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Time was, RBS had a lax policy on its employees manipulating the price of securities. It wasn't something management had ever expressed a problem with and certainly no one was going to get fired for doing so, if it was even noticed, which typically it was not. Which is why trader Alex Mallinson felt comfortable engaging in a little market abuse, and why Alex Mallison would've continued engaging in a little market abuse, if one guy hadn't come along and ruined things for the whole group. Read more »
If you're ready to have LIBOR return to meaning simply "a very important interest rate" rather than "a scandal over a very important but easily-manipulated interest rate that for some reason NYSE Euronext wants responsibility for calculating," you are out of luck. There are simply too many British regulators desperate to build/rebuild their credibility to allow those dregs to go undrunk. Read more »
The Hogg Tendering Advisory Committee announced today that it's selling Libor to NYSE Euronext, which immediately raises questions like:
- the "Hogg Tendering Advisory Committee"? Really? and
- why would you want to own Libor?
So: one, yes, the Hogg Tendering Advisory Committee, my favorite name for a financial thing since the Tick Size Flexibility Act of 2013, was put in charge of picking someone to take over Libor. And, two, because it's profitable I guess?1 It's hard to tell; here's how the Hogg Committee described Libor's commercialization in its request for proposals: Read more »
Employees of the brokerage firm were (allegedly!) rewarded by UBS for a job well done (i.e. helping the Swiss bank Libor). Read more »
Singapore Fines Some Sibor Manipulating Banks, But They Can Have The Money Back If They're Good
By Matt LevineThe FX market's entry into the Great Libor Scandal Lookalike Contest may have been a little underwhelming1 – Libor, a made-up number, was manipulated by making up a different number; the FX market's WM/Reuters benchmark, which was derived from actual trades, was manipulated by actually trading – but the judges deemed it adequate:
"All benchmarks share similar vulnerabilities so there is a need for a framework that applies to all benchmarks to ensure their integrity and restore market confidence," Chantal Hughes, a spokeswoman for European Union Financial Services Commissioner Michel Barnier, said in an e-mailed statement.
Trade-based and poll-based benchmarks would actually seem to share opposite, not similar, vulnerabilities, but whatever: uniform standard-setting is vaguely afoot, and "The International Organization of Securities Commissions, a Madrid-based group known as Iosco that harmonizes market rules, may propose final guidelines improving transparency and oversight of benchmarks." I guess they'll make the poll-based benchmarks more like the trade-based benchmarks? Which were also manipulated? Read more »
When I was growing up the phrase "market manipulation" really meant something. To be a "market manipulator" in the grand style you needed to corner a market, or pump and dump, or organize a bear raid, or do some other cigar-chompy mustache-twirly 1920s-y thing, I don't know, it was never really my thing. But there was always a sub-manipulation category of just, like, trader skulduggery. Trading is about eking out tiny advantages over your counterparties by any means that you plausibly think might be legal, and the occasional pounding of the close or conducting of imaginary negotiations was all part of the game. "He's a scumbag, but he's our scumbag" was a genuine compliment.
The Libor manipulation scandal has really messed with that, huh? For one thing, Libor manipulation was a pretty uninspired brand of manipulation; all you had to do to manipulate Libor higher was to say "hi our Libor is higher." Not a lot of imagination there. For another thing, it's so obviously bad that anyone can understand it and get mad about it. "Wait, you just lied about an imaginary number and made billions of dollars at the expense of now-bankrupt municipalities? You really suck, you know that?" said everybody, basically. Then they all sued.
Which is all bad enough but the real problem is that now every bit of garden-variety scumbaggery immediately gets branded manipulation. And then investigated and, like, reformed and stuff. Today, for instance, there is this Bloomberg article about how FX traders manipulated the WM/Reuters close in certain currencies to basically clip a little bit of money off of clients who had put in orders to execute at that fixing: Read more »
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By Matt LevineHere's a fun Libor lawsuit: the ghost of problematic former hedge fund FrontPoint is suing the Libor banks for (1) selling FrontPoint some interest-rate swaps and (2) manipulating Libor in a way that hosed FrontPoint on those swaps. Here is the complaint and here is Alison Frankel on the legal issues, which are interesting and which we can talk about a little below.1
Up here let's talk about the trades that FrontPoint (and Salix Capital, which now owns these claims) is suing over. They're interest rate swaps, of course, where FrontPoint received Libor, and where Libor was systematically manipulated lower by banks looking to enhance confidence in themselves by showing lower funding costs. But those swaps were part of a larger negative-basis package trade where (1) FrontPoint bought bonds (funded at a spread to Fed Funds), (2) FrontPoint bought CDS from a bank to hedge credit, and (3) FrontPoint entered into a swap with the bank to hedge interest rates. Schematically, when everything cancels, it looks like this:
If you asked FrontPoint what the trade was they might say "we are betting that the negative basis in these bonds will converge, making the bonds worth more relative to the CDS," or alternately, that they would just ride the trade to maturity, getting paid that negative basis, and "earn a risk-free return by buying and selling the same credit exposure via alternative instruments in different markets." That's what the trade is primarily about: that orange thing in the lower-right-hand corner labeled "(Basis)." Read more »
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Lawsuit Claiming Banks Worked Together To Fix Libor Dismissed Because Banks Were Supposed To Work Together To Fix Libor
By Matt LevineI've occasionally pointed out that one problem with the antitrust Libor lawsuits is that the allegations are mostly "the banks lied about Libor in order to trick each other about their creditworthiness and/or screw each other on some swaps trade," so it's hard to claim that they were all working together in a big antitrust conspiracy. But Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald, who mostly dismissed a batch of Libor lawsuits on Friday, has an even better objection, which is that even if it was a conspiracy, it was supposed to be a conspiracy:
[T]he process of setting LIBOR was never intended to be competitive. Rather, it was a cooperative endeavor wherein otherwise-competing banks agreed to submit estimates of their borrowing costs to the BBA each day to facilitate the BBA's calculation of an interest rate index. Thus, even if we were to credit plaintiffs' allegations that defendants subverted this cooperative process by conspiring to submit artificial estimates instead of estimates made in good faith, it would not follow that plaintiffs have suffered antitrust injury. Plaintiffs' injury would have resulted from defendants' misrepresentation, not from harm to competition.
As Judge Buchwald points out, in a delightfully sensible 161-page opinion, antitrust violations require a competitive market that can be subverted by a conspiracy. Here, there was no competitive market to subvert, and the injury that the plaintiffs suffered – manipulated Libors – could have come as easily from individual bank manipulation as from a grand conspiracy. Normal markets don't work that way: if I just decide to charge you twice the going rate for my product, and no one else does, that tends not to work. If I submit twice the real rate for my Libor, and no one else does, that kind of still works, though I guess it works better if everyone joins in.
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1 There once was a man who lived in Ramathaim. He was descended from the old Zuph family in the Ephraim hills. His name was Elkanah. (He was connected with the Zuphs from Ephraim through his father Jeroham, his grandfather Elihu, and his great-grandfather Tohu.) | 1 There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. |
2 He had two wives. The first was Hannah; the second was Peninnah. Peninnah had children; Hannah did not. | 2 He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. |
3 Every year this man went from his hometown up to Shiloh to worship and offer a sacrifice to God-of-the-Angel-Armies. Eli and his two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as the priests of God there. | 3 Year after year this man went up from his town to worship and sacrifice to the LORD Almighty at Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests of the LORD. |
4 When Elkanah sacrificed, he passed helpings from the sacrificial meal around to his wife Peninnah and all her children, | 4 Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. |
5 but he always gave an especially generous helping to Hannah because he loved her so much, and because God had not given her children. | 5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, and the LORD had closed her womb. |
6 But her rival wife taunted her cruelly, rubbing it in and never letting her forget that God had not given her children. | 6 And because the LORD had closed her womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. |
7 This went on year after year. Every time she went to the sanctuary of God she could expect to be taunted. Hannah was reduced to tears and had no appetite. | 7 This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat. |
8 Her husband Elkanah said, "Oh, Hannah, why are you crying? Why aren't you eating? And why are you so upset? Am I not of more worth to you than ten sons?" | 8 Elkanah her husband would say to her, "Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don't you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?" |
9 So Hannah ate. Then she pulled herself together, slipped away quietly, and entered the sanctuary. The priest Eli was on duty at the entrance to God's Temple in the customary seat. | 9 Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the LORD's temple. |
10 Crushed in soul, Hannah prayed to God and cried and cried - inconsolably. | 10 In bitterness of soul Hannah wept much and prayed to the LORD. |
11 Then she made a vow: Oh, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, If you'll take a good, hard look at my pain, If you'll quit neglecting me and go into action for me By giving me a son, I'll give him completely, unreservedly to you. I'll set him apart for a life of holy discipline. | 11 And she made a vow, saying, "O LORD Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head." |
12 It so happened that as she continued in prayer before God, Eli was watching her closely. | 12 As she kept on praying to the LORD, Eli observed her mouth. |
13 Hannah was praying in her heart, silently. Her lips moved, but no sound was heard. Eli jumped to the conclusion that she was drunk. | 13 Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk |
14 He approached her and said, "You're drunk! How long do you plan to keep this up? Sober up, woman!" | 14 and said to her, "How long will you keep on getting drunk? Get rid of your wine." |
15 Hannah said, "Oh no, sir - please! I'm a woman hard used. I haven't been drinking. Not a drop of wine or beer. The only thing I've been pouring out is my heart, pouring it out to God. | 15 "Not so, my lord," Hannah replied, "I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the LORD. |
16 Don't for a minute think I'm a bad woman. It's because I'm so desperately unhappy and in such pain that I've stayed here so long." | 16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief." |
17 Eli answered her, "Go in peace. And may the God of Israel give you what you have asked of him." | 17 Eli answered, "Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him." |
18 "Think well of me - and pray for me!" she said, and went her way. Then she ate heartily, her face radiant. | 18 She said, "May your servant find favor in your eyes." Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast. |
19 Up before dawn, they worshiped God and returned home to Ramah. Elkanah slept with Hannah his wife, and God began making the necessary arrangements in response to what she had asked. Dedicating the Child to God | 19 Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the LORD and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah lay with Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. |
20 Before the year was out, Hannah had conceived and given birth to a son. She named him Samuel, explaining, "I asked God for him." | 20 So in the course of time Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, "Because I asked the LORD for him." |
21 When Elkanah next took his family on their annual trip to Shiloh to worship God, offering sacrifices and keeping his vow, | 21 When the man Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow, |
22 Hannah didn't go. She told her husband, "After the child is weaned, I'll bring him myself and present him before God - and that's where he'll stay, for good." | 22 Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, "After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the LORD, and he will live there always." |
23 Elkanah said to his wife, "Do what you think is best. Stay home until you have weaned him. Yes! Let God complete what he has begun!" | 23 "Do what seems best to you," Elkanah her husband told her. "Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the LORD make good his word." So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned him. |
24 Then she took him up to Shiloh, bringing also the makings of a generous sacrificial meal - a prize bull, flour, and wine. The child was so young to be sent off! | 24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh. |
25 They first butchered the bull, then brought the child to Eli. | 25 When they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli, |
26 Hannah said, "Excuse me, sir. Would you believe that I'm the very woman who was standing before you at this very spot, praying to God? | 26 and she said to him, "As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD. |
27 I prayed for this child, and God gave me what I asked for. | 27 I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. |
28 And now I have dedicated him to God. He's dedicated to God for life." Then and there, they worshiped God. | 28 So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD." And he worshiped the LORD there. |
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2 and the altar shall have a cubit of length, and another cubit of breadth, that is four-cornered, and two cubits in height; (and the) corners shall come forth of the altar. (and the altar shall be one cubit in length, and one cubit in breadth, that is, square, and two cubits in height; and horns shall come forth from the altar.) | 2 It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high--its horns of one piece with it. |
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11 Truly, with stammering lip and with alien tongue he will speak to this people, | 11 Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people, |
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Since starting RACO Industries over 20 years ago, Rob has led the strategic direction of the company and has specifically applied his expertise to the overall growth of the organization's capabilities. The expertise that has been developed in the RACO Industries barcode group, Identification group and the mobile content deployment group, OpenMotion was instrumental in the realization of the plan to create RacoWireless, an organization that can deliver M2M wireless data with many layers of value added services included. With 25 years in the wireless and mobile computing industry, Rob continues to contribute his vast experience internally and externally, applying real-world expertise to drive ROI and continual operational efficiencies for both RACO and our customers.
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At T-Mobile, John developed and managed indirect distribution for the California Launch – the largest launch in wireless history – and also launched the M2M Channel. During his last six years at T-Mobile, he focused specifically on developing T-Mobile's M2M program and go-to market strategy. He also helped T-Mobile earn recognition as the market leader for M2M services. RacoWireless was a T-Mobile partner for 10 years before the restructure. In 2007 and 2008, he was named an M2M Pioneer.
Prior to T-Mobile, John has served as a manager, director and VP of other telecom companies for more than 25 years. John earned a degree in Political Science from the University of California at Davis. He has eight children.
Felix founded Position Logic and is the company's Applications Architect. Felix has over 20 years of experience in the software development industry, with positions as senior engineer for Books Are Fun, software developer consultant for Security Benefit Group, senior professional service consultant and architect for MediaBrains Inc., and Cygnus Track architect, product manager, and sales manager. He has extensive knowledge and experience with full life cycle multi-user client/server development, full life cycle e-commerce/intranet development, relational database design and implementation, and architecting and building scalable reusable frameworks.
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Prior to joining RacoWireless, Allan held management and leadership roles at Total Quality Logistics, Microsoft, and Johnson & Johnson. At TQL, the 2nd largest transportation freight brokerage in the U.S., he led the transformation of accounting and finance processes to support a rapidly growing enterprise and managed a $1+ Billion treasury function. Prior to TQL, Allan spent 8 years at Microsoft as the finance leader for the key platform product groups of Windows and Office. He was also a member of the original Xbox launch team and played an integral role in the Xbox 360 strategy. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Allan is a member of Vistage International. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Accounting, along with an MBA in Finance, from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He has two children.
As Vice President of Location Based Services, Hong oversees strategic technology and the product roadmap, as well as the development & implementation of new technology and business solutions. Hong has over 20 years of experience in the technology & more specifically the Location Based Services industry. Prior to Position Logic. Hong served as Vice President of Technology at MediaBrains a leader in Lead Management for the publishing industry. Before MediaBrains, Hong was Manager at Quilogy Inc, and is a Microsoft Certified trainer, and Consultant.
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John began his professional career in retail with AT&T Consumer Products, but quickly found his passion in the wireless telecommunications industry. He later grew his skills at Bell Atlantic Mobile/Verizon Wireless with numerous leadership roles in marketing/sales and business development across data and indirect distribution. John has three children and has been married for 29 years.
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Joining Omnipoint Communications in 1996, Tom designed and led the infrastructure build of the mobile network operator's IT network. Through the Voicestream Wireless acquisition, Tom managed and led teams of IT professionals. Joining T-Mobile in 2002 through yet another acquisition, Gregor joined the Sales Engineering team where he has led the success of wireless data adoption for enterprise customers and M2M solution partners. He has developed and designed the connectivity requirements for T-Mobile's M2M program, and has created the T-Mobile M2M SIM product portfolio.
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A reform proposal floated in a 2010 Cato Institute policy analysis is now becoming a pilot project in one Texas county. More: Greenfield.
Voucherizing indigent criminal defense
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Will put pressure on how to adjust the eligibility cutoffs, since the subsidy frees defendants from using attorneys they consider less effective. Will probably involve a phaseout as income rises rather than cutting an equal check for every defendant.
It's not crazy to make the jurisdiction pay for some of the defense costs of every prosecution it follows (especially if increased costs reduce zealous over-prosecution) but it would be very unpopular to hand over checks to the best-paid lawyers in equal amount to lawyers defending the indigent.
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Hey again everyone. I am now searching for a template to make table tents for the bazaar. We are serving lunch and want to put table tents up that have a prayer on one side and the church's worship services info. on the other. I know there has got to be a pattern/template for these somewhere. I just don't know where to look. I guess I could make it up as I go but I don't want them to look sooo handmade. We are trying to be professional about this.... HA HA HA!!! If you knew this group of women you would know how funny that is!! Thanks for any and all help.
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I suppose this is the wrong place to form my question, but can't come up with anywhere else.I am sure this will date me, but I enjoy taking the minister's program down in shorthand. It has been so long that I have to transcribe my notes immediately to get the information needed. When I was working, I took medical information and other things on my stenograph. This was a long time,ago but I loved my stenograph and would like to get it out to take the President's speeches abd other things like that. i have paper but cannot find any of the ink which kept that little center ribbon moist. Have tried many places to no avail. Is there anybody that could help me or tell me where to go--or do I just drop it?. Thanks for even reading this post. Barb |
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Hi Barb, I would suggest you do a Google search for "stenograph ribbon". I just did and it showed thousands of options. I also ran a search on e-bay and found a few Steno Machine Ink Ribbons that work with Stenograph & Xscribe, and a number of Stenograph Stentura Ribbon Cartridges - new and refurbished. Good luck, Morgan |
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Renaming a group fails: "groupadd: GID already exists"
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group { 'originally-old':
ensure => present,
gid => 5,
name => 'newname',
fails with GID already exists.
#1 Updated by Bill Tong almost 3 years ago
group { 'originally-old': ensure => present, gid => 5, name => 'newname', }
#2 Updated by Patrick Carlisle almost 3 years ago
- Description updated (diff)
#3 Updated by Patrick Carlisle almost 3 years ago
As I understand it this is from the choice to identify the group by the name and not by the gid within puppet. You can create and delete groups, or change the gid of a group, but not rename a group. I think you could just use two resources to delete the first name and create the second.
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- Status changed from Unreviewed to Needs Decision
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I think it's unlikely that we'll change this, but it seems a reasonable use case.
#5 Updated by Anonymous almost 3 years ago
Patrick Carlisle wrote:
I think it's unlikely that we'll change this, but it seems a reasonable use case.
Specifically, Nigel, can you let us know if there is a specifically desired behaviour from your point of view?
My feeling is that we should treat "the gid is out of sync" as a reason to change the gid and no other properties of the group by name. That is, the name of the group is the primary attribute, alone, and the gid is just another facet to change.
We shouldn't do anything about files on disk that had the old gid; if folks want that changed too, they can engineer that themselves.
#6 Updated by Nigel Kersten over 2 years ago
- Assignee changed from Nigel Kersten to eric sorenson
#7 Updated by eric sorenson over 2 years ago
- Status changed from Needs Decision to Rejected
I agree with Daniel in update 5 – the group name is simply the namevar.
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This is very difficult. The other day I found out that my 10 year old daughter did some disturbing things with another 10 year old girl. They were playing in my daughters room with the door open when this occurred. The friend had went home and I found a bra on my daughters bed that was not my daughters. When I asked her where it came from she broke down and with some prying I got the story out of her. Her friend suggested some innappropriate "games" that included taking shirts off, kissing with tongue, and touching their bottoms.
I cried, lectured my daughter, and then marched her right over to the other girls home and told them what had happened! The other girls parents were not shocked!!!!! They then told me that another child had "played" this game with their daughter 2 years ago and they thought it would not occur again. I told them that my husband and I decided it was best that they do not play again. They agreed. I am so upset about this situation and we do not know how to deal with it. My daughter said the other girl initiated this game, and the other girl admitted it. I expressed to my daughter that she should know better than to let this type of game occur. She even admitted to knowing it was wrong, but was just doing what her "friend" wanted. Any suggestions??????????????????? |
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Clearly, this is upsetting, but I think you've made your point with your daughter. Take a deep breath and let it rest now. Don't "beat her up" about this, especially blaming her any more for what has happened. She may come and talk to you in a few months about this event, she may not, but if you harangue and nag her and spy on her, I can assure you, she'll never talk to you about anything and she'll make sure she's never at home with her friends again. Good luck. |
This kind of "exploration" between same gender friends is not all that unusual. I'm not quite sure why it takes place, I have no personal history to draw from, I just know that it sometimes does. Curiosity, physical changes, emotional shifts? I suspect that girl/girl boy/boy experimentation may feel a lot safer that boy/girl encounters. I don't think it has much effect on one's sexual orientation. Let it go. You might want to look for some books on "growing up" to share and discuss together. I got this one for my daughter: The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library) by Valorie Schaefer and Norm Bendell (Paperback - Sep 1998) There was another that escapes me about relationships and friendships that I thought was really well done. I'll look for it tonight at home. |
I'm not suggesting this is true in your case, but children that are molested will sometimes act out and repeat the act with someone else. There is also a lot of normal curiosity at that age as well. My best advice it to keep the lines of communication open with her and not make her feel guilty so she will be comfortable coming to you in the future. |
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Chocolate is near and dear to my heart and when you put it into a cookie three ways, you've completely won me over. These Chocolate Cherry Kiss Cookies are made with Hodgson Mill Whole Wheat Pastry Flour, Hodgson Mill Naturally White Flour, dried cherries, white chocolate chips and milk chocolate Hershey's Kisses®. There's also cocoa powder in the dough, so chocolate is in every bite of these cookies which makes them the perfect treat for Valentine's Day or whenever you have a chocolate craving. Read More »
I will make no apologies for the decadence of this recipe. Sometimes, baking needs to be an out-and-out splurge – even gluten-free baking. (Calories don't count on Valentine's Day, right?) I just adore the combination of hazelnut and chocolate.: chocolate hazelnut spreads, Baci® chocolates, anything that combines the sweet nuttiness of hazelnut with dark, rich chocolate. . . I can't resist it. I've tried. Read More »
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I used Hodgson Mill Whole Wheat Pastry Flour in this recipe because it's more finely ground and gives the muffins a lighter texture than regular whole wheat flour does. But, I have a feeling Hodgson Mill Whole Wheat or Hodgson Mill White Whole Wheat would work just as well. I also threw in a half cup of mini chocolate chips just for kicks. They're optional, but a tasty way to get a little chocolate in the morning. You'll need about two browning bananas, too. Read More »
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Thank you, thank you for the delightful morning cyber stroll! Almost edible, it's all so delicious. What marvellous pix to wake up to in cold grey autumnal Oz. I don't think I've evr seen a Joey in full glory like yours, harmony. Does your JJ repeat well for you, too? The Honey Dijon mustard-gold and green looks quite elegant -reminds me of a Neiman Marcus Christmas wreath. |
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Men's College Basketball: Moraine Valley bows to Waubonsee
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There's nothing like a big run in a basketball game to turn a bitterly cold night into warmth.
It did for the Waubonsee Community College men's team Thursday night at Erickson Hall.
The Chiefs used a 17-0 run early in the second half to turn a close game into a runaway in a 65-50 victory over Moraine Valley.
Moraine's zone defense had the Chiefs pinned in the first half as the Cyclones (5-15 overall, 1-8 Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference) took a 26-22 lead at intermission.
"I thought we did a better job attacking their zone the second half," WCC coach David Heiss said. "The high post was open all night long and that's what we talked about at halftime. I thought we had great ball movement."
Will Hardy (5 points) started the run with a steal and layup and Josh Lynn (15 points, 8 rebounds) ended it with a slick move along the baseline for another basket.
It all amounted to a 48-31 Waubonsee lead with 7:34 left and the Cyclones, despite a late rally, were left in a hole that proved to be too deep.
Nick Townes provided some needed energy for Waubonsee, author of a three-game winning streak that's moved its record to 11-12, 4-4.
Townes scored 18 points and led all rebounders with eight.
All seven Chiefs who saw playing time contributed. Raheem Jackson had 10 points and six assists, Tom Okapal battled for 12 points, Will Suttle played solid defense in Waubonsee's crusher zone and added four assists and D.J. Green provided some solid minutes off the bench.


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The University of Essex's registrar, Bryn Morris, left and the director of the Essex business School, Michael Sherer (COR), right, cuts the soil on the site for the Essex Business School at the Colchester Campus. Also with them are, left to right, director of estates, Simon Neale, morgan sindall area director, Gavin Napper, morgan sindall project manager, Derek Foster and professor Nigel South.
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CONSTRUCTION of a pioneering £21million building at the University of Essex has begun.
Staff and students attended a ceremony yesterday to mark the official start of work on the three-storey building which is set to be one of the most sustainable in the region.
Once completed, it will house the Essex Business School at the University's Colchester campus.
The project is being over seen by construction company Morgan Sindall and leading architectural practice BDP, which has designed the building to be carbon neutral.
Using renewable technologies and energy efficient design, the School will feature a 200-seater lecture theatre, seminar rooms, learning and teaching areas, common rooms and social spaces for students.
Essex Business School director Professor Michael Sherer said: "This will be an outstanding building which will provide a beacon for sustainable design in the region and beyond, while offering exceptional facilities to students and staff at our University.
"Essex Business School has seen huge growth over recent years with students attracted by our distinctive approach to nurturing the leaders of the future.
"I am pleased our sustainable principles and our commitment to recognising the social, ethical and environmental implications of business practices have heavily influenced the designs for this new University building."
The designs feature a range of innovative sustainable elements including a "green" sedum roof, photovoltaic solar panels and sustainably sourced materials.
To minimise energy use the timber clad building is shaped so that it benefits from natural day lighting and ventilation.
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(Concise Encyclopedia)State (pop., 2008 est.: 69,279,000), central India. It is bordered by the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. Occupying an area of 119,016 sq mi (308,252 sq km), it is India's second largest state. Its capital is Bhopal. It is the source of some of the most important rivers of India, including the Narmada, the Tapti (Tapi), the Mahanadi, and the Wainganga. It was part of the Mauryan empire of the 4th–3rd centuries BCE and was ruled by numerous other dynasties. Under Muslim control from the 11th century CE, it was annexed by the Mughal Empire in the 16th century. It was under Maratha rule by 1760 and passed to the British early in the 19th century. The state was formed after India gained its independence in 1947; its boundaries were altered in 1956. In 2000 the eastern portion of the state was made into the state of Chhattisgarh. Though Madhya Pradesh is rich in mineral resources, its economic mainstay is agriculture.
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PANAJI: In keeping with its plans of transforming Adil Shah's palace (old secretariat) into a state-of-the-art museum, the state government has invited expressions of interest (EOIs) from museologists and consultancy firms of international repute to participate in the pre-qualification for museology work.
The Goa state infrastructure development corporation limited issued the expression of interest bid, the last day for submission of which is May 31. "A maximum of five individuals/firms shall be shortlisted on the basis of their experience, who will then be invited to give a presentation," the expression of interest bid read.
The GSIDC has almost completed the work of revitalization of the Adil Shah palace building. The work was started by Digambar Kamat government five years ago.
Interested firms should have been asked to submit the profile of the individual/firms, including qualification and experience of the key personnel. Firms also have to submit their financial strength indicating the turnover during the last three consecutive financial years and an audited profit and loss account statement.
"A list of successfully completed works with supporting documents indicating the nature of the project, details of work, experience certificate from clients etc are required," read one of the conditions in the expression of interest bid.
Firms also have to submit a copy of their business registration certificate issued by a competent national authority stating the full name of the applicant, person, persons or board authorized to represent the applicant and the date and place of registration as museologists/consultants.
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"Rebirth" (2013)
September 2013 — What was planned as a small EP release with maybe five tracks, ended up to be my second album called "Rebirth". It's not only longer in terms of playing time, it also took me a little longer to finish it than expected.
I experimented a lot with new synthesizers, strange sequencers, different software, and tried new approaches and production techniques. One particular method was using Pure Data to modulate, filter, chop and destroy parts of the music generatively and then rearranging it back into the whole mix. As a result, I think the music of "Rebirth" is more experimental and radical, dirtier in some way, and hopefully packed with some surprises.
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"Shifting Symmetry" (2012)
June 2012 — "Shifting Symmetry" is my first real album release. I have been working on this for the last two years, creating about 160 different tracks and unfinished musical sketches over time. The 12 tracks that made it onto the record represent a cross-section of this process.
From a technical perspective, the main musical idea behind most tracks is the extensive use of random arpeggiators: A pool of defined notes are chosen randomly at a random position, shifting through the octaves – resulting in floating melodies and phrases that have no audible fundament.
Enjoy the album and let me know what you think.
And of course download the whole digital album for the price of your choice via Bandcamp. You can also download everything for free on Soundcloud.
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Northbrook, IL - May 31, 2012
STATS LLC, the world's leading sports technology, data and content company, announced today both a partnership with Apollo MIS, a leader in training and performance management, and that Paul Robbins has joined the company as Director of Elite Performance to lead STATS in the emerging area of athlete development. These two strategic initiatives will enhance the company's Sports Solutions Group in its efforts to serve professional and collegiate teams and athletes with next generation performance and information solutions.
Apollo MIS provides a world class performance management system that encompasses training, practice, medical, physiotherapy and sports science data into one unified platform. The system is used by trainers, strength coaches, medical professionals, physiotherapists, sports scientists and ultimately all coaching and elite athlete development professionals. Game data from STATS' SportVU player tracking technology will become a key component within Apollo's product suite and will allow teams a complete view of elite athlete training load and performance criteria.
STATS' proprietary SportVU player tracking technology collects positioning data of the ball and participants (players and referees) within the playing field. Today, the SportVU basketball system is used by 10 NBA teams including three of the four remaining playoff teams (Boston, Oklahoma City and San Antonio). The SportVU soccer technology is used by broadcasters and clubs around the world as well as UEFA during all Champions League matches.
The Apollo Elite system is currently used by the New York Knicks as well as several EPL clubs, including Manchester United. STATS and Apollo will initially focus on the NBA with an emphasis on integrating SportVU game data into the Apollo Elite system. STATS will take Apollo's applications to other sports, particularly at the collegiate level where it can serve multiple teams on a single common performance analysis platform.
"For the past few years, we have provided performance management solutions for top tier English clubs," stated Ram Mylvaganam, Chairman and Founder of Apollo. "Our partnership with STATS will significantly broaden our product offering as we place a greater emphasis on expanding into North America."
"Ram has positioned Apollo as the leader in performance management systems and we are excited to team it with SportVU Player tracking data," said Brian Kopp, Head of STATS Sports Solutions Group. "As we take Apollo's products to market, we will rely on Paul's expertise in athlete training and metabolics to implement our unique SportVU data into the Apollo Elite platform."
Paul Robbins is one of the country's leading experts on cardiovascular programming and metabolic assessments. In 1995, he began to develop cardiovascular programs using the first portable metabolic analyzer at the fitness center level, the same unit that was used by NASA in their shuttles. Mr. Robbins developed the cardio and VO2 assessment programs for Athletes' Performance and their new corporate division, Core Performance. He currently authors the cardio programs in manuals and certifications offered by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and serves as a product consultant for WOODWAY. Mr. Robbins has worked with teams and individual athletes from the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB and MLS as well as the US national women's soccer team.
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Apollo was developed to centralise the key elements of this performance and welfare programmes into an ontological system of data entry and information representations that will enable the Sports Teams or Organisation to obtain a holistic view of the sportspersons' performance and welfare and the ability to perform at his/her peak when required to do so. Ram Mylvaganam, Chairman and co-founder of Apollo MIS, was also instrumental in founding ProZone, the game analysis system widely used in soccer in most professional soccer leagues in Europe, Asia and the US. Apollo MIS was incepted for the combination and analytics of game, welfare, training and performance data to provide the elite athlete development professionals the ability to optimise the performance and longevity of elite athletes in the sports arena.
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At the same time, the Privacy Rule is balanced so it permits the disclosure of personal health information needed for patient care and other important purposes. The Security Rule specifies a series of administrative, physical and technical safeguards for covered entities to use to assure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic protected health information.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information. It also enforces the HIPAA Security Rule, which sets national standards for the security of protected electronic health information, and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protects identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety.
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