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What is Del Monte Pacific Limited?
Please see our Corporate Profile.
How is Del Monte Pacific related to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc and Del Monte Asia/Kikkoman Corp?
Del Monte Pacific and its subsidiaries are not affiliated with other Del Monte companies in the world including Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc, Del Monte Canada, Del Monte Asia Pte Ltd and these companies' affiliates.
Del Monte Pacific has dealings with some of these companies to supply them with their packaged and/or fresh pineapple requirements. These Del Monte companies have exclusive rights to the Del Monte trademark in their respective territories or product category. Please click here to learn more about Del Monte companies worldwide.
Del Monte Pacific owns the US Del Monte Foods, Inc.
Who are your major shareholders?
Del Monte Pacific is 67%-owned by NutriAsia Pacific Ltd and Bluebell Group Holdings Ltd which are beneficially-owned by the Campos family of the Philippines. The NutriAsia Group is the market leader in the liquid condiments, specialty sauces and cooking oil market in the Philippines.
What are your products?
Our products belong to these categories:
- Packaged Food: Packaged pineapple and tropical mixed fruit in can and plastic cup; tomato-based and other packaged product, including: ketchup, tomato paste, sauces (spaghetti, tomato, recipe and pizza sauce), meal mixes, pasta and vinegar. For S&W brand - canned fruits, canned vegetables, beans, tomatoes and saba.
- Beverages: Juices, juice drinks and concentrate
- Non-Packaged Products: Fresh pineapple and pineapple-fed cattle
Where are your key markets?
USA, Philippines, rest of Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
How many employees do you have?
Over 7,000.
Where is your pineapple plantation located?
In Bukidnon, southern Philippines. One will have to take a domestic flight from Manila to Cagayan de Oro of about 1.5 hours, and then a land trip of about 2 hours from Cagayan de Oro to reach Bukidnon.
How many board members do you have?
We have 7 board members.
Where are Del Monte Pacific's shares traded?
The Company's shares are dual-listed on the Singapore Exchange Main Board and the Philippine Stock Exchange.
What is Del Monte Pacific's ticker symbol?
Bloomberg: DELM SP and DMPL PM
When was the Company's Initial Public Offering?
The Company listed on the Singapore Exchange on 2 August 1999, and listed by Way of Introduction on the Philippine Stock Exchange on 10 June 2013.
What was Del Monte Pacific's share price at the time of IPO?
The Company listed its shares on the SGX at an IPO price of US$0.63 per share, or an equivalent then of S$1.07. Since 20 December 1999, the shares have been quoted in Singapore Dollars.
Are the shares fungible/transferrable between the two exchanges? If yes, what is the process, the timing and costs involved?
Yes, the shares are fungible between the two exchanges and the process roughly takes two weeks. For the steps and costs involved, please refer to pages 4 and 5 of this announcement.
Does Del Monte Pacific participate in an American Depositary Receipt (ADR) Program?
Del Monte Pacific has established an over-the-counter American Depositary Receipt Program (ADR) through the Bank of New York Mellon. The ADR program was established on 4 May 2000.
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Del Monte Pacific's fiscal year runs from 1 May through 30 April.
What is Del Monte Pacific's reporting currency in its financial statements?
US Dollars.
When does Del Monte Pacific report its earnings?
Beginning 2003, the Company reports its earnings on a quarterly basis in accordance with the Singapore Exchange requirements. For an archive of our past quarterly results, please click here. For our corporate calendar, please click here.
When do you hold your Annual General Meeting?
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38 Beach Road #29-11
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Tel: (65) 6808 1600
Fax: (65) 6808 1616
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Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics
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Comparing mixture estimates by parametric bootstrapping likelihood ratios
- Joel H. ReynoldsAffiliated withU. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Natural Resources Email author
- , William D. TemplinAffiliated withGene Conservation Laboratory of the Commericial Fisheries Division, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
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Wildlife managers and researchers often need to estimate the relative contributions of distinct populations in a miture of organisms. Increasingly, there is interest in comparing these mixture contributions across space or time. Comparisons usually just check for overlap in the interval estimates for each population contribution from each mixture. This method inflates Type I error rates, has limited power due to its focus on marginal comparisons, and employs a fundamentally inappropriate measure of mixture difference. Given the difficulty of defining an appropriate measure of mixture difference, a powerful alternative is to compare mixtures using a likelihood ratio test. In applications where the standard asymptotic theory does not hold, the null reference distribution can be obtained through parametric bootstrapping. In addition to testing simple hypotheses, a likelihood ratio framework encourages modeling the change in mixture contributions as a function of covariates. The method is demonstrated with an analysis of potential sampling bias in the estimation of population contributions to the commercial sockeye, salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) fishery in Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Key WordsCompositional data Compositional difference discrete mixture analysis Genetic stock identification Mixed stock analysis Mixture homogeneity
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- Title
- Comparing mixture estimates by parametric bootstrapping likelihood ratios
- Journal
Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics
- Online Date
- March 2004
- 10.1198/1085711043145
- Print ISSN
- 1085-7117
- Online ISSN
- 1537-2693
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Compositional data
- Compositional difference
- discrete mixture analysis
- Genetic stock identification
- Mixed stock analysis
- Mixture homogeneity
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Joel H. Reynolds (1)
- William D. Templin (2)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Natural Resources, 1011 E. Tudor Road, MS 221, 99503, Anchorage, AK
- 2. Gene Conservation Laboratory of the Commericial Fisheries Division, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, USA


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Roughly 3,400 people a year die in house fires.
It's a club that Shirley Simms, who lives just yards away from where a fire killed four people earlier this year, is anxious to not join.
"I think (the Jan. 20 mobile home fire) would make other people start to think what can happen if you're not careful," the 79-year-old said Saturday as, over her shoulder, a scrum of volunteer firefighters replaced a nonworking smoke detector in her Penfield mobile home with a working one.
Jan. 29: Firefighters, family among hundreds honoring Tyler Doohan at funeral
Dozens of firefighters from an array of east-side fire departments spent part of the day crisscrossing a cluster of mobile home parks, checking and replacing smoke detectors.
"Hopefully we can avoid a tragedy like that in the future," said Penfield Fire Chief Chris Ebmeyer.
Members of the Penfield, East Rochester, Brighton, Egypt and Fishers fire departments worked their way through the East Avenue, Harper Park and Forest Lawn mobile home parks, installing new smoke detectors and batteries and replacing existing but non-functioning ones free of charge.
Fire departments frequently come to fires where there are smoke detectors in the house, but they are broken or the batteries were previously removed, Ebmeyer said.
"You'd be surprised," Ebmeyer said. "Even though they don't seem like they cost a lot, $20 is a lot to some people."
Hundreds of smoke detectors were donated by Washington-based Focus on Fire Prevention and smoke detector maker Kidde. Hundreds of replacement batteries came from the office of state Sen. Ted O'Brien, D-Irondequoit, whose district includes eastern Monroe County.
One of the people killed in that Jan. 20 fire, 9-year-old Tyler Doohan, gained national attention and praise for going back into the burning mobile home in an attempt to save his disabled grandfather and for waking several family members who escaped safely.
Tyler, Lewis Beach, 63, and Stephen Smith, 54, died in the fire, while Barbara Beach, 66, died 11 days later in the hospital.
There was not a working smoke detector in the residence, Ebmeyer said.
State Sen. Michael F. Nozzolio, R-Fayette, Seneca County, has a bill in Albany requiring that all residential smoke detectors come with a non-removable, 10-year lifespan battery — a bill O'Brien said he backs. Similar legislation has been introduced in the Assembly by Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, D-Irondequoit.
Photos: Funeral held for Penfield fire victims
Video: Wisconsin basketball players act as pallbearers: 'We were meant to bethere'
Silver Lake College basketball players served as pallbearers for 9-year-old Tyler Doohan, who died while trying to save his family from a fire. Video by the Herald Times Reporter in Manitowoc, Wisc.
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|This page was nominated for deletion on 24 November 2009. The result of the discussion was no consensus.
Should we separate the Spanish versions? Imax80 16:59, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
- It's really hard to follow the way it is, but I was thinking that a table might be the best way to do it. That way, we could put the Spanish titles beside the corresponding English ones and we wouldn't have to repeat the English title for each one. I may try doing that later today. Canadiana 18:16, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
- It looks great, thank you! Imax80 02:18, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
The Adventures Of Ichabod & Mr. Toad[edit]
- Wasn't The Adventures Of Ichabod & Mr.Toad on the Masterpiece Collection in 1999 - Damess
First 10 releases[edit]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first motion picture released in the Masterpiece Collection. October 19, 1994 prints used Roy E. Disney's intro and the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo. October 28, 1994 prints used Roy E. Disney's intro and the Masterpiece logo (with the Classics jingle). November 16, 1994 prints used Roy E. Disney's intro and the Masterpiece logo (with its own jingle). The same latter format was used on October 1994 prints of the next 9 Disney Masterpieces. Prints made from November 16, 1994 through January 10, 1995 used the Masterpiece logo, a Masterpiece Collection promo, the preview for The Brave Little Toaster, and a promo for the Walt Disney Family Film Collection. Then, from January 10, 1995 to March 24, 1998, the old Masterpiece promo was updated. Then Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Three Caballeros and So Dear to My Heart were dropped from print, forcing the format to be dramatically changed: the 6 remaining titles out of the original 10 now used the 1991 Walt Disney Home Video logo, a new promo for the Masterpiece Collection, and previews for Melody Time, The Spirit of Mickey, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars, and Kiki's Delivery Service. Ryanasaurus0077 11:43, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Fair use rationale for Image:Walt Disney Masterpiece logo.PNG[edit]
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Re: AFNI is Making Me Nutty
Thanks for everyone's input. I will keep trying. I tried disputing with the CRA with no luck. Eventually the CA will get tired of hearing form me (hopefully).
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Happy Dance! Just got AFNI to delete. Thanks so much everyone.
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Way to go!!!! Happy Dance!
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How? Via email? GW? PFD?
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I tried doing a PFD a few times and just kept getting the same response, "we don't accept payment for deletion." I ended up paying the OC and AFNI updated to PIF $0 balance. So, I tried to GW after that. I sent GW letters every week and faxes to every possible address and email, and fax I could get. I tried calling too, but that was unsuccessful. Each time I would word it differently, but staying pleasant and to the point (I figured I am asking for a favor, so I should not get too demanding).
Yesterday, I tried wording my GW letter a bit differently. Basically I said something along the lines of, "I am hoping to get this tradeline deleted. I realize that you do not accept payment for deletion. I never received my final bill or a dunning notice because I have not lived at the address for 2 years. As soon as I found out about this final bill, I paid the debt immediately. I am in the middle of trying to purchase a home and this negative mark is keeping me from getting my home loan. I really appreciate your help getting this matter corrected."
I also cc:ed two big cheeses at AFNI with all my emails. I don't know if that helped or hurt the situation, but in 10 minutes I has a deletion letter in my hands!
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No. 12 Oklahoma State clobbers No. 23 Texas 38-13
Posted: 11/16/2013 - Clint Chelf ran for two touchdowns and No. 12 Oklahoma State stayed in the Big 12 championship chase by beating No. 23 Texas 38-13 on Saturday.
Posted: 11/16/2013 - Clint Chelf ran for two touchdowns and No. 12 Oklahoma State stayed in the Big 12 championship chase by beating No. 23 Texas 38-13 on Saturday.
Posted: 11/16/2013 - Bob Stoops matched Barry Switzer's record for most coaching victories at Oklahoma when the 22nd-ranked Sooners cruised to a 48-10 victory over Iowa State on Saturday.
Posted: 11/16/2013 - Bob Stoops matched Barry Switzer's record for most coaching victories at Oklahoma when the 22nd-ranked Sooners cruised to a 48-10 victory over Iowa State on Saturday.
Posted: 11/16/2013 - Tiffany Bias scored 18 points and dished out seven assists as No. 20 Oklahoma State defeated Northern Colorado 87-51 on Saturday.
Posted: 11/16/2013 - The Austin College football team capped off the 2013 season with a dominant 35-7 win over Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference rival Trinity University on Saturday, marking the first time the 'Roos have knocked off the Tigers since 1993. The 'Roos finish the season with a 5-5 overall record and a 2-1 mark in SCAC play.
Posted: 11/15/2013 - Austin College seniors Lauren Scott and Maddy Millender have been named first team All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference performers, while junior Anna Claire Cooke was named second team All-SCAC and junior Dominique Martinez was an honorable mention selection, the league office has announced.
Posted: 11/15/2013 - Southeastern will close out the 2013 season on Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. when it hosts long time arch-rival East Central at Paul Laird Field in the 97th all-time meeting between the teams on the gridiron.
Posted: 11/15/2013 - Oklahoma's shot at a Big 12 Conference title and a Bowl Championship Series berth likely ended with a loss to Baylor last week, meaning a program with one of the nation's proudest traditions had to reassess its benchmarks for the rest of the season.
Posted: 11/15/2013 - The road leading to town wasn't known as Coach Bill Snyder Highway the last time that Gary Patterson exited north off Interstate 70 and headed toward the Kansas State campus.
Posted: 11/15/2013 - After a 1-2 start, the No. 23 Texas Longhorns have rallied to contest for the Big 12 title.
Posted: 11/14/2013 - The East Central University volleyball team saw an eight match home winning streak come to an end on the annual Senior Night, with a 2-3 (25-23, 23-25, 12-25, 27-25, 11-15) loss to Southern Nazarene.
Updated: 11/14/2013 - Southeastern got off to a slow start, falling behind 2-0, and were unable to mount a rally on Thursday night in a 3-1 loss to Southwestern Oklahoma State in the regular season finale in Weatherford, Okla.
Posted: 11/14/2013 - The University of Oklahoma has announced the signing of three high school basketball players.
Posted: 11/14/2013 - The East Central University women's basketball team will continue their five-game home stand to start the 2013-14 season Saturday, Nov. 14 when they host Rogers State at 2 p.m. in the Kerr Activities Center. The game is the first double-header with the men's team, who will host Dallas Baptist at 4 p.m.
Posted: 11/14/2013 - Southeastern will wrap up its 2013 regular season on Nov. 14 when it travels to Weatherford, Okla., to take on Southwestern Oklahoma State at 7 p.m. in a game that will play a big role in deciding the seeding for both teams heading into next week's Great American Conference tournament.
Posted: 11/13/2013 - Cameron Clark's 14 points led five Oklahoma players Wednesday night in double-figure scoring as the Sooners raced past Idaho 85-65.
Posted: 11/13/2013 - Taylor Smaller turned in a game-high 23 points to pace Southeastern to a 79-72 victory over Missouri S&T on Wednesday night Rolla, Mo., in the team's first road game of the season
Posted: 11/13/2013 - The East Central University men's basketball team will play its first game in the friendly confines of the Kerr Activities Center, Saturday, Nov. 16 when they host Dallas Baptist at 4 p.m. The game is part of a double-header with the women's team, who will battle Rogers State at 2 p.m.
Posted: 11/13/2013 - Oklahoma center Gabe Ikard isn't a typical offensive lineman, working on his craft in anonymity.
Posted: 11/13/2013 - Southeastern men's basketball will get its first taste of regular season road competition when it travels to Rolla, Mo., on Nov. 13 to take on Missouri S&T at 7 p.m.
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LIVINGSTON MANOR — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Sullivan County will host the first official activity of the CCE Outdoor Club at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Frick Pond in the Livingston Manor area.
Lisa Lyons of the Morgan Outdoors store in Livingston Manor, and a volunteer of the CCE Outdoor Club, will be helping to lead this hike, with educational opportunities appropriate for an intergenerational audience.
After a quick review of safety information, an attendance check, and introductions, the group will begin this beginner- to intermediate-level hike to and around Frick Pond.
To join the club and sign up for the hike, email Nicole Slevin, CCE program educator, at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 292-6180.
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Sebastian Vettel leads the field at the Brazilian Grand Prix. He spoke to the press on Saturday about Sunday's race.
On Saturday, the top three drivers on the Formula One grid met with the press to talk about the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg and Fernando Alonso all took part in the conference.
You can read the full press conference transcript below.
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Tenney Mountain is one of New Hampshire's best kept secrets. The trails are classic New England trails with double fall lines and enough diverse terrain to keep the interest of intermediate and advanced skiers. Once you've skied Tenney, it's hard to go back to the over-crowded slopes of the regions more popular mountains. Today, most mountains have more uphill capacity than the skiable terrain can support. If you've ever spent a weekend at Loon, you know what I mean. Tenney is a rare exception with more downhill capacity than uphill. Even on weekends, lift lines rarely exceed 5 minutes and you often find yourself alone on the trails.
The lodge is comfortable and the food is reasonably prices for a ski area. The staff is cheerful and the ambassadors are friendly and heplful. Tenney reminds me of Bretton Woods 20 years ago, except that the terrain is more interesting and it's much easier to get to for those coming up I-93.
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This is the only appearance of Cupid on the series, though he would appear two more times on Xena.
Nitpick: Aphrodite gives Psyche a cup of Ambrosia to drink, but Ambrosia is the food of the Gods, and Nectar is the drink. It is also at odds with the jello-like ambrosia previously presented on Xena.
Nitpick: About ten minutes into this episode, Hercules says that he hasn't seen his mother or Jason since there wedding which took place in season two. This is not true as we see both of those characters in the fifth episode of the third season, "Not Fade Away". This is most likely due to the fact that these episodes were shown in a different order than that in which they were produced.
Hercules: (After Aphrodite stops a battle by going topless) I can't believe I'm related to her.
Aphrodite: What? You're going to walk away?! Some role model you are!
Hercules: Later!
Aphrodite: Cupid, I have told you time and time again, mess around with mortals all you want, that's what they're there for, but whatever you do, don't fall in love!
Aphrodite: Mortals are like plums, you know? It tastes great for awhile, but, oh, before you know it- prunes!
Salmoneus: (Finding Cupid's bow) I know what this is- this is my reward for a life of virtue and thrift! This is Cupid's bow! Oh, the riches! Oh, the fame! Oh, the fabulous babes!
Hercules: (When Cupid turns into the green-eyed monster) Jealousy sure does make a person ugly!
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Greek Mythology: Aphrodite and Adonis
In this episode, Aphrodite repeatedly tells Cupid that gods shouldn't fall in love with mortals because it won't work out. She emphasizes this, saying, "Believe me, I know." This would seem to refer to Aphrodite's love for the mortal man Adonis, who died while hunting a wild boar (potentially sent by a jealous Ares).
Cantankerous Man: I love you, man.
This is a famous line from an ad campaign for Bud Lite.
Greek Mythology: Aphrodite, Eros and Psyche
In mythology, Aphrodite was jealous of Psyche's beauty and told Eros (Cupid) to make her fall in love with an ugly creature. However, he falls in love with her instead (in some versions, by accidentally pricking himself with his own arrow). He marries her with one caveat- she is never allowed to see him. He takes her to a magnificent mansion and they live happily (in the dark) until her jealous sisters tell her that he must be a monster since she isn't allowed to look at him. She sneaks a peek while he is sleeping, but a drop of hot wax from her candle awakens him and he leaves her. She begs Aphrodite for another chance with her son and the Goddess sets her three seemingly impossible tasks which she successfully accomplishes (with the secret help of Eros, who still loves his wife) and they are reunited. They ask for Zeus' blessing, who grants it along with immortality for Psyche.
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JPMorgan Leads CMBS Sale as Offerings Revive: Credit Markets
JPMorgan Chase & Co. sold the largest offering of commercial mortgage-backed securities this year as Wall Street seeks to chip away at property debt financed before real estate values plummeted.
The top-ranked 10-year portion yields 150 basis points, or 1.5 percentage points, more than the benchmark swaps rate, according to a person familiar with the transaction. That compares with a spread of about 305 basis points on comparable bonds issued prior to 2008, when underwriting standards were more lenient, JPMorgan data show.
The market for bonds that bundle commercial property loans is reviving after shutting down two years ago during the financial crisis. JPMorgan's $1.1 billion offering, the seventh sale this year, signals bank willingness to lend to stronger borrowers and investor confidence that landlords can meet monthly payments as the economy recovers, said James Grady of Deutsche Asset Management.
"The recent deals have been well received by investors," said Grady, a managing director in New York at the firm, which has $240 billion in assets under management, including commercial-mortgage bonds. "Ten months ago, the comeback seemed highly unlikely."
JPMorgan, based in New York, estimates $335 billion of property loans packaged into bonds will come due through 2015. Deutsche Bank AG plans to sell $856.6 million of bonds backed by commercial mortgages, a person familiar with the offering said today. The securities are tied to 42 loans secured by 63 properties, said the person, who declined to be identified because terms aren't public.
Default Swaps Rise
Elsewhere in credit markets, the extra yield investors demand to own company bonds instead of similar maturity government debt fell 1 basis point to 171 basis points, down from 180 on Sept. 1, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Global Broad Market Corporate index. Average yields were 3.389 percent, the lowest since June 2003.
Credit-default swaps on the Markit CDX North America Investment Grade Index, which investors use to hedge against losses on corporate debt or to speculate on creditworthiness, rose 0.6 cent to 98.75 cents on the dollar as of 2:47 p.m. in New York, according to index administrator Markit Group Ltd.
The index typically rises as investor confidence deteriorates and falls as it improves. Credit swaps pay the buyer face value if a borrower fails to meet its obligations, less the value of the defaulted debt. A basis point equals $1,000 annually on a contract protecting $10 million of debt.
$4.7 billion Sold
Banks have sold $4.7 billion of bonds backed by commercial mortgages this year, up from $3.4 billion last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Sales tumbled 95 percent to $11.2 billion in 2008 from a record $234 billion in 2007. Issuance may reach $35 billion in 2011, S&P said in a Sept. 30 report.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. issued $788.5 million of the securities on Aug. 4. It was the most recent offering to pool loans from multiple borrowers and included new features to appease investors as banks attempt to revive the market. One of the key changes is giving buyers of the highest-rated portions control of who manages troubled loans, a right that has historically been held by investors who buy the riskiest slice.
Investors are showing confidence in property assets, with the Bloomberg Real Estate Investment Trust index showing a total return of 23.1 percent this year compared with 5.7 percent for the S&P 500 stock index.
Property Confidence
Three new reports this week showed signs the commercial real estate market may be beginning to recover.
While U.S office rents fell in the third quarter, the rate of decline was the slowest since the first three months of 2009. That suggests demand may be stabilizing even as vacancies hover at a 17-year high, property research firm Reis Inc. said.
Actual rents paid by office tenants dropped 3.6 percent from a year earlier to an average of $22.05 a square foot, Reis said. Prices were little changed from the previous three months' $22.06 a square foot.
"The pace of deterioration has clearly slowed," Ryan Severino, an economist at Reis, said in an Oct. 5 statement.
A day later the New York-based company reported that the nation's apartment vacancies dropped for the first time in almost three years in the third quarter, signaling the trend of people moving in with family or friends might be abating.
The shopping center sector, which Reis research director Victor Calanog said lags behind improving economic indicators after a recession, recorded the vacancy rate climbing to 10.9 percent from 10.3 percent a year earlier. The rate was unchanged from the second quarter, when it reached the highest level since 1991.
Underwriting Standards
In the JPMorgan offering, 49 percent of the bond pool refinances debt contained in commercial-mortgage backed securities issued before credit markets seized, Barclays Capital analysts Julia Tcherkassova and Keerthi Raghavan wrote in a report last month.
While tighter underwriting standards and lower values mean many property owners who borrowed from 2005 to 2007 won't qualify for loans banks are writing now, stronger landlords will be able to refinance, benefiting investors in the older bonds, Deutsche's Grady said.
The bonds JPMorgan sold are tied to 30 loans secured by 47 properties, according to the person familiar with the transaction who declined to be identified because terms aren't public. The offering consists of 67 percent retail properties, 15.1 percent in office loans and 10.3 percent industrial loans, the person familiar with that deal said. Arizona, Florida and California account for about 44 percent of the pool.


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Re: What happens if you exceed the limit?
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I have several questions:
1. If you go over the limit on a credit card and maintain the excess through the statement cut date, is the over-the-limit balance reported to the CRA's, assuming the card is not a Visa Signature?
2. Do creditors charge you for exceeding the limit? I think I read somewhere that if a creditor approves a payment that pushes the balance over the limit, the creditor has to either notify the card user of any penalty fee before approving or not charge a penalty fee at all. Is this correct?
3. What types of cards do not allow users to exceed the limit?
4. Are there other meaningful questions I couldn't think of?
I'm pretty sure on 1) that the CRAs will report the current balance and the CL as usual, the FICO scores will presumably be impacted because of the very high utilization on that card.
2) As said below, some (most) do, probably of the order of $25-$40, this is listed in your terms and conditions.
More generally, are you thinking more of checking accounts/debit? These are more tightly regulated now. The consumer has the option of choosing to allow the bank to approve a transaction that exceeds the available balance (and get charged an overdraft fee + interest) or telling the bank that all such transactions must be declined, avoiding fees from the bank (but of course possibly getting charged by the entity the payment was intended for).
I'm not aware of the requirement you state for credit cards, which doesn't mean there isn't one. Part of the CARD act?


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I was wondering if you can have one WP installation for one site, but have two or more Blogs running?
So rather than having x-amount of pages, is there a possibility to add another blog instead? Hence I would have a Blog on the front page, and another blog in a different part of the site (say one relating to cats and one to dogs).
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Yesterday marked the 10th Year Anniversary of the peak of the dot com bubble with the NASDAQ Composite now down about 53% from its all-time high close of 5,048.62. Now, 10 years later, the NASDAQ has been a leader in the past year's rally. Amongst the leaders, have been manufacturers of components of LEDs. Could revolutionary LED stocks possibly lead the NASDAQ to thrive once again?
What follows is a look at stocks in the S&P 500 displaying unusual volume in today's trading session.
Strategist Bill Spiropoulos likes America's new-found fondness for nuclear power -- and he says there's one stock & one ETF that stand to profit.
ETFs (exchange-traded funds) are gaining as ways to play energy and commodities. Trader Talk blogger Bob Pisani revealed three new Powershares energy ETFs that investors should know.
The S&P reached its highest levels since January and has crossed above a key resistance point. Will the momentum carry it into next week?


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By Annemarie Provisero-Oracle on Sep 03, 2015
Data Quality Management (DQM) Search & Match Deep Dive
Date: September 16, 2015 at 11:00 am ET, 8:00 am PT, 4:00 pm GMT, 8:30 pm, India Time (Mumbai)
This one-hour session will build on the Understanding Trading Community Architecture (TCA) Customer Entities & User Interface webcast and is recommended for technical and functional users who want to have a better understanding of the Data Quality Management (DQM) feature in TCA and how it works when performing searches or preventing duplicate customer-related data. We will also cover troubleshooting common DQM issues.
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When Global Warming Hits Home (Literally)
by Peter Lehner, via NRDC's Switchboard
In a recent PBS documentary, the mayor of Norfolk, Virginia, Paul Fraim, talks about how flooding has become a monthly occurrence in his town, and how global warming and sea level rise are as much a daily issue for him as education and fighting crime. In some parts of Norfolk, streets turn into rivers at high tide. Homes are flooded five out of six years. People lose their carpets, their appliances, their savings. And they can't afford to move elsewhere.
Sea levels have risen 14 inches in Norfolk since 1930–almost double the global rate. Part of this alarming change is due to the natural sinking of the area's soggy tidal lands, but part of it is due to the rising sea levels brought about by global warming. Like stranded polar bears in the North Pole, like disappearing island nations in the Pacific, waterlogged Norfolk is yet another symbol of global warming at work. And even though Norfolk is within spitting distance of our nation's capital, Congress still hasn't seemed to grasp the seriousness of the situation.
Turning a blind eye to the realities of global warming is a dangerous game. Scientists predict that sea levels will rise anywhere from 7 inches to 78 inches in the next 100 years (depending, in part, on how much we do to curb global warming pollution), which means that in a few generations, nearly five million people who currently live within 4 feet of high tide could be in the same boat as the residents of Norfolk.
New research shows that global warming will double the chance of a hundred-year flood occurring in many locations within the next 18 years. In some areas, the chance is tripled.
Nearly half the states in the nation will be affected by rising sea levels. Despite these odds, for the most part, we are financially, structurally, and administratively unprepared to deal with the most immediate consequences of global warming.
Bailing out after a flood is a major expense not only for swamped cities, but for taxpayers all over the country. FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, spent more than $100,000 per home in Norfolk to raise residences above expected water levels. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), run by FEMA, is nearly $18 billion in debt, and has had to borrow money from the Treasury to stay afloat.
Part of the problem is that federal insurance coverage is based on maps which only take historical data into account, and make no predictions about future flooding. This is senseless: we know perfectly well we're looking at a future unlike anything we've seen in the past. So-called "century" floods are practically a yearly occurrence in some areas. Frequent, furious storms and higher seas are the new normal. The Norfolk-Virginia Beach area ranks 10th in the world for assets most at risk due to rising sea levels. Miami ranks first.
Private insurers have a pretty good idea of what the future will hold–they've basically gotten out of the market for disaster coverage in high-risk flood areas, making federal insurance the only option. The U.S. Navy knows the score, too: they've commissioned a study to find out how global warming will affect their activities in Norfolk, where it runs the largest naval base in the world, home to the U.S. Atlantic fleet and 54,000 active duty personnel. Researchers are modeling how rising sea levels and more frequent, intense storms might affect naval operations and facilities, possibly delaying performance for hours or resulting in, as the military says, "mission impairment."
Some states are doing their part to prepare for the reality of sea level rise. California has a comprehensive climate adaptation plan, which includes directives for state agencies to assess and reduce the risks of sea level rise to construction projects in flood-risk areas. Massachusetts is working to conserve and restore critical wetlands and buffer zones to enhance natural flood protection. Pennsylvania, even though it's not on the coast, faces threats to its water supply from saltwater intrusion into the Delaware River. The state is turning to green infrastructure to improve water quality, using features like green roofs and rain gardens to absorb excess stormwater and reduce the flow of sediment and pollution into waterways.
It's Congress that seems unable to confront the reality of global warming, a head-in-the-sand approach that puts our property, our health, and our money at risk. The NFIP, by providing insurance coverage for buildings in flood-prone areas, is actually encouraging development where, practically speaking, there should be none. The program should focus on incentives that will help homeowners prepare their homes to better withstand flooding, saving lives and lowering the cost of rebuilding. Studies estimate that prevention and mitigation strategies save $4 dollars for every dollar spent. The intention of the program was to help people in need, and it should continue to do so. But basing coverage on inaccurate, unscientific maps doesn't do anyone any favors. It's misleading to homeowners and all taxpayers who share the burden of the costs of flooding.
Ignoring the threat of rising seas leaves too many people in harms' way. We need to step up efforts to reduce global warming pollution, and make plans to ensure that our homes, our businesses, and our health are protected. This is where the government needs to play its role as defender of the public interest, and start seriously examining the consequences of global warming.
Peter Lehner is the Executive Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council. This piece was originally published at NRDC's Switchboard and was re-posted with permission.
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Look, even if we could instantly stop all GHG emissions today we will still experience warming for another 1000 years. That means more sea level rise. No amount of, so far, nonexistent GHG reductions will suffice. Norfolk will need to invest in expensive adaptation like San Francisco and Dubuque. They will need to contact the Georgetown Climate Center in DC, adaptation is their business. That's all we got folks thanks to the wonderful planning and forward thinking leadership we have been blessed with.
Is the Norfolk Naval Station still going ahead with adaptation measures? Are their streets flooded? How about the barracks? The golf course is on the water, is it experiencing subsidence? I have not seen any news about them so I was just wondering.
With a world ideologically accelerating toward abrupt climate change, since we seem to be on the horizontal part at of an inevitable exponential climate impact curve, at least the Navy has some assets that can float.
Perhaps they should revert from fossil to sail. What if we built new Tall Ships for the Navy (for those interested see some at Fleet Week, NYC, last week of May, 2012).
here's the future for a lot of us:http://www.france24.com/en/20120514-worst-drought-50-years-takes-toll-northern-brazil
AFP – Severe drought gripping northeastern Brazil — the worst in a half-century — is taking its toll on more than 1,100 towns, even triggering fighting in rural areas, local media reported Sunday.
An average of one person a day is being killed in "water wars" in rural areas, while scores of animals are wasting away before perishing, the O Globo newspaper reported over the weekend.
This isn't really about global warming. It's about the sheer stupidity of the FEMA and NFIP programs, which subsidize flood damage and seem to be the primary reason that residents cannot afford to move elsewhere. If the government stopped spending money on them for staying where they are, they just might be able to afford the move to higher ground.


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The most explosive election in Zimbabwe since 1980 and what's showing on TV?
Yes, this is on ZBC:
HARARE, Zimbabwe Zimbabwes main opposition party said Sunday that it had won a landslide victory, insisting that unofficial election results showed that the Movement for Democratic Change had unseated President Robert G. Mugabe, the man who has led this nation for 28 years.
Those results had been compiled by adding the vote counts posted at hundreds of individual polling stations, and were not formally released by the government. Indeed, the nations chief election officer warned that the oppositions boasts were premature and asked people to wait for official totals.
People did just that, anxiously watching the government television station on Sunday for announcements about the election the day before. But instead of news they were shown irrelevant fare like a program about biodegradable Chinese plastic and a documentary about the Netherlands 1974 soccer team.


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Hello all, nice to meet you!
I'm an amateur, largely self-taught artist working in traditional media. I favor acrylic paint, used watercolor style, but occasionally will roll out some colored pencils or crayons. Also apparently charcoal is a thing I do now?
The drawings you will find here include lots of fan art illustrations, some original characters of my own, and some collaborations with friends. For instance:
Doctor Who: New Who and Classic alike. I'm still watching my way through Classic Who, but I adore it. Overall, I draw a lot of Ten and Eight. Also, Doctor/Rose shippiness happens.
Harry Potter: mostly book based. (Okay, let's be honest, mostly Lupin and Tonks.)
Other books/tv/movies: Lots of the Amelia Peabody series, some Prydain Chronicles, some Disney animation, other things various and sundry. If I had the time and the talent, I would draw everything I read and watch, constantly.
Collaborations with : My friend Jen writes historical fiction set in WWI, and I draw things for her. See her page for our graphic novel pages, and stay for her excellent writing.
I don't tend to thank people individually for favourites, but that's not because I don't appreciate them! My view on favs is that they are between you and the art, and if you want to actively engage the artist, you'll comment instead. I'm also pretty shy, so sometimes I wait to speak until I'm spoken to. But I'm always happy to make friends!
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By Milo Milford, Haiti Liberté, July 20, 2016
On Jul. 25, Dominican Sen. Felix Bautista will testify before the Haitian Senate's Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission in the context of its investigation of the management of Haiti's Petrocaribe program. The Commission's controversial President, Sen. Youri Latortue, of the Artibonite, a former advisor to former President Michel Martelly, announced the hearing on Jul. 18.
"We wrote different people, including Sen. Bautista, who is the CEO of the Dominican [construction] firms Hadom and ROFI," Latortue said. "We received a response from Bautista, who requested a postponement of eight days. He replied and assured us that he will come."
Dominican firms and construction companies have received contracts for many projects financed by the Petrocaribe fund, which is a multi-billion-dollar, low-interest, long-term loan account made possible by the sale of Venezuelan oil products. The Senate Commission is investigating why and how many contracts signed with Dominican companies were breached or canceled by the Haitian government because the projects were abandoned or the companies were unable to complete the projects.
Haiti's cholera epidemic is still raging.
From Oct. 20, 2010 to Jul. 16, 2016, cholera has killed 9,361 people and sickened 786,530 others, according to the latest report by the Haitian Ministry of Health and Population (MSPP) released at a press briefing on Jul. 18, 2016.
"Cholera is still here," said Dr. Jean Donald François, the national coordinator of the fight against cholera, aiming to raise awareness about the cholera's persistence. "It is in all ten departments of the country."
By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, July 19, 2016
Buoyed by the desire to get a democratically elected government in Haiti, diplomats at the Organization of American States on Wednesday said they welcomed interim Haitian President Jocelerme Privert's executive order for the country's 5.8 million voters to report to the polls on Oct. 9 to vote on a new president.
But while many, led by representatives of the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom), spoke in support of the process underway, all called on Haiti's parliament to swiftly decide whether to keep or replace Privert, whose 120-day term expired June 14. Left unresolved, the OAS permanent council warned, Haiti's worsening political crisis could ultimately jeopardize the presidential vote.
"It is time to make a decision that should have been made a long time ago," Antigua Ambassador Ronald Sanders said, echoing OAS-Secretary General Luis Almagro's recent statements.
By Andrew Mitrovica, Al Jazeera International, July 18, 2016
If much of the international press is to be believed, Canada's new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, is a walking, talking mixture of John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King, with a dose of Brad Pitt for good measure.
Trudeau is the attractive, telegenic eldest son of Pierre Trudeau, the long deceased former Canadian prime minister, who also cut a swashbuckling image on the global stage.
Like his father, Justin Trudeau is adept at satisfying the thirst of the establishment media for pretty pictures and exploiting, these days, social media to cultivate an image of a vibrant, progressive, open-minded leader who is intent on breaking from the destructive, reactionary past.
By Kim Ives, Haiti Liberté, July 13, 2016
Guy Philippe, the leader of the so-called "rebels" who helped overthrow President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004, challenged Haiti's interim President Jocelerme Privert to have his police force try to capture him.
"Everybody knows where I am," Philippe taunted Privert in a nine-minute recorded audio statement distributed last weekend to radio stations and on the Internet. "Everyone knows that as I'm speaking to you, I'm at the Carib Hotel in Pestel. And if Privert doesn't know the address, let me give the address. It's across from the hospital in Pestel, by the National Highschool.... If Privert wants me, he can come get me."
By Anna Leach, The Guardian, July 18, 2016
On Saturday 11 June government ministers and campaigners attended the funeral of three female street vendors, laid to rest in sturdy white coffins laden with flowers, with more than 2,000 people in attendance. Their brutal murders had shocked a country.
Jesula Gelin, a mother of six, Vanessa Previl and Monique Vincent were all deaf and worked in Haiti's capital. That is itself was notable – they were economically independent and lived away from their families in a deaf community in Leveque, a village about an hour from the city.
By Meg Wilcox, EcoWatch, July 12, 2016
Read any article about Haiti's environment and you'll encounter the same grim statistic, that 98 percent of the country is deforested. That's hard to fathom. How could a country possibly have only two percent tree cover?
Death by a Thousand Cuts, a 2012 film that tells the tale of a brutal murder related to Haiti's charcoal trade, shines a light on the forces behind the nation's dismal environmental state. Beyond the legacy left by the French, grinding poverty is a root cause, with per capita income in Haiti just $828 in 2014. Two-thirds of Haitians are subsistence farmers and the vast majority cook their food with wood charcoal. Charcoal production fuels deforestation, which leads to soil erosion, loss of productive agricultural land and a vicious cycle of poverty.
An estimated 50 percent of Haitian topsoil in fact has been washed away, irreparably damaging farmland and contributing to crop losses of up to 70 percent in recent years. But, wait, what does this have to do with your chocolate bar?
Chocolate, of course, comes from cocoa, which grows on trees. It needs shade and that means cocoa farms are often found in forests, at the base of mountains. Cocoa is, surprisingly, Haiti's third largest export crop. In fact, if you visit Haiti's verdant cocoa region in the north, near Cap-Haïtien, that 98 percent deforestation statistic belies what you'll see.
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Marvel Assembles an Official Title for Third "Avengers" Movie
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Courtesy of Dark Horse, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth - The Transformation of J.H. O'Donnell" #1 by Mike Mignola, Scott Allie & Max Fiumara, on sale May 30.
Longtime "Hellboy" & "B.P.R.D." editor Scott Allie spoke to CBR about the Bureau tales he co-wrote with Mike Mignola, as well as the series' direction in the second half of 2012.
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Can Netflix Fix Network TV's Supernatural-Mystery Show Problem?
The new series Stranger Things offers a different way forward.By Kathryn VanArendonk
The new series Stranger Things offers a different way forward.By Kathryn VanArendonk
The major networks have placed a heavier emphasis this season on programs that pass the beach-house test.By Jen Chaney
The classic Hollywood genre never went away — it just moved to a different medium.By Angelica Jade Bastién
In a year full of death on TV, where does OITNB fit in?By Kathryn VanArendonk
The new TBS Lost spoof shows us what works and what doesn't when TV shows try to satirize other TV shows.By Jen Chaney
It's never just another twist.By Jackson McHenry
Rose Byrne, Allison Williams, Amandla Stenberg, and more on the trend.By Bennett Marcus
Inside the booming pet-party industry.By Sarah Firshein
Sometimes it's better to know where you're going.By Matt Zoller Seitz
American viewers, however, haven't quite caught up.By Judy Berman
Even if we don't recognize what they're watching, the act of them watching it is instantly familiar, and pleasurable, and personal.By Kathryn VanArendonk
The $300-plus question: "Will you go to prom with me?"By Catie L'Heureux
They're usually put in the corner.By Kathryn VanArendonk
Vinyl! Leopard print! Fancy puffy coats!By The Cut
Welcome to the age of "the cell-phone emergency" and the "wander-the-city walk-and-talk."By Jenny Jaffe
Not just the back of some hypebeast's closet.By Allison P. Davis
The "ugly guy" getting the "hot woman."By Pilot Viruet
The resource-intensive dish is poised to become a major trend — and that could be problematic for the top-of-the-line fish often used to make it.By Jennifer Fiedler
The first shipments finally went out this month, but tens of thousands of orders have remained unfulfilled.By Chris Crowley
A landslide of shimmery slips, glamorous capes, and shoulder-skimming earrings.By Amy Larocca and Rebecca Ramsey


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Impact of War
Since the wars began in Iraq and Aghanistan an estimated two-million American children have had at least one parent deployed. Routines have to be adjusted and often one parent has to fill the shoes of two. But what happens when both parents deploy....more than once? Next weekend our Impact of War series concludes with a report on one family with a very creative solution.
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Low temperatures Thursday night could drop into the mid-30s, but windy conditions should prevent a frost. Wind mixes colder surface air with warm air in the upper atmosphere and also serves as a drying effect to keep frost away.
Conditions for Friday won't be as favorable with daytime temperatures reaching into the upper 50s. The nighttime forecast is for temperatures between 30 and 34 degrees, although the upper-20s are possible.
Protecting plants and being cautious of outdoor pets and animals is advised.
Some parts of the area have experienced scattered frost this season, but Friday should be the first widespread frost. The coldest temperature recorded at Bush Field was 30 degrees on Oct. 30 and 39 degrees at Daniel Field the same night.
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Big Data Drives Booming Demand for Fantasy Sports
Fantasy betting is growing faster than anyone could ever have predicted. In 2008, one in six Americans admitted to betting on sports. That number has increased significantly in the years since. According to recent statistics, North Americans are spending over $27 billion a year on fantasy sports...[read more]
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In the face of mounting privacy concerns, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson directed Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to cancel a solicitation seeking a private vendor to build a national license plate recognition system.
In a prepared statement, the agency claimed its senior officials were unaware of the solicitation.
The cancellation comes as ICE's acting director is about to step down from his position. John Sandweg, according to ICE, will leave the department Feb. 21. A replacement has not been named.
Sandweg's appointment last August raised the ire of some conservatives, who called the appointment political payback to a man who was a fundraiser for former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano when she was governor of Arizona.
In a statement in the wake the cancellation of the license plate solicitation, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said the lack of a permanent director was complicating decision-making at ICE.
The DHS component issued the solicitation the week of Feb. 10, seeking a company to build a smart phone-accessible database of license plate information that its agents could use in the field to identify vehicles and their owners.
In the solicitation, ICE officials specified that the service would have tracked vehicle license plate numbers captured by cameras or voluntarily entered through sources such as access control systems, asset recovery specialists and law enforcement agencies.
"The solicitation, which was posted without the awareness of ICE leadership, has been cancelled," said an ICE email statement to FCW on Feb. 20. "While we continue to support a range of technologies to help meet our law enforcement mission, this solicitation will be reviewed to ensure the path forward appropriately meets our operational needs."
Jeramie Scott, national security counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, told FCW when the proposal came to light that such a system's wide-reaching, indiscriminate gathering of license plate images and associated information would pose serious privacy concerns.
In a Feb. 19 statement on the cancellation, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said that despite the cancellation, DHS could still be accessing national license plate data through a private company called Vigilant Solutions on an "ad hoc basis." EFF cited documents it obtained from the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusettswhich it said showed ICE agents and other DHS components have been tapping into Vigilant's data sets for years. It said it would continue to "push back on any future attempts to create a federally accessible national license plate database."
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Open Source Poker: PokerTH 0.6.4 Released
For some game fanatics, the only reason they continue to use Windows is to play poker. Yet Linux also offers poker software.
PokerTH is a C++ and Qt4 software for Linux, Mac and Windows with a GPLv2 license. TH stands for Texas Hold'em, hence the name. The software supports games against the PC (up to six players), games in a LAN network or on the Internet.
The new version 0.6.4 comes with improved server-support and an external avatar system. Various bugs have also been fixed. Go here for the download.
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SUSE Joins the Microsoft Test Drive Program
Customers can take a free test drive of SLES for HPC on the Azure Cloud
SiFive Launches a Line of Open Source Chips
San Francisco-based chip company announces their first fully open source chip platform.
Fedora 24 Released
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Chow, Baby had that hungry-crabby-crankiness that results when the first lunch place you try is closed because of family illness (get well soon), the second place has new locks on the doors because, according to the landlord...
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It was nice to see the family and all, but Chow, Baby's weekend home in New Orleans was a bust, foodwise. The best po-boy place in town (make a note: Crabby Jack's on Jefferson Highway) was closed for summer vacatio...
Del Freakin' Great-OChow, Baby
After nearly a year-long run of adequate steaks at ridiculous prices, Chow, Baby was tired of screwing around. This time it was going to have a great steak at a ridiculous price, guaranteed.
You Take the High Road ….Chow, Baby
Yay! Arlington has a new mall! Sorry – "mixed-use development." Arlington Highlands (I-20 and Matlock Rd.) opened in May, though it looks nothing like the drawing on its website, which shows trees.
Fried and PrejudiceChow, Baby
Rice "n" Noodle (9094 Camp Bowie West Blvd.) looked like a good spot for Chow, Baby's favorite dining-alone game: Guess who's gonna order what?
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So the other day Chow, Baby got an e-mail from an editor at Budget Travel magazine inquiring after our famous restaurants, the ones that pop up in all the travel guides.
Greater ExpectationsChow, Baby
If "stuffed and smothered" is your favorite cuisine, boy howdy, has Chow, Baby found the restaurant for you. Seems like everything on this menu is stuffed with crab meat and smothered with Asiago cheese sauce.
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It's reader-service week here at Chow, Baby headquarters – not in the traditional journalistic "we're here to serve the reader" use of the phrase, which is fine and all, but Chow, Baby prefers the ...
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Rapid Bus Line Opens In Twin CitiesBeginning Saturday, those who ride Metro Transit's new A Line will have a faster and more comfortable commute.
Rapid Transit Buses Set For Big DebutA new kind of bus service is coming to the Twin Cities. Metro Transit is about to release their fleet of 12 new rapid buses on the A Line of Snelling Avenue, Ford Parkway and 46th Street.
Buses Replace LRT In DT Mpls. Overnight For Stadium ConstructionWhile construction is almost finished at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, the light rail station outside still needs some work.
Suspicious Package Briefly Shuts Down Light Rail In Downtown MinneapolisTrain service between the Nicollet Mall and Hennepin Avenue stations is being moved to buses as police investigate.
LRT Switches To Buses Amid 'Police Incident'Metro Transit's light rail passengers were being rerouted to buses amid a police incident.
Boy, 16, Charged With Punching Bus DriverA 16-year-old boy faces charges stemming from the assault last week that left a Metro Transit bus driver with what authorities described as possibly "life-altering" injuries.
Bus Driver Assaulted Near Southdale; Juvenile Being HeldMetro Transit officials say a veteran bus driver suffered potentially "life-altering" injuries last week when he was assaulted near the Southdale mall in Edina.
Metro Transit Offers Free Rides For St. Patrick's DayIt's St. Patrick's Day! And people in the Twin Cities are preparing to celebrate. Metro Transit wants people to celebrate safely. So, they are teaming up with Miller Lite to offer free rides.
Metro Transit Bans 'Hoverboards' From Buses, TrainsMetro Transit announced Tuesday that hoverboards are no longer welcome on public buses, trains, rail platforms and transit facilities, citing safety concerns.
LRT Blue Line Extension Approved By Final MunicipalityThe fifth and final municipality unanimously approved an extension to the light rail blue line in their district Friday, clearing the way for the project to move forward.
Ride Metro Transit For Free To 'Crashed Ice' By Taking 2-Question SurveyRide Metro transit for FREE by taking a short two-question survey.
METRO Light Rail Station Renamed US Bank Stadium StationMetro Transit riders will soon notice a change in the name of one of the most popular light rail stations.