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The generosity of our donors is the "delta" between Purdue's top ranked mechanical engineering program and an average program. Gifts from individuals and businesses help to buy new laboratory equipment to keep our teaching laboratories state-of-the-art; they fund scholarships and fellowships for students; they fund professorships; they help to construct new buildings; and some even provide lifetime income for the donor.
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RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a contempt of court citation against an email service provider used by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Dallas-based Lavabit Inc. and its owner, Ladar Levinson, were barred from raising key issues on appeal that they did not pursue in the district court.
U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton sanctioned Levinson for initially refusing to give federal authorities the technical assistance they needed to track the encrypted email of a target of a criminal investigation. The appeals court's opinion did not name the target.
Levinson also did not mention Snowden or any particular investigation when he closed his company last August. In a cryptic message, he said only that he would rather go out of business than "become complicit in crimes against the American people." Snowden, an NSA contractor who smuggled huge numbers of classified documents out of the spy agency's computers and gave them to journalists to expose what he has described as massive government intrusions against people across the world, had used an encrypted email account from Lavabit.
In June 2013, the government obtained a court order for the encryption keys that would allow investigators to track the target's email traffic but not allow access to content. Levinson refused to comply, and Hilton found him in contempt and imposed a $5,000 daily fine in early August. Two days later, Levinson provided the keys.
"By that time, six weeks of data regarding the target had been lost," Judge Steve Agee wrote in the appeals court's unanimous ruling.
Levinson appealed the contempt finding. However, Agee wrote that the ruling must stand because Levinson never challenged the court order in the lower court.
Levinson's attorney, Ian James Samuel, said he was disappointed with the ruling but emphasized that it centered on procedural issues and not the merits of the case.
"The court did not say the government's actions in this case were legal," Samuel said.
The American Civil Liberties Union had filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting Lavabit.
"On the merits, we believe it's clear that there are limits on the government's power to coerce innocent service providers into its surveillance activities," ACLU attorney Brian Hauss said in a written statement.
Inayat Delawala, managing assistant U.S. Attorney, said the Attorney's Office would have no comment.
Samuel said his client was placed at a disadvantage when he was "hauled into court 1,000 miles away" and had to fend for himself until late in the process, when he finally obtained counsel after the court had already rejected his objections to helping authorities crack the private email account.
Levinson could appeal the panel's ruling to the full appeals court or to the U.S. Supreme Court. Samuel said no decision has been made.
Snowden has been charged with espionage and other counts and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted. He is in Russia, where he was granted asylum for a year.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In the most recent College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) poll that was released on Thursday, the MIT women's swimming and diving team was ranked fifth in the nation. The Engineers remained in the same position they were in when the last rankings were released on November 26, as did the four teams that were ranked ahead of them.
The team rankings are voted on by six CSCAA member coaches. The rankings will be released three times during the 2012-13 season.
Much like on the men's side, the women's team has won every meet so far this season. The Engineers' best performance was at the MIT Winter Invitational, where they won all but three of the swimming events and finished 700 points ahead of the second place team. At the two-day, three-session meet, three school records were broken and 15 national cuts were earned. Freshman Katie Siegel (San Jose, Calif.) automatically qualified for NCAAs in the 100 yard butterfly when she went 55.32.
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Mumbai: From Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif to newbies like Ayushmann Khurrana, Arjun Kapoor and Yami Gautam - creme da la creme of Bollywood ramped up the glamour quotient at the Big Star Entertainment Awards held here Sunday night.
The most deserving entertainers and achievers across 27 categories, including film, television, music, dance and sports were honoured at the ceremony held at the Andheri Sports Complex.
Those who graced the glitzy gala with their presence were Abhishek Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Anurag Basu, Arjun Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana, Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Prabhudheva, Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan, Sonu Nigam among others.
Kareena Kapoor, who also performed at the awards, looked elegant in all-black outfit as she walked the red carpet and posed for the shutterbugs.
"I go on awards for performances. I have been called here for performance as well. I like to dance, of course, I can`t dance as much as (sister) Karisma (Kapoor). But dance has its own excitement for me. So when people call me to perform, I like it," said Kareena.
The actress, who earned rave reviews for her performance in "Heroine", attributes her success to her fans.
"I think whatever we are today is because of our loyal fans who go to watch our films. Like I am a director`s actor, I am a fans` actor too," she added.
Actress Priyanka Chopra, who earned critical acclaim for her role in 'Barfi!', called the year 2012 a bit "confusing".
"2012 was a mixed year for us. We have lost many legends. This will be a big loss for Bollywood, while at the same time films have been very successful. So it`s been a very confusing year," said Priyanka, who looked stunning in red gown.
Still riding high on the success of her film, 'Cocktail', Deepika Padukone said she will have to thank Santa Claus for giving her such a lovely 2012.
"I agree it was a big year. My film `Cocktail` was successful plus I have signed interesting films for next year as well. Hopefully 2013 is a good year to look forward to," she said.
Actor Arjun Kapoor, who made his debut in Bollywood with 'Ishaqzaade', said he still couldn`t believe people liked his film so much.
"I still can`t believe. I am so happy that people liked our film," said Arjun.
Actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who won the Most Entertaining Actor (Film) Debut - Male award for 'Vicky Donor', said that now the bar for him has raised and next year will be even more challenging.
"I am so grateful that the industry has accepted people from outside. 2012 was an eventful year for me. 2013 will be harder as the challenge begins now," he said.


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How is it that Easter is next week? And all this time has passed without me getting any Easter or Spring crafts done? Oh well, at least I can share what I'd try if I had time. Here is a round up of seven"bunnilicious" treats for Easter.
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Under the Table and Dreaming* Sundae Scoop* *DIY Sunday Showcase* The DIY'ers *Masterpiece Monday* Motivate Me Monday* Mop It Up Monday *Monday Funday*Give me the Goods*The Scoop*Project Inspired*Show and Tell* Handmade Tuesdays* Tuesday Talent Show*My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia* Tip Junkie* Pretty Things*From Dream to Reality* Centerpiece Wednesday*Whatever Goes Wednesday*Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop*Show and Share*Hooking Up with HOH* Handy Man, Crafty Woman* Wow Me Wednesday*My Girlish Whims* Share It* Show and Share* Primp Your Stuff* Work It Wednesday*Fireflies and Jellybeans* Someswhat Simple Strut Your Stuff*Catch A Glimpse *Thrifty Thursday* Inspire Me Please* Handmade Hangout* the36thavenue* Tidy Mom*Simply Sweet Home*Simply Designing*Chic on a Shoestring Flaunt It Friday**BFF Open House at The Answer is Chocolate* Tatertots and Jello*Pin Me* Feathered Nest* Creative Collection*Strutt Your Stuff*Share Your Creativity* Show Me Saturday


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The 20-year-old Heroes actress wore her favorite Koolaburra fringe boots along with a t-shirt with printed 'colorful' words.
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Who is 'Gossip Girl'? - Finale Spoilers Revealed!
Tonight marked the end of an era when Gossip Girl came to an end after six seasons on the air.
The finale episode – which featured the marriage of Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick's characters Blair and Chuck – revealed the identity of Gossip Girl, something kept secret the entire series.
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The end of the episode jumped forward five years and showed Chace Crawford's Nate running for mayor, Chuck and Blair having a son, Michelle Trachtenberg's Georgina ending up with Desmond Harrington's Jack, and the marriage of Penn Badgley and Blake Lively's characters Dan and Serena.


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สระมรกต(Emerald pool)
The Emerald Pool is not too far from the town of Krabi and it will take only a little time for you to fall in love with it. As such, you don't have to worry about accommodation. Food shops and convenient stalls are promptly available, and if you happen to want to stay the night, there's an option of camping amidst the beautiful nature near the pond.
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The crown jewel of Toong Tiaw forest is, of course, the Emerald Pool. Though the place looks manmade, it's actually a natural square-shaped pool 25 meters wide, 20 meters long, and 1.5-2 meters deep. The color of the water is as captivatingly beautiful as the Andaman Sea and the clarity is incomparable. The pool hard water and therefore no plant or any kind of animal can live in it. Small cabins and bridges stand around the pool. You can freshen up by swimming in the glistening clear water in a soothing atmosphere under shades of trees. Relaxing on the banks, or taking a walk and learning more about nature is also highly encouraged.
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The Emerald Pool is situated in Khao Pra - Bang Khram Wildlife Sanctuary, 18 kms along the public road No. 4038 from the district office of Klong Thom. The gravel entrance road is 800-meters from the main entrance to the pool. It is wide enough for a car but visitors are not allowed to drive to the pool by any vehicles. An official at the entrance informs visitors that noise may disturb wild animals especially birds. However, the path is the shortest access way that most visitors use. Shady and evergreen forest on both sides along the forest pathway are full of trees and vines including palms and rattans. This spectacular environment will make the walk well worth it.


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I am looking for video material that are designed for EFL teachers for helping them in teaching the different skills and learn classroom management techniques.
Thank you in advance
There's very little video on the net for free because it is so expensive.
You can try http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/nic/training.htm
Longman had a series of videos, but I can't find them on the net, I'm afraid.
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I keep seeing these things on the NFL network during my downtime (which is constantly) and they talk about like "best left handed QB's of all time". They are interesting and they do certainly fill programming time. But I got to thinking... it might be a fun exercise to rank the Seahawks. Now... there are different ways you rank people. You rank them either on potential, such as, "If I were to start an NFL team right now, which player off of the Seahawks would I draft first if all players were available in an expansion draft?" This is of course because you'd want to go with a young player to build around (like if it were 2002 and you had the chance to take Walter Jones... you know he'd be first on a whole lot of lists around the league, because you're building around the best left tackle in league history who is in his prime). However, this player may not be the best player on the team as far as stats, fantasy points, contract value, and on and on (maybe in 2002 Hutch would have been a better "value" because he wasn't making much.... who knows?).
I can remember a discussion about the NBA and the Sonics were highly involved due to their depth back in the mid-90's. Most GM's said they'd take Gary Payton with the first pick (I believe this draft excluded Michael Jordan and was based on building an expansion team) in a heartbeat, because he is a player you build a great team around due to his defense, offense, leadership abilities, ability to score, to pass, and the fact that all five starters were averaging double digits because of his amazing ball distribution and balance he maintained on the court. The question then was why not draft Kemp and a lot of GM's said the guy was a bit of a malcontent (which turned out to be true), but was clearly the most physically gifted guy on the team, and perhaps even the league as that year he had pretty much had his way with Karl Malone, which had never been seen to that point, but.... if you have Payton, then he can make any of a lot of big men look like great players and would lead them to greatness just as they felt Payton was so instrumental in making Kemp as Stockton was in making Malone into what he was.
So, to bring this back to football now... I'd prefer if you just ranked them from the best player on down. Don't consider it a draft, don't go off of fantasy points they would get for you (I hate fantasy points!!!!), just grab the player you'd go get if you had a team today or had to keep a Seahawks player for next week's game. Doesn't have to be an expansion team or anything else. Just pick your top 10 players in order of greatness as of this moment on the team. I'd like to see how people's lists differ.
After we get a few, we'll compile a Hawks top ten. You can feel free to make a list 53 players long if you want, but at some point the difference between 2 players is really very slim (example... Frank Omiyale and Sweezy... they are pretty much a draw).
I'd love to see your lists, so type 'em up. Remember, don't take anything into account but what they are capable of right now and what they can do like say this week for your team or the Seahawks. Not fantasy points, not "value", not contract status, just pure playing ability. Ready... go!


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Renesas Receives USB-IF Certification for its USB 3-SATA3 Bridge SoC
Renesas also today announced that AMD has tested and verified chipset compatibility with Renesas' performance-enhancing UASP software for external storage devices.
Renesas has led the industry by introducing the world's first USB 3.0 host controller in May 2009, and the company's lineup of USB 3.0 host controllers has been broadly adopted worldwide with total shipments already exceeding 450 million units.
A newly defined mass-storage class protocol, UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol) allows mass-storage devices to operate more efficiently, and therefore take advantage of the increased bandwidth available SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0) interface. In December 2009, Renesas released a UASP driver, followed by the launch of a USB 3.0-SATA3 bridge SoC (µPD720230) in August 2011, which was the world's first USB 3.0-to-SATA3 bridge SoC that supports UASP.
Renesas is currently working with chipset manufacturers to ensure that its UASP software is compatible with their chipsets. The UASP driver runs not only on the Renesas µPD720200 USB 3.0 host controller and its follow-on products (µPD720200A, µPD720201 and µPD720202), but also on A70M and A75 AMD Fusion Controller Hubs and its future products.
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. Close to 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 37,000 individual members come together to form the AHA.
Through our representation and advocacy activities, AHA ensures that members' perspectives and needs are heard and addressed in national health policy development, legislative and regulatory debates, and judicial matters. Our advocacy efforts include the legislative and executive branches and include the legislative and regulatory arenas. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends.
Review Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010
The American Lung Association (ALA), formerly the National Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association, was founded in 1904 to combat tuberculosis. Since 1907, ALA has promoted Christmas Seals to raise public funds to fight lung disease, the third leading cause of death in America. ALA is primarily a health education agency, emphasizing anti-smoking and clean air activities to prevent and control lung hazards. Its self-management programs teach those suffering from lung disease, such as asthma, how to live with their condition. ALA also creates educational programs to teach lifelong good health habits, and it provides professional education to health care providers to help them deliver effective lung health care to their patients. ALA also awards grants for medical research and sponsors fellowships for young medical professionals to encourage them to specialize in pulmonary care. There are 110 State and local Lung Associations throughout the country. The American Thoracic Society is the medical arm of ALA.
Review Date: Thursday, July 09, 2015
Representing more than 78,000 osteopathic physicians (DOs) around the world, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) serves as the professional family for all DOs and osteopathic medical students. In addition to serving as the primary certifying body for DOs, the AOA is the accrediting agency for all osteopathic medical schools and has federal authority to accredit hospitals and other health care facilities.
Since its founding in 1941, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has been dedicated to advancing patient care and digestive health by promoting excellence and innovation in gastrointestinal endoscopy. ASGE, with nearly 12,000 members worldwide, promotes the highest standards for endoscopic training and practice, fosters endoscopic research, recognizes distinguished contributions to endoscopy, and provides resource for endoscopic education. Visit the ASGE Web site at www.asge.org to access patient education materials on endoscopic procedures or to find an ASGE Endoscopist in your area.
Review Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The Cleft Palate Foundation (CPF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to optimizing the quality of life for individuals affected by facial birth defects. It is the public service arm of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Callers can request information about cleft palate/craniofacial treatment teams and parent-patient support groups in their local region.
In addition, the CPF provides the following services: comprehensive information to educate patients, families, and professionals; telephone and online counseling and support service through the Cleftline 1-800-24-CLEFT (1-800-242-5338); research to learn about prevention and care; Cleftline Teddy Bears with repaired cleft lips; advocacy for family-centered team care; and, awards for a minimum of three $500 college scholarships each year to young adults affected by cleft and craniofacial birth defects.
Review Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America is a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to finding the cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Four decades ago, the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation created the field of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis research. Today, the Foundation funds cutting-edge studies at major medical institutions, nurtures investigators at the early stages of their careers, and finances underdeveloped areas of research. Educational workshops and symposia, with the foundation's scientific journal, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, enable medical professionals to keep pace with this rapidly growing field. The Foundation's information resource center can help and answer questions in many languages.
Review Date: Thursday, January 05, 2012
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation was established in 1955 to find new treatments for cystic fibrosis and ultimately the cure. The Foundation also strives to lengthen and improve the quality of life for cystic fibrosis patients, and to reduce the impact of the disease on the patient, the family, and society. The Foundation sets top priority on basic research and research training in cystic fibrosis and supports such research through grants, research scholar awards, new investigator research grants, research fellowships, and student traineeships. The Foundation also supports a network of 115 Cystic Fibrosis Care Centers, which provide the latest in specialized diagnosis and high quality care for these patients. The Foundation also serves as an advocacy organization for persons with the disease.
DATABASE: The Foundation maintains a computerized registry of cystic fibrosis patient information for use by researchers and other scientists studying the disease.
Review Date: Thursday, September 09, 2010
The Health On the Net Foundation (HON) promotes and guides the deployment of useful and reliable online health information, and its appropriate and efficient use. Created in 1995, HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. For 15 years, HON has focused on the essential question of the provision of health information to citizens, information that respects ethical standards. To cope with the unprecedented volume of healthcare information available on the Net, the HONcode of conduct offers a multi-stakeholder consensus on standards to protect citizens from misleading health information.
HON is funded by the State of Geneva, several European projects, the French National Health Autority (HAS) and the Provisu foundation. HON is also supported by the Geneva Hospital since its inception.
Review Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Life Options is a program of research, research-based education, and outreach founded in 1993 to help people live long and live well with kidney disease. A national panel of doctors, researchers, patients, nurses, social workers, dietitians, and ESRD Network directors reviews all Life Options materials and helps guide research.
The National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) founded in 1982, is a nonprofit coalition of government, consumer, business, patient advocacy and public health organizations whose mission it is to stimulate and improve communication of information on the appropriate use of medicines between healthcare professionals and consumers. NCPIE believes medication misuse is the nation's "other" drug problem. The Council was established to serve as a forum for exchanging ideas, to encourage member organizations to develop and launch medicine communication campaigns, and to develop other methods of educating and informing consumers on the safe and appropriate use of medicines. NCPIE sponsors the online, annual "Talk About Prescriptions" (TAP) Month each October.
Review Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
The National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF), founded 1948, serves hemophiliacs and their families through its local chapters. Patient services include support of comprehensive care centers, scholarships, patient education, blood drives, emergency financial assistance, and referrals. The NHF also provides research stipends, promotes public policies benefitting hemophiliacs, and sponsors public and professional education programs. NHF has promoted the concept of comprehensive hemophilia treatment programs and has obtained Federal funding for 20 such programs.
Review Date: Monday, August 25, 2008
The National Stroke Association (NSA), founded in 1984, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating stroke survivors, families, health care professionals, and the general public about stroke. It seeks to reduce the incidence and impact of stroke through activities related to prevention, medical care, research, rehabilitation, and resocialization. NSA develops and distributes educational materials and a new full color magazine "Stroke Smart"; publishes a stroke journal; operates a national clearinghouse for information and referral; promotes research and disseminates research findings; advocates; develops workshops; provides guidance in developing stroke clubs and stroke support groups; operates a Stroke Center Network program to help professionals provide the best services to stroke patients; and offers a Clinical Trials Acceleration Program.
Review Date: Wednesday, March 09, 2011
The Partnership for Organ Donation is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving lives by closing the gap between the number of organ transplants that are possible and the number of organ transplants that actually occur. The Partnership fulfills its mission by: researching, developing and delivering state-of-the-art programs to educate and motivate health professionals and the public to fulfill their roles in solving the organ donor problem; providing leadership in focusing health care professionals, policy makers, and the public on the most relevant issues and actions that will contribute to solving the organ shortage; and fostering collaboration among key organizations and groups to share information, coordinate efforts, and effect lasting improvements in organ donation.
Review Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The Myositis Association (TMA) is a non-profit organization committed to helping people affected by inflammatory myopathies through information, advocacy and support. TMA provides services to those diagnosed with: polymyositis (PM), dermatomyositis (DM), inclusion-body myositis (IBM), and juvenile myositis (JM). TMA programs for people with inflammatory myopathies (PM, DM, IBM and JM) include: mutual aid network; clearinghouse among patients, physicians and scientists; newsletters offering the latest information on research, treatments and health-related articles; electronic publications for health care professionals; and programs specific to the needs of the juvenile myositis community. Annual conference features world-renowned speakers. TMA has the world's largest database of myositis information for collaboration with their members and medical scientists. TMA funds grants and fellowships for myositis research.
Review Date: Wednesday, August 04, 2010
The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), founded in 1823 as the Baltimore Infirmary, is one of the nation's oldest academic medical centers. UMMC exists to serve the state and region as a tertiary/quaternary care center, to serve the local community with a full range of care options, to educate and train the next generation of health care providers, and to be a site for world-class clinical research.
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I decided to make something in the BGE one day after work, and my first thought was "I wonder if I can somehow animate sprites in the Game Engine without using Python" - because all I could find on this topic on YouTube was "animate sprites using python!!" - which is not my ideal way of doing things, as most of you know by now. So, I made this little experiment which works great!
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I am considering Themeframe after trying out Headway (couldn't get my head around it) and I have two questions:
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2. Is the code leaner than Atahualpa's generated code. I ask this because I built a site with Atahualpa and the custom CSS ads a tonne of code that the site takes forever to load, so much so, I am having to rebuild the site. Do you have sample sites I could look at to see how it reders the source code?


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Alliance Data Provides Private Label Performance Update for November 2010
Dec 15, 2010, 07:30 ET
DALLAS, Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading provider of loyalty and marketing solutions derived from transaction-rich data, today provided an update on its Private Label segment.
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In conjunction with the release of the Company's Master Trust Monthly Noteholder's Statement, the Company is releasing similar metrics for the overall total managed portfolio. The Master Trust data represents a subset of the Company's total managed portfolio, and the Company believes the information presented below provides a more complete view of the Private Label segment.
For the month
For the eleven
months ended
November 30, 2010
November 30, 2010
(dollars in thousands)
Average receivables
$ 4,985,282
$ 5,012,632
Year over year portfolio growth
Net charge-offs
$ 36,911
$ 409,337
Net charge-offs as a percentage of average receivables(1)
As of
November 30, 2010
As of
November 30, 2009
(dollars in thousands)
30 days + delinquencies - principal
$ 278,376
$ 319,605
Period ended receivables - principal
$ 4,887,510
$ 5,067,159
Delinquency rate
(1) November's loss rate is consistent with the Company's expectations for a high 8% loss rate for the quarter as compared to a normalized net charge-off rate of approximately 9.5 percent in the fourth quarter last year.
About Alliance Data
Alliance Data (NYSE: ADS) and its combined businesses is North America's largest and most comprehensive provider of transaction-based, data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions serving large, consumer-based industries. The Company creates and deploys customized solutions, enhancing the critical customer marketing experience; the result is measurably changing consumer behavior while driving business growth and profitability for some of today's most recognizable brands. Alliance Data helps its clients create and increase customer loyalty through solutions that engage millions of customers each day across multiple touch points using traditional, digital, mobile and other emerging technologies. Headquartered in Dallas, Alliance Data employs approximately 7,400 associates at 50 locations worldwide.
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To better enable organizations to extend the benefits of multi-tenant private clouds across multiple data centers, HP has developed data center interconnect solution with multiple technologies to help organizations quickly and easily extend layer 2 networking to multiple data centers.
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As previously reported by KCII, the controversial "Stand Your Ground" Bill has passed the Iowa House. It's also been called "Castle Doctrine Extension" because the bill expands on a current Iowa Law that allows a person to defend themselves in their home, business, or place of employment. This new bill, House File 2215, would extend that to any place a person is legally allowed to be at, including public places. The Senate is debating the bill this week, and some lawmakers are using the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida where this "Stand Your Ground" Bill originated in their arguments.
Lawmakers in support of the bill say the young man's death should not be used as political theater. This new bill provides immunity from criminal and civil prosecution for anyone who uses reasonable force, even deadly force, against an attack on themselves or their property. Our area Representative, Jarad Klein, co-sponsored to bill.
He says this Bill also takes away the requirement to retreat before defending oneself. Currently, Iowa law says that if you are not in your home or place of business, you have to retreat from an attacker before using force against them. In his weekly newsletter, On the Hill, Klein cites a case where a man was charged after shooting another person in self defense.
While in jail for over 100 days awaiting trial, he lost his job and all of his possessions before being found innocent. With this bill, police would not arrest someone as long as there was reason to believe it was done in self defense, although the police would still conduct an investigation.
County Attorney Larry Brock says granting immunity for something is unprecedented in Iowa Law. He says the law doesn't make it clear what would constitute this immunity. The bill does say "A person who reasonable believes that a violent felony is being… perpetrated is justified in using reasonable force, including deadly force against the perpetrator…".
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Victor Valdes' departure from Barcelona could reportedly lead the Catalan giants to Old Trafford in the hope of persuading Sir Alex Ferguson to allow David de Gea to leave Manchester United.
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|2009-07-27, 12:14
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After all she helped Battler extremely regarding that fight and Virgilia told Beato the strategy afterwards. Not to mention that if Virgilia wouldn't have helped Battler, he very likely would have already surrendered at that point.
And also what she said was that she seem to have helped Battler to much and therefore gave Beatrice this strategy.
What is more in Ep4 she also said that she hopes that Battler doesn't surrender after what happened until that point in Ep4.
What is strange is the point that she tried to force Battler to sign that contract. Why would she help Beatrice in forcing him to sign it. Also: I wonder would that contract even be effective, if he had signed it under force - actually he wouldn't even have signed it, only has hand would have done the writing.
So maybe that was why she tried to force him instead of persuating him.
However, especially the point regarding her helping Battler to much and therefore should help Beato a bit and that she helped Battler in the first place makes it sound like she wants them to be evenly powered. If that is the case, wouldn't she most likely work for Lambdadelta? After all that witch wants an endless tie between the two parties.
Btw.: Yeah I also think that it was pretty clear in the end that Beato tricked him and therefore I didn't even need to know the strategy. Wasn't that obvious in the end?
Actually, I was already a bit "confused" or "on defense" when Kinzo said that Beato was always looking for him. To say it this way was just too strange. Also Virgilia said that Battler denies evil witches and therefore she could try it with being a good witch. She never said that she actually has to be a good witch and a personality doesn't change so fast, so actually I should even have seen this coming earlier but it also took me until the signing point.
But I noticed once Kinzo (I believe it was Kinzo) that he should sign that Beatrice is a witch and that Battler acknowledges this. Once I heard this line, I knew what was going on here. Even Battler seemed to have noticed it with this line.
|2009-07-27, 12:48
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It is also speculated that Virgilia actually tricked battler since the beginning by saying false things when exposing the crime scenes.
It is particularly infamous the case of the boiler room, that was labeled as "closed room" by Virgilia even though in Ep1 that room had a back door with absolutely no lock on it. Battler just trusted Virgilia and no red truth was used to state it was actually a closed room.
The odd thing is Lambda's behavior in the end. She said she would help Battler or Beatrice depending on who's losing ground. In Ep2 Battler was utterly defeated and so Lambda gave a little help to Battler. However in Ep3 Lambda seems to think Beatrice was more on the losing side. It is true that Ange in the end saved the day, but wasn't Beatrice just a step from the victory? Why Lambda thought Beatrice wasn't seriously trying to win?
|2009-07-27, 13:03
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Yeah that point is strange (regarding Beato not being serious enough). I guess that this method might was too odd for her..? Then it would be more like saying I don't want you to win that way.
However, I think that Beato wouldn't have won without Ange either as Battler already resisted in signing the "contract" and so even if he would have been forced to sign it by using his hand, he wouldn't actually have signed it according to his own will and therefore it would be worth nothing.
Regarding Virgilia: Though it is true that she needed his trust but even so, if she hadn't helped him, he would have surrendered with nearly 99%. If he hadn't she could still have contacted and help him.
He probably already trusted her more than enough after the fight.
Also: It was still her mentioning that strategy later.
Regarding the "closed boiler room": The question is, if this is still the same in Ep3 but yeah she could have mislead him here. Furthermore, the question is if the second there can be opened from both directions like some house doors only open from inside and not from outside. This also makes a difference because then he also would have needed a key to get inside. Of course, not for getting outside though. So if there would be a key left inside it would be no problem to crush this closed room (if the door would be that way).
And as I stated Virgilia said in Ep4 that she hopes that Battler doesn't give up but isn't this exactly what she would want to achieve, if she completely works for Beato? Of course, it could be fake information but Battler shouldn't have heard it, so that being fake would make not much sense at all.
Also this is just another possibility. I mean her not being completely on Beato's side.
|2009-07-27, 13:31
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this is ep3 thread do not mention ep4 here, not even in spoiler tags.
Is it why Lambda was angry? Maybe that's why, maybe that's because Beatrice was so concentrating in "having fun" with her strategy that disregarded some good moves to win.
|2009-07-27, 14:49
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But yeah he very likely would have recovered but he still probably would have had problems explaining the fight and even if not: If Virigilia would show up a short amount after recovering or just before recovering, it should still work in her favour.
And regarding further statements I would probably have to continue the discussion at least in ep4 thread but as said: I don't say that she is actually on Battler's side. Actually, I won't even deny the possibility for her being completely on Beato's side either but I have my doubts. One thing seems to be clear: She definitely is not completely on Battler's side.
But I guess we won't find out her intentions before at least ep5.
|2009-07-28, 01:00
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Actually, this is kind of fun, from a translation of the portion regarding the summoning of the 72 demons:
Spoiler for Ronove.:
If you're into MegaTen or Persona games I'm sure you'll recognize names like Forneus, Berith, Ose, etc. Hyuga-chan I'm looking at you.
Kind of an aside, but I've been meaning to tl;dr about 'white' vs 'black' magic, as I understand it in my relatively limited knowledge of the occult, and the definition Ryukishi seems to be going off of. First off try to forget any Disney BS for right now, there is no inherently good or evil magic. White magic can kill, and black magic can save. The distinction is that one goes against the grain, the other goes with it, if that makes any sense. One is based more internally, in 'love' or divinity, and works in conjunction with the natural order. The other is rooted in 'power' for the lack of a better word, and has more to do with bending the natural order at/to the will of the caster. Might make more sense with an episode 4 example.
Shannon's (I think) resurrection in episode 3 sums it up relatively well, either way; the example being the difference between yanking someone out and knocking politely. The thing is, given the nature of 'white' magic... on some level, Beato would have had to truly believe in what she was doing... else it shouldn't have worked.
I was actually really concerned Ryu07 was going to ditch the white magic theme altogether... but... that's a different thread. I'm still hopeful 'true' witch is the direction Beato's character goes eventually, either way.
|2009-07-28, 07:08
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|2009-07-29, 09:47
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That was interesting... Plenty of sudden and quite unexpected stops with the story then rushing off in a completely sideways direction. The witch duel pretty much broke the silly meter, then Eva's ascension as the new witch was quite cool, not to mention her following derangement with it, Beatrice's change of heart was rather less welcome and I'd all but given up hope it was just a trick by the end.
The only thing I'm really left scratching my head at, though that's probably really just because it was the last thing that was really thrown at me, is whether Eva-Beatrice was really a separate entity from Eva or not. Her needing to sneak out of her room to kill Rosa and Maria along with the fact we never saw them both in the same place seems to imply that they had the same body (as well as her Eva-Beatrice form reverting to regular Eva-still-complete-with-shotgun once her glamor had been blown away) but if that's the case, how was she free to act as the witch in the final arc when Battler was keeping an eye on her?
And pretty much every single bit of my intuition was shouting that Ange = Beatrice up from the point she started talking with her aunt the end. Add Lambadelta's talk about the miserable condition she found "Beato" in originally, the occasions on which it seems to be implied that she might actually look quite different than how she does now, and her fixation on Battler and all the signs seem to match. Even her attack failing could be easily explained as a natural paradox in attempting to curse herself. A time warp's a necessary thing to incorporate somehow but... well, at least I'll have a pet theory to go into ep 4 with.
|2009-07-29, 09:54
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Well ... the point of the game is of course, to prove that witches don't exist. If they don't exist, then "Eva-Beatrice" wasn't real, but a representation of some repressed part of Eva that was given a great deal of power after she found the gold. Battler HAS to explain how Eva might have been able to kill most of the people in order to win the game.
What you are shown in the game is not necessarily what is happening. The more and more Battler has to struggle to explain things from an "anti-fantasy" standpoint, the more and more "magic" invades the story, corrupting what we are shown. How Nanjo and Jessica were killed when Eva was with Battler is probably one of the biggest mysteries in Ep 3, of course.
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Actually... now that I think about it, it is interesting Eva-Beatrice would go so far with the red text and not just explicitly red say "He was killed by a witch"... Beato had a reason but I don't think it'd apply to Eva-Beatrice who should presumably be just fine with a stalemate.
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Its coming to that time where we need to start planning our September Blitz wind-up event! We have one very generous offer to host this event but I would like to know if there is any interest elsewhere that anybody has of hosting or ideas for the event? Around Sept 23rd ish? Please respond here or email me privately if you wish.
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Put Saturday, September 23rd on your calendars for the wrap up Blitz event!
Itll be at the same location as the MBGA May Madness "Blitz". The listing should be on GC.com August 8th or 9th with some more details.
One of the ideas is to have a whole-hog pig roast for the main course with people bringing side dishes so we could have a Fall Supper. Also, were planning on fireworks again. We would end up needing to collect $5-10 per adult and something less for children.
How do people feel about the $5-10 donation along with the Whole Hog BBQ? We dont have a final price on the roast pig so cant be more specific yet.
You don't actually mean that we'd actually see "Babe" on a spit or anything would we? You mean that we'd just have roasted pork, right? I can't actually eat food that looks like the original animal. I can't imagine anyone carving some meat off of a little piggy with an apple in it's mouth. I'd probably burst into tears. If the majority is OK with it, I'll just come after dinner again.
I'm a Disney Kid ... I won't eat Bambi, or Thumper, or Bullwinkle, or Morty, or ... or <insert name of ostrich cartoon character> ... I think I should've been a vegetarian, but haven't had the guts to quit eating meat.
I wish Ted Nugent could see this.
Everybody's gotta eat, right?
REALLY sorry we can't come. But perhaps I'll drop by the Turdle ranch for some of those creative pork leftovers later in the week. Pork cookies? Candied snout? Bacon ice cream?


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