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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said accounting standard-setters need to figure out how the mark-to-market rule blamed for worsening the global financial crisis should be followed when assets aren't readily traded.
The rule, which requires companies to write down assets every quarter to reflect market value, is "a good principle in general" and shouldn't be suspended entirely, Bernanke told the House Financial Services Committee today. "Accounting authorities have a great deal of work to do to try to figure out how to deal with some of these assets, which are not traded in liquid markets," he said.
Yes, indeed. If numbers aren't looking like what we want, we'll just make up some numbers and call it all good. Perfect!
Tim Geithner was seen to nod vigorously from the Green Room where he watched today's testimony, until an aide whispered to him that Ben wasn't talking about tax returns.
Bernanke Says Mark-to-Market Accounting Rule Should Be Improved [Bloomberg]
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First? Bernake? WTF?
I believe the crux of the matter is the language in FAS-157 (etc) that instructs firms to "use their judgment" when deciding how to value/classify assets in less-than-liquid, or illiquid markets.
Intentionally ambiguous, perhaps, but in times/environments like these, perhaps more elaborate guidelines are called for. -
"You have all these rules, and you think they'll save you."
"Yes, indeed. If numbers aren't looking like what we want, we'll just make up some numbers and call it all good. Perfect!"
Heh, thought you knew. A broken economy helps nobody. -
Mark-to-market is a great way to hide losses until you a)retire b)generate gains.
The system was used for OTC equity derivatives back in the 90's. By the time the dust settled UBS was out > $500MM (a big number for back then), Solomon lost a ton (Derek Maugham tried to make changes but too late, Travellers took them over). Allowing traders to mark to market is like giving High School kids take-home tests with the answer key so they can grade their own work: they'll all get great scores but what happens if you give them the test in class w/o the answer key? -
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Agreed -
My recommendation for the FASB is adopt a rule explicitly stating that TSTG will determine fair values for all illiquid assets and shall have final authority in the matter…and hell, for liquid assets too.
Hi, My name is Nick Leeson. What is Mark to Market?
The Accounting industry is going to steal all future science fiction writers, thereby causing a deficit in new readable fiction.
@5, huh?
I think we should do away with "mark-to-market" in other endeavors like professional sports.
So in basketball each team would determine the score based on its informed and unbiased estimated how many points it felt like it should have made that day. -
What about 10-K filings? Are those now going to have to be moved from non-fiction into fiction? I have a feeling the filings haven't been read by the typical science fiction reader yet. -
Yeah, I think you should loan me $20 Million against my $30 million home. How do I know my house is worth $30 million? What are you freaking blind? Can't you see the "for sale" sign that says $30 million on the front lawn? Offers? Yeah, I had 3 but nothing over $2 million. That's because my home is illiquid (otherwise people would offer me the asking price!).
Sheesh! The point of Mark-to-Market is to value a security for what it is worth. In a free market system that is what the highest bidder will pay for it!!! There's nothing illiquid about these securities. MER unloaded $40 Billion worth. They were worth(!) 22 cents on the dollar, like it or not! Pretending their worth 90 cents doesn't make it so! -
@5 That's not mark-to-market. That's allowing traders to tell you where the market is without verifying the marks independently. Incidently, removing mark-to-market will allow precisely this behavior. Mark-to-market was implemented precisely so that firms couldn't hide losses by inventing a value that didn't match what the market said the value was. Get a clue
removing mark-to-market is like saying that there should be no test at all. -
Erin Burnett's bolt-ons are trading up in the aftermarket.
Anyone see Obama dis Geithner at the end of his 3:50 comments? Geithner goes to shake hands and Obama looks tense and angry. Check out about the 6:15 mark: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1045687816&play=1
"Accounting authorities have a great deal of work to do to try to figure out how to deal with some of these assets, which are not traded in liquid markets."
HEY FUCKFACE BEN! When the engines aren't falling off the plane at 30,000 fucking feet then we can worry about more important things like Coke vs. Pepsi in the Pepsi Challenge.
I don't recall mark-to-market holding a gun to anyone's head forcing a NINJA loan down their throats and out their ass.
Of course FASB announcements are somewhat ambiguous. If they weren't then every position would be longer than War and Peace and nothing would get done.
@16 thx for the link.
Looks like there's trouble in paradise! -
he's probably still pissed about the whole turbo tax thing. can't blame him either. -
@5 here. Sorry if I wasn't being clear. I meant mark-to-market for illiquid/non-exchange traded/OTC products is a disaster. The traders make up the prices to suit their needs (quants running "models" are stooges for the traders).
UBS found a bidder for their index vol book. It was half of what they were "marking" it to. These guys were trading index vol and they still got away with setting their own marks because they were "exotic" options (asian, lookback) and hence couldn't be valued using the "vanilla" exchange traded products. Same system being put to work in credit derivatives. Glad to see Wall Street learns its lessons. -
He shook hands with congresscritters only, not Summers and Geithner. Those 2 are on probation. -
He snubbed him HARD… BO knows it's amateur hour at the Treasury… Timmys gonna expose everything as the giant fucking racket it is
Most people can't correctly model what the banks are saying there assets are worth now — if you get rid of market to market, the 10% faith left that people have in the banks being honest will got ot 0%.
Everyone in D.C. knows the verkakta banks should be out of business. Timmaaay can go home now. It's all politics from here on out.
@10 greatest post ever. even on that basis the red socks would still lose.
Could our newly minted president, Tan Jimmy Carter, be more of a cock? I'm going to trade school evenings to learn the plumbing trade. I suggest you slobs do same…
@9 if they do that, who'll create the new religions?
@26- just as soon as you hightail it back to your double-wide, you ignorant douche.
@28 – see you at the ACORN meeting in Cambridge tomorrow night. Tell Barney I'll see him at fetish night at Man Ray.
#26, At least Jimmy Carter was a man of faith.
Ben, where is your helicopter? You sounded so smug and sure of yourself when you proposed it 7 years ago. Now it's all you have left, douchebag.
Mark-to-market becomes a bigger problem when you are 1) hugely leveraged and 2) depending on wholesale funding to finance your position. This crisis is more about reckless management than accounting rules….
I bet you'll flunk plumbing school. Why don't you become a repo man? Great demand, no need to go to school. Night hours, but that doesn't bother you I hope. You can sleep during the daytime in your mom's basement and she probably likes it that way. -
i just manually relieved my human plumbing while watching law & order svu
Holy hell, so many Tim Sykes-wannabes on this board I can hardly stand it. Here's a thought: a credit gets marked at 40 cents because that's the best they can do in the current market. Owner of the ABS couldn't care less because he is making 8.5% on what he thinks is reasonable risk. So, for a high quality receivable, mark-to-market can go F itself because I'm fully paid on a 8.5% mortgage and I'm all set, thank you (taking liberty on certain assumptions here, focus on the point). And if parts of my tranche hit the shitter I might still very reasonably make a weighted 5 or 6% which is better than the atrocious equity market which might be DOWN less than 10% in 2010 if lucky. Alternatively under MTM accounting, force me to account for my credits at 40 cents, when the credits, cum default risk, yield me 5% per annum. Short story: owner is better off holding the mortgage than he is selling it, so why force him to mark at the saleable price than the true fundamental NPV?
@35: One word: leverage. The bank business model is borrow short to lend long. The reason a bank should mark to market is because market is what it would get if it has to sell because depositors come looking for their money or it can't roll over its short-term paper.
If you're unleveraged, sure your argument is fine, just hold to maturity. If you're leveraged, you mark to market because you might not have the option of holding to maturity. -
@35 : That's the point – "mark to market". The alternative is for banks to claim that the "markets are broken" therefore we are marking 40 cent assets at whatever the hell we want, under the assumptions of default we choose because we don't like what the market is telling us.
For an investor in a levered entity that's lending long, and borrowing short don't you think I'd want to know how likely it is that they'd come up short?
Mark-to-market is what its name says it is. Don't like it? Don't fucking buy illiquid assets until their yields justify the liquidity and complexity/model risk! -
@36 – 37 here. Exactly. All these cries to suspend MtM are simply going to make things worse. Who wants to face a counterparty that may be solvent one day and suddenly file the next?
@35 In your setup, the market thinks your asset is worth only 40 cents while you think worst case you're going to get a 5%-6% return. Somebody's wrong about the future cash flows, and it's probably you. The world just isn't full of free lunches known only to the asset owner. Also, the idea that the market prices are temporarily out of whack because "no one's buying" is flawed. Sure the value of my house went from $600K to $300K last year because no one's buying. I still have a $300K house.
@39 – you miss the point. Your house doesn't generate cash flow. Debt instruments do. If no one's buying, there is still a probability of a future cash flow, which does have value.
You may argue about probability and severity of future loss, and the discount rate necessary to get a needed return, but it does have value, even if no one is buying the note right now because they'd get fired for doing so. That is the crux of the argument. -
@8 – You're Nick Leeson? Loved you in "Darkman", dude.
the life of a repo man is ALWAYS intense… -
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election, and a Bin Laden-slaying incumbent is less easily portrayed as being
soft on terror. But to divide the world beyond America's shores between
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arena (think GHW Bush, Scowcroft, Baker, and later, Hagel, Powell, and
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dead or wounded soldiers, but in videos taken at field hospitals, men in
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defected military units have engaged government forces, but it is easily their
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solidarity with the protesters in Sana'a, and at least in the city of Taiz,
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Central Security Forces, and they won't talk to the media. That the violence
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relatives of Saleh, and though the Gulf Cooperation Council deal would grant
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everything to lose in the peace process, and as Marc Lynch observed, the
protesters will not be interested in signing an accord that includes amnesty
after the events of the past two days."
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Hi everyone. I am new to these forums but need some advice. We just decided on and purchased backsplash tile. The contractor who is refinishing the basement told us he could certainly lay them. They are travertine subway tiles laid on a sheet (not individual tiles). When we had a chance to inspect the work they did we were really disappointed. The tiles are unevenly spaced, not level on the wall, slope down in some areas and some are even coming off the wall! Not to mention they used ripped cardboard as spacers (which is now adhered to the mud) and there was mud all over my cabinets, countertops and some of the tiles. The pic shows the big gaps between tiles to thin or no gap. Can you all look and advise me on how to proceed? Is it really that bad? Do they take it down, pay for new tile and redo it? Will it look better once they grout? Should we not pay for the labor? Or do we just live with it? Clearly I am a novice at all things construction related and a new homeowner. Am I just being too picky? |
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- Posted by teachertile (My Page) on Sun, Apr 14, 13 at 21:35
That looks terrible! I wouldn't even grout it. Start over. |
This post was edited by teachertile on Sun, Apr 14, 13 at 21:36
Oh no! It really is that bad! Cardboard for spacers??? Seriously?! Yikes! Don't grout! Hopefully the tile will come off, can be cleaned up and then laid properly. If you ever see someone using cardboard for spacers, it is their way of telling you they don't know what the he!! they're doing! Yikes! So sorry. |
I sincerely urge you to have them disassemble the tile before it sets up all the way. The cardboard is certainly unacceptable, and there should be no more than 1/16" inch difference between the largest spacing and the smallest spacing. And that is worst case! Do not be fooled by the old grout magic spiel. It will just make it worse. Good luck. |
Unfortunately I think it has set up completely because it was done on Friday. I wish I could get some better pics of the bad job. Is it possible to scrape it off and start again? I just keep picturing broken tiles and damaged drywall. Why can't they just do it right the first time?! |
You need to get these hacks o.u.t of your house. Pronto! Do not let them mess with anything else. Who knows what else they're totaling screwing up. Check Angies for companies with lots of good references. |
- Posted by IowaCommute (My Page) on Sun, Apr 14, 13 at 22:51
If you can't tell if this BS is bad or not then I'm lost for words. With regards to your finished basement. Hire a third party inspector before they pack up shop and disappear into a new business. |
Is it really that bad? It's really, really bad. And then some. Do they take it down, pay for new tile and redo it? Will it look better once they grout? Should we not pay for the labor? Or do we just live with it? Clearly I am a novice at all things construction related and a new homeowner. Am I just being too picky? |
- Posted by jellytoast (My Page) on Mon, Apr 15, 13 at 0:40
Okay, in defense of your installer, oftentimes those tiles that you buy on sheets are already applied crooked on the sheet. His use of cardboard may have been his attempt to get some of those crooked tiles to line up correctly. Unfortunately, if that's what he was trying to do, it didn't work. The edge tiles in your second picture look really crooked and sloppy. Were they glued on the sheets in that fashion? There are some instances in tile installation where cardboard can be used to help get tiles to stay in position while the thinset firms up. But I've never seen it used entirely in place of spacers, and I've never seen it left in place so long that it gets hard in the thinset. All that aside, it doesn't look like tile is this guy's specialty. |
- Posted by hosenemesis (My Page) on Mon, Apr 15, 13 at 1:15
Oh my. That's terrible- don't pay them for that. |
Where did you find these people? How in the world you even need to ask people if "is it really that bad"? Yes, the work is horrible, it is beyond bad. When I saw the first photo, I thought it was a photo of demolition. Don't pay them, the tiles need to be completely removed and redo. Make sure to have some one to inspect the other work they have done. Don't let them touch anything in your house. Not only they need to pay for material and labor for redo, they may need to pay for all the damages they may have already caused. It seems you are too inexperienced and uninformed to handle this project, you may need to hire someone who could speak and fight for you. I cannot believe someone would "in defense of your installer". You are just joking, right? |
I agree! Do NOT pay them. I would also insist they pay you for the tile they ruined. I am sorry you have to deal with such idiots! |
- Posted by circuspeanut (My Page) on Mon, Apr 15, 13 at 8:48
It's not too late to scrape it all down; the thinset behind the tile will take a while before it's absolutely irrevocably dry. And honestly don't worry about damaging the drywall -- it's quite possible to tile over some pretty bad nicks, gouges and even large holes if you know what you're doing. Alas, I don't think your contractor did. As a novice, he may have assumed that the tile being on sheets obviated any need for providing his own spacers; he will now have learned otherwise. The mud will probably come off cabinets, etc, with a damp cloth and a razor blade. Go very carefully and the globs will pop off. Then go back over it with a clean damp cloth once you've gotten it up, just to get any haze off. He's just not familiar with tiling. It looks worse than my first tile job ever as a homeowner. The lippage, poor bedding and spacing are the major problems -- if you absolutely had to, you could probably get the cardboard out before grouting. But in this case, NO. You really need to pull it all down. I'm so sorry! |
- Posted by hollysprings (My Page) on Mon, Apr 15, 13 at 9:15
I think this was "a perfect storm" type of situation. Your wall probably isn't as flat as it could be. The tile was low quality with irregular spacing on the mesh. And you had a complete novice attempt tiling. Rip it down. Then reassess the flatness of your wall as you're doing the bit of drywall repair that removing it may cause. That's the time to do any skim coating that may be needed to make the installation look perfect when you have someone more competent attempt it. And look for better quality tile the next time. Take a some tile spacers with you and check the gaps yourself. Or, buy rustic tile that's not on mesh and IS more irregular on purpose. You won't have regular spacing with it either, but it will be more uniformly irregular, if that makes sense. When handmade or rustic tile is set, a good installer can make minor adjustments (and use a wider grout line) to make the installation look deliberate rather than sloppy. |
As a general rule, you get what you paid for. Don't settle for anything just for low price/cost. If funding is tight, wait until you have sufficient cash. Don't rush and compromise. The scary part is paying high price may not guarantee you a well qualified contractor or high quality product. You have to do research, you need to educate yourself. |
Holy cow! That looks like something I'd do myself. Which is why I won't do it myself. Definitely tell this guy he's gotta rip it out, then get someone else to do it. Can you salvage the tiles? If not, I'd expect Mr. Sure-I-Can-Do-It to replace them. |
I don't think there's any defense of this contractor. Even if there were issues, he continued. Look at the cutout for the wall switches! Crazy. Yes, get an inspection done of all his work! The backsplash is about aesthetics but but other things could be dangerous or hazardous. See what the inspector says. Consumer protection might need to know, to keep this contractor out of other people's houses. |
This just happened to us in a guest bath. I was so distraught and just wanted the guy out of my house so I did pay him and told him how disappointed I was and asked him if he was proud of his work and he said no. I asked what he thought we should do about it and he said well if you hire me to do more work I could fix it then. At this time I considered I was dealing with an unreasonable incompetent, unprofessional and decided to cut my losses and move on. It was not easy as I don't have a money tree in the back yard but I couldn't even look at it. Like you, we had tile falling off and he poured grout and caulk into the places he didn't cut the tile to fit, it was crooked and the thresholds were metal strips he found somewhere that looked more like carpet tack strips. OY VEY. We hired someone else and I had to go and buy new tile because they said it could not be saved. They charged me extra to tear out the old. It makes me sick to think about it, but it looks nice now. Remodeling is not for the fainthearted and heartbreak is nearly always involved. Disappointment in people always included. It can be a little depressing both for the outlay of money and for the things you learn about people that sadden you. Good luck! Cut and run... |
- Posted by jerzeegirl (My Page) on Mon, Apr 15, 13 at 10:59
Does he have a license? Maybe you can complain to the contractor's board. |
Hi all. A new day and things are looking up. I spoke with our contractor this morning and he said he would tear it out, reorder/pay for new tile and not charge us for the labor. When I got home a bit ago it was already gone. He assures us that he is capable of doing it right and that it was done by his employees. We are going to hire a tile guy recommended by the tile store. I am impressed with the contractors resolve to make it right. I was anticipating a battle. The whole thing was a bit surprising because we have been happy with his work so far in the basement. We did our research. He was reviewed well on Angie's, came highly recommended by both my sister and a coworker and we saw his work first hand prior to hiring him. Hopefully we get what we want and what we are paying for. Thanks for all of your replies! |
I really did think this was a prank post when I saw the pictures. Seriously, the first time I did tiling myself I did a better job than this. Really, who does not use a $7 bag of spacers? I have nothing to add, other than start over. |
That's great there is no battle. Was this the first time he saw it? You should not have had to bring it up. And he should not have people like that working for him. Scary stuff. Beware and be careful. I would move on. Glad to hear you are getting a tile person for the re-install. |
Glad to hear things are going better, but I still have concerns about other work. Are there permits? If so, then the city or whoever will be along to be sure work is up to code, and safe. Safe is a big concern. If there are no permits, should there be? Regardless, if the city isn't coming to verify things are safe, then someone who knows should. You have to wonder, is the guy who messed up your backsplash the same guy who was trusted with hooking up your electric or plumbing? Were your studs or joists (and therefore the integrity of your house) compromised by inexpert workers? Was your HVAC compromised in any way? Your contractor may be all smooth this morning, but the bollocks on the backsplash pretty much demands that you protect your property and yourselves by having his other work double-checked. It may all check out just great and no hard feelings, but if it doesn't, the sooner you know, the better. |
- Posted by michellemarie (My Page) on Mon, Apr 15, 13 at 17:05
Take a lot of pictures and document everything if you talk to him including dates he did the work and DO NOT PAY him yet. I am always for giving a contractor a chance to fix the problem if he asks for one, but don't pay until you are satisfied that the work is done correctly. You may even want to to take pictures to a high end tile store and have a designer look at the finished project if you are unsure if it is acceptable or not. But do not pay a dime! |
That is downright ugly -I am glad you are coming to some kind of resolution! |
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Welcome to the boards "PigletIsMyCat"....your cat is absolutely adorable!!!!!
Well, first thing I have to say is I hate angelfire for not letting me post pics that I have already uploaded onto my *free* webspace (which is probably why they won't lemme have 'em).
Second thing is my name is Stephanie, I live in NY for some ungodly reason, and am planning to move to Orlando just as soon as we finish fixing up/selling this house. NY is way too far from WDW. I have been to DL too many times to count when I was a kid (spent entire summers in southern CA) and went to WDW for the first time in October of 2004 for my honeymoon and we're going back in late September for our (early) first anniversary!!
Also, Piglet really is my cat. Piggy is my avatar ::directs everyone to look up and to the left::. I adopted her from a shelter where her entire family was dumped. She was six months old, skinny, and covered with flea dirt. I took her home on my 25th birthday, gave her a few baths, bought her way too many toys and such, and named her Ophelia. Well, my family refused to call her Ophelia (or even to call her by her nickname, Opie) and my mother began to call her Piggy, because she ate nonstop, and if there was not food in her bowl, she would stand in front of the pantry door and meow longingly. By the way, because all of our animals have now learned to do this, we call the pantry 'the magic closet'. Thus she was named Piglet, but no one would let me name our rescued senior dog Pooh.
Interesting side note, poor Magick (our rescued senior dog) is fast wearing out her welcome here due to the fact that she occasionally thinks that Piglet is either A) a snack B) a threat C) a chew toy or D) all of the above. Just today I have had to intervene three times.
Needless to say, our house is a madhouse.
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Welcome to the boards "PigletIsMyCat"....your cat is absolutely adorable!!!!!
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My daughter has a budgie named Tramp that I would be more than happy to give you to make your crazy household complete!!!(I normally love birds but we have had this feathered freak almost four years and he refuses to be trained!)
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Welcome Stephanie ,we have 3 cats & a dog. 15 days till WDW.
Wow, what a welcome! If I can figure out how to post pictures without &#%*& angelfire's help you can see my two cats, current dog, dog that we recently put to sleep because of lymphoma, and various array of dwarf hamsters. No birds, my mother feels bad keeping them in cages. Oh, and my brother. He's an animal.
Aww..god bless your soul for taking in Piglet. And Welcome to DWT!!!!
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Well, my avocado plant is suffering. Living in Boston, it will never be an outdoor plant, but it has sentimental value and I'd like to keep it from kicking the bucket.
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Thrive Dog Food
Chicken, Sweet Potatoes, & Greens - Great Tasting!
- Prepared with fresh, all-natural ingredients
- Chicken is 100% free-range, hormone-free & antibiotic-free
- Fresh vegetables and Sweet Potatoes
- Fair trade, organic quinoa
- Organic kelp
- Gluten-free, non-GMO
- Rehydrates easily with warm water
- Formulated to be used as a complete diet
100% Natural Dehydrated Food for Dogs
One cup of Thrive mixed with water makes 1 lb of fresh dog food.
Made from: Dehydrated free-range chicken (hormone- and antibiotic-free), organic quinoa, sweet potatoes, spinach, parsley, organic kelp, vitamins, minerals.
Raw food is what nature intended for dogs.
Raw food is more nutritious - in fact, it's bursting with vital nutrients! Our gentle dehydration process simply removes the moisture, leaving all of the valuable vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants and other compounds that are otherwise destroyed with cooking, intact.
Thrive can be fed as a stand-alone food or as a supplement to a homemade diet that your pet currently enjoys. Because raw dehydrated food is different from conventional kibble or cooked and processed foods, it is important to allow enough time for your pet to adjust to the change in their diet.
Thrive is as nutritious as raw homemade dog food, and far superior to the dry kibble or canned food that is so often fed to our pets.
Thrive contains no animal by-products, extra salts or sugars, artificial colors or flavors, gluten-containing grains, or chemical preservatives. Other common ingredients in commercial kibble dog food that are NOT in Thrive include: beet pulp, rice, wheat, corn or soy. These are common allergens for many dogs and can cause problems like dry or itchy skin, lack of energy, ear problems, and even hair loss.
In fact, Thrive was originally designed for dogs that have sensitive stomachs and digestion, as well as chronic ailments that may be related to diet. By removing unhealthy ingredients from their diet, many animals dramatically improve and return to vibrant health.
And, just because a product is healthy and nutritious, doesn't mean that it has to be tasteless—or, even worse, awful-tasting. That's simply not true. Thrive is delicious and your dog will love it!
Thrive contains only the freshest, top-quality ingredients which are gently dehydrated in such a way as to preserve the vitamins, minerals, and enzymes that are present in the raw food. Meats are dehydrated slightly differently, at a higher temperature to ensure that all bacteria are destroyed. This process is perfectly safe and healthy for your pet. The finished dried product is healthy, nutritious, and safe for puppies and older animals.
Thrive is made in an FDA-inspected facility in California, where food for humans is also made. As a food-production facility, it undergoes regular FDA inspections to ensure safe and hygienic practices.
Thrive can be fed as a standalone diet, or, if your dog desires, other foods can be added to the regular serving size of Thrive.
You and your dogs will adore this food. Why?
- Convenience
- Nutritionally balanced
- Gluten- and filler-free
- All-natural, wholesome ingredients
- Superior food safety compared to raw diets
- Time-saving preparation over homemade diets
Thrive dog food is a delicious product that is simple to store, easy to hydrate, and convenient to take along on your travels. As you appreciate the peace of mind in buying the best for your pet, your dog will appreciate the taste and good health.
If your pet is already on a raw food diet, then it works well to rehydrate Thrive and mix with their normal diet right away. For other pets that are new to this type of food and have been eating dry kibble or canned dog food, then introduce Thrive gradually over several days to a week. Follow the guidelines on the package and mix a little of the rehydrated Thrive to the regular dry or canned at the beginning. Over the course of the next few days, slowly reduce the amount of dry or canned food and increase the amount of Thrive so the ratio is 1:1. Then reduce the amount of dry or canned food until you are feeding Thrive only. By changing your pets diet over slowly to the new food, their digestion has time to adjust and it will become more efficient at digesting the new food.
Weight | Dry cups per day* | Water to add | 10 lb box will last up to: |
Toy 1-10 lbs | 1/4 - 1/2 cup | 1/3 - 3/4 cup | 160 days |
Small 11-30 lbs | 1/2 - 1 cup | 3/4 - 1 1/2 cups | 80 days |
Medium 31-50 lbs | 1 - 2 cups | 1 1/2 - 3 cups | 40 days |
Large 51-70 lbs | 2 - 2 1/2 cups | 3 - 3 1/2 cups | 20 days |
Giant 71-90 lbs | 2 1/2 - 3 cups | 3 3/4 - 4 1/2 cups | 16 days |
*Highly active dogs or puppies will require a larger serving which is noted on the directions on the box.
We suggest dividing daily serving into two portions, one in the AM and one in the PM. For larger dogs, adjust accordingly. Please remember these are only guidelines! Your individual dog's needs will vary with age and activity. Thrive may be fed freely during growth, gestation or lactation. When rehydrated with water before serving, you can add slightly more or less water than suggested, according to your pets' taste. Refrigerate or discard any leftovers.
Cautionary Notes
This product has been specially formulated to be an all-natural food. Chicken used in this recipe is free-range and 100% hormone- and antibiotic-free. All ingredients guaranteed non-GMO. Thrive is gluten-free, making it a great choice for dogs with sensitive digestion.
The wholesome healthy ingredients in Thrive include:
- Dehydrated free-range chicken (hormone- and antibiotic-free)
- Organic quinoa
- Sweet potatoes
- Spinach
- Parsley
- Organic kelp
- Calcium
- Choline
- Zinc amino acid chelate
- Vitamin D3
- Vitamin E
- Iodide
- Potassium
- Iron amino acid chelate
- Copper amino acide chelate
Note: All vitamins and minerals are from 100% human food-grade premix.
Nutritional Profile (based on dry weight):
- Protein...................min 26.0%
- Fat..........................min 19.0%
- Fiber.......................max 6.3%
- Moisture................max 7.26%
Calorie content, calculated: 4490 calories per kg / 516 calories per cup


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AIDE is an integrated development environments that lets you develop Android apps... from an Android app. Now the piece of software has reached version 2.5 and is taking things a step further. Instead of merely letting you code, it's prepared to teach you how. The latest version provides interactive lessons with step-by-step instructions, so you can learn how to program in Java and develop for Android at your own pace.
Holy cow! If you write Android apps, you need to look over here right now. You've probably heard of AIDE, a complete development environment that runs on and builds for Android. While it was pretty impressive before, you won't believe what the appfour GmbH team has in store now. Just today, version 2.0 of the Android IDE was pushed to the Play Store with support for building native apps with C/C++, quick previews of XML layouts, and a cleaner and even more Holo-themed interface, along with major enhancements to Git.
We've talked about AIDE, the mobile developer toolkit that allows you to write Android apps (almost) entirely on your phone or tablet. In those past discussions, we've mentioned that you can probably get by with just the free version. The premium key offers a few nice extra features, though, like APK publishing, Git push/commit, and saving large project files.
Most of the features of the premium version are handy if you want to code entirely on your mobile devices which, admittedly, most of you probably won't want to do.
When we last left our heroes, AIDE was just released on the world, to the excited cries of developers who liked the idea of writing and testing their apps on the same device, but still probably couldn't replace their desktop development rig with a tablet. However, the app has been steadily making improvements and, as of the newest version (1.0.1), it's out of beta and will be moving to a freemium model.


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We know this was from back in October, but nonetheless this performance is very noteworthy by Carly Rose Sonenclar. The 13 year-old from Westchester New York, left 'The X-Factor' coaches Britney Spears and Will.i.am thinking she's possessed after her performance of 'Brokenhearted' by Karmin.
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10 Terrifying Non-Horror Films From The Criterion Collection
Criterion Files By Landon Palmer on October 31, 2012 | Comments (1)Warning: some spoilers ahead. For a company known for its arthouse fare, The Criterion Collection is not short on great horror films. From early oddities like Haxan to silent classics like Vampyr to classic B-movies like Corridors of Blood to cult classics like House to newer visions like Antichrist to the just-released Rosemary's Baby, The Criterion Collection can provide a unique encyclopedia of the development of the horror genre across nations and decades. But while the horror genre specializes in fear, tension, and disturbing visions, it doesn't have a monopoly on any of these categories. Violent revenge films, psychosexual dramas, depictions of real-life political struggle, documentaries that capture terrible moments in history, and movies that depict the quick dismantling of social structures all employ devices and emotional effects similar to that of the horror film, most notably dread, disturbing imagery, shocking juxtapositions, and perhaps the major defining component of the horror film: the tense anticipation of a horrible event. Here are ten terrifying non-horror films from The Criterion Collection.
14 Terrific Movies Featuring Underage Violence
Cinematic Listology By David Christopher Bell on June 21, 2012 | Comments (9)Who doesn't love watching teenagers fight? These days it's just nice to see them doing something that gets them outside and moving around – not to mention the wonders it does for team building skills and self esteem issues. Compared to them sitting in a moist den somewhere playing Skyrim and housing six servings of Zesty Salsa Combos, youth violence isn't the worst fate for our nation's children. Anyhoo – Here are some of the better films that celebrate the time-honored tradition of kids punching each other to pass the time.
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Thank you Dale. That did the trick. I was not able to remove the service, as it doesn't exist, but it gave me an idea about turning the numlock off. For others in same situation, it can be done with Fn+Alt+Num Lk on Asus Laptop U46E On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:31 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@...> wrote: > Mansour Al Akeel wrote: >> >> I got a newer laptop, and rather than installing gentoo, I just >> swapped the hard disks. Now when I boot into the new one, >> it works up to the level I am expecting (still need some drivers), but >> the keyboard act wierd. When I press "m" it types "0", >> and some other keys don't send anything at all. >> This issue starts when I start my xdm (configured to start slim). With >> the text run level (console), there's no issues until I start and stop >> xdm. >> >> I am not sure if I modified something long time ago in the config, to >> use different keymaps, but this issue didn't exist on the older >> laptop. >> What files could have such a configuration, that I need to look into ? >> >> Thank you. >> >> > > That may be the laptop itself. My ex did this once. There is a way to put > the laptop in numlock mode for entering a lot of numbers. I think it is ALT > and something up across the top on the right hand side. I don't think it is > a function key but it may be. If yours is anything like my ex's, it will > have numlock somewhere on the key. Hers was a different color to match the > other key, ALT I think. Just do some color matching on that. > > Every manufacturer is different but maybe, just maybe this will get you on > track to at least finding a solution. > > If this changes after you have booted, try removing the numlock service from > the default runlevel. That may cause the same thing I described above. > Most want that on a desktop but not on a laptop. > > Hope this helps. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > >
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Mazda MX-5 Miata Accessories & Modifications
oaktown Posts: 1I am all but set on buying an '07 PRHT.
I love almost everything about the car, but the Bose stereo in the GT was very disappointing. The speakers are clearly in need of an upgrade, but it is difficult to tell if the head unit will drive a good set of speakers effectively.
It also looks like it would be pretty difficult to add aftermarket units that would fit cleanly.
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done37 Posts: 64Hi James, I can't figure why the dealer can't give you an answer. If you spoke with the salesman that sold you the car about the headlights and he didn't have or couldn't get the answer, then I would go straight to the service department. If its a safety issue, they have to provide resolution to your issue. I am sorry that I don't have an answer, I am bewildered as you. Good luck
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manybmws Posts: 347I would not bother. I own a 2006 GT and with the right audio source - i.e. CD or Sat - it can sound pretty good. Believe it or not the Bass needs to be turned down to near 0, then you can crank volume up to 20+.
I have done many high-end, aftermarket audio upgrades from ADS etc. but I am pleased without an upgrade in the GT. I moastly listen to Sirius Sat. -
jwollman99 Posts: 2I've been waiting for the factory IPOD integration unit to be available for last couple months for my 2007 Mazda Miata w/PHTP, unfortunately because I also have Sirius installed the current version of this is not compatible.
Evidently, both the Sirius and IPOD integration unit use the same input so you can only use one or the other.
The dealer says that a new version for the IPOD integration unit that is compatible with a Sirius installation has currently just released in Japan and will be available soon.
Bummer, really looking forward to playing my IPOD in my new car but I guess I have to continue to wait. -
rambald Posts: 1I just totaled my '95 Miata and have purchased a '00 as a replacement. A few years ago, I purchased (online) a factory type, permanent mounting, chrome luggage rack. I loved it, because it was functional, looked nice and allowed much more visibility (because of the low profile). Now, I can't find them anywhere. Can anyone help me?
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ggusta Posts: 1I have a bicycling buddy whose only vehicle is a 2006 miata. There are very very limited options for bike racks. He has purchased what is apparently the only rack that specifically states it's for a miata. It's by Allen. Don't know the model.
Due to the flimsy fiberglass bumper, the clips will not hold on, ast he bumper flexes and releases the clip. It also sits the bike quite low to the ground.
Has anyone encountered a rack tha works better or have a solution? Our guy at the regular local bike shop advised the easiest solution may be to have a mechanic DRILL from underneath the vehicle into the steel/aluminum under the fiberglass bumper and affix some sort of eyelet to allow a stabe strong clipping to occur.
Apparently a hitch rack and of course a roof rack is not an option.
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ateixeira Posts: 72,587I've seen them, too, but I'm a bit torn.
Why? Well, officially, the Miata isn't rated for towing. A rack and a couple of bikes will probably put a good 100-120 lbs or so of tongue weight. Payload for mine is only 360 lbs to begin with, so with 2 people inside it's already overloaded.
Any how, companies do make hitches that fit. The tie-down hooks come off, and the hitch bolts in their place, behind the bumper.
I still would not recommend this. I'm 205 lbs, add the wife and we're over 300, add a bike rack and two bikes and we'd be well over the rated payload. -
guitardave Posts: 2I have a 90 Miata with the original stereo in it - I bought some speakers for the headrests hoping that would solve my problem - that being that the stereo is very tinney and sharp - well that didnt really help - I'm thinking that my next move is to install an aftermarket radio/cd changer - but my question is this - Is it possible to get good sound from a stereo in a convertible with the top down?
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dpaterson Posts: 1I have a Brompton folding bike that sits on the passenger seat. Seat belt secures it. Check out http://www.foldabikes.com/ in the Bay area.
wilzap Posts: 107I'm going to order a set for mine,I asked the dealer about them and was told if I order them through him they will be covered on the warranty,My brother in law gets special pricing W/mazda through the Miata club he is with,I'm going to see if there is a big price difference and if there is I'm going to get them through my bro and put them on myself. when he gets back in town this weekend I'm going to have him look into this I will let you know the difference,I think its a good deal through him,I might join the club,always thought it would be kinda geeky but last weekend I took a fall colors drive with them and having 50 MX-5's on the roads together was kinda cool,unfortunately it rained.Oh and I think they are necessary to help against rock chips and other road trash/oils
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wilzap Posts: 107A K&N air filter ( which doesn't need to be replaced, just cleaned ) will get you a couple more HP and a little better MPG,they run about $45,and a higher preformance exhaust system may get you a few more, other than that, to get that much HP out of it I don't think it would easy or cheap..
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A new McGinn: Just call him 'Barack'
The re-packaging of Seattle's mayor takes center stage with his State of the City speech.
The State of the City speech by Mayor Mike McGinn was really more of a State of the Mayor speech, a chance of all of us to see how McGinn is growing into the job few expected him to hold when he announced his campaign in 2009.
The first indication of change was that there was any speech at all: last year, McGinn delivered off-the-cuff remarks rather than a prepared talk that mimics the president's address to Congress. The City Council was offended, City Hall watchers tut-tutted, and most people conceded (even some McGinn aides, and, rumor has it, the mayor himself) that it was a mistake.
From his first days in City Hall, McGinn was eager to "be himself," a smart, eco-advocate who was happy to be an outsider throwing elbows and cleaning house. He made plenty of errors, but was defiant in his own cause. He quickly alienated the City Council en masse, the downtown business establishment, replaced city veterans with young McGinnies, and wasn't afraid to talk tough, even if he didn't need to.
He likened his approach to establishing himself in a pick-up basketball game: throw a few elbows so you have some room to play. Others saw a guy unnecessarily burning bridges (and a tunnel), perhaps too arrogant to learn anything from anybody. They worried he suffered from "smartest guy in the room" syndrome.
By the State of the City measure, he has learned a few things. One is, respecting tradition and showing the office some respect. He showed up in a tie with a good speech prepared (and distributed to media) in advance (PDF). Instead of outsider, bomb-thrower McGinn, we got the softer spoken, slimmer (by 40 pounds), and perhaps grayer Mike, a guy who crafted his remarks to emphasize areas of agreement on a vision for the city.
His main inspiration seems to be President Barack Obama, and he cast the McGinn agenda as rising to the challenge put forth in the State of the Union Address. "Mr President, " he said, "you challenged us to win the future. On behalf of the people of Seattle, we are ready and willing, and we are very able to lead the way."
For McGinn this means an urban future for Seattle that is high-tech, green, and more socially just. Obama wants high-speed rail connecting cities, so does McGinn, but he also wants rail connecting more city neighborhoods. Obama wants educational accountability, and McGinn is pushing a levy that, he says, will hold family and education programs accountable and will target troubled schools. Obama wants green jobs, and McGinn is pushing energy efficiency grants and pressing businesses to reduce consumption. Obama wants a Sputnik moment, and McGinn is pushing for broadband and to improve high school graduation rates (and math scores).
If there is anything that normalizes the McGinn agenda, it is a speech that shows how his initiatives parallel and advance the Obama agenda. What self-respecting liberal Seattleite is going to disagree with Obama's domestic agenda? It's certainly a good psychological defense: what opponent wants to be, by implication, on the side of those creepy congressional Tea Party Republicans?
For all the arguments over the seawall, the tunnel, parking rates, and whether the new 520 should have rail or not, the McGinn agenda is straight- up Seattle, something very few could disagree with. McGinn's an outsider? He began his speech by pointing out what he called his "secret" relationship with the council, meaning how much stuff they agree and work together on: Metro funding, budget cuts, rental housing inspections, the Nightlife Initiative, the Families and Education Levy, Chihuly and KEXP at the Center. Lots of common ground.
The only bombs thrown were Tim Eyman's way. "Mr. Eyman," the mayor intoned, "you may have talked the rest of the state into destroying what we hold dear. But we are drawing a line around Seattle..." Bashing Eyman and touting Seattle exceptionalism will win you friends every time. Instead of infighting, McGinn seemed to say, it's us against retro America, fighting to implement the Obama Way.
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Posted Tue, Feb 22, 8:55 p.m.
"Secret relationship with the council"? If that is so, it's certainly been a well-kept secret compared with the much more public one. I"m glad he's lost weight and I'm pleased he chose to actually give a speech but he has a very long way to go to convince a lot of us that he's not out of his depth or at least out of his element.
Posted Tue, Feb 22, 9:41 p.m.
"but his point was that cars are for the elite,"
"Overall, there were 5.5 million private cars and trucks registered in Washington last year."
There were 6.7 million residents in WA state in 2010, and 5.5 million private cars and trucks. How many million "elites" are there in WA state?
Posted Wed, Feb 23, 7:48 a.m.
The stiff tolls and the extra 2 billion dollars for the I-520 bridge termination isn't for elite car owners...it's for extra amenities benefitting one affluent nightborhood.
Posted Wed, Feb 23, 11:43 a.m.
Nobody seems to have the actual audio for this speech.
@JM - The Montlake Cut is a regional bottleneck, attributing all that cost to the denizens of that neighborhood isn't appropriate.
FWIW, it likely would've been possible to have provided what the neighborhood was asking for if you cut the pork out of that 2 Billion, and the 200 Million the State spent studying the program and justifying the run up in costs while also dissing the folks most effected.
The costs of freeway construction and neighborhood mitigation are certainly valid subjects, your post does nothing to advance that discussion.
A personal peeve of mine is the HOV access to Hwy 16 in Tacoma, happening just ten years after the original project and requiring the tear down of an almost brand new overpass over the Nalley Valley. Not only that, but the project management team, out of the Olympic Regional Office, made a 90 million dollar mistake in the misalignment of one of the replacements.
On the subject of Nimby's you might want to dig a bit further into Microsoft and their Counsel's work as it relates to the Citizen United Supreme Court decision regarding corporations in the public sphere.
Posted Wed, Feb 23, 8:54 p.m.
While many of the changes in style are welcome, Mayor McGinn's deficiencies as Mayor won't be solved by changes in form. What's required is a fundamental reform in function.
Same staff. Same ideology. Same failures to represent the whole city. Same tone deaf failure to articulate a problem without lamely bashing significant important interests - like the police on our streets who serve us well even though they don't reside in Seattle.
Knute has been trying his best to spin for the Mayor for over a year. Where's Mossback on this topic - the guy that knows the souls of the people around here?
McGinn bashes people from outside Seattle whose values don't begin or end at city limits. Just another failure to do what's required: at least try to be a Mayor not just for the people who reside in Seattle, but the Mayor for all the people who do their living here (live, work and play) and identify themselves as: from Seattle.
That's what Seattle needs. That's what's expected. This week McGinn took another giant step in the wrong direction and alienated people who would otherwise embrace Seattle.
McGinn continues to do more harm than good for the progressive causes he champions in word, but fails to advance in deed.
Yes. It's time for change.
Posted Thu, Feb 24, 8:29 p.m.
Sharrows in place, he turns his attention to some of the issues that really need it. Phew! I just wish he'd lose the pugnaciousness. It plays well to the gallery, but it doesn't help him to secure support for his agenda. I fear that by the time he learns how little he has to gain by burning bridges, it will be too late to repair the damage.
Posted Sat, Feb 26, 5:29 p.m.
@DT - Does this help to advance the discussion? It appeared on this website a couple of years ago. Still playing out but pretty close so far.
Almost sounds like we didn't need the tunnel on the waterfront either.
Posted Sun, Feb 27, 11:10 a.m.
The real leader right now in Washington is the 2010 Census. The numbers are telling us that the old centralized model of Snow White (Seattle) and the Seven Dwarfs (exurbs and East) is decaying. The color of Washington in South King is changing and disenfranchised groups that don't want to kow tow to The City are rebelling.
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I live in Washington, D.C. and have been growing a Meyer lemon tree in a large, West-facing window for about six months. All things considered, everything is going well. But I want to make sure the tree grows in a healthy way. I bought the tree from a hardware store in March. The clerk could not tell me how old it was at the time. I'd estimate the size was 1 foot tall by 1 foot wide. I have no yard or outdoor living space, and thought I'd see how long the tree would last indoors. Since I bought it, the leaves have multiplied, the branches have grown several inches, and I now have 5 in-progress lemons that are green and about the size of golf balls, or slightly larger. There are also several sharp shoots sticking out of every branch (but not at the base of the tree). From time to time, some of the leaves have turned yellow and fallen off. But this happens infrequently and has never affected the whole tree. Overall, the leaves are a lighter green than I have seen on other Meyer lemon trees (in photos), but I have attributed that to the tree's location indoors. I lightly water the tree once a week. Nothing special. I'm wondering: -When should I move the tree out of its black, plastic nursery pot and into something larger? What soil should I use? What size pot? -Can I simply 'pot up' at first? Or should I be prepared to prune the roots, etc.? I have never done that before. -Is it normal for the lemons to be at golf-ball stage in September? Is it a problem if my tree is off schedule? -What else can I do to ensure the health of my tree? I read about checking the soil's pH level, watering with vinegar, etc. Do I need to prune it? Thank you in advance .... |
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You don't say what size the nursery pot you bought it in is. If it is a five gallon size you will be ok until next spring at least. Five lemons sounds like a lot for a tree a foot tall in March, watch that you don't break the small branches that are pretty brittle and easily broken. You should be feeding monthly with a fertilizer labeled for acid loving plants like Camellia. I doubt if you can find citrus labeled fertilizer in your location which would be better, due to added minors. About a tablespoon of fertilizer a month. Al |
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The most popular Westword cover stories of 2009
It's about damn time this year ended. But before it does, we're taking a look back at your favorite stories of 2009. Here, the ten most popular Westword cover stories of the year.
10. Life in Antarctica is cold -- but bloggers there can still get burned, October 8
9. Cops bust a Weeds-like drug ring, find 24 thousand pot plants, June 25
8. Clemency for these six prisoners could save millions and serve justice -- so why won't Governor Ritter try it?, October 22
7. Hep C victims speak out about getting stuck by Kristen Parker and Rose Medical Center, September 17
6. Medical marijuana has become a growth industry in Colorado, February 5
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