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Man's best friend has never been more helpful. Featuring an artistic birdcage design, this holder is multi-functional and serves as a charming wall accent at the same time. You'll be smitten when you see this chocolate brown dog's cute face, complete with textured muzzle, floppy ears and protruding tongue. Two paws finish the doggedly delightful design.
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This conversation piece with purpose can be relied on for many years. Whether holding keyrings, displaying photos, or serving solely as a piece of whimsical beauty, this dog will be a welcome addition to any home - and you'll never have to walk it!
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Harper, Sumner, Sedgwick, Butler County Tornado
Last updated: Thursday April 19th, 9 pm with a before and after damage picture in Sedgwick county
The supercell thunderstorm that produced these tornadoes lifted north out of Oklahoma, crossing the KS-OK border just to the NW of Manchester. It then traveled northeast for about 24 miles producing EF1 damage along its path. This tornado weakened and eventually lifted as it moved toward Danville. However another tornado formed along the supercell's southeast flank, first touching down south of Argonia.
This tornado lifted off to the northeast for about 18 miles producing up to EF3 damage. The most significant damage occurred southwest of Conway Springs as it struck a home. This supercell continued to cycle, developing another tornado along its southeast flank near Milan. This tornado remained on the ground for around 7 miles and produced up to EF1 damage west of Conway Springs.
The next tornado this storm formed was over southern Sedgwick County, over southern parts of Haysville. This tornado produced up to EF3 damage as it continued off to the northeast for 13 miles. The most severe damage occurred around the Oaklawn area of southeast Wichita. This tornado continued to weaken as it moved into Butler County with sporadic weak tornado damage occurring southwest of El Dorado and west of Cassoday.
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Tornado as it affected Southeast portions of Wichita. Picture taken by Brandon Ivey and courtesy KWCH.
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Bid to make smart TVs even smarter
Couch potatoes will be waving, pointing, swiping and tapping to make their TVs react in the not-so-distant future, similar to what Tom Cruise did in the 2002 movie Minority Report.
That is the vision of TV manufacturers as they show off smart TVs at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The sets will recognise who is watching and will try to guess what viewers want to see. They will respond to more natural speech and will connect with smartphones in a single touch.
The idea is to make TV watching easier and more pleasant as viewers are confronted with more and more choices - from the hundreds of live TV channels from the cable or satellite provider to online video services such as Netflix, Hulu and Apple's iTunes.
A traditional remote control that lets you flip through channels one at a time suddenly seems inadequate.
At a speech this week, Samsung president Boo-Keun Yoon said the company was developing "TVs that have the power to create the ultimate lean-back experience".
But do not worry about "Big Brother" looking back at you. Manufacturers such as Samsung will allow motion-capturing cameras to be pointed away.
There are some safeguards in place so that the TV would not misinterpret casual conversations or gestures as actual commands. You would need to press a button before giving a voice command, and you would need to stand still for a few seconds and raise one hand before an on-screen cursor would appear for gesture commands.
Paul Gagnon, a TV analyst with research firm NPD Group, said these technologies are still in their early days.
"Most interaction I've had with gesture and voice control ... it's not real great right now," he said. "Right now, a lot of people in the industry are just trying to explore the possibilities."


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New IRS Rules for Interest Reporting on Nonresident Alien Accounts: Effective with 2013 Tax Year
Effective with the 2013 tax year financial institutions will begin to report interest on many of the nonresident alien customers on IRS form 1042-S. Are you able to identify your nonresident alien (NRA) customers? Many institutions do not have tax identification numbers on NRA customers and have even been reporting these customers as US persons using interest form 1099-INT instead. All of this is about to change and your institution does not have much time to prepare a game plan for 2013 and the trillion dollar business that nonresident aliens have in institutions in the United States.
The new regulations provide that payments of interest aggregating $10 or more on a deposit maintained at a U.S. office of a financial institution and paid to any nonresident alien individual are subject to information reporting. Financial institutions will be required to report interest payments of $10 or more. This means that you will have to have a TIN for nonresident aliens with interest bearing accounts. With respect to any calendar year, payors will only be required to report interest on deposits maintained at an office within the United States and paid to a nonresident alien individual who is a resident of a country identified in the Revenue Procedure as of December 31 of the prior calendar year. These identified countries are those with which the United States has in effect an information exchange agreement. To address any potential burden associated with reporting on this basis, the final regulations provide that for any year for which the information return under Sec. 1.6049-4(b)(5) is required, a payor may elect to report interest payments to all nonresident alien individuals.
The United States government wants to share information on taxes with other countries. They are changing these rules to allow them to exchange information with other countries that may have information about US citizen accounts overseas.
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- Why is this happening? What is the goal of the US?
- Who is affected? What countries?
- Who is a nonresident alien? How will we report NRA interest?
- How will this affect our W-8BENs?
- Will we have to update W-8BENs every three years if we report interest annually?
- What if we can't tell if the NRA lives in an affected country? Will the affected countries change every year?
- What should your game plan be now to get ready for the change?
- Do we need to change our CIP on NRA? Should we gather more country information?
- Are there any fines and penalties for noncompliance?
- All of these questions and many more will be answered in this program
This informative session is for New Accounts Personnel, Compliance Specialists, BSA Officers, Deposit Operations and anyone who works with interest reporting.
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The Death Cult at the castle door as envisioned by the wingnuts.
August is ended, and it would be nice if that would prove to be the end of the silly season that has given us "Ground Zero" "Mosque" and Arizona's law that drafts the police into racial purity enforcement. Nice, but it seems with the taste of blood on their lips, the right is in full monster movie mob syndrome.
While we on the progressive side do tend to enjoy Death Panel nonsense, the crazies have been astonishingly prone to indulge the comedic side of their inventive tendencies lately. Are we being a little overly optimistic when we see the funny side of calling yourself "armed, dangerous and ready to fight" on the right wing?
Naturally, the lone gunman who attacked Discovery Channel, even though he has no connection to anything advocated by the left, is fingered as a proof of the violent tendencies of that same left – that more usually is attacked for its education-supporting, elitist, Discovery Channel tendencies.
A brouhaha that once again tried to call us lefties a violence prone cult makes us want to giggle, but should we be supplying the safe room instead?
It seems Better Off Dead icon Cusack was idly tweeting yesterday and he rattled off this thing proposing the construction of a "Satanic death cult center" outside the Fox News building. The full tweet:
I AM FOR A SATANIC DEATH CULT CENTER AT FOX NEWS HQ AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICES ORDICK ARMEYAND NEWT GINGRICH-and all the GOP WELFARE FREAKS
In no time at all there were serious news stories blasting Cusack for going on a "rampage" and calling for the "Satanic death" of Newt and Dick Armey. "John Cusack Calls for 'Satanic Death' of Fox News, GOP Leaders," blared the Fox News headline. In a flash Fox was calling up academic experts who were taking this tweet that could not possibly be more obviously a joke and seriously calling it an incitement to violence. From the piece:
"His provocative tweets could easily incite a rabid fan to commit violent acts against Fox News Headquarters and others he names," said Dr. Carole Lieberman, a Beverly Hills-based psychiatrist and author of "Coping With Terrorism: Dreams Interrupted."
And like magic, mere minutes later, the tweets from the internet peanut gallery rolled in, with conservative readers unironically ripping Cusack for advocating violence. "Remember lefties warn that Glen B was inciting violence with his rhetoric," tweeted "Uniqname." "Didn't know he was a jihadist," wrote "Taylor Nichols."
"Calling for violence is never the answer to a disagreement, Mr. Cusack," wrote "reaperzilla." And "isn't this incitement?" wondered "Harleybubba" (I swear, I didn't make up that name).
…I get that some of these folks are dying to find an example of a "liberal" inciting people to violence in the manner of oft-criticized right-wing heroes like Glenn Beck, but even taking that anxiousness into consideration, you'd have to be in virtual brain-death to take something like this seriously.
While we all remember the whiner in kindergarten who'd insist that some other kid was messing with him/her, and the teacher ought to punish that kid, don't we all conclude that with years and assumption of better tactics, that little s**t will at least act like some one worth knowing? someday??
The wingnuts at large these days didn't get through their finger-pointing stage yet. We need better ways to work around them.
Author: Ruth Calvo, 66 and retired, is a longtime political activist for progressive causes and writer as well as a daily editor here at The Seminal. She worked in the office of TX. Senator Ralph Yarborough after graduation from Wellesley College in the 60's, served on the Council on the Arts after receiving their award for playwriting, managed some political campaigns in Maryland, and served several years as assistant to Maryland House of Delegates member Delegate Gene Counihan.


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The RIAA has sent a letter to Congress, calling on it to pass the iPod-criminalising INDUCE Act. Ernest Miller has deconstructed the letter line by line, countering its claims.
That taking has consequences, human and creative. [Some of the consequences are good, some are bad. Separating them, however, is a pain and may not be possible.] My companies make money almost exclusively from the sale of our creative product. [And they still can, they will have to make some adjustments to their business model.] We don't have a performance right on radio and therefore derive no income from radio play. [Welcome to the wonderful world of "when Congress tries to dictate business models." And so, the RIAA proposes a sequel.] We don't make money from artist tours or merchandise. [And why is that? Is there a law against it? If so, I would recommend it be repealed.] We don't make money from endorsements of other products. [Is someone stopping them from doing that?] We just sell recorded music. [You're free to structure business however you like.]Link (Thanks, Ernest!)We take profits from sales – when we're good and lucky enough to get them - and plow money back into the search for that next great talent who will thrill music fans around the globe. [I guess the industry must have been bad these last few years.] When we think we have found that talent, we invest huge amounts to sign, nurture, promote and distribute their creative product. [And the RIAA is the only way talent can be found and promoted, because?] Our economic vitality is based on generating hits – finding special talents that enjoy strong commercial appeal. [And we should care about the hit-maker mentality, because?]


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Recently I read an article, Suburbia R.I.P, written by Michael Cannell, leaving me with a feeling that living in the suburbs is a dying dream…." In the wake of the foreclosure crisis many new subdivisions are left half built and more established suburbs face abandonment". There might be some truth to his statement, since the downturn of our economy affects everyone, including the suburbs. The new home construction did slow down considerably, but I have yet to see "half built" abandoned subdivisions, or totally abandoned suburbs.
Suburbia took on a different look these days, in comparison to what it was like 50 or more years ago. The square footage of new homes is ever increasing, so is the demand for large lots, multi-car garages, private outdoor heated pools, tennis courts, central air conditioning, etc. Many homes in the suburbs are built now in clusters, gated communities, or developments, run by associations, giving them a very neat and uniform appearance. These developments are usually located within 5-10 miles from shopping centers, restaurants, hospitals, and other commercial centers, not exactly located somewhere in deserted areas, away from civilization.
Michael also states that homes constructed today do not measure up, quality wise, to homes built year ago…"the 1930s homes held up because they were made with solid materials, and today's spec homes are all hollow doors, plastic columns and faux stone facades", here again I only partially agree with his analysis. Consumers have several choices today in constructing a home they can afford, thus some choose modular (precision-built) homes, which cosmetically look very nice, but does lack the quality of the traditional home. But then again, one still can have a newly constructed traditional home which supersedes the 1930's homes, because the new homes are star energy efficient, include environmentally safer materials (such as no asbestos or led paint), are well insulated, have double or triple pane windows, thus saving on energy usage, and still may include hard wood floors, ceramic tile, granite countertops, hot tubs, brick or stone exterior, etc.
Of course one expects to have a higher energy bill living in the suburbs in a 3200+ sq.ft. home, in comparison to 450+ sq. ft. flat in the city…. luxury costs money. However at the same time, the purchase price of the same flat in the city could cost you as much as the home in the suburbs, so it's all relevant. Also, rent in the city could equal the mortgage payment of the suburbs' home. In the suburbs every licensed member of the family usually owns a car, but in the city majority of the population depends on public transportation, due to high maintenance cost of owning a car (limited space, high insurance rates and parking fees).
I personally experienced life in the city and the suburbs, and I still prefer the suburbs to live in and raise a family. I love to visit cities, since there is so much to see and enjoy, but the suburb's fresh air, the abundance of nature, the tranquility, the close knit neighborhoods, are my favorite attractions of these areas. The privacy and luxury of having y0ur own yard to play with your children or grandchildren. To be able to have a flower patch or a garden, to cultivate your own organic fruits and vegetables, relax on the patio and watch the sunrise and sunset. Wake up to the sound of singing birds, rather than a siren of a fire truck, or a police car. I also love the beauty of the seasonal changes of nature, especially during spring and fall, which is so much more noticeable in the suburbs.
I strongly believe that the suburbs will survive the current economic downfall and continue to flourish and attract the urban population to move into them.
I would love to hear your stories and opinions on this subject, whether you live in a city or suburb. What is your opinion on Michael's theory.
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Personally, I love the burbs to raise a family. I think the only city I would live in with my children is NYC. And that would be only if we had a 3 floor apartment overlooking Central Park, and a never ending bank account……:)
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2Dreams do come true…….you never know when you might say….- NYC here we come!!!!!
I've lived in the city all my life…nothing like New York City or Center City Philadelphia, but its not the suburbs! I like that things are close and I can hop on the bus or train if needed. But we're going to move to the suburbs after the wedding and I can't wait! There are such unique stores and towns in suburbs and a sense of community. Where I lived when I grew up has changed for the worse and people just dont care about each other. PS this weekend we are meeting with the photographer to see their work…I'm getting so excited to get things together for the wedding!!!
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4I totally agree about the many conveniences of living in the city, being within a walking distance to restaurants, entertainment, shopping…..but I am sure you will love the suburbs as well…now that you will have a hubby to share your excitements with. Keep up the good work with your wedding plans. Sounds like you are right on schedule.
Aww thanks so much Suburban Grandma!!! I love talking with you!
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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: THE BEAUTY. THE SPY. AND THE BEHOLDER. From the beloved New York Times bestselling Madeline Hunter comes this riveting historical romance, in which a darkly handsomeand#160;noblemanand#160;is determined toand#160;unmaskand#160;a delicate and mysterious young beauty... A refugee from the war in France, Marielle Lyon has established herself at the fringes of London society. Claiming to be the niece of an executed aristocrat, Marielle welcomes the gossip that she is a spy. The more eyes she has watching her, the better protected she isand#151;and the better chance she has of saving her fatherand#8217;s life. and#160; A warrior at heart, Alban Norwood, Viscount Kendale, would still be in uniform if not for his older brotherand#8217;s untimely death. After all heand#8217;s seen, Kendale doesnand#8217;t trust the Frenchand#151;or their femmes fatales. He has set up a surveillance network to ferret out undercover agents, and he believes heand#8217;s found one in the delicate, mysterious Marielle. and#160; Ready to pounce on his tempting prey, Kendale arranges a meeting with Marielle, who is more beautiful and more cunning than he anticipated. But the Viscount is ready to do whatever it takes to unmask herand#151;even if it means playing a game of seductionand#133; Review:"Bestseller Hunter (The Conquest of Lady Cassandra) stumbles with this passionless historical tale of an English spy-hunter and a young woman who's determined to rescue her father from French revolutionaries and bring his nemesis to justice. Former soldier Gavin Norwood, Viscount Kendale, has been following Marielle Lyon for over a year, trying to gather proof that she's a French spy. When she's attacked in an alley, he comes to her rescue and is forced to admit his interest is personal as well as professional. Marielle isn't above using his obvious lust against him, especially if it will help her bring down the evil Antoine Lamberte, who had her father arrested and is still hunting her in France. The plot drags and the story offers few surprises, as all loose ends are eventually wrapped up with minimal effort. Despite the attention to period detail, even Hunter's most ardent fans may have trouble staying awake through this lackluster story. Agent: Pam Hopkins, Hopkins Literary Associates." Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Synopsis:More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA. Synopsis:A woman running a prestigious London auction house? Preposterous! But that is exactly what Emma Fairbourne intends to do when her father dies, leaving her the reins of this fabulous enterprise. Of course, she is not addlepated enough to do this openly and scare away her wealthy collectors. So she and her friend concoct a deception, hiring a handsome and charming front man who will do her bidding… All would have proceeded smoothly—if it weren't for the maddening interference of Darius, the arrogant Earl of Southwaite, who has been her father's "silent partner" and now shares ownership of Fairbourne's. An earl, of course, has no interest in running an auction house—and Darius is certainly not interested in allowing the lovely Miss Fairbourne to run it either, her ludicrous scheme notwithstanding. Clearly the business must be sold. But the headstrong Emma is like no other lady he has ever encountered, refusing to follow his dictates. Holding his temper in check, Darius decides to attack on a different front. There is another way to achieve her surrender, one far more pleasurable for both of them… About the Author Madeline Hunter has published twenty-three critically acclaimed historical romances. Her books regularly appear on the New York Timesand USA Today bestseller lists. More than five million copies of her books are in print, and her books have been translated into twelve languages. She has won two RITA Awards and is a seven-time RITA finalist. Madeline holds a PhD in art history, which she teaches at the university level. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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How do you break these habits? Imagine a pulley coming out of the top of your head. Pull that cable upward and feel your spine stretch while you drop your shoulders and nudge your shoulder blades back toward each other. This will push your chest up and open up your rib cage, making it easier to breathe.
Now find your sitting bones -- sneak your hands under your backside and you'll be able to feel two bones pushing down into your hands. Overarch your back and these bones will push off your hands. Lean back too far on the fat part of your buttocks and they will slide forward. Sit centered and they will rest in the middle -- where they should be. To get the right support, you need a good chair too; choose a firm, high-backed model with armrests and lumbar support.
When I am in the operating room for hours on end, I have a lot of tricks to take the pressure off my shoulders, back and feet. I always wear comfortable shoes -- in my case, clogs, so I can slide my feet in and out. I shift my weight from one foot to the other and every once in a while, I pick up a foot and bend my knee to keep the blood circulating. Perhaps most important, I raise the operating table up so that my arms rest with a natural bend at the elbow. This way, I don't have to stoop over, straining my neck and lower back.
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Kayunga is a district located to the northeast of Uganda's capital city, Kampala. The district's population based on 2002 census is 294,613, with more than 90% living in rural areas. Only 4.7% of the population has access to electricity and 73% of all households depend on mainly subsistence farming.


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text: Bowhunting is still primarily a short-range pursuit. My surveys show that the average shot distance, when hunting whitetail bucks, is roughly 19 yards. It is not because my friends and I can't accurately shoot 30 yards, or farther, but rather because whitetail bucks are unpredictable in their movements and the cover they live in is thick. It is hard to set up good shots at longer distances, which is why you need to become an expert at setting up good close shots. I've talked about natural funnels in this column before. Ideally, you should put treestands in locations where natural movement narrows. These bottlenecks and funnels are the whitetail bowhunter's mainstay. But I have never discussed the next step. You can manipulate the local setting to make these buck traps even more effective. That is the real subject of this column. Making Your Own Blowdowns Let's say you have a great stand that you can get to and from without alerting any deer, the wind is in your favor, but you can only cover two of the three trails in the immediate area from this ideal tree. Then, to improve the stand, simply cut some junk trees and brush and drag it all into place to clog that third trail in an effort to redirect those deer to the closer trails. It is a simple, but very effective strategy. Just do the manipulations well before the season-preferably in the winter months when the forest still looks like it will in November. Manmade Trails A friend of mine recently passed along a great tip that I had not considered. He goes into the timber in mid-summer with a 5-gallon backpack sprayer filled with a Roundup plant killer. He simply sprays the Roundup on the brush he wants to remove to make trails through thick cover. By August the brush is dead and brittle and he returns to clear it away with a garden rake. He does this because when undisturbed, deer will use your trail rather than fight through thick brush. Another option is to make trails in your food plots. If you are growing corn or sorghum, you can effectively funnel the deer closer to your stand by using an ATV to knock the mature stalks in a three-spoke pattern emanating from your stand. Not only does this give you important shooting lanes, but also the deer will begin using your lanes as trails. Fences and Gates If you have a gate in your hunting area with a convenient tree nearby, consider opening it in late summer to give the deer time to get used to using it. You can accomplish nearly the same thing by tying down the top wire in a loose fence. The deer will see this as an easier place to jump and soon they will have a trail beaten to that spot even though they can easily jump the fence on either side. Some people even go so far as to tie a light rope along the tops of the fence posts in each direction from the low spot to make the rest of the fence appear higher. This seems heavy-handed, but it definitely works. Of course, be sure to get the landowner's permission before opening gates or messing with fences. Mock Scrapes Manipulating your hunting area to bring more bucks within bow range is a controversial method of upping your odds. I tend to be light-handed in this regard because I enjoy hunting deer on their terms, but people must decide for themselves. They can legally choose a point somewhere between the extremes. You can simply cut down a few bushes or you can erect a half-mile of construction fencing with a 30-yard gap in the middle. There is no question that you can manipulate wild whitetails, the only question is where to draw the line.


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Arlington — The most crowded part of the Texas Rangers' spring clubhouse the past six weeks was the training room, and that's never a good thing.
Some soreness and lingering rehab from injuries the previous season aren't unusual early in camp, or even at the midpoint of the Cactus League schedule. But Rangers players took camp ailments to an extreme this year, especially over their final week in the desert.
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Cabinet casts final eye over Abbot bids
PUBLISHED: 03 May 2011 00:03:50 | UPDATED: 03 May 2011 05:54:14PUBLISHED: 03 May 2011 PRINT EDITION: 03 May 2011Paul Garvey and Khia Mercer
The winner of the Queensland government's Abbot Point coal port terminal privatisation could be known as early as tomorrow, with the announcement of the successful bidder believed to be imminent.
As revealed by The Australian Financial Review last week, Indian conglomerate Adani (in pole position) and Nathan Tinkler's newly established International Port & Logistics appear to be the leading candidates. Street Talk can reveal that Adani is believed to have bid about $1.8 billion, well above the $1.5 billion the government had originally hoped for.
The Queensland government's cabinet budget review committee is believed to be studying the offers, and last night was yet to decide on its preferred bidder.
While it's believed Tinkler's offer eclipses that of Adani by up to $100 million, the 11th-hour offer has complicated the process. In Tinkler's favour is the fact that unlike Adani – which has the right to develop the Dudgeon Point coal terminal – International Port & Logistics doesn't have any other terminal interests and doesn't present any competition challenges. Just who has won will be known by the end of this week, sources close to the process say.
Meanwhile, the decision by sovereign wealth fund Korean Investment Corp to take an initial 1 per cent stake in Singapore-listed commodities trader Noble Group and agree to a joint investment in infrastructure assets and supply chain management activities has placed even more focus on the coming Glencore float.
Swiss commodities trader Glencore is due to unveil the identity of cornerstone investors in its $US10 billion ($9.12 billion) to $US12 billion raising in London and Hong Kong alongside the release of its prospectus tomorrow evening. There are indications the investors, including sovereign wealth funds, could buy around one-third of the shares with an escrow period to be applied.
Participants in Glencore's convertible bond raising in 2009, including BlackRock, China's Zijin Mining and Singapore Investment Corp, are also expected to be cornerstones.
It will be worth watching if China Investment Corp, which owns a 14.9 per cent stake in rival Noble, will participate in the Glencore raising, with some saying it is unlikely.
Noble further shored up its relations with China last week through the appointment of Li Rongrong as a non-executive director. Until last year, Li was the powerful head of China's State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, responsible for all of its state-owned companies.
In the meantime, all of the focus on the Glencore float is likely to be good news for the organisers of Macquarie's Australian conference in Sydney tomorrow (Wed). Hours before the release of the Glencore prospectus, BHP Billiton marketing head Mike Henry will be giving a presentation. No doubt, there will be questions about the impact of the Swiss group's float and perhaps the potential for it to merge with Xstrata.
The much anticipated initial public offering of Bega Cheese has taken another big step with boutique advisory firm Kidder Williams hosting a beauty parade of investment banks last week on Bega's behalf.
About six to eight banks are understood to have pitched for the joint lead manager role on the float, which is tipped to be worth between $350 million and $400 million.
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CamFrog combines video, audio and text socializing with group chatrooms serving an international community and the deaf to create a true global network of communication.
If you're sick of hopping from one chatware program to another, looking for the perfect mix of video, audio and text socializing, CamFrog might be what you're looking for.
The chat rooms feature everything from music lessons to sign language to non-English chatting, and integrating video, audio, and text components are a great leap forward for chat communities since a Web cam is not a requirement. Be warned, though: There's also a slew of x-rated chat rooms; this is not a program that kids should use without supervision.
The interface should be familiar to anyone who has used any messaging software. You can create your own chat room and password-protect it, and the Contacts list has a section for favorite rooms and one-click contact adding, user searching, and profile management.
The interface could have been better designed, though. Chat rooms open in a new window, room participants get another, the user control panel gets a third one, and the video window makes four. A design that kept everything together but distinct would add far less clutter to your taskbar and screen.
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On Sunday 12 December 2010, the Acting Prime Minister and Treasurer, the Hon Wayne Swan MP, released a broad package of reforms designed to drive a more competitive and sustainable Australian banking system. This alert discusses key measures relating to consumer mortgages, transaction accounts and credit cards.
Mallesons has released separate alerts on 12 December commenting on proposals about support to smaller lenders and enhancements to wholesale funding arrangements and changes to competition and consumer laws in relation to price signalling.
As a whole, the changes to mortgages, transaction accounts and credit cards will have far reaching effects on the financial services industry. They may require changes to how internal and external costs and expenses are recovered within individual products and across a lender's whole product portfolio. The government has confirmed that it will move extremely quickly to settle and implement the changes.
Financial services entities should investigate opportunities to engage with the reform process, either directly or through an industry association. Under the Government's timeline, targeted consultation on the package is to commence in December 2010, including the establishment of Government-industry consultation groups, and initial meetings during the weeks of 13 and 20 December 2010.
The Government has announced that it will take tough measures to outlaw "exit fees" charged on mortgages. Treasurer Swan confirmed that changes made to the National Credit Code (NCC) will apply to all NCC regulated lending, including by non-bank lenders. Targeted consultation will be carried out from December 2010, with draft legislation to be released in January 2011.
The package notes the ASIC Guidance of 10 November 2010 on how ASIC views existing laws, (such as the NCC and the unfair terms provisions of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL)) already limiting exit fees. The Government's intention appears to be to further restrict exit fees, so that legitimate expenses that might be recoverable under the NCC and ACL can no longer be charged. It is not yet clear whether it is intended to ban all exit fees, including, for example, break costs calculated as a result of a break to a fixed rate period. The package also notes that attempts to recover the costs represented by such fees in another way, for example by way of entry fees, can be reviewed by ASIC for compliance with the NCC.
The Government has released for comment a proposed "key details summary" sheet for a home loan. It would be compulsory for lenders to prepare a sheet using a prescribed format and inclusions to allow easy comparison of loan costs and features. The standard form will include details of a variety of websites offering loan comparisons.
It is not yet clear when credit providers will be obliged to provide this document, and how it will fit with the new disclosure document regime introduced under the National Consumer Credit Protection Act (NCCP) with effect from 1 January 2011. It remains uncertain if the key details are to be provided on request, or with the new credit provider's Credit Guide when it becomes apparent that a credit provider is likely to enter into a loan, or both.
It is also unclear how the document will be provided when a customer deals through a broker. A broker is obliged to provide various documents (its own Credit Guide, a quote and a proposal, which set out certain details about the proposed loan) and do certain things (a preliminary assessment of suitability) before and during the process of providing credit assistance (suggesting or assisting the consumer to apply for a particular loan). The Government has indicated that these provisions are likely to be further varied in early 2011 as part of the bedding down of the NCCP obligations. Adding a "key details" document may add further complexity and raise the following questions:
Is the "key details" merely a document that customers can request, or is it intended that customers must obtain this document directly from the credit provider before the broker can commence this process?
If not, is it intended that credit providers must provide it to brokers who request it, at what stage in the process is the broker permitted to ask for it (eg must a suitability assessment be done first), and must the credit assistance process cease until it is provided?
Should some of the broker's disclosure documents be abolished or streamlined as a result of the provision of the "key details"?
There are also a number of practical issues to be resolved about the content of the document. There are specific assumptions in the NCC which credit providers may (and must) rely on to calculate some of the matters needed to complete the "key details". Total interest charges is one example. However, the prescribed assumptions are not sufficient to allow these calculations in all cases, for example, a construction loan with an unknown drawdown schedule. Other issues will arise in using the "key details" template to compare loans which are not relatively standard home loans.
The Government has repeated its commitment to implement in full its "fairer, simpler banking" election commitments in relation to credit cards, discussed in our September edition of Regulator. Treasurer Swan confirmed that the changes will be 'fast tracked'. These changes will have impacts for card issuers' systems and procedures and for pricing and product offerings. Draft legislation for these measures is also expected to be released in January 2011.
A joint Treasury / Reserve Bank Taskforce will report to the Government in June 2011 on the need for further action regarding ATM charging and access, with a preliminary report in February 2011 on issues affecting remote and indigenous consumers.
The Government will instruct the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to identify positive steps that can enhance the ability of consumers to move their business from one provider to another. Consultation will begin in January 2011. Ultimately, the Government proposes consumers might have personal, transferable account numbers to which all their direct debit and credit arrangements attach. These would be retained when they move to another provider, although Treasurer Swan has noted in interviews that this may be a long term goal.
In undertaking this review, the RBA is required to consider how regulatory protections, including privacy protections, can be retained with a new system.
The RBA will also investigate whether it would be possible to have a central holder of mortgage securities, so that a borrower can refinance a home mortgage without the mortgage (or any lenders mortgage insurance policy) being discharged and replaced. Implementing such a proposal would likely require very significant changes to conveyancing and financing practice, and may have implications for state and territory stamp duty revenues.
The Government's proposed changes to the laws affecting retail financial services are likely to lead to significant changes for all entities involved in the provision of consumer credit (particularly residential mortgage lending and credit cards) and transaction accounts.
The proposals follow a year of almost unprecedented upheaval for the sector with the commencement of the NCCP and the ACL. They add to a range of significant regulatory reforms that are still in progress ("tranche 2" credit reforms, privacy reforms, changes to anti-money laundering and financial sanctions laws and the review of the Electronic Funds Transfer Code of Conduct). Retail financial services providers should prepare to engage with these reforms also, and should expect them to be implemented as a high priority by the Government.


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Making Sustainable Business Decisions In Four Different Industries and Their Effect on People (Social), Planet (Environment), and Profit (Economics)
Walt White
The student will gain a better understanding of "Global Warming" and the "Triple Bottom Line" by viewing the first two videos. Further the CEO2 game will introduce many new ideas/options that specific industries have to select from in achieving their desired corporate/company goals.
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Cindy Lampe, Ventura College
The assignment pre-tests student understanding of the CCD, lysocline, calcareous ooze, and the deposition of marine sediments near mid-ocean ridges and ocean basins.
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Getting a Grip on Hydrogen Bonds
Elizabeth Nagy-Shadman, Pasadena City College
The purpose of this brief (~15 minutes) activity is for students to directly observe some of the unique properties of water that are the result of hydrogen bonds, such as capillary action, adhesion, cohesion, and ...
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Hot Water and Hurricanes
The lab activity described here was created by LuAnn Dahlman of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Activity Summary and Learning Objectives Students explore issues related to the rapid intensification of hurricanes. ...
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Based upon an original activity from Houghton Mifflin, DiscoveryWorks, p. E52
In this lab activity, students determine density differences of water samples with varying temperature and salinity levels. Students synthesize information to predict the effects of oil in given water samples.
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HCAH is now accepting avian and exotic patients! Dr. Zimmers has extensive experience treating all kinds of animals, including birds, ferrets, rabbits, reptiles, and rodents. These patients require special handling and knowledge in order to be treated correctly. If you have an exotic pet in need of care, please call the hospital and make an appointment today.
We know how difficult it is to say goodbye to your beloved pet, especially in a hospital environment. To make this incredibly personal and sad time a little more comfortable for your pet and family, HCAH is now offering euthanasia services in your home. If you are interested in this service, please call the hospital for details.
HCAH will no longer be accepting emergency calls after office hours. For the last six years, Dr. Zimmers has worked as an emergency/critical care veterinarian at large referral centers. Because of her experiences at these large hospitals, she has firsthand knowledge of what it takes to treat your pet in an emergency. In a true emergency, your pet may require bloodwork, IV fluids, radiographs, oxygen therapy, and even surgery. All of those procedures need to be done QUICKLY and require multiple personnel to be available on site in order for your pet to have the best chance of survival. In addition, your pet would need to be monitored closely during the night, as surgical and critically ill patient's condition can change dramatically within hours. If your pet needs emergency help after hours, please call HCAH and our answering service will provide you with contact information to the closest emergency hospital.


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Some people would Instagram or live-tweet their way through 100 days in China, but Dartmouth sophomore Jake Gaba danced his way through his visit instead. Gillian Pensavalle (@GillianWithaG) has the video that is going viral.
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Insight into Autonomic Nervous System Control of Heart Rate in the Rat Using Analysis of Heart Rate Variability and Baroreflex Sensitivity
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Heart rate variability and baroreflex sensitivity are two readily accessible methods available to assess control of heart rate by the autonomic nervous system. Heart rate variability can provide information regarding neural (parasympathetic, sympathetic, reflex) and nonneural (hormones, thermoregulation) control of heart rate. Baroreflex sensitivity provides information on how effective the autonomic nervous system is in rapidly changing heart rate in response to changes in blood pressure. Methods are presented on how to calculate heart rate variability using frequency domain analysis and how to calculate baroreflex sensitivity using the sequence method and α-coefficient method of analysis. Data is presented from a variety of rat strains (control, hypertensive, kidney disease, depressed) to indicate the utility of these methods for comparing autonomic regulation of the heart in both anaesthetised animals via intra-arterial recordings and conscious animals using telemetry.
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- Insight into Autonomic Nervous System Control of Heart Rate in the Rat Using Analysis of Heart Rate Variability and Baroreflex Sensitivity
- Book Title
- Stimulation and Inhibition of Neurons
- Pages
- pp 203-223
- Copyright
- 2013
- 10.1007/978-1-62703-233-9_12
- Print ISBN
- 978-1-62703-232-2
- Online ISBN
- 978-1-62703-233-9
- Series Title
- Neuromethods
- Series Volume
- 78
- Series ISSN
- 0893-2336
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Heart rate variability
- Baroreflex sensitivity
- Frequency domain analysis
- Sequence method
- α-Coefficient
- Radiotelemetry
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- Editors
- Paul M. Pilowsky (ID1)
- Melissa M.J. Farnham (ID2)
- Angelina Y. Fong (ID3)
- Editor Affiliations
- ID1. , Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University
- ID2. , Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University
- ID3. , Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University
- Authors
- Cara M. Hildreth (00121)
- Ann K. Goodchild (00121)
- Jacqueline K. Phillips (00121)
- Author Affiliations
- 00121. Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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On the December 6 episode of Talk Back, we talk about U.S. 15 year-olds who recently scored worse than Vietnam and most other countries in the PISA academic tests. What is America doing wrong, if anything? What can we do to do a better job?


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Tuesday January 22 - 8.30 pm, Premiere
Thursday January 24 - 6.30 pm
Sunday January 27 - 5.30 pm
Tuesday January 29 - 6.30 pm
Thursday January 31 - 8.30 pm
Prologue to the Tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen, in four scenes
Music by Richard Wagner
A new production of the Teatro Massimo
Conductor Pietari Inkinen
Director Graham Vick
Set and Costume Designs Richard Hudson
Mime Movements Ron Howell
Lighting Designer Giuseppe Di Iorio
Music Assistant Friedrich Suckel
Assistant Director Lorenzo Nencini
Assistant Scene and Costumes Elena Cicorella
165 minutes (no interval)
About the opera
Composed between 1853 and 1854 to a libretto written by the composer himself between 1851 and 1852, Das Rheingold had its première at the National Theatre of Munich on September 22nd 1869. It is in one act with four scenes, and describes Siegfried and Brünnhilde's background events when the Nibelung Alberich took the gold from the Rhein river, which then fell first into the hands of Wotan and then to those of the giant Fafner.
An internationally renowned cast featuring some of the greatest Wagnerian singers of our time has been assembled for this Teatro Massimo's highly anticipated new presentation of Der Ring des Nibelungen. In contrast to most productions, Mr Vick says the Teatro Massimo will offer an actors' "Ring", emphasising the characters and the human rather than visual aspects of the drama, and avoiding Germanic stereotypes. "It will be in tune with these austere times. Staging the 'Ring' involves enormous expense in terms of rehearsal and we didn't want to add huge production costs to this," he explains. The "Ring" is a massive challenge, testing every part of an opera house—human, organisational, financial, musical—and it needs a theatre in good shape. Mr Vick is confident that the Massimo is that, but notes that big pieces are always an adventure. Given the demand for Wagner specialists next year, fully casting a "Ring" with leading singers, such as Franz Hawlata, Will Hartmann and Ceri Williams, is a considerable achievement. [Read the full press release] |


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3 thoughts on "Bloggingheads"
I've only listened to half the video, but I wanted to point out that the people Conor mentioned as not needing birth control- lesbian couples, people not having sex- still do need access to the pill, as last week showed. A large percentage of women on the pill (including me) are on it because it helps manage other health issues in addition to preventing pregnancy. If we frame hormonal birth control as prescription drug, refusing to cover it on moral grounds seems as ridiculous as refusing a patient narcotic pain medication because we object to recreational drug use.
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Oh, yeah, right. That's a really good point. I might be writing something about this again at Blisstree soon, and if I do I'll definitely bring that up …
I think it's funny that in the bloggingheads comments, someone says (about my since-we're-covering-everything-else statement): "Brown's apparent standard of "let's cover everything less-dumb than the dumbest thing we cover" is one of the more-amusing illustrations of the political ratchet effect I've seen recently."
Which is a fair point. Actually, I'm not quite sure what the 'political ratchet effect' means. But I'm a realist. "Let's cover everything less-dumb than the dumbest thing we cover," seems like probably the best we can do.


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ALBANY, Ga. — A stovetop grease fire ignited a home at 5602 Randall Lane about 10 p.m. Wednesday, burning through more than half the house and causing nearly $40,000 in damage, an Albany Fire Department report stated.
"Other than (portable) heating fires at this time of year," fire Chief James Carswell said, "kitchen fires are the number one cause of fires all year long."
In firefighter language it is called "unattended cooking" when food on a stove, in an oven or any kitchen cooking appliance, starts a fire.
The report said Firefighters arrived at the fire about 10:04 p.m. to find the structure half involved. When a fire report says "involved," it means blazing away with flames and smoke.
According to the report this is what happened next: Willie Coven and his family stood outside the home as firefighters arrived and noted that everyone was out in the yard. No rescue operation was necessary.
Firefighters rolled out hoses to carry about 600 gallons of water to quench the fire. The raging fire came under control in 16 minutes.
After firefighters performed salvage operations, the firefighters had to return to the home to make sure hot spots remained out. All fire trucks and firefighters finished up at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
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What the Broncos draft did for … Nate Irving
Posted By Mike Klis On May 7, 2013 @ 10:38 am In General Broncos,NFL draft | 7 Comments
Middle linebacker is there for the taking, kid.
The Broncos did not select an inside linebacker in the draft. They did have Georgia's Alec Ogletree rated No. 1 on their inside linebacker board and LSU's Kevin Minter was No. 2. Ogletree's past character issues off and on the field, though, caused the Broncos to take defensive tackle Sylvester Williams with their No. 28 overall pick.
Ogletree went No. 30 to the St. Louis Rams, whose coach Jeff Fisher has never shied away from character problems. See Adam "Pacman" Jones, Albert Haynesworth and Cortland Finnegan while Fisher was coaching at Tennessee.
The Broncos did sign inside backer Stewart Bradley from free agency but he was a reserve the previous two years with the Arizona Cardinals and received a "back-up" deal of one-year for $1.1 million.
Nate Irving will get every chance to win the middle linebacker position vacated when veterans Keith Brooking and D.J. Williams were allowed to become free agents. Irving was a third-round draft pick out of North Carolina State in 2011 whose development has been slow. His biggest obstacle was the 2011 lockout the cost him an entire offseason learning period, followed by a contract holdout and injury in his first training camp.
Irving, who turns 25 in July, played well on special teams in his second season as he tied for the team lead with 10 tackles. As it so happens, the other player who had 10 special teams tackles was rookie Steve Johnson, who is also a middle linebackers.
Johnson, undrafted out of Kansas last year. will compete with Irving and Bradley for the "Mike" position.
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