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1. The basic rule of Spanish syllabication is to make each syllable end in a vowel whenever possible.
Ci-vi-li-za-do ca-ra-co-les so-ñar ca-sa-do
2. Two vowels should always be devided unless one of the vowels is an unaccented "i" or "u" (weak vowels). Accents on other vowels do not affect syllabication. (See diphthongs)
fe-o bue-no ac-tú-e des-pués
pre-o-cu-pa-do ne-ce-sa-rio rí-o a-vión
3. In general, two consonants are divided. The consonants ch, ll and rr are considered single letters and should never be devided. Double c and double n are separated.
en-fer-mo ban-de-ra mu-cha-cha ac-ci-den-te
doc-to-ra cas-ti-llo a-rroz in-na-to
4. The consonants l and r are never separated from any consonant preceding them, except for s.
ha-blar a-trás a-brir pa-dre
com-ple-to is-la o-pre-si-vo si-glo
5. Combinations of three and four consonants are devided following the rules above. The letter s should go with the preceding syllable.
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Name | Eirika |
Game | Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones |
Age | 10s |
Race | Human |
Home Country | Renais |
Class | Lord |
Level | 1 |
Affinity | |
Skills | None |
Known Relations | Ephraim (brother), Fado (father) |
Allegiance | Renais |
Princess Eirika is one of the two main characters of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, the other being her twin brother, Prince Ephraim. She is the first playable character along with Seth (a Paladin of Renais), the first chapter featuring their escape from her endangered castle.
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Eirika's a hot, gentle, kind noble of the house of Renais, daughter of King Fado, and future queen of her kingdom. Having been taught the ways of the sword by Ephraim, and Seth, she has grown into a swift and balanced fighter despite her distaste for violence. She prefers to avoid any type of conflict but fights in the Grado war not only to protect herself, and her friends but to stand up for what she believes is just. Her, and her brother are good friends with Lyon, the prince of Grado, the kingdom responsible for starting the war. Throughout the game she is a loyal companion to her brother, and is guided by Seth, who serves as a type of adviser for both Ephraim, and Eirika.
The princess wields a sword as both a Lord and her promoted class, Great Lord, as other Lords in the Fire Emblem series, Eirika cannot promote by normal means. She requires an item called a Lunar Brace, which is a bracelet she obtains pre-game, but cannot unlock its powers until chapter sixteen.
Eirika retreats to Frelia post-invasion with Seth in hopes of rallying troops from their loyal allies. Eirika is close friends with Frelia's king, Hayden, and hopes to seek assistance in the sudden dilemna forced upon her and her kingdom. Despite King Hayden's requests, Eirika then makes her journey to Renvall where she hopes to find her brother, who is now captured after trying to target Grado personally. Upon being reunited, Eirika and Ephraim return to Frelia to plan their next motives with Innes, the prince of Frelia. Recent news has been brought to the three's attention that Lyon plans to destroy the sacred stones in hopes to see the Demon King revived. With this news in mind, Ephraim plans to target Grado's stronghold while Prince Innes plans to make his way to Jehanna in attempt to warn their queen, Ismaire, before Grado can destroy their Sacred Stone. Eirika, still against her brother and Hayden's desires, makes leave for Rausten in attempt to warn their king, Mansel.
Before Eirika can make it via ship to Rausten, a messenger stops her and gives tells her that Prince Innes, who travelled through Carcino, the supposed neutral country, was ambushed because of a revolt in Carcino and their new allegiance to Grado. Eirika and Seth decide to abort their current mission to Rausten to save Prince Innes. Once reunited with Innes, the two make their way through the mountains to get to Jehanna. The two arrive after Caellach, however, and the stone is destroyed. Eirika is reunited with Ephraim in Jehanna who bears news of his victory in grado's capital, leaving only the remaining generals and Lyon left to defeat before the destruction of the remaining two sacred stones.
With the two siblings together once again, they make their way to their home, Renais, and recapture the castle lost at the beginning of the game. They are given a warm welcome from the natives of Renais and retrieve their sacred stone. While on pursuit of Lyon, their friend who they encountered on the way to Rausten, however, Eirika is tricked by the demon king who has possesed Lyon into giving him the stone. The stone of Renais is soon broken and the only one remaining is that of Rausten's. Eirika's new close friend, L'Arachel, princess of Rausten, leads Eirika and company back to Rausten to retrieve the last stone used to defeat the Demon King.
Eirika struggles with the will to continue her journey, because she believes the body of Lyon still contains his former self, the being before the Demon King took control of him. L'arachel convinces Eirika that Lyon would want the Demon King dead, even if it means destroying Lyon's body.
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Stat | Base | Max | Growths | ||
Class | Lord | DEF | 3 | N/A | 30% |
Level | 1 | RES | 1 | N/A | 30% |
Affinity | LUK | 5 | N/A | 35% | |
Weapon Level | Sword: E | CON | 5 | N/A | |
Inventory | Iron Sword | AID | N/A |
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HP | Strength | Magic | Skill | Speed | Defense | Resistance | Constitution | Movement | |
+4 | +2 | --- | +2 | +1 | +3 | +5 | +2 | +2 | |
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[edit] Weapons
Eirika will be given a Rapier from Seth in the proluge, indicating her (undesired) use of swords for the remainder of the game. Once chapter sixteen is completed, Eirika will be given an exclusive sword that only she can use. Renais' sacred sword, Sieglinde, or the thunder sword. This sword will grant Eirika +5 strength when equipped.
[edit] Supports
Eirika's endgame will vary relating to her strength-A relationship with one of the following people.
Ephraim Seth Tana L'Arachel Forde Saleh Innes
[edit] Recruiting
Eirika will automatically be recruited from chapter one to chapter eight.
If the player chooses Eirika's route, she will remain recruited until the endgame.
If the player chooses Ephraim's route, Eirika will automically be recruited again at chapter fifteen.
[edit] Death Quotes
Brother... I'm sorry!
Eirika's Death Quote
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African-American Music Appreciation Month is a celebration for African American Music every year in the month of June in the United States. It was originally started as Black Music Month by President Jimmy Carter, who on June 7, 1979, decreed that June would be the month of black music. Since then, presidents have announced to Americans to celebrate Black Music Month. For each year of his term, President Barack Obama has announced the observance under a new title, African-American Music Appreciation Month.[1]
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Are we? 'Cause I don't think I can deal with that kinda emotional detatchment...... D8>
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??? no... who told you that?
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*Sigh of relief* It was a rumor I heard, But good thing it's not true ^o^
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Where did you hear/read the rumor? I'd like to set them straight as well.
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As far as rumors go, that's a horrible one. We just got done telling off a rumor with how AP is going to be run in the future, and that was just shoddy.Going off what was given, the team is *considering* uploading custom armatars for people to use--requirements, such as a reputation threshold or getting an achievement could happen. Depending on Daniel McNeely, we may or may not get freshly-made armatars. As Ian has said in the past, it's his call. With these two proposals, we might not lose our current armatars. Clarification would be nice, but that is just a rumor.You should only take the words of an administrator, concerning new features to AG3, seriously, not words from mods or users. Admins are the guys that are actually working on this stuff.
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I was looking at my update profile page on the AG3 beta and it had a really weird armatar on it. are the armatars we have now on AG2 going to be our armatars when AG3 comes out for real? or will we be able to change them back?
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That one? That's part of an advertisement banner on Beta (to the right). Considering Claymore doesn't have armatar features yet, that's just probably a filler, like the privacy text. Other than that, we will just have to wait and see what will happen with armatars, whether we get new ones or keep our old ones. Ian might post an update on the 13 (like in the last newsletter where he posted what's going to be in Claymore).
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oh, ok. i didn't see that it was part of that banner. ok.
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The next release should have our current armatars.
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By Charles Havekost
Mar 28, 2006
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In any discussion of project success, there is the central question of uptake'the ability to ramp-up transactions or market share or coverage or profit. Sure, some projects have an unequivocal management hammer that forces adoption by an entire organization; but most have to build a user base in order to succeed.
Sometimes, project managers in government aren't as facile as we should be at sales and building market share. The need to build a user base is common among many kinds of projects. Those include e-government projects to replace legacy paper processes; consolidation projects requiring participants to abandon long-used legacy systems; and cross-servicing efforts that aspire to build a customer base across organizations.
So how do you get there? How do you go from no users to a healthy cadre of customers? I believe each project has to reach three thresholds: proving a service is possible to use, demonstrating that it is practical, and then convincing folks that uptake of the service is sufficient to make success inevitable. Possible. Practical. Inevitable. Let's talk about these thresholds.
Proving that a service is possible to use is, if anything, the hardest step. Getting that first user'and getting the 'number of customers' meter off zero'can certainly test a project manager's resolve. If you ever studied physics, you'll remember that it takes more effort to make a stationary object start to move than it takes to keep a moving object in motion. Proving that a service is possible is what starts the process. You need to do whatever it takes to process the first transaction'call it a proof of concept, a pilot, a trial offer'because once that first one is processed, nobody can ever again say such a transaction is not possible.
After you've proven that the service is possible, the next threshold is to prove it practical. In other words, demonstrate that the service can handle a variety of transactions for multiple customers while providing a credible value proposition.
Typically, the practical step is not a test of capacity, but more a test of functionality and flexibility: Can the service handle the needs of a real user community? The goal should be to process a couple of dozen transactions from a handful of customers, thus attaining the first rung on the utilization ladder and along the way demonstrating that a previously dubious (in the customers' minds) service is actually quite doable.
The practical threshold is truly met when a group of customers no longer perceive business with your service as requiring heroics and workarounds, but simply as how business is done. Once the service is embedded in the business of a couple of customers, the focus (in addition to keeping those customers happy) can move to ramping up usage.
Offer a carrot
My favorite way to do this is to find incentives for early adopters. They face the risks associated with early adoption, so why not offer explicit benefits. Sometimes an early-adopter discount or specialized service can be a powerful incentive. Try to incite the technology version of a gold rush by identifying a limited-availability feature or service offered only to early adopters'an update on the old 'Order Before Midnight!' sales pitch on late-night television. Maybe early adopters receive specialized service, or on-site migration support or extra initial services that later would be for-fee only. As the utilization curves show growing numbers of transactions and users, potential customers will at some point start to think of the service no longer as a question but as an answer; not an 'if' but a 'when'; no longer a gamble but a strategy. At that point, the inevitability threshold has been reached and crossed.
It's true that prospective customers may perceive the service as inevitable at different points along the curve, but the momentum of perceived inevitability builds on itself like a rumor until everybody gets the feeling. A colleague in industry has rightly noted that, for many commercial endeavors, profitable might replace inevitable as a threshold, yet for many government cross-servicing efforts, the perception of inevitability is the best indicator of durability for a project.
As you think about these three thresholds'possible, practical and inevitable'look back at some of your successful projects (and the less successful ones as well) to see if there is a pattern. You're likely to find projects that quickly prove possible and practical are most successful in reaching the nirvana of being inevitable.
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While the EU Commissioner for Environment, Janez Potočnik hopes this report will encourage "fruitful partnerships worldwide", Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director , highlights that the report shows that governments are not starting from zero , as many of the transformations towards sustainable societies are flourishing within countries and communities across the globe. "Rio+20 offers the opportunity to accelerate and scale-up these policies and projects in order to secure the prospects and prosperity of seven billion people, rising to over nine billion by 2050."
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"It is good to be elderly," Pope Benedict XVI said during a visit to a rest home in Rome on November 12.
The Holy Father told residents at a facility run by the Sant Egidio Community that he was speaking "as Bishop of Rome, but also as an elderly person visiting his peers." He said that he fully appreciates the difficulties of old age; the diminished strength and energy, the regret for lost youth. But he insisted: "We must not allow ourselves to be imprisoned by sadness."
The Bible clearly speaks of longevity as a blessing, the Pope observed. Yet today, when many more people enjoy long lives than in the past, society has lost the ability to see old age as a gift. On the contrary, he said, a materialistic culture often looks upon the elderly as "unproductive and useless."
The Pope went on to suggest that as they find they need more help from others, elderly people should learn to see this, too, as a blessing. "It is a grace to be supported and accompanied, to receive the affection of others," he said.
"The quality of a society, of a civilization, may also be judged by how it treats its elderly and by the place reserved for them in communal life," Pope Benedict said. "To give space to the elderly is to give space to life!"
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When Hay wasn't roller-skating with parachutes or wiring his body for sound, he was quietly producing paintings and sculptures featuring enlarged versions of commonplace objects. Eleven of these works are now on view, in Hay's first solo show anywhere since 1969. Exuding a strong, if faintly musty, aura, they stake a belated claim to Pop's less familiar territories.
Most of the paintings are dramatically enlarged renderings of throwaway paper productsa receipt, a lined notepad, a blank label. Hay's process, involving stencils, spray lacquer, and hundreds of meticulous measurements, couldn't be further from the Factory; he could have used a projection to capture the intricate maze of a Cuban Cigar Seal, but chose not to. The resulting images have a layered, Johns-ian depth. Witness the blizzard-like field of Hay's Toilet Paper (a subject that also crops up in Gerhard Richter's paintings of the same year), or the grainy, cinematic pigmentation of his Cash Register Slip.
Two fiberglass sculptures, a five-foot paper bag and a nearly eight-foot paper airplane, recall Claes Oldenburg's urban monumentsas does a quasi-sculptural fried egg on a plate. Humor aside, the likeness is somewhat misleading: Hay intended his oversize commonplaces to be glimpsed from across the room, collapsing distance while preserving proportion. Applying conceptual rigor to his cartographer's interest in scale, Hay made a series of measurement-based drawings in the late 1960s; one is on view here. Together with the ephemeral character of his earlier work, it hints at an intensifying frustration with the corporeal objectof which Hay's retreat from the art world was, in a sense, the logical conclusion.


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The objective of this thesis is to establish design rules for nanoparticle properties that enable their in vivo transport to target destinations. Gold nanoparticles containing surface-engrafted polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains are prepared with controlled physicochemical properties (hydrodynamic size, surface charge, targeting ligand density). Upon systemic injection into mice, the transport of nanoparticles is monitored by blood pharmacokinetics as well as distribution at the organ, tissue, and subcellular levels from the same injection in an individual animal. At a constant, slightly negative surface charge (ca. -10 mV), most PEGylated gold nanoparticles (PEG-AuNPs) deposit in the liver, spleen, and kidney of normal mice 24 hours after injection. Increasing retention in the liver (Kupffer cells) and spleen correlate positively with increasing nanoparticle diameter over the range of 25-165 nm, largely due to phagocytic uptake. Accumulation in the kidney is size-dependent, but shows a maximum uptake at ca. 75 ± 25 nm that also gives the highest deposition in the mesangium (uptake by mesangial cells). Tumor-bearing mice received injections of PEG-AuNPs of near-constant size (ca. 75 nm) and surface charge (ca. -10 mV) but with variable amounts of ligands that target cancer cells (0-144 ligands per nanoparticle). Independent of ligand content, nanoparticles accumulate in the tumor by the enhanced permeation and retention effect to the same magnitude, and adjacent to leukocytes. Nanoparticles only enter cancer cells in significant amounts when they contain targeting ligands above a threshold amount (between 18 and 144 ligands per nanoparticle). Mechanistic studies from model nanoparticles provide insights for the delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles. Systemic administrations of targeted, cyclodextrin-based, siRNA-containing nanoparticles are investigated in animals and humans (Phase I clinical trial). A fluorescent chemical stain with exposed adamantane molecules for binding into the cyclodextrin cups of the targeted nanoparticles is created, allowing for the examination of tumor tissue sections from animals and patient biopsies. Results from both animal and human tissues reveal intracellular, dose-dependent accumulation of targeted nanoparticles in cancer cells of the tumor.
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Era la residenza estiva del pittore Hogarth, che qui veniva per cercare pace e tranquillità (oggi la casa si trova lungo una delle strade più trafficate della città). All'interno i ricordi dell'artista ed un pianoforte appartenuto a Muzio Clementi.more


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"This gang of five has already made pronouncements they'll cut Medicare, cut Social Security, cut Medicaid, privatize Social Security, impose a national sales of 30% and/or a flat tax that would eliminate the home mortgage and charitable deduction, and raise taxes on the Middle Class. The only question remains how many more will enter this circus show of yammers. As a Republican in today's climate, I would think they would be embarrassed by this showing."
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Cholinergic agents in the laryngeal chemoreflex model of sudden infant death syndrome. | |
MedLine Citation:
PMID: 8502096 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
The laryngeal chemoreflex results in apnea, laryngospasm, and cardiovascular changes that can be fatal when a liquid stimulus is placed on the laryngeal mucosa of infant mammals. This study of 35 piglets assessed the effects of the cholinergic agents atropine and edrophonium on this laryngeal reflex response. Atropine, when placed intrathecally, resulted in a significant reduction of apnea as well as a decrease in the cardiovascular changes that occur during the reflex 60 minutes following its injection. Edrophonium, when placed intrathecally, resulted in a significant prolongation of apnea as well as death by asystole in 2 animals during laryngeal stimulation. Atropine placed intravenously also resulted in a significant reduction of apnea length, but required greater than 180 minutes to do so. |
F Rimell; G S Goding; K Johnson |
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Title: The Laryngoscope Volume: 103 ISSN: 0023-852X ISO Abbreviation: Laryngoscope Publication Date: 1993 Jun |
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Created Date: 1993-06-30 Completed Date: 1993-06-30 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8607378 Medline TA: Laryngoscope Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 623-30 Citation Subset: IM |
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. |
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Animals Animals, Newborn Apnea / physiopathology Atropine / pharmacology* Blood Pressure / drug effects Chemoreceptor Cells / drug effects* Disease Models, Animal Edrophonium / pharmacology* Electromyography Heart Rate / drug effects Humans Laryngeal Nerves / drug effects* Male Reflex / drug effects* Respiration / drug effects Sudden Infant Death* Swine |
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312-48-1/Edrophonium; 51-55-8/Atropine |
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Dec 15, 2012
May 25, 2013What the was Capcom thinking when they made this? There's absolutely nothing scary here, just action! The aiming is GOD AWFUL, the ally A.i. is stupid and never seem to stop unnecessary QTE's that are almost impossible to do right, unless you have superhuman speed, and the whole "separate campaigns" is just plain dumb. Save your money for something else! Do NOT buy RE6 at all!
Oct 29, 2012Resident Evil 6 is not a good game....there...i said it if you don't like that move on, if you don't mind then read on! Capcom said that survival horror is not profitable....well i can say one thing...you did survival horror a hell of a lot better than you do action games Capcom....well that is your Resi team does anyway. Resident Evil 6 tries far too hard to be everything and it just fails
Oct 21, 2012Resident Evil 6 is a game that does not get to the bottom of shoes to the first deliveries. The history and control are disastrous in this release. And are missing of terror situations, a better atmosphere, puzzles and best designs in enemies.
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Jul 3, 2013
Feb 12, 2013Yes, this is just like Raccoon City all over again: stilted, awkward, ridiculous, embarrassing, tedious. Except for the parts where it's like Call of Duty, which are equally stilted, awkward, ridiculous, embarrassing, and tedious, but with more NPC soldiers milling about. Resident Evil 6 is thoroughly oblivious to so many of the things that make a good game these days
Dec 11, 2013When Resident Evil 6 first released back 2012, Gameplay turn from Good to Worst since became Noobish, Story was BS there was no good part, Series is even more Dead thanks to Ada Wong Voice Actor Getting Recast Same Goes for Leon Voice Actor..
Gameplay: 2/10
Story: 0/10
Total: 2/10
I was once Die Hard Fan but stop caring Since Series become crap once Resident Evil 4 Released -
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Oct 4, 2012
Nov 22, 2013Crapcom has done it again! Releasing half-assed games and sell it for $60 because they're a dying company. Everything about this game is garbage. The story, gameplay, characters,graphics you name it.
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May 1, 2013
Apr 21, 2013what ever happened to just a simple zombie storyline not all this virus monster crap I rented this game thank goodness the combat is what you expect from RE but the story is so confusing I wanted to like this game but it was crap
Oct 7, 2012
Jan 20, 2013This is not Resident Evil. it has no horror, no puzzles and no atmosphere.
You want a real RE game? then go dust off your old good PSOne/PS2 and get down with RE2 and RE3, or even better play REmake on Gamecube or Wii. -
Mar 7, 2013
Oct 6, 2012Nice one Capcom you **** **** pieces of **** Garbage game and I don't care how long you worked on it I don't feel sorry for you. You ruined the series and spiraled it into abysmal genericism. ****
May 8, 2013
Oct 3, 2012What the hell capcom!first you **** up mega man and then Resident Evil? The plot is weird, its not scary, the gameplay is stable and the difficulty is annoying! Im sorry but i give up,resident evil is dead,period.
Nov 20, 2012
Oct 5, 2012If I wanted Gears of War, I'd buy Gears of War. I didn't have to wait three years and then shell out sixty dollars to play this cash-out piece of crap. I wish companies would learn that trying to turn great series into Call of Duty is a horrible idea in the end, but since it's Capcom, at this point I'm not really sure why I expected anything else.
Oct 4, 2012A game is not cinematical cutscenes less whe the gameplay is as terrible as it is.
The only to blame is capcom and their need to overhurried one the most selling franchises but whe they care more about the money a less to get things right, and this is the result. Just don't felt for every children dumb comment who have the chance of playing it. Is as bad as to get most ppl angry with them. -
Jan 6, 2013Where is the horror genre had always RE in graphics I prefer Resident Evil 5 and the story is almost the same thing about a new virus that ultimately cure as ever. Lost the horror genre and gain more action, but for fans of resident evil 1,2 and 3 this game sucks
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Oct 15, 2014im a huge RE fan and RE4 is my fav game all the time i played RE6 for more than 60 hours and i platinumed RE6 i bought it in the hope of having a real survivor horror exp in leon campaign and it was good but in overall RE6 lost it identity greedy capcom trying to please everyone reaosn why i call it greedy as a survival/horror game it deserves 4/10 and as an action game 7/10
Oct 7, 2012
Mar 6, 2014It's awful done. Still here, crap. Look sadly Capcom a k a crapcom ditched survival horror completely. Instead it's an action failure. Zombies are .... not even zombies just people with zombie looks and the rest are B.O.Ws that are easy to kill, oh and mercenaries that are dumb and easy. 4 campaigns both short and boring. Yes 4 there's a bonus campaign. Just don't buy it please don't buy it.
Oct 3, 2012I'm a RE-fan and don't mind the action packed RE5, I really like it. But this **** is horrible!! And I even played has Leon. The graphics where bad, I couldn't see anything, bad texture.
Jan 18, 2013Here's a short review: Good story but game is plagued with bad QTE's and boss battles. Gameplay is average at best but I recommend skipping this game.
Oct 15, 2012
Feb 9, 2013Terrible game, worst of 2012 for sure. just a lot of over dramatic cut scenes and quick time events with some soulless action between.
You think ppl lie when they tell you its crap, they don't, my disc is destroyed, wont RE-sell it, as nobody should play this game.
How can this on-rails crap be made from the same guys who made the amazing Dragon's Dogma? -
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May 17, 2013O pior jogo da série ,perdeu o gênero de survival horror ficou muito ruim a camera e os personagens como Leon que parece com Dante do Devil May Cry .Tá na hora da Capcom fazer um Reboot do jogo, Deixa-lo bem do estilo survival Horror.
Jan 3, 2014What caveman creates an FPS game in this century and doesn't allow you to change the button layout? The R1 and L1 buttons are horrible as trigger buttons, only a sadist would take a game like this and force a binary set of options for all controls.
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Oct 4, 2012
Mar 25, 2013This game simply doesn't work. It looks pretty good sounds pretty good and plays atrociously. It would seem that the development team of this game weren't working towards the same goals here. One side opted for survival horror elements, the other went for a more action packed approach. The result of this is a clunky action game that leaves much to be desired.
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Oct 9, 2012Series faithful might stumble through for the sake of story, and perhaps to appreciate those few moments that recall when Resident Evil was at its peak glory. But this long, poor sequel is the ultimate test of patience for even the most dedicated.
Oct 3, 2012
Oct 30, 2013..Definitely RE series are going down .This game looks like more like a CoD game than a RE game ¡¿WHY ARE UPGRADES?! That's the most stupid new "innovation" uhhh whatever this is a another ordinary "shooter" game...DON'T SPEND YOUR MONEY IS THIS "GAME" just a honest review.
Oct 2, 2012
Oct 2, 2012After this terrible experience i refuse to buy another resident evil game until it goes back to its origins. The Gameplay was awful the story was awful the controls was awful. Warning dont waste your money.
Oct 6, 2012
Oct 16, 2012
Oct 10, 2012I love resident evil and been playing all there games for years but I'm so mad I reserved this game, waited all this time and paid $60 to be so disappointed. I'm seeing mixed reviews but majority bad and trust me any one that's says this is a good game isn't a gamer.
Oct 31, 2012
Dec 4, 2012This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
Jan 30, 2013
Feb 13, 2013Where does one begin? Sadly, it seems the horror filled series we loved so long ago has finally crashed and burned. From monotonous gameplay, to over the top action not expected or really wanted in an RE game, a Capcom favorite has officially gone down the tube.
Apr 27, 2013This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Oct 4, 2012It's just an insane rollercoaster ride.
This is the worst game in the series. Capcom tried to make their own gearsofwar with zombies and failed.
Oct 4, 2012That taste is the most god awful thing you tasted in your life. That touch has been replaced by a Gears of War with Micheal Bay acting as a director who mixed the explosions with zombies and timed events at every turn that was put in a blender and forced into your face.
Nov 17, 2012What a horrible game I bought it used but had to give it back and fortunately got my money back. What makes it bad? the poor design, the story itself is just boring, Konami should seriously bringing back the old days where you had puzzles and the game was really a survival horror not somewhere where you basically have infinite bullets just lots of action and 0 plot. Pathetic.
Oct 2, 2012This game was simply awful, /v/ was right. I shouldn't play video games anymore. All the ones who have good reviews are either shills or viral marketers.
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Oct 3, 2012As a long term RE fan, This game shocked and appalled every sense my body has. Even ones I didn't know I had. This game is not scary. The control system is really bad. This gives the feel that capcom wanted the CoD audience. It really pales in comparison with RE4, And somehow makes 5 a good game.
Yep, that's how much they screwed this game up.
This game is terrible. Don't buy it. -
Oct 2, 2012
Oct 4, 2012Similar to RE5, but worse. RE5: Epic Movie edition, with nothing but cliches, over-the-top in-your-face mindless action sequences with far too many quicktime events. No more struggling to find enough ammo, no scares or true horror additions in the story. Just a lazy addition to what was once a great series.
Oct 2, 2012
Oct 2, 2012The game just fails to fulfill its promises in many levels. This game is no longer a survival games. Clearly the call of duty virus is spreading around. It is just copy past from many games
Oct 2, 2012By no means this is a 0 quality game. It really is an average action 3rd person game that will probably please some people. The reason It gets a 0 from me, is because it has the misleading title of a numbered RE sequel but the product i ended up playing was something like Gears of War meets CoD.
Oct 13, 2012
Feb 12, 2013Personally I thought the game was whack. This is just one of those games that doesn't need enemies with assault rifles. Playing the part of chris was lame and playing the park of jake was whack too. The only decent part was leon. But even then the story is nothing special
Oct 2, 2012
Oct 5, 2012This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
Oct 25, 2012i will be honest after replaying resident evil 4 and 5 then giving a look at this game i cant help but feel its all going down hill what made the whole resident evil /bio hazard was mostly being alone checking your ammo now and again deciding if to keep that extra box of ammo or the herb and generally the fact you did not feel like a superhuman who can mow down zombies in a snap.
Oct 2, 2012Why Capcom? Just, why? RE was one of my favorite series of all time and now you decided to make it into something without any sense of personality! Copying any other TPS in existance isn't always a good idea. For all of those who haven't played it yet, if your favorite game of all time is MW3 then you'll dig it for sure, this isn't RE anymore.
Oct 4, 2012Stupid camera, laggy controls. Annoying gameplay. Sometimes FPS has drop to uncomfortable low. I have no idea what developers tried to create, but they failed. Not recommended to buy at all.
Oct 2, 2012This isn't survival horror, it wants to be gears of war and call of duty.
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Oct 3, 2012Call of Evil 6 ou Gears of Evil 6?Esse Resident Evil 6 é só mais um jogo de ação entre tantos que já foram lançados esse ano.R.I.P Resident Evil.Por causa dessa geração,e a ganancia da Capcom,que Resident Evil virou uma merda.
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Oct 7, 2012Capcom raise the bar of mediocrity in every way ! The only thing we can call survival horror in this game is the fact to buy it ! How disapointing for the Resident evil fan that i was ! The fourth installment of the serie was spectacular, innovative, probably one of the best video game i ever played. I understand that a concept need a refresh from time to time but not this way !
Oct 11, 2012This is delivering more bad Resident Evil to date. It's a game without spirit itself, chooses to be so much that it ends up being nothing. But most are still on time to NOT BUY YOU THIS NEW RELEASE, DO NOT BUY SUCH AN INSULT TO THE SERIES. Perhaps so, if we avoid that Capcom has good sales, then maybe someday decide to get a real Resident Evil.
Oct 12, 2012
Oct 12, 2012And this is a Biohazard?. No way this game can be considered a biohazard. The bad reviews that this new delivery, are more than deserved. The title (Biohazard) it is too big. With next deliveries should return to the genre that made this saga so famous, otherwise you will totally lose respect for Capcom.
Oct 12, 2012
Oct 15, 2012Resident Evil 6 is monotonous, boring and extremely bad gameplay. Are missing the atmosphere, exploration and puzzles of the first deliveries. Delivery is not recommended.
Oct 15, 2012
Oct 15, 2012RE6 is lousy as Survival Horror, is disastrous as shooter. And as a game is not worth a penny. Future installments will not buy unless they have the quality of the first and return to Survival Horror.
Dec 3, 2012This series is just continuing down hill. Pathetic. Resident Evil 6 reinforces Capcom's tradition of taking a giant load on this series. I would have thought that the failure of Operation Raccoon City would have helped them to realize that.
Oct 6, 2012
Nov 16, 2012Capcom continues to thumb its nose at long time series fans. Not only have they abandoned any pretense of tension and fear, they've dredged up tired old storylines and shifted the game solidly into Gears of War territory. Let the series die!
Nov 4, 2012It's expanded beyond any plausible scientific explanation, with what is left being a cumbersome, grotesque mish-mash of disparate elements, barely strung together and about as subtle as a hammer to the thumb.
Oct 30, 2012Resident Evil takes another step towards the action genre, and by doing so loses even more of the atmosphere from the beginning of the series. It's an ok action game, but the lack of focus is the real problem. Probably not for fans of the first games.


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Tags: BPA, bisphenol A, Breast Cancer Fund, Silent Spring Institute, Environmental Health Perspectives, BPA in canned food, phthalates, Robyn Griggs Lawrence
BPA levels in families who ate fresh rather than canned or plastic-packaged food for three days dropped by an average of 60 percent, according to a study released today by the Breast Cancer Fund and Silent Spring Institute. Bishphenol A (or BPA), which is used to line food cans, has been linked to breast cancer, infertility, early puberty and other health problems.
The five families in the study, which was published in Environmental Health Perspectives, avoided canned foods and drinks and meals prepared outside the home in lieu of freshly prepared organic meals in glass storage containers. During the three days that the families ate the fresh food, their BPA levels dropped on average by 60 percent. When families returned to their regular diets, their BPA levels climbed back to the higher levels.
Phthalates, plastic-softening chemicals that can interfere with reproductive development, also dropped in participants when they ate fresh food. Levels of DEHP, a phthalate used in food containers and plastic wraps, dropped by an average of 50 percent when families were on the fresh-food diet.
"This study suggests that removing BPA from food packaging will remove the No. 1 source of BPA exposure," says Janet Gray, Ph.D., science adviser to the Breast Cancer Fund. "The study should serve as a call to action for industry and government to get BPA out of food packaging and to fix the broken chemical management system that allows it to be there in the first place."
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This paper reviews some of the toxic combustion products testing, in ambient pressure, previously performed at NASA White Sands Test Facility (WSTF). The paper also presents some results from recent toxic combustion products testing in high-pressure oxygen of polymers typically used in oxygen systems. The review shows that generation of combustion toxicants is both material-dependent and temperature (or fire)-dependent. Fire conditions, the location and means of sampling, and analytical instruments used are the controlling parameters for the analysis of toxic combustion products. FTIR can provide continuous, real-time measurements of combustion product gases; however, it is difficult to obtain quantitative FTIR measurements. Appropriate sampling probe, filters, gas transfer line, and FTIR software are definitely needed. Nondispersive infrared (IR) is an effective tool for real-time carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide measurements. Combustion products analyzers (electrochemical method) and Draeger® Tubes are limited to the analysis of light combustion product gases, and they are less efficient compared with FTIR. The results of combustion testing in high-pressure oxygen environments show that combustion of polymers in high-pressure oxygen environments generated much less carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide. The toxic potency of the combustion gas is presumably lower than that of combustion gas generated from ambient-pressure oxygen (or air) environments.
combustion products, combustion gas analysis, toxicity, oxygen system, Fourier transform infrared, gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry, combustion products analyzer, nondispersive infrared, Draeger Tube, cone calorimeter, toxic potency
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Hshieh, FY
Materials and Combustion Scientist, Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc., NASA Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility, Las Cruces, NM
Hirsch, DB
Combustion Scientist and Engineering Manager, Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc., NASA Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility, Las Cruces, NM
Beeson, HD
Special Projects Manager, NASA Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility, Las Cruces, NM
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- 01-26-13, 07:18 PM Thread Author #1
How to enable t-mobile usa uma on 9790
I recently bought a 9790 to replace my T-Mobile branded 8900 and have successfully configured the UMA function. Out of the box UMA was not working with my T-Mobile sim card and a Wi-Fi connection. As you know UMA is dependent on the device being capable AND the mobile carrier supporting the function. The information to enable UMA on the 9790 is available, however the relevant pieces to get it working are scattered throughout many different threads on different forums. After a week of reading the hundreds of posts, trail and error attempts and then finding success, I thought it would be helpful to post the steps in one thread. These steps worked for me. My 9790 uses 7.1.0 bundle 2102.
The place in the phone where I configured the UMA function is in the �engineering screens.� At first it sounded a bit voodoo and scary to me and I was concerned about accessing these screens and screwing the phone up, irrevocably. I am a complete IT noob, having only had a smartphone (8900) for one year so if I can do it, so can you. To the experts out there, this is elementary school stuff so bear with me.
Here goes.
Do this first: One of the steps below requires that you have already imported into your phone the T-Mobile certificate applicable to UMA. My existing T-Mobile branded 8900 has 6 T-Mobile certificates, so I sent them all to my 9790 via PIN (but you can also send them via email and then import), but there is only one that you will select in the steps below on the UMA options screen. For example, to access the existing certificate list in your 9790, select Options, then Security, then Advanced Security Settings, and then Certificates. An entire list of existing certificates will be displayed. There will (should) not be any T-Mobile certificates displayed as yet until you import them. The one certificate that you enter in the below steps is called: T-Mobile USA, Inc. Engineering and Operations CA. I imported it and all the others for good measure from my 8900. You can get the applicable certificate from this thread:
T-mobile UMA Certificates
So once you have the certificate imported into your 9790:
1, Hold down the ALT and SHIFT key simultaneously and at the same time press the H key.
2. This will bring up the Help Me! Screen.
3, The data you need on this screen is: App Version, PIN and uptime. Do not exit the Help Me! Screen at this time, as you will enter the �key� obtained in the next steps on this page.
4. Next step is to obtain the �top secret� key that will allow you into the �top secret� screens. There are quite a few online key calculators available. This one worked for me:
How To Get Your BlackBerry MEP Code - Global Unlock Blog | Global Unlock Blog
Scroll down to the part where it shows the �Help Me� screen and just below that is a link to the eScreen keygen
Blackberry eScreen keygen
Enter the data obtained above from the Help Me screen (that you have not closed)on your phone. Click get my key and you will get an eight-character key.
5. Now on your device, just type the key. It will not show as you type so be mindful of using the ALT key to enter the numerals. As soon as you type in the last character, the phone will open to �engineering screen contents�. That�s as far as you go in the steps in the link above as that site is trying to access another function in the Engineering Screens.
6. On the Engineering Screen Contents page, select �Mobile Network Engineering Screens�.
7. Then select �Utilities.
8. Then scroll down and select �Session Manager�.
9. When you select �Session Manager� the screen will be empty. Press the BB menu button and from the pop up menu select �UMA options�. That screen will also most likely be empty, so again press the BB menu button and select New. This will take you to a UMA profile screen where you will fill in and select specific information to configure your device to be compatible with T-Mobile USA UMA.
10. Display name: Factory Provisioning
Operator name: T-Mobile
Provisioning UNC address: punc.t-mobileuncs.com
Provisioning UNC port: 14001 (this was already in my phone)
Provisioning SEGW address: psgw.t-mobilesgws.com
11. The next item to enter is the T-Mobile certificate. This certificate should be imported into your phone prior to beginning the procedure, as it will then be in the drop down list of certificates when you do this step. More on getting the certificate above. Select the �T-Mobile USA, Inc. Engineering and Operations CA� certificate.
12. Then select the UMA protocol version: UMA v. 1.0.3
13. Then press the center button, hit save and your done. Go back to the home screen.
14. Reboot with a battery pull. (This may not actually be necessary, but I did it anyway)
15. When it reboots, get a good Wi-Fi connection (I have Wi-Fi preferred or Wi-Fi only in connections selected) and magically an upper case UMA will be displayed in white above the Wi-Fi symbol in upper right on your home screen.
That�s it!
This procedure should work on any BB that is UMA capable to make UMA work with a T-Mobile sim card. Some of the screens may be labeled slightly different because of the OS, but close enough for you to figure it out.
Hope this helps.Thanked by 3:aruntjose (12-18-13), barbarianthemadserb (04-07-13), mithrazor (11-30-13)
Wow! Way cool and a first post Thanks
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Calculating PV, FV, periods and rate of interest
1.Given the following data, solve for the number of years in each case. (Use a financial calculator).
Present Value Interest rate Future Value Years
$1,200 8% $2,590.71
$16,310 12% $20,459.26
$75,000 3% $182,044.69
$183,650 9% $308,000
2.You expect your newly born child to attend college in 18 years. You have $12,000 to set aside for that purpose.
You also expect that the total cost of college education to be $100,000 by that time.
Calculate the interest rate at which you have to invest today to achieve your goal.
3.How long does it take to double your money at 9% interest rate?
4.How long does it take to triple your money at 9% interest rate?
5.Great Lakes Inc. has an unfunded pension liability of $300 million that must be paid in 18 years. The financial analyst wants to discount this liability back to, present for valuation purposes.
The appropriate discount rate is 8%.
What is the present value of this liability?
6.Highlight Inc. is considering an investment project with the following cash flows:
YEAR Cash Flow
1 $300
2 $400
3 $600
4 $900
If the discount rate is 10% , calculate the present value of these cash flows
What will be the present value if the discount rate is changed to 15%
7.Solarlight Inc. is considering a project with the following cash flows :
YEAR Cash Flow
1 $800
2 $700
3 $600
4 $500
Calculate the future value of these cash flows in year 4., if the interest rate is 12%
What will be the present value if the interest rate is changed to 16%?
8.Newsys Inc. will generate $30,000 per year for the next five years from a new database system. The system requires an investment of 120,000 today. If the opportunity cost of funds is 6%, is the system worth installing?
9.An investment pays $2,000 per year for 10 years. The payments occur at the end of each year The required rate of return in 12%.
Calculate the value of the investment today.
What will be its value if the payments occurred at the beginning of each year?
10.If Mr. Hobbit deposits $2,000 at the end of each year for the next 10 years at an interest rate of 12% per year, how much will be have accumulated? How much will he have accumulated if he deposited the amounts at the beginning of each year?
11.Find the present value of a perpetuity that pays $2,000 per year and the interest rate is 10%
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There are 11 problems. Solution describes the steps to calculate present value, future value, periods and rate of interest in given situations.


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- Sycamore Partners is acquiring Jones Group for $15 per share or $2.2 billion (including debt); the deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014.
- Sources close to the company stated that it started looking for prospective buyers this summer after Barington Capital's manager joined its board.
- Jones Group had been struggling for the past four years, as most of its segments registered substantial revenue decline.
- Going private will allow the retailer to focus on a turnaround free of public investors' concern for its quarterly sales and EPS targets
Multi-brand retailer Jones Group (NYSE:JNY) recently announced that it has entered an agreement with Sycamore Partners to go private. The private equity firm will buy the retailer for $15 per share in cash, or $1.2 billion. With the company's net debt of $1 billion, total transaction value is $2.2 billion. The cash per share is a 19% premium to Jones Group's 30-day volume weighted average stock price for the period ended April 11, 2013. This was the last trading day before the media speculations regarding the company's plans to sell a part of its business began. [1] In July this year, reports emerged from sources said to be close to the situation that the company hired Citigroup Inc. to explore possibilities of its sale. They also said that it had tried to sell its business to Goldman Sachs in 2006, but was unsuccessful. [2]
Since the company has been struggling for a long time and there have been speculations regarding its sale, this decision does not come as a surprise. Over the last four years, revenues from most of Jones Group's businesses have declined substantially. With top line growth under pressure, the retailer had decided to reduce its store count and workforce to improve its profitability. [3] However, the company has now realized that going private is the best option for its revival. Sycamore Partners is known to acquire troubled apparel retailers – it has bought Hot Topic and Talbots in the past, and recently set its eyes on Aeropostale (NYSE:ARO). [4]
Currently, the transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014, but is subjected to customary closing conditions. The deal requires the affirmative vote of majority from Jones Group's shareholders, and these votes will be cast in a special shareholder meeting. We will continue to monitor any further developments related to this deal.
Our price estimate for Jones Group stands at $ 12, implying a discount of about 20% to the market price.
See our complete analysis for Jones Group
Struggling Jones Group
Over the past few years, Jones Group has struggled to sustain its growth, especially in the U.S. market. Three out of its four domestic segments have posted substantial revenue declines over the last four years. The main reason behind this was poor performance from the retailer's second largest brand, Jones New York. Due to a competitive pricing environment, a weak response to its fashion, and its exit from J.C. Penny, the brand has been Jones Group's weakest link. [5] In addition to this, lower shipments of Ann Klein and Evan-Picone, and weak product performances from Grane, Le Suit and Energie have also weighed on the retailer. [5]
Revenues in $millions
2009 |
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
Domestic retail |
648 |
651 |
631 |
584 |
Domestic wholesale sportswear |
893 |
965 |
892 |
782 |
Domestic wholesale jeanswear |
815 |
820 |
773 |
746 |
Domestic wholesale Footwear |
697 |
842 |
848 |
919 |
International wholesale |
186 |
270 |
329 |
330 |
International retail |
41 | 47 | 260 |
388 |
Although its domestic jeanswear business has started to show some signs of revival lately, its future remains uncertain. Moreover, its most lucrative business (i.e. international retailing) is primarily relying on two recently acquired footwear brands – Stuart Weitzman and Kurt Geiger. These luxury brands are mostly confined to the European markets, where the consumer sentiment hasn't been the best. This puts Jones Group's lone performing segment under great risk.
Jones Group Finally Going Private
According to the sources noted above, after James Mitarotonda (manager of activist hedge fund Barington Capital Group LP) joined Jones Group's board in May, he advised the company to shift its focus from non core fashion brands to footwear business. [6] Soon after, it hired Citigroup Inc. to search for interested parties. [2] Now, the company has entered a definitive agreement with Sycamore Partners to go private. [1]
A company may choose to go private for a number of reasons which include financial gains for CEOs and shareholders, as well as lower regulatory and reporting requirements that save money. In case of Jones Group, revival of its business appears to be the main reason behind this decision. Going private will free up management's resources, which it can direct towards reviving the growth of its businesses. Out of view of public investors, the turnaround, rather than the attainment of quarterly earnings objectives, can be the highest priority. Jones Group's CEO also believes that it can reach its true potential as a private company. [1]
Private equity firms have longer holding periods of often four to eight years, and this time should allow Jones Group to focus on improving its business operations as well as undertake any major business changes needed to make it stronger in the long run. Still, much remains to be known about the transaction, including the financing of the cash portion of the deal. Moreover, the premium to recent trading levels is is a slight 5%. Still, significant actions are required to revive the company's storied brands. Long anticipated in the media,this take out seems likely to run its course.
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Notes:- The Jones Group Announces Agreement To Be Acquired By Sycamore Partners For $15.00 Per Share In Cash, The Jones Group, Dec 19 2013 [↩] [↩] [↩]
- Jones Group hires Citi to explore possible sale of company: Sources, Reuters, Jul 9 2013 [↩] [↩]
- The Jones Group Inc. Announces Strategic Plan To Improve Profitability, The Jones Group, Apr 24 2013 [↩]
- Sycamore Partners Fund Takes 8% Stake In Aeropostale, The Wall Street Journal, Sept 17 2013 [↩]
- Jones Group's SEC filings [↩] [↩]
- The Jones Group Nominates James A Mitaronda For Election To Its Board Of Directors, The Jones Group, May 6 2013 [↩]