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I have been told plant a tree two inches below the graft, at the root flare, no deeper than the original soil line....Everyone can't be right or are they? Will a rootstock send out new roots up to the soil line when planted? I have a fruit tree growing book that shows an interstem tree on M111 that buries the M111 right below the interstem graft. What about trees like plums, pears, peaches, ect all the same or planted different too. |
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- Posted by canadianplant (My Page) on Mon, Mar 17, 14 at 19:07
Ive read that you should plant below the graft for some plums in cold areas (by a neighbor, and Ive seen a thing or two online as well). Generally speaking though if you plant the graft you will more then likely either kill the tree (less likely) or get the tree to root above or at the graft, making the root stocks qualities moot (more likely to happen). Some people do prefer to grow their fruit trees on their own roots, so i guess those people may suggest doing so. The best advice and most common is plant at the the same depth as it was in the pot. If its bare root or burlaped, there will be a noticeable darker bark above the roots where the original soil line is. |
Form my experience planting depth will depend on your soil conditions. Heavy clay soil seems smother so I plant at root level or make a big mound. What about seasonally high water table?...Again I plant on a mound. Really nice light loamy soil on a slope, I have planted deep and below the graft somewhat and have had no problems(with plums) and no sign of the scion rooting as of yet(some of the trunks are nearly 4 inches in diameter). All that said I prefer to plant with the roots just below the surface as any wild trees roots are just that. Let them decide how deep they want to send their roots down! |
Trees tend to settle after transplanting, so it is hard to get the depth you want without some experience in your soil. I saw or read that digging the hole 3x wider, but no extra dept vs the root size, will get best root growth. that would also help with settling. |
- Posted by johnthecook (My Page) on Tue, Mar 18, 14 at 20:09
A big problem I see sometimes is trees you get from the big box stores. Most people know nothing about the rootstock and just plant them at the level of the tree in the container and many times I've noticed the root stock buried in that container. |
- Posted by Fascist_Nation USDA 9b, Sunset 13, (My Page) on Tue, Mar 18, 14 at 21:34
What does the nursery say where you bought it if local? Maybe in Canada some Euro plums indeed do better buried slightly under the root flare or even the graft. Pecans are the only trees I know of with good scientific evidence of increased success in planting that way. But I live in a very warm climate and am solely interested in fruit/nut bearing plants. Local experience should prevail. |
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Hi all! We have just booked today! So excited - this is my family's 2nd Dream cruise - went on a double dip last July. We were lucky enough to get Cabana #17 and it was wonderful! My MIL, SIL, BIL, 2 nieces and nephew will be joining us - it will be their first time. Looking forward to introducing them to the magic of Disney cruising! We will have 3 cabins (as it stands now - seems to be constantly changing!): myself, DH and DS who will be 9 at cruise time. Next cabin will have MIL, 1 niece (age 11 at cruise time) and 1 nephew (age 7 at cruise time). Last cabin will be SIL, BIL, and a niece - age 6 at cruise time. Oh BTW, the children don't know about the cruise yet - we plan on surprising them at Christmas!! Hope we can keep it a secret for 6 months - will be hard to do!! So I can't add a ticker for the cruise until then. So has anyone done the FE before? We are definately interested in doing it again this time - so much fun! Looking forward to planning with all of you!
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It is the Victoria Day long weekend for the Canadians and out here on the West, if you're not going away camping, you are working in the garden ;)
Have a good one and drive safe if you're to be going away. I have to work, but do have Monday off ;) Sharon |
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- Posted by alalbertaz2b z2 AB (My Page) on Sat, May 20, 06 at 9:00
Happy Victoria Day weekend to everyone!!! I will be spending part of the weekend outside in my garden and part of the time in my shop as I have a woodworking project on the go right now (another large clock).:>) We are off on Sunday to our daughters for my grandaughters birthday and a feast. Hope everyone has a safe and happy weekend. Cheers Al |
Happy May Long to you all! Today is coooooooold and windy, so we're heading to town - possibly to a nursery! Hee hee hee! :) Tomorrow and Monday will be garden time - supposed to be a lot warmer. Yay! |
- Posted by crazydaisy_68 (My Page) on Sat, May 20, 06 at 15:16
Happy Victoria Day Weekend to everyone! It's cooler and rainier today so I'm taking a break from gardening today... but planning some projects! Hahaha! Ang |
- Posted by seaottercove 2b BC (My Page) on Sat, May 20, 06 at 15:49
I'll be busy trucking dirt and plantings lots this weekend, DH is going to work on the drainage ditches this weekend and try to get more dug. We'll see how much he does as a friend already phoned to see if he wanted to got fishing. Unfortunately the weekend starts off on a bad note. I'm leaving in an hour for our neighbours 17 year old sons memorial service. He was in a motorcross accident last weekend where another racer landed on him and broke his spinal cord. They airlifted him to Edmonton but they couldn't do anything to save him. On that note I'd better go get ready. Syreeta |
- Posted by laurie_z3_mb sw MB (My Page) on Sat, May 20, 06 at 22:05
Oh, Syreeta, what a terrible thing to happen. That just shouldn't happen to anyone. Way, way too young. I'm going to go hug my boys now...... |
- Posted by northspruce z3a MB CDA (My Page) on Sat, May 20, 06 at 22:55
Yeah how awful Syreeta, sorry to hear it. I had to work today and DH works all weekend so no long weekend for us :0( Tomorrow I am going over to help my neighbour with her garage sale - they're moving to BC. Sad, they were good neighbours. Oh well. |
- Posted by crazy_gardener ~Z2b~ AB Canada (My Page) on Sun, May 21, 06 at 0:46
Syreeta, thats so sad! Hugs! |
- Posted by seaottercove 2b BC (My Page) on Sun, May 21, 06 at 12:32
Thanks guys, the parents are having a really hard time with it. I don't know how his younger sister is doing. Then the neighbour behind us, well his son was best friends with the boy who died. He is taking it really hard. Kory (the boy who died), was really into the outdoors, he fished, hunted, camped, snowmobiled, rode his quad, you name it he did it. Well the parents and close friends all rode quads in a procession to where the memorial was being held. The parents were at the front of the line with both Grandfathers behind them. It was very touching. To end on a happy note, I'll tell you a story they told about him yesterday that made me smile and laugh. Apparently his parents went away for the weekend and left him alone. Fishing season hadn't started yet and he really wanted to go fishing. So... him the other boy behind us figured out a way to fish. They found a really small hook, baited it with a piece of corn, dropped it in the water and waited. (The other boy was video taping the whole thing.) Guess what, he got a bite and caught a goldfish! The two of them were busy fishing in the fish tank in the livingroom! Which since they video tapped the whole thing and didn't erase it they were busted when my Mom and Dad came home and wondered where some of their fish were. Syreeta |
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Indie Game: The Movie was funded to the tune of almost $100,000 by a passionate army of fans through the grassroots online fundraiser site Kickstarter. Due to the positive response, Swirsky and Pajot are planning to release a special edition featuring even more developer interviews with indie game makers such as Adam Saltzman of Adam Atonic (Canabalt), Erin Robinson of Wadjet Eye Games (Puzzle Bots), Steve Swink and Scott Anderson (Shadow Physics), and many more.
The original version will make its world debut during the Sundance Film Festival, held January 19 to 29 in Utah. See the full list of films here.
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Madam President,
Distinguished Panelists,
I would like to first thank the panelists for their excellent contributions. They clearly show the need for further efforts to more effectively mainstream human rights across the UN system and beyond. They also show a clear role of the Human Rights Council in this matter. We welcome, in this respect, the high level debate today on the issue of human rights mainstreaming with a focus on the area of development.
Madam President,
In order to be effective, mainstreaming of human rights needs to take place at all levels, at the international, regional and national level. But ultimately we need to show clear results on the ground, where it really matters: perpetrators need to be held accountable for their violations, women's and children's rights should be effectively guaranteed, the judicial system has to meet rule of law standards, people should be able to freely express their thoughts and opinions and to choose their religion and belief.
To guarantee these freedoms in the long-term, development and technical cooperation play a central role, especially after conflict and in times of transition. In order to make development sustainable, recent years have shown the need to take a rights-based approach to development. The need to strengthen the linkages between rule of law, justice and development in fragile or conflict-affected situations has recently been confirmed in the recommendations of the World Development Report 2011 on Conflict, Security and Development.
The essence of this integrated and rights-based approach to development is the following: Building roads and providing running water will not be sufficient for sustainable development if questions of corruption, organized crime, weak rule of law institutions and legacies of serious human rights violations of the past are not adequately addressed.
Especially, accountability mechanisms after serious crimes are an essential tool to re-establish the trust of citizens in the rule of law. If effectively implemented and enforced, they are earning important development dividends for victims of human rights violations, but also for the society as a whole.
The newly-created Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence is an important contribution by the Human Rights Council to better mainstream questions of accountability and transitional justice into the broader development and rule of law agenda.
The upcoming high-level debate on the rule of law of the General Assembly in September this year constitutes an important opportunity to develop new ideas how to better mainstream human rights and rule of law at the UN. We are confident that the outcome will create a positive momentum to effectively move forward on these important issues.
We would be very interested in further reflections by the panelists on the linkages between mainstreaming human rights, rule of law and development.
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First-year head coach Caitlyn Bernhardt couldn't have asked for a better start to her coaching career than the one she got last weekend at the Bishop McGuinness tournament.
The Lady Broncos volleyball team played five matches in the two-day event, winning four out of the five and making it to the tournament championship game, where they would eventually fall to host team Bishop McGuinness.
"I'm honestly kind of shocked with how well we played," Bernhardt said. "I knew we had the ability and the talent to play well, but we lost a lot of players from last year's group, so I didn't expect these young girls to come in and play the way they played in their first varsity experience. It was really great to see."
Mustang opened up the tournament against Putnam City North. MHS made quick and easy work of the Lady Panthers with a three games to none sweep to open their regular season.
In their second contest of the event, the Bronco girls took on Choctaw, a team that has given them fits over the past several years. Mustang won a thrilling match against the Yellowjackets, three games to two.
MHS took the first two games of the match, but Choctaw responded by taking the next two games, forcing a fifth and deciding game. The Lady Broncos were able to hold off the Yellowjackets and get their second win of the season.
The Broncos then took on Putnam City and handled the Lady Pirates with relative ease, winning that match three games to one.
In the semifinal match-up, Mustang took on Midwest City. MHS would prevail in the contest, but they would need another five games to do it. Unlike the Choctaw match, the Lady Broncos and Lady Bombers traded games with Mustang winning games one, three and five, while MWC won games two and four.
In the championship match, the Bronco girls took on the host of the tournament, Bishop McGuinness, one of the top volleyball programs in all of Class 5A.
The Fighting Irish took care of business against Mustang, ending the winning streak and handing the Lady Broncos their first loss of the 2014 season.
"I was really impressed with our offense," Bernhardt said. "I thought we moved the ball around really well and our play around the net was really good. We lost a lot of height from last year's group, so for our younger girls around the net to play the way they did was a great sign for the future."
The Lady Broncos opened dual play this week as they played host to Putnam City North on Tuesday evening. MHS hosts defending Class 6A state champion Edmond Santa Fe at 6 p.m. tonight at the Wellness Center at Mustang High School.
The Broncos travel to Westmoore Friday and Saturday for a two-day tournament this weekend.
"Even though we played well and got off to a good start, we still have a lot of room to improve," Bernhardt said. "Obviously, it was a great way to start for us, but it's a long season. We have to keep working hard and getting better."
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SALVIAThought of as drought-tolerant shrubs in much of the West, this huge genus—the largest in the mint family—includes many species of shrubs and perennials that need moderate to regular water. In recent years, scores of new species and selections have appeared in Western nurseries, many tender varieties that are even being offered as annuals in cold-winter climates. All sages have square stems and whorls of two-lipped flowers, either distinctly spaced along flower stalks or so tightly crowded that they look like one dense spike; some species have branched inflorescences. Flower colors range from white and yellow through salmon and pink to scarlet and pure red, from pale lavender to true blue and darkest purple. A few sages have fragrant blossoms. Many have aromatic foliage.
Nurseries in the West offer nearly 100 species as well as dozens of selections and hybrids. Names are often confused; S. x jamensis varieties are often assigned to S. greggii; and S. nemorosa varieties are often interchanged with S. x superba and S. x sylvestris varieties.
Salvia farinaceaUsually grown as annuals. Native to southern New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. Upright growth to 3–4 ft. tall and half as wide. Narrowly lance-shaped leaves to 3 in. long are smooth above, woolly white below. Tall, densely packed spikes of 3/4–1-in. flowers on stems 6–12 in. long, late spring to frost. Blossom color varies from deep violet-blue to white; cuplike calyxes are covered with white hairs, often have a blue or violet tinge. Many strains are sold for bedding and container use; typically have heavier bloom, better branching, and a more compact habit.
Salvia farinacea
Usually grown as annuals. Native to southern New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. Upright growth to 3–...
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21 then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers. | 21 then my covenant with David my servant--and my covenant with the Levites who are priests ministering before me--can be broken and David will no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. |
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I got to chill with my baybeh this morning before school.
Good times.
We talk about some of the most akward stuff when we're together.
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We love each other....a whooole lot.
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Sam Beemer had asked his two sons to come to a family business meeting. Having just celebrated his 70th birthday, he was feeling his mortality.1 And he'd been thinking about how to transition the family business interests worth $100 million. Sam had decided to begin the process of bringing his 43- and 45-year old sons, Jeffrey and Daniel, into his business affairs.
During my first hour-long meeting with Sam, he defined his main objective: He wanted to educate and include his sons in his business affairs. He wanted them to have a different experience than he'd had. Sam had been a practicing lawyer when his father died, leaving him $20 million and catapulting him into asset management. It'd been a major challenge. Sam had to give up his law practice and spend full time on his investments. The change had resulted in tense and difficult times. He was proud that he'd increased the family's asset base dramatically — five fold — and was looking forward to transferring these assets to the next generations, consisting of two growing families. But he wanted the succession transition to be less traumatic for his sons, a doctor and a professor.
Ten years earlier, he'd tried to include Jeffrey and Daniel in the family's financial affairs, but that effort had gone awry, because he'd not brought them into his decision-making process. While wounds had healed over, bad feelings associated with business matters lingered. Neither Sam nor his sons ever referred to that difficult time, but neither did they ever talk of Sam's business affairs in any way whatsoever. Sam's attorney, aware of this history, suggested he meet with a family business consultant specializing in family matters — before meeting with his boys.
As Sam shared these facts with me, a number of questions emerged: How much information was he really willing to share? How willing was he to have his sons participate in the business? What time frame did he have in mind for handing control to them? How would they respond to his plan? What would their concerns be?
To all these questions, Sam responded with a blank stare. He realized that his invitation to a family meeting had been spontaneous. Now, his anxiety spiraled. He'd never talked to his sons about money matters, his or theirs. Actually, he had never talked to anyone about his finances other than his advisors.
As wealth and family advisors of all stripes know, people have a hard time talking about money, and the result is often bad dynamics in family business planning. Yet the benefits of exploring the issues can be great, both on business and family levels. The question is, then, how do we facilitate the conversation?
First, we need to acknowledge with our clients a central paradox of American culture: While we live in a capitalist context that operates with economics at the center, many of our key financial decisions are made without reflective articulation of what money means in our personal lives. We all struggle to make more money. People spend without great forethought, often impulsively. As a society, our personal and societal level of debt is greater than it has ever been. If and when people do talk about money, they usually talk about how they earn and spend it.
Meanwhile, critical money conversations often are avoided or spark tensions. People tend not to talk about what it means to them to have money, earn it, spend it and give it away. Some couples spend money together without ever talking about how they arrive at budgeting decisions. Adults make financial decisions that impact their children without always examining the potential consequences. Older parents often have a difficult time revealing their finances to grown children. All too often these adult children discover that their elderly parents have left their financial affairs in disarray.
Clearly, the stumbling block is that these conversations are fraught with complex emotional issues. Scratch the surface and shame, fear and guilt often appear. For many, money has multiple meanings, explicit and implicit, conscious and unconscious.
It may seem that these emotional issues are beyond the purview of wealth advisors. But, of course, without a handle on these issues, sound planning and implementation of intrafamily transactions can be derailed.
Many wealth advisors have taken these days to talking not about "money" per se, but about "values," as a way of both elevating the talk of finances and making the conversation more accessible. The connection between money and values is useful in organizing the "money conversation." It helps professionals and families break the silence, facilitating discussions that lead to better decisions. It helps families feel generous and proud toward one another. It is a natural linkage, but one that requires skill in its application when sitting with families. It opens the door to exploring the tensions within the family in a productive way. It offers a context for creating a "safe space" in which families can have a conversation about money with a greater depth of understanding.
So how do we go about this? It is often helpful to have an exploratory talk with the wealth owner before a full-fledged family meeting takes place. The goals in this "pre-talk" are to help the client identify the values that are informing his motivation. Think about how to integrate those values into the process, and then help the client prepare to communicate these values openly to other members of the family.
What surfaced early on in my conversations with Sam was the pride he had in his ability to grow the family assets for future generations. At the core of Sam's belief was a notion of the collective family ownership of these assets. The disconnect for Sam was between that idealized value and the reality of the day-to-day dealings. The alignment would come when his sons were involved and informed in that activity with him.
How did I arrive at this understanding with Sam? My first conversation with Sam was a joint effort to clarify his values and uncover what he wanted most from his meeting with his sons. As we talked, it became clear that even though the financial responsibility and stewardship of the family assets had motivated his decision to meet. The most important thing to Sam was his relationship with his sons. Therefore, all three of these values — financial responsibility, stewardship of family assets and personal relationships — would form the agenda of his family meeting. Sam decided that (1) as an introduction, he would present his motivation and objective; (2) next, he would reveal his assets; (3) and then he would start to discuss the thorny question of how to implement his vision.
The tensions Sam knew existed between him and his sons would assuredly surface around the "how." And thinking about the "how" was new for Sam.
In our second exploratory conversation about his values, I began to introduce the process values to the business at hand. This time, we talked about the different ways to implement a family business transition. It was important for Sam to recognize that some of his conscious values and process-related goals were not going to be behaviors that came naturally to him.
To help Sam, I gave him a list of phrases we've developed at the Ackerman Family Institute's Money, Values, Family Life Project to help people describe their processes and values:
- collaboration;
- transparency;
- inclusivity;
- hierarchy;
- joint decision making;
- empowerment;
- equality;
- exclusivity; and
- reflective thought.
As I presented this list, Sam became pensive. I asked him to pick the phrases he'd like to apply to his succession. I noted that the transition would take time and that each step might inform the next. What was important here was for him to take responsibility for how he wanted to bring his sons into the management of his business affairs. How much did he want to share and at what pace?
Sam defined three of the process values that he thought should guide his thinking: transparency, collaboration and empowerment. Making this choice enhanced his understanding of the journey he was to take with his sons. Sam was hoping they'd want to do this with him. As our conversation progressed, he was growing more comfortable with the clarity he was getting.
For family business advisors who are used to working with clients in tactfully impersonal ways, focusing like this on process values may feel like a disruptive or unimportant detour. The concept of attending to process is new for many people. It's the final business plan, the trust documents and the will that counts, right? But our focus on process is based on the belief that there are almost always inherent contradictions between what anyone says he wants to do and how he implements those intentions. Although Sam had said that he wanted to bring his sons into his financial matters, he hadn't started the process until he was 70 years old and still had never thought about how he wanted to accomplish that goal nor what steps would be required.
Sam quickly identified which process value would likely be most problematic: collaboration. Although he very much wanted to include his sons, his natural mode of operation ran in the opposite direction. He had been an only child and throughout life had made decisions accessing resources and advisors but never conferring with others about his actual decisions. Once Sam and I began talking about these values, he was able to see for himself the potential discrepancy. He wondered aloud what he could do about this at the meeting. He understood that his old behavior again could sabotage his objective to collaborate with his sons.
Sam's pre-meeting preparation helped alleviate the anticipatory anxiety that usually accompanies these events. He felt quite comfortable with his vision of succession, his underlying priorities — and therefore, his comfort and clarity in transmitting his goals to his sons. At the meeting, held in the Ackerman offices with me present (but mostly just listening), Sam was able to present his ideas and intentions, along with a complete list of the assets he managed. His sons listened intently as Sam walked them through the information.
As expected, the sons' questions focused on the "how" of the plan; they were mostly concerned with decision making. Although Sam and I had explored this area in advance, he was still surprised at the accuracy of his predictions in what would prove the greatest problem. Sam responded by suggesting a transition they might all plan together. He had wanted to get a sense of their commitment level. He suggested that they begin by joining him at significant meetings with his trust company, using conference calls when real estate decisions were being addressed, and having business meetings in person on a quarterly basis.
While this seemed like a good plan, it did not address fully the sons' concerns. They were still worried about decision making.
Realizing that some exploratory talk was needed, I stepped into the conversation for the first time and suggested we take a detour to look at the nine different ways families can, and do make financial decisions. I asked the sons to list these ways: collaboration, joint decision making, reflective thought, inclusivity, exclusivity, hierarchy, transparency, empowerment and equality.) I then asked them to choose the way they had experienced decision making in the past with Sam and how they would like it to happen in the future. I asked each one to give us his perspective and we listened to each response before getting into any dialogue. Sam participated as well.
Both sons were able to articulate how disappointed they'd been 10 years earlier when Sam had invited them into the family's financial matters but left no room for their participation in decision making. They did not want to repeat the experience. Sam acknowledged the validity of their concern, expressed his preference for collaboration, and recognized his difficulties working with others. His sons appreciated his openness and candor. All three men understood that the old pattern might, and likely would, recur; Sam probably would make a decision without involving them. The difference this time, though, was that they were given the green light to talk about this problem with Sam when it occurred and that he was committed to being open to the discussion. The talk they were having then, therefore, was the blueprint for future openness. Sam and his sons were all pleased. They had overcome one major hurdle for the family succession planning. The positive experience of this conversation began to shift in the way Sam and his sons worked together. Everyone left feeling cautiously optimistic.
There were three more family meetings, one including Sam's lawyer. Before each meeting, Sam and I would meet to prepare the agenda. I also checked with Daniel and Jeffrey, sometimes requesting their participation in reporting on some financial matters. In the interim, Daniel and Jeffrey began to participate in business meetings and conference calls.
In my latest contact with Sam, he was pleased to report that his vision was quickly becoming a reality.
This is an actual case but all names and circumstances have been changed to protect clients' privacy.
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1 Thus saith the Lord: What is this bill of the divorce of your mother, with which I have put her away? or who is my creditor, to whom I sold you: behold you are sold for your iniquities, and for your wicked deeds have I put your mother away. | 1 This is what the LORD says: "Where is your mother's certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because of your transgressions your mother was sent away. |
2 Because I came, and there was not a man: I called, and there was none that would hear. Is my hand shortened and become little, that I cannot redeem? or is there no strength in me to deliver? Behold at my rebuke I will make the sea a desert, I will turn the rivers into dry land: the fishes shall rot for want of water, and shall die for thirst. | 2 When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to ransom you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you? By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. |
3 I will clothe the heavens with darkness, and will make sackcloth their covering. | 3 I clothe the sky with darkness and make sackcloth its covering." |
4 The Lord hath given me a learned tongue, that I should know how to uphold by word him that is weary: he wakeneth in the morning, in the morning he wakeneth my ear, that I may hear him as a master. | 4 The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. |
5 The Lord God hath opened my ear, and I do not resist: I have not gone back. | 5 The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears, and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back. |
6 I have given my body to the strikers, and my cheeks to them that plucked them: I have not turned away my face from them that rebuked me, and spit upon me. | 6 I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting. |
7 The Lord God is my helper, therefore am I not confounded: therefore have I set my face as a most hard rock, and I know that I shall not be confounded. | 7 Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame. |
8 He is near that justifieth me, who will contend with me? let us stand together, who is my adversary? let him come near to me. | 8 He who vindicates me is near. Who then will bring charges against me? Let us face each other! Who is my accuser? Let him confront me! |
9 Behold the Lord God is my helper: who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, they shall all be destroyed as a garment, the moth shall eat them up. | 9 It is the Sovereign LORD who helps me. Who is he that will condemn me? They will all wear out like a garment; the moths will eat them up. |
10 Who is there among you that feareth the Lord, that heareth the voice of his servant, that hath walked in darkness, and hath no light? let him hope in the name of the Lord, and lean upon his God. | 10 Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. |
11 Behold all you that kindle a fire, encompassed with flames, walk in the light of your fire, and in the flames which you have kindled: this is done to you by my hand, you shall sleep in sorrows. | 11 But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light of your fires and of the torches you have set ablaze. This is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment. |
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I'm going to look in my crystal ball and predict that the next big consumer protection fiasco will be food labeling. Last year we saw the "pink slime" scandal result in the product's removal from a lot of hamburgers. Consumer outrage over discovering the presence of pink slime in our beef supply was so strong… Continue Reading
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Posted in Banks and Financial ServicesAn article in the New York Times' Dealbook shines a spotlight on a situation I've been keeping a close watch on for some time now: billionaire Steven A. Cohen and his group/company/fund, SAC Capital Advisors. This is the hedge fund that was found to have achieved 30% investment returns for the past two decades, or,… Continue Reading
Not-Guilty Plea Could Lead to Courtroom Showdown and Spotlight on SAC Capital
Posted in Banks and Financial Services, In the CourtsThis could get interesting. In November of last year Mathew Martoma, a former SAC portfolio manager, was charged with insider trading in Federal District Court of Manhattan. The facts surrounding his case are shocking and exposed an entire industry that almost seems to be based exclusively on what looks suspiciously like facilitating insider trading. Martoma… Continue Reading
Criminal Charges for Criminal Activity in the Financial Industry: Finally
Posted in Banks and Financial ServicesWell its about time. For the first time in over twenty years, a major financial institution pleaded guilty to criminal charges brought by the DOJ (the last time was in 1989 when Drexel Burnham Lambert pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud). Yesterday, the DOJ announced that: "UBS Securities Japan Co. Ltd. (UBS Japan), an… Continue Reading
Wal-Mart's Shockingly Corrupt Behavior Looks Familiar
Posted in CorporationsYesterday I expressed my disappointment in the DOJ for their Deferred Prosecution Agreement with HSBC bank, for its terrorist-financing, money-laundering activities. Today it looks like the DOJ just might get another chance to prove that it isn't afraid to crack down on corporate bad guys. Thanks to some impressive investigative reporting at the New York… Continue Reading
Federal Judge Offers Sharp Rebuke to Wall Street and Praise to the CFTC
Posted in Banks and Financial Services, In the CourtsYesterday I wrote about how Wall Street is starting to move away from lobbying against Dodd-Frank, to actually implementing it. Today, I find myself writing about another sign that Wall Street is losing its battle against Dodd-Frank, and this time it comes from a federal judge. For Wall Street, used to winning in court, this… Continue Reading
Insider Trading in Four Easy Steps: "Network" with Experts for $1000 an Hour
Posted in Banks and Financial ServicesBet you saw this one coming. The plot thickens. We learned last week that SAC Capital Advisors conducted "the most lucrative insider trading scheme ever," allowing the fund to produce returns of 30% for the last twenty years. As a result of the scheme's discovery, Mathew Martoma, a former SAC portfolio manager, was charged with… Continue Reading
30% Returns Over Last Two Decades: Too Good To Be Legal?
Posted in In the CourtsA golden rule to avoiding scams is that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. So if someone tells me they can guarantee a 30% return on investment for two decades, I'd smile and politely decline while thinking, "what kind of scam does this guy have going on?" Well it… Continue Reading
UBS Banking Scandal Sheds Light on Big Bankings' Culture Problems
Posted in Banks and Financial ServicesThis week the trial of former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli, arrested in September 2011 on charges of fraud and false accounting, takes center stage in the banking world. Adoboli was arrested in connection with a $2 Billion trading loss at UBS in 2011. Adoboli had been contacted by compliance officers with questions about some of… Continue Reading
Aiding Drug Lords, Terrorists, and Rogue Nations Should Not Be Profitable… Ever
Posted in Banks and Financial ServicesA few months ago we were astounded to see HSBC actually apologize for its money laundering scheme, in which it "aided drug lords, terrorists, and rogue nations" by helping them launder money through HSBC banks. Today's New York Times reports that HSBC's earnings are down $3.3 Billion for the last quarter. Some of these expenses… Continue Reading
We Need High Speed Regulation for High Speed Trading
Posted in Banks and Financial Services, Consumer ProtectionIt says something about your investment regulations when other countries are looking at you for examples of what not to do. It seems the regulators who've learned the most from our recent trading debacles (ie: the Flash Crash, Knight Capital) are the regulators of other countries. Electronic trading sprang up, along with the computer age… Continue Reading
Does Banking Complexity Make Your Eyes Bleed?
Posted in Banks and Financial ServicesI've heard a lot of people describe the current state of our country's largest financial institutions. I frequently hear things like "too complex," "too big," or "in desperate need of an overhaul." But Sallie L. Krawcheck, former head of Bank of America's wealth management division, gave a description yesterday that takes the cake: "It is… Continue Reading
Bank Officer: "Will No One Rid Me of This Troublesome Mortgage-Backed Security?!"
Posted in Banks and Financial Services, CorporationsThe decision by both the Justice Department and the SEC to close investigations into various questionable actions taken by Goldman Sachs reveals an interesting tension in our regulatory laws: between what we think is the "right" or "moral" code of conduct for the banking industry verses what is legal under existing laws and regulations. In… Continue Reading
Senators Propose a "Sliding Scale" For Regulating Banks
Posted in Banks and Financial ServicesI'm glad to read that it is not just me that has noticed the abnormally high number of bank-related scandals that have broken over the past couple months. I'll do a quick highlight review to refresh our memory. First, we had JP Morgan (the biggest U.S.-based bank with $2.29 trillion in assets) reveal an increasingly… Continue Reading
The Silver Lining to Failure on Wall Street?
Posted in Banks and Financial ServicesScanning headlines today, I saw words that I never thought would go in the same sentence together: "In $440 Million Trading Error, Upside of Wall St. Failures." An upside? To a Wall Street Failure? Well, this New York Times article argues that failure in the financial system actually helps to improve the financial system, a… Continue Reading
Too Bad the SEC Can't Put Citigroup in Jail
Posted in Banks and Financial Services, In the CourtsI'm still trying to understand the SEC's decision making process in deciding to charge Mr. Brian H. Stoker, former Citigroup banker, in connection with a subprime mortgage-related debacle at Citigroup. In this offering, Citigroup bet against one of its own securities, which subsequently lost most of its value and has since been described using bad… Continue Reading
Software Problems Are Market Problems: A Dangerous Gap in SEC Regulations
Posted in Banks and Financial ServicesI know, it doesn't seem possible, but it looks like Wall Street investment firms are getting even better at losing money. Trading firms are even developing computer program that lose money for them. At least that's what happened when Knight Capital released their new trading platform, containing a major bug, earlier this week. The bug… Continue Reading
Can We Stop History From Repeating Itself?
Posted in Banks and Financial ServicesI came across a quote from a speech F.D. Roosevelt gave in 1936 while reading an opinion piece by Jesse Eisinger in the New York Times and was struck by how timely it seemed. So I read FDR's entire speech and now I think you should too. The phrase "history repeats itself" is a phrase… Continue Reading
Breaking News: Regulators Knew About Libor Rate Manipulation—And Did Nothing
Posted in Banks and Financial ServicesBreaking news. The Regulators knew as far back as 2008 that the LIBOR rate was being manipulated. This latest development in the metastasizing Libor scandal is mighty disturbing. The esteemed New York Federal Reserve Bank, on the regulatory "front line" for policing the banking industry, released documents that showed regulators in both the US and… Continue Reading
The Food and Drug Administration's Surveillance of Employee E-mails: Intimidating Whistleblowers While Invading Employees' Privacy
Posted in WhistleblowersAs Senator Charles E. Grassley puts it, "the FDA is discouraging whistle-blowers." How? By monitoring their employees using a computer program called SpectorSoft. Much like parents would monitor the internet usage of their young children, the FDA is screening personal email of a select few employees who raised safety concerns about certain medical devices in… Continue Reading
Meet the Newest Insider Trading Method: Research Analyst Surveys
Posted in Banks and Financial ServicesMost everyone knows insider trading is illegal. We want our markets to be equal opportunity – where big banks base their trading decisions on the same information as the little guy. We've seen movies about how far people will go to get insider information, such as Bud Fox and Gordon Gekko in Wall Street's expose… Continue Reading
Libor Rate Manipulation Scandal: Why American Cities Are the Real Victims
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Private Companies Sending Citizens to Jail
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12 Jehoshaphat grew steadily greater. He built fortresses and storage cities in Judah. | 12 Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful; he built forts and store cities in Judah |
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Instruct high students using various pedagogical methods. Prepare course objectives and outlines of study following curriculum guidelines and the requirements of the academy. Assign lessons and assesses student progress, records results, and issues regular reports to administration. In support of the college preparatory academic program, to provide instruction and other academic activities that will enable the students to succeed in the next grade or higher level of education. As part of the boarding school model of education, to coach, advice, counsel, support or otherwise help, encourage and motivate cadets to achieve success both inside and outside of the classroom. In support of the character development program, is to serve as a motivating role model and to provide instruction to assist the cadets in their development of strong moral and ethical values. As part of the militarily structured system, promote the establishment and maintenance of high standards of cadet decorum and discipline.
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Movie Reviews By Rob Hunter on June 7, 2013 | Comments (4)2013 seems to be the year of end-of-the-world comedies, and while that may be a sure sign of the end times at least we'll go out laughing. Edgar Wright's The World's End opens later this summer, the very funny This Is the End hits theaters next week, and the even better It's a Disaster was just released on Blu-ray/DVD. It really is a fine time for fans of the apocalypse. The fourth entry (or second if you're going chronologically) is Paul Middleditch's Rapture-Palooza. Lindsey (Anna Kendrick) and Ben (John Francis Daley) are young and in love, but unlike the billion or more young couples that came before them these two are seeing their romance blossom amidst the events foretold in the Book of Revelation. The undead roam the streets, foul-mouthed locusts and crows berate the survivors, and occasionally large, flaming rocks fall from the sky to crush food carts. As bad as things are though, they get even worse when the anti-christ (Craig Robinson) points his erection Lindsey's direction determined to have her even if that means eliminating Ben and anyone else standing in the way.
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MISSOULA — Taxi companies won't answer to the Montana Public Service Commission if a bill being drafted in Helena ends up on the books.
Rep. Ellie Hill, a Missoula Democrat, and Rep. Austin Knudsen, a Culbertson Republican, are sponsoring legislation that, in its draft form, removes the commission's authority over "motor carrier transportation." If passed, the bill likely would affect a Missoula cab company's case pending before commissioners.
Late last year, commissioners heard testimony on Green Taxi's request to grow its business into a couple new areas. Green Taxi wants the authority to carry medical passengers and also operate outside Missoula County, but Yellow Cab, Medicab and Valet Limousine argue the expansion would hurt their businesses.
In an email, Rep. Hill said the bill is still in draft form, Commissioner Travis Kavulla is advising the sponsors, and other lawmakers may have similar legislation in the works. The bill's purpose is to free up the market for cab customers, she said.
"This would eliminate Yellow Cab's monopoly on the Missoula market and allow Green Taxi or anyone else to compete freely, as I believe consumers want and deserve," wrote Hill in an email about the draft bill, LC1416.
Once legislators approve a draft bill, the language must pass legal review in order to move ahead. Drafts are subject to significant changes, but as written, the legislation removes the Public Service Commission's regulatory authority over motor carriers; it also requires the Montana Department of Transportation to oversee motor carrier licensing, insurance and safety laws, and issue certificates for motor vehicles hauling garbage.
The bill probably won't be the only one introduced that has implications for taxi companies, said Green Taxi owner Mick Murray. Murray said he couldn't comment on the draft without taking a close look at its contents, but he hopes it cuts the red tape for his business.
"I just hope that instead of adding another layer of bureaucracy to my world, it would remove a bunch of that," Murray said.
At the same time, he said he can see the bill from both sides. Murray worries one outcome will be "a bunch of competitors entering the market here and affecting my business."
Kirk Hennefer, on the other hand, said similar bills have died in the past, and he believes this one will meet the same fate. Hennefer, who owns Valet Limousine, said he has concerns about the potential lack of oversight.
Businesses such as his carry $1 million to $1.5 million in liability insurance because riders can be seriously injured, he said. And Hennefer said a deregulated market is not going to protect those consumers.
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MDM Market Research Survey 2012
- Language: English
- 30 Pages
- Published: July 2012
The analysts forecast the Global Data Quality Tools market to grow at a CAGR of 16.78 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the need to enhance productivity. The Global Data Quality Tools market has also been witnessing the emerging SaaS-based data quality tools. However, the high implementation and product cost could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.
The report, the Global Data Quality Tools Market 2012-2016, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the EMEA and APAC regions; it also covers the Global Data Quality Tools market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
The key vendors dominating this market space are Experian QAS Inc., Informatica Corp., Pitney Bowes Inc., and SAP AG.
Other vendors mentioned in the report are ActivePrime Inc., Ataccama Corp., Business Data Quality Ltd., Capscan Ltd., DataQualityFirst Inc., Datiris LLC, DataMentors Inc., DQ Global Ltd., Harte-Hanks Trillium Software Ltd., HelpIT Systems
01. Executive Summary
02. Scope of the Report
02.1 Market Overview
02.2 Product Offerings
03. Market Research Methodology
03.1 Market Research Process
03.2 Research Design
03.3 Research Methodology
04. List of Abbreviations
05. Introduction
06. Market Landscape
06.1 Market Overview
06.2 Data Integration Process
06.3 Market Size and Forecast
06.4 Five Forces Analysis
07. Geographical Segmentation
07.1 Global XYZ Market by Geographical Segmentation 2012-2016
07.2 Data Quality Tools Market in the Americas
07.2.1 Market Size and Forecast
07.3 Data Quality Tools Market in the EMEA Region
07.3.1 Market Size and Forecast
07.4 Data Quality Tools Market in the APAC Region
07.4.1 Market Size and Forecast
08. Key Leading Countries
08.3 Japan
09. Buying Criteria
10. Market Growth Drivers
11. Drivers and their Impact
12. Market Challenges
13. Impact of Drivers and Challenges
14. Market Trends
15. Trends and their Impact
16. Vendor Landscape
16.1 Competitive Scenario
16.2 Market Share Analysis 2012
16.3 Other Prominent Vendors
17. Key Vendor Analysis
17.1 Informatica Corp.
17.1.1 Business Overview
17.1.2 Business Segmentation
17.1.3 Key Information
17.1.4 SWOT Analysis
17.2 Experian QAS
17.2.1 Business Overview
17.2.2 Business Segmentation
17.2.3 Key Information
17.2.4 SWOT Analysis
17.3 Pitney Bowes Inc.
17.3.1 Business Overview
17.3.2 Business Segmentation
17.3.3 Key Information
17.3.4 SWOT Analysis
17.4.1 Business Overview
17.4.2 Business Segmentation
17.4.3 Key Information
17.4.4 SWOT Analysis
18. Other Reports in this Series
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1: Market Research Methodology
Exhibit 2: Data Integration Process Workflow
Exhibit 3: Data Quality Workflow Process
Exhibit 4: Global Data quality Tools Market 2012-2016 (US$ billion)
Exhibit 5: Data Quality Tools market by Revenue segmentation
Exhibit 6: Global Data Quality Tools Market by Geographical Segmentation 2012
Exhibit 7: Data Analytics Market in The Americas 2012-2016 (US$ millions)
Exhibit 8: Data Quality tools Market in the EMEA Region 2012-2016(US$ million)
Exhibit 9: Data Quality Tools Market in APAC 2012-2016( US$ million)
Exhibit 10: Global Data Quality Tools Market by Vendor Segmentation 2012
Exhibit 11: Business Segmentation of Informatica Corp.
Exhibit 12: Business Segmentation of Experian QAS
Exhibit 13: Business Segmentation of Pitney Bowes Inc.
Exhibit 14: Business Segmentation of SAP AG
Commenting on the report, an analyst from the team said: "The emergence of SaaS-based data quality solutions has enabled organizations to increase their efficiency and reduce the cost of deploying valuable IT infrastructure. However, numerous organizations are still analyzing the feasibility and relevance of such cloud computing solutions in their IT operations. The SaaS-based model is a pay-per-use model which provides cost-effective accessibility to the end-users; it is a paradigm where quality tools can be accessed at any time and in any place by multiple users. Although some enterprises have a good understanding of the benefits offered by SaaS-based data quality solutions, there are a number of concerns and risks, particularly about data sharing and security, and these concerns are affecting the steady adoption of such solutions. However, the Global Data Quality Tools market is witnessing a trend where several vendors in the market are beginning to offer solutions through the SaaS-based model to expand their services and enter new markets."
According to the report, one of the major drivers is the need to enhance productivity. There has been an increase in the volume and variety of data generated inside organizations and the speed at which they are generated. As data quality tools help organizations improve the quality of enterprise-wide data, they help improve overall business productivity. Demand for such tools has increased.
Further, the report states that one of the main challenges hindering the growth of the market is the high implementation and product costs incurred by enterprises. The implementation of the data quality solution can be expensive and, after implementation, the data quality tools require upgrading. The upgrade costs increase the total operational cost for a company.
The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors.
- Experian QAS Inc.
- Informatica Corp.
- Pitney Bowes Inc.
- ActivePrime Inc.
- Ataccama Corp.
- Business Data Quality Ltd.
- Capscan Ltd.
- DataQualityFirst Inc.
- Datiris LLC
- DataMentors Inc.
- DQ Global Ltd.
- Harte-Hanks Trillium Software Ltd.
- HelpIT Systems Ltd.
- Human Inference Enterprise B.V.
- Infogix Inc.
- Inquera Ltd.
- Innovative Systems Inc.
- Intelligent Search Technology Inc.
- IBM Corp.
- Melissa Data Inc.
- Oracle Corp.
- Postcode Anywhere Ltd.
- SAS Institute Inc.
- Satori Software Inc.
- Talend Inc.
- Uniserv GmbH
- and X88 Software Ltd.