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on 2/17/2010 3:35:00 AM
Age: 19-24
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Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
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I've bought several bottles but go through them like water. I use Nail Magic as a back up when I run out but this stuff is great. Absolutely repairs the nails from death. So far the best in terms of growth/strength
on 5/24/2009 2:11:00 AM
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Eyes: Green
I am 46 and have been wearing nail polish for 33 years. I have tried every type of product out there. Nailtiques truly is a miracle product. This literally, in 2 weeks, made my peeling, dry, nails so strong that at one point I actually used one like a screwdriver when doing a home repair.
The downside: After about a month of using this product, my nails BROKE RIGHT OFF. Yep. All 10 of them. I was later told that you're not meant to keep using it for more than 2 weeks--you need to go to one of the other formulas to maintain....
This was about 5 years ago and at the time, this price seemed so expensive to me that I gave up on Nailtiques in disgust because I couldn't imagine buying TWO bottles!
Now older, more financially secure, but with even drier nails, I have since tried OPI and it does NOTHING, so I'm considering going back to the Nailtiques again.
on 3/6/2009 3:06:00 PM
Age: 36-43
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Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
After 40 some-odd years, I finally have nails that I must actually trim on occasion. My nails have ALWAYS been thin, bendy, and peely (thats a word, right?). It wasn't worth me trying to paint my nails since the second water hit them, my nails would bend and the polish would peel off. Now, polish lasts forever and I give the BEST back scratches!! I always used this with polish, even though the directions said not to, so I had no issues with peeling and this did not seem to diminish its effectiveness.
After I finished the bottle of 2Plus, I "graduated" to the Formula I Maintenance. I was worried that this would not sufficient, but they continue to be exceptionally hard, not brittle. They are so impressive now that when I hit my nail against something, I am not worried if I broke the nail, but if my nail broke whatever it was I hit. Worth every... single.... shiney.....penny!
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This is truly amazing. I've never been able to grow my nails very long because of how thin and brittle they were. After having acrylics for a while, I decided to try and grow my natural nails again. Of course they looked awful. The manicurist suggested this product and I'm so glad she did. I remember using nailtiques several years ago, but it was a different formula (can't remember which) so it didn't have the same results. This makes my nails sooo strong and hard, and my nails are normally thin and easily breakable. They've never grown so fast. I stopped using this for a while after my nails strengthened, and started using other products because I got some popular nail treatments at TJ maxx for a great price, but after two nails broke, I've come back to nailtiques for my base. For what it does, I don't think the price is bad at all. The bottle is kind of small and this particular formula isn't available at walgreens (atleast at mine), but I put it on 2 days a week or so, so I still have a good amount left.
on 9/29/2008 11:10:00 PM
Age: 25-29
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I LOVE this stuff! It's expensive, but it's really worth it. I finally have the nails I always wanted! I had always, my whole life, suffered with extremely thin and bendy nails that peeled like crazy no matter how careful I was, and nail polish always peeled off because they were so bendy. I'd tried nail hardeners before, but they never did anything more than a regular clear coat on me.
So I did a board search, and they recommended this for me - I started using this stuff three weeks ago, and my nails are hard and healthy! No peeling, no splitting, no cracking, nothing! And polish stays on for a week! I can actually grow my nails out however long I want them! For the first time in my life, if I want my nails shorter, I have to deliberately cut or file them. Like a normal person!
I don't have a problem with this formula peeling off - It does eventually peel, but only after about 5-7 days, and that's about as long as you can expect any manicure to last.
I use this on the bare nail, then I use 2 coats of color, then Seche Vite topcoat, and then I apply a coat of this on top once a day for as long as my manicure lasts, and it stays really shiny and beautiful.
My bottle has not gotten gloppy as the pamphlet warns, but I think that's partly because I keep it in its original box. All nail polishes set by exposure to UV and/or cold, so if you just keep your nail polish in a dark box in a climate controlled room, they won't thicken for a loooong time.
If you have really week, bendy, splitting nails, I can't recommend this highly enough.
on 6/15/2008 6:48:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Blue
No doubt, this did help my nails get longer... but it peels horribly. I typically do my nails at night, before bed, and by the time I'm on the train, this stuff is peeling off. I tried coating over it with OPI polish and topcoat, and it still comes right off. Moving on to Nail Tek by recommendation of a friendly manicurist. This is just too expensive for what it is.
on 3/20/2008 12:14:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Miracle in a tiny bottle. I knocked it down for the price, which is approx $10 USD for a 1/4 oz/7.4 ml bottle. That's quite a bit of money, but it lasts much longer than I expected. I definitely don't feel that all expensive products are a good value and worth the money, but this one is.
Before I used this product, my nails were peeling and breaking often. I'd just stopped biting my nails after years and years, so they were in bad shape. I tried lots of treatments, but the peeling and breaking persisted. Since using this product, both have stopped. I've had only one break and it was the one day I took a "break" and had no polish on. They day before, I reached into a box to pull something out and thought had a hard time extracting it. I thought, "Oh no, I'm going to break a nail. That wasn't very smart!" But I pulled my hand out with all my nails intact. The next day I removed the polish and dug into the same box with another hand. I broke a nail - the only time since I started using the product and it was the one day I wasn't wearing it.
The instructions say to put on a new coat every day, so after about 3 weeks, I bought a second bottle and took one to the office to put on when I forget. The information with the bottle says to expect the protein to turn the formula goopy and advises cleaning the bottle rim with special formula thinner after each use. I'm way too lazy and forgetful for that and haven't done it once. I am careful about not dripping the formula on the rim and closing the bottle tightly. After 2 months, my first bottle isn't goopy and there's about half left.
If I only use one coat, it WILL peel. I always make sure to put on a new coat every day and just add a coat a day for a week, then remove it and start over. If the polish starts to peel, I just add the new coat right over the old one. (Another reason having one bottle at home and one at the office has helped.) As long as I do that, peeling isn't much of an issue.
If tomorrow morning I lost both bottles, I would be at the store buying two new ones tomorrow evening. That's how much I love it.
on 8/31/2007 1:22:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Dry, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
The regular formula 2 failed on me but this one really works. I bit my nails for years so they are extremely weak and peel incessantly. This is the only thing that has worked for me so far. I do wish it wasn't $10, but it's good enough that I will still keep paying the $$$$$.
on 7/19/2007 6:30:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
WOW! This is the first product to motivate me to write a review - it's that good! My nails had gone from bad to worse, peeling, splitting, until they were all right down to the quick. This, applied daily, has grown them all out to between 1/8 and 1/4". when I manicure my nails weekly with nail base, polish, this and top coat. I tried Qtica, OPI's Nail Envy and Sally Hansen, all of which did nothing. This tiny bottle is $10 but it's worth every penny to me.
on 10/28/2006 12:45:00 AM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
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A top U.S. court has ruled that it is not illegal to take upskirt photos of women.
The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts overruled an earlier judgement by a lower court and declared Michael Robertson not guilty on Wednesday, March 5. Mr Robertson was arrested in August 2010 in a sting operation when he was found taking upskirt videos and photos of women with his mobile phone. Even though he was charged in a lower court, an apparent loophole in the law set the man free.
According to the court ruling, existing Peeping Tom laws prohibit people from taking photos of people who are nude or partially nude in private places like washrooms and dressing rooms. However, when it comes to clothed people in public, there is no such protective law. The court ruling has further clarified that a woman wearing any kind of a dress that covers her private parts cannot be termed as "nude" or "partially nude." It does not matter what kind of dress or underwear she may be wearing, she should still be considered "clothed."
The state law is not applicable to photographers or videographers capturing clothed people. The court admits that an action like Mr Robertson's should be made illegal. However, the present set of laws has nothing against him at the moment, The Guardian reported. Beacon Hill lawmakers have been alarmed by the apparent flaw in the legal system and pledged for an update to the state law.
For those who are still not aware of what upskirt photos are, here is a brief introduction. The term refers to unauthorised photographing of covered or uncovered private parts of a woman under her skirt. It can either be an image or a video. The photographer apparently takes advantage of the woman being unaware of being photographed in such a manner. Upskirt photos can be associated with criminal activities like extortion as the victim is threatened to have her photos circulated online otherwise.


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Negative - Railway Construction Workers, Heywood, Victoria, circa 1915 Reg. No: MM 003418
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- Black and white cellulose acetate negatvie.
- Description Of Content:
- Construction workers on the Heywood to Mt Gambier railway line. One man holds an accordian and another holds a dog. They are posed in front of some tents and trees. They were probably contract labour ('piece workers').
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- Copied from W Rogers, 1986
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|Hand written in white, across bottom of photograph; "Peace Workers / Heywood to MT. Gambier Railway / Then. the.Band. began.to.play."
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Kelly Olynyk, Celtics keep Sixers reeling in Philadelphia
|12.15.14 at 9:28 pm ET
Kelly Olynyk netted a career-high 30 points to help lead the Celtics to a 105-87 win over the lowly Sixers, in Philadelphia. (For a complete box score, click here.)
Philadelphia (2-22) dropped to 0-13 at home this season, staying in contention for the NBA record more most home losses to begin a campaign. (The 1993-94 Mavericks started 0-19.)
The win snaps a three-game losing streak for the Celtics, who had beaten Philly in the teams' only other meeting this season.
The C's broke open a five-point lead in the first quarter with a 27-13 second quarter, thanks in large part to Olynyk's 18 first-half points.
Avery Bradley only went 5-for-20 from the floor, but finished as the Celtics' second-leading scorer with 15 points.
Two Celtics mainstays struggled in the win, with Jared Sullinger netting just five points on 2-of-10 shooting, and Rajon Rondo took just three shots on the way to a five-point night.
5 things we learned from Celtics' ugly loss to Knicks
|12.12.14 at 10:37 pm ET
The Celtics dropped a 101-95 decision to the Knicks (click here for box score) Friday night at TD Garden.
Carmelo Anthony, who missed the previous game with a sore left knee, appeared to have no lingering issues, as he scored 20 points in just under 40 minutes. The Celtics once again struggled to find open looks in their halfcourt offense, committing 18 turnovers and shooting a mediocre 43.5 percent from the field.
The Knicks led for almost the entire game and were able to withstand a frantic fourth-quarter push by the Celtics. Amar'e Stoudemire and Tim Hardaway Jr. had 20 and 16 points, respectively, in the win. Jeff Green led the way for the Celtics, scoring 28 points on 9-for-19 shooting.
Zeller continues to be one of the lone bright spots on this Celtics team. Zeller scored 19 points, shooting an efficient 9-for-14 from the field. Zeller is a favorite target for Rondo around the basket and has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. He moves especially well in transition, finding the right angles before the defense has the chance to set up. Zeller struggled to defend the length of Stoudemire, but continues be impress on the offensive end, especially in the pick-and-roll.
The rookie left the game in the second quarter after only playing just more than three minutes. The team quickly announced that he suffered a strained left Achilles. He appeared to hurt himself while taking a charge on this play (see below). He limped into the locker room at the next stoppage of play. It's unclear if this injury is related to the sprained ankle he suffered earlier in the season.
(Thanks to ESPN Boston's Chris Forsberg for the GIF.)
Turns out Taylor Swift knows all. Players are indeed going to play, while haters are simultaneously going to hate. Turner caught a lot of Twitter flak after missing a potential game-winning shot against the Wizards on Monday. Friday, Turner, starting in place of the sick Avery Bradley, only gave his detractors more reasons to vilify him as he shockingly struggled with his outside shot. He found moderate success later in the game by attacking the rim. He finished with 13 points and five turnovers.
Report: Carmelo Anthony would consider a trade 24 games into $124M contract
|12.12.14 at 1:44 pm ET
Well, this didn't take long.
Marc Berman of the New York Post is reporting that Carmelo Anthony would consider waiving his no-trade clause (for the right situation) just 24 games into his five-year $124 million contract. Of course, many reporters who cover the Knicks have come out to dispute this report. It is a bit ridiculous that Melo would give up on New York this early, but let's roll with Berman's story for argument's sake.
Is Anthony a player worth pursuing if you're Danny Ainge?
Strong arguments can be made for both sides.
Ainge has been waiting for a big name to be made available, and Anthony would be the only one with trade speculation swirling around him … well, outside of Boston's own Rajon Rondo. The Celtics are at a crossroads when it comes to the direction of the team. Ainge has been stockpiling assets for a youthful rebuild, but it has always been on his mind that he could turn those assets into win-now players if the opportunity presented itself, much like it did in the summer of 2007.
Boston would provide Anthony with a significantly better supporting cast than he has been given in New York, specifically Rondo. Ainge runs one of the only franchises with the combination of draft picks and expiring contracts to land Anthony, as well as persuade the star that the Celtics are a team worth his while.
Here's an idea of what the Celtics could offer the Knicks: Jeff Green ($9.2M player option next season), Marcus Thornton ($8.6M expiring), Brandon Bass ($6.9M expiring) and a first-round pick in each of the next three drafts. Normally teams can't trade picks in back-to-back drafts (let alone three in a row), but thanks to the C's situation, they could offer their own picks in 2015 and 2017 (and the Knicks would have the right to swap picks with the Nets in 2017 if their pick ends up a better one than Boston's) and the Nets' pick in 2016.
Marcus Thornton needs to get minutes in crunch time
|12.11.14 at 9:05 pm ET
The Celtics' primary struggles have been well documented to this point. They are very, very bad when it comes to late game execution. One of the players most people look to in those situations — including his teammates — is Rajon Rondo. But, Rondo has preformed poorly in those scenarios so far this season, something he hasn't lost any sleep over.
Realistically, crunch time scoring is not Rondo's forte. That's not his fault. He's a brilliant passer that is trying to find his young teammates who are attempting to learn on the fly while under pressure.
Another seemingly strong option late in games should be Jeff Green, who has hit some game-winners before. Green is having the career-year many have been looking for from him, at least in terms on consistency and aggressiveness, but even he hasn't done enough to keep the Celtics from throwing away games in fourth quarters.
Here's an idea: Give Marcus Thornton a try.
Thornton was an afterthought entering the season. He's in Boston because his expiring contract was included in a trade that Danny Ainge used to add Tyler Zeller and a first-round pick to the tall-standing pile of assets the Celtics have collected. Thornton, a streaky bench scorer, has kept his team in games a few times this season, but even more so recently.
In Sunday's win over the Wizards, Thornton scored 21 points in just 17 minutes off the bench. 11 of those points were during a run that broke the game open for the C's in the second quarter, and then he added another eight points to keep the Celtics on top in the fourth quarter after the Wizards were threatening to steal the win.
Celtics practice notes: Rajon Rondo not feeling pressure, Jeff Green's special gloves
|12.11.14 at 4:18 pm ET
The Celtics returned home from an unsuccessful two-game road trip and got right back to practice on Thursday. They were a unique couple of games in the sense that the starters didn't see many minutes during crunch time in Monday's loss to the Wizards, but then were unable to keep up with the Hornets' starters on Wednesday when they were on the floor late in the game.
There was a lot of speculation surrounding Rajon Rondo being benched for the fourth quarter and both overtimes in Washington. Many expected him to bounce back strong in Wednesday's game, but instead he committed three late-game turnovers that potentially cost the C's the game. Rondo seems to be putting his mishaps in the past.
"It's not weighing on me at all," Rondo said of his team's struggles.
Does he feel like he's getting too much of the blame?
"It doesn't matter to me," Rondo replied. "I've been here the longest. I'm the team captain and I'm the point guard. Just like in football, in the beginning they blamed [Tom] Brady a lot. It's just part of it. It's not weighing on me at all."
Rondo doesn't put much emphasis on trying to improve on things that went wrong after having a bad game — instead he looks forward.
"You let it go," Rondo said of his fourth quarter in Charlotte. "I've been playing this game for nine years. I'm one of the best at what I do. I'm human, I make mistakes. I own up to my mistakes, this is part of the game."
Rondo's coach understands where is he coming from.
"I think he has an idea that as a leader and an older guy you have to be accountable," Brad Stevens said. "At the same time, if he says, 'Hey, this one's on me,' or he says something to that extent, none of us think that. We all were accountable for all the different things that went wrong in a loss or a win."
"I think as a teammate, and as a person on the team, you appreciate that accountability, but you certainly don't think that [Rondo is the one to blame], but it's part of being a leader," Stevens added.
5 things we learned in the Celtics' loss: Al Jefferson upstages Rajon Rondo's triple-double
|12.10.14 at 9:28 pm ET
Marcus Thornton scored 13 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, but it wasn't enough to claw the Celtics out of an early hole in a 96-87 loss to the Hornets .
Rondo finished with 12 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds — his third triple-double of the season — and Jeff Green added 16 points, but the Celtics scored just two points in the final 4:32 against Charlotte (6-15).
Meanwhile, the C's had no answer for Al Jefferson (23 points, 14 rebounds) in the middle, losing a third straight road game and falling to 7-13 on the season.
For a complete box score, click here.
SLOW START: The Celtics entered Wednesday's game with one of the NBA's most efficient first-quarter offenses, averaging 26.7 points on 49.4 percent shooting, but struggled in the opening 12 minutes against one of the league's worst defensive units. With the exception of Green (3-for-5 field goals), the Celtics started just 4-of-16 from the field, missing all five of their 3-point attempts. The end result was a 22-16 deficit, so rather than protecting an early lead, the C's found themselves in the unfamiliar position of digging themselves out of a first-quarter hole.
BENCH PRESS: The C's bench picked up right where it left off in Monday's second-half comeback against the Wizards, quickly erasing the early deficit and pulling even at 32 apiece midway through the second quarter. Kelly Olynyk anchored the effort, scoring eight points in a span of just more than three minutes. While the reserves battled their way back into the game, the C's starters couldn't maintain the momentum, falling behind again 45-40 by halftime.
Magic 9-Ball: Rajon Rondo Trade Barometer v4.0
|12.09.14 at 1:20 pm ET
Let's face it: This is the season of Rajon Rondo. As interesting as it is to evaluate the frontcourt progress of Jared Sullinger and Kelly Olynyk, Avery Bradley's offensive potential and Jeff Green's surprising consistency, the biggest questions the Celtics must answer all involve Rondo. Just how good is he? Will he be traded? What can they get in return? In a weekly feature on Green Street, we'll take stock of the Celtics captain's status every Tuesday.
Either Rondo hasn't fully recovered from the knee injury he suffered nearly two years ago or he's no longer capable of carrying the Celtics offense the way he once did during four straight trips to the NBA All-Star Game from 2009-13.
We may have to accept one or the other as fact.
Rondo's 32.1 minutes per game are the lowest of his career since former Celtics coach Doc Rivers handed him the keys to the duck boat during the 2008 playoff run, and he's been atrocious in back-to-back performances this fall after sitting out those games last season. The Celtics have played three back-to-backs this year, and here are the point guard's performances in those contests.
- Celtics 106, Bulls 101: DNP. The Celtics opted to keep Rondo home in order to remove screws from his surgically repaired left hand.
- Celtics 109, Pistons 102 (OT): 34 min, 2 pts (1-6 FG, 0-1 3P), 8 ast (4 to), 3 reb, 3 stl. At the end of regulation and for portions of overtime, the C's deliberately kept the ball out of Rondo's hands, even benching him for a stretch in favor of Evan Turner, a superior free throw shooter.
- Wizards 133, Celtics 132 (2OT): 21 min, 0 pts (0-3 FG), 4 ast (3 to), 2 reb, 1 stl. Rondo did not return once Marcus Smart replaced him with 5:20 remaining in the third quarter and the Celtics trailing by 20.
As you can see, the C's finished 2-1 in those games, only losing to the Southeast Division-leading Wizards in double overtime. Any way you slice it, there's been a stark contrast between rested Rondo and fatigued Rondo.
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I'm somewhat surprised at the large negative reaction to GS...For me, I am just amazed at the poor understanding Congress continues to demonstrate in these hearings (do they bother to study anything about the subject they're supposedly going to investigate?) Moreover, it seems there are huge conflicts of interest with the government being so entrenched in business (e.g. Fanny and Freddie, GM) that impartiality seems difficult at best. Lastly, with all this talk about whether GS acted unethically, I noticed very little has argument has actually been built around which philosophical school of thought they supposedly run contrary (in order for a philosophy to be valid it must be able to be universally applied). In my mind, GS was doing what every other business and individual does; ensure their own survival first THEN facilitate the goals of others.
The Senate never laid a glove on them. Goldman's CEO purposely confused the market making role Goldman plays with their role as an underwriter. As a market maker, a size matched ($1 million long for $1 million short) hedge on a position is appropriate. This insures liquidity and an ability of the firm to respond to customer requests. As an underwriter, a bank is using it's reputation to sell product to clients. Underwriting carries with it a higher level of fiduciary duty. This is where misstatements about the construction of a security are critical. (Think of it this way. If you manufacture and sell cars, you have an implicit obligation to sell safe cars. I will not buy a car from you if I know that you, or a partner firm involved in the design and manufacture of the vehicle, have taken out a life insurance policy on me, the car buyer, and designed the car to maximize the chances that you, or a partner firm, will be able to collect on the insurance policy by reducing the reliability of the car's braking system. This is what the SEC says Goldman did.)
Why the market failed - http://twisri.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-market-failed.html
Adam Smith on the Current Financial Crisis - http://twisri.blogspot.com/2009/04/adam-smith-on-current-financial-crisi...
What happened. What now. - http://twisri.blogspot.com/2009/04/commercial-and-investment-banks-used....
To REALLY see what went wrong, take a look at page 6: http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s71903/wmccir122203.pdf
See page 2: http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s71005/wcunningham5867.pdf
Also see: http://www.ethicalmarkets.com//wp-content/uploads/2008/12/financialbailo...
The central & key moral & ethical question is concerning the
Chaplain to the Madoff family, being also Chaplain to
O so many leaders @ Goldman.
Banker Joe I understand you're being in the financial sector and agreeing with Goldman's move to provide liquidity, for holding an investment that you say they didn't want themselves. My answer is they should have been more diligent in their investigations prior to obtaining such a toxic asset.
The point you're ignoring is the fact that they misrepresented an investment as good, for the sole purpose of short selling it. Your examples of marketing firms and celebrities misrepresenting products as a comparison as to what Goldman did is absurd. The only reason why they got away with what they did is because the laws are not in place for market makers to abide by a fiduciary duty, and Goldman knew that.
Otherwise they would be on the hook with a federal indictment violating Title 18 section 1346 Scheme and Artifice to Defraud, a subsection of the Mail Fraud statute facing 20 years in prison. The participants that concocted these deals are no more than glorified bank robbers in a digital age. Ethics in the financial world have deteriorated to almost non-existent and the only thing that matters is the bottom line.
If you as an individual trader/investor were to have done the same thing you would be in prison. It's time to make an example out of Wall Street.
Little noticed- the new consumer agency will not be a stand-alone, but part of the Fed.-- read consumer screwed. What's new?
Mad Hatter wrote: 'You have a gaggle of geese, a pride of lions, flock of birds, school of fish - how about a wunch of bankers?'
I say what about: A wank of bankers?
I thought the hearings were a fascinating and largely successful example of their educational function. Yes, they were messy (non-stop hardballs from Levin, non-stop softballs from Coburn) and at times downright bizarre (Where were your staffers, McCain?), but most people outside wall street still do not understand what happened in 2007, and hearings like these are essential if we are ever to get a grip.
A few things struck me in particular:
1. When Blankfein stated that society should ban activities like the synthetics if such activities serve no social purpose - finally, someone on wall street shows that they know the difference between ladbrokes and an investment bank!!!
2. The blank stares of the bankers as they failed to grasp the language of the questions being asked. The senators were obviously conflating market-making with underwriting, but why couldn't the bankers just say so in plain English? One expects physicists and chemists to speak their own language and to fail miserably in translation to English, but bankers?
Personally I thought Blankfein and Vernier performed very well in an impossible situation. Same for McCaskill and Coburn. The irony was that Goldman was less guilty than many of their peers of the specific offenses being alleged. But their single-mindedness and success do make them a rich target.
Your comments on rating agencies couldn't be more to the point.
They either have be fully reformed or new ethical ones have to be created.
J. Kemp
Excellent piece of humour!
Is it just me or do others also feel as if these forums are becoming personal blog of one who goes by the name of schadefreude? It is becoming somewhat irritating listening to endless wisecracks from some GS apologist. If he does work for GS (given he claims to know the ins and outs of GS compliance), then he should put a disclosure to that effect and if he doesn't then maybe he should start a personal blog where those of us interested can devote our exclusive attention to his valued comments.
As for the GS grilling itself, all I can say is that the 'super smart' traders ended up showing their true colors - they came across as evasive and slimy snake oil salesmen who still don't get the ethical and fiduciary obligations of their business. I don't have much sympathy for politicians who were derelict in the past (with ample help from Wall Street) but someone has to clean these Augean Stables created by 'masters of universe' and that is what politicians are elected to do.
The blank Fiend solemnly stated that he had no needs for bailout because he can raise money from Warren Buffet and other Wall street insiders if needed. Looks to me like the whole Wall street is a giant Ponzi scheme.
Gosh this jut breaks my heart. He had a bad day!
Warren Buffet once said "Derivatives are an instrument of mass destruction". Yet he owns 63 billion dollars worth and is trying to influence congress not to introduce bills that would affect his fortunes. Humm....
There have been a lot of analogies of derivatives and how Goldman and others have abused them. This is the best one I have read, forwarded to me just now by my friend Frank. Enjoy.
Easily Understandable Explanation of Derivative Markets
Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Detroit. She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her bar. To solve this problem, she comes up with new marketing plan that allows her customers to drink now, but pay later. She keeps track of the drinks consumed on a ledger (thereby granting the customers loans).
Word gets around about Heidi's "drink now, pay later" marketing strategy and, as a result, increasing numbers of customers flood into Heidi's bar. Soon she has the largest sales volume for any bar in Detroit .
By providing her customers' freedom from immediate payment demands, Heidi gets no resistance when, at regular intervals, she substantially increases her prices for wine and beer, the most consumed beverages. Consequently, Heidi's gross sales volume increases massively. A young and dynamic vice-president at the local bank recognizes that these customer debts constitute valuable future assets and increases Heidi's borrowing limit. He sees no reason for any undue concern, since he has the debts of the unemployed alcoholics as collateral.
At the bank's corporate headquarters, expert traders figure a way to make huge commissions, and transform these customer loans into DRINKBONDS, ALKIBONDS and PUKEBONDS. These securities are then bundled and traded on international security markets. Naive investors don't really understand that the securities being sold to them as AAA secured bonds are really the debts of unemployed alcoholics. Nevertheless, the bond prices continuously climb, and the securities soon become the hottest-selling items for some of the nation's leading brokerage houses.
One day, even though the bond prices are still climbing, a risk manager at the original local bank decides that the time has come to demand payment on the debts incurred by the drinkers at Heidi's bar. He so informs Heidi.
Heidi then demands payment from her alcoholic patrons, but being unemployed alcoholics they cannot pay back their drinking debts. Since, Heidi cannot fulfill her loan obligations she is forced into bankruptcy. The bar closes and the eleven employees lose their jobs.
Overnight, DRINKBONDS, ALKIBONDS and PUKEBONDS drop in price by 90%. The collapsed bond asset value destroys the banks liquidity and prevents it from issuing new loans, thus freezing credit and economic activity in the community.
The suppliers of Heidi's bar had granted her generous payment extensions and had invested their firms' pension funds in the various BOND securities. They find they are now faced with having to write off her bad debt and with losing over 90% of the presumed value of the bonds. Her wine supplier also claims bankruptcy, closing the doors on a family business that had endured for three generations, her beer supplier is taken over by a competitor, who immediately closes the local plant and lays off 150 workers.
Fortunately though, the bank, the brokerage houses and their respective executives are saved and bailed out by a multi-billion dollar no-strings attached cash infusion from their cronies in Government. The funds required for this bailout are obtained by new taxes levied on employed, middle-class, non-drinkers who have never been in Heidi's bar.
Now, do you understand?
Who is at fault? Morally and ethically?
1. The alkies for taking loans they knew they could not repay?
Yes, morally and ethically. But the scale of each individual act is small so the guilt is commensurate.
2. The bank manager for extending more credit to the bar and later selling these toxic loans.
Much more guilty because this is an act of pure greed and flaunts the basic rules of ethics and good business practices.
One should note here that the bar owner is also guilty as a business built on such an impossible model has to have fraud built in from the beginning.
3. The Investment banks for buying these toxic loans and repackaging them and selling them all over the world. And then adding insult to injury, shorting them.
Most guilty of all. Why? The scale of the fraud, the intimate knowledge of the details of the fraud, and by shorting, admitting that they knew of the dire consequences of the fraud but putting the banks profits ahead of its own customers.
4. Equally guilty is the government for allowing such trades to be legal.
i want to be a wall street leader!
It may be that risk management preferred complexity up to now:
make it very, very difficult for the market to figure out, and you
reduce opportunistic moves against your bet.
Lets assume that, in the early days, the strategy started off with good intentions..
It certainly ignored human greed, and has proven the most fundamental
law of all financial transactions: Let the Buyer Beware.
Maybe I was mistaken. Stupid me!
IBs not only exacerbated the housing crisis. They very much created the bubble by buying up the debts. They made money creating the bubble and they made money from its bust.
"So, your bank was exactly like Goldman Sachs, a market maker. So why cant your bank be sued? Or evey bank could be sued because its common practice since there is no law saying you cant do it?" -- schadenfreude
If my bank did what Goldman did I think it could be sued. The crux of the matter is this: Blankfein himself said during his testimony that the purpose of bundling a bunch of mortgages to create a CDO is to provide diversification. Diversification is a risk management activity that when you add a lot of mortgages together the performance of the aggregate approaches some predictable number with some level of certainty.
Paulson's hand in creating the CDO that Goldman eventually sold was to bundle by concentrating the risk instead of diversifying it. This is the opposite of what bundling is meant to do.
When one creates a health insurance pool, you want all kinds of people in that pool, that way the sicker folks will have their expenses balanced out by the healthier members in that pool. What Paulson did was the equivalent of getting all the sickest people, may be even terminally ill people, in a health insurance pool just so he could bet against that pool. If Goldman didn't come clean about who were in that pool and how the members of this pool were selected, then they would not have fulfilled the disclosure part of their duty.
If they had disclosed, they might have had a problem with trying to find a counter party to this trade and Goldman would be left holding the bag. More than likely Goldman knew that this CDO was the most toxic thing you could get but couldn't pass up the fee they could earn. So they finessed this thing, probably passing it off as any other properly diversified CDO.
The whole activity of making a market is based on the tenet that you can always find buyers and sellers of anything as long as the price is right. Without the proper information, buyers or sellers cannot determine if the thing they are interested in is fairly priced. This information was important. It was material to the way the other side should make its decision and it was not offered. Goldman should have offered it up.
@schadefreude - It is illegal to 'front run' your trades against your client's interests and GS has been doing that for years... in this instance it's very shady what they did and we'll probably see legal arguments that set some precedents out of this, but come on... at some point don't we have to require a level of ethics and morality from the financial services industries in our countries? No matter the legality of their actions they are reprehensible based upon the content of the emails alone with the testimony today just being the cherry on the sundae. I believe in a free market system, but that assumes the codicil that the market is also ensured to be fair.
US shareholders flock to Goldman pushing the shares up by another half a billion dollars. I think that Wall Street and stock holders are feeling disgust at the way Senators for preaching morality and ethics to the Squids when Cash in the pocket is King.
What the Goldman fiends did not revealed at the hearings is that the Gold Man is already a gigantic hedge fund betting using their client information. It may be OK for the US taxpayers if the Gold Man is betting with its own cash without shareholder bailouts. But for the rest of us, we will only feel safe with our hard-earned cash when this sorts of crony US Capitalism is gone for good.
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replacing insulation in stove/range
We have discovered mice that had been living in the insulation under the burners of our stove. The house was a vacation home and vacant for majority of the time. I think they found themselves a woarm home in there. And using the tray under the burners as a potty I think. (not the disposable things..
I do not believe they are living there presently but they are travelling down from the attic into the kitchen for food. We sealed the hole behind the dw and on the outside we believe they came into from. and have set traps in the attic.
I want to replace the oven. I am so disgusted by this whole thing. Hubby wants to replace the insulation and thoroughly clean the range.
The range is 20 years old but seems to be working fine. Since it was a vaca home, it wasn;t used everyday.
What are your suggestions??
20 year old range? I'm generally of the "use it till it turns to dust" way of thinking, but in this case, I'd go for a new range.
Ranges have gotten so inexpensive, realtive to the cost of 20 years ago and you certainly don't need a top of the line in a vacation home.
Just my opinion!
This is my permanent home. The Previous owners used it as their vaca home. Sorry I realize I didn;t explain well.
Even if we do buy one it is going to have to be one that is a lower end model but still have the ceramic top and self cleaning oven..
I would buy a new one. For one, I would not have a lot of confidence that all of the droppings could be cleaned up unless you took the entire range apart, and that's just not hygienic. For another thing, at 20 years old, that range has pretty much done its time. I would not be happy at having to spend the money, but I would have no qualms about replacing this appliance.
even though we're 2+ years after the original posting. I would not (actually did not) bother disaaasembling the old stove to replace the insulation after rodents got in there. It is just plain not worth the level of effort on a 20 year old nothing special appliance.
And you learn something new every day!
Not being much of a cook - to say the least!-
I don't often use the oven...I'll do that google
search. I'm not buying a new stove..against my religion..LOL!
Thanks for telling me something I never even thought
And Merry Christmas everyone!
annamarie_2008 said it was easy to find product to add more insulation all by yourself. I can't find any material called stove insulation, and I'd be hesitant about using regular heat insulation stuff because a stove can get very hot. --- I'll keep looking. Some sort of sheet or blanket material designed to withstand several hundred degrees without deteriorating.
What you need is high-heat range insulation.
Here is a link that might be useful: high-heat range insulation
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Basically I have a /orders resource and I want users to be able to do a search for orders based on different criteria.
Let say order has three columns: orderNum, orderDate, and customerName
Now, if a user wants to find all orders with order numbers like 'manual', I would do a query like
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best berries for the south ? louisiana
I live in New Orleans and am looking for raspberries or something similar to grow.
i know some have overwinter requirements, some years it never freezes here at all? ZONE 9b
i see a few people selling seeds for loganberry, Black Raspberry , Olallieberry
some at ebay, some at tradewindsfruit and other places
i thought the seeds go bad in days ?
i am looking mainly for taste, but productivity in a small space would help too.
any ideas ?
Anyone have cuttings to trade ?
i have lots of stuff, papaya, guava, malbar spinach seeds, also medicinals..., satsuma cuttings too
The berries you mentioned are mostly for northern climates. You may be able to grow blueberries depending which part of LA you are in. Blackberries are great. Some other fruit to try would be kiwi, banana, and grapes (all do well in small space if trellised (bananas don't need trellis)
maybe something like goji berry, if you go for a black berry go for rubus fruticosa '' thornless evergreen'' its a very vigoriious thornless blackberry that is a very heavy cropper. Japanese wineberry has thorns, lower yield but it is the most ornamental one with the best taste.
some lemon grass species (cymbopogon citratus) are also hardy in your zone and provide good taste and reliable crop. maybe get perilla which is also a fast grower.
some opuntia species are thornless and have edible fruits and pads. amaranthus species that have edibles.
some other tropical/subtropical stuff would be Feijoa sellowiana, Eriobotrya japonica, Citrofortunella microcarpa, Persea americana, pomegranate etc.
All trees take a while to produce a worthwhile crop so i would go for bushes, cultivars and shrubs/ climbers like kiwis and blackberries, goji berries etc.


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By SIMON ROMERO
Published: December 19, 2000
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti— Cellular telephones may be an increasingly popular convenience in the United States and other prosperous countries. But demand is growing even faster in the world's poor nations, including in Haiti, where wireless phones are considered a necessity for those who can afford them.
With financially distressed governments often unable to provide adequate public services, including telephones, people are turning to privately built wireless networks as a way to communicate over extended distances.
''My cell phone allows me to dream of romance,'' said Remarais Brunel, a 24-year-old assistant director of a computer school here. He has learned Spanish to be able to speak with his girlfriend, who lives in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with French- and Creole-speaking Haiti. ''My only problem is that I must budget my calls to just a few minutes each month.''
Amid new political and economic tension in Haiti, where presidential elections recently returned Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power, one of the few systems that works reliably is the privately run cellular telephone network built by the local unit of an American company.
Less than 1 percent of the country's nearly eight million people have conventional, fixed-line phone service, compared with more than 95 percent in the United States. And while regular telephone service is less expensive than wireless service, there are 400,000 Haitians on the waiting list for a conventional phone line. The wait can last as long as five years, local people say, and the bureaucracy is such that the social and political standing of the person seeking service outweighs other considerations.
The delays, and the scarcity of phone lines, help explain why the number of mobile subscribers in Haiti climbed 150 percent last year compared with 1998, to about 25,000, enabling cellular phone users to account for more than a third of the nation's telephone customers.
Haiti is not alone among poor countries in witnessing the growth of wireless communications services, according to figures from the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva.
In some Latin American countries, wireless subscribers now outnumber customers of traditional fixed-line telephone companies. Wireless customers, for instance, account for almost 60 percent of phone subscribers in Paraguay, where the number of mobile phone users increased 88 percent last year, to 436,000. In Venezuela, some 57 percent of telephone subscribers use mobile phones.
And while the number of wireless users was growing by 24 percent in the United States last year and 70 percent in Europe, the growth rate in Africa was 116 percent. To be sure, the number of cell phone users in rich industrial nations is still higher.
Still, Zimbabwe had the fastest-growing wireless industry in the world in 1999, with wireless subscribers increasing by more than 800 percent, to 174,000. In Botswana, Rwanda and the Ivory Coast, wireless phone subscribers already outnumber users of the traditional telecommunications network.
''The advantage is that the existing infrastructure in these countries is often terrible,'' said Kent Lupberger, manager of communications investments at the International Finance Corporation, the investment banking arm of the World Bank. ''And even in the worst places, there are people with money that are desperate for a viable communications network.''
There are other reasons behind the growth of mobile communications systems in poor lands. The cost of adding a wireless line has declined to less than $600 from as much as $1,500 five years ago, said Mr. Lupberger, whose group has invested in more than 20 communications projects.
But perhaps the most important factor has been the eagerness of public officials to allow private companies to build and operate wireless networks, even as some governments try to maintain control over dilapidated fixed-line networks.
''Wireless is much less of a politically charged issue than wire-line in most countries,'' said Marc Beuls, president and chief executive of Millicom International Cellular, a company based in Luxembourg that operates wireless systems in Vietnam, Pakistan, Paraguay and even in war-devastated Sierra Leone.
''There's also the fascination with wireless technology that eases entry into new markets,'' Mr. Beuls said.
If there is any country that embodies the opportunities and challenges of adding mobile phone users, it may be Haiti.
In the last few years, government officials -- like those in some other poor countries -- have studied the possibility of privatizing the state-controlled phone company, Telecommunications d'Haiti. But the effort has been shelved because of the political uncertainties associated with Mr. Aristide's imminent return to office.
''It's run like the fiefdom of a select number of bureaucrats with no interest in improving service,'' said Francois Benoit, a former Haitian ambassador to the United States, who now manages the nation's main Internet service provider. In addition to cellular phones, Mr. Benoit relies on an elaborate walkie-talkie system to communicate with his staff.


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MAC Lustre Lipstick in Plumful
123 reviews
87% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.4
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 4.4
Price: $$$
on 7/25/2013 4:04:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I would DEFINITELY buy this lipstick again verysoon(running low). this was my first MAC product ever and im still loving it!
on 3/31/2013 12:10:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Plumful is my one of my fav MAC lipsticks of all time, because of the fact that it is a lustre it does not come out as dark as what it looks in the bullet, but this does not mean that you are not able to get this colour when layed Plumful can look exactly what it looks like in the bullet. I would recommend this lipstick to anyone well worth the price i will be running back for another one as soon as my one runs out. Looks great during the day time with just one coat, but when layerd can also give a nice and dramatic look for an evening out.
on 3/25/2013 2:34:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Dark, Warm
Hair: Brown, Kinky, Medium
Eyes: Brown
Love this color. I'm an NW45, and this is a good 'neutral' plum color, appropriate for the corporate office where i work as a manager. I wear it with either mac's bittersweet or chestnut liner. I like plumful because you can wear one 'swipe' for a simple barely-there look, or swipe on some more to build the color. even still, it's sheer enough so that you end up with a professional look and not an opaque look. even with a ton on, it's not too bold. pink with a splash of purple, and i'd describe it as the purple version of Mac's Sweetie color. def recommend and i think it'd actually work well for any skintone. my new HG. was previously wearing hug me with the chestnut liner as my neutral/nude, which still works, but this is a nice, welcome change. love it!
on 2/1/2013 7:35:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Love this lipstick. I saw EssieButton had it and gave it a rave review and I was starting a new job and bought this as a treat. The colour is a really lovely mauvey plum - the pay off is pretty good but because it's a lustre it builds up quite well from almost sheer to quite opaque. Everyone compliments me when I wear it. It really does suit all skin tones.
Price is fine - MAC lipsticks are so moisturising and smell great so I'm happy to pay $36 AUD for a decent lipstick. It outperforms other brands I have and doesn't compare to Tom Ford, Illamasqua or even Chanel as far as bang for buck.
I think MAC packaging is reasonable for the price but inevitably the silver writing rubs off everything after a few days in my bag.
Totally worth a try if you don't want anything too dramatic or don't usually wear lipstick. Great colour and works day, night, work, casual - anywhere!
on 1/8/2013 12:53:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool
Hair: Red, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Green
I got this because of all the rave reviews I've heard (from Lily Pebbles & essiebutton on YT). It was my first MAC purchase ever. lol. Still not quite sure how I avoided MAC for so long. But anyway, this is a great color. It does remind me of something but whatever it is, I don't have it anymore. It's bright without being too bright. I thought it would be similar to NARS Damage but Plumful is darker & less sheer. I'm happy I have both, esp since its a color that works well on me (NW10)
on 11/8/2012 4:50:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
Plumful-a beautiful, pick me up shade on my NC20 skin which doesn't look too done up, yet can be dressed up. I love the scent and the packaging is simple yet sturdy. It is drying, so you do need to layer this with a balm. If I don't, my lips start to get very dry. Great for everyday wear!
on 8/13/2012 7:29:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Olive, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I left a review for this actually mistaking it for syrup as I have both. Syrup and Plumful are very similar however Syrup is a lustre finish and Plumful is cremesheen. Plumful is a medium mauve shade. It is fairly dark with my skin tone however it does suit me. It is a nice change from my usual pink lipsticks. I have worn it twice in the day but it would look very nice in the evening with smokey eyes. I would definitely recommend to those looking for a change and I believe it is most flattering on cool skin tones.
on 8/7/2012 4:12:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
Mac is well known for their vast array of lipsticks in different finishes and a multitude of colours.I've wanted an everyday lipstick but all the nude-ish pinkish colours did not appeal to my mom but this one did.It's a lovely plummy colour that suits my Middle eastern complexion.It goes on smoothly and has the typical Mac vanilla scent which I adore.On the downside it does not last long at all and I have to keep reapplying it during the day.
on 8/5/2012 8:44:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
My most recent MAC lipstick purchase. I've been kinda sorta loving my MAC lippies lately, so I decided to go buy another one. I was originally going to get "Syrup" but they were sold out, so I tried this instead. I love it! It's a lovely pop of color without being too bright, so if you want a bright yet still sophisticated lipstick, I would recommend this. This one is moisturizing and it's a lustre finish, so it's a bit shiny (but not overly so) and it's kinda sheer, which I like. I like the lustres because they're easy to apply and can be done without a mirror for me so I don't really mind that much that the staying power isn't great. I don't have a color like this in my collection, so I'm glad I picked Plumful up :)
on 7/12/2012 10:59:00 AM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Grey, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
Another MAC lipstick that I am only mildly enthusiastic about. On my neutral, slightly yellow skin (dark hair and eyes), this looks plum w a big shot of fuschia. It is a v fun color and v bright, although it wears down to a soft pretty version of itself. I love the color and yet I always feel a little overdone in it.
The Color is charming
Doesn't have much of a scent
Layers quite nicely
Nice finish - not super glossy and yet a little shiny
Tends to feather v easily
so so staying power
VERY transferable - teeth, coffee cups
I bought this on impulse. I wear when I want to dress up just a little bit or on very grey days.
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