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Brahimi's five hours of talks with Bogdanov and Burns on Friday ended without any apparent deal. It was Brahimi's second meeting in as many months with Bogdanov and Burns, who each left without making any public comments. In December, Brahimi also met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to discuss Syria.
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The conflict began in March 2011 with peaceful protests against Assad's family dynasty, which has ruled the country for four decades, but the intense crackdown on the uprising and armed rebel opposition soon became a civil war.
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The U.N. says at least 60,000 people have been killed in the war and millions have fled their homes. So far, all international efforts to end the fighting have failed. Syria has complained that Brahimi exhibited "flagrant bias" after he called for real, not cosmetic, change in Syria and said Assad was resisting the aspirations of his people.
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Talk:Main Page/Jan 2006 to Dec 2006
This is an archive of discussions about the Main Page from January 2006 to December 2006 inclusive.
Un-Englishing the main page[edit]
If my top-o'-the-napkin calculations are to be believed, around October 2006 this year the majority of Wikitravel's content will be in languages other than English. Is it time to start considering a language-neutral front page, akin to that seen for Wikipedia or Wikinews? That is, wikitravel.org/en will stay as is, but plain old wikitravel.org should present a list of languages available. Jpatokal 11:58, 15 Jan 2006 (EST)
Rolled back google link[edit]
I rolled back a link to "http://google.com", since it wasn't really given any context and I don't think it's necessary to have it on our main page. --Evan 14:28, 15 Jan 2006 (EST)
This is probably something only an actuary or accountant would pick up - the main page says there are 6875 destination guides, while the link through to the site statistics says 6877. Which is correct? Yzerfontein 11:14, 27 Jan 2006 (EST)
Very Important[edit]
Hey my name's David, I'd like to create this web in Spanish. ow do I do?¿? Cdavid
Any chance of getting wikitravel going in the Afrikaans language? Yzerfontein 00:39, 29 Jan 2006 (EST)
No edit section[edit]
So, I saw on de:Hauptseite that the "__NOEDITSECTION__" line was added, and it turned off all the little edit links. These never work for me (I always get the wrong section), so I figured it was good to turn them off here, too. --Evan 19:43, 30 Jan 2006 (EST)
But there should really be a good way for a first time user to edit the main page in a legitimate way rather than confront him with ugly tables. Right now, the page looks like a trap. Whatever the first time user does will be a mistake. --Ravikiran 01:29, 31 Jan 2006 (EST)
Why haven't you upgraded?[edit]
Your version of mediawiki is quite old, 1.4.14 in fact, while the current version is 1.5.6. There are new features, such as "print this page" which would be very useful in wikitravel. i'd strongly suggest upgrading.
Article templates[edit]
The 'article templates' page is reporting an error and cannot be accessed. WindHorse 12 Feb 06
Including CSS on Wiki Edit Page[edit]
Can someone please help me out with this: I am trying to design a wiki myself, and I've noticed that CSS is included right on the wiki pages of WikiTravel and its templates, for example:
Hierarchical Directory[edit]
How is the Hierarchical directory created at the top of site listings, e.g. Asia: Middle East: Iran? It is not on the wiki edit page itself. Is there a table in the MySQL database with this hierarchical information? Who rearranges a new page into this hierarchy? Thank you.
How to behave in a restaurant/bar etc[edit]
I think this is also a very important subject but missing on this project. You Probably think "why?" but have you ever considered this questions?
Wikitravel sold to Internet Brands?[edit]
Possible to get some info about this in english?
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Make news & discover more prominent?[edit]
I almost never look at the Main Page, and one reason is that it seems rather static and boring. However, with the addition of the "Discover" section there is now content that seems interesting, and that is fairly frequently updated. Unfortunately, you have to scroll down to see it, and that makes it easy to miss. The "World" section of the front page, while useful, is fairly static and boring, so what about moving "Discover" (and possibly also the "Travel News") to just under the "DOTM" and "OTBP" sections? Increasing the visibility of a fairly interesting bit of content might encourage people to return to the site more often, and the "World" navigation section is still there for those who need it. There is an anonymous comment on Wikitravel talk:Discover about this same issue, so I'm apparently not the only one with the idea. Thoughts? -- Ryan 23:43, 13 June 2006 (EDT)
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Mention of IB[edit]
Several new users have suggested mentioning that Internet Brands now owns Wikitravel by noting this in the first box of the Main Page. I think this would be a good move and help show the transparency IB states they want. -- Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 22:10, 17 July 2006 (EDT)
Main Page Update[edit]
It's very late and I'm very tired, which is the only excuse I can offer for again bringing up a subject that some people feel very passionately about. However, we never did fully resolve the discussion above ("Make news/discover more prominent"), and left it with some people expressing an opinion that the front page needs a browse option, while others felt it was too static. Having had another month to think about the matter, I really do think that the large text "browse" box conveys the wrong message. I realize the purpose of that text area is to provide a list of high-level topics AND to showcase good articles & give different cities a chance to be featured, but I think users AND Wikitravel would be better served by having a more dynamic and concise front page.
I've proposed User:Wrh2/Sandbox as a possible update that offers a high-level browse index while at the same time removing the "rotating cities" list. My reasoning is in the previous discussion, but to recap I think that having a list of ONLY the high-level topics is good enough for users who want to browse, while getting rid of the rotating cities makes the purpose of that index clearer, looks more professional, and is less confusing (over the years there have been numerous edits to "fix" the fact that a place like Sleepy Hollow is listed but New York City is not). The proposed new layout moves the dynamic information to a more prominent location and (IMHO) makes the main page more interesting and worth visiting multiple times. It isn't perfect - Ravikiran's suggestion that it should have a distinct look from Wikipedia is a good one - but I think it's an improvement and hopefully a good compromise that offers both a browse-able index and a main page with dynamic content. Thoughts, suggestions, criticisms, insults, and/or gifts of cash are welcome. -- Ryan 05:08, 12 August 2006 (EDT)
Other languages into two tiers: under-1000 and over-1000[edit]
Once Japanese reaches 1000 articles (which will in all likelyhood happen before the end of the month), I'd like to split the "Other languages" box into two tiers: over 1000 articles (German, French, Japanese), in a bigger font, and other, in a smaller font. This will allow readers to pick out the big ones easily, allow squeezing in more small fry, and encourage them to contribute more. Jpatokal 05:13, 16 August 2006 (EDT)
Fatal error[edit]
Did anyone else see this message on the main page: Fatal error: Class name must be a valid object or a string in /var/www/wikitravel/mw/includes/SkinTemplate.php on line 126? -- Andrew Haggard (Sapphire) 23:52, 19 August 2006 (EDT)
Cincinnati DotM[edit]
should probably mention something about the Oktoberfest, but I don't know what. — Ravikiran 02:04, 1 September 2006 (EDT)
Discovery - "R" in Slovenian.[edit]
Actually, the R in Slovenian is most certainly not a vowel. It is somewhat rolled, like the Scottish R, but not a vowel. What you see here is an example of the vowel not being written in the word. Until sometime in the 19th century or early 20th century the "uh" sound in words like cmrlj (pr. chm-uh-rlj - the last sound is actually the difficult part, combining a rolled r and a rolled l. Some places it's pronounced chmuh-roo. It sounds like English "churl", only with an m after the ch.) and vrt (pr. vuh-rt) was written as an E. Thus cmerlj and vert (the e pronounced as "uh").
Trust me, R is pronounced R. Only sometimes the vowel isn't spelled out. I'm Slovenian, btw.
Bubbling under?[edit]
In the languages section, I see "Bubbling under". What does this mean? Is it vandalism that's not been repaired?--justfred 12:04, 25 October 2006 (EDT)
By Bicycle[edit]
Please help. Some places in this wiki have information on getting around also by bicycle as well as taxis, buses etc. but some do not. The info is very helpful for people who cycle in deciding where to go. What specifically is useful in this regard is info on
I've not been a contributor to this wiki before so I don't know whether there is a basic form for an entry but it looks to me like there is, except sometimes it has cycling in and sometimes not. I am suggesting the community adopt the convention (if not already) that there always be a cycling entry in whatever the basic template is even if nobody filled that part out yet. Cycling is good for the world - (green arguments, global warming etc.) and is also good fun.
If I posted this comment in the wrong place I apologise and will watch this page for responses and try to do it right next time.
So, people at IB have asked about the description tag that we have on the main page -- they're concerned that it wasn't descriptive enough of what we're doing here. I've added their suggested text at the bottom of the page in the {{description}} marker as a starting point for future edits. Please feel free to edit to a consensus text, with the caveat that "magic words" like {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}, piped (or any other kind) of links, and pretty much any fancy wiki text doesn't work very well and isn't really appropriate for description meta tags (which are supposed to be plain old ASCII text). --Evan 14:34, 30 October 2006 (EST)
Hiding the "Main Page" in Main Page[edit]
At the risk of looking even more like Wikipedia, would it make sense to just remove the page title from the Main Page? It is taking up valuable real estate without any benefit. I looked around to find out how it is done and I found this hack [2], which I am thinking may not work here because of caching. Before I experiment, does it make sense to try? — Ravikiran 22:19, 26 November 2006 (EST)
This is my first look at Wikitravel so I have obviously looked at my home area. I notice that there are prices quote for all the hotels and B&Bs. Are these going to end up like most hotel sites on the WWW where the prices bear no relationship to reality i.e. usually a year or so out of date and things "from £xx" where this is calculated on full occupancy of the room then converted to per person? --220.127.116.11 09:45, 3 December 2006 (EST)
Semi-protect this page?[edit]
So, I'm no fan of protected pages, but I wonder if it's time to protect this page ("Talk:Main Page") from edits by anonymous users and new users. But this page has very little editing apart from the multiple vandalizations per day. It's tiresome and wastes admin time. Any opinions? --Evan 15:38, 13 December 2006 (EST)
United Nations[edit]
Should the United Nations Headquarters in the New York City area have its own article? It is considered to be "international territory", having an extraterritoriality status, in which it borders Manhatten, New York City, New York, USA. Its general public tours tends to be a popular tourist attraction. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by UniReb (talk • contribs) 28 Dec 2006


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14152 Live Train Running Status (ANVT CNB EXP)
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If you would like to check live running status of 14152/ANVT CNB EXP simply use above form and fetch up the details of your train like its origin station, its departure time, current location and when was it arrived and when will it leave the current place, destination point and arrival time to the destination station, delay if any etc.
14152 (ANVT CNB EXP) pass following stations
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Q: Can you check train running status online?
A. Yes, one can easily check train status of IRCTC of any Indian railway by clicking on the link LiveTrainStatus.co.in. The link can also be used to check any Indian train live location or status. The link is the quickest way to know the real-time status of any train under Indian Railway. In order to find the current location or live status of the train, one has to visits the site and then enter the train number or name of the train. The live status of a train can be tracked by entering the first three letters or digits. Additionally, an Indian railway train status can also be found by visiting the enquiry counter that is located at every railway station in India.
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- 1. S.NO: the abbreviation stands for a serial number. It refers to the serial number of the railway station where the train stops.
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Angry birds vs. robotic zombies. There's so much weirdness here, I'm not even sure where to begin. First, there's the jargon-filled opening sentence: "Signaling often involves complex suites of behaviors that incorporate different sensory modalities." The "sensory modality" in question here is visual, in that it involves a bird waving its wing around as part of a territorial dispute among sparrows. If this sounds like much ado about nothing, be aware the press release claims the sparrows in question will sometimes fight to the death.
But the real thing setting this paper apart is its technique: It took taxidermy sparrows and reanimated them with robotics to see how living sparrows would respond to them. According to the PR, "The live birds responded most aggressively to the invading, wing-waving robotic sparrow, which Anderson [the lead researcher] said she expected." Clearly, she has formed expectations about things I never expected to see happen.
There's no such thing as a generic conservative. It took an international team of researchers to crunch these numbers, but the conclusions are clear: areas of the country that tend to vote for conservative candidates don't buy as many generic products. The authors ascribe this to conservative tendencies themselves, which cause the buyers to favor established national brands. They support that argument by noting newly established brands also tend to fare poorly in these same areas.
The lead singer of King Missile was apparently a sea slug. King Missile, of course, being the source of the song "Detachable Penis" (which has a remarkably detailed Wikipedia entry). The paper that evoked memories of the song features an opening statement I find it hard to disagree with: "some simultaneous hermaphrodites exhibit bizarre mating behavior." But, by that point, the title of the paper had already given the game away: "Disposable penis and its replenishment in a simultaneous hermaphrodite."
The hermaphrodite in question, the nudibranch or sea slug, has both male and female sexual organs. And, when it mates, the external portion of its penis breaks off and gets left behind. But that's OK! There's more penis coiled up inside the slug, and it can be ready to have sex again in 24 hours. "No other animal is known to repeatedly copulate using such 'disposable penes,'" note the authors. The authors note there's enough penis coiled up in there for three copulations, but the text I have access to doesn't specify what happens if the animal wants to mate a fourth time.
Scientific evidence that some cosmetics advertising is bullshit. It seems pretty obvious that a lot of advertising copy used by cosmetics companies is ridiculous. For whatever reason, companies have decided sounding scientific will move moisturizers, and the result is a mix of meaningless science-y-sounding terminology, sprinkled with some actual scientific terms used badly. So it was my pleasure to see some researchers had put a material commonly found in cosmetics to the test—and found it didn't work. Liposomes are small lipid sacs that can merge with cell membranes, carrying their contents inside the cell, which has apparently caused many cosmetics companies to start using them. But the authors used fluorescent microscopy to show liposomes can't make their way across the barrier of the skin, so they don't really do anything more than spreading the material on your skin would.
Mandating smaller package sizes do increase public health. If this were a regular article here on Ars, the subject of the regulation might be large bottles of soft drinks. But this is Weird Science, so the paper in question is looking at painkillers. Apparently, in the UK, paracetamol (sold in the US as Tylenol) was subject to regulation that reduced its pack size. As a result, paracetamol poisonings (which include suicide attempts) have dropped by 43 percent over the decade since, while the number of people who need a liver transplant due to overuse of the painkiller has plunged by 60 percent.


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As a kid, I don't remember roasting pumpkin seeds after our jack-o-lantern carving. Perhaps Mom and Dad were too overwhelmed with the cleanup to think about it -- or maybe one of them secretly hated pumpkin seeds.
In any case, when my husband and I carved our own pumpkins last year, he insisted we roast the seeds. I was ambivalent about it, but he had grown up with the tradition, so he took the lead.
He didn't do anything fancy, and they certainly weren't to die for, but there's something very ... Halloweeny about pumpkin seeds. I have no doubt they're now part of our annual tradition.
For those of you -- like me -- who wouldn't know how to go about roasting pumpkin seeds, here's what you do:
After carving your pumpkin, sort the seeds from the rest of the goo. You may want to rinse them, but as one viewer says, that stringy stuff contains lots of additional flavor -- so perhaps you want to keep those seeds nice and gooey until after they're roasted.
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The mother of one of my oldest friends died of cancer last week. Jacqueline Brunelle Sharry was 86, funny and warm, with a succinct way of expressing herself that led to phrases dubbed "Jackieisms" by her kids.
She never went to college or worked outside the home. Instead, she raised 10 terrific children, all of whom adored her and were by her side as she passed. Looking back, she never made the raising of such a big, boisterous brood seem anything but effortless.
Mrs. Sharry was also one of those moms who made her children's friends feel welcome in her home, where she was always quick to set another place at the dinner table. Last week, she was asked by her daughter Nancy how she managed to raise such a large family and still have the energy to host all the neighborhood stragglers.
She shrugged and seemed puzzled by the question.
"It was easy," she said. Then she added, "What's another hot dog?"
I loved this final Jackieism, and believe the world would be a better place if we carried that simple sentiment into the New Year. So with that in mind, I offer the following resolutions for local folks who have appeared in this space in 2012, either voluntarily or under duress:
Matthew and Adele Smith, the local couple who christened all their children in a gown made from Matthew's World War II parachute, resolve to remain utterly delightful.
Bill Weld resolves to run for public office.
Norland Martinez, the Worcester teen who overcame hardship to become a dedicated dad, resolves to raise a son as stellar as his father.
Phil Palmieri resolves to be clear and concise on the council floor; in other words, to try something new.
Konnie Lukes resolves to chill out about medical marijuana dispensaries.
As a good-will gesture, Mitt Romney resolves to buy everyone who voted for him their own island.
Self-styled celebrity Christina Andrianopoulos resolves to avoid international travel
Scott Brown resolves to be grateful for good timing.
The NRA resolves to buy a silencer for its spokesman.
Don Peters, the Worcester priest who exposed a fellow cleric, resolves to continue to follow his conscience. And the people who ostracized him for doing so resolve to be ashamed of themselves.
Elizabeth Warren resolves to never, ever hold a press conference as lame and evasive as the one she held two days after her election.
Disgraced state chemist Annie Dookhan resolves to take an ethics seminar.
Patty Provost, my high school coach at Notre Dame Academy, resolves to continue her winning ways.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester resolves to use the proceeds from the sale of the former House of Affirmation to buy a wedding gift for Barney Frank.
Dr. Helen Carter, the local doctor who made national headlines for refusing to treat fat people, resolves to hold free office hours once a week at Weight Watchers.
Jose Canseco resolves to retire from baseball but stay active on Twitter.
Jet Blue resolves to land in Worcester and never leave.
Worcester Police Chief Gary Gemme resolves to confine his use of social media to routine notices posted on the WPD bulletin board.
Jeffrey Lassey resolves to continue his efforts to inspire troubled youths.
Prosecutors resolve that this is the year they finally charge someone with the 10-year-old murder of Candace Scola.
The City Council resolves to give non-union shops a break on local construction jobs.
Annette Rafferty, the spunky former nun who runs Abby's House, resolves to keep fighting the good fight.
Local boxer Edwin Rodriguez resolves to swing away and make Worcester proud.
Peter Matysiak, president of Emuge Corp., resolves to keep sticking it to the banks.
Lt. Gov. Tim Murray resolves to run for governor, but to always use a full-time driver.
Now that the project is successful, the West Siders who went nuts over plans to revamp the busy intersection at Forest and Salisbury streets resolve to feel just a little bit sheepish.
The ice-skating oval behind City Hall resolves to be more forgiving when middle-aged women fall on it.
The GOP resolves to expand its tent, invite more people to the table and remember the wise words of Jackie Sharry. In the scheme of things, what's another hot dog?
Loyal readers resolve to keep Yours Truly informed of all provocative, engaging or otherwise scandalous goings-on in 2013.


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The Pirates wouldn't be The Pirates without this trade. (click to embiggen)
The link above covers the players in great detail, but anytime you can trade four players to get back twelve players including three Hall Famers and the best pitcher in franchise history, and get the original four players returned to your team before the start of the next season, you do it.
A few notes on the more notable players:
Honus Wagner – HoF, best shortstop in major league history by just about any measure.
Fred Clarke – HoF, star left fielder, elected to the Hall as a player but could have made it as a manager as well.
Rube Waddell – HoF, only played one season for the Pirates but lead the league in ERA, ERA+ and WHIP.
Jack Chesbro – HoF, sent to Louisville in the deal, returned when that franchise folded. More known for his achievements with the Yankees.
Deacon Phillippe – Five time 20 game winner, five times lead the league in fewest BB/9 IP.
Tacks Latimer – 86 AB in five years as a pro. Every team should have a backup catcher named "Tacks."
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When this happens I stop by pretty often after work. They only allow you 5 cases per person, so I make repeat trips, with varying combinations of Diet Coke, Coke Zero, and Vault Zero being thrown into my trunk until:
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2. My arms fall off.
3. The store runs out
4. I max out my credit card.
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I was sighted and approached by a patient.
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Dr. Grumpy (looking up): "Yes, I (oh shit!), oh, uh, hi"
Bill: "I know you, um" (he leaned forward, and to my horror I realized I had my hospital ID clipped to my shirt) "You look familiar, um Ibee Grumpy?"
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Of the three Washington "heavyweights" who appear destined to have an impact on the lives of independent advisors, I suspect the one who isn't new that will have the greatest influence over the coming years. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, will take over the House Financial Services Committee from outgoing chair Spencer Bachus, and Elisse Walter will temporarily replace Mary Schapiro as chairwoman of the SEC, but it's Phyllis Borzi, who, thanks to the reelection of Barack Obama, will keep her job as assistant secretary for the DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration, and consequently continue to lead the battle of extending fiduciary protection to all financial consumers.
You might remember that the DOL's proposal, to extend the ERISA fiduciary standard to financial advisors involved in pension plans and IRAs, met with vehement opposition from the securities industry, sending Borzi scurrying back to the drawing board. Borzi, apparently reenergized by continued support from the White House, now plans to release a revised proposal in early 2013. The cornerstone of the new proposal is expected to be a "substantial economic analysis" to counter what has become the securities industry's key argument in opposition to a fiduciary standard for brokers: the economic impact it would have on the brokerage industry.
As I've written before, this seems to be at least on a macro level a curious argument: That putting the interests of their clients ahead of their own would serious compromise their brokerage businesses. But apparently the obvious implications of this claim have escaped the attention of the mainstream media, and therefore, seem to be a non-issue in Washington. Consequently, the battle over the reregulation of brokers—in Congress, at the SEC, and at the DOL—seems to revolve around how much a fiduciary standard for brokers will cost the brokerage firms which employ them.
Historically, this issue has been the issue for independent financial advisors: it is way more lucrative to sell heavily loaded proprietary products to clients (as all those big buildings on Wall Street and in Hartford attest). But as most independent advisors became independent to better serve their clients (at least in the old days, back in the '70s and '80s), they continually faced financial conundrums in the form of heavily loaded life insurance, limited partnerships, variable annuities, and wrap accounts.
The independent advisory world started to overcome these financial conflicts in the late '80s, as the U.S. economy continued to surge, reigniting public interest in stock investing and mutual funds. Within a decade virtually the entire independent industry had converted to the new business model of managing client portfolios made up of various mutual funds for a fee. That eliminated many of the early financial conflicts, and proved to be a much steadier, and way more profitable, business. The transition to the asset management model revolutionized the advisory business: enabling AUM to grow over time, generating formerly unheard of revenue levels, and creating businesses that had real transferable value.
Although resistant at first, eventually Wall Street began to warm to this better (at least economically) business model for advice: by the late '90s, led by Merrill Lynch, the wirehouses began to convert substantial portions of their salesforces toward fee-based advice and away from selling securities. This trend has accelerated every year since, resulting in massive changes in the retail brokerage industry as it strives to stay relevant, and launched the growing flood of breakaway brokers, who have concluded they will be financially better off in independent businesses.
This little history lesson is important today because it is against this backdrop that the current reregulation debate is taking place: The changing nature of retail financial advice has reached a critical mass, publicized by the Mortgage Meltdown, and brokerage firms are now struggling to adapt to the new business model. Consequently, their focus on the "economic impact" of upgrading to the new fiduciary advisor standard is in reality nothing more than a resistance to the new realities of the advisory business by clinging to the old brokerage model.
The economic reality is that fee-compensated asset management is economically a far better business than the old transaction-based retail brokerage: that's why local independent advisors are now able to build firms worth dozens of millions of dollars, and why brokers are breaking away in droves to join them. Hopefully, Phyllis Borzi's new economic impact study will clearly reflect this economic reality, and we can get on with the process of bringing the brokerage industry into the 21st century.


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According to studio estimates Sunday, Paramount's "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" tops the weekend box office with $32 million, sinking three-week champ "Gravity" to second place.
The Warner Bros. space drama starring Sandra Bullock added another $20.3 million to its haul, bringing its domestic ticket total to nearly $200 million.
Sony's high-seas thriller "Captain Phillips" held on to third place with $11.8 million.
Fox's "The Counselor," a gritty drama with an all-star cast that includes Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz, debuted in fourth place with $8 million.
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Egg and avocado tortas
Makes 4 servings
In Mexico, "torta" means a warm, filling sandwich. Here's a tasty version that combines scrambled eggs and creamy mashed avocado. It's typical for Mexicans to use their silky rich avocados mashed as a spread for sandwiches instead of butter.
1 fully ripened Mexican avocado, halved, pitted, and peeled
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
½ teaspoon salt, divided
3 eggs
1 can (4 ½ ounces) chopped mild green chilies, drained
2 teaspoons butter
4 soft sandwich rolls, split
1 ripe tomato, thinly sliced
Preheat the oven to 350°F.Mash the avocado with the lime juice and ¼ teaspoon of the salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
To scramble the eggs, beat the eggs with the remaining ¼ teaspoon salt in a small bowl. Stir in the chilies.
Melt the butter over medium-high heat in a small skillet. Add the eggs; cook, stirring, until the desired consistency.
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Milan Fashion Week Street Style — Spring 2013 Edition
Mixed-up prints, bright hues, and vertiginous shoes — so far there's been so much eye candy on the streets of Milan that it's hard to even know where to look. It also doesn't hurt that some of the industry's best-dressed players are all in attendance: Anna Dello Russo, Elisa Nalin, Kate Lanphear, Natalie Joos, Giovanna Battaglia, and more. Click through to peek the best styles of Milan Fashion Week, and be sure to check back soon — we'll be adding more chic looks just as soon as they come in.
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The United States government spends about $2.7 million per prisoner per year to operate the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, the Washington Post reports.
That estimate comes from a recent study by the Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg, who has covered Gitmo since 2002. According to Rosenberg, the U.S. will spend $454 million this year to maintain the facility and pay troop salaries, among other fees — a little under half a billion dollars.
With only 166 prisoners, that works out to an annual cost of about $2.7 million per detainee. For a point of comparison, California spends an annual $47,000 per prisoner, according to a 2010 study from that state's government.
According to the Post, Rosenberg's study serves as a reminder of the tremendous cost and inefficiency of running Gitmo and why the detention facility has been such a thorn in the side of the Obama administration.
In January 2009, President Barack Obama issued an executive order to close the camp, but the process has been stymied at every turn by a veritable Gordian knot of political and legal obstacles as well as national security concerns. Finding a place to put the prisoners if Gitmo were shuttered has been a contentious issue in both domestic politics and international diplomacy.
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Happy New Year everybody! 明けましておめでとうございます to my friends in Japan where it's already 2007! Pretty soon it'll be 2007 here too and I'm stunned and amazed. I never thought we'd make it this far — we being the human race, of course. 20 years ago I'd have predicted the end of civilization way before this. I was certain all that would be left of what once was mankind would be smouldering radiation poisoned craters. But we made it. Yay for us! There are certainly a lot of very real, very urgent problems that we absolutely must deal with right this very second. But the fact that we are no longer worried the whole world is gonna go ka-boom at any minute makes me really optimistic. As big as the problems we are facing now are they're really small compared to the immediate threat of WWIII breaking out before the next commercial break.
And speaking of terrible problems facing the human race, as some of you have figured out already, I am now writing a weekly column for the Suicide Girls website. If you want to take a look there are links over there to your right. I'll try to keep the one that says "latest article" update each week. But I'm pretty incompetent. Even if I forget, the other link below that will get you to all the articles. So far only one person has really got his knickers in a twist over this, demanding that I explain myself. This brings up another point, if you write me, I might use your letter in an article here or on Suicide Girls. If your e-mail is long and I use it, I will edit it. If you don't want me to do use your e-mail that way, say so and I will not. I won't identify you by name in any case, so you can always deny it was you. I'm pleased it hasn't become such an issue for most people. But maybe it will when word starts spreading (heh, heh, I said "spreading"). Anyway, they asked me to write for them, I accepted and I'm happy with that. I think it's a great forum to talk about Buddhist philosophy. In fact, I could hardly have asked for a better place.
And speaking of better places, Saddam Hussein has almost surely not gone to one. Poor Saddam. Not that he was a nice guy or anything. But I see him in those old video clips patting kids on the head and smiling and I can't help but feel a little sorry for the guy, even though I know he doesn't really deserve it. Even having said that, I'm a little distressed to see the glee everyone is getting at watching his execution over and over and over on YouTube and Google Video. No matter what the reason, the violent death of a fellow human being shouldn't be drooled over that way.
And speaking of drooling, I can't make any transition to the next topic using a metaphor about drooling. But yesterday I deleted a spam comment from this blog. I do this pretty regularly with spammers and don't think too much of it. I do not delete anything else, by the way. This particular piece of spam was a bit different, though, in that it came from a rabid follower of some self-styled Zen Master who wanted to let us know none of us would ever be as Enlightened as his teacher. I saw it, determined it was spam and zapped it pretty fast. But later on I thought I should have left it there to bask in its own idiocy. Unfortunately, once you delete a comment it's gone forever so it's too late for that. C'est la guerre I guess.
I did go over to the site in question and took a look. Pretty typical stuff if you ask me. Sounds like what happens when someone has the kind of initial big wow experiences you often get when starting off in Zen. There's a real danger of going off the deep end and declaring yourself an Enlightened Being after one of these. It's always sad to see that happen. But it does. A warning to us all.
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