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Set in an almost lunar landscape, Hotel Furillen [3] looks more like an abandoned factory [5] than an eco-luxe hotel. The mix of top Nordic brands with soft luxurious interiors creates a high-class retreat amidst the wild coastline.
Hellström's decoration themes for this fantastic adaptive reuse hotel [6] were "concrete luxury" and factory-chic. Alvar Aalto [7] glassware and Bang & Olufsen [8] electronics fill the spaces with top-quality Nordic designs. During the warmer days of the year, visitors can enjoy the magnificent surroundings relaxing in the forest or riding one of the hotel's free bikes.
And if you've had enough with the city and prefer to get away from concrete shelters, there is a cool silver Airstream [9] caravan that will provide an extra note of adventure to your nights.
+ Hotel Furillen [3]
Via The Coolist [10]
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Thank you for once again giving us some excellent advice and pointing out some problems we need to solve. I agree with everything you said except for starting out as a for-profit organization.
I don't completely disagree with you about that, especially this week, when I've been looking for a good affordable lawyer with expertise in forming not-for-profit corporations. There is a chance we may be able to get some pro-bono assistance but the odds are we're going to end up with a legal bill that is going to be much larger than it would be if we were starting out as a simple for-profit LLC.
I have given considerable serious thought to being for-profit since you first suggested it and I'm still not comfortable with the idea, even if our goal is to convert to a non-profit within a few years. For starters, it couldn't be just my decision. Others have been working very hard on this project and I think that almost all of them would also have to agree.
It sounds like you think we could raise start-up capital easier if we were for-profit. If so, I need to get you to explain where it's going to come from and what's in it for the investors. I have a pretty good understanding, I think, about the relationship between entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. But I don't understand why they, angel investors or almost anyone else would be very interested in this particular venture. Maybe we need to talk on the phone or over coffee so you can explain better to me.
I also believe that by being non-profit we can attract more money and community support.
One thing we would lose right away if we were for-profit is access to the meeting rooms at public libraries. Libraries are beginning to embrace the maker space / hacker space movement and we've been talking about maybe partnering with one or more of them so we can begin offering some classes and activities before we have our own space.
BTW, did you see this status update I posted a couple of days ago? It will give you an idea of our current thinking and priorities.
The business person in me that just completed a four month boot camp in aggressive company growth, sales, and support, wants to echo some of the things I've learned there, just to get people thinking here. So please don't think this is how I feel, this is only how I think:
Your numbers for any sort of financial calculations will be wrong. They may be high or they may be low, but they will not be what you think they will be. Plan for 50% less income and 50% more income than you think and see if your business or venture will still be running two-three years from now.
Your marketing will not be effective. You will reach the wrong people with the wrong message and make the wrong impression. Plan for how you will measure the effectiveness and conversion rates of your marketing efforts into actual paying customers (or renters or members or whatever they are called).
Your management team will fail to provide 100% continuity and effective governing over the first three years. Plan for how you will judge whether they are performing at their best with regards to the business or venture, and plan for how you will replace them when they are not.
Your funding will never be enough to do what you want to do. Plan for not having enough funding and plan for not being able to accomplish what you want in the timeframe you want to accomplish it in.
Lastly (and this is my favorite), your passion for the business or venture will cloud your judgement and cause you to think that everyone else shares that passion. Plan for how you will spread your passion into others and get them to do the work you want them to do.
I think the maker space would be a great thing to start out as a for profit organization. It's easier to start up, it's easier to manage, you don't have to worry about IRS tax laws, reporting, staffing, and so forth. 2-3 years down the road, convert it to a non-profit organization. This gives time to develop a brand, a space, a following, and make connections within the community to be able to get grants, donations, and other forms of funding from sources like the Arts Council of Rochester, COMIDA, and other places.
Lastly, from my head anyway, physical security, parking, lighting, and so forth need to be considerations from the beginning. No one wants their very portable $2000 3D printer to walk out the door, so you need to have trusted staff, cameras, key cards, lock boxes, and other things that all chew up money from day 1. Someone needs to pay for these things, and if that someone is the corporation, then the corporation needs to have some sort of initial funding source. Not everything can be donated. Is there some consideration as to how that is going to happen?
Thanks for the feedback, Wyatt. I wrote this post while in a sleep deprived stupor, so I'm amazed it came out as cogent. (That's right folks, I'm practically falling asleep at 9:49 pm)
I think I interpreted the need for a vision as "mission statement," or "what our ideal goals should be," which is why I didn't write about much of the practical nature of this project. But I think you're right to include some of the practical what-it's-actually-going-to-look like stuff. Maybe our vision should be a numbered list like this:
1) Mission Statement (ideal goals that we're starting from)
2) Practical Vision (the basic, real-world thing we want to create that will embody #1)
3) A Brief, Step-by-Step Plan (the concrete goals we need to achieve, in order, to create #2 so that we can achieve #1)
So, for example, a very bare-bones version:
1) Mission Statement: Create an open community of people that will inspire each other to learn and to shape the world around them through the act of creation
2) Practical Vision: A shared studio/workspace complete with Machining, Woodworking, Electronics, Bike Repair, and other tools, open for use for a small monthly fee
3) Steps: 1. Find a workspace, 2. Collect donations of tools, funds, 3. Establish framework for use including payment, rules for use of tools, etc.
I think this would be helpful to have, but even as I'm typing this I realize it could take a lot longer to really formalize than we might really prefer. Perhaps we should have a few people work on steps 1 and 2 on a shared Google Docs file or something and then everyone else can vote yay or nay at the next meeting?
Nice title, and I like your train of thought. I plan on creating a blog post that shares what my vision is, but since you have started this thread I will contribute here as well.
How I got involved was spurred by my desire to make things, or at the very least know how to. I have many interests, most of which involve computers, and I like to modify and/or create my own electronic devices. I planned on taking an electrical engineering course at MCC but that would have made me stray from my degree, which costs time and money. That leaves me with projects that I would like to try and simply don't know how. Also, I can't afford and/or house tools that would lead the way to bigger projects and lessons.
I believe that a Maker Space would benefit many by offering classes on different trades, while providing the resources allowing members to try new methods learnt. I think education could be provided in two ways, through classes and the general resource pool created by its members. Housing tools that everyday people can't afford or store, along with tools for general use (hammers, etc.), I also think is vital. The whole "build it, and they will come" mantra leads me to believe that people will try to build bigger, tougher, and therefore cooler stuff if the resources are provided to them. The creation of such projects would also generate interest. These two things, the tools and education, in my eyes should be our backbone. I think they are necessary if we wish to make Makers out of ourselves and others.
I like how Rob has discussed income, and some of the ideas he has talked about are great. For one the availability of space at our facility is a commodity. People will need to have storage space for their projects. My thought is that dues paying members (I also believe that membership dues should be taken in) should be given some space, even if it's small, with their membership. Bigger space and long-term storage should be a premium. Formal classes I think will have to be revenue generating, mainly to get good instructors in the door, and so we can offer classes to the public as well.
I hope that the Rochester Maker Space will not be a secluded arena of one demographic. I think we should try accommodate the artist, machinist, woodworker, geek, and/or people who simply like to make alike. Having all those minds under one roof not only leads to more resources, but to greater membership and innovation.
Most importantly, we should serve our community as we serve ourselves. I'm sure there's tons of people who would make if they knew they could, or could learn how to. I think this would create an environment of understanding, friendliness, and collaboration under our roof, which I believe is crucial if we are to be what we intend to.
Done rambling for now, but I'm excited to hear what other people's vision is for our space. Let's keep the ball rolling!
We've been talking about the need to create a shared vision for this project. I thought I would get the conversation started with some non-formalized thoughts I've had on the subject. Sorry if this turns into a rant. Here goes...
We don't currently live in a culture of makers. We are consumers. If we need something, we buy it. If we can't buy it ready-made (or damn well near), we buy the convenience of having someone do it for us. There's very little we can't get in an easy to consume package. Superficially, this is wonderful. We don't have to spend our days darning socks and tilling fields and milking cows. Instead we can get fancy coffee drinks and kindles with thousands of books for almost nothing. Sounds like a dream.
But this is also creating problems. Not to get into politics, I'm reminded of a reported conversation President Obama had with Steve Jobs:
But as Steven P. Jobs of Apple spoke, President Obama interrupted with an inquiry of his own: what would it take to make iPhones in the United States?
Not long ago, Apple boasted that its products were made in America. Today, few are. Almost all of the 70 million iPhones, 30 million iPads and 59 million other products Apple sold last year were manufactured overseas.
Why can't that work come home? Mr. Obama asked.
Mr. Jobs's reply was unambiguous. "Those jobs aren't coming back," he said, according to another dinner guest.
We can't make iPhones here because we don't have factories. And we don't want to work in factories. We are no longer Makers. We have exchanged our ability to do things on our own, to be strong, independent, and creative for convenience.
This is what the idea of a Maker Space stirs up in me. Not that we should all be factory workers, but that there is something amazing that comes from working with your hands and shaping raw materials into something that was only an idea before. As an artist, this is the experience that keeps me coming back to real things. I don't like working on computers because I always get a sense that what I'm doing isn't really real. It only exists as bits of electricity interpreted as ones and zeroes that somehow becomes the text I'm typing now.
I think the ideal prospect for this project is to give people the power to create things that are real. Maybe it could inspire someone to take a new path in life or maybe it's just a hobby, but either way that person would walk away with a new perspective on life. We should strive to instill in others that with knowledge of woodworking, electronics, and machining that they can take an idea, a vision or a dream, and make it real. I think that is something many people don't get to experience and they feel stuck in their lives. They're just looking for the next Starbucks Frappe Mocha or video game for satisfaction when they could be going out and creating what it is they really need on their own. (Okay, not that we're going to have a Starbucks or do video game design, but I hope you get my drift.)
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Microsoft Office has an often overlooked feature called Format Painter that allows you to reuse all of the formatting applied to any field in your formal report. Once you've formatted and controlled exactly as you like it, you can apply all of the same settings at once to one or several more controls, let's see how it works. Open up to your Customers Order Form then switch to Layout View. You could also use this feature in Design View. Up on the Form Layout tools Ribbon, go to the Format tab and click on the Customer ID label over here on the left.
Let's say we want to make this a little bigger, I'll change the Font Size from 11 to 12. I'll also make it bold face and I'll dropdown the color scheme and up in the Theme Colors I'll make it this dark green right here. Now that's three changes I made to this one control. I don't want to have to apply all three of them over and over and over again to all of the controls, so that's where the Format Painter comes in. The first step is to click on what has the format that you want to copy. Believe it or not, this is the mistake most people make when trying the Format Painter.
Clicking on it first pulls in that specific format. Now note that if you are in Microsoft Word you would want to be clicked in or highlighted on the words that you want, but because we're working in Access we're looking at the whole control. So I'll click off of it and click one more time on it to get the orange box around it, so that my whole field is selected. Then I'll go up to the Paintbrush up here in the roller and I'll click on it and then I click on the next field that I want. Now Company has taken on all three of the formats, besides the bold and the color to match the customer ID above.
But I do want to apply that change to all of my labels, so there's a second way to use the Format Painter. Making sure I still have Customer ID in the box, this time I'll double-click on the Format Painter. Now I can literally paint by clicking on each of my additional labels. Now when I'm done, it's important to remember to turn it off, otherwise the next thing you click on will also be Bold 12 in green.
To turn it off you can either click back on the Format Painter or press the Escape on your keyboard. Using the Format Painter will save you from repetitive steps whenever you're formatting multiple controls the same way on any form or report.
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The following outline gives a list of entertainments, many of which are part of the entertainment industry.
Entertainment is any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time, and may also provide fun, enjoyment and laughter. People may create their own entertainment, such as when they spontaneously invent a game; participate actively in an activity they find entertaining, such as when they play sport as a hobby; or consume an entertainment product passively, such as when they attend a performance.
Entertainment industry (informally known as show business or show biz) is part of the tertiary sector of the economy and includes a large number of sub-industries devoted to entertainment. However, the term is often used in the mass media to describe the mass media companies that control the distribution and manufacture of mass media entertainment. In the popular parlance, the term show biz in particular connotes the commercially popular performing arts, especially musical theatre, vaudeville, comedy, film, and music. It applies to every aspect of entertainment including cinema, television, radio, theatre and music.
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'Ground Floor' stars preview new TBS comedy -- VIDEO
TBS' new comedy Ground Floor primarily takes place within the walls of a typical office building, but on the day Entertainment Weekly visited the set, star Skyler Astin had swapped his suit and tie for some gear fit for a day at a baseball game. In the episode, which will air in a few weeks, his character, Brody, takes new girlfriend Jenny (Briga Heelan) out to the ball game, where they clash over more than just their opposing team loyalties.
"Brody is a fan of the Giants and being in the luxury suite at all the games, and I got us really, really terrible tickets," explains Heelan. "So we're sort of at odds."
It's the latest riff in an ongoing (humor-injected) struggle between the two characters who come from two very different worlds — he's a rising star in the business world and she's a maintenance worker who spends her days on the ground floor, natch, of the building in which Brody works.
In the middle of it all is John C. McGinley's Mansfield, Brody's intimidating boss-turned-mentor. "The only reason I wanted to do it was because this character was so different than Dr. Cox on Scrubs," says McGinley, who worked with Ground Floor creator Bill Lawrence on the medical comedy for eight seasons. "The big difference is Dr. Cox was a reluctant mentor and Mansfield embraces that and relishes being the mentor and father-figure of Skylar Astin's character."
One thing we likely won't see Mansfield so willing to do, however? Sing, which is something Pitch Perfect alum Astin is (unsurprisingly) often seen doing. "I wanted to be careful because I think we could get into trouble with having me singing too much because it's an easy thing to do," says Astin. "But when I figured out the devices they were using, the ways to have me sing and the way Brody sings differently from other characters I've played, I think it's clever. Story and comedy always comes first."
In the baseball episode, for example, "There's a little bit of singing, a little 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game,'" Astin previews, "and a little other singing you'll see," which may or may not take place on a toilet. If that's not a tease enough, this season, Astin's Pitch Perfect co-star Anna Camp will guest star as a Brody's ex girlfriend. "I love going head-to-head with her," he says. "She's a powerful, strong actress, comedian, singer, and everything. It was like having my best friend on set."
Overall, says Astin, the show, premiering tonight, "kind of has a Spin City feel to it." "It has a style and an attitude, and that's what I love about it," he says.
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Starting tonight at midnight, TBS is giving viewers a chance to watch the premiere of their new original comedy Ground Floor, from Cougar Town creator Bill Lawrence, a week early. But if you can't wait that long, EW has an exclusive scene from the premiere right now.
The show, starring Pitch Perfect's Skylar Astin, centers on a pair of prospective love birds who work on two very different floors in the same building. (He's a banker; she's in building maintenance.) In the scene below, Astin's character, Brody, goes to the depths below to visit Jenny (Briga Heelan) the night after their first, ehem, meeting.
This should hold you over until you can preview the pilot on TBS's website (or via the TBS app). You can also catch the super-sized premiere (two episodes!) Nov. 14 at 10 p.m. ET.
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Pitch Perfect's swoon-worthy lead Skylar Astin has gone shirtless and hopped into bed to promote his upcoming TBS sitcom Ground Floor. But in the promo art, which you're seeing first on EW.com, his bed is looking a little crowded — which is bound to happen when you share it with two other people.
One of them, Briga Heelan (Cougar Town), plays Astin's love interest on the show, in which their work-romance-with-a-twist takes center stage. (The twist is that she works in maintenance and he's a hotshot banker who works in the building.) And the other? Scrubs vet John C. McGinley, who doesn't look like he was formally invited to the party.
The trio debuts in Ground Floor — which comes from Cougar Town/Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence and Friends EP Greg Malins — in November.


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Get Ready for #MadonnaDay !
Madonna fans! On August 16th, we'll be celebrating The Queen of Pop's Birthday and we want for you all to join the party!
Back in September 2013, Madonna launched her Art For Freedom platform for all of us to share our own definition of Freedom but also to encourage creative expression that brings awareness to human rights violations. With thousands of submissions, (including photos, videos, music and poetry) the project has grown into a strong online community fighting for the universal right to be free.
Since the initiative is a cause close to Madonna's heart, we would like for you to wish her a Happy Birthday by adding your stone to the Freedom building!
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On August 16th, we invite you to post your submitted picture to your favorite social network(s), using the #MadonnaDay and #ArtForFreedom hashtags for your friends, fellow Madonna fans, our girl herself and the whole world to see! Some of Madonna's favorite pics will be highlighted on artforfreedom.com and/or be mailed branded goodies :)
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Opening in 1910 at the corner of Oak and Bartlett Avenues, the Bartlett State Bank was the Village's first financial institution. Throughout the years, the bank gave away many promotional items to its customers, such as personal "piggy" banks, pens, calendars, ash trays and caps.
This metal match holder, recently donated by Thomas Jay Perkins, is the newest bank promotional item to the Village of Bartlett Museums collection. The match holder was once owned by lifelong resident Harvey Brandt (1903-1970) and his wife Elvina Ness Brandt (1903-1996). Unused matches were stored in the hinged box bottom portion and used matches were place in the receptacle at the top. The heavy rusted box match holder with gold tone lettering does not have a year on it or manufacturer identification. Therefore, its exact years of use is unknown.
The financial facility was known as the Bartlett State Bank from 1910 to 1980, when it changed its name to Bartlett Bank and Trust Company. In 1985, the bank was purchased by Suburban Bancorp, Inc.
Museum Donations
Ever wonder how the Bartlett History Museum acquires all of the artifacts, images, textiles and more for its collection? These items come from past and present residents, family descendants, and generous individuals who donate them. The Museum is always seeking objects and photos that capture a moment in Bartlett's rich past. The archives contains hundreds of items, ranging in size from a button off the first Bartlett Girl Scout uniform to a six-foot nail bin from the old Schultz Hardware. Do you have Bartlett items you would like to donate to the Museum's archives? Please contact Pam Rohleder, Director, at 630-837-0800.
The museums are members of the American Association of Museums, Association of State and Local History, Illinois Association of Museums, and the Kane-DuPage Regional Museum Association.


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VENTURA COUNTY — Community Memorial Health System is offering free mammograms and healthcare education Saturday to the first 35 women who qualify at its Center for Family Health in Oxnard.
The women will arrive early at the center, 250 W. Citrus Grove Lane, Suite 150, and be taken to The Breast Center at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura for the program. Afterward, they will be taken back to Oxnard.
In 2008, an estimated 182,460 new cases of breast cancer occurred in the U.S., and early detection is the key to fighting the disease. The Healthy Women's Program provided through CMHS benefits women in the community who are uninsured, underinsured or lack funds for mammograms and follow-up treatment, if necessary.
The Healthy Women's Program is made possible through funds raised by the Community Memorial Healthcare Foundation's annual Gold Dust Gala, along with support of the Wallis Foundation.
To find out if you qualify, call 651-2661. For more information on the Healthy Women's Program, visit http://www.cmhshealth.org/healthywomen.
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ScienceNZ - The Value of Science Discovery
Science Value
Prime Minister's Science Prizes
Nominations for the Prime Minister's Science Prizes close on the 4th of August. The five prizes recognise the impact of science on New Zealanders' lives, celebrate the contribution of current scientists and encourage those of the future. To find out
New Value
Building community awareness of fire risks
Scion's Rural Fire Research Team has been running hot this past year with the fire research programme again receiving Gold status in the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's (MBIE) annual reporting round, one of only 18 awards over 250 contracts.
2014 Briefing to Incoming Ministers
The 2014 Briefing to Incoming Ministers by Science New Zealand provides an overview of the role and purpose of CRIs within the New Zealand science and innovation eco-system. CRIs are two-thirds of the nation's publically-funded science researchers (excluding health and ICT areas); and where businesses choose to spend $3 of every $4 on RS&T they commission externally. There has been significant progress since the 2010 CRI Taskforce. The BIM proposes key issues for Ministerial leadership, as CRIs focus on advancing ideas and delivering results that benefit New Zealand
Greater flexibility for quarantine treatments
Some of the tight scheduling pressures around log exports for ports and log marshalling companies have been eased, thanks to Scion's forest protection scientists.
Investment in bioplastics research pays off
Bioplastics are a small but rapidly growing niche that currently represents about 1% of the global plastics market. Their use is expected to grow by over 10% per year, with the estimated global market expected to be more than 12 million tonnes per year by 2020.
Is wood quality still relevant?
Planting forests is a long term commitment. Choosing the right trees and management regime requires good site knowledge and a long term perspective about the future value of wood. It also requires a better understanding of what constitutes quality from a consumer's perspective.
Doubling forest productivity sustainably
A multi-disciplinary team of scientists at Scion and other research organisations is embarking on a six year research programme aimed at raising the profitability of current and future commercial forestry
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What will the new water standards mean for forestry?
Government's freshwater reforms aim to balance economic growth with sustainability, and herald a change to the way freshwater is managed. Communities are now responsible for setting the standards for freshwater management within their region, creating the opportunity for forestry growers to be actively involved in the process.
Choosing the right tree for the job
Forest growers are becoming increasingly aware of the ecosystem services and non-market values that forests provide.
Ginseng adds a layer of possibilities for forestry
Neat rows of netting cloches lined up beneath well pruned radiata pine trees are in sharp contrast to the usual vision of a commercial planted forest block.
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A small, lightweight mobile laser scanning device is proving a boon for forestry resource management.
Exciting new possibilities for eucalypts
Eucalypts are a promising commercial plantation species. With their strength, hardness and attractive appearance, and in some species, durability, they provide timber for a range of markets from furniture and outdoor uses, to fibre for high quality papers.
Science discovery already returning millions to New Zealand sheep farming
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Entrepreneurship societies
There are a number of entrepreneurship societies at UCL
that provide support, a forum for sharing ideas, events and networking
opportunities. These include:
UCL Enterprise Society
Aims to promote entrepreneurial action between students, staff and the wider business community.
UCL Entrepreneurs Society
A hub for UCL entrepreneurs, offering skills classes, networking, consulting and funding.
A social enterprise and consulting society, creating sustainable solutions to social needs both at home and abroad.
CleanTech Challenge
A business plan competition helping students from across the globe develop their clean technology business ideas.
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Apple will launch a 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina display to its product line in October, according to Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI says AppleInsider....
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With the launch of the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro this week, Apple became the only laptop manufacturer to offer both a high-speed Thunderbolt...
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A list of alleged part numbers and Australian pricing suggests Apple may be preparing to revamp nearly its entire Mac lineup and a handful of accessories....
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A New York-based photographer has taken to deep-frying his Apple devices for a new 'Deep Fried Gadgets' art series. Artist Henry Hargreaves has...
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Apple Store staff have been asked to work late on Tuesday 5 June in the US, almost a week before to the kick off of WWDC, leading to speculation that...
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The new, improved version of the Fabrix Satchel – a laptop bag made from 100 percent wool felt and leather – now comes with an added compartment...
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The PhD, entitled Identification and characterisation of new factors involved in the processes of formation of biofilm from Gram-positive bacteria.
Chronic infections
Biofilms are communities of microorganisms in a matrix that joins them together and to living or inert substrates, points out Alejandro Toledo. Although they are widely found in nature, and in many cases have beneficial effects, their study has been boosted on discovering their relation to chronic infections associated to medical implants such as those tissues involving infections of the middle ear, of the prostate gland, pneumonia in patients with cystic fibrosis, osteomyelitis, etc.
In the interior of the biofilm, bacteria present greater resistance to antibiotics, to the opsonisation by antibodies and to phagocytosis, which explains the chronic character of these infections, states the author of the PhD.
The aim of the PhD was the characterisation of the process of formation of the Staphylococcus aureus biofilm.
Regulating mechanisms unknown to date
The starting point for the research was the Bap protein (Biofilm associated protein). Bap, according to the thesis, presents a structural organisation similar to other surface proteins of unknown function in a number of species of bacteria such as: Esp de Entero
Source:Elhuyar Fundazioa


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MSS Fall 2014 Events and Programs
Wacky Wednesday
10 p.m. -12 a.m. in the IEA Multipurpose Room (ELC 045)
Lucky Bamboo Workshop!
Come learn how to pot and care for lucky bamboo. Learn about the diverse applications of bamboo as a form of art and feng shui!
(Refreshments served!)
First Impressions. . . A session on becoming a professional man
5 - 6:30 p.m. in the Gallery Theater (ELC 3rd floor)
First impressions matter in the professional world! The Career Development Center (CDC) and MSS are hosting this session to help Bucknell male students develop professional skills including interview and presentation skills, networking, dressing for success in the professional world and more.
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Race Girl: Artistically Pigeonholed — How One Artist Tackled Race and How Race Tackled Her
damali ayo
Center Room; 7 - 9 p.m.
Nationally renowned speaker and performer damali ayo delivers a dynamic multimedia performance that artfully challenges racial stereotypes imposed on minority artists.
Part 1 of MSS's "____" Like Me Series
Students can receive First Year Integration Series FYIS credit for attending.
Exploring the Asian-American/Asian/Pacific Islander (API) Student Experience at Bucknell University (student discussion and workshop)
Amit Taneja, chief diversity officer, Hamilton College
Walls Lounge; 5 - 7 p.m. (dinner provided)
This student session assesses the experiences of students as a larger "Asian" community, helps students think productively about what they can do to educate the campus community, and discusses strategies for addressing challenges and building support.
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The Collective: A Novel book pickup
IEA Main office/ELC 064; 8:30 am - 4:30 p.m.
Readers interested in Don Lee's award-winning novel The Collective about a group of Asian-American artists navigating life as artists can pick-up complimentary copies in the IEA main office (ELC 064). Please join us for our October 2 book discussion and Mr. Lee's talk on October 6.
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Amit Taneja, chief diversity officer, Hamilton College
Walls Lounge; Noon - 1:30 p.m. (lunch provided)
This interactive training session will (1) help faculty & staff learn more about the API experience on campus (2) connect the API experience on campus with larger trends on API students in higher education, and (3) provide resources for faculty and staff to nurture and support API students at Bucknell.
Part 1 of MSS's Cultural Fluency Series
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IEA Multipurpose Room; 5 - 7 p.m. (dinner will be provided)
Can minorities in the performing arts transcend pressures to "represent" their social group? Racial, sexual and differently abled minorities often feel social pressure to sanitize their experience as artists because they feel pressure to present "respectable" images that make their groups more acceptable in the mainstream groups. This discussion asks audiences to engage with minority artists' pressure to represent their groups "positively" and the ways this pressure might stifle their expressive range. || Event poster
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Family Weekend is an awesome time for students to share Bucknell experience with families. In case your family cannot join you this year, we have great news! The MSS Ambassadors, International Student Services (ISS), the Bucknell Parents Board, and other campus partners invite you to attend the 2014 "Home Away from Home" student reception. Students will be paired with weekend hosts (comprised of faculty, staff, upperclassmen, etc.) for the Weekend and be treated to a festive event featuring delicious food, giveaways, and fun activities that connect you to your weekend family and provide a sense of home at Bucknell.
The Collective: A Novel reading group
Walls Lounge; 11:45 am - 1 p.m. (lunch provided)
In preparation for author Don Lee's October 6 lecture, community members are invited to meet to discuss his 2013 award-winning novel The Collective: A Novel which focuses on the experiences of a trio of Asian American artists and larger questions about art and sacrifice.
O.H.L.A.S. Gala
Walls Lounge; 7 - 9 p.m.
Bucknell's student group the Organization for Hispanic and Latin American Students (O.H.L.A.S.) celebrates the diversity of Latin cultures and educates the Bucknell community through hosting its second annual Gala featuring educational, culinary and artistic expressions.
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Don Lee on Writing in the 21st Century
Don Lee, author and director of creative writing, Temple University
Walls Lounge; 6 - 8 p.m.
Don Lee discusses his experience as a creative writer including reflections on being an "Asian-American" writer. Lee's novel Wrack and Ruin was a finalist for the Thurber Prize; Country of Origin won an American Book Award, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and a Mixed Media Watch Image Award for Outstanding Fiction; and Yellow won the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Members Choice Award from the Asian American Writers' Workshop
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Joyce Avila, president of Creating and Facilitating Equality (CAFÉ)
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This just in: Young people in Iran are having tons and tons (and tons!) of sex. And a large percentage of them are having gay sex.
An official report by the Iranian government has found that premarital sex is happening at an alarming rate among young adults despite the country's strict laws against public displays of affection and Islamic code.
Of the 142,000 people surveyed, 80 percent of the women reported having boyfriends (who they presumably have sex with). The survey also found 17 percent of respondents have engaged in a same-sex relationship despite the country's punishment of death for homosexual acts.
The help combat the "problem" of heterosexual "promiscuity," the report recommended that couples be allowed to register temporary marriages — a tradition among Shiite Muslims called "sigheh." However, researchers were at a loss for how to deal with young Iranians partaking in same-sex relationships.
In 2007, Iran's former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad famously declared that there were no homosexuals in his country. In a 2012 interview, Ahmadinejad also called gays "ugly" and likened homosexuality to "stealing."
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There is a terrific book on the subject called Islamic Homosexualities which is highly recommended that traces the history from early to modern times.
I'm surprised that people reported that they had gay sex to a survey from the Iranian government.
A proof that gay rights when they are feminized (US) lead to much lower percentage of openly gay people. Iran has successfully dropped the T from the LGB, by granting them all rights. So there is hope that LGB rights will advance there without the forced feminization of men.
Is this going to be another case of gay till graduation causing skewed results?
@litper: the reason Iran has "dropped" the T from LGBT is because they will pay for Transpersons to get a operation thus preventing homosexuality.
@litper: Uh, what are you talking about? "Forced feminization of men"? And I haven't hear ANYTHING about the LGB conditions improving. It was only a few years ago those pictures of innocent (yes innocent, they did nothing wrong) men were being hanged came to light.
@ethan_hines: gay till graduation still means gay or bisexual. Isn't it funny to see how fems are desperate to lower the numbers of gay people?
@redcarpet30: umm, no, they actually raped and killed a guy, that's why they were hanged. But I agree that's Iran it's only at the start of the path to gay equality. I just say that since they separated the gay people from the attacks from the Ts, there's hope that the gays there will avoid mass forced feminization in the future.
@litper: My God you are obtuse. You realize that Iran is famous for forcing guy men to have sexual reassignment surgery in an attempt to change them into straight women, right? If that's not "forced feminization" then what is?
Just FYI, the photo is Salim Kechiouche. He's hot but he's French-Algerian, not Iranian.
@DarkZephyr: they do it only to annoying limp-wristed flamers, and that's good.
@litper: That's the line they gave when the world gave them so much heat about it. However, they still hang gay men all the time and they don't bother giving out fake excuses.
@Stache99: is there a recent repost of execution of 25000 gays? Because if they really wanted to hang the gays they would hang all who answered "yes".
@litper: Not 25000, but 1 is too many…
Litper is weird.
Isn't it interesting how surveys conducted in the USA consistently report far fewer admissions of homosexuality in men. I think the figure is as low as 2% in the most recent survey.
And yet here we have our Iranian brothers being far more prepared to admit to homosexual experiences in a country with terrible anti-gay laws!!!
This suggests that, in America, male homosexual acts are still considered shameful. America has also gone backwards from the time of Kinsey when far greater percentages of American men admitted to homosexuality.
It's because American liberalism and feminism have made male homosexuality uncool as an act.
@michael mellor: During and just after the 2nd WW, there was a brief time of liberation. And that is when Kinsey made his study (1948). I recommend the book "Palimpsest" by Gore Vidal, if you wanna know more about the era.
If there were no repression from society, statistics on bisexuality/homosexuality would go through the roof. We would behave just like the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans.
Question: which "surveys conducted in the USA" are we talking about? Do people actually take surveys?
@Billy Budd: His mom let him chew on lead paint chips as a kid. Not her fault though since her mom was also her sister and her dad also her grandpa.
Billy Budd,
Male sexual behavior isn't a fad. Male homosexual acts are just as common today as they have ever been.
Today, however, liberals have attached an identity to an act, thus making it less likely that a man will admit to that act.
Ahmadinejad always had this bottomish quality….
When I lived there back in the 1970's under the Shah, there were 3 gay bars that weren't "officially" gay but that's where everyone went. While not open like we have here in the USA, it was clear what was going on. No dancing and no PDA, but lots of socializing and places to meet.
I certainly knew many gay Iranians. At the time, I was dating another American helicopter mechanic from California. After the Revolution in 1979 when we both "escaped," I was never able to learn what happened to our friends. That was before the days of the internet, of course.
At the time, Tehran was a great place to live. Then, the Islamic version of our bible-thumpers showed up and the whole place went to hell in a handbasket.
I feel for the kids over there now. "Down low" is the name of the game. Interestingly, it used to be (maybe still is?) that what went on inside your home was sacrosanct. As long as it was not in public, the mullahs looked the other way.
@litper: "They only do it to limp-wristed flamers, and that's good."
That you're not in Iran you mean? Well, you're not, honey. So embrace your effeminacy – it aint the reason you can't get laid.
For that you have to blame your stunted personality.
I do worry about their safety given the theocratic nutsos running the country, but am glad to know these hot men are enjoying each other!
@litper is weird.
Persian men fucking? What's the most direct flight to Tehran?
@ChuckGG: I love your story and perspective. Thanks for sharing. What an interesting life you're living. Iran is a great country in need of a better government. I sincerely hope the tide turns, but I'm not holding my breath.
@NG22: Thanks. Quite right, it's a great country. I was 21 at the time, a civilian contractor for Bell Helicopter International. Jamie and I had our motorcycles and traveled to the Caspian Sea on them. Made a lot of friends in the 2-1/2 years we were there.
Great food. Great people. Very warm and friendly and polite. We spoke enough Farsi to get around but the second language certainly was English with French being third, especially among the older people.
Lots of great memories. It seems like an "age" ago, and it was. We left in '79 so that's 35 years! Hard to believe.
Just goes to show you how religion (of ANY flavor) can screw up the works! I never worried about the Soviets. They are sane and don't want to be toast any more than we do. I always thought we'd have some religious nutbars from the Middle East yanking our chain, and I guess I was right, unfortunately. You know, when you think you have a god on your side, about anything can be justified. I'm thankful and was never involved in all that claptrap. So many of my friends were brainwashed and tortured as kids with religion, and when they came out – well, you can guess the rest.
@ChuckGG: Thank you for your memories and the perspective you give us, I have several Iranian American friends whose families were in the anti shah resistance, but had to escape the country when the mullahs came to power and their stories have always fascinated me. The example of modern Iran shows only too well the terrible effects theocratic power has on normal people
@iltman: Yes, I'm sure they have quite a number of stories from that time period. From my perspective, I never thought the Shah was that bad. He spent a fortune to modernize the place. We always joked the national bird of Iran was the "crane," as the cities were dotted with these swing-boom construction cranes – always building something.
Of course, I'm not Iranian so I cannot speak to what it was like from their perspective. I do know they had wineries (Chateau Sardasht), beer breweries, and great restaurants. Women were very Westernized and most did not wear a chador (head covering leaving face exposed). I rarely saw the burka (full-face cover). There were discos, clubs, bars, etc. I also know we sent guys working in Saudi to Tehran for R&R. It was a very modern, Westernized city. That may well have been the problem – religion is all about control and I'm sure the mullahs saw that control slipping. I suspect today with the internet, they also see control slipping, just as is happening slowly in North Korea. It's difficult to control people when they see how the rest of the world lives on TV 24/7. It's hard to censor a satellite dish. The Arab Spring comes to mind with Facebook and Twitter.
All that said, I remember an Iranian friend telling me that when a light bulb burns out in your house, you don't tear down the house and start over. He implied the ousting of the Shah might have gone too far.
I cannot imagine what they went through post-Shah with the economy and the Iran-Iraq War (1 million dead) and now a theocratic dictatorship is any improvement.
Never mind that all this mess was caused in the first place by America and Britain, with the 1953 CIA-run coup that replaced the secular democrat Mossadegh and replacing him with the dictatorial Shah Pahlavi. For being uppity about Western oil interests in Iran, what else?
Its kind of interesting… In my view this reminds me a lot of the biblical passage that the men had left the natural usage of their women and turned to other men. I don't mean that in a homophobic way at all. I just feel that the men in Iran have turned their women into child bearers and have removed their sexual status. That means that in order to truly enjoy themselves sexually they need to get it on with other guys because while women are probably more inhibited over all other guys are much more free about sexuality.
@NG22: "Persian men fucking? What's the most direct flight to Tehran?"
OK!!!!!!!!!! I will be on that flight with you!!!!
Arab men are sooooooo hot sometimes. I find this very exciting! Lol
@ChuckGG: Thanks for all your input. It was very interesting. It's good to have senior citizens tell us their stories, anytime, anywhere about their gay lives. Thanks again.


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My first time, and I'm going to brine some country pork backbone.
1. Do you add sugar? Why? What does the sugar do? 2. Before placing meat on the grill, do you rinse the meat? |
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I add sugar...because it adds to the ion count for the ion exchange thing and it's not salt....and I like a sweet BBQ flavor with pork. I don't rinse the meat, but I do pat it dry and usually rub with something and allow it to sit refrigerated for several hours or unrefrigerated for a couple of hours....uncovered. The goal is to have the rub dry. Linda C |
I never added sugar to a brine when I was still brining. But along with the salt I did add herbs, garlic cloves and peppercorns. And I never rinsed. Switched the end of last year to pre-salting. Much easier than brining and I like the results even more. I use the pre-salting method now on beef, pork, chicken, turkey and lamb. Here is a link to another thread on pre-salting in case you are interested. |
Thanks for the info. Mine is on the grill! |
Glenda, I know it's not really polite to answer a question with a web site but I've had this one bookmarked for several years and I find it a good reference. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Brining How To
I found that site yesterday. Thanks for posting. Just finished lunch and my backbones were very very tasty, and moist. Have a Brinkman water smoker, and it did the job! |
Jimtex, since when is it impolite to respond with a link that answers someone's question? I've never heard that before. |
Hi Gardenlad. Over the years there has been a comment or two about folks wanting tnt recipes instead of links to websites. I didn't think Glenda would take offense but I mentioned it just to let her know I wasn't taking the easy way out in answering her question. BTW I like reading your progressive dinner threads, please keep them up. James |
And jimtex, I appreciate your adding the link! :o) Thank you! |
Glad you like the progressive dinners, Jimtex. Why don't you join us? A new cycle will be starting in two weeks, and there's always room for one more dish. Back to brining. Just to voice a disenting opinion: I have never had anything brined---my own or somebody elses---that didn't taste overly salty to me. So, yes, brining is a way of assuring juicy meats. But I can do that other ways, without destroying the flavor of the dish with too much salt. |
My country back bones, that I brined, rinsed slightly, and grilled, were delicious, and not salty. |
That's interesting Gardenlad. Like Glenda I've never found the meats that I've brined or pre-salted to be salty at all. I know some others have said that they found that gravy made from brined birds/meat was salty, but I never found that to be the case either. Brining and pre-salting does make for wonderfully moist and flavourful meats. Glenda, the next time you roast a chicken or turkey try brining or pre-salting. I'm sure you will be just as happy with the results. |
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I have found very useful what "The Perfect Recipe" cookbook says about brining. (I have a normal-sized book by this name, but I saw what I thought was the same name on a very thick book.) The one I have has lots of good cooking ideas, beyond just specific recipes. |
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Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- BNP Paribas SA, France's largest bank, reported fourth-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates and said its corporate- and investment-banking unit had a "good start" to the year.
The shares gained after net income dropped less than expected to 765 million euros ($1 billion) from 1.55 billion euros a year earlier. The average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was for earnings of 587 million euros.
The bank withstood a "quite difficult" period for financial markets, Chief Executive Officer Jean-Laurent Bonnafe, 50, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television today. "Progressively the situation throughout the euro zone should stabilize."
Bonnafe, who took over in December after overseeing the purchase of Fortis assets, inherited a bank hurt last year from losses on Greek sovereign bonds. French lenders have been embroiled in Europe's crisis because of their $620 billion in holdings of private and public debt in Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain, according to figures from the Bank for International Settlements.
BNP Paribas rose as much as 2.38 euros, or 7.1 percent, to 35.89 euros, the most in almost a month, and was at 35.73 euros at 12:44 p.m. in Paris trading.
The shares have gained 18 percent this year, giving the lender a market value of 43.1 billion euros. European financial stocks are rebounding after the European Central Bank provided 489 billion euros to lenders through a three-year refinancing operation in December and plans to offer a further series of loans at the end of February.
Greek Writedowns
BNP Paribas is "well-provisioned" for its Greek holdings, said Gonzague Legoff, a London-based investment manager at H2o AM LLP. "The key question remains the level of funding that might come from ECB facilities at the end of the month." H2o manages about 2 billion euros and owns shares of the bank.
The lender booked 567 million euros in writedowns on Greek sovereign debt in the fourth quarter as it increased the provisioning level on the securities to 75 percent from 60 percent. In 2011, provisions on Greek sovereign bonds reached 3.24 billion euros.
Loan Losses
BNP Paribas posted losses in the quarter of 148 million euros from disposing of corporate loans as it raced to reduce dollar-funded assets. The bank, which expects about 650 million euros in such losses again this year, is also about halfway in taking 400 million euros of one-time costs at the corporate- and investment-banking unit, it said.
The company hasn't decided whether it will tap the ECB's funding offer at the end of the month, Bonnafe said today. BNP Paribas doesn't need the funds, he said.
"If it's clever to move, we will move," he said in the interview. "If it's not clever, we won't."
BNP Paribas's share-price gain in 2012 pares the decline for the past 12 months to 38 percent. Societe Generale SA and Credit Agricole SA, France's second- and third-largest banks, respectively, have lost more than half of their market value in the period.
BNP Paribas plans to pay a dividend of 1.20 euros a share for 2011, a 43 percent drop compared with a year earlier. Societe Generale and Credit Agricole scrapped their 2011 payout.
Shrinking Assets
The three banks are retreating, shrinking assets by about 300 billion euros and cutting at least 5,600 jobs to comply with international capital rules as they book Greek losses.
The lenders, together with Groupe BPCE, France's fourth- largest bank, had taken 5.4 billion euros in writedowns on Greek sovereign holdings as of the end of September. Societe Generale and Credit Agricole both operate unprofitable Athens-based consumer-banking networks.
Euro-area finance ministers yesterday canceled a meeting in Brussels slated for today and will hold a teleconference instead to prod Greece to do more to clinch an aid package by identifying additional budget cuts of 325 million euros. The measures are among conditions that must be met for Greece to secure a 130 billion-euro rescue needed to avert financial collapse.
Dollar Financing
Part of the rescue includes a bond swap intended to slice Greece's debt load. The exchange for new 30-year bonds with an average coupon of as low as 3.6 percent would cut 100 billion euros off more than 200 billion euros of privately held debt. Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said the country needs to make a formal offer to private bondholders for a debt swap by Feb. 17.
BNP Paribas, which achieved most of its self-imposed goal of reducing dollar financing by $60 billion by the end of this year, raised the target to $65 billion, it said today.
The lender is also booking losses after reducing European sovereign-debt holdings to help make its capital level less dependent on fluctuations in government-debt prices. The company posted 510 million euros of losses in the fourth quarter stemming from government bond sales.
BNP Paribas is "at ease" with its levels of holdings in French, Italian and Belgian sovereign debt, Bonnafe told reporters at a press conference in Paris, adding that he sees no relation between participating in the ECB's three-year funding offers and buying sovereign debt.
The lender reduced its banking-book sovereign exposure by 29 percent in the second half to 75.3 billion euros as it cut Italian government holdings by 8.2 billion euros, according to a presentation handed to journalists.
Job Cuts
BNP Paribas's pretax profit at the corporate- and investment-banking division slumped to 6 million euros from 1.09 billion euros a year earlier. Fourth-quarter sales at the unit fell 40 percent to 1.65 billion euros as fixed-income revenue slid 68 percent, hurt by losses from selling sovereign bonds. Equity-and-advisory sales dropped 31 percent to 405 million euros, while financing revenue slid 16 percent to 894 million euros, the bank said.
Bonnafe affirmed in the interview today that the division was off to a good start in 2012, without elaborating.
The company said Nov. 16 it plans to cut about 1,400 jobs at the division, or 6.5 percent of the unit's staff worldwide. BNP Paribas booked 184 million euros in one-time costs in the fourth quarter after starting the job-reduction plan.
The lender doesn't have plans for further job reductions at the corporate- and investment-banking business on top of those already announced, Bonnafe said. The bank cut the division's bonus pool for 2011 by half, the CEO said.
Capital 'Stretched'
"Growing the corporate and investment bank will require much more capital than they used before" as new Basel III rules are introduced, Alain Tchibozo, a London-based analyst at Mediobanca SpA, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. "Let's face it, the real challenge for BNP Paribas is to emerge from this crisis stronger, and to do that, to gain market share, you need capital. Unfortunately their capital base is stretched."
BNP Paribas reached the European Banking Authority's capital requirements six months ahead of the mid-2012 schedule, it said today. The London-based EBA in December had found a 1.5 billion-euro capital shortfall at France's largest bank. The company repeated that it will satisfy Basel III's 9 percent common equity Tier 1 ratio by year end as the lender retains earnings and adapts its business.
The French lender has no plans for a capital increase after it complied with the EBA's targets "quite swiftly," Bonnafe said.
BancWest 'Footprint'
BNP Paribas gets most of its revenue from France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy and the company also owns BancWest, a network of branches in the U.S. Through its purchase of Fortis in 2009, the lender added clients in faster-growing economies such as Turkey and Poland.
Pretax profit at the French retail-banking network gained 13 percent to 378 million euros, while pretax earnings at San Francisco-based BancWest increased 1.9 percent to 159 million euros, the company said. California is the "footprint" of BNP Paribas in the U.S. and the company has no intention of exiting that retail-banking market, Bonnafe told reporters after the press conference.
BNP Paribas's Italian retail network, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA, had 102 million euros in pretax profit, up 11 percent from a year earlier, the company said. The Europe- Mediterranean division, which includes consumer-banking networks in countries such as Turkey, Ukraine and Egypt, had a 20 million-euro pretax profit, compared with 7 million euros a year earlier.
Pretax earnings at the investment-solutions unit, which includes asset management, private banking and insurance, fell 61 percent to 212 million euros on lower asset-management revenue.
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10 It was Sunday and I was in the Spirit, praying. I heard a loud voice behind me, trumpet-clear and piercing: | 10 On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, |
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