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If Abraham Lincoln can be a vampire hunter, then of course Hansel and Gretel would spend their lives tracking and killing witches. Watching Grimm fairy-tale siblings, who barely escaped a sugar-toting villain with a taste for child flesh, makes more sense than seeing the 16th president chase bloodsuckers with an ax. The pair's vocation may be the only logical part of "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters," a rarely funny spoof that's heavy on bone-crushing and blood-gushing.
The early scenes break down the familiar back story: A brother and sister stumble upon a candy-coated cottage in the woods that's home to a witch, who might be Freddy Krueger's great aunt. She tries to eat them, but they kill her instead. And before you know it, they're all grown up (played by Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton) and bounty hunters.
Brother and sister are hired by the mayor of a village with a problem. Children are disappearing at an alarming rate. Hansel and Gretel arrive as if two characters from "The Matrix" were dropped into 17th-century Heidelberg; they are leather-clad and carry massive guns and sassy attitudes that don't win them points with the wicked sheriff (Peter Stormare, who's off to a bad start in 2013, also starring in the abominable "The Last Stand").
The child-thieving culprits turn out to be a particularly formidable witch (Famke Janssen) and her two cronies, including one who takes hair tips from "Hellraiser." There's an explanation for all this — something about a blood moon and a big sabbath feast, featuring sacrifices and the hearts of white witches, but does it really matter? Nearly all of the 80-some minutes focuses on fights or chases that culminate in some novel form of execution.
Who knew there were so many ways to meet a violent end? Characters are eviscerated by wires or instantaneously dismembered with magic; a troll squashes a human head like a grape and a witch explodes a man using maggots. After a while it's easy to become numb to the repulsive sights and bored by action that once seemed intense and exciting.
For something presented as tongue in cheek, "Hansel & Gretel" isn't nearly as funny as it should be. The humor comes across as less clever than writer-director Tommy Wirkola likely had in mind. In one scene, Hansel injects himself in the leg with a syringe, because all that candy as a child led to diabetes. It's mildly amusing, but it also should have been a big red flag. Too much of anything, whether it's blood, action or candy, is never good.


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Coke Zero 400 Race Preview
The Granite Stripe prepares for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. It is the final race before New Hampshire Motor Speedway gets in on the 2013 season!
Listen to the Granite Stripe Podcast (2013, Ep. 20): Kentucky Highlights, Daytona Preview.
After listening to PRN's highlights from Kentucky, Jonathan and Dalana debate whether Kenseth or Johnson is the title favorite, then make their picks for Daytona.
Set your fantasy lineup with the preview: Daytona Fireworks.
Fireworks are a Fourth of July tradition in America, and that's exemplified by the Independence Day weekend at Daytona International Speedway. Flying sparks, dented bumpers, wrecked cars, the Coke Zero 400 will certainly pack excitement this coming Saturday night.
Is Matt Kenseth the kryptonite to Jimmie Johnson's Superman-like season? Help answer this question.
Since winning the Daytona 500 to open the 2013 season, Jimmie Johnson hasn't spent much time looking back. There have been 17 races and he's led the standings for all but two weeks in late March.
But, he's not invincible. As Eric Church quipped in his last year's release of his song Jack Daniels: "Every Superman has his kryptonite."

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - Jack Black is planning to reunite the cast and crew of his hit film SchooL Of Rock for a big party next year to mark 10 years since the movie's release.
The funnyman played an aspiring rock star who becomes a substitute music teacher and forms a band with his students in the 2003 musical comedy, which featured iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove in her breakthrough role.
Now he hopes to bring the cast all back together in 2013 for a bash to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its release.
He tells New York Post gossip column Page Six, "We're all going to get together for a party."
Black also reveals he has tried to push studio bosses into making a sequel, but the plan hasn't come together.
He adds, "I wish (a sequel would happen). I tried really hard to get all the pieces together. I wouldn't want to do it without the original writer and director, and we never all got together and saw eye-to-eye on what
the script would be. It was not meant to be, unfortunately. But never say never."
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Most carmakers unveiling new models at the Detroit auto show use up their allotted 25 minutes of time, and then some. Chevrolet, having already held a huge off-site reveal for the 2014 Corvette Stingray the previous night, apparently decided it had little else to say Monday.
Chevy's press conference was a model of efficiency, wrapping up in under 10 minutes.
Mary Barra, head of global product development, talked briefly about global Chevy sales before all seven generations of the Corvette were "unveiled" from beneath purple cloths.
Mark Reuss, GM's president of the Americas, said, "I could talk about this new Corvette for hours," then stopped talking about the new Corvette after about 3 minutes.
Not that any of the journalists crammed into Chevy's stand were complaining. More than a few rolled their eyes last year as GM's press conferences about the Buick Encore and marketing efforts aimed at the "millennial" generation dragged on.
One reason GM can be more succinct is the absence of Barra's predecessor, Bob Lutz, who clearly relished the spotlight and tended to veer far from the script in his prime moments on stage.
But Lutz, who retired from GM in 2010 before returning briefly as a consultant, hasn't faded into auto show history yet; he's just relocated to another corner of the floor.
Later Monday, Lutz is scheduled to appear on behalf of Via Motors, a startup maker of electric vehicles. He will be having a conversation, as only Bob Lutz can, with a holographic reincarnation of inventor Thomas Edison.


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Eligible students who complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) are eligible to borrow a limited amount of money for educational expenses.
The first type of student loans a student should accept are federal Direct loans. If you have accepted a Direct loan on your Oklahoma Christian award letter, please use the following links to complete your loan entrance interview (LEI) and/or your master promissory note (MPN).
Parents who are interested in applying for a parent loan (PLUS) may use the following link to learn more about PLUS loans and to begin the PLUS loan application process. After completing the application for a parent loan, the Oklahoma Christian Student Financial Services Office will receive notification of the loan's approval or denial.
Some students may need additional loans to help cover the cost of their education. Alternative student loans should only be used after a student has accepted all eligible Perkins and/or Stafford loans. Alternative student loans are not guaranteed by the federal government and will almost always have a higher interest rate.
The following link will allow you to compare the benefits of our preferred lenders and apply for an alternative student loan.
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All Code references are based on the 2005 NEC. The grounding and bonding requirements in this column apply to solidly grounded systems that operate at not more than 600V, such as 120/240V, 120/208V, and 277/480V.
If you don't work with generators, you may think the requirements for separately derived systems (SDSs) aren't relevant to you. However, that thought may conflict with the reality of your situation.
People often forget that all transformers, except autotransformers, are separately derived. This is because the primary circuit conductors have no direct electrical connection to the secondary circuit conductors.
People also frequently forget that not all generators are separately derived. A generator that supplies a transfer switch that opens the grounded neutral conductor is separately derived [250.20(D) FPN 1] (Fig. 1 at right). This is also the case if there's no grounded neutral conductor. But often generator setups don't switch the grounded neutral conductor in the transfer switch.
To determine if you have an SDS, start with the definition given in Art. 100: "A premises wiring system whose power is derived from a source of electric energy or equipment other than a service. Such systems have no direct electrical connection, including a solidly grounded circuit conductor, to supply conductors originating in another system." (Fig. 2).
System bonding jumper. Part 3 of this series explained that you can't make neutral-to case (load side) bonds [250.24 (A)(5)]. It also discussed the exception it provides for SDSs if you follow the requirements of 250.30(A)(1).
Bonding the metal parts of the SDS to the secondary grounded neutral terminal — by installing a system bonding jumper — ensures quick removal of dangerous voltage from a secondary ground fault. You can also accomplish this by opening the overcurrent protection device of the secondary circuit [250.2(A)(3)].
Overall, the system bonding jumper:
Connects the equipment grounding conductors of the SDS (metal case) to the grounded neutral conductor (typically the X0 terminal).
Is sized based on the derived phase conductors. Connect the system bonding jumper, per 250.28(A) through (D).
Should be installed at only one location — either at the source or the first system disconnecting means or overcurrent device.
Shouldn't be installed at both the SDS and the secondary system disconnecting means because it will allow dangerous objectionable current to flow on conductive metal parts of electrical equipment, metal piping, and structural steel in violation of 250.6(A) (Fig. 3).
Size the system bonding jumper per Table 250.66 based on the area of the largest ungrounded secondary conductor [250.28(D)]. Where you run an equipment-bonding jumper to the secondary system disconnecting means, you must also size it per Table 250.66 based on the area of the largest ungrounded secondary conductor.
Where you run SDS conductors in parallel, install a secondary equipment bonding jumper in each raceway (or cable) and once again size it per Table 250.66 based on the area of the largest ungrounded secondary conductor [250.102(C)].
Grounding electrode conductor (GEC). For each SDS, ground the grounded neutral terminal (typically X0) to a suitable grounding (earthing) electrode of a type identified in 250.30(A)(7). Size the secondary system grounding (earthing) electrode conductor per 250.66 based on the total area of the largest ungrounded secondary conductor.
To prevent objectionable current flow in metal parts of electrical equipment, metal piping, and structural steel, terminate the GEC to the same point on the SDS where you installed the system bonding jumper. However, note the following exceptions:
Where the system bonding jumper [250.30(A)(1)] is a wire or busbar, you can terminate the GEC to the equipment grounding terminal bar or bus on the metal enclosure of the SDS (Fig. 4).
Where the SDS originates in listed equipment suitable as service equipment, you can use the GEC from the service or feeder equipment to the same grounding electrode as the GEC for the SDS — if it meets the size requirements.
You don't need to ground (earth) SDSs rated 1kVA (1,000 VA) or less. But you must install a system bonding jumper per 250.30(A)(1) to ensure the clearing of ground faults.
Connect grounding (earthing) electrode tap conductors to the GEC without splicing the common GEC. Install the GEC per 250.64. The basic requirements mandate that the GEC is:
Copper, where within 18 inches of earth [250.64(A)].
Securely fastened to the surface on which it's carried [250.64(B)].
Adequately protected if exposed to physical damage [250.64(B)].
If you run the GEC in metal enclosures, make them electrically continuous from the point of attachment to cabinets (or equipment) to the GEC [250.64(E)]. Bond building structural steel and all metal piping to an effective ground-fault current path, per 250.104(D).
If you have multiple SDSs, you can ground the grounded neutral terminal (X0) of each SDS to a common GEC. But the GEC and grounding (earthing) electrode tap must comply with 250.30(A)(4)(a) through (c) (Fig. 5). Those requirements can be summarized as follows:
(a) Common GEC size. The common GEC must not be smaller than 3/0 AWG copper or 250 kcmil aluminum.
(b) Tap conductor size. Size each grounding (earthing) electrode tap per 250.66 based on the largest separately derived ungrounded conductor of the SDS.
(c) Connections. Make grounding (earthing) electrode tap connections at an accessible location with a listed connector or an exothermic weld. You can also use listed connections to busbars not less than ¼ inch × 2 inch. If using aluminum busbars, comply with 250.64(A).
Grounding (earthing) electrode. Terminate the GEC to a grounding (earthing) electrode as close as possible to — and preferably in the same area as — the system bonding jumper. The grounding (earthing) electrode must be the nearest:
Metal water pipe electrode, as specified in 250.52(A)(1), or
Structural metal electrode, as specified in 250.52(A)(2).
If neither of these electrodes is available, use one of the following:
A concrete-encased electrode encased in not less than 2 inches of concrete, located within (and near the bottom of) a concrete foundation (or footing) in direct contact with earth. This foundation must contain not less than 20 feet of electrically conductive steel reinforcing bars (or rods) not less than ½ inches in diameter [250.52(A)(3)].
A ground ring encircling the building or structure, buried not less than 30 inches below grade. It must contain not less than 20 feet of bare copper conductor not smaller than 2 AWG [250.52(A)(4) and 250.53(F)].
A ground rod with not less than 8 feet of contact with the soil [250.52(A)(5) and 250.53(G)].
Other metal underground systems, piping systems, or underground tanks [250.52(A)(7)].
Observe the FPN in 250.30(7) to ensure quick removal of dangerous voltage from a ground fault. Bond metal water piping and structural steel in the area served by an SDS to the grounded neutral conductor at the SDS, per 250.104(D).
Grounded neutral conductor. If you install the system bonding jumper at the secondary system disconnecting means instead of at the source of the SDS, follow these requirements:
Route the grounded neutral conductor with the secondary conductors, and size it not smaller than specified in Table 250.66 based on the largest ungrounded conductor for the SDS.
If you install the secondary conductors in parallel, size the grounded neutral secondary conductor in each raceway or cable based on the area of the largest ungrounded secondary conductor in the raceway.
You can't size the grounded neutral secondary conductor smaller than 1/0 AWG (310.4). Remember, the grounded neutral conductor serves as the effective ground-fault current path.
SDSs are common, so it's important to know — and correctly implement — SDS requirements. A mistake in grounding and bonding can prevent a fault from clearing, and it can allow dangerous potential to build on metal parts of the electrical system. Your new knowledge of SDS grounding and bonding requirements allows you to prevent both problems.


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Rietvlei Nature Reserve
Rietvlei Nature Reserve [6] is a small reserve located in the Gauteng Province of South Africa.
Rietvlei (Reed marsh) has a size of 38 square kilometers and covered by 91km of roads. 40 km of these roads are open to the public (30km tarred and 10km dirt road) for self drive game viewing. The Rietvlei and Marais dams are located inside the reserve.
The reserve consist of three main areas:
The only boats allowed on the dams are those operated from the Yacht Club. Powerboats are totally forbidden as the noise disturbs the wildlife.
The reserve is generally not very busy. You will often have a bird hide all to yourself and there is seldom anyone else around to make noise and scare away the wildlife.
Summer is excellent for bird watching as many of the migrating species will also be found in the reserve, but the long lush grass may obscure some of the other wildlife. Rhino may be especially difficult to spot. Some antelope species will still be easily visible due to their size and the fact that they graze along the hill sides.
The Rietvlei dam supplied about 15% of Tshwane's water supply.
To be involved with a team of volunteers involved in many exciting tasks at Gauteng's Rietvlei Nature Reserve, visit the web site of the Friends of Rietvlei: http://rietvlei.googlepages.com/
As part of the Rietvlei water scheme, the Rietvlei dam was build in 1934 on the Six Mile Spruit. The dam wall is a brick structure and was build completely by hand. Donkey carts were used to cart bricks onto site and remove any soil and other material that was no longer required. Many horse shoes lost by these working donkeys can still be found in the hill behind the Yacht Club.
In 1948 the city of Pretoria, which owns the land, proclaimed the area a nature reserve.
Mostly open grassland covering low hills with indigenous tree in small groups. Rare for South Africa, it also contains a peat wetland area. An ancient lava stream runs north/south through the park.
The dams are fed by the Six Mile Spruit and four fountains on the reserve as well as one from an adjacent property.
Flora and fauna
The reserve has 272 bird and 530 plant species. Buffalo, hippopotamus, brown hyena, black back jackel, zebra, ostrich, cheetah, rhinoceros, and a number of antelope species. Antelope include eland, red hartebees, black wildebees, blesbok, springbok, reedbuck, waterbuck, steenbok, duiker and oribi. There are some exotic plant species and invader trees that are slowly being eradicated.
The reserve has a typical Hightveld climate with hot days regularly followed by short and intense afternoon thunderstorms in summer. The thunderstorms are often accompanied by lightning and occasionally result in hail. Summer temperatures range between 16°C at night to 30°C during the day. Winters are mild and dry with temperatures averaging between a minimum of 5°C and a maximum of 20°C.
Get in
The reserve is located just off the R21 between Pretoria and OR Tambo International Airport.
Take exit 12 (M31 Nellmapios Dr., Irene) from the R21, turn towards the east (there is a brown information sign boards indicating the reserve), at the first 4 way stop, turn right and about 2.5km down the road you will find another brown information sign board indicating a left turn towards the reserve entrance.
Gates are open for day visitors from 6AM to 5PM in summer (September to March) and 6AM to 4PM in winter. Day visitors are required to leave the reserve by 7PM in summer and 5PM in winter.
Entrance to the reserve costs R35 per adult, R18 for children under 13 and free for children under 5. The disabled or elderly (over 60) pay R18 entrance fee.
Access to the Angling area requires an additional permit at R20.
But don't bother phoning about inquiries as they do not answer phones.
Get around
The easiest option for day visitors is to self drive. 30km of tarred and 10km of dirt road is provided for this. Speed limit within the reserve is 30km per hour.
There are no shops in the reserve. There is a Woolworths convenience shop just outside the reserve, located at the Engen service station on the intersection of the M37 and M31. The Irene Village Mall [7] is located at the offramp from the R21, about 4km from the reserve.
There are no restaurants or fast food outlets in the reserve, but there are also no restriction on what food you may take in for your own consumption.
Do not feed the animals.
There are no places to buy drinks in the reserve, but there are safe to drink, municipal water on tap at most places where you may exit your vehicle. Alcohol is allowed in the reserve, but anyone found intoxicated will be asked to leave.
Stay safe
There are dangerous animals in the park. Only exit your vehicle at designated areas, such at the picnic spot, bird hides, lapas and camping sites. No swimming is allowed in any of the dams as they are home to hippos and crocodiles.
Get in
Get out
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Unlike many young children, siblings Callia, Kiefer, Cadence and Kenley Smith, aren't asking for new toys, books or games for their birthdays, not for themselves at least. Since three children have summer birthdays, their mother Kelly Smith decided to have a joint party at their home in Potowomut for the fifth year in a row, in which family and friends bring donations for Hasbro's Child Life Services program instead of gifts. This year, 1½-year-old Kenley will also be included in the festivities to celebrate her half-birthday.
This idea began after the siblings received more toys than they could play with on their first joint party, and Cadence's first birthday.
"We got a lot of stuff they didn't need. Not that we didn't appreciate it, but we didn't need it," said Smith.
This is when she first got the idea to have guests make donations. This is personal for the family because Cadence was born with cerebral palsy and other health complications and had to spend some time at Hasbro for surgery to insert a g tube in her belly. While in the recovery room after surgery, Smith was upset by the sound of screaming children and wanted to find a way to help.
"I had to leave, it was breaking my heart," said Smith.
She also heard from a friend in California who had donated to Hasbro, which reinforced the idea to contribute there.
The connection runs even deeper for the family because they were also on the receiving end of generosity. One of Cadence's health complications included being born with a knot in her umbilical cord that caused brain damage. The best option for her was experimental surgery in Duke, N.C., which was not covered by insurance.
"We received so much support, it's extremely humbling. People from different parts of the country came together in support of my daughter," said Smith.
The family had a few fundraisers, such as a yard sale and a car show. Cady's cause spread through family members and friends, then farther through social media. The oldest daughter, Callia, turned 9 recently and is very excited for their birthday party this summer.
"I like to give the kids a lot of presents in the hospital because they're sick," said Callia.
She said that her mom lets each of the siblings pick out something small to keep before they drop off the rest at the hospital.
"Last year, someone from my family gave us a Justin Bieber doll and I really wanted it, but then I was happy I gave it to a little girl that's sick that likes Justin Bieber," she said.
Last year they donated about $300 in gift cards as well as several boxes of books, DVDs, CDs, coloring books, crayons, stuffed animals, video games and more!
This year the Smiths hope to donate even more and she invites any readers who are interested to contribute as well. Any donations can be dropped off at Beacon Communications on 1944 Warwick Ave.
Thanks to the Beacon for sharing our story! To clarify, Cady had a knot in her umbilical cord, not vocal cord. ;)
If anyone would like to make a donation, here is the list of preferred donations, straight from the hospital's Web site.
Gift certificates are especially appreciated:
Barnes and Noble
Showcase Theatres
IMAX Theatre
Bath and Body Works
Toys R Us
Old Navy
Dick's Sporting Goods
Sports Authority
For Infants:
Infant/Toddler Board books
Musical, sound and light toys
For School Age Children:
Arts and crafts kits
Music CDs (non-violent)
DVDs - new releases rated G and PG
Sesame Street games and toys
For Teens:
Mini iPods
Music CDs (non-violent)
Sports team clothing (especially New England Teams)
DVDs - new releases rated PG and PG-13
Bath and body products (male and female)
Arts and crafts kits
Stuffed Toys
If you would like to donate stuffed toys please follow the guidelines below, in consideration of our patients who are allergic to dust and dust mites.
Stuffed toys must be new and individually wrapped
No beans inside
No toys that have been sitting around for long periods of time.
Thank you!
Kelly and Corey Smith and family


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Feb. 24, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The MIT women's fencing team captured its second consecutive New England Championship and 15th overall last weekend at Mount Holyoke College. The sabre squad, comprised of rookies Robin Shin, Molly Kozminsky, and Lauren Chilton, secured first place and recorded the best outing for the Engineers since 2001-02.
Shin and Kozminsky posted flawless 14-0 performances during the qualifying rounds en route to Gold and Bronze medals. Chilton completed the contingent with a total of 10-1, resulting in a seventh-place finish. The trio of Jennifer McKeehan, Priscilla del Castillo, and Caroline Purcell set the standard for the Cardinal and Gray in 2002, placing first, third, and fourth, respectively.
Powered by Cordelia Link's total of 11-3, the foil team claimed third place. Link ranked fourth overall as Jenna Caldwell (12-2) finished ninth. Lindley Graham rounded out the squad with a 9-3 ledger, good for fourth place in the "C" pool.
Stephanie Shin led the way for the epee team, notching a mark of 11-3 en route to a fifth-place individual finish. Kirsten Hessler (8-6) and Sophie Monahan (7-4) both ranked sixth in their respective qualifying pools and helped propel the Engineers to a sixth-place team ranking.


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Garbanzo pancakes
I've been intrigued recently by the trendy restaurant trick of "deconstructing" dishes, taking all the parts of a traditional recipe and almost literally disassembling the usual procedure, reconstructing a dish that contains the same ingredients and flavors but presents them in an innovative (and one hopes, tasty and interesting) new way.
Chef Rick Adams at Louisville's L&N Wine Bar, for instance, occasionally offers a "deconstructed short ribs" dish in which tender, fat-free beef is presented in a neat, intensely beefy block that contains no bones or gristle; and I've raved recently about oxtail and pig's-foot presentations by the Italian chef and FoodTV personality Mario Batali that are put through similar hoops before they come to the table.
The other day, thinking over this concept while trying to decide what to make for dinner, I had an idea so wacky that I couldn't resist trying it: Take most of the ingredients of Portuguese-style greens and sausage soup (March 16, 2006 FoodLetter), but put them together in a completely different way. Instead of making it as a soup, pull out the garbanzo beans (chickpeas, ceci, whatever you like to call them), and fashion them as pancakes instead! Then top these savory rounds with a spicy mix of greens and tomatoes similar to the contents of the traditional soup. The sausage is optional, but the meatless presentation is so hearty that it's not really needed.
The procedure proved simple enough, not unlike the kind of potato pancake made from leftover mashed potatoes: Warm and mash a can of garbanzo beans, mix them with a little flour and an egg yolk to help it hold together, and season with selected spices - I decided on Indian-style, curiously enough, maybe thinking of Portugal's old colony in Goa - to kick the flavor up a bit.
It worked so well that I decided to try the pancake base again another day, this time substituting cornmeal for the white flour to achieve an pancake somewhat reminiscent of fried polenta, topping the cakes with a savory garnish of creamy mild goat cheese and diced prosciutto.
The concept is a keeper: The crispy-edged, robust pancakes have an attractive, elusive flavor that your guests might have a hard time identifying if you don't clue them in. And it's almost infinitely variable, so if you try it, don't hesitate to tweak both the contents and the toppings to your heart's content.
The procedure for the pancakes follows. The Portuguese "soup" topping is really too simple to need a recipe: Cook spinach and kale together briefly, then chop them coarsely; sautee the chopped greens in olive oil with onions and garlic and moisten the result with a little fresh tomato sauce. Spoon it on the finished pancakes and decorate the plate, if you like, with a swath of additional tomato sauce around the perimeter.
INGREDIENTS: (Serves two)
15.5-ounce (439g) can garbanzo beans or the equivalent in reconstituted dry beans
1 or 2 cloves garlic
4 tablespoons (60g) white flour or cornmeal (see below)
1 egg
Black pepper
Other spices to your liking (see below)
1 tablespoon olive oil, peanut oil or vegetable oil
1. Drain and rinse the beans and drain them again, unless you're more fond of that slimy canning liquid than I am. Peel the garlic cloves, and measure out the other ingredients. Separate the egg, discarding the white or, if you're extremely thrifty, save it for another purpose.
2. Put the beans and the garlic into a saucepan with enough lightly salted water to cover. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for a few moments, until they're warmed through. Drain off all but about 1/4 cup of the water, and buzz the beans to a thick puree.
3. Stir in your choice of white flour or cornmeal. Using flour makes a lighter pancake with the garbanzo flavor evident; cornmeal plays more of a leading role in a heavier, coarse-textured pancake that resembles polenta with a touch of garbanzo flavor. I like it both ways, and wouldn't rule out experimenting with other flours, like rye or buckwheat.
4. Stir in the egg yolk, and add salt, pepper and your choice of spices to your taste, choosing flavors that will complement whatever you're serving with the pancakes. In one white-flour version, I used cumin and Madras curry powder; in a cornmeal pancake I used Coleman's dry mustard and a pinch of cayenne. Let your imagination be your guide, but don't overdo - unless you're making an Indian-style curry, any time you you more than two or three spices and herbs together you're probably going to end up with muddled flavors.
5. Put a large, flat, preferably non-stick skillet or griddle over medium-high heat, and when it's hot enough to "bounce" a few drops of water, grease it lightly (and carefully) with a little oil on a paper towel. I generally use olive oil or peanut oil or a neutral vegetable oil depending on the spices I've chosen for the pancake and the flavors of the accompaniments. Drop heaping tablespoons of the batter (which should be about the texture of thick polenta) onto the skillet, and coax them into approximate rounds. Cook on one side for two or three minutes, until the bottom is firm, then turn them very carefully, using a thin spatula. (Because the pancakes are mostly bean and only a little flour, they're somewhat fragile until the exterior is well cooked. But if you mess one up in turning it, don't despair - you can generally mash it back into working order.) Flip once or twice until they're crisp and golden, then serve with your choice of garnish or accompaniment.
WINE MATCH: Purely by happenstance, I uncorked - or, in fact, unscrewed - modest South African wines with both of my ventures: With garbanzo-white flour pancakes topped with a warm "pesto" of chopped cooked kale and spinach and tomatoes, I served a red wine, the mostly Pinotage Hidden Valley 2003 Stellenbosch "Hidden Agenda." With garbanzo cornmeal pancakes topped with goat cheese and prosciutto dice, it was a white, the New Zealand-style South African Durbanville Hills 2005 Sauvignon Blanc.


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Summer doesn't officially end for a few weeks, but the Labor Day weekend ushers in the unofficial close of the summer season. Days will soon get shorter as the weather gets a little crisper. This was also the last three-day weekend on the calendar for a while so before you get all depressed here is your weekly dose of real estate headlines to start your week:
If being environmentally friendly isn't enough, here are some monetary reasons why you should opt for a green home.
AOL Real Estate has a list of the 9 best places to retire. My birthplace of Arizona tops the list.
Can prefab homes solve a housing crisis? One town in Britain thinks so.
RealtyTrac.com has tips on a cautious approach to buying foreclosures.
Will we really be able to pay our rent in Bitcoin in the future?
Here are 8 easy energy and money saving home improvements.
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The Fierce Five – Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Jordyn Wieber, Kyla Ross, and Aly Raisman – are all smiles as they arrive at The Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday (August 14) in New York City.
The girls each carried a red rose with them as they headed inside to record their segment.
Earlier that day, the team all got together and rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
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The Certificate of Discharge below is for his time served on the Elizabeth Graham. He joined the crew in Melbourne, Australia on December 10, 1890 at the age of 20 and was discharged on January 13, 1892 in Sydney, Australia. The Master of the ship was a Captain C. Hodge. His station on board was "AB" – not sure what that is. Either on the back of the certificate or stamped on the front the Master would note the character of the seaman. On all of the discharge papers, his "Character of Ability" and "Character of Conduct" was always no less than Very Good.
One of the items on my To Do List is to try and find passenger lists to match the discharge papers. The one below is one that I have found on Ancestry for his time on the Elizabeth Graham (there could be several for his 2 year stint on this ship). On this trip, they left Bluff, New Zealand on January 30, 1891 and arrived in Sydney on February 2,1891.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - This past weekend, the MIT men's fencing team competed in the IFA Championship, the oldest collegiate championship in the country. The Engineers finished ninth out of 11 teams as the epee team led the charge with an eighth-place finish, followed by foil (ninth) and sabre (10th). Igor Kopylov was the lone Division III recipient of the Georges L. Cointe Award, which is given to an individual who excels in high-level competition with excellence in sportsmanship. He is MIT's second consecutive winner of this award and third overall as Trevor Chang was honored last year and Guy Pommares was chosen in 1969-70.
The Cointe Award was created in 1962 to honor the memory of the longtime coach of Cornell University's team, Georges L. Cointe (1899-1961). The presentation of the trophy is made annually to the male and female fencer at the IFA Championships who best demonstrates the qualities of sportsmanship. The selection is made by the coaches of the member teams from among the fencers nominated by the competitors. The criteria include: superior fencing skills; well thought out and executed actions; showing a "will to win" through initiative, determination, drive, and aggressiveness; being courteous and gracious towards opponents and officials; knowing the rules and accepting officials' decisions; and is an example for others to follow.
Kopylov finished 11th in the individual sabre competition, falling to the eventual runner-up, Alex Diacou (Columbia University), 15-9. In the top qualifying pool, he placed fourth with a ledger of 6-4. Maximilian Brand claimed ninth place (2-8) in the "B" pool while Matthew Farrell took 11th (1-9) in the "C" pool.
Spencer Sugimoto led the charge for the foil team as he ranked 13th overall and eighth in the "A" pool with a record of 4-6. Sebastian Castro and Richard LaGrandier finished 10th and 11th, respectively, with identical marks of 1-4. In the "C" pool, Benjamin Switala went 2-8 en route to a 10th-place finish.
In the epee "C" pool, Jeremy Hurwitz placed seventh with a ledger of 4-6. Gabriel Chan posted a 5-5 record en route to an eighth-place ranking in the "B" pool while Matt Gethers finished 10th in the top tier with a total of 2-8.
The field included Boston College, Brandeis University, Brown University, Columbia University, Harvard University, New York University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Vassar College and Yale University.


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Mumbai, Feb 19 : Akshay Kumar has urged people in the corporate world to support poor families having children with special talent in a sport and to those who want to nurture it.
The actor, who promotes martial arts in his own little ways, wants people to look beyond cricket.
"Cricket... I am just damn tired of it! I want something else coming out of this country. I just want it to happen. Support these families, their children are made of something which can get us gold medals at Olympics," the 44-year-old said here at the PC Excellence Entertainment Awards.
"All the corporates, if they support four to five families and give them all the money they need, I think we can come up with gold medals," he added.
Akshay further revealed that he himself supports three such families.
"I support three families whose children are eight to nine years old. I support them completely - their father, mother... everything, so that they can come up (in the sports field). The children are very interested in sports, so they can come up and become great sportspersons," Akshay said here.
The 45-year-old is trained in martial arts and, at one point of time, also taught kids martial arts. He also hosts an annual Akshay Kumar Kudo Tournament, a karate championship.


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Poor Rui gets a real pain in the neck for being a nice guy . Clearly from that flashback Midori didn't have someon understanding around her. Parents were pretty disturbed by their daughter knowing everything they were thinking. Mind reading seemed to come on a lot stronger and earlier than for Ran. Though doesn't give clearance to go hurt innocent people for your whims.
Was a bit surprised by some reason with Rui's voice, but will probably be fine with it after a few episodes. Guy did a good job putting a stop to the telepathy fight before things really got out of hand.
Thought the first episode was alright and will see how things go.
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I just watched the first episode ~ ! And from what I see, I like. The animation style is colorful and fluid, the character designs are simple and fun, and the story is familiar without being too cliche. I can't wait to see more!
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I watched the first episode a couple of days ago. Although, like many others, I don't like the character design and the OP and the ED, I enjoyed this episode, in particular the class part at the end. It was a little too much slow at the beginning.
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Bah, the art style is rather bland IMO especially compared to the manga. But at least they are proceeding with the plot at a fast pace.
Manga sample:
The teacher looks like she got a few extra pounds on her in the anime.
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Episode 2...
I'm starting to like the OP and ED more, at first I was apprehensive. I find myself rewatching these few episodes, which I usually never do! I like this series for the most part so far, except for a few iffy animation scenes (the one with Fumi), but the bright colors and fun athsetic keep me interested ~ !
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Looking at the manga scan, to me who has read a lot of shoujo scans, its as generic as the anime albeit in another way. Oh well, I never really was that big on art anyways, so a moot point for me.
As for episode 2, yes... more psycho-bitch conflicts. (What are the odds of Ueda voicing a character in Higurashi 3? I want her there lol) I really REALLY hope they won't make up and be friends, but looking at OP, I find it very unlikely.
Thanks again to w00f for the translations. Great series so far, and one of the few shows I can actaully watch in 1080p. XD
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I'm liking the animation style of this, simple without looking scruffy. The story has potential to be entertaining, though I hope the angst won't get too out of hand.
I thought the bit in the building with the dog and the lighter was a terribly clumsy way to attack someone, until I considered the building/contents, and not the employee, was probably the target. Even so, a bit odd, I thought.
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That's a big change from his old boss Steve Jobs, who never traveled to China. It demonstrates how important China is for Apple in the next five years.
What likely drove Cook's trip this time is a high-level face-to-face meeting with China Mobile's
But China Mobile would also greatly benefit from a deal with Apple. In the most recent quarter, China Unicom
Apple has been talking about the importance of China on its earnings call for several years now. So, Tim Cook deserves full credit for recognizing the opportunities here and getting way out in front of them.
In the company's fiscal second quarter last year, Apple did $7.9 billion in revenue from Greater China. This accounted for 20% of overall sales. Just to put that in some perspective, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)
As impressive as this is, I don't think Apple's been as aggressive in China as it should have been. What I can't understand -- and what no one has been able to explain to me -- is why Apple has been so slow to open new stores in China.
It opened its first store in China in 2008 just before the Olympics in Beijing. It's one of the company's best-performing stores in the world. By the middle of last year, Apple had six stores in mainland China.
Back in early 2010, during a store opening in Shanghai, then-Apple retail head Ron Johnson estimated Apple would open 25 stores in China in the next two years. We are still far lower than that target. Why?
Johnson's departure from the company, and the recent firing of his replacement, may have something to do with it. But Apple is a well-oiled machine and once it commits to a goal, it typically delivers on it.
With all the financial success in China over this period, it's surprising that Apple wouldn't have fulfilled on its ambitious goal.{PAGE_BREAKMany other Western companies are going full steam ahead into China. Burberry (LON:BRBY)
I have heard people speculate Apple can't acquire the right locations in China and the right prices in order to proceed. Apple certainly has high standards but I don't think such an exercise with Apple's offshore cash resources would be that difficult.
The answer for Apple's retail presence reticence in China remains unclear.
Meanwhile, in the past two years, Android's software has flourished in China. It has been well-advanced by Samsung (KRX:005935), of course, in China. The Note and Galaxy are especially popular among Chinese elites and mainstream. But Android has also been seized upon by all the Chinese handset makers like ZTE and Huawei. Even Alibaba Group and Baidu
Google doesn't really benefit from this Chinese growth of Android. It gets nothing from the handset makers and Google doesn't even get the mobile information sent back to them. Baidu is used by most for search. Local mapping partners handle Chinese maps. Google doesn't even get geolocation data.
But the fact that Google doesn't benefit from Android's growth in China doesn't make it any better for Apple. Apple is still playing catch-up now in China, where it was seen as being more in a position of strength only earlier in 2012.
No doubt this is partially behind Tuesday's report that Apple is working on a cheaper iPhone for release later this year. Apple likely realizes that it must be able to grab a meaningful share of this exploding mobile market in China and other emerging markets. A $650 device will only take you so far in those markets.
There is still enormous opportunity in China for Apple. Tim Cook seems fully aware of just how big the opportunity is. We will just have to see if the "go slow" approach over the last two years will put Apple at a big disadvantage.
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But then, there's a minority among us who would rather not part with his belongings, be it considered worthless or still useful. Yours truly is one example. Seldom do I throw away stuff. I even recycle candy wrappers as bookmarkers. Considering a thing worthless or useful is a matter of perspective for me. You see garbage, I see something valuable. Yes, my abode can be a bedlam to new visitors, but like Oscar the Grouch, I love my disorganized state.
The local term is makalat, which roughly translates to being 'disorganized' in English. Being makalat is frowned upon in a society which always strives to obtain a state of being next to Godliness. For my part, I think I am makalat because: (1) I seldom have time to organize, (2) I always see something valuable in things, and (3) I don't trust anybody can do it for me.
The NYTimes, however, has a different take on being disorganized:
"It isn't a house problem," he went on. "It's a person problem. The person needs to fundamentally change their behavior."
Excessive clutter and disorganization are often symptoms of a bigger health problem. People who have suffered an emotional trauma or a brain injury often find housecleaning an insurmountable task. Attention deficit disorder, depression, chronic pain and grief can prevent people from getting organized or lead to a buildup of clutter. At its most extreme, chronic disorganization is called hoarding, a condition many experts believe is a mental illness in its own right, although psychiatrists have yet to formally recognize it.
[NYTimes, 1 Jan 2008]
So, when being disorganized and clutter reaches a critical level in your house, it becomes a mental condition, and we need to seek professional help? By getting househelp by hiring a house maid? No. By seeking the help of a professional organizer --- yes, such a profession now exists --- who charge in the range of $60-$100 or more per hour. Wow! Typing 'professional organizer' in Google yields more than a half a million results, so it must really be a profitable profession.
The question is when to seek help. Maybe when people begin tripping while walking inside your room, or when the inside of your house starts to look like a jungle. Or maybe when you yourself can no longer enter or leave your house because the chaos is simply too much to handle already. But we pray it never comes to that conclusion.
I agree that being clean or being organized begins in our minds. The clutter we see is simply the tangible manifestation of how much chaos we have inside. We correct the derangement on the inside, we fix the mess on the outside. And except for a few severe cases, I think we can manage to do this on our own without getting our pockets ripped off by professional organizers.


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Tiffin also uses Aqua-Hot in its Allegro Bus and Zephyr motorhomes. "Our Phaeton model has gained even more luxury features in the past few years, so it was a natural fit to include a high-end brand like Aqua-Hot," said Williamson.
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Page Six: Alicia Keys, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Ryan Seacrest withdrew from "social media until they raised a $1 million for the charity.... But it took longer than expected, and insiders say the celebs became frustrated....the organization expected to raise the $1 million in a week. But by yesterday, after six days, it had taken in only about $450,000. Stars including Kim Kardashian, who can earn about $10,000 a tweet, started getting itchy fingers. One source blamed servers that crashed for 12 hours on the first night for the slow-paced donations. Others blamed lack of promotion and overestimating the participants' Twitter power."
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The Ignacio High School girls basketball team defeated Farmington 40-28 on Saturday afternoon to take third place in the annual Shiprock Tournament in New Mexico.
We had some good pressure defense right from the start, head coach Justa Whitt said after the Bobcats improved to 3-1.
After (the loss to) Shiprock on Friday, we wanted to get our confidence back, the first-year head coach said.
An offensive surge triggered by defense helped the Bobcats build a 12-point halftime lead.
But it could have been bigger, Whitt said.
We missed a lot of ... easy shots. We missed a lot of layups, Whitt said.
We could have blown them away by more than we did if we had made some of those layups, Whitt said.
Mariah Vigil led the Bobcats with 13 points, including 9 of 11 from the free throw line. She also had nine rebounds.
Michelle Simmons added 10 points and nine rebounds. She also had six steals in Ignacios win.
Sky Cotton scored eight points and had four steals.
Skys older sister, Pam Cotton, had five points, seven rebounds and five steals against Farmington on Saturday.
We were very good at running our offense (Saturday), Whitt said.
We were patient. We passed the ball around, and we got better looks. Thats good for us.
The Ignacio girls beat Aztec on Thursday before the loss to tournament host Shiprock on Friday.
The Bobcats defeated Bloomfield (N.M.) in their home opener last week.
Combined with Saturdays win over Farmington, all three Ignacio victories have come against bigger New Mexico high schools.
The Ignacio girls will return to the court next Friday when they host Sargent at 5:30 p.m. in a nonconference game.
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Here's a nice way to measure your neighborhood: Do you have ten interesting places?
I've just begun The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Placemaking by Jay Walljasper — a concise and uplifting guide to making a neighborhood not only worth living in, but worth envying. (I have added it to my "Further reading" page.) Like me, Walljasper envisions a neighborhood as more than a geographic region: it is a place for society, commerce, and beauty. It is a place where people have regular business and see each other often. It is "owned" by the locals.
In the introduction, he suggests an exercise in "zooming in" (my words). First, consider your region: write down the ten most important places you go, places you recommend to visitors. Then, zooming in, consider your city, and write down the ten most important places there — like a park or a neighborhood. Then,
"Zoom in and think about one of these places and try to write down the smaller places that make up the place. For example, if you named the main street as an important place, whate are the little places on that street where you enjoy spending time? You can shop there, of course, but if your main street is truly a good place, you can also sit outside on a bench and talk to your neighbors, get a cup of coffee nearby, and enjoy the passing scene." (p. 4)
Over lunch, I decided to try this with my own neighborhood. What were the ten most interesting places within walking distance of my house?
First, a note about the above question. I stand firmly by the assertion that a neighborhood's boundaries are limited by walking distance: you may be able to walk farther than the edge of your neighborhood, but if a place is too far to walk it's not in your neighborhood. Also, "walking distance" is a fuzzy idea. Researchers on pedestrian behavior have found that most people are happy to walk places within five minutes; farther than that and they start choosing to drive, postpone their trip, or not go at all. Obviously, it reflects average, aggregate behavior, not the behavior of every individual. If we adhere strictly to this, a neighborhood (as a place you walk) will be no larger than a circle one half-mile in diameter: five minutes from center to edge. However, I'm willing to stretch this — if for no reason other than that Fairbanks is mostly not built that way, and I should cut us a little slack.
So, what were the most interesting places within walking distance of my house? I could think of only five:
- Noel Wien Library
- Seoul Gate (Korean restaurant)
- Arctic Bowl (Bowling alley)
- Chena River, especially the waterfront by Lathrop Street
- Denali Elementary School (where my kids enjoy the playground)
Maybe I could go a little farther and include Gambardella's or McCafferty's, maybe the fountain downtown. My wife suggests Chartreuse, a new clothing store at First and Wickersham. But those all feel a little out of "my turf" — I don't feel the same sense of ownership of them and of the streets around them.
In the image at right, note that where I live — near this peculiar triangle bounded by 6th, 8th, and Bonnifield — is about as far as it's possible to get from all those destinations yet still be roughly "between" them. And the nearest is an eight-minute walk away (unless you count the Chena River, whose nearest point is only five minutes' walk).
Eight minutes! I once looked at a Census map and discovered that my neighborhood was one of the most densely populated in the Fairbanks area. Why should anybody living in a densely populated neighborhood have to walk eight minutes to reach the nearest point of interest — especially when most people won't leave their houses on foot for anything over five minutes away? People need reasons to walk: the pleasure of fresh air is not enough. If we have so few reasons to walk around our neighborhood, how are we going to meet our neighbors? and how are we to become neighborly?
So, Fairbanksans: tell me about your neighborhoods. Can you walk to ten interesting places? And what are they?


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Central Connecticut women's golf coach Carly Ludwig was named Northeast Conference Coach of the Year and senior Anna Ausanio earn a First Team All-Northeast Conference selection for her performance this season. Both honors were announced in the NEC's annual release of postseason awards. The 2013 CCSU women's golf team placed second at the Northeast Confernce Championships behind the strong play of Ausanio who also earned a second place finish as an individual.
During the 2012-13 season, Ausanio led her team in top-ten finishes as well as scoring average. She finished in the top-ten of individual competitors seven times and averaged a round score of 77.8. Her lowest round score came in the third and final round of the 2013 NEC Tournament where she carded a 73 to give her a runner-up finish. She also helped lead her team to a second place finish at the NEC's championship event.
This is the second consecutive season that Ausanio has earned All-NEC honors, last spring she was a Second Team All-NEC selection after a strong junior season that was capped by a fifth place finish at the conference championship. Ausanio also played well at the NEC Tournament as a sophomore in 2011, as she tied for sixth place that season.
A second year head coach, Ludwig takes NEC Coach of the Year honors after guiding her team to a second place finish at the NEC Championships. Ludwig's squad improved five spots in the standings this season after finishing seventh in 2012. The team's stroke score on the LPGA International Course, where the NEC hosts it's championship, dropped from 971 in 2012 to 954 in 2013.
The Blue Devils have also captured the Mount St. Mary's Invitational crown in both 2012 and 2013. Central's second place finish at the 2013 NEC Championship is the program's highest finish at the torunament since 2007 where they also finish second.


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The US Senate began debate on sweeping reforms to financial regulation Thursday, opening the door for possible changes that could make the bill tougher or looser before it goes to President Obama's desk.
A case in point is an issue that flared up in a separate Senate venue this week, involving the powerful investment bank Goldman Sachs.
At the Tuesday hearing, members of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations peppered Goldman executives with questions, most of which boiled down to this: Is it appropriate for a financial firm to be betting against an investment with one arm, in its own trading, while marketing the same investments to clients with another?
To Sen. Carl Levin (D) of Michigan, the subcommittee chairman, the answer is no.
Goldman Sachs resisted his characterization that this amounts to a clear conflict of interest. Now, he and some colleagues are hoping to amend the Senate's financial reform bill to crack down harder on the so-called "proprietary trading" that firms like Goldman engage in.
Plugging ethical gaps
An amendment he's proposing offers a window into the complex debates that could reshape the financial reform bill in coming days. The goal of the amendment is partly to plug perceived ethical gaps on Wall Street. But it's also intended to make the financial system safer, by reducing the risks that large financial firms take on in their effort to make profits.
Although much news coverage of the legislation has focused on debate over whether the current bill goes too far, this case exemplifies the other side of the coin. Many Senators believe the bill needs to become tougher on banks and Wall Street firms.
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D) of Oregon, a co-sponsor of the amendment, told a press briefing Thursday that he and Levin are starting to enlist support across party lines, and that some Republicans share his concerns about proprietary trading.
'Not liberal or conservative'
"This is not a liberal or conservative issue," Mr. Merkley said. "The integrity of the Wall Street system of allocating capital is a pro-business position."
Even if it may be pro-business, however, the idea must win its way into the bill.
The amendment would bar traditional banks and their parent companies – focused on deposit-taking and lending – from proprietary trading. It would also call on regulators to set tighter safety standards for non-banks that engage in such trading.
If an institution is large and "systemically important," like Goldman Sachs, it would need to set aside more capital as a cushion against the risks of its trading.
The measure also seeks to reduce conflicts of interest. "If you are designing securities and you are selling them, [you can't be] betting against them," Merkley said, adding that the Goldman hearing this week put that problem in a "spectacular spotlight."
At the hearing, Goldman executives repeatedly sought to distinguish their role as a "market maker," distributing investments to clients, from their trading activities. CEO Lloyd Blankfein and others said clients of Goldman as a market maker do not expect the firm to disclose its view of the securities' quality.
The firm also rejected the characterization that it had a massive bet that the housing market would crash in 2007, saying it had many "long" investments in mortgages that balanced against its "short" positions.
Many banks oppose a ban on proprietary trading, since trading in their own investment funds is an added profit source alongside their other activities.
Fixing 'too big to fail'
But some finance experts say the move could fix one of the key problems that emerged in the financial crisis: Firms that were "too big to fail" (important to the system) but that took on large trading bets and thus risked failure amid the 2008 climate of panic.
Here's the interesting twist: A ban on proprietary trading is already in the bill that Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) of Connecticut has brought to the Senate floor. But the ban, dubbed the "Volcker rule" after the former Federal Reserve chairman who supports it, would be implemented only after a regulatory study period. Supporters of the ban worry this creates leeway for the curbs to be watered down or dropped.
So a fight is shaping up. Where some Republicans want to weaken Dodd's existing Volcker rule, it's possible that the Volcker rule could remain unchanged. Or it could become stronger through the Levin-Merkley amendment.
If it does, Merkley says he expects Goldman would change its current charter as a bank holding company, so that it can continue proprietary trading. But the trading would still face new rules.
Goldman Sachs under fire: Is Wall Street cheering or cowering?


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Racing for some redemption, Max Biaggi (1:41.745) proved a point in winning pole for the 2011 World Superbike round at Monza, returning to the track to best his own qualifying time after most riders had returned to their garages. Biaggi also bested his record top speed (334.8 kph/208.035 mph) from an earlier practice session in qualifying. He will be joined on the front row for his home race by Eugene Laverty, Jonathon Rea, and Troy Corser. Meanwhile, points leader Carlos Checa was knocked out in Superpole 2 and will start eleventh. Most riders fell afoul of the Monza chicane at least once, having their lap times ruined and deleted by cutting across the feature.
Rea (1:43.712) was the first to go fastest for the weekend, leading Corser, Badovini, and Biaggi in the first free practice on Friday morning. Haslam (1:42.934) took his turn to put the quick BMW on provisional pole in the afternoon qualifying practice, though it was Biaggi breaking the WSBK speed record that garnered more attention for the Italian in front of the home crowd. Laverty and Badovini, who was again quick Friday afternoon, completed the provisional front row. Meanwhile, James Toseland, Badovini's returning teammate, was only twenty-first quickest in QP. Also recovering Chris Vermeulen did not ride in the afternoon session, after an off in the morning required a visit to the medical center and stitches on his elbow.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Taking advantage of dual citizenship Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Taking advantage of dual citizenship Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Europe Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message lozwichJoined: 25 May 2003Posts: 1536 Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:20 am Post subject: Taking advantage of dual citizenship Hiyas, I've got dual Australian and British citizenship, and while I lived and worked in the UK for a whole 3 months about 12 years ago, I don't believe I ever became a taxpaying resident. More of a dizzy post-adolescent than anything, I didn't really pay attention to whether or not the two very short term jobs I had were legitimate. But now, I want to go and live and work in Spain, using my British citizenship. Do I have to become registered on the tax system - or any other kind of system - in the UK first, or can I just turn up in Spain? I've got my British passport, and it definitely says 'British Citizen', but no other paperwork. Everything else shows me as being Australian. Is my British passport enough to be able to complete the forms required for other EU nations? Thanks, and have a good day. Lozwich. Back to top ShamanJoined: 06 Apr 2003Posts: 446Location: Hammertown Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 2:06 am Post subject: lozwich wrote: Quote: Is my British passport enough to be able to complete the forms required for other EU nations? It should be. I went to Paris with my Irish passport and was able to work. Navigating the kneedeep bureaucracy, on the other hand... If you have the passport, you should be okay. Good luck. Shaman Back to top lozwichJoined: 25 May 2003Posts: 1536 Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:39 pm Post subject: Shaman wrote: It should be. I went to Paris with my Irish passport and was able to work. Navigating the kneedeep bureaucracy, on the other hand... Thanks for this, Shaman. I live in Mexico now, so 'kneedeep' will be somewhat of a relief! Have a good day, Lozwich. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Europe Forum All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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It was an early morning for a pair of former Huskers, as Nigeria and Australia opened up Olympic play on Sunday. For Ade Dagunduro and Nigeria, the nation picked up its first-ever Olympic win with a 60-56 win over Tunisia, while Aleks Maric and Australia dropped a 75-71 decision to Brazil.
Both former Huskers made their Olympic debuts on Sunday, as Nebraska is one of nine NCAA men's basketball programs with multiple Olympians in London this week. It is the first time Nebraska has had an Olympian in men's basketball.
Dagunduro came off the bench to score six points and grab a rebound in nearly 17 minutes off the bench in Nigeria's win. The former Husker guard was 1-of-5 shooting from the floor, but went 4-of-6 from the charity stripe, as Nigeria built a double-digit lead and held on in the final minutes against Tunisia, which downed Nigeria last year on its way to winning the he FIBA Africa Championship.
Early on, he hit a pair of free throws, as Nigeria opened the game by scoring 12 of the first 15 points to build a nine point lead 6:24 into the contest. Nigeria led by as many as 18 points in the first half before taking a 31-15 lead into the locker room.
The double-digit lead would not last long, as Tunisia opened the second half on a 10-2 run to whittle the lead to eight points. Down the stretch, Dagunduro played a big role after Tunisia pulled to within 49-57 with four minutes remaining. He found Al-Farouq Aminu for a 3-pointer to make it 52-47 before his basket with 2:29 left gave Nigeria a 54-49 lead. He added two free throws with 1:36 left to stretch the lead to 56-51, but Tunisia would make one last run, pulling to within two points, the last with 27 seconds left after a Makram Ben Romdhane basket. Nigeria would hold on, hitting 2-of-4 free throws to preserve the four-point win.
Maric had four points and two rebounds, hitting both of his shots from the floor, but played just eight minutes because of foul trouble. Maric had all four points and two rebounds in the first half, as Australia built a 24-19 lead, but Brazil would take control with an 11-0 run to build a 30-24 lead. Australia was within 36-35 at the break, but fell behind quickly as Brazil opened the second half with a 12-2 run to take a 48-37 lead with 6:52 remaining. Australia's David Andersen led the comeback, scoring all 14 of his points to pull Australia within 73-71 on Joe Ingles' basket with 29 seconds left, but could not get any closer.
Pool play continues this week, as Nigeria plays Lithuania Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m. (central), while Australia takes on Spain at 3:15 a.m. on Tuesday.


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An affiliate of American Capital Realty has paid $3.8 million for the 15,048-square-foot Walgreens at 1943 Berryhill Road in Cordova.
The entity, ARC WGCDVTN001 LLC of Jenkintown, Pa., bought the retail store in a Nov. 8 special warranty deed from M&M Village Investments LP, which lists a Deerfield, Ill., address, the same hometown as Walgreen Co.
Built in 2002, the Class A retail store sits on 2.27 acres at the northwest corner of Berryhill and Chimney Rock Boulevard. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2012 appraisal is $2.4 million.
M & M Village Investments bought the property from Berryhill Farms in 2001 and developed the Walgreens on the site.
Sam F. Mishu signed the warranty deed as president of M&M Village Corp, the general partner of the selling party.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
– Daily News staff
Wunderlich Securities Inc. has acquired three wealth management branches from Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc., which is getting out of the retail branch office business.
As a result of the deal, 35 people will join Wunderlich including 27 financial advisers with more than $800 million in assets under administration. The deal is expected to close Dec. 14, and Wunderlich after that will have 25 offices in 15 states.
Wunderlich, based in Memphis, was established in 1996.
– Andy Meek
Executives of Memphis-based Pinnacle Airlines Corp. have recessed contract talks with the Air Line Pilots Association as the company anticipates Delta Air Lines will begin its move away from 50-seat jets "sometime next year."
The information was in a Thursday, Nov. 29, letter from Pinnacle CEO John Spanjers to employees.
Spanjers said Delta executives gave a time for the phase out of the smaller jets to Spanjers in its latest update to the carrier on its plans.
Pinnacle is seeking wage and other concessions from union pilots "to create a competitive cost structure, avoid liquidation and successfully emerge from bankruptcy."
The regional air carrier filed for bankruptcy reorganization in April, but its original plan was scrapped when Delta negotiated an agreement in June with its pilots that permits it to phase out 50-seat jets used for regional flights faster than anticipated. Delta is moving to jets with more capacity as they and other carriers find the smaller jets more expensive to operate given higher jet fuel prices.
Pinnacle's plan depends on its relationship and contract as a regional carrier for Delta remaining. And the 50-seat jets in the Pinnacle fleet put it at a disadvantage to compete for the Delta business.
"While Pinnacle and ALPA have continued to negotiate toward a consensual agreement, we are taking a few days away from the table to assess the impact of the anticipated fleet plan changes and what is needed for Pinnacle to survive," Spanjers said in the letter released Friday, Nov. 30.
– Bill Dries
A federal appeals court has ordered a lower court to reconsider whether Tennessee's requirements to get on the ballot for third parties and their candidates are unconstitutionally restrictive.
In February, U.S. District Judge William Haynes Jr. struck down state rules requiring third-party candidates for high-level offices to be selected through a primary. He also struck down a requirement that the parties and candidates collect about 40,000 signatures and turn them in seven months before the election.
After that ruling, the General Assembly changed the law to make it easier for third parties to get on the ballot. On Friday, Nov. 30, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case back to the lower court to re-evaluate the rules in light of the recent changes.
– The Associated Press
Lisa Horn, of the Society for Human Resource Management in Alexandria, Va., will be the keynote speaker at a seminar Thursday, Dec. 6, for HR professionals.
The Strategic Leadership for HR Executives Seminar, presented by HR Professionals Magazine in partnership with SHRM-Memphis, will be held from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Crescent Club. Horn, who is the co-director for SHRM's workplace flexibility initiative, will kick off the initiative for Tennessee at the seminar. She will discuss how to make "workflex" work in other organizations and how to apply for the prestigious Sloan Award for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility.
Memphis attorney Jenny Kiesewetter, founder of the Kiesewetter Law Firm PLLC, also will be speaking. She will present a year-end wrap up on 401(k) regulations and what to expect in 2013. And Cynthia Thompson, principal and consultant with The Thompson HR Firm and editor of HR Professionals Magazine, will speak on how to develop and implement new policies in an organization.
A wine and cheese reception will follow the seminar. Sponsors of the event are Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance, DataFacts Inc., Kiesewetter Law Firm PLLC, Jackson Lewis LLP and Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors. The cost of the seminar is $45 for SHRM members and $50 for non-SHRM members, and the deadline to register is Tuesday, Dec. 4.
Pre-registration is required. Visit www.HRProfessionalsMagazine.com to register, and for more information contact Thompson at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 598-0123.
United Parcel Service Inc. says it has offered the European Union's regulatory watchdog some concessions in its proposed €5.16 million ($6.8 billion) takeover of TNT Express NV.
UPS said the remedies involve the small package delivery sector and "comprise the sale of business activities and assets, in combination with granting access to air capabilities," but didn't release any information as to how this could affect the deal financially.
UPS offered to buy the struggling TNT, Europe's second-largest delivery company, in May. It hopes to bulk up its European operations to compete with the biggest express company in Europe, Deutsche Post and its DHL arm.
In October, regulators said they were worried the UPS deal would lead to over-concentration in the sector, with the only other remaining large competitor FedEx Corp.
Americans cut back on spending in October while their income remained flat. The weakness in part reflected disruptions from Superstorm Sandy that could slow economic growth for the rest of the year.
The Commerce Department said Friday that consumer spending dropped 0.2 percent in October. It was the weakest figure since May, and it compared with a 0.8 percent spending increase in September.
Income had risen 0.4 percent in September.
Work interruptions caused by the storm reduced wages and salaries in October by about $18 billion at an annual rate, the government said. The storm affected 24 states, with the most severe damage in New York and New Jersey.
Consumers may also be scaling back on spending because of fears about the "fiscal cliff." That's the name for automatic tax increases and spending cuts that will take effect in January if Congress and the Obama administration fail to strike a budget deal by then.
The depressed spending figures suggest that the economy is growing more slowly in the October-December quarter than it did in the July-September quarter. Consumer spending drives nearly 70 percent of economic activity.
Dales predicts U.S. economic growth will tumble from the 2.7 percent annual rate in the July-September quarter to a weak 1 percent in the October-December period. That's too low to lower the unemployment rate, now at 7.9 percent.
Even discounting the effects of Sandy, income and spending gains would have been meager. Income would have risen a still-weak 0.1 percent. Spending would have been essentially flat, Dales estimated.
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Cruiser RV Reports Record Sales at Louisville
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With the final numbers in from the recently completed Louisville Show, Cruiser RV LLC reported that the Howe, Ind.-based builder notched record sales.
"We all had high expectations going into the show based on the year Cruiser RV had in 2011," said Jay Mohamed, vice president of sales and marketing, in a press release. "We were confident our current brands would do well, and they outdid our expectations, as did our new Enterra line.
"Our regional managers worked very hard leading up to the show and the hard work was evident as they were all able to close major markets for all of our lines. We like to say Louisville is a good indicator of what the coming year has in store for us. If so, 2012 will be another record year for Cruiser RV."
Cruiser RV recently added a second production facility located six miles south of its Howe facility. The expansion added 30% production capacity from previous levels at the Howe plant, which builds the Fun Finder X, Fun Finder XTRA and Shadow Cruiser lightweight towable brands. The new plant is producing the ViewFinder and Enterra line introduced at Louisville.
"The increased production capacity will allow Cruiser RV to keep our lead times down and enable our dealers to maximize their sales on our products," said Mohamed, noting the company would be participating in the upcoming slate of spring shows.


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Sometimes I think spelling should be a required course in engineering school. Here are a couple of boo-boos from an engineering office:
We used to use an automatic spell-checker when sending out specifications. One time, we wrote up a spec that said, "Paint thickness shall be 3 mils." The automatic spell-checker didn't recognize mils, so instead, the specification went out to bid stating, "Paint thickness shall be 3 miles." Several contractors called to ask how many tankers of paint it would take to get a 3-mile-thick coating.
Some of our projects have fire pumps. Along with a fire pump, there is a small pump called a jockey pump. But the joke was on us when a set of plans went out calling out the correct wire for a 3-hp "Jokey pump."
We did a lighting renovation at a large parking garage, but the title written on the plans was "Parking Garbage Lighting Renovation." Nobody at the state agency noticed that the plans said "Garbage" in 3-inch-tall letters on the cover sheet.
On a maintenance schedule, weekly maintenance was required on a particular machine. The plans, however, stated "Check the unit once every wee."
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Columbia, Mo.
Wiggy Gone Wild
I was an electrician working on a large job. We were all trying to finish work on last-minute items because a big open house was scheduled with food and entertainment. A local audio company was hired, and was setting up its equipment trailer. I was asked to do a temporary power hook-up for them. So I grabbed my hand tools and went to work. One of their techs told me he needed 240V, 3-phase power. Close by was a socket and a sign above marked "240-volt." I grabbed my Wiggy, stuck the probes in, heard the familiar hum, glanced at the meter, pulled the plug apart, and hooked them up. In the next instant, the tech and the rest of the audio personnel came rolling out of the trailer, along with a big cloud of smoke. The sign was wrong! The voltage was actually 480V, and the equipment was toast. Needless to say, I have not used a Wiggy for a long time. The moral of this story is: Never believe a sign, and test it yourself. It may save your life.
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