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St. Patrick's Day Pairing: Ale and Irish Cheddar
TGIF! Here's another suggestion to kick off your St. Patrick's Day celebration: young Irish Cheddar (on sale for $6.99 at Murray's) and Arrogant Ale ($6.99, D'Agostino) from Stone Brewing Company in San Diego.
The ale is aggressive, arrogant even. But that's where the not-to-sharp Irish cheddar cheese, aged six to eight months, jumps in to mellow things out. Both the beer and the cheese have fruity flavors and slight carbonation of the beer lifts the fat of the cheese.
Don't let the copy on the beer bottle ("If you don't like this beer, keep it to yourself -- we don't wanna hear from any sniveling yellow beer-drinkin' whimps.") keep you away from this beer. Beer Advocate gave the beer a 90 and called the brew outstanding. This isn't a beer you'd drink all night, but pairing it with this cheese makes a strong start to a hearty dinner.
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No offense to the Irish, but when it comes to a cheddar that matches well with beer, the English have them beat..hands down. Back when I worked at Murray's, I'd be sure to bring a hunk of english cheddar (Keen's, if we had it, Quicke's otherwise) anytime we went drinking. It's also hearty enough to stand up to a pint of Guinness or anything by Stone Brewing Company, while the very mild Irish cheddar would be lost.
If you're at Murray's picking up cheese for some St. Patrick's celebration, but sure to try the Ardrahan as well. Another great one from the green island.
Keen's is a staple at the Murray's counter right now. I do agree though.. there's something about a sharp, crunchy, flaky cheddar when it matches up with the sharp hops in an IPA or barleywine. I find Irish to be a little too mild for my taste, but if I were to find myself with a nibble, I'd go with maybe the Blue Point Toasted Lager to accentuate the mild sweetness.
Incidentally, someone recently suggested Cashel Blue, the weaker of the two Irish blues that I know, should be paired with a sweet-ish but very dynamic barleywine. I'm having a hard time imagining it, and would sooner try it with the Crozier Blue which I miss dearly, but if you find yourself with an east coast barleywine, give it a shot.


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But using her Independence Blue Cross plan has been maddening.
The 39-year-old West Oak Lane day care teacher has made three monthly premium payments at more than three times her subsidized rate just to make sure she was covered. That's a steep price for insurance that has been canceled three times - for nonpayment.
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Lamb's case may be an outlier. But some people are still getting lost in the download between the government and the insurer.
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Since she complained to The Inquirer, Lamb said, the insurer has promised to "straighten everything out. I'm pleased with the conversation but nothing has been done yet."
Though privacy laws forbid Lobley from discussing members, he said cases like Lamb's were rare. Those that do occur often are traced to communication mix-ups between the marketplace and insurer.
Only the government can set an individual's subsidy, he said.
The insurer keeps wrestling with other issues like members' multiple enrollments. Some need "hand-to-hand research."
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1. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICStheartiszan Apr 25, 2012 2:10 PM (in response to badgerdave)
Mine got a little better still a bit short but not as bad.
2. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICSbadgerdave Apr 25, 2012 2:59 PM (in response to theartiszan)
Mine was terrible dude. Behind my back was too far before ICS. I can live with this.
3. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICSdouglascdavis Apr 26, 2012 8:18 AM (in response to badgerdave)
The range may have increased slightly, but my problem of the person I'm talking to over a bluetooth speaker phone getting themselves loudly echoed back is still there. Very frustrating. I am more confident than ever that this is a hardware problem with this phone and will never be fixed by any software update.
4. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICSbadgerdave Apr 26, 2012 12:16 PM (in response to douglascdavis)
douglascdavis: you may be right.
5. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICSrpernett Apr 26, 2012 5:08 PM (in response to badgerdave)
I can confrim the slight improvement in range. Not anywhere near BT spec, but slightly better than before. I can finally put it in my shirt pocket and not have the headset disconnect. Pants pocket gives a little static, but at least we stay connected.
Dear T-Mobile, I would like a little more.
6. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICSbadgerdave Apr 26, 2012 6:19 PM (in response to rpernett)
Yes it is better...but still not what it should be. I agree.
7. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICSdanski0224 May 13, 2012 6:06 AM (in response to badgerdave)
This is how it is working out for me, post "leaked" ICS:
Summary: Better, yes. Fixed, no.
8. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICSbadgerdave May 14, 2012 3:15 PM (in response to badgerdave)
It is time for results....http://www.facebook.com/HtcAmazeOnlinePetition
9. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICSrpernett May 16, 2012 6:41 PM (in response to badgerdave)
I hope that everybody would see fit to be suitably upset if it does not improve by the time we get an official release. I have a Sony T610 circa 2003 that has five times the Bluetooth range of the Amaze on a bad day. This problem is so bad it actually makes me miss my Samsung Vibrant (bad GPS, but otherwise great phone).
T-Mobile's way of saying "sorry" was to waive the down payment on a Galaxy S2...which I am sorry to say is a worthless gesture. They gave every soul who walked in the weekend before Valentines day the same deal. They have done it as web specials over and over...it was a "nothing" gesture. In the end, my wife's MyTouch 4G just dropped dead, so, I didn't get the GS2 anyway. Still stuck with the Amaze and I am full-up with EIPs.
I have no confidence that this will ever get resolved. When T-Mobile/HTC finally fail to deliver (after what will be 7 months). I expect nothing short of a clean trade for something that actually works as advertised.
Sadly T-Mobile has been saddled with HTC's mid-grade junk-ware this time around (One S), so that is not an option. As it is, I have lost confidence in HTC's ability to execute and certainly their ability to support. So no One S for me.
So T-Mobile, if you want to shut me up:
- Fix the Bluetooth (Remember, it used to work; you broke it)
- Refund (Really, that's what everyone here is entitled to. it doesn't work)
- Send me a GS2. I don't like it as much as the Amaze, but the Bluetooth works.
- At least Kill off what's left of my EIP so I can think about getting something else.
10. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICStheartiszan May 16, 2012 7:31 PM (in response to rpernett)
Did you get your phone gs2 on Valentines day?
If no, they did do something that you weren't entitled to even if you don't see it that way.
If not with that deal they basically have you money towards a different phone.
I do want HTC to fix this but the reality is that there are too many politics in retail and warranties to have anything you are demanding to happen especially since they have given you credit to a different phone and didn't have you return the first one.
After the update it is useable, not 30 feet, but good.
11. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICSbadgerdave May 16, 2012 8:02 PM (in response to badgerdave)
Sorry theartiszan, but "good" is a bit of a stretch. "Better...I will agree with. These people have a right to be upset.
The sad part is that the phone is truly a BEAST under the hood. ICS with a true Bluetooth fix will make this phone the best on the market in my opinion. A 32GB Micro SD card makes this phone have about 44GB of storage. That is pretty awesome. 1080p HD video. 8MP Camera, and a dual core processor... A great phone that will go unrecognized, like the HD2, because of software issues. That is too bad. HTC and T-mo are putting a bad taste in my mouth. They are undermining what could put them at the top of the game and give the iphone market a run for its money. So sad...
12. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICSdanski0224 May 17, 2012 3:09 AM (in response to badgerdave)
I read another post in one of these Amaze BT discussions that hinted at TMO altering the Android spec "BT stack" for something else with the intent of crippling BT tethering.
If there is truth to this, then the BT problems are the fault of TMO and not a "hardware" problem.
Right now, I am hoping for a stable CM9 platform, and that is what I will most likely put on my Amaze. I can't afford or justify buying these stupid smart phones every year when eligibility comes around and the contract gets extended.
I had the same old Nokia 3390 for something like 7 years and these "smart phones" are no match. I have spent many hundreds of dollars chasing a "smart phone that works" carrot that has yet to be delivered.
If it wasn't for AT&T, I would have gone iPhone by now. The iOS isn't customizable like Android, but it works. And you don't have the carriers crippling parts of the phone functions in an attempt to make more money. At least the BT works on an iPhone.
The HD2 is nice, but WM6.5 sucked and both MS and TMO stuck it up their customers nether regions here. I like CM7 running off the SD card, but it is unstable (phone locks up for no reason). Maybe I'll try a NAND flash. But, this does not address the known eventual failure of the HD2 power off button and digitizer.
Except for the bluetooth problems, I am happy with the Amaze. The ICS "leak" makes it even better, except for the bluetooth again.
The One S or whatever it is takes away a user replaceable battery and an SD card, so how is this an "upgrade"?
If I have to buy a new phone this time around because TMO fails to fix the BT or use an Android spec BT stack, I will try the latest WP7, and I doubt it will be a HTC device.
Maybe there is truth to the MS smart phone "beta testers" commercials...
I'm not too far off of a year with the Amaze, and it is still "broken". I suppose I could put up with it for another year and go to another carrier. TMO gets ~$1200.00 a year out of me, you would think that is worth something to them. Judging from their HTC Amaze responses, I guess not.
A facebook petition is nice, but I do not do facebook.
13. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICSbadgerdave May 17, 2012 6:32 AM (in response to danski0224)
I rooted: Sensation XL Stock Sense 3.5 (http://android.hd2roms.com/) onto my HD2 and it runs like a champ. Never freezes, unlike every SD version I tried. After I rooted a Custom ROM and ditched WM 6.5 the phone is the bomb.
I hoped that the Amaze would be like my rooted HD2, but with all the upgrades. For the most part it was...I only have issue with the Bluetooth problem and now the audio quality on video recording. Otherwise the Amaze is a beast. I look forward to rooting it. I am just waiting for a single Custom ROM to be the standout. They just s-off(ed) the phone. Now those guys are going to pick this thing apart and make it f-ing AWESOME. I look forward to it.
I agree with the customer retention. I pay over $2500.00 a year and I am considering a change. I think I will contact the FCC and the BBB. I saw a news program that said contacting the FCC is a good idea. They are the top dogs in the phone carrier world and look out for the consumer.
If there is any truth that T-mo changed the software to prevent BT tethering and jacked up the phone...there may be even more grounds for legal action.
14. Re: Bluetooth Headset Range Increased with Leaked ICSh2oskierc May 17, 2012 7:36 AM (in response to badgerdave)
I'd be interested to hear what the FCC says. I've never had any complaints about the bluetooth reception, but would be interested none the less.
The BBB is like the United Nations. Everybody knows who they are, but those they are supposed to enforce against don't give a ****.


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Summary: This sermon is about the importance of considering Jesus� invitation to "come and see" how it is that it is he, the Word made flesh, who reveals and makes known God the Father in heaven.
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�Come and See�
John 1: 35 � 51
Have you ever tried a product or purchased an item because someone has recommended it to you? Have you ever gone to a restaurant recommended by a friend? Have you ever rented a movie because someone else said they thought you�d enjoy it or because they said it was fantastic?
Are you more likely to try something recommended by someone you know or by a stranger (or worse, a salesperson!)? Normally we are more likely to follow the recommendation from someone we know and trust, right? I mean, really, when it comes down to it, do you trust salespeople and telemarketers?
At the beginning of our story today, we once again see John. He�s not in the story very long, however. As the story opens he�s with two of his disciples. While standing there he sees Jesus walking by. The first thing John does is what he�s been doing all along � drawing our attention to who Jesus is. Once again he proclaims in a loud voice, �Look, here is the Lamb of God!�
So what do these disciples of John do? They leave John and go after Jesus! What follows is the Gospel of John�s account of Jesus and his first disciples. And there are three things in particular this passage teaches us about discipleship and following Jesus.
Considering Jesus
John�s disciples don�t start following Jesus blindly � they�ve heard John�s testimony. When they leave John to follow Jesus, they do so because of what John has said. John has led them to consider Jesus. They had probably been with John and heard his teaching for awhile, and now they were following up on his teaching by turning to follow Jesus. So think about this. The two men who went after Jesus at the beginning of our story did so because someone they knew and trusted recommended Jesus
This is true of other people in our story too. One of John�s two disciples to follow Jesus was Andrew and our passage deliberately points out that the first thing he did was find Simon, his brother. The first person he went tell about Jesus was his brother. Simon would become Peter, a major leader of the early church! Would Simon have been as willing to consider getting to know Jesus without the witness of his brother Andrew?
And there is yet a third example. After meeting Jesus and turning to follow him, Philip goes and gets Nathanael. Our story doesn�t tell us that they were brothers or what relationship they had, but we can probably be fairly sure that they were at least friends � the narrative indicates that Philip sought Nathanael out to introduce him to Jesus. Nathanael is initially hesitant, even scornful of Jesus because of where he is from. But eventually he does accept Philip�s invitation. Does he accept because Jesus is from Nazareth or because his friend Philip, whom he trusts, has invited him?
Of course, out of all the people in our story, Jesus is the one who is ultimately passing out the invitations. Jesus is the one who invites us to consider who he is (and therefore who God is). For this is why the �Word became flesh and dwelt among us� � to make God known! Now when John�s two disciples turn to follow Jesus, Jesus intentionally turns to address them. He asks, �What are you looking for?� Let�s face it, Jesus knows the answer already. He just wants the two men to say it. Their answer comes � just like in game show �Jeopardy� � in the form of a question: �Where
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***** High-Security Mechanical Locks: An Encyclopedic Reference. By Graham W. Pulford; published by Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann; available from ASIS, item #1803, 703/519-6200 (phone), www.asisonline.org (Web); 608 pages; $85.00 (ASIS members), $93 (nonmembers).
In this fascinating book, Graham W. Pulford slips the reader through the keyhole and into the intricate and ingenious inner workings of security's most basic tool. The journey is enlightening and gives the reader a sense of awe for the locksmith, an important artisan who rarely gets the respect the position deserves.
The book, as its title states, is an encyclopedic reference. Its eight chapters each focus on a different lock type. Through the 600 pages of the book, the reader learns about pins, tumblers, wafers, levers, magnets, and other components found inside the keyhole.
The section on lock picking is uncharacteristically short compared to others (perhaps understandably). It describes in words and pictures how various lock picks work. From there, in similar form, Pulford describes the workings of mechanical locks. He breaks down various bitting codes and explains how relatively limited the number of keys for a particular lock can be, especially if mastering schemes are necessary (something that also makes picking easier).
Electronic locks are not discussed in this book—understandable, as the title excludes them—but car locks and ignitions are addressed, with the briefest nod toward the ever-increasing use of RFID transponders in ignitions. Combination locks are mentioned in passing. In effect, if it doesn't use a metal key, it's not in this book.
But locks with keys are historically the most common, and it's that history that sets this book apart; think of it less as a book and more as a museum that can be stored on a shelf. It is truly like spending a few hours at a museum dedicated to the industrial revolution of locks and keys.
This time spent is not wasted. Seeing the pioneers of locksmithing as industrialists and artists who create devices so robustly delicate and reading about the development of today's modern locking devices rounds out the security professional's knowledge base.
Reviewer: Derek Knights, CPP, is a senior IT security governance specialist with Sun Life Financial Inc. in Toronto. He is a member of ASIS International.
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Hank was released from jail to kick off season four, as trusty sidekick Charlie was there to greet him with a drink and a cigarette to open "Exile on Main St."
Despite an offer of free Denny's breakfast to distract him, Hank insisted on going home to see Karen and Becca. More fearful of Hank's ire than his soon-to-be ex-wife's, Charlie gave in and agreed to take Hank home, but wanted to show him one thing first.
As they pulled up to the bookstore, the sign in the window let us know that the truth about the author of "Fucking and Punching" and his relationship with a minor had gone viral. How creepy was the bearded guy in front of the bookstore, wearing the tie and Mr. Rogers sweater?
I loved the fire in Marcy's eyes when she opened the door to find Hank and Charlie standing there. Cokey Smurf has always been a straight shooter and I appreciated how she believed Hank when he told her the story about Mia was true, but also complicated.
I have long thought that Marcy is the female "Pot" to Moody's "Kettle" and she was not about to call him "Black" to start the season off.Karen was upset as expected and, as always, she made Hank aware of how loyal Becca was to him and that she was blind to the truth of the matter. This was just the first dose of reality that Hank would have to choke down. The next came at his lawyer's office.
I loved the addition of Carla Gugino as Abby. I have been a fan of hers ever since 1993 when she starred across Pauly Shore in Son In Law. She was fantastic on Entourage and I'm sure we are in for much of the same. She had me at "fisting."
The meeting at Charlie's old agency was a heck of a scene. When Sasha (Addison Timlin) first walked up to Hank, I did a double take. What a resemblance to Mia! Very well played to have Hank not recognize who she was and I loved how Runkle tried to hide that fact from her team by calling Hank a "kidder."
The scene in the boardroom was a real Clash of the Titans and Hank made a nice reference to the film when he announced he had to have himself a movement and said, "it's time to release the Kraken."
I very much appreciated the stoned director's nod to Fast Times at Ridgemont High. A lot of us owe thanks to Phoebe Cates and her red bikini top. How about the producer played by none other than Ned Ryerson, Needle Nose Ned, Ned the Head? Well, in real life of course he's actor Stephen Tobolowsky, who most recently played Sandy Ryerson on Glee. He is always good for a laugh and will be a scene-stealer in upcoming episodes.
While I agreed with Hank when he told Charlie that some things are better left to his limited imagination, I had to applaud Sasha for shutting up the skeptical director and showing off her chest. I also have to concur with Hank, that ass of hers is no slouch, either.
Few could blame Hank for being seduced by her in her hotel room. The way they reversed roles was a nice touch. Sasha said she would be a complete gentleman and Hank sheepishly said that he had been hurt before. The lines he uttered about Karen and Becca were sweet even if the words themselves sounded unspeakably lame. The line about how most women just want a man that's just gay enough to watch Project Runway with was classic.
It took her a few swings, but in the end Sasha clocked Hank a good one as the camera cut to black. His dream sequence warranted a second look. Karen ran into the bedroom and looked as if she was rereading the section of "Fucking and Punching" about Hank and Mia, as if to remind herself of what he had done.
She then took the book and flung it at her dresser. She did not make eye contact with Hank. She instead glanced at a framed picture of him near her bed. It was as if he was there one moment and then he wasn't. The same thing occurred when he went into Becca's room. She looked up from her computer and appeared to look at Hank, but after she saw the website headline about him and Mia Lewis, and went into her destructive rage I once again got the feeling that he wasn't there.
It was like one of those dreams where you go from being the main character to watching yourself from the outside.
The hurt Becca felt in that scene, even if it was just a dream, was palpable. I felt like the writers were setting the stage for a big season for Becca with this show of rage.
As the premiere closed out, we learned that the D.A.'s office dropped the assault charges, but charged Hank with statutory rape. Lady lawyer said that defending Moody got a lot more interesting and I had to agree. Accountability is nipping at Hank's heels.
Season Four got off to a great start and the stage was set for a number of interesting story lines. The most comical of which might have been the start to Runkle's quest to join the sexual century club.
This review is spot on and this season already has me rushing to my DVR for the next episodes of this new Californication season.
By the way, to the angry reviewer "Victoria Springwind" below, your answer to your own question was wrong. Although you correctly identified, "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" as the name of the song, an obvious global smash hit by the Rolling Stones, the version in this episode was performed by a band called, "Great Caesar's Ghost". Before you post next time, remember the lyrics of another famous Stones song, "You Can't Always Get What You Want', which reminds us that:
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You get what you need
It would have been nice to have had my question acknowledged. Not very friendly, folks, not friendly at all. (Don't you hear me knocking - RS song, same album, at least as fitting and the song I was looking for help with)
this was great, i loved the whole sasha/mia thing and can't wait to see how things play out with his famil
I'll answer my own question - there was an Alice in Chains song, and two Rolling Stones songs; the one I was looking for was "Can't you hear me knocking." Thanks anyway.
At the end of the show there was a song... or toward the end, or somewhere in it - I'm extremely frustrated, there were only a few bars, no words and it wasn't Sympathy for the Devil. I checked IMDB for a listing of the tracks played in the episode and didn't find one - where would I get something like that? It's bothering me and I can't suss out what the song was... Any help, please? :)) V
Awesome review...Becca is definitely going to either whip out some live bat head eating antics this season or become one of the hooties Hank takes down, although more like the poor man's version. I really hope Karen finds a way this season to really twist the knife in Hank's drained gonads and doesn't cave in this time. Regardless, excited for what's to come in season 4.
Amazing review!
I started reading it before I actually watched the episode. And I only did it because it got me nostalgic about previous seasons =D
Anyway, I'm Hanked. Again.
I almost forgot how much I missed this show! Moody is one of the best characters of all time. "Sympathy for the Devil" as tonight's soundtrack was very on par.


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I´m always somewhat skeptical of these kinds of experiences simply because there are a lot of frauds out there. However, I don´t dismiss anyone´s experiences out of hand and I don´t dismiss this boy´s experience. I believe him given the circumstances. I read the book....there´s a lot of criticism....one thing people bring up is that Colton describes Jesus´s horse as "rainbow" coloured. But the Bible says it´s white. Well, as we all know, the colour white actually encompasses all colours of the "rainbow"....in heaven, our senses are apparently heightened so maybe he was able to see all the colours that white has in it. Just because on the surface something doesn´t make sense, it doesn´t mean it´s not true, it may just mean we don´t understand yet.We don´t know if someone else´s experience is real or not, that is the bottom line. I believe it is possible, and probable, that many people have had experiences that God has allowed them to have, for a purpose. He was just four years old. My son was about that age when he saw angels at our bedside looking over us...he saw them three or four times over a period of a few months...were they dreams? Could be. I really don´t know.
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He could broaden his audience with a few references to MLK, MALCOM X, AND A FEW ABORTIONISTS IN THE MIX.
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Had a couple of these.They were very unlike what this boy had but I will tell you...things do not stop after death and yes there is an after life.
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I think children are more apt to be open to spiritual experiences simply because they have uncluttered minds.If you have such a "vision" that comes from God you will remember it in detail decades later.
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It´s very unlikely a four year old could make this up.
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Seems to be the ideal combination for bringing us this message: a child and a father who is a pastor. Furthermore, the father wasn't motivated until years later to write the book, which was done only after the urging of many other people.This corroborates many other's experiences, but the combination of conditions substantiates the veracity of the story.
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No human has ever "died" and come back from the dead.How close to the border of a country can you get without ever crossing that imaginary line into the country ?At best, this 4 year old´s story is anecdotal at best.Many may wish and hope for an afterlife, but the fact is, no one knows.
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I don´t doubt that the child saw what he said he saw. That doesn´t mean he went to heaven, though. It could just as easily have been a dream or a hallucination. I think this is interesting, but hardly conclusive of anything.
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My family had a bible in the house, but we rarely went to church, we were not a religious family. Nor was my mother´s family. They grew up poor and all worked long hours to survive. My grandmother never really talked about God.In about 1966, when I was a kid, my mom told me a story and said it very matter of fact. When she was about 14, she had a very bad fever. Back then, hard as it is to believe, people rarely went to the doctor and treated the sick at home, especially if you were really poor like my mom´s family.My mom told us my grandmother was besides herself because my mom had stopped breathing. My mom stated that she saw a wonderful white light and met Jesus, and he told her that it was not her time yet and to go back and live her life, which she did. At that point she came around and began to come out of her horrific fever.This was decades before documented near-death experiences. No one had spoken about "white lights" and the like in any public way. When I heard about near-death experiences years later, I was amazed how much they were like what my mom told me.No reason for her to lie or exaggerate. There is no reason for her to hallucinate that...heck, she could have hallucinated about riding in an airplane or the lake that she loved or her dad getting a good job or having a great meal at a fancy restaurant. Lots of things she could have had a dream about.God lives.
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Whether or not you believe, it is what it is.I´m reading The Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Hell, Heaven by Martin Von Cochem. Martin was a German Capuchin who died in 1712. I´ve read the chapters on Death and Judgment and am midway through Hell. Gruesome place!Even if you´re a non-believer, why take a chance on eternity? You do have a choice - choose while there is still time.
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We all want to hope for something better in the hereafter. Who am I to judge what someone else has seen ?Before one of my parents died in a hospital, where they didn´t speak or regain conscious for weeks, they sat up and talked to people at the end of the bed that had already passed.
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When I set default format to 96/24, I get horrible lag in addition to distortion when playing a firstname.lastname@example.com/16 wav file of classical music in vlc / windows media. When lowered to 96/16, there is no more lag but there are still clicks, which are also present at stereo@96/24 and quadraphonic@96/24.
Flash 10, on the other hand, plays death metal without any distortion or lag at 5.1@96/24.
It works at 48/24 though, but I would like the default to be 96/24. Not going to happen?
Also, will 96/24 be properly functional if used in exclusive mode via ASIO? The higher sampling rate means that there's less distortion resulting from time / pitch bending. And 192/24 is simply unnecessary.
My audio chip is Realtek ALC888s.
However, my 5.1 system is cheap enough to not have SPDIF input. Analog (green/orange/black) tests just fine.
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"What issue are you most excited to hear about in the State of the Union?"
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"excited"? I wouldn't use the word "excited" to describe how I feel about the issue that most concerns me, because I don't expect the President to even mention this MOST important issue (IMHO) that our entire planet is facing. I would like to hear the President discuss how he plans to implement laws to combat CLIMATE CHANGE (during HIS administration), what with the opposition we face from the Climate Change deniers (i.e. Corporate Shills) who dominate the GOP in Congress.
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There are 435 Reps, they each earn a Congressional Salary of $174,000 per year. Congress is in session for 126 days, which works out that they are earning $1381/day. Multiply that by 435 reps, and it comes down to costing the American people $507,500 PER DAY.
That's unacceptable. We have to vote them out.
How to do that? My idea: Democrats, who can afford it, should move to Red States in the year before an election year, and there should be MASS migrations in 2019, to change the demographics for the next census! Easy! Ha ha!
The GOP is demanding to see FIVE YEARS of Chuck Hagel's financial records.
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Here's the official list of inactives for the Buccaneers' Week 7 matchup with the Atlanta Falcons.
#Bucs Inactives: #18 WR S. Dawson; #32 RB J. Demps; #33 CB D. Carr; #66 G P. Omameh; #77 G C. Nicks; #91 DE D. Bowers; #96 DE S. Means
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Jeff Demps and Carl Nicks were known to be out, and their absence still hurts a Tampa Bay team seeking its first win. but it's the lack of depth at defensive line that should be even more concerning.
CORRECTION: DE Da'Quan Bowers is ACTIVE. It's DT Derek Landri who is inactive.
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There are multiple key players on offense sitting out for the Falcons, which should make this game quite the defensive struggle. But Matt Ryan will still have Harry Douglas, Tony Gonzalez, and Jacquizz Rodgers, so he may find a way to burn the Buccaneers with the guys he has at his disposal this week.
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I have a fresh install of Win7 installed on a system with a 4.9 system rating.
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Did you try rebuilding the icon cache dB?
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4. Click the End process button when asked for confirmation.
5. From the File menu of Task Manager, select New Task (Run )
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Hello all,
Okay, so I have been getting a lot of BSOD. I tried to do the verifier trick and got a BSOD quickly. When you get a moment, can you please review and let me know if you can isolate the problem? Thanks.
P.S. - Sorry for the bump.
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Please turn off Driver Verifier and let the system BSOD on it's own.
Then upload those minidumps.
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okay, so i was on internet explorer and got another BSOD (after deleting the verifier). Please find enclosed the minidump and my system information.
side note- as i was looking through my event log, i notice that two items (lirsgt and atksgt) were failing at start up. are these the culprits? and is there a way to see if my usb is a nvidia EHCI?
Thanks for all your help.
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lirsgt and atksgt are a part of the Tages copy protection system - it's possible that they are causing issues with your system.
Your USB is a nVidia OpenHCD USB Host Controller
Here's the details on your USB devices:
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_077B&SUBSYS_2A81103C&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&10 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_077C&SUBSYS_2A81103C&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&11 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_077D&SUBSYS_2A81103C&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&20 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_077E&SUBSYS_2A81103C&REV_A1\3&267A616A&0&21
I'd suggest starting with these tests:
H/W Diagnostics:
Please start by running these bootable hardware diagnostics:
Memory Diagnostics (read the details at the link)
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Also, please run one of these free, independent online malware scans to ensure that your current protection hasn't been compromised: Malware (read the details at the link)
Using Driver Verifier is an iffy proposition. Most times it'll crash and it'll tell you what the driver is. But sometimes it'll crash and won't tell you the driver. Other times it'll crash before you can log in to Windows. If you can't get to Safe Mode, then you'll have to resort to offline editing of the registry to disable Driver Verifier.
So, I'd suggest that you first backup your stuff and then make sure you've got access to another computer so you can contact us if problems arise. Then make a System Restore point (so you can restore the system using the Vista/Windows 7 Startup Repair feature).
Then, here's the procedure:
- Go to Start and type in "verifier" (without the quotes) and press Enter
- Select "Create custom settings (for code developers)" and click "Next"
- Select "Select individual settings from a full list" and click "Next"
- Select everything EXCEPT FOR "Low Resource Simulation" and click "Next"
- Select "Select driver names from a list" and click "Next"
Then select all drivers NOT provided by Microsoft and click "Next"
- Select "Finish" on the next page.
Reboot the system and wait for it to crash to the Blue Screen. Continue to use your system normally, and if you know what causes the crash, do that repeatedly. The objective here is to get the system to crash because Driver Verifier is stressing the drivers out.
Reboot into Windows (after the crash) and turn off Driver Verifier by going back in and selecting "Delete existing settings" on the first page, then locate and zip up the memory dump file and upload it with your next post.
If you can't get into Windows because it crashes too soon, try it in Safe Mode.
If you can't get into Safe Mode, try using System Restore from your installation DVD to set the system back to the previous restore point that you created.
If that doesn't work, post back and we'll have to see about fixing the registry entry off-line.
More info on this at this link: Using Driver Verifier to identify issues with Windows drivers for advanced users
Here's a summary of the BSOD's:
Please note that the middle one is a Driver Verifier enabled minidump - and it indicates memory corruption
Built by: 7600.16385.amd64fre.win7_rtm.090713-1255 Debug session time: Sun Jan 10 03:53:05.223 2010 (GMT-5) System Uptime: 0 days 1:15:19.236 BugCheck 50, {fffff908c0c161e8, 0, fffff96000134b2c, 5} Probably caused by : win32k.sys ( win32k!InternalRebuildHwndListForIMEClass+94 ) DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT PROCESS_NAME: explorer.exe -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Built by: 7600.16385.amd64fre.win7_rtm.090713-1255 Debug session time: Sun Jan 10 13:01:59.987 2010 (GMT-5) System Uptime: 0 days 0:21:16.047 BugCheck A, {fffffa9009dd4be8, 2, 1, fffff80002b7aabf} Probably caused by : memory_corruption ( nt!MiIdentifyPfn+26f ) DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VERIFIER_ENABLED_VISTA_MINIDUMP PROCESS_NAME: svchost.exe -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Built by: 7600.16385.amd64fre.win7_rtm.090713-1255 Debug session time: Mon Jan 11 01:13:42.497 2010 (GMT-5) System Uptime: 0 days 0:17:00.511 BugCheck 50, {fffff9c0c25bd8a0, 0, fffff96000291136, 5} Probably caused by : win32k.sys ( win32k!vDynamicConvertNewSurfaceDCs+2a ) DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT PROCESS_NAME: dwm.exe
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Going for the relic first myself.
Is there a recommended order to buy paladin tanking gear with valor points? Hands first or save up for legs?
Going for the relic first myself.
It all depends on what gear you already have.
For example there are some gloves you can get from rep so the smartest thing would probably be to get that and then save the points for the legs. If you have all 346 gear you can pretty much choose what you want to replace first. Probably go with what gives you the biggest change straight away tho
The first thing to do is to check what you can get from rep and then save your valor points for the stuff that you can't get from rep.
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I knew I should have took the time to post my armory.
Already have relic, and all heroic gear I can possibly get. I was just wondering if it's harder to get a raid leg replacement vs a hand replacement. Whichever is harder to replace is probably what I would put my valors to.
Well, as far as i can see the rep hands should still be an upgrade for you, so I'd defenately go for those, and then that leaves you with the legs to upgrade.
I don't know what the drop rates and places for gloves and legs in the raids are, but if all it takes to get a glove upgrade is some rep farming then that would be pretty sweet. You'd get some nice shiny gloves and wouldn't have to rely on raid drops
hands from where? I have exalted with everything in cata.
Ahh, that's actually my bad..I thought it was gloves but it was actually wrists, sorry m8
I think the Tier chest should be the first pick. It is perfectly itemised - mastery + avoidance - whereas the legs are just 2xavoidance. Also, the legs and hands can drop from Baradin Hold, so you may get lucky. I would get the hands second, due to the piece bonus which may be "free" (i.e. not counted in item budget), then the legs.
You've already got the relic; that and the ring are nice but relatively modest upgrades as relics and rings have fewer stats than main armour pieces. Whether they work out as less bang for your VP, I don't know but I suspect they would - especially with the T11 bonuses being free.
Ah, I see. Thanks for the suggestions anyway D.
Chest piece first, that's what I was thinking too. Just wanted to get a second opinion from someone who probably has more experience.
It depends on what you got from other sources. There are epic wildhammer boots, hyjal cloak, crafted chest, shield and belt.
There is a 333/346 relic drop, but it's only one drop. If unlucky the relic may be a good investment to forget about targetted stone core.
I picked legs and gloves to get the 2pc set bonus next, since shoulders and head require token drops and the crafted chest is - while not perfectly itemized - good enough while you get more points.
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Just two weeks after the biggest one-day loss since 2001, the stock market plunged again.
The Dow Jones industrials fell 242.66 points, nearly 2%, to 12,076. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was off 28.7 points, 2%, to 1,378, and the Nasdaq Composite was down nearly 52 points, 2.2%, to just under 2,351.
Unlike two weeks ago, today's plunge wasn't a panic triggered by a sell-off in China. Instead, it was fueled by concern that the problems in the subprime mortgage market will metastasize into a full-blown credit crunch across the entire housing market. That would make it tough for first-time homebuyers and for current homeowners to refinance loans and dampen home sales generally.
The selling hit financial and home building stocks the hardest. The Philadelphia Housing Sector Index ($HGX.X) was off nearly 3.4%, and the Amex Securities Broker/Deal Index ($XBD.X) was off 4.4% as investors dumped the shares of big investment banks. The investment houses have been key suppliers of capital to lenders that specialized in subprime mortgages -- mortgages made to borrowers with little credit histories or bad credit.
It was a take-no-prisoners sell-off. Goldman Sachs (GS, news, msgs), which reported strong earnings this morning, was down 1.8% to $199.03. In fact, many traders said investors threw in the towel on the market today when Goldman shares went negative at 12:15 p.m.
Investors will key on what happens in the overnight markets as well as the government's trade report. Also, Lehman Bros. (LEH, news, msgs) reports first-quarter earnings in the morning.
The Japanese stock market was slumping in early Wednesday trading. At 8:45 p.m. ET, the Nikkei 225 Index ($N225) was down 2.1% to 16,818.
The market decline suggests the market may head lower before a bottom gets put in. If last summer's sell-off is any guide, clear evidence of a bottom may not be clear for perhaps eight weeks.
The selling also produced calls for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates at next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting.
It produced a big rally in bonds -- and a decline in interest rates. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 4.495% today from 4.553% yesterday. Crude oil also fell 98 cents to $57.93 a barrel.
It also sparked a furious demand for options by investors seeking to protect their positions. The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures options taken out on the S&P 500 Index, jumped 29.6% to 18.13 today. The CBOE Nasdaq Volatility Index ($VNX.X), which does the same thing for the Nasdaq-100 Index ($NDX.X), shot up 19% to 22.04. The VIX is up 57% so far this year; the VNX is up 36%.
The plunge was the first decline in four trading sessions for the Dow and the S&P 500. Since the Dow hit an intraday high of 12,793.61 on Feb. 20, it has fallen 5.6%. The S&P 500 is down 5.7%, and the Nasdaq down 7.1% since their intraday highs on Feb. 22.
There are "deep concerns about a possible credit crunch and then, of course, the impact that will have on the economy and earnings," Hugh Johnson, chairman of Johnson Illington Advisors, a New York money management firm, told CNBC this afternoon.
"This is now becoming a liquidity crisis, an unnecessary one," said Angelo Mazilo, the CEO of Countrywide Financial (CFC, news, msgs), one of the nation's biggest home lenders. "There's been a rush to judgment, an overreaction, a baby out with the bath water."
If that happens, the entire economy could suffer, he told CNBC's "Closing Bell."
Countrywide was down 4.7% today to $33.49.
- Video: Countrywide Financial's Angelo Mazilo discusses problems in the mortgage market.
Mortgage delinquencies jumpToday's sell-off was precipitated by a Mortgage Bankers Association report that the percentage of payments that were 30 or more days past due for all loans tracked jumped to 4.95% in the October-to-December quarter.
The percentage of mortgages that started the foreclosure process in the final quarter of last year rose to 0.54% -- a record high. The previous high, 0.5%, occurred in the second quarter of 2002 as the economy was recovering from the blows of the 2001 recession.
The late-payment rate for all subprime loans jumped to 13.33% in the fourth quarter, up from 12.56% in the prior period and the highest in four years. The delinquency rate for subprime borrowers with adjustable-rate mortgages was even higher -- 14.44%, also the highest in four years.
The association's report comes as mounting worries about risky mortgages have been making investors jittery. Those fears also contributed to that big worldwide stock meltdown on Feb. 27.
A separate report from GMAC, the former financing arm of General Motors (GM, news, msgs), stoked worries. GMAC said its ResCap Holding, which runs GMAC's mortgage businesses, lost $651 million in the fourth quarter, reversing a profit of $118 million a year ago. ResCap has cut back originations of subprime loans and is actively trying to fix its growing portfolio of problem loans.
GM owns 49% of GMAC. The rest is owned by Cerberus Capital Management. GM shares were down 2.6% today, sixth-worst among Dow stocks.
Another big sell-offTwenty-nine of the 30 Dow stocks were lower, and financial and housing stocks absorbed the brunt of the selling.
The only Dow winner: AT&T (T, news, msgs), up 0.5% to $37.26. 3M (MMM, news, msgs) had been up for most of the day but slipped to a 0.5% loss to $74.77.
At the same time, the S&P Financial Index, whose stocks represent nearly 22% of the market capitalization of the S&P 500, was down 3.1%.
Goldman Sachs' spanking was modest compared with its competitors. Bear Stearns (BSC, news, msgs) was the worst of the S&P 500 stocks, down 6.7% to $142.97. Lehman Bros. was down 5.9% to $72. Pulte Homes (PHM, news, msgs) was down 5% to $25.99, and KB Home (KBH, news, msgs) was down 5.4% to $43.86.
Banking giants Bank of America (BAC, news, msgs), Citigroup (C, news, msgs) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM, news, msgs) were all down more than 3%.
Washington Mutual (WM, news, msgs), which has been a very aggressive mortgage lender, was down 4.9% to $39.84, a 52-week low.
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New Century's problems get worseThe New York Stock Exchange said it suspended trading of New Century Financial (NEW, news, msgs) and its preferred securities because they "are no longer suitable for continued listing." The stock had been halted yesterday.
The company also faces a probe by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The mortgage company said that the SEC is conducting a preliminary investigation into it and requested a meeting "to discuss the events leading up to the company's previous announcement of the need to restate certain of its historical financial statements."
New Century also said its obligations to Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Capital were $1.4 billion, not the $900 million it previously had stated. The company said it was an inadvertent error.
New Century's share price has plunged 90% since the beginning of the year, and it will likely have to declare bankruptcy soon. The shares were quoted at $1.66 this afternoon, down nearly 95% from its 2006 close of $31.69.
Meanwhile, Accredited Home Lenders (LEND, news, msgs) joined the roster of mortgage companies slammed by the subprime storm.
Its shares plunged 65% this afternoon to $3.97, after the company said it is exploring its strategic options after paying $190 million in margin calls since the beginning of the year. A margin call occurs when a broker demands that an investor using margin -- borrowing money to purchase securities -- liquidate his position or deposit more cash or securities into the account.
The mortgage company also said it is seeking more capital, as well as waivers and extensions of other debt agreements.
Accredited Home was downgraded today by Keefe Bruyette & Woods to "underperform" from "market perform." The analyst who downgraded the company said in a note to clients that the company "will lose money for the foreseeable future which will likely trigger a liquidity crisis."
Goldman's earnings are great; the shares are slammedGoldman Sachs shares jumped as much as $5.80 right after the open after Goldman reported record fiscal-first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street's estimates. But the gains were wiped out after the Mortgage Bankers Association delinquency report came out.
Goldman has beaten expectations for seven quarters in a row.
"They beat estimates in just about every part of the business," Andrew Corn, the chief executive officer of Clear Asset Management, told Bloomberg News. "Each part of their business is global, and that gives them an advantage over their competitors."
"Although the subprime sector within the mortgage market experienced significant weakness, the broader credit environment remained strong," Goldman said in a news release.
Because Goldman was the first of the big banks to report earnings, and because financial stocks were walloped during last month's correction, its earnings come under extra scrutiny.
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Worries about a spillover of the subprime mortgage mess into the financial sector have been hampering financial companies' shares, although Goldman is not as exposed as other big banks such as Citigroup and HSBC (HBC, news, msgs), which was down 1.5% this afternoon.
Lehman Bros. reports tomorrow.
YouTube suedYouTube is facing another copyright problem: a $1 billion lawsuit from media giant Viacom (VIA, news, msgs). Viacom is charging that Google's (GOOG, news, msgs) video-sharing site has shown 160,000 of its videos without permission.
"Their business model, which is based on building traffic and selling advertising off of unlicensed content, is clearly illegal and is in obvious conflict with copyright laws," Viacom said.
Google spokesman Ricardo Reyes said in a statement that Google is "confident that YouTube has respected the legal rights of copyright holders and believe the courts will agree." Reyes said the suit would not become a distraction to the growth of YouTube.
This is the first major lawsuit filed against YouTube by a mega-media company. Last month, YouTube said it would remove 100,000 Viacom clips, including a number from Comedy Central shows, after talks about a licensing deal failed.
Google shares were down 2.6% to $443.03. So far this year, the shares are down 3.8%, and they have fallen 13.1% sitting peaking at $509.65 on Nov. 21.
Soft retail sales in FebruaryU.S. retail sales rose 0.1% last month after a flat January, falling below economists' forecast of a 0.3% rise. Excluding automobile and gasoline sales, retail sales dropped 0.3%, the biggest decline since April 2004.
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Sales at clothing stores fell 1.8%, the biggest decline since September 2005. Some economists are blaming last month's storms, which discouraged consumers from leaving home to spend money.
Sales of durable goods outside the car sector were also weak, due to the struggling housing market. Retail sales make up about one-half of consumer spending.
Texas Instruments' guidance disappointsChip maker Texas Instruments (TXN, news, msgs) said late yesterday that it expects first-quarter revenue of $3.07 billion to $3.22 billion, a narrower range than earlier guidance of $3.01 billion to $3.28 billion. The tech company said earnings per share would be 29 to 33 cents, also narrower than the 28-to-34-cent range it had previously forecast.
The guidance made no one happy. Shares fell 2.6% to $31.74 today and hit chip stocks generally. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ($SOX.X) was down 1.7% to 471.33; seventeen of the 18 stocks in the index was lower.
The one winner: Novellus Systems (NVLS, news, msgs), up 0.5% to $33.08.
Texas Instruments said weaker demand for its 3G chips, which are used in cell phones, and fewer orders from its bigger customers are the reason for the new guidance.
The company did say that things are looking up for its analog-chip business. "The current market correction is happening quickly and will be short-lived," Ron Slaymaker, the company's vice president of investor relations, said in a prepared statement.
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Citi sweetens bid for Japanese bankCitigroup increased the price it is offering for Japan's Nikko Cordial brokerage company by 26% to $13.4 billion or $14.53 per Nikko share.
The New York banking giant, which already owns 4.9% of Nikko, had offered $10.8 billion for the company last week, which many big investors had opposed as too low.
It boosted its offer yesterday after the Tokyo Stock Exchange decided not to delist Nikko over an accounting fraud. Had the stock been delisted, Japanese investors would have been forced to sell their shares.
By Charley Blaine and Elizabeth Strott