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Less than a month before MH17 and just a few months after MH370, my husband took long haul return flights on Malaysian Airlines – we recall seeing Donetsk on the flight map and admiring Tehran as we flew over it in a very clear sky.
We had some real annoyances with the airline - complete inability to check in online, leading us to be checked in to separate sections of the aircraft (upstairs and downstairs!), friendly but somewhat clueless customer service over the phone etc. So we would grumble to each other - geez, what an airline, no wonder they lost an airplane (wrt MH370). It felt OK to whinge about the airline and even make jokes like 'haha, I hope they don't lose our plane'. I guess it felt fine to say it because statistically speaking, the odds of the same airline having two major incidents within the space of a few months are very low indeed. Guess I should have paid more attend to that Black Swan book a few years ago when I read it.
The bombing of a civilian aircraft (minding its own business at 30,000 feet) as collateral damage to a pointless conflict is chilling, to say the least. The stories of a 100 AIDS researchers/campaigners etc, the 80 children, the mangled bodies…nothing is comforting.
To add to the misery of the aircrash story, there is the relentless violence in Gaza in a conflict that seems as old as time itself. I refuse to expound on my views on the topic here but that the world is willing to look away while innocent children get caught in the crossfire makes me mad. What is everyone waiting for, where's the intervention that is happily deployed when convenience strikes?
It has been a grim week in the world recently, hope the universe is planning on tilting the balance towards a bit of positivity.
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Due to a recent ski injury on my left knee, I have had limited mobility for a few weeks now. I spent the first two weeks (which coincided with my birthday too) working from home, travelling by taxis if necessary and generally moping about my situation – I am embarrassed to admit that I whinged about having to cancel a couple of weekend getaways (talk about a first world problem).
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I grew up in India where, it's safe to generalise, accessibility and inclusion are NOT top of mind for the public or for planners. Broadly speaking, the culture allows people with disabilities to be marginalised; often, pity is the best reaction they can hope for, rather than respect. The infrastructure is not planned keeping in mind enablers for people with limited mobility, vision or hearing – good luck finding ramps in public spaces or beeping traffic lights in India. It is perhaps of this cultural context that I am always pleasantly stunned at the relative level of independence disabled people enjoy in this part of the world (I realise this may be a controversial statement to make, so I brace myself). For instance, before moving out of India, I would never thought possible for a blind person to navigate public transport independently, but TfL has a support system for this. While there is no denying that there is a long way to go, even in this part of the world, to fully include people with physical or other limitations, I just wanted to express appreciation for what I have experienced in these past few days in my temporary situation of limited mobility.
On the other hand, I have also seen the harsher side of living in a city always on the fast-track; as someone who always enjoyed the fast pace, I never fully understood the downside for those who cannot keep up. I got nearly mobbed by the rush hour crowd at Euston station because of my slow pace when I foolishly took a train to client offices before I was more healed. Shockingly, I also did not have anyone offer me a seat during the only tube ride I took in the last 6 weeks despite my very obvious and visible knee brace; it was only two stops so I did not bother creating a fuss either. At least this has taught me a lesson on being more empathetic in the future and to look up from my book/iPad/nap to notice someone who may need a seat more than I do.
I was never a serious blogger. I maintained a personal blog during university years for private ruminations and consumption only by close friends. I started this blog intending it to be a portal for more considered and thoughtful writing, but between such high expectations of myself and the lack of a made-up moniker, I soon got too self-conscious to 'put myself out there' so much with my writing – for that is exactly what writing is. Over the past few years, I became more and more a consumer of content, rather than a creator, only occasionally making my presence felt on Twitter. And it recently occurred to me that this truly bothers me – tweeting is not exercising my writing muscle, and 140 characters are not enough for my verbose self. So, even if at the risk of putting very mediocre writing out there, I shall write. Wish me luck.
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I am currently in the midst of reading Prof Raghuram Rajan's Fault Lines, an incisive analysis on the various forces that combined to create the perfect storm that was (and still is) the Global Financial Crisis. This happens to be a timely read as I contemplate the upcoming Global Leadership Summit, which will discuss the Future of Leadership: Beyond Villians, Heroes and Scapegoats. I am particularly looking forward to the panel discussion on 'The Future of Financial Leadership' – speakers include senior banking executives such as Tim Breedon and Alessandro Profumo, bigwigs in the regulatory space including Martin Wheatley and ex-central bankers such as Lucrezia Reichlin. I hope some of the following themes are brought up and discussed during the Summit:
The Role of Politics & Ideology in Economic Policy: In developing countries, it is explicitly acknowledged that politics play a major role in economic policy. This might be in the form of nationalised firms, particularly in infrastructure and utility sectors, or trade tariffs, subsidies or duty. These countries and their industries accordingly face an additional cost of capital in the form of 'country risk premium'. However, the financial crisis was an example of how the economic policies in the West too are deeply entrenched in the politics of the respective countries. In the run up to the crisis, central banks and regulators made policies which synced with, rather than checked, the political agenda of the day, whether it was easy credit to ease the pains of unemployment or premium grading of sub-prime loan portfolios. The role of politics in ALL economics, irrespective of the stage of economic development of the countries, needs to be understood and discussed thoroughly.
Consumer Financial Literacy: Not to let the banking sector, regulators or the government off the hook, but there needs to be a discussion on addressing consumer behaviour, which is driven off some basic financial literacy. While central bankers expect that low interest rates stimulate increased consumption and decreased savings, nobody probably foresaw the circumstance which the mortgage crisis illuminated – not only were retail borrowers not saving enough, they were often borrowing over and over again against the same asset, based on the belief that property values would continue to appreciate as they always did. It is striking that five years into the crisis, there still is not a private or public body (of scale) looking into addressing the asymmetry of knowledge between the industry and the average consumer.
Incentives for the Financial Sector: It has become fashionable these days to focus on the top 1% of the finance sector and blame them for the woes of the wider public. Particularly in Europe, the lynching of bankers and their bonuses has been a relentless spectacle over the past few years, resulting in frankly impossible-to-implement policies such as caps on banker bonuses. However, it is time to investigate the broader context in which these actors played out their lives and ask whether anybody else in their situation would have done any better. Bankers, traders, hedge fund managers, everyone acted as per the theory of self-interest so well-espoused in economic theories, the broader result of which is supposed to be efficient markets and correct prices. For all the upside that professionals in this sector are exposed to, perhaps incentives and disincentives could be set so they feel the pain of the shareholders too. Such measures need to come not just in the form of increased regulation and reporting requirements (Basel III, ICBC etc), but also a fundamental shift in the industry's culture and values, as reflected in its recruitment, training and progression.
I was recently travelling in Southern Africa. I was primarily there to attend a component of our MBA programme, called the Global Business Experiences. My article on this week in Johannesburg is published here on The Independent's MBA Blog – the word limit gave me little room to gush over the whole experience but I hope to come back to the blog to elaborate further on the trip and my experience in the region!
I realised quite recently that I have been eerily quiet on this front about the fact that I have been on my MBA journey since last August, almost as if I am trying to avoid the topic. Which I am not, by any measure. It is just that the experience has been all-consuming and so involving, the way I have chosen to undertake it, that it has been hard for me to step away from it and state a few words about it. I still hope to do this over the next few weeks, particularly to address an area that I have discussed at length with various classmates, admits, potential applicants etc – Why do an MBA? Is it always sensible? Is it relevant anymore? And the most tricky question of all – is it a good investment of your time and money? But that's for another day.
Before that, might I alert you to a venture that has been most interesting and novel at the same time – my most unusual summer internship, for which I have teamed with 5 of my MBA classmates and set up a full-time strategy consulting firm for the summer. This is a concept unique to London Business School, now in its 11th year, and it is an excellent training in entrepreneurship and consulting and everything in between – pitching, sales, negotiations, presentations, client management et al. Furthermore, it is not everyday that you get to add value to established businesses who have such excellent infrastructure within. Past teams have worked with awesome brands such as Johnson & Johnson, Roche, BP, Allianz, BT, LinkedIn, UBS, Virgin, Heinz, Hertz and many more. We have signed on interesting clients this year but we still have some capacity to fill for the rest of the summer so do look us up. Our projects tend to be priced between £15,000 – £50,000 – aka, we are a bunch of professionals with some formidable consulting and professional services experience within our group, not a student outfit looking to gain experience for free. I have to state this bluntly to ensure the discussion starts off on the right note :)
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Team Brochure: Here - note that we operate under the LBS brand and are well supported by the school and therefore benefit extensively from access to rich databases, alumni, faculty et al. We also receive some excellent advice and mentorship from a top-tier strategy consulting firm. Trust me, you would be paying significant premium for such resources at any other point of time. After all, we do call ourselves 'Tomorrow's Strategy Consultants, Today.
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Pelini's first season, 2008, Blackshirts weren't earned until early November. They were handed out after the 10th game, at Kansas, 11 of them.
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The play began with 4 seconds remaining, the score tied at 31 and the line of scrimmage the Wisconsin 44-yard line. Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins threw a Hail Mary pass that was deflected out of the end zone and into the hands of the Spartans' Keith Nichol near the goal line.
Nichol pushed forward as Wisconsin defenders pushed back. The officials ruled in favor of the Wisconsin defenders. But a video review determined otherwise: Michigan State 37, Wisconsin 31.
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Because of declining loan loss provision within banking group as a whole I fell this will reverse. When it does a large percentage of earnings growth with go out the window. A few facts over the last couple of years is that major money center banks derived 37% of earnings growth from the reduction of their loan loss reserves and 52% for regional banks. With the coming times risk and defualt rates will reverse and banks will need to once again add to load reserves thus reducing earnings substantially. For these reasons I am sour on the group as a whole for the coming year.
Fair enough. Implementing BASEL II will be costly as well. However, this will ultimately reduce the required reserves. And meanwhile, earnings have continued a surprisingly strong trend. I could name a few banks I would bet against frist, but I wouldn't listen to me and my bad CAPS rating either...


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MIDLAND CITY, Ala. – Speaking into a 4-inch-wide ventilation pipe, hostage negotiators tried Thursday to talk a man into releasing a kindergartner and ending a standoff in an underground bunker that stretched into its third day.
The man identified by multiple neighbors and witnesses as 65-year-old retired truck driver Jimmy Lee Dykes was accused of pulling the boy from a school bus Tuesday and killing the driver. The pair was holed up in a small room on his property that authorities compared to tornado shelters common in the area.
James Arrington, police chief of the neighboring town of Pinckard, said the shelter was about 4 feet underground, with about 6 feet by 8 feet of floor space and a PVC pipe that negotiators were speaking through.
There were signs that the standoff could continue for some time: A state legislator said the shelter has electricity, food and TV. The police chief said the captor has been sleeping and told negotiators that he has spent long periods in the shelter before.
He will have to give up sooner or later because (authorities) are not leaving, Arrington said. It's pretty small, but he's been known to stay in there eight days.
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There are a couple of ways - does the UPS have a network/management card? If so, you will need to install the network edition of powerchute (free iirc)
Alternatively, you will need to setup the server that has the USB connection to the UPS as a host - install the powerchute client on all your other servers and point them to your host server. I've no experience with USB connected UPS's but I'm pretty sure this is the sort of thing you'd need to do.


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NEW YORK Haynes International Inc. posted lower-than-anticipated earnings for its fiscal first quarter and the steel alloy manufacturer expects lower volumes and weaker pricing will continue to impact the company in the current quarter.
The Kokomo, Ind.-based company posted net income of $5.84 million for the three months ended Dec. 31, down 30.9 percent from $8.44 million in the same period a year earlier, on sales that fell 11.3 percent to $114.3 million. Sales volumes declined 8.7 percent to 4.7 million pounds from 5.1 million pounds in the same comparison, while the aggregate average selling price slipped 2.8 percent to $24.40 per pound from $25.11 per pound.
"The average selling price decreased due to lower raw material prices and increased competition, especially in the commodity alloys, while volume decreased due to declining customer demand during uncertain economic conditions," the company said. "Although a decline was anticipated in each of these categories from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, each category declined more than anticipated."
"(Fiscal) first-quarter results were negatively impacted by lower demand as customers exercised increased caution in making purchases, which we attribute to ongoing uncertain economic conditions. Customers continued to manage their inventories aggressively, and as a result our transactional business slowed significantly," Haynes president and chief executive officer Mark Comerford said in a statement.
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Film Review: 'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues'
Making a sequel to a cherished cultural totem is no easy business, but director Adam McKay and his muse Will Ferrell keep things very classy in "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues," a modestly less quotable but generously funny new adventure for scotch-and-mahogany-loving 1970s newsman Ron Burgundy, here catapulted into 1980 and the dawn of the 24-hour news cycle. Mindful that bigger isn't often better, McKay and Ferrell have scaled up 2004's "Anchorman" without compromising its core of freewheeling prankishness, while making a not-unserious movie about the devolution of TV news into pandering infotainment. (Imagine "Network" as directed by Mel Brooks, and starring Gene Wilder.) Sure to leave a smile on the faces of all but the overly botoxed, this early Paramount Christmas present should easily power past the original film's $85 million domestic haul, and possibly even the $148 million earned by Ferrell-McKay's 2006 "Talladega Nights."
Probably the most willfully absurd, go-for-broke major studio comedy since "Airplane!," the first "Anchorman" was a treasure trove of catchphrases and memes culled from Burgundy's tongue-twisting vocal warm-ups ("Unique New York"), free-associative exclamations ("By the beard of Zeus!") and etymologizing of San Diego (pronounced "San Di-AH-go") as "German for a whale's vagina." It was a wonderful role for Ferrell (who co-created the character with McKay), giving full bloom to the idea at the root of the actor's comic persona: the regressed man-child who beats his chest and struts his stuff, but whose bravado is less than skin-deep. And it was clear that McKay, who himself has a background in improv and sketch comedy, understood how to sell a joke visually better than almost anyone directing American comedies today (most of which resemble overproduced sitcoms).
In "Anchorman 2," the shock of the new gives way to the comfort of the familiar, but even when McKay and Ferrell repeat an earlier gag -- a great-white-shark attack in place of "Anchorman's" epic bear fight, an episode of temporary blindness that recalls the psychosomatic paralysis in "Talladega Nights" -- they find delirious ways of building on and reinventing it, not unlike one of Burgundy's own unhinged jazz flute solos. This is never truer than in the restaging of "Anchorman's" rival-newsman rumble, this time with a cavalcade of genuinely surprising surprise guest stars ⦠and an honest-to-goodness Minotaur.
Set seven years after the first film, which riffed on the old Tracy-Hepburn vehicle "Woman of the Year" and its plot about the struggle for gender equality in a male-dominated newsroom, "Anchorman 2" finds Ron having not merely accepted his distaff colleague Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate, once again more than holding her own with the boys) but having married her and sired a child, 6-year-old Walter (Judah Nelson). The former San Diegans have relocated to the Big Apple, where they co-anchor the weekend news for a national network. But trouble arrives in this equal-opportunity paradise when the network's soon-to-retire weeknight anchor (an amusingly Brokaw-ish Harrison Ford) offers Veronica his chair, while simultaneously handing Ron his walking papers. "It's me or the job," bellows the ever-chivalrous alpha male to his career-woman wife, who responds by taking option No. 2 and sending Ron back West with his tail between his legs.
Reduced to working as a low-rent emcee for a Sea World dolphin show, Ron sinks into suicidal despair -- until fate knocks in the form of a producer (Dylan Baker) who offers him a gig at an upstart 24-hour cable news outfit called the Global News Network. An amalgam of Ted Turner's CNN (which also launched in 1980) and Fox News, headed by a boisterous Australian millionaire (Josh Lawson) who's more Richard Branson than Rupert Murdoch, GNN brings Ron back to New York and into a battle for Veronica's heart with a simpering, ponytailed shrink (Greg Kinnear, who's like a live-action Ned Flanders).
But first, he sets off on a cross-country odyssey to reassemble his old Channel 4 news team: too-bromantic-for-comfort sportscaster Champ Kind (David Koechner), ladies-man-on-the-street Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), and IQ-challenged weatherman Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), first seen hilariously eulogizing himself at his own funeral. Together, these four performers have the charged improvisational energy of the actors in John Cassavetes' films (a touchstone for McKay and others in the orbit of "Anchorman's" producer, Judd Apatow), and when they try to one-up each other, or carry a gag past its presumed breaking point, it can be a thing of beauty.
Carell was the original "Anchorman's" secret weapon, with his running dada banter delivered in monotone, his face scrunched into a deeply concentrated, trying-to-understand-you stare. Here, some of the daffiest moments play out between Carell and that blissful dingbat Kristen Wiig -- the Julie Hagerty of her era -- as a wallflower GNN secretary who seems to speak Brick's same, dissociative language. Wiig's isn't the only new character to join the "Anchorman" ranks. Having left his erstwhile nemesis, rival newsman Wes Mantooth (Vince Vaughn), back in Cali, Ron now finds himself butting heads (of perfectly coiffed hair) with preening golden boy Jack Lime (James Marsden), who lands the coveted primetime slot at the GNN news desk while Ron and company are relegated to the wee morning hours. Marsden, who proved a deft farceur as the vain storybook prince in "Enchanted," is a welcome addition, though McKay and Ferrell haven't fully figured out what to do with him, and after making a spirited entrance he effectively recedes into the background.
Even with a bum slot, Ron won't go down without a fight. Instead of reporting the real, hard, boring news, he reasons, why not simply give people what they want to see -- stories about patriots and cute animals, car chases, sports highlights, and intrepid Brick thrown into the fray of "dangerous" weather? Oh, and onscreen graphics-- lots and lots of onscreen graphics. And just like that, Ron Burgundy reinvents TV news as we know it. (Bye-bye Edward R. Murrow, hello Bill O'Reilly.) At first, that new approach doesn't sit well with GNN's black-and-proud manager Linda Jackson ("Californication" actress Meagan Good), whose race throws Ron for an even bigger loop than her Y chromosome. But when the ratings begin to soar, she comes around, and comes on strong to her new star anchor -- which is where "Anchorman 2" hits its subversive, lunatic peak. Invited by Linda to a large family dinner at her parents' house, Ron makes a concerted stab at "breaking down the barriers of race by assimilation," and the raucous episode that ensues plays like a reverse "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" by way of the immortal jive-talking scene from "Airplane!"
The notion that televised news long ago stopped being insightful or even especially informative is hardly news itself, but McKay and Ferrell have enormous fun with it -- some of it at the audience's own expense -- and the jokes keep coming fast and furious. In what other movie (save for Ferrell and McKay's other movies) can you find Yasser Arafat one minute and the ghost of Stonewall Jackson the next -- and a Minotaur -- and somehow it's all of a piece? A further continuation of this "Legend" would hardly be unwelcome.
Collaborating for the fourth time with d.p. Oliver Wood ("Talladega Nights," "The Other Guys"), McKay works to give the movie a slightly stylized look that remains grounded in reality, with richer, more cinematic lighting and carefully composed shots than one typically sees in modern comedies. Between this and the 1978-set "American Hustle," New York costume houses must have experienced a run on polyester pants during a few months earlier this year.
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14 SECTION 3.0 Current and Potential Sources of Local and Regional Funding for Public Transportation 3.1 Local and Regional Public cant and whose participation is acceptable in a political Transportation Funding sense. Section 3.3 describes these sources. Typology and Definitions � Revenue streams from projects. This category includes various arrangements that can be used to capture revenue While the NTD serves a very useful purpose in aggregating primarily from the income streams of private business and transit operating and financial data, it is somewhat less useful related development activities benefiting from proximity in informing users about the practical details surrounding to specific transit facilities and services. These include var- local and regional funding and financing initiatives.3 From a ious forms of joint development, value capture, and bene- broader literature review, a typology of local and regional fit assessment, as well as newly emerging public-private transit funding sources has been developed and is presented partnerships (also called PPP arrangements)--all of which in Table 3.1. The typology differentiates five major types of are described extensively in the literature and summarized funding for the purposes of this project. The broad categories below. Significant sources in the literature are provided for are described below, and brief descriptions of individual readers' reference. sources in Table 3.1 are provided in the sections that follow. � New "user" or "market-based" funding sources. Expanded tolling, congestion pricing, emission fees, and VMT fees � Traditional tax- and fee-based transit funding sources. applied at the local and/or regional level have become the This category includes all traditional forms of broadly based, subject of greatly expanded research and analysis, although tax- and fee-based, and related revenue-raising mechanisms implementation has been limited and revenue flows to tran- that have been available or used for transit capital invest- sit rare, with the exception of "toll credits" used as a local ment or to support transit operations since transit began to match based on state authority.4 References to this literature be transformed from a private business into a public service also are provided. in the 1960s. These "traditional" sources are those in which � Financing mechanisms. These are the growing variety of there is generally a direct and broadly accepted rationale for long-term "debt" instruments that are increasingly being making expenditures on transportation, including public issued to support major local and regional transit projects transportation. Section 3.2 describes these sources. and programs. Financing mechanisms most often com- � Common business, activity, and related funding sources. mit future streams of revenue from many of the types of This category includes broadly based tax- and revenue- raising mechanisms that are somewhat less widely used to support transit in various settings. The use of these revenue- 4In the glossary of terms for Financing Freight Improvements, toll credits are raising mechanisms represents, in part, a recognition that defined as follows: "Section 1044 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation funding public transportation is a responsibility that is Efficiency Act permitted states to apply the value of certain highway expen- shared broadly and that meeting this responsibility requires ditures funded with toll revenues toward the required state match on current contributions of funds from sources whose yield is signifi- federal aid projects. States may only substitute toll credits for state match if they demonstrate that a state's prior year highway spending equaled or exceeded the average of the previous three years' expenditures." (Buxbaum, J., I. N. Ortiz, and C. Keenan. Financing Freight Improvements. FHWA- HOP-06-108. Prepared by Cambridge Systematics, Inc. for FHWA, U.S. 3 The limitations of the NTD in this regard are discussed in more detail in DOT, 2007. Glossary available online at http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/ Appendix C. publications/freightfinancing/sect5.htm.).
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15 Table 3.1. Potential local and regional public transportation revenue sources. Traditional Tax- and Fee-Based Transit Funding Sources General Revenues Sales Taxes (variable base of goods and services, motor fuels) Property Taxes (real property, includes vehicles) Contract or Purchase-of-Service Revenues (by human service agencies, school/universities, private organizations, etc.) Lease Revenues Vehicle Fees (title, registration, tags, and inspection) Advertising Revenues Concession Revenues Common Business, Activity, and Related Funding Sources Employer/Payroll Taxes Car Rental Fees Vehicle Lease Taxes and Fees Parking Fees Realty Transfer Taxes/Mortgage Recording Fees Corporate Franchise Taxes Room/Occupancy Taxes Business License Fees Utility Fees/Taxes Income Taxes Donations Other Business Taxes Revenue Streams from Projects (Transportation and Others) Transit-Oriented Development/Joint Development Value Capture and Beneficiary Charges Special Assessment Districts Community Improvement Districts/Community Facilities Districts Impact Fees Tax-Increment Financing Districts Right-of-Way Leasing New "User" or "Market-Based" Funding Sources Tolling Congestion Pricing Emissions Fees VMT Fees Financing Mechanismsa General Obligation (GO) Bonds Private Activity Bonds (PABs) Tax Credit Bonds Grant Anticipation Notes (GANs) Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicles (GARVEEs) Revenue Anticipation Notes (RANs) Certificates of Participation (COPs) State Infrastructure Bank (SIB) Loans a While some financing mechanisms may be authorized and applied statewide, they typically require some commitment of future revenues by local borrowers as well as other local commitments to satisfy borrowing requirements and debt servicing.


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Thursday, October 18, 2012
The REALTOR CODE
The REALTOR® Code
In my role as a Managing Broker, it is not unusual to hear complaints from agents about other agents acting "unethically". On occasion I have to deal with members of the public expressing concerns about one of our associates acting in a manner which was considered unethical in their eyes. These allegations tend to stem from the complainant imputing motives on the actions of the agent. They interpret what they have experienced as unethical when the results of a transaction, or negotiation do not conform with their expectations nor provide for their well-being. The insinuation is that the agent manipulated circumstances into their own interest, rather than the interest of the client or customer. What comes into play is the subjective nature of our understanding of the ethical boundaries of our business.
Ethical behavior is described in the Dictionary as follows:
1. ( used with a singular or plural verb ) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics; Christian ethics.
3. moral principles, as of an individual: His ethics forbade betrayal of a confidence.
4. ( usually used with a singular verb ) that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.
Ethics are, in a nutshell, the often unwritten, but internalized, rules of conduct that allow for the well-being of others. While many maintain that it is the religious imprint of our current or past affiliations of faith that give us a moral compass, there is a growing understanding that we all have an innate sense of fairness and communal responsibility. This inborn awareness of what is fair has even been demonstrated in studies with primates that associate in groups.
We all have slightly different points of reference when it comes to acting fairly. Although the "golden rule" is a universal axiom, we are also influenced in what our ethical boundaries are through our upbringing, (including where we are in birth order comparative to our siblings), our cultural background, and our religious influences. Due to these variants in one's personal experience, it is important to set an objective guideline to overcome the elastic nature of moral and ethical boundaries. The statement that there is "honour among thieves", suggests that even within groups that might be seen as lacking in moral fibre, a certain ethical standard is upheld. One might be tempted to respond to an accusation of unethical behavior with a question of which standard is being referred to!
CREA developed a code of ethics in 1913 for the real estate industry with the specific reason of ensuring that a standard of conduct be adhered to. They created 28 guiding principles help to determine when someone is acting unethically. This code has a higher standard than the existing legal requirements in many cases. The local real estate boards have taken these guiding principles and applied them to their professional standards doctrines. Boards also appoint professional standards committees to police the actions of agents based on the rules of conduct built around the code of ethics.
CREA describes the code this way:
CREA's REALTOR® Code has been the measure of professionalism in organized real estate for over 40 years.
A REALTOR's® ethical obligations are based on moral integrity, competent service to clients and customers, and dedication to the interest and welfare of the public.
The REALTOR® Code, by setting high standards of professional conduct for REALTORS®, helps to protect Canadians' rights and interests. It also creates a level of trust between REALTORS® and their clients.
There have been instances where a member of the public contacts me with a complaint, and it becomes evident that the designated agent they were dealing with did not instill a level of trust in their relationship with their client. As a result, as soon as something did not go as planned, the agent was seen as acting outside of the standards and values of the client. Even if nothing was done wrong in a technical sense, the client is left with a bad taste regarding their dealings with the agent.
When someone complains about unethical behavior to me, I will step back and picture the scenario from every angle possible. In most cases, after getting the details, it becomes clear that the agent was not acting unethically but rather, outside circumstances conspired to create that impression to someone that didn't have the full details. As the saying goes, "There is always at least two sides to every story". It is a rare occasion that I have found a REALTOR® acting intentionally against the well-being of others. It is for those occasions that the REALTOR® Code becomes a valuable tool in organized real estate.
Understanding the 28 articles in the CREA Code of Ethics is invaluable toward building a solid reputation as a REALTOR®. It is the ethical standard that sets us apart.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Gardening Tips for Home Owners
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Spring and summer are when yards and gardens retake their rightful places at the center of attention. This month, Pillar To Post takes a look at several steps that homeowners can take to make their outdoor spaces and their home live compatibly.
Keep water away from the house
Be sure that the ground slopes away from the house all the way around the perimeter. This ensures that any moisture from rain and sprinkler systems will be directed away from the foundation.
The base of shrubs and other plantings should be kept at least 2' away from the foundation to avoid potential problems with roots and drainage. In addition, window wells should be kept free of debris and lined with gravel to help water drain out of the well and into the ground.
Do not leave sprinklers on for too long. Excessive water will not do plants and lawns any good, and may cause problems if there are drainage issues in certain areas.
The right plant in the right place
When a tree is growing very close to a structure, there can be potentially serious problems if the tree grows too tall or too wide for the space. Damage to eaves and roofs can be caused by overgrowth, and there is even a danger of branches or an entire tree falling onto the home. Existing trees should be professionally pruned to lessen the potential for hazard. When planting new trees, homeowners should research potential "candidates" to find how large the tree will eventually grow and make decisions accordingly.
Homeowners should also consider grouping plants that have similar water requirements to avoid overwatering plants that don't need as much. Not only will plants do better, but water bills will be lower over time as well.
Choose plants with maintenance in mind
Some plants end up requiring more maintenance than a homeowner expects. When selecting new planting material, homeowners should seek advice from qualified personnel at a local nursery who will know what plants will do well in their area, their growth habits and maintenance requirements.
Lawns should not be mowed too short or too frequently. Allowing the blades of grass to shade one another helps with water retention and allows grass to grow in more fully. Many newer turf grasses require less mowing than older varieties, and should be considered for new lawn installations. Homeowners can find out more at their local agricultural or extension office.
These are just some of the ways homeowners can increase the enjoyment of their outdoor spaces while ensuring that home and yard are in good shape.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
The Trust Continuum
Categories:properties,realtor,remax select,vancouver market
The Trust Continuum
Over the years I have watched real estate practitioners come and go. Some have built amazing careers that seem to have no limit their growth, and others never find any type of appreciable trajectory. The difference between those that reach the pinnacles of success, and those who remain mired in dark valleys of defeat seems to be almost unappreciable.
The long term success of a REALTOR® in the business of real estate doesn't appear to have anything to do with educational levels, physical attributes, ethnic background, or social class. I have seen many instances of agents with poor grooming, lack of social graces, even with speech or other physical impediments reach truly stellar levels of success, while others that seem complete on the surface are left behind. So, the question is; what is the magic powder, the key to success in real estate?
The one attribute that appears to weave itself into every successful agent I have ever encountered is the ability to instill trust. The ability to present oneself in a genuine and competent manner, a manner that says, "I am reliable, honest, and will protect your interests at all costs". The aura of trustworthiness crosses boundaries of race, class, education, and even health. For those who have the trust continuum built into their character, a long term career in real estate is guaranteed.
So, if developing a trust continuum is so vital to a real estate career… what is it really?
The definition of trust in psychology is based on believing that the person who you trust will do what you expect. It starts at the family level and grows to others after the early years of development. The ability to place trust in others is a key element to a healthy socialization process.
Trust is also integral to the idea of social influence. The fact of the matter is that it is easier to influence or persuade someone who has developed a sense of trust in you. The real powerhouse REALTORS® create that sense of trust in their clients. Perception of honesty, competence and common values are essential. Once trust is lost, however, it is very hard to regain.
Being and acting trustworthy should be considered the only sure way to develop a trust continuum with your clients. Stephen Covey has a great way of describing trust. He calls it the emotional bank account. One puts in deposits of trust, or makes withdrawals, based on responses to perceived actions. Where trust is absent, projects can fail, especially if this lack of trust has not been identified and addressed. Individuals that are in relationships characterized by high levels of social trust are more apt to openly exchange information and to act with caring benevolence toward one another than those in relationships lacking trust.
A key element in developing a trust continuum with your clients is being reliable. Philosopher Annette Baier has made a distinction between trust and reliance by saying that trust can be betrayed, while reliance can only be disappointed. Nonetheless, being reliable is a powerful tool in building trust with a client, while the reverse can destroy trust and empty out the emotional bank account.
In the discipline of economics, trust is seen as an economic lubricant, reducing the cost of transactions, enabling new forms of cooperation and generally furthering business activities, employment and prosperity. This observation created a significant interest in considering trust as a form of social capital and has led to research into a closer understanding of the process of building trust. It's been claimed that higher levels of social trust are connected to economic development. It is widely accepted and demonstrated by economists that social trust benefits the economy while a lower level of trust inhibits economic growth. Trusting less leads to the loss of economic opportunities, while on the other hand trusting more creates the risk of unnecessary vulnerabilities and potential exploitation.
It's worth noting that when someone says, "trust me" most people won't. Trust can't be forced. Building trust is something that must be demonstrated in many little ways. The subtle clues like eye contact, and body language play an important initial impression of trust worthiness. Even something as simple as showing up on time for appointments helps to demonstrate to others that they can rely on you and hence create the building blocks of a trust relationship.
The life of a REALTOR® becomes much easier when you have won the trust of clients, and peers. The majority of the calls that a manager or broker will receive are based on agent to agent or agent to consumer mistrust. Gaining and retaining trust makes the job easier, and makes life less stressful. It's clear that the one ingredient that makes the secret sauce for all top producers is the trust continuum.
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Four French players virtually ruled the world tennis in 1920s? They were popularly known by a nickname. What was it?
Asked by Good Citizen, 23 Mar '10 03:03 pm
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In the late 1920's the French dominated men's tennis. Four tennis champions, known as the "Musketeers", were virtually unbeatable: Jean Borotra, Ren Lacoste, Henri Cochet, and Jacques Brugnon. Borotra was called the "Bounding Basque from Biarritz," known for his energy, speed and acrobatic volleying ability. He always wore a signature blue beret, both on and off the court. Lacoste, nicknamed "the Crocodile," was a self-made champion known and revered for his hard work, devotion and determination. He designed the first tennis shirts, made specifically for tennis. Adorned on the left breast of every shirt was his signature trademark, the crocodile. Henri Cochet was born in Lyon, France. Growing up, Henri worked as a ball boy at a nearby tennis club thus he became known as "the Ballboy of Lyon." Cochet was recognized for being one of the most naturally gifted players in tennis history. Jacques "Toto" Brugnon was known for his large repertoire of strokes, as well as an extraordinary sense ...moreAnswered by Deepak Joshi, 23 Mar '10 03:28 pm
The Four MusketeersAnswered by PARTHA PATHAK, 23 Mar '10 03:35 pm
The Musketeers were:
Jean Borotra (1898-1994)
Jacques Brugnon (1895-1978)
Henri Cochet (1901-1987)
Ren Lacoste (1904-1996)
The Musketeers were:
Jean Borotra (1898-1994)
Jacques Brugnon (1895-1978)
Henri Cochet (1901-1987)
Ren Lacoste (1904-1996)
Musketeers - Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet, Rene Lacoste, "Toto" Brugnon, representing the men and Suzanne Lenglen representing the women.Answered by HEMANT MEHTA, 23 Mar '10 03:29 pm


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Carmelo.These Denver blog posts have been lovingly selected just for you. Denver Stiffs' Andrew Feinstein wonders if Carmelo Anthony might end up as a rent-a-player in Orlando, where the Nuggets play tonight. Colorado Pols wonders: Is Muhammad Ali Hasan behind a new party called Constitutio ... More >>
Muhammad Ali Hasan.Here are some blog posts about Denver that we hope you'll enjoy. According to the Colorado Independent's John Tomasic, Muhammad Ali Hasan, subject of the 2008 Westword feature "Is This Muslim Republican Mr. Right or the Big Cheese?," has publicly announced his decision to ... More >>
Hasan.Working for the weekend with these three Denver blog posts. Colorado Pols shares former Westword feature subject Muhammad Ali Hasan's new column, "Why the GOP is Going Extinct." And no, that's not a misprint. Meanwhile, WhoSaidYouSaid isn't exactly celebrating Michael Bennet's Senate- ... More >>
Muhammad Ali HasanFresh from chastising leading Colorado Republicans over sins ranging from plagiarism (e.g., Scott McInnis) to knee-jerk reactionary pandering, GOP bad boy Muhammad Ali Hasan is now tweaking conservative noses on a national scale. A recent Huffington Post column by Hasan wa ... More >>
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The gloves have long been off for local scribe Naomi Zeveloff. As an editorial fellow here at Westword, she unleashed fury on the likes of Republican House District 56 hopeful Muhammad Ali Hasan in an article ColoradoPols.com called "quite possibly the single most damaging piece of press that we h ... More >>
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How did this candidate for public office end up with a restraining order?
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grilling lamb--marinade?
have 4 pounds of butterflied leg of lamb to grill this weekend--looking for ideas to make it as delicious as possible!
I'm a sucker for a traditional rosemary garlic marinade for leg of lamb.
Chop up a good handful of fresh rosemary. Mash about 6-10 cloves of garlic to a paste. Add 1 or 2 TB salt, 1 TB pepper, and stir around 1/4 cup olive oil to the mix. Spread it all over the leg, let it sit overnight and then grill the next day. Not original, but really, really good.
marinate in garlic, lemon juice and oregano overnight.
While on the grill, continue to base with the marinate. (I use a long sprig of rosemary to apply the marinade, like a brush.. I find this gives just the right amount of rosemary flavour... if you actually marinade it in rosemary, I find the taste too strong and can overpower the lamb)
Serve with a fetta and spinach salad
re: purple goddess
just add olive oil...wonderful!!
I marinate mine, pounded to even thickness, in a bottle of decent red wine, seasoned with salt, pepper, olive oil, a few cloves garlic, and sliced onion, for 8 hours or so. A recipe along these lines appeared in Gourmet in the 1980s and I have made my grilled lamb, cooked medium rare, this way ever since. A little fresh thyme is a nice addition.
These days for me it's a marinade with turkish spices featured in both Sortun's Spice and Wolfert's Eastern Med cookbooks.
The marinade for 3lb of butterflied leg is 2tbs aleppo pepper, 2tbs baharat (Kalustyans), 1/2 tbs dried crushed mint, 1/2tbs dried chrushed oregano, 1/4 cup of good tomato paste, 2tbs of red pepper paste (i usually used piquillo peppers minced to a paste), 1tbs of minced garlic. Spread over the meat, then cover with 1/4 good canola oil, and leave aside in cool place up to 4 hours.
We usually grill this for 3mins on each side to char a bit, and then cover and do indirect grilling for 10-15mins more.
My fave is balsamic vinegar, olive oil, garlic, rosemary, and ginger preserves, all whizzed up in the food processor.
I love the taste of lamb and mint together, so I'll often rub my lamb with a paste made of mint, garlic, minced shallot, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Very yummy on the grill.
My fave is just olive oil and garlic with red wine, a little dijon, s/p, and some herbs des provence. I'll often throw some rosemary on the grill (indirect), or use it to baste the lamb while roasting... mmm!
not a marinade but more of a wet rub:
3-4 cloves garlic minced with
2 tsp kosher salt
Add 2-3 T minced fresh rosemary leaves
1 T fresh ground peppercorns
1 1/2 tsp allspice
3-4 T olive oil
Mix and rub onto lamb as it sits on the counter to come to room temp before grilling.
adapted form a Julia Child recipe for pork loin.


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Yesterday, Slice quibbled with the Voices pick for best Naples-style pizza, Robertas. Main reason Adam Kuban wouldnt put it over Motorino: The crust was flavorful but was too chewy and often crunchy rather than perfectly crisp-pliant. Today, Sietsema defends his pick, arguing that joints like Kest (which happens to be New Yorks favorite) are perverting the Naples pies by adding anathema toppings like truffle spread and butternut-squash cream, plus theyre charging hiked-up prices and offering fancy wines instead of the truly authentic accompaniments: Coke and Italian beer. Bottom line: In its vibe, genuine goodness, size of the pie, choice of local ingredients (very, very local), [Robertas] comes closer than Kest or La Pizza Fresca or Motorino to capturing the spirit, and part of the taste, of Naples-style pizza.
Kuban has now responded to Sietsemas response (Robertas serves unconventional toppings, too, he points out), and at this point were going to suggest these two get a room. Or a Chowhound thread. But not before asking what they think about this: According to Tasting Table, Motorino is offering its pies a libretto, as an entire pie folded in thirds and wrapped in a crafty, drip-proof flourish of parchment paper. Tasting Table acts like the portable pies are something new, but anyone who reads these pages is familiar with Kests portfolio, or wallet, pie. Were not going to bother asking which came first, since our understanding is that Neapolitans have long eaten their pies in a similar fashion, but if any pizza nerds care to find out