparently couldn't be done.
He couldn't outrun the PTSD and his past battles with crack. He couldn't outrun the suicidal tendencies he discussed in magazines such as Glamour and The New York Times.
That's probably how he wound up dead in his apartment only days after throwing baseballs at the start of a Phillies-Mets game in Queens and spinning at the new Atlantic City club, Dusk, where he had become was a strategic partner.
You can't say DJ AM wasn't trying, however. He was selected to host an upcoming MTV network program about substance abuse intervention, "Gone Too Far." He also was staging interventions and was arranging treatment for drug addicts seeking help.
But show business was DJ AM's world - where he was the spinner du jour for private parties thrown by Jennifer Lopez, Leonardo di Caprio and the Ashton Kutcher/Demi Moore axis. But there was something touching about someone of his celebrity hosting a TV reality show that might actually help someone.
It appears that Goldstein just couldn't capture the real joy he'd brought to club habitués, dance floor doyennes and fellow musical artists since leaving Rittenhouse Square and schools such as Friends Central for Los Angeles at age 14. He just couldn't help himself.
Most knew DJ AM from his disc jockey-to-the-stars moniker or from finding him on the newsstand's gossip pages - what with his serial romancing of Nicole Richie (to whom he was engaged) and Mandy Moore. But there was more to DJ AM than being chased down by paparazzi.
If fans of Crazy Town's unsteadying rap-rock-electronic hit, "Butterfly," check the credits, they'll find that it was DJ AM manning the turntables and doing the scratching. Look and listen further and you find that his name in the metal-hip-hop mash-up stakes extend to artists like Papa Roach, Madonna and Will Smith.
The boy could spin. That's how he won his reputation, one he lent to the flashy Pure nightclub in Las Vegas before he bought part of Dusk in 2009.
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If h? H-to-the-Iz-NO.
DJ AM had chops as a scratcher and a spinner, plain and simple. Everything else - the gossip, the drugs - was beneath him. Nevertheless, talent couldn't win out and another worthwhile musician has apparently suuccumbed to crack's long dark shadow.
A.D. Amorosi, SPECIAL TO THE INQUIRER


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Helen C. Austin, 79, of Pasadena, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2004. She is preceded in death by sons Michael Wayne Austin and wife Yvonne, and James Allen Austin and wife Joy; sister Julia Jurica and husband Johnnon Sunday, March 7, 2004 at Grand View Funeral Home withMarch 8, 2004 at Grand View Funeral Home with Deacon Rob Stevens officiating. Interment to follow at Bethany Cemetery.


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This is hard coded in the script, but can be changed if needed.) The script is slow, because it walks the git history commit-by-commit, but for this one time task, it seems to be okay. It took 5 min 30 sec to generate the file.
I've attached the generated output below. It only contains rows after the `java/ql/src/meta/frameworks/Coverage.ql` was added. ~~We could probably get the stats from further back by copying the latest version of this file to the working directory. I'll try this...~~ I couldn't get the stats from further back, because I would not only need to backport the `Coverage.ql`, but some other predicates in `ExternalFlow.qll` too. (see https://github.com/github/codeql/pull/5371/files) @username_2 if we need those stats I can make the changes, it's probably a couple of hours of work.
[timeseries-java.csv](https://github.com/github/codeql/files/6597571/timeseries-java.csv)
[timeseries-java-packages.csv](https://github.com/github/codeql/files/6599233/timeseries-java-packages.csv)e. Happy to chat a bit mornecessary changes. The difference comes from the fact that the `.rst` is doing some grouping based on [`frameworks.csv`), while the timeseries report is currently using the package info directly coming from the [`Coverage.ql/meta/frameworks/Coverage.ql) quer use the framework.csv for the timeseries report too. The new output files are attached below. Let me know what you think.616569/timeseries-java-packages.csv)71/timeseries-java.csv)
@username_1, @username_2 Can you please double check the content of [frameworks.csv? Should we add any more entries to it before we start sharing reports that are based on this data? [Herelow-model-coverage.csv) is a (slightly outdated) list of packages that we cover.
I've compared the values between the two reports iUZDAFrWlch5FZ4T3c3-J-3-nVTkkq8JGmh-s21QBt04/edit?usp=sharing), and added two charts just to see the changesd frameworks file. I pushed it, and regenerated the reports. Here are the latest stats:221068/timeseries-java.csv)
Would `Apache HttpComponents Core` be an acceptable name for `org.apache.hc.core5.*`? The generator works with duplicate framework names, but it might look better in the RST report if all rows have different names.
This is the current RST file: [flow-model-coverage.rst.txt](https://github.com/github/codeql/files/6622136/flow-model-coverage.rst.txt)s discussed in the team meeting, different versions of the same framework have different package names, so ideally they should be grouped together under one name (Apache HttpComponentsnow, I've pushed the updated RST file to the PR, and here's the updated timeseries file: 9820: I tested this in [`dsp-testing/codeql-csv-coverage-pr-commenter run 925176386` ](https://github.com/dsp-testing/codeql-csv-coverage-pr-commenter/actions/runs/925176386).
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Apart from being able to publish to a repository, we want to be able to create a standalone library package that can then be shared using alternative channels.
- Libraries can be shared using other channels.
- It enables use-cases like sharing libraries for testing before releasing new version and similar onn extra button for mouse click on the linked controller
username_0: A new button for the controller that is activated by a left mouse click by default. It will make it easier and more natural to activate a sticker on a crane for example.
The new button can be placed at the center of the d-pad38/120831036-6a3ed600-c55f-11eb-87cf-24024da49d5Create and not from an add on mod? is from the dev branch of Create. I compiled it myself.
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<issue_comment>username_4: you shouldn't make suggestions on things that are not public or released yet.tion and sorry for all the fuss.-
For 0.3.0 we used to have a spoiler policy in the community channel, trying to minimize hype over unfinished/uncertain content.
Consider your idea noted internally- I will close the public issue so folks can stop piling on
Cheers much!<issue_closed> </s> <issue_


Home > Features > A calendar that moves flexo forward - The Noel D'Cunha Sunday Column...
A calendar that could quite easily be themed as Flexo Simplified is divided into sections that highlight the prowess of the technology. This includes: the substrates, the design, the artwork and repro, the printing and ink management, the sustainability quotient. And because it is a MacDermid Graphics Solutions calendar, it is also about the importance of flexo platemaking.
Embracing technology is not just an opportunity, but it has become essential in this day and age. Which is why the MacDermid Graphics Solutions calendar was created. The highlights: The screen ruling is 150 LPI and it’s rendered in CMYK OGV along with cold foil matt and gloss varnish as embellishment.
MacDermid Graphics Solutions, a global producer flexographic platemaking and printing solutions has printed 1000 copies of its 2022 calendar. The inspiration? To demonstrate flexo's capabilities as well as MacDermid LUX ITP 60 plate performance.
Prasenjit Das, the company’s cluster senior sales manager for South Asia shared with PrintWeek that "calendars are predominantly printed in offset because of high-quality graphics requirements. Through this initiative, we have successfully demonstrated that with LUX In-the-Plate (ITP) 60 plates and high-quality pre-press and printing, we can achieve better results with flexo."
Das is keenly aware of the new trends in the flexo industry. He speaks of high-quality graphics and run lengths getting shorter. Also, there is a greater emphasis on sustainability and a focus on environmental-friendly inks (water-based). In addition, there is a growing trend for printing with an extended colour gamut – CYMK OGV. He says, "Which is why printers are trying to limit their spot colour inventory." He feels the advances in flexo have been very exciting. These are the elements that have been poured into the calendar.
In a price-sensitive market such as India where every sq cm of a plate is a bargain. We asked him how he manages to provide cost-efficiency and value addition. He said, "The biggest challenge for any trade shop is quick turnaround time, reduction in wastage and reducing or controlling the cost of production. With the recent increase in solvent price, the situation has become very challenging for trade shops to maintain profitability." On cue, he talks about "the industry’s most innovative platemaking equipment – Lava thermal plate processing."
The kit- The highlights are: press-ready plates in less than an hour; eliminates solvents and VOCs in platemaking; advanced design and improved ergonomics; internal filter system for reduced footprint; automated lid lift for work efficiency; and LED illumination. One of the biggest advantage of MacDermid digital plates is that most of its plates types can be processed both by solvent and thermal system. This brings an unique advantage especially to trade shops in reducing wastage, take advantage of quick turnaround time, minimize solvent usage and control inventory.
Technology has evolved over the past 25 years, Das says. He says, "In the past, you could produce ten jobs a day. Today you can execute 50 to 100 jobs in a day." What about operator skills? Simple things like: process control; web inspection systems; plate making best practice; process colour and proofing techniques. Das says, "I fully agree that there is a shortage of skilled workers in India, especially in the flexo industry. Various technical institutions and initiatives taken by various industry partners by setting up demo centres, are going to play a very important role in bridging the knowledge gap."
At a global level, MacDermid Graphics Solutions has announced plans for a collaborative endeavour called The Flexo Xperience Centre (The FXC). The centre is a partnership between MacDermid and Soma and is an expansion of their initial plans to install a Soma Optima2 printing press at MacDermid’s facility in Atlanta, GA, USA, announced in December 2020. Das says, "The FXC will include multiple industry-leading partners providing software, equipment, and consumables."
The FXC was conceptualised in 2020 by the leadership, marketing, R&D, and sales teams at MacDermid and Soma wg industry for a wide-web flexo printing centre with every aspect of the flexo process, including artwork, pre-p
The mission of The Flexo Xperience Centre is "to move flexo forward". This global centreIn addition, ttre will be open to pre-media suppliers, trade s.
Das says, "We are very confident that Indian label printers, converters and trade shops will visit The FXC and take advantage of this world class facilities ."
PrintWeek was talking to a converter in Daman-Silvassa. The feedback: As compared to the earlier times, procuring a gravure cylinder is not as tedious, with a fortnight waiting period. Plus, the cylinder cost has decreased. In such a scenario, why should a converter invest in flexo?
Das says, "Both the technologies have their own advantages. It all depends on what type of jobs you are trying to print? What is the substrate? Plus how much is the quantity."
Also, a lot has changed since 1995. In that year, flexographic computer-to-plate (CTF) was introduced. carbonith digital photopolymer plates
And yet there is a common perception that flexo cannot match gravure’s quality, it can only come close. We asked Das, "how do you convince them to accept flexo?"
He says, By now most of the brand owners are aware of flexo quality and hence we are seeing more and more conversion happening from traditional printing to flexo. We are also witnessing big FMCG companies moving quite a few flagship brands to flexo. These were traditionally being printed in gravure.
When we posed the question about the challenges in offset to flexo conversion jobs in India; he said, the printing of the calendar with flexo provides an answer to this question.
The MacDermid calendar has been printed at Itek in Bengaluru and the pre-press has been rendered by VeePee Graphics.
One of the biggest advantages of MacDermid digital plates is that they can be processed as both solvent and thermal. This provides a unique advantage to the trade shop in reducing wastage, taking advantage of quick turnaround time and controlling inventory.
For example, MacDermid's LUX ITP technology enables flat-top dots while using standard platemaking techniques. It works on the principle of chemistry-free thermal processing using heat and an absorbent blanket to remove uncured polymer which is a much faster alternative to solvent washout. This process was originally introduced by DuPont in 2002 with its Fast system. The USP is: No drying is required, although a final UV blast is still needed to de-tack the polymer.
As the A-list brands seek top quality and speed to market, the challenge that the market faces is reduced run lengths and reduced lead times coupled with the increasing complexity of the print jobs. A flexo house has to cope with these challenges. For this, it requires a skilled team that understands the technology plus understands how to maximise it. This is where understanding the nitty-gritty of in-house repro and platemaking helps.


There are many reasons why running in the evening is better and can make exercise a relaxing and enjoyable activity. A moment just for you.
Less heat, less stress and even fewer people on the street. There are many reasons for choosing to run in the evening, as much as the benefits it brings. Few safety precautions and you can enjoy pleasant and truly wellness moments.
A healthy body, physically and psychologically, finds one of its main allies in exercise. Brain oxygenation and circulation improve with training; the feeling of well-being passes through the body in a timely manner.
And if we can do physical activity without worrying about the sun’s rays, heat or pressure changes when we enter the gym, much better. There are few activities that regenerate like running in the evening .
These are moments only for ourselves, when our body releases endorphins while gaining us in health and beauty.
Here are some of the reasons why running in the evening is better. When the daily chaos absorbs part of our days quickly, getting to the gym on time can become a real nightmare. If we dedicate the day to work and the evening to train and relax, the body will be more reactive.
If we have been on the move throughout the day and have also eaten several meals, the body will be active. You can start exercising feeling more energetic, as your body will have enough fat reserves, as well as carbohydrates and fats. By running in the evening, you will burn these fats.
Sleep will be even more pleasant, provided that you dedicate yourself to a cool-down before falling asleep. We must remember, in fact, that after physical activity the body remains active, so it is advisable to rest for a few moments, so that the muscles relax. In the morning, you will wake up in a better mood.
In the evening, you will avoid bumping into pedestrians. In fact, there are fewer people on the street and, therefore, there is more freedom of movement: in short, we do not risk running into annoying queues or the noise of the horns.
Also, in the evening it will be less hot and the worry of exposure to ultraviolet rays will lessen. The pleasant temperature complements the benefits of night running.
One of the main reasons for running in the evening is the opportunity to relax. Without the pressure of time, we can dedicate ourselves to eliminating the tensions that accompany us during the day. So, put aside the pressure of punctuality and thoughtfulness.
There are many reasons for running in the evening. However, to reap the benefits alone, a number of safety measures should be put in place.
First of all, it is necessary to use reflective clothing, with attractive colors, which allow you to be seen by others ; jackets or bracelets are ideal. This is especially important if you plan to run in areas where there is car traffic or if you are crossing particularly dark roads.
It is also worth running in the opposite direction to the cars. In this way, you will have more chances to react in the event that there are cars circulating in your lane.
A second precaution to protect your safety when running in the evening is that it is extremely advisable to know the area in which we run. If you are not sure if you know how to orient yourself in a place, it is best to avoid it. Better to discover new routes during the day, and then follow them in the evening, before venturing out.
Try not to run alone : in company it is always better, for several reasons. In case of unforeseen events, there will be someone ready to help you.
Also, running with another person is always an extra motivation. If you are feeling lazy and don’t feel like leaving home, a date to run with a friend is the perfect excuse to do it.
In addition, always carry an identity document with you. Do not leave your mobile phone in case, even if it is better not to keep it at hand, to avoid temptation. In addition, it is good to bring a kind of torch with you, to illuminate the path. This will ensure that vehicles and other pedestrians see you and also that you have a good view of the route you are taking.
Without a doubt, the benefits of the evening run increase if we put into practice some precautions necessary to protect ourselves. In this way, the entertainment and well-being that exercise gives us will increase day by day.
Burning fat, oxygenating our brain and improving circulation are some of the benefits that don’t go unnoticed. You will notice them from the moment you start exercising regularly.


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The Canadian Dollar climbed to an 11-week high versus the U.S. Dollar this week, after gaining 0.54% since Wednesday and the gain over the past month now stands at a percent.
We find there are a number of factors that should keep the Canadian currency supported going forward, but the potential for a bout of political uncertainty on the horizon poses one notable headwind that might keep the increasingly bullish currency restrained.
Whilst geopolitical drivers have always been factors in the Canadian Dollar’s valuation due to the country’s heavy reliance on oil, there are some fundamental domestic reasons to expect a period out outperformance by CAD.
Recent employment data has been very positive, inflation is at trend, the manufacturing sector is bearing up well in a difficult climate and Canada was one of only two leading economies not to have its 2019 growth forecasts downgrad.
The latest labour market report, for example, showed the unemployment rate falling to 5.5%, almost back down to May’s all-time historic low of 5.4% after the economy added 57k new jobs in September, following 81k added in the previous month of August.
Canadian manufacturing data has bucked the global trend of weakening results due to trade tensions. Factory sales in Canada increased by 0.8% in August from July (mainly due to higher car sales)Inflation in most of the developed world is stuttering due to poor growth but Canadian inflation continues to come in at ‘just right’ with the latest data showing 1.9% inflation in September, which whilst a miss of the 2.1% is still in the Bank of Canada’s (BOC) goldilocks’s zone around 2.0%.
This now means the BOC is even less likely to cut interest rates in order to help stimulate the economy than it was before, and if this is the case it will stand out from the rest of G10 central banks as one of the few which have not had to ease in 2019.
As a result of Canada’s economic outperformance and neutral monetary policy many analysts are now arguing the Canadian Dollar should by rights be higher.
“The CAD is making hard work of what should be a pretty supportive backdrop, in our opinion, with last week’s positive employment report fresh in our minds still,”.
The market’s high expectations of the U.S. central bank cutting interest rates when it meets on October 30 also means that U.S. and Canadian short-term commercial interest rates are diverging in Canada’s favour, with U.S. marching lower whilst Canada’s keep the high-ground.
“CAD data continues to surprise, and the FX market can only ignore the fact that CAD front-end rates is trading above the US for so long. This may cause the break lower in USD/CAD if it happens,” says Bipan Rai, an analyst at CIBC World Markets.
Indeed, from a technical perspective the USD/CAD pair looks to be in a precarious position as it drills down through a major long-term trendline. For technical analysts breaches below long-term trendlines can mark major shifts in trend.
Not only that, but Thursday’s break below the September lows was another significant technical moment as it represent a break below the neckline of a potential bearish double top pattern.
This doesn’t just bode ill for USD/CAD but for all other CAD pairs too, including GBP/CAD, since in FX markets it is often the case that the USD pair tends to influence all other crosses.
Political Uncertainty a Brake?
One possible explanation for the misvaluation and lack of CAD upside is political uncertainty as the Canadian general election approaches on Monday, October 21.
Currencies traditionally hate political uncertainty so the fact CAD is not rallying should come as no surprise.
This is especially true since Opinion polls are currently showing Trudeau’s liberals neck-and-neck with the other main big party, the conservatives in the lower 30s, which suggests a hung parliament according to experts.
"Latest polls suggest that the Federal elections in Canada are likely to yield a minority government. The implications for the energy sector will drive market reaction but risks for the loonie appear tilted to the downside," says Francesco Pesole, FX Strategist with ING Bank.
Advance voting for Canada's Federal election on Monday has already begun, but the final results won’t be known until after the polls close on 21 October.
At the beginning of the campaign both the main parties could have commanded a governing majority but this is not the case now.
“At the beginning of the campaign both parties veered into 35-36% and hypothetically they could have formed a majority government, but now with both the front-running parties cycling down into the low 30s it is statistically out of reach,” says Nik Nanos a Canadian public opinion pollster in an interview with CTV News.
Monday night’s election may give an uncertain result which could weigh on the Canadian Dollar in the short-term.
"Between a Liberal-led minority and a Conservative-led minority, we expect the first one to be more CAD-negative," says Pesole. "The probability-weighted impact of the elections on USD/CAD appears to be moderately positive. In other words, the balance of."
Although the Conservatives under Andrew Sheer are poised to win the most seats, convention has it that the present incumbent, Trudeau, should also be given the opportunity to form a government if he can knit together a coalition.
Barack Obama’s recent endorsement of Trudeau may help the Canadian leader who has suffered a loss of popularity after the blackface photos scandal, increasing liberal voter turnout, says Nanos.
Whilst Trudeau’s antics may have got him into trouble with some voters, his stewardship of the economy has been exemplary, according to Bloomberg.
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So whilst there is a threat of uncertainty, Trudeau is still in with a fighting chance to win, and if he does the Canadian Dollar would probably enjoy a renaissance on the back of easing uncertainty and faith in his ability to manage the economy.
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On June 12, as part of a legislative maneuver, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives voted against and defeated part of a package bill that would have given “fast track” authority to President Barack Obama to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The result in the U.S. Congress is still pending. The union and environmental movements in the U.S. have mobilized to defeat the TPP.
The TPP is a so-called free trade agreement, this one with 11 other Pacific Rim nations: Australia, Brunei, Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and Japan. Secret negotiations for the TPP have been underway since 2010.
Fast track authority means that the U.S. president is authorized to negotiate secretly to reach an agreement which then must be voted on within two months with a direct up or down vote. No amendments to the agreement are permitted, no filibuster in the Senate will be allowed, and only a simple majority is needed to pass.
The TPP bill has been surrounded by extreme secrecy: members of Congress must view the contents alone with no supporting staff. No smart phones, computers or cameras are allowed, and members are not allowed to take written notes. Drafts of the bill will remain classified for four years after the agreement is adopted!
On the surface, the vote appeared to be an aberration. Right-wing Republicans, who usually profess their hatred for Obama, led the charge to give sweeping authority to him, while the majority of Democrats opposed the bill.
The TPP is just one of a triad of “free trade” agreements currently being negotiated around the world. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a proposed agreement between the European Union and the U.S. The Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations cover the U.S., the EU and 23 other countries including Turkey, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Pakistan, Taiwan and Israel. The TISA is an attempt to recognize the fact that “services” now account for nearly 80 percent of the U.S and EU economies.
All three of these proposed pacts notably exclude the so-called BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — which have attempted to counter the U.S juggernaut towards world economic hegemony.
All of these agreements are being pushed under the slogan of “free trade,” which, it is claimed, will bring prosperity for all. Nothing could be further from the truth. As Sam Marcy, a former chairperson of Workers World Party, remarked in describing an earlier free trade agreement:
“In the contemporary world struggle, the bourgeoisie still postures as the champion of free trade. But it is not the free trade of the old competitive stage of capitalism. It is the free trade of giant imperialist monopolies.” (“Free trade, monopoly and NAFTA,” Workers World, 1993)
In fact, 95 percent of the TPP is not directly related to trade per se, but to the deregulation of investment by multinational corporations — to their advantage.
Despite the extreme measures taken to keep the negotiations secret, a lot of information has leaked out about what the the TPP contains. Since 2013, WikiLeaks, an organization which has in the past revealed secrets about war crimes by the U.S and its allies in Iraq and Afghanistan, has published dozens of secret documents from the TPP negotiations, including the negotiating positions taken by various countries.
Nevertheless, details of the massive treaty, affecting 40 percent of the world’s economy, remain secret. According to Julian Assange, the leader of WikiLeaks, who is still confined in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, “Six hundred U.S companies are part of the negotiation process and have been given access to various parts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.” (quoted in inquisitr.com, May 31)
Assange warns that the deal could give corporations a massive advantage with environmental and labor laws.
“It’s about regulating labor, what labor conditions can be applied, regulating, whether you can favor local industry, regulating the hospital health care system, privatization of hospitals. So essentially, every aspect of the modern economy, even banking services, are in the TPP.” (inquisitr.com)
An especially pernicious provision of the TPP is the establishment of unaccountable supranational courts that would allow multinational corporations to sue countries outside of their own judicial systems. Although the “Investor-State Dispute Resolution” tribunals mainly target the sovereignty of developing nations, they would also apply within the U.S.
The definitions empowering the ISDR’s are so broad that they could be used to attack everything from regulating hydrofracking and anti-tobacco laws to the regulation of multinational banks.
According to the consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen, the TPP pact could “expose Medicare to pharmaceutical company attacks and constrain future policy reforms, including the ability of the U.S. government to curb rising and unsustainable drug prices.” (citizen.org, June 10)
One target of the new pact appears to be the public health care systems of New Zealand and Australia, which, because of their successful control of drug and medical devices prices, have been touted as models for many countries in the developing world.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, along with the other so-called free trade pacts being negotiated, is a mortal danger to the laboring masses of the entire planet. These pacts are nothing less than an attempt to make an end run around the fierce resistance which is steadily building among the 99%. That’s why so many popular organizations and unions are demanding: Stop the TPP!


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Redistributing wealth is key to invest in the future
The World Inequality Report 2022 proposes several policy options to redistribute wealth to invest in the challenges of the 21st century. We present revenue gains from different wealth tax scenarios on global multimillionaires.
Given the large concentration of wealth, modest progressive taxes can generate significant revenues for governments. In our modest progressive tax rate scenario, we find that 1.6% of global incomes could be generated and reinvested in education, health and in the ecological transition. The report comes with an online simulator so that everybody can design their preferred wealth tax at the level of the world or in their region.
Modernizing personal wealth taxation
Estimates for a global progressive wealth tax
Regional wealth tax estimates
Factoring-in behavioral responses to wealth taxation
Box 7.1 Learning from past and current examples of progressive wealth taxation
The past few years have been marked by a renewal of debates about progressive wealth taxation. While progressive wealth taxes have been on the decline in rich countries, they still exist in varying forms in several countries, such as the Netherlands, Norway, Spain or Switzerland. More recently, some countries have discussed or voted in favor of the introduction of new wealth taxes (such as Argentina). In several other countries, there have been discussions about wealth taxes based on detailed proposals (such as in the USA, Germany, the UK or Chile). This renewed interest in progressive wealth taxation has been stirred by two factors: the surge in aggregate private wealth relative to national income (Chapter 3) and the increase in wealth concentration (Chapter 4). This phenomenon was accelerated during the COVID crisis: while national income fell, the value of private wealth increased, and this increase was particularly extreme among billionaires.
While the debate on progressive wealth taxation is gaining momentum, progressive wealth taxes remain an exception to the rule rather than the norm across the world nowadays. However, most countries in the world already tax individual wealth with property and inheritance taxes. You may recall that overall tax revenue accounts for 30-50% of national income in rich countries, 15-30% in emerging countries and less than 10% in low-income countries. Wealth taxes on individuals–including property and inheritance taxes- typically generate 2-3% of national income in rich countries, 1% in middle income countries and 0.5% in low-income and emerging countries: they represent non negligeable fractions of total tax revenue.
Property taxes–and their equivalent in various countries, such as taxe foncière in France–are by far the largest component of total wealth tax revenue: they typically account for 80-100% of total tax revenue on individual wealth. Property taxes generally take the form of taxes on real estate and land, which have been levied in many countries for centuries. In pre-modern societies, where land and housing assets represented the bulk of wealth, property taxes were a means to collect revenue by taxing those who could afford to pay. Today, in most countries, property taxes are flat, i.e. proportional to value: whether an individual owns a €10 million mansion or a € 50,000 flat, they will pay the same tax rate. Furthermore, property taxes are due regardless of whether the owner has any mortgage debt on the property.
In contrast to previous property taxes, wealth and income taxation in the 20th century were characterized by the introduction of progressivity. With a progressive tax, the tax rate rises as taxpayers’ income or wealth increases. This progressivity was particularly steep in some countries in the 20th century. In the USA, the UK, Germany or Japan, top income tax rates reached 80% (or more) a few decades back, while rates remained much lower for bottom income earners. In the USA, very high income tax rates were no one-time anomaly: Between 1936 and 1980 the top income tax rate was consistently 70% or more. While most countries have reduced top income tax rates since 1980, progressive taxation remains the defining principle of modern income taxation: the higher the income or the wealth, the higher the tax rate.
Therefore, the flat rate on property tax stands in sharp contrast to modern progressive income and wealth taxes. Let us be clear: there is no real economic justification to flat property tax rates in the world today. This is the continuation of archaic tax regimes in modern times, which could have been acceptable in pre-modern societies but which are at odds with basic democratic conceptions of tax justice today. In many ways, today’s situation regarding wealth taxation is comparable to the situation prevailing in the early 20th century before the introduction of modern progressive income taxes. The existing wealth tax system is archaic and disconnected from the current socio-economic reality, but many economic interests and political forces are still supporting the status quo.
The best way to modernize property tax would be to extend its base to all forms of wealth, rather than just real estate, and to shift from flat rates to progressive tax schedules. In actual fact, this amounts to transforming flat property taxes into modern, progressive taxes on wealth. There is a widespread misunderstanding in the contemporary debate about progressive wealth taxation: some commentators, opposed to personal wealth taxation, have argued that wealth should not be taxed at all, but they generally forget the fact that personal wealth in the form of housing–the main asset of the middle class–is already taxed, albeit in a regressive manner. Today, the wealthiest mostly own financial assets, rather than real estate and land (see Chapter 4), which in real terms means that the property tax represents a much smaller fraction of the total wealth for multimillionaires and billionaires than for the middle class. Transforming property taxes into modern progressive taxes, encompassing all forms of assets, would be a major step towards a more coherent and integrated tax system.
Relatively low tax rates on wealth can yield substantial tax revenue, contribute to spreading wealth better, hence increasing the wealth-generation potential of billions of citizens entirely deprived of capital. Progressive wealth taxes also contribute to containing the rise of extreme wealth inequality, and therefore help to mitigate the potentially negative impact of extreme wealth concentration, such as the rise of monopolies or the risks of political capture by financial interests.
But wouldn’t wealth taxes harm the economy? The first answer is that personal wealth is already taxed almost everywhere (with property taxes) in a regressive way. The second answer is that we now have a relatively good understanding of what works and what doesn’t in terms of personal wealth taxation, thanks to a wide range of historical and contemporary examples of personal wealth taxes. In a nutshell, given the enormous increase in the aggregate value and concentration of private wealth in recent decades, it would be completely unreasonable not to ask more to top wealth- holders in the future, especially in light of the social, developmental and environmental challenges ahead.
Below is a focus on the revenue potential from global progressive wealth taxes on millionaires and billionaires. These taxes could be implemented as a way to modernize and replace existing flat property taxes or be added on top of these. Our basic rationale, which we will further develop in Chapters 8 and 9, is that there is no sound economic justification for flat taxes on personal wealth when countries introduce progressive taxes on income – and even less so when they already implement personal wealth taxes. Here, we suggest three scenarios of progressive wealth taxation (low, significant and very high, see Table 7.2).
Table 7.1 presents the number of individuals in different wealth brackets in 2021, along with their total net wealth and the taxes they should pay according to three global wealth taxation scenarios. At the global level, there are 62 million individuals owning more than a million dollars at market exchange rates. This represents the top 1.2% of the global adult population. There are a little less than 1.8 million individuals owning more than $10 million (top 0.04%), 76,500 owning more than $100 million (top 0.001%) and 2,750 owning more than a billion dollars (top 0.00005%)1. Pooled together, global billionaires own more than $13 trillion, which amounts to 3.5% of global wealth.
Table 7.2 details the three tax scenarios we are considering. The rates presented are marginal rates, i.e. they apply to the fraction of wealth possessed between two thresholds and not to total wealth. The first scenario is a modest wealth tax proposal: between $1 million and $10 million, the rate is 1% and it rises progressively up to 3.5% for individuals owning more than $100 billion. This scenario generates 1.6% of global income in tax revenue after taking into account possible tax evasion and capital depreciation (see more below). Our estimates are relatively conservative, meaning that tax evasion could in practice be lower and consequently revenues higher (reaching up to 2.1% in this scenario).
In the second scenario (high wealth tax), the rate applied to individuals owning between $1 million and $10 million is also 1%, but it increases more steeply than in scenario 1. The tax rate is 5% between $1 billion and $10 billion and rises to 7% in the $10-100 billion bracket. On wealth over $100 billion, the rate is 10%. These rates should be compared with the average annual rate of billionaires’ increasing wealth over the entire 1995-2021 period: 7-8% (see Chapter 4). This means in real terms that wealth would have increased by 1-2% per year for billionaires in the $1- 10 billion bracket even after paying for the wealth tax. This scenario generates a wealth tax equivalent of 2.1% of global income, even when factoring in a fair amount of tax evasion.
In the third scenario, the rate applied on millionaires in the $1-10 million category remains unchanged but tax progressivity is even steeper than in scenario 2. Rates reach 50% over $10 billion and 90% over $100 billion. This would in effect ban wealth accumulation over $10 billion. The revenue generated in this scenario is equivalent to 5.3% of global income after tax evasion. Naturally, such a wealth tax scenario cannot raise such revenue for ever as it effectively prevents decabillionaires and especially centibillionaires from keeping their wealth.
Tables 7.3a-h present regional wealth tax revenue estimates. In East Asia, 13 million individuals own more than $1 million. Under Scenario 1, wealth tax revenue accounts for 1.3% of regional income and is close to 1.7% in Scenario 2. In Europe, there are 16 million individuals owning more than $1 million and 499 billionaires. Total revenue under Scenario 1 would be 1.5% of European total income and 1.8% in scenario 2. In North America, there are 29 million people owning more than $1 million and 835 billionaires. Total tax revenue under scenario 1 accounts for about 2.8% of total income and revenue in scenario 2 accounts for 3.5% of total income. In Sub-Saharan Africa, there are 240,000 people owning more than $1 million and 11 billionaires. Total tax revenue under scenario 1 accounts for about 0.3% of total income and revenue in scenario 2 accounts for 0.4% of total income. In South and South-East Asia, there are 850,000 people owning more than $1 million and 260 billionaires. Total tax revenue under scenario 1 accounts for about 0.7% of total income and revenues in scenario 2 accounts for 1.0% of total income. In Latin America, there are 1.9 million people owning more than $1 million and 105 billionaires. Total tax revenue under scenario 1 accounts for about 1.1% of total income and revenue in scenario 2 accounts for 1.3% of total income. In MENA, there are 915,000 people owning more than $1 million and 75 billionaires. Total tax revenue under scenario 1 accounts for about 0.5% of total income and revenue in scenario 2 accounts for 0.6% of total income. In Russia and Central Asia, there are 230,000 people owning more than $1 million and 133 billionaires. Total tax revenue under scenario 1 accounts for about 0.8% of total income, and total tax revenue under scenario 2 accounts for 1.4% of total income.
Let us stress the fact that tax revenue in each of our scenarios here is quite substantial. In scenario 1, 0.5-3% of national income is generated by tax depending on the region. This is considerable given that such a tax would not raise taxes for 98-99% of the global population in each region and considering that, in scenario 1, wealth would continue to grow significantly at the top of the distribution (tax rates are significantly below the average wealth growth rates observed for the groups over the past decades). In fact, there are only very few taxes which can generate significant revenue, while impacting such as small fraction of the population.
The estimates presented above include basic tax evasion with two parameters: a tax evasion rate and a capital stock depreciation or appreciation rate. Our tax evasion parameter defines the expected share of unreported taxable wealth due to the multiple forms of tax evasion (underreporting, offshoring, fraud, etc.). An evasion rate of 10% means that 10% of the net value of taxable wealth will not be reported and therefore that revenue will be 10% lower than what it could be, absent tax evasion. The stock depreciation or appreciation parameter helps to anticipate the potentially negative or positive impacts of wealth taxation on asset prices. Assuming a depreciation parameter of 15% amounts to assuming that the market value of financial and non-financial assets declines by 15% following the introduction of a wealth tax. The benchmark estimates presented above take into account tax evasion and depreciation (respectively 10% and 15%).
Assuming an evasion of 0% and a capital depreciation of 0% generates 2.1%, 2.7%, 7.0% of global income as wealth tax revenue for scenarios 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Assuming an evasion rate of 40% and a capital depreciation rate of 10% generates 1.2%, 1.5% and 3.8% of wealth tax revenue respectively. In North America, even in the most conservative scenario, both in terms of taxation rates and evasion and capital depreciation, revenue generated still amounts to 2% of national income. On the other hand, it could reach 11% of national income under the third tax scenario, and absent evasion and depreciation. Let us stress that behavioral responses to wealth taxation obey no law of nature–they are governed by tax policy choices (or lack thereof). The impact of wealth taxation on the overall stock of wealth also depends on how revenue is used. When recycled to improve access to basic education and healthcare, this revenue can provide an economy with a chance to improve its productive potential and helps to appreciate the stock of wealth. In chapters 8 and 9, we discuss policy options to reduce tax evasion and enhance the productive potential of wealth taxes. Chapter 10 discusses options on how to use wealth tax revenue.
Most European countries have abolished progressive wealth taxation in recent decades. This specific form of wealth taxation applied in a number of European countries had three main weaknesses. Firstly, there was tax competition (for example the French wealth tax was immediately cancelled out when moving from Paris to London) and offshore evasion (until recently there had been no cross-border information sharing). Secondly, European wealth taxes had low exemption thresholds, causing liquidity problems for some moderately wealthy taxpayers with few liquid assets and limited cash income. Thirdly, European wealth taxes, many of which had been designed in the early 20th century, had not been modernized, perhaps reflecting ideological and political opposition to wealth taxation in recent decades. These wealth taxes relied on self-assessments rather than systematic information reporting. These three weaknesses led to reforms that gradually undermined the integrity of the wealth tax: the exemption of some asset classes such as business assets or real estate, tax limits based on reported income, or the repeal of wealth taxation altogether.
A modern wealth tax can overcome these three weaknesses. First, offshore tax evasion can be fought more effectively today than in the past, thanks to a recent breakthrough in cross-border information exchange. Besides, wealth taxes could apply to expatriates (for a few years at least), alleviating concerns about tax competition. Second, a comprehensive wealth tax base with a high exemption threshold and no preferential treatment for any asset classes can dramatically reduce avoidance possibilities and apply to the truly wealthy class who by definition do not face liquidity issues. Third, by leveraging modern information technology, tax authorities have the opportunity to collect data on the market value of most forms of household wealth and use this information to pre-populate wealth tax returns, reducing evasion possibilities to a minimum. As a matter of fact, the recent wealth tax proposals made in the United States have a high exemption threshold ($50 million instead of $1 million or less for European wealth taxation), a comprehensive tax base with no exemptions, and aggressive tax enforcement2–3.
1 On top of the 2,750 billionaires in the WID.world dataset, there are 5 billionaires in the Forbes’ rich list residing in very small jurisdictions not available as countries on WID.world.
2 Saez, E. and G. Zucman. Fall 2019. “Progressive Wealth Taxation.” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 437-511
3 The weaknesses of existing progressive wealth taxes are described in detail and how to remedy them.
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Judge sentences Joe Russell to 15 months in JailCigs case
"The price you paid for the risk you took was insane," said Aspen, who noted how Russell took an oath of office to follow the law. "Defrauding the taxpayers by a law enforcement officer or public official is an even greater offense."
The judge gave Russell a lighter sentence than the 36 months recommended by the prosecution. The punishment was shorter than the 50-month sentence Aspen gave Russell's former boss, ex-Rutherford County sheriff Robert Arnold.
Russell's wife weeps throughout hearing
"If you continue to interrupt, we're going to ask you to leave," Aspen told Lester.
Lester was supposed to be a witness, but she was too distressed to testify, Jodi Bell, the attorney appointed to represent Russell, told the judge. Lester has been battling depression, weight gain and anxiety since the case began.
Russell would also allow the family to better support the educational needs of one of their children who struggles with ADHD, Bell said.
Lester's father, Hiram Lester, sat with her, and escorted her in and out of the courtroom. He also testified on his son-in-law's behalf and talked about what has happened to his daughter since the case began.
"She's a mental wreck," said the father, who retired as a major for the Murfreesboro Police Department after a 40-year career.
Russell told the judge that he and his family have been devastated throughout the case.
"I'm genuinely sorry for everyone hurt," said Russell, who admitted that the defendants were "fast and loose" with JailCigs money.
Russell said he was proud of the work he did to set up the JailCigs business model in 2013 but admitted he should have been more transparent.
The judge, however, told Russell he would not have made $1.50 per each JailCigs sale without a scheme to defraud the government.
"You were an integral part of it," Aspen told Russell.
The judge prior to sentencing ordered Russell to forfeit the $52,234 in profits the defendant made from JailCigs and pay a share with the other co-defendants of the $52,500 in restitution to the county.
"Do not incur debt," Aspen said.
The judge noted that Russell could shorten his sentence through good behavior and also told the defendant that he'll be on supervised release for three years.
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Russell joined Arnold and Vanderveer in facing punishments after getting caught sellingo without seeking contract approval for the arrangement from the Rutherford County Commission.
The three faced an initial 14-count federal grand jury indictment in late May 2016.


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