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As a boy, Patrick Manyika looked up and watched packages of corn and canned fish fall from the sky.
An airplane streamed overhead, dropping supplies to the hundreds of refugees living in isolation in the rolling hills and forests of northeast Rwanda.
The relief packages read "USAID" — it was the first word he would learn to read.
Manyika lived as a child in exile on the land of a national park, survived the Rwandan genocide as a teenager and eventually made his way to a private university in Southern California. He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Redlands, and on Saturday walked across the stage there with a master's degree in business administration.
No family members attended his graduation, but Manyika, 33, said he had been aided by friends he met here.
"I am nothing by myself," he said. "It is all because of everyone who helped me."
His education was funded by a family he befriended on his first trip to the United States, and he credited his classmates and professors with easing his life once he settled here.
He struggled to adapt to his new home. Even though he speaks six languages, his English was spotty. Freeways were confounding. He once tried walking to campus on Interstate 10. Someone later told him to not do that. "I figured something was fishy," he said.
He wasn't sure how to turn on the air conditioning in his apartment and became dehydrated. Instead of water, Manyika drank soda until a friend advised him against it. In his country, direct eye contact and a firm handshake were insults.
"Everything was opposite, upside down," he said.
A few months after arriving he wanted to return home. He missed his family.
"But I had to do a cost-benefit analysis," he said. "What I'm gaining here is more than what I am losing."
Manyika was born in a refugee camp in Uganda after his family fled from unrest in Rwanda. Soon they were forced back. With nowhere to go, they lived in Akagera National Park, where he would chase zebras for fun and learned to build traps out of trees to catch food.
In 1987, Manyika and his mother and younger sister went to Rwanda's capital, Kigali, hiding their identities as Tutsis so the children could go to school.
In 1994, the deaths of the Rwandan and Burundian presidents, both Hutus, sparked the killings of more than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus by Hutu extremists.
At one point, Manyika remembers opening his front door and a neighbor, wielding a machete, vowed to kill him and his family.
The family fled to a soccer stadium controlled by United Nations forces, where they lived for weeks while war raged around them. The stadium was constantly under attack. His immediate family survived, but he estimates that more than 50 other relatives and friends were killed.
"When I came to see my other family members, they were all gone," he said.
Manyika would continue his studies, attending a university in Rwanda before deciding to delay his education to work. He was hired by Partners in Health, an organization that seeks to implement a stable healthcare system in the country. He loved the job but realized he lacked the business expertise to advance his career.
The group sent him on a trip to the U.S., where he visited the Redlands campus. A San Francisco Bay Area family he met offered to fund his studies if he chose to remain in the U.S. He applied to Redlands, was accepted and began in 2009.


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MAC Candy Yum-Yum
160 reviews
81% would repurchase
Package Quality: 4.4
Price: $$$
Package Quality: 4.4
Price: $$$
INGREDIENTSCandy, rainbows and Unicorns
on 5/7/2013 5:31:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I tried this lipstick on and it looked terrible on me I really didn't like it. I think this lipstick would look best on NC20 skin
on 4/29/2013 10:00:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I believe this is my HG pink lipstick! Paired with minimal makeup, it's a great color for spring & summer! Best to use a lip primer so it doesn't bleed or feather, and/or MAC Lip Erase to get the truest color. I hate matte lipsticks so I top it with MAC Right Image Cremesheen lip glass and it's so beautiful! Love love love it!
on 4/28/2013 9:33:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
I can see why this is so popular. I am now experimenting with bright crazy colors for this spring season and had to try this out for myself.
First of all, the color is absolutely beautiful even with my warm toned skin and makes my teeth absolutely white like rice. It is bright without being garish. When I first applied, I was afraid but after a few minutes of adjusting to the bright color, it is absolutely stunning. My husband said "your lips are creepy!" But guess what? I don't really care. This is a girl pretty color and will get you those evil eye stares from jealous women, and men will stare just because its so bright. I would have to say I adore it and will be abusing it frequently with a simple eye look, regardless of what others say.
The matte finish makes sure it stays put and doesn't bleed, I can't stand bright colors that seep out beyond my lip line and makes me look Iike I just ate a batch of neon crayons. Just wear a balm underneath and over it to make sure your lips stay moist.
on 4/21/2013 12:48:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Black, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Green
LOVE THIS LIPSTICK! the color is so vibrant. One of my favorites!
on 4/19/2013 2:14:00 PM
Age: 19-24
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Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
OH MY GOD. I don't think I have to say much more. I love this and that's all you need to know. Every girl needs this. ESSENTIAL
on 4/14/2013 11:36:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Dry, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I am pretty much obsessed with this product. I really love how bright and pink it is. I honestly think this is the perfect Spring lipstick albeit being a little bit obnoxious at times... YA JUST GOTTA LEARN TO ROCK IT, GURL. When I first tried this on I didn't have any make-up on at all and I was utterly against it. I didn't like the way it looked on my skin at all. I came back a month later, and tried it on with minimal make-up and I adored it. I guess I just didn't appreciate it as much because I wasn't all made up. But I digress, apart from me being completely in love with this lipstick, there are some things that are quite undesirable about this thing of beauty: I highly dislike matte lipstick and this lipstick and matte beyond belief - meaning, it sets into your lips' line... especially if you don't use a lip balm beforehand. Other than that, I have no issues with anything else, really. I'm pretty much satisfied with everything else especially the price.. It's not exactly cheap, but it's worth the price.
on 4/14/2013 9:15:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Other, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I have a huge obsession with pink lipsticks, and because of my obsession I feel compelled to buy every shade that MAC has to offer. Candy Yum-Yum is my most recent acquisition, a very bright, neon pink. The matte formula is great, the longevity is phenomenal but I can't help but feel it's too similar to another beloved pink lippy I own - NARS Schiap. I would say Candy Yum-Yum is just a bit more pink, but they're both very comparable. It's worth mentioning that you MUST prep your lips beforehand - give them a good exfoliation followed by either lip balm or prep + prime lip then apply with a lip brush so you can control the depth of colour.
on 4/13/2013 7:37:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Dry, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I tried it on at the mac store because the girl said it would really suit me (I am blond and I have full lips). It looked great but a bit 80's as I was wearing blue eyeliner that moment. I love the texture (matte) and the colour but it's definately overhyped. I didn't buy it, have enough other pinks (and i'm not really a pink girl). It's really overhyped.
on 4/13/2013 1:28:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
MAC was dead on when they described this lipstick as "neon pink" because it is truly fluorescent in your face bold blue based pink....and I love it! It's such a fun colour to wear and looks beautiful paired with a neutral eye, cat eyeliner, and pink blush, such as MAC's Sweetness, Her Blooming Cheek, Dollymix and Pink Swoon. The matte finish is an extremely long lasting formula on the lips, but can be slightly drying therefore lip care with exfoliation and hydration is a must. Plus it looks great on it's own with a matte finish, but gloss takes this shade to a whole other dimension of beautiful too. If you love bright and bold pinks, then this lipstick is totally for you.
on 4/10/2013 10:05:00 PM
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Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
I love matte lippies! Im also using Nyx matte lippies aside from Mac. I can say that CYY has a great touch of pink similar to saint germain shade. Before i wear CYY, ill use eos lipbalm to moisturize my lips so it will become soft throughout the day... Applying matte lippies on your bared lips without any lip primer or moisturizer will just worsen your day! I love the shade! Its very chic and girly! I would buy this product again even if its a bit expensive. Worth it! :)
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Rajamanikyam is now the ever biggest hits
in Malayam film industry.
Give a big hand to Mamootty.[/u]
Rajamanikyam is now the ever biggest hits
in Malayam film industry.
Give a big hand to Mamootty.[/u]
Rajamanikkyam has broken all time records in malayalam movie ind.
Sorry Mohanlal
I THINK BOTH TANMTRA & RAJAMANIKYAM ARE GREAT MOVIES...WELL MORE PEOPLE WENT TO SEE RAJAMANIKYAM MORE THAN TANMATRA BECOZ OF THE WAY MAMMUKKA SPEAKS...ITS VERY FUNNY.... :lol: .....WELL BOTH ARE GREAT MOVIES AND DON'T BE SORRY FOR LALETTAN BECOZ HE DID A VERY ODD CHARACTER IN TANMATRA .... :grin: ....YOU HAVE TO GIVE CONGRATS TO BOTH OF THE SUPERSTARS...
rajamanikkyam now super mega hit
Oru "Trenthepuram Katti"kananel mathrem watch this film
its sure filim chembor strat new award for mamooty after his new hit filim "rajamanikyam" , the new award for " best commally(Clown) award"
mamootyies range of acting is coming down every year..he not selective.he got some low class fans that main problem...when he forget act flim like...thaniavertham,yathra,nirakootu..etc..whn seeing rayamanikkam feel like we are in a circus camp watching Clown show...
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Chronology of Jewish Persecution: 1932
March 13
Presidential election under Weimar Republic in Germany gives 30.1 percent of the vote to Adolf Hitler, head of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers Party, i.e., Nazis). The incumbent president, Field Marshall Hindenburg, receives 49.6 percent.
April 10
Since a majority (more than 50 percent) was required by German law for the election of a president, a reŁrun presidential election was held in which incumbent president Hindenburg wins with 53 percent of the vote. Adolf Hitler increases his popular vote to 36.8 percent.
July 31
German national elections for delegates to the Reichstag (Parliament) result in Nazis attaining 230 seats or 38 percent. Social Democrats received 21 percent, Communists 15 percent, Catholic Center 12 percent, numerous other parties combined 14 percent.
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The clean-up of the temporary park (Harmon Park field 3)
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March 10, 2013 at 4:00 PM until 5:00 PM
Location: Harmon Park Field 3
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Link: http://www.tfid.org
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Magic Valley Canine Social Club is heading the clean-up at the temporary park on Sunday March 10th 4pm, with a large group it shouldn't take very long to get this cleaned up. The Baxter's Park fund raiser T-shirts that can be purchased the clean-up and Baxter's Park brick order forms available too. Come out and show Twin Falls that we are responsible dog owners who need an off lead dog park year round.Return to event list.
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Automated assembly applied to building integrated circuits has been used to build 3D scaffolds on which tissues can be grown, according to this article. The layer-by-layer method pioneered at the Draper Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is normally used for mobile phones. But researchers have found it ideal for building structures that can encourage growth of tissues in patients who have suffered serious damage to organs.
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MLS Regular Season
Here's what FC Dallas head coach Oscar Pareja told the media after Saturday's 3-2 win over Colorado:
Here's your match highlights from Saturday's huge 3-2 win over Colorado:
Hear from Oscar Pareja, Walker Zimmerman & Chris Seitz on Saturday's game vs Colorado:
FC Dallas plays the Colorado Rapids Saturday night at Toyota Stadium in their first meeting of the 2014 season. The two teams met three times last season with FCD winning the first, drawing in the second match, and losing the third. Here's a look back at the previous season series:
Game 1 - March 2nd, 2013 - FC Dallas 1, Colorado 0: In the 11th minute, backup goalkeeper Steward Ceus left his box which allowed Jackson an easy goal from a long ball that David Ferreira played. Jackson almost doubled FCD's lead in the 18th minute when he shot a ball from 30 yards out that looked as if it went in the goal but only found the side netting. Former FCD player Atiba Harris almost made the match even in the 58th minute for the Rapids but failed to send his shot from 25 yards out into the goal.
Game 2 - June 1, 2013 - FC Dallas 2, Colorado 2: The first 50 minutes were rather quiet for both teams until a ten minute span in the second half saw four goals. Marvell Wynne's throw in near the touchline headed straight for the center of the box which was then headed into the goal by Harris in the 56th minute. Five minutes later, FCD replied when Harris' attempted header to clear a Dallas cross from Michel, found Blas Perez who found the corner of the goal.
Colorado answered FCD's reply when Rapids Chris Klute sent a looping cross into the box which Harris then converted into a simple goald for his second goal of the game. The last goal of the game came soon after when an FCD cross into the box found Perez once again who finished with a shot from 20 yards out.
Game 3 - September 14, 2013 - Colorado 2, FC Dallas 1: The game was scoreless until halftime but not for a lack of chances. In the 51st minute, Jair Benitez sent a cross to Ferriera in the box who finished for a short range goal. A few minutes later two FCD defenders attempted to clear a Klute cross into the box but the ball came right to Sanchez on the left side of the penalty box which he then sent into the goal. Six minutes after their equalizing goal, Sanchez driblled around FCD defender George John and delivered a cross in front of the goal that defender Hedges accidentally tipped into his own goal.
FC Dallas returns to Toyota Stadium on Saturday night for the final home match before we kick off the 2014 FIFA World Cup and we're getting ready for the world's biggest sporting event in style.
Gates open at a special 4:30PM time for Saturday's game as we'll be showing the USA's final World Cup sendoff match against Nigeria kicking off at 5:00PM on a portable jumbotron on the north concourse as well as offering $1 tacos(while supplies last) and $4 beer in the El Jimador Cantina until 6:30PM before transitioning straight from the USMNT into FCD's big match against Colorado at 7:30 on the Toyota Stadium pitch.
If you haven't got your ticket yet for Saturday's match, secure yours right here.
We'll see you out here Saturday night as we celebrate both club and country with FC Dallas taking on Colorado in the final home MLS match before July 4 and watch the USA take on Nigeria in the final tuneup before heading down to Brazil.
Matt Hedges has started every match and played every minute of the season for FC Dallas this year, but he hasn't made a save like the one he did on Saturday. After some magic from Earthquakes attacker Yannick Djalo, San Jose's Steven Lenhart headed a looping ball over Chris Seitz that looked destined for the back of the net, but Hedges was the man on the spot to clear away a certain goal.
Hedges' clearance is up for MLSsoccer.com Save of the Week so head over there and vote Hedges!
WATCH: SOTW Week 13
Here's your match highlights from FCD's 2-1 loss to San Jose:
FC Dallas is back home for the next two matches and it all starts on Saturday against the San Jose Earthquakes. Here's the 10 things you need to know before coming to Toyota Stadium:
1. Gates open super early at 4:30PM for this one as we'll be hosting the Dallas Soccer Heritage Tribute Match featuring former players from the Dallas Tornado, Dallas Sidekicks, Dallas Burn & FC Dallas. Admission is free (with a ticket to the FC Dallas vs. San Jose match) so come on out and watch some of the past stars of Dallas soccer!
2. Get to your seat by 7:15 as we'll be recognizing the Ivory Coast National Team in a special on-field ceremony with their players. Ivory Coast will play El Salvador at Toyota Stadium on Wednesday night!
3. If you do arrive early, stop by the MoneyGram Nations Cup taking place all day on fields 9-14. If you Tweet from the tournament, you can win an FCD jersey or an FCD prize pack with a Raul Fernandez signed mini-ball.
4. While parking is always free for everyone at Toyota Stadium, our Toyota drivers out there can enjoy FREE upgraded parking in the Camry Gold Lot. The Camry Gold Lot is directly NW of the stadium adjacent to the Dr. Pink field.
5. Saturday's match is a family affair for Adam Moffat. He's married to the sister of San Jose Earthquakes forward Steven Lenhart.
6. Saturday's Lamar Hunt scarfing ceremony will be done by former 1967/1968 Dallas Tornado member John Stewart.
7. If you can't make Saturday's match, kickoff is set for 7:30PM and the game is available in English on Time Warner Cable Sports HD 148 and in Spanish nationally on UniMas. Your radio options are 100.7FM(English) and 1270AM(Spanish).
8. FCD battles San Jose for the second time in three weeks on Saturday night. They fell in a heartbraking 2-1 loss at Buck Shaw Stadium in a match where Dallas outshot San Jose by nearly 3-1 margin. Read all about the Earthquakes with our Know Your Enemy feature.
9. Weather is looking great for Saturday night with temperatures in the low 80's and only a very slight chance of a quick shower.
10. We've got just a few of our May Scarf of the Month left in the FCD Team Stores and they'll be $10 off at Saturday's game!
There you have it! If you haven't secured your tickets yet, beat the box office lines and get those right here and we'll see you on Saturday night!


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You are invited to the Share The Health Expo with Beast Sports at The Vitamin Shoppe on June 6, 2015 at locations around the country. Beast Demo Reps will be making in-store appearances from 11:00am – 2:00pm (Township, PA from 11:00am – 1:00pm) to talk about Beast products, do live sampling, hand out sample packs… Read more »
Leg Day In Your Routine
Whether you're a man or woman, you should have a leg day in your routine, period. These days we are over-saturated with the beach body physique of arms, shoulders, and basically the upper-body only mentality. But if you want to take your health and fitness to the next level you had better put your ego… Read more »
Understanding Shin Splints
Although every runner may not have encountered shin splints, nearly every runner is aware of them. They rank among the most common running injuries. So what are they, how can you prevent them, and what should you do if you suspect you have shin splints? Shin splints, also known as medial tibia stress syndrome, can… Read more »
Protein Mug Cake Recipe
All too often when dieting, I need chocolate. Seriously. So here is my Protein Mug Cake Recipe that cuts right through my craving. I run out of high protein things (that are cake) I can fit into my meal plan that are satisfying beyond chicken, oats, and rice. This Protein Mug Cake Recipe, using Beast… Read more »
Protein Pumpkin Muffins
I am a pumpkin fiend, but I can't be eating pumpkin pie year round. So I came up with a healthy alternative I can have in place of my favorite Thanksgiving staple, Beast Whey Protein Pumpkin Muffins. When I get around to making these I either have them as a post-workout snack or with breakfast. They are… Read more »
Superset Arm Workout
Summer is upon us and with that comes tank tops, swimsuits, wedding season and this superset arm workout. Arms are one of my favorite muscle groups to hit at the gym. You can superset the lifting, like the workout below. It gets your heart rate up to help burn fat as you lean your arms…. Read more »
Beastly Summer Stadium Workout
Summer is near, and you know what that means… It's time to sculpt that bikini body and earn that desired round glute "pop" that every girl dreams of. One of my favorite ways to work out my glutes and hamstrings is at the local high school stadium, "Rocky Balboa style," doing my Beastly Summer Stadium Workout…. Read more »
Beast Sports At 2015 BodyPower Expo UK
The 2015 BodyPower Expo UK is upon us and Beast Sports Nutrition will again be part of the festivities! The Expo, presented by BodyPower, will take place in Birmingham, UK, May 15th – 17th inside The NEC. Stop by the Tropicana Health and Fitness Booth Friday, Saturday or Sunday between 10:30am and 6:00pm and try some free Beast… Read more »
Sean's Deltoid Destruction Workout
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Manchester City have secured young defender Ashley Smith-Brown to pro terms.
The England teen had been interesting Barcelona.
City academy chief Mark Allen said: "His versatility is frightening – we have played him at right back, left back, centre back, as a number eight and as a number ten in our system last season.
"He played all of those positions in the under-18s last season and did very well in all of them.
"Over time, the next couple of years will determine what is his best position, but that versatility is always useful when a manager is looking at squads and seeing who could do a job for him."
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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Why in the world does this FF board have like no FF13 fans at all?
You do realise you are one of the 'haters', right?
Am I now?
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King_Shortt_IX posted...
You do realise you are one of the 'haters', right?
Yes, you are.
Dresdenfall is amazing, if you know what I mean :) /wink wink
'I'm really a man.' - MysteryVeil
If FF is going to get better, then LR MUST flop.
Here a PS1 era FF fan that has played all the numbered FF games except XI and XIII onwards (barely 15 hours in it).
The official Vulcanus of the Shin Megami Tensei IV boards
http://www.gaijinworks.com/interact/forum.php Vic is baaaack.
It's because FF fans are still passionate about the series despite FF13 not even feeling like an FF and they have no hope for this game but have no other FF game to look forward to since type 0 isn't coming out here. So they stick around here and pray to god the series gets back on track after this entry. The really optimistic ones like myself note that 13-2 improved al to even if it still wasn't really FFish but a better step then 13 and hope that this can be even better than the firt 2 entry's.
Most FF13 fans seem to be newer gamers, I said most not all for those who liked this series from the beginning and liked 13. Which is fine. The people that like 13 get way to much hate for a board relating to 13 imo they get sick and leave and leave the butt hurt fan boys/girls to run the boards.
I will get this game day one as per usual and I just hope it's worth it. Squaresoft was my favorite company and I'm just hoping squeenix can come to and reclaim the glory of the old enix and squaresoft games.
kratoscar2008 posted...
If FF is going to get better, then LR MUST flop.
No, all LR flopping will do is tell Square "We have to play it safe, no more innovation". LR is actually trying to be innovative and is actually addressing all fan complaints by adding in towns, shops, inns, dungeons, open world elements, heavy customization, increased environmental interactivity, tons of side quests, tons of NPCs, rather complex NPC patterns, and emphasis on item use and is going above and beyond by adding more experimental elements like a rather complex day and night system (NPCs at different places at different times all over the game), a hybrid timer system, an overhauled battle system, etc. If this fails , it will send the wrong message to Square, and we'll end up with XV being a "playing it safe" title.
Currently going "squa squa squa!"
To the Devil May Cry franchise: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls0e5g1oWn1qjkv09o1_500.gif... at least for now.
mahroflcopter posted...
kratoscar2008 posted...If FF is going to get better, then LR MUST flop.
I dont see FANG in that explaination... T_T
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theofficefan99 posted...
Because a majority of FF fans want good FF games and this stuff is not it. Though they really shouldn't lurk around here. For me, there's the Versus XIII and XV boards, and I'm on those boards much more often than on this board. Well, I try to avoid the XV board because it's full of terrible people.
Holy **** did the terrible writing finally sink in SHF~!?
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Your logic fails more than the shields of the U. S. S. Enterprise.
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King_Shortt_IX posted...Nothing like the fanboys to enable the trolls, and trolls to enable the fanboys. Someday this battle will continue on the next FF board.
You do realize this post makes you sound like one the fanboys, right?
-PSN: SeigZeon
Your logic fails more than the shields of the U. S. S. Enterprise.
From: chaosflame108 | #226
Alright look, I'm normally a chill person, and I'm not going to get swept into some kind of message board "drama(lol really?)"
As emotes tend to represent how one is feeling at the moment, it comes as no surprise that I believe that you're upset and cranky all the time.
"I imagined many moons in the sky, lighting the way to freedom.'' - Cindi Mayweather
Romangelo posted...
cuz the fans have thing to do in real life.
Trying too hard bro. AND THAT's MY THIRD POST IN A ROW! It's good to be back!
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Lucero set for Mickey Finn's show
Memphis-based rockers Lucero will bring their potent mix of soul and southern rock to Mickey Finn's on Wednesday night.
The show was moved to the 602 Lagrange St. club after originally being scheduled at Frankie's Inner-City in East Toledo. Lucero is on the same record label as the Drive-By Truckers and My Morning Jacket and their music traverses a broad swath of literate Americana from roots gospel to burly, chugging-guitar anthem rock.
The six-member band is touring to support the critically acclaimed March release, "Women and Work."
Tickets are $20 in advance and $22 day of the show. They are available at all TicketMaster outlets and online at ticketmaster.com. Robert Ellis is the opening act and music starts at 9 p.m.


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Clean up Whiteboard Snaps with the Whiteboard Picture Cleaner Script
Productivity Sauce
Forgive me for stating the obvious, but ImageMagick is a pretty amazing toolset. And my latest GitHub find is yet another proof of that. Whiteboard Picture Cleaner is a nifty ImageMagick one-liner that can transform snapshots of whiteboard doodles and scribbles into cleaned up and legible images. Despite its simplicity, the one-liner is capable of producing rather impressive results. To make this script work on your Linux machine, you only need to install the ImageMagick package. Create then a new text file, and paste the following code into it:
#!/bin/bash convert "$1" -morphology Convolve DoG:15,100,0 -negate -normalize -blur 0x1 -channel RBG -level 60%,91%,0.1 "$2"
Save the file under the whiteboardcleaner.sh name and make the script executable using the chmod +x whiteboardcleaner.sh command. That's all there is to it. To clean up a snapshot, run the ./whiteboardcleaner.sh original.jpg result.jpg command (replace original.jpg and result.jpg with the actual name of the snapshot file and the desired name of the resulting image).
If you plan to use the script on a regular basis, you might want to add it as a function to the .bashrc file. To do this, open the file for editing and append the following code to it:
function whiteboardcleaner { convert "$1" -morphology Convolve DoG:15,100,0 -negate -normalize -blur 0x1 -channel RBG -level 60%,91%,0.1 "$2" }
Now you can evoke the script from any directory using the whiteboardcleaner original.jpg result.jpg command.comments powered by Disqus
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- Jonathan Bernier was the first King drafted by Dean Lombardi, with the 11th pick in 2006.
- I have closely followed Bernier's career for longer than I have any other current King. Seven years. I was aware of Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar when drafted, but can't say I was following closely, not until they arrived in the NHL.
- The tandem of Bernier and Jonathan Quick, first assembled in Manchester, then split by Quick's promotion, then reunited in 2011, is now a thing of the past. Having spent several years looking forward to Quick+Bernier in LA, the end of that era makes me sad.
- We all knew this day would come.
- The way I see the trade: last year, we had Bernier at G2 and Penner at LW2,3 for $4MM+ cap hit; now we have Scrivens at G2 and Frattin at LW2,3 for $1MM cap hit (factor in the crucial almost $500K Toronto retains from their salaries).
- With that savings, Lombardi will sign Rob Scuderi.
- The Kings top nine forwards are Kopitar, Brown, Justin Williams, Jeff Carter, Mike Richards, Tyler Toffoli, Frattin, Jarret Stoll and Trevor Lewis.
- Toffoli/Frattin is better than Dustin Penner/Dwight King in LW2/LW3. By better I mean: faster and more snipery.
- Snipery is not a word.
- The result will be more goals. The Kings need more goals.
- And no room for Dustin Penner. This makes me sad, too. I get it. But it makes me sad. He was a playoff hero for us, and a major cog in the Kings 2012 Cup Machine. Plus he's hilarious and his playoff beard and transitional moustache were phenomenal.
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Agreed on all counts, although I think you're a little more optimistic than I am that Scuderi will, in fact, be re-upped. I wanted to keep JB around for another contract, but realistically, it just wasn't going to happen. Plus, he does deserve a chance to be a good, long career as an NHL #1.
BTW, if Scuderi returns and Mitchell is ready to go, who is made redundant — Greene or Regher? I hope it's Regher, but who will actually be dealt?
I'm going to miss Penner, too. I think the ongoing dance with Bud Holloway is about this, too — finding a replacement for him that will represent more value/cap hit. At least I'll always have that pic of him serving me pancakes.
I don't think he'll score big on the UFA market, with the cap coming down. Maybe the Kings can trade for him again at the deadline, and bring Playoff Penner back for next year's run.
I hope Regehr winds up the odd man out if Mitchell is healthy enough to play but I don't think Lombardi putting all his eggs in that basket. And if Mitchie goes down mid-season… Well… Anyway…
If Bud DOES sign, does that mean we can get rid of King? Or King can slot in at LW3 I suppose and Frattin can replace Nolan as RW4 (though what that does for Toffoli, I have no frickin clue)
If Regehr goes I will cry and mourn over the two 2nd round picks we gave up for him. 2nd rounds picks are pure gold in Dean's hands.
I would rather put King at LW4 and see what Frattin can do on LW2 or 3. King is a big creampuff and would fit great on the 4th line. IMO
I will be very sad to see Dustin Penner go. It doesn't seem like he's keen on staying and I don't blame him. He's constantly in Sutter's "chateau de bow wow" and is constantly being called out and can't seem to find consistency during the regular season in LA.
Plus, Dean Lombardi said that he had a "feeling out" talk with Penner's agent which does not give me tons of hope.
Any chance we can possibly do something with Fraser? Because if we can replace him with an effective center, holy crap Kings will be amazeballs again!
You're the second person I've read tonight who says that Penner doesn't want to come back, but I'm not sure where that comes from. A year ago, Penner took less than he could have gotten on the UFA market to stay with a defending Cup champion. I think the main issue is cap space and literally whether or not the Kings can afford him.
If he was determined to leave this summer, there would be no reason at all for his agent to be taking Lombardi's calls. Just wait for July 5 to turn on the cell phone. And yet there seems to be some form of discussion going on.
I'm truly flabbergasted about all the tears about the possible departure of Penner. Yes he was useful in the two playoff runs, but has everyone forgotten that he was signed as a 30+ goal top 6 forward, not as comic relief.
Yes, they can DFA him. What else are they gonna do. He was only moved in a trade (Edm>Kings) because we were stuck in a no win situation with Smyth. Otherwise we wouldn't have traded for him. Especially with the cap, who's gonna trade for him?
What's DFA?
It doesn't exist in hockey (really). It does in baseball though. Designated for assignment…. when a player isn't producing (i.e. Jeff Hamilton for example… though that would be an expensive DFA).
So I guess you're saying bury him in Manch?
I think this deal provides some bread crumbs to follow regarding the rest of the Kings summer plans.
First, after listening to the conference call today, I believe that Lombardi wants to resign Scuderi. The problem though is that assuming that happens, and assuming Mitchell heals, without any other moves our defense looks like this:
Doughty Mitchell
Scuderi Voynov
Regher Greene
There's been a lot of speculation that when the Kings signed Regher to that 2 year deal, that it meant Mitchell was going LTIR because of his knee. But Lombardi's recent comments seem to indicate that there is at least the possibility that Mitchell recovers in time for next year. If that's true, then Regher becomes our worst defensive defenseman and instantly moves to the third pairing. Maybe Sutter is fine with a bottom pairing of defensive stalwarts Regher and Greene as opposed to the scoring upside of Muzzin and Greene. But Regher makes a lot more than Muzzin, so could a lineup like this even work financially? Hold on, let me go check CapGeek and see if I can make this work…
(5 mins later…)
Well, it might be technically possible, but would require trading some of our RFA's and convincing others to sign for their qualifying offer and no more. It would also require us giving up on the idea of signing Bud Holloway. I don't think this is a wise path to follow.
What would make more sense would be to trade Regher, put Muzzin in his place on the third pairing, and use the extra money to retain most of the RFA's, and sign Holloway to play with Stoll on the 3rd line, while Lewis moves to the 4th line. That lineup would look like this:
Brown Kopitar Williams
Frattin Richards Carter
Holloway Stoll Toffoli
Clifford Lewis King/Pearson
Can King even play on the 4th line? Who knows? But if he can't, then maybe Pearson can. And if Pearson can't, the two of them would make nice trade assets to get someone who can. Where's Fraser you ask? Gone.
Of course, if Toffoli pans out then maybe he and Frattin trade places. But for any of this to work financially, the Kings will have to lose one of their 3mm defensemen (Regher, Scuderi, Mitchell). The rub for Lombardi is that he's going to have to make this decision before he knows for sure that Mitchell is going to be ready for the season.
So what does Lombardi do? I think he signs Scuderi and kicks the can down the road a little while waiting on Mitchell's status. If Mitchell is healthy, then Regher gets traded (it would be great if we could get our second round picks back). If Mitchell is not healthy, he goes to LTIR, and Regher stays.
I guess what I'm saying is that I don't think there is any way that Mitchell and Regher ever see the ice together as Kings, but if these moves pan out the way that I'm hoping they do, we're going to have a much more effective bottom-six next season.
"Can King even play on the 4th line?"
Is this a real question?
Ugh. Poor writing on my part. That should have been, "Can King even play on the right side?" It was late when I wrote it.
Yeah that's a good question. He can hardly receive a pass on his forehand as it is so I'd guess no.
The bottom six could hardly be much worse if you look from just an offensive point of view.
Thing is, if they want to truly compete with Chicago – and my guess there will be at least one more team who will be stronger than last year and deeper, then we can't just carry on with a bottom six whose job would be only to keep the opposition off of the board.
It worked in 2012 and they in fact did get the odd goal. Especially the huge Gm 1 first goal in the finals by Fraser. But based on these playoffs, really can't count on that.
I felt like St. L and SJ (in a different sense) felt like they had to punish our top six. Punish them they did, and those guys seemed to have run out of gas by the time the Chicago series came around.
Totally naming my next band Transitional Mustache.
If Kings sign Scuderi, that makes 9 roster defensemen. None of them waiver exempt. I just don't see how he fits in anymore.
Dean would have to deal one or two D for picks in the next week to make any more signings.
Lets not even mention the Holloway possibility and who would go back to Manchester.
I don't hate the trade, but I'm a little disappointed that Dean did not manage (as yet) to get into the first round this year. I would rank that as a higher priority than a left wing. Left wings are a dime a dozen. The fact that barring a trade, the Kings will have had only a #30 pick in the last three first rounds. I think that is very dangerous long term.
Dean says it's hard to get a first for a goalie, but I'm wondering if he didn't at least try to come up with a package for Tampa's #3 overall. If any team is in dire need of a first class goalie, it's TB.


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Collaborative Guides: 6 Months On
by, 07-11-2012 at 08:19 PM (4761 Views)
All the way back in May, I posted something on my blog about making collaborative guides for Shaman, in an effort to reduce the duplication of work by guide writers, make sure we had the best & most accurate information possible, and also cover extra things that not everyone normally would. In the end we had two guides produced this way, for Elemental and Enhancement.
Why Collaborate?
Everyone involved with the two guides likes the idea, but there are a few things we need to work on.
- Reduces the workload for each person
- Rely on individual strengths for certain sections
- Reduces inconsistency between guides as this can be hashed out during writing
How To Start Your Own
There are a few important things to know.
- Assemble a group of competent & knowledgeable writers. They can be existing guide writers or bloggers who write on the class/spec. This way you can get the busy theorycrafter or the not-so-mathy blog writer with a bit of spare time involved.
- Have a forum where you can set up a private sub-forum for your writing team, where everyone has moderator access.
- Set up a structure for the guide and assign sections/subsections to individual people to complete. Having a quarter of a guide to write when you have three other people to share the load makes things much easier. Dont be afraid to comment/contribute to sections assigned to other people though.
- Create threads for each section or subsection. As each person updates the first post, which will be used in the guide, reply to the thread so others know of your updates. You can also use the threads to discuss finer points of the section. This is useful for populating changes/updates to the guide once it has been published.
- Organise who is going to post the guide where, if you are opting for mass distribution. This will help get the guide out to where people will read it.
If you want to start a collaborative guide for your class, but lack the forum space to work in, let me know and I can set something up for you.
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In Montgomery, city officials have expanded the city's old tourism slogan — "Cradle of the Confederacy" — to add "and Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement."
Visitors can see the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King changed from being a local minister to a civil rights leader when he agreed to lead a yearlong boycott of Montgomery's bus system in 1955-56. The boycott stemmed from the arrest of Rosa Parks, a black seamstress who refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger as city ordinances required. The boycott led to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that integrated the buses.
Troy State University at Montgomery has opened the Rosa Parks Museum at the spot where Parks was arrested. One emotional exhibit features a vintage city bus with TV screens instead of windows that show actors re-enacting the events that earned Parks the title of "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."
A few blocks away is the Civil Rights Memorial, a black granite fountain bearing the names of 40 people killed during the civil rights struggle in the South.
Newly opened is the Dexter Avenue Church Parsonage, where King lived in Montgomery. It has been restored with much of the furniture he used, including the desk where he wrote sermons and speeches.
Honoring the Freedom Riders
More exhibits are planned. The old Greyhound bus terminal is being turned into a museum honoring the Freedom Riders, black and white bus passengers who were beaten by a white mob in 1961 for testing a Supreme Court ruling that prohibited segregation in interstate transportation.
The federal government has declared the 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Selma to Montgomery as the National Voting Rights Trail. Museums and displays are planned along the route from Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, where it began, to the Capitol, where it ended. The Capitol plans were delayed two years ago after Confederate heritage groups complained that Civil War history was being pushed into the background. "We're still fighting these battles. There is still resistance to displaying [civil rights] history," Carrier said.
For many years Alabama's tourism agency primarily promoted Civil War attractions, such as antebellum homes and a hoop-skirted image of long ago. Things began to change 20 years ago when — during the administration of King's old foe, Gov. George C. Wallace — Alabama became the first state to publish a black heritage tour guide.
The guide has grown dramatically in size, and nearly 1 million have been distributed, Sentell said.
"To me, the Civil War and civil rights are not separate stories. They are book ends of the same conflict," Sentell said.
Bland said she finds that many visitors to Selma want to see both parts of Alabama's past. "And we've developed tours to make sure they soak it all up," she said.
The Muscle Shoals Sound
For the tourist with more than a couple of days to spend, Alabama offers many attractions that add dimensions to the major civil rights spots.
For instance, the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in Tuscumbia highlights the famous "Muscle Shoals Sound" — the collection of white musicians and black singers like Percy Sledge and Aretha Franklin who were peacefully turning out hit records while the rest of the state was embroiled in the civil rights turmoil of the '60s.


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So I tried out different diapers looking to save money.
Pampers are the best, but the Walmart brand held up pretty well even at night. The trick is to make sure you get it on just right and pull out the ruffles around the legs so the poo doesn't seep out.
are ok. They are much bigger than the Walmart and Pamper brands. Good for bigger babies.
I may stick to Walmart brand since it is cheapest. They run the smallest out of the 3 brands, so we may go up to size 2.


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The little harbour of the commune of Brando encompasses its old houses sitting just above the surface of the water on a promontory of green schist, over which looms an ancient and partly ruined Genoese tower. Take a lazy stroll around the port area, through the flower-decked squares and up the steps of the the little streets shaded by plane trees, laurels and palm trees. Be sure to see the frescoes of the Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Neiges at Castello (3km west), which are reputed to be the oldest on the island.
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Wells Fargo is set to post a record Q1 profit.. Stock is up 33% in pre-market. All financials seem to be up around 10+%
Wells Fargo is set to post a record Q1 profit.. Stock is up 33% in pre-market. All financials seem to be up around 10+%
All the good earnings in the world won't mean sh#t if the president tries to hold the financial sector hostage by not accepting re-payment of TARP money.
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become."
WSJ online
By STUART VARNEY
I must be naive. I really thought the administration would welcome the return of bank bailout money. Some $340 million in TARP cash flowed back this week from four small banks in Louisiana, New York, Indiana and California. This isn't much when we routinely talk in trillions, but clearly that money has not been wasted or otherwise sunk down Wall Street's black hole. So why no cheering as the cash comes back?
My answer: The government wants to control the banks, just as it now controls GM and Chrysler, and will surely control the health industry in the not-too-distant future. Keeping them TARP-stuffed is the key to control. And for this intensely political president, mere influence is not enough. The White House wants to tell 'em what to do. Control. Direct. Command.
It is not for nothing that rage has been turned on those wicked financiers. The banks are at the core of the administration's thrust: By managing the money, government can steer the whole economy even more firmly down the left fork in the road.
If the banks are forced to keep TARP cash -- which was often forced on them in the first place -- the Obama team can work its will on the financial system to unprecedented degree. That's what's happening right now.
Here's a true story first reported by my Fox News colleague Andrew Napolitano (with the names and some details obscured to prevent retaliation). Under the Bush team a prominent and profitable bank, under threat of a damaging public audit, was forced to accept less than $1 billion of TARP money. The government insisted on buying a new class of preferred stock which gave it a tiny, minority position. The money flowed to the bank. Arguably, back then, the Bush administration was acting for purely economic reasons. It wanted to recapitalize the banks to halt a financial panic.
Fast forward to today, and that same bank is begging to give the money back. The chairman offers to write a check, now, with interest. He's been sitting on the cash for months and has felt the dead hand of government threatening to run his business and dictate pay scales. He sees the writing on the wall and he wants out. But the Obama team says no, since unlike the smaller banks that gave their TARP money back, this bank is far more prominent. The bank has also been threatened with "adverse" consequences if its chairman persists. That's politics talking, not economics.
Think about it: If Rick Wagoner can be fired and compact cars can be mandated, why can't a bank with a vault full of TARP money be told where to lend? And since politics drives this administration, why can't special loans and terms be offered to favored constituents, favored industries, or even favored regions? Our prosperity has never been based on the political allocation of credit -- until now.
Which brings me to the Pay for Performance Act, just passed by the House. This is an outstanding example of class warfare. I'm an Englishman. We invented class warfare, and I know it when I see it. This legislation allows the administration to dictate pay for anyone working in any company that takes a dime of TARP money. This is a whip with which to thrash the unpopular bankers, a tool to advance the Obama administration's goal of controlling the financial system.
After 35 years in America, I never thought I would see this. I still can't quite believe we will sit by as this crisis is used to hand control of our economy over to government. But here we are, on the brink. Clearly, I have been naive.
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become."
If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.
~Paul Wellstone~
Citi reports the 17th and then BAC reports the 20th... hopefully some more good news from these guys.
This is the third time this article has been posted. This guy is using one piece of evidence to jump to the conclusion that Obama administration wants to take over the financial industry: This is a whip with which to thrash the unpopular bankers, a tool to advance the Obama administration's goal of controlling the financial system.
I can't believe that is true.
He may have an ambitious agenda, but becoming in charge of all the banks is not on it. He will be too busy confiscating guns .
April 11, 2009
<nyt_headline version="1.0" type=" "> Showdown Seen Between Banks and Regulators </nyt_headline>
<nyt_byline version="1.0" type=" "> By STEPHEN LABATON and EDMUND L. ANDREWS
</nyt_byline> WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration completes its examinations of the nation's largest banks, industry executives are bracing for fights with the government over repayment of bailout money and forced sales of bad mortgages.
President Obama emerged from a meeting with his senior economic advisers on Friday to say "what you're starting to see is glimmers of hope across the economy." But there were also signs of growing tensions between the White House and the nation's banks over the next phase of the financial rescue.
Some of the healthier banks want to pay back their bailout loans to avoid executive pay and other restrictions that come with the money. But the banks are balking at the hefty premium they agreed to pay when they took the money.
Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, and two other executives of large banks raised the issue with Mr. Obama and the Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, at a meeting two weeks ago.
"This is a source of considerable consternation," said Camden R. Fine, who attended the White House meeting as president of the Independent Community Bankers, a trade group of 5,000 mostly smaller institutions, many of which are complaining about the repayment requirements.
Meanwhile, the Obama administration wants weaker banks to move more quickly to relieve their balance sheets of the toxic assets, the home loans and mortgage bonds that nobody wants to buy right now. But the banks are resisting because they would have to book big losses.
Finally, there is increasing anxiety in the industry that the administration could use the stress tests of the 19 biggest banks, due to be completed in the next three weeks, to insist on management changes, just as it did with General Motors when officials forced the resignation of its chief executive after examining that company's books.
Senior officials, recognizing that the next few weeks could prove pivotal for both the industry and the bailout effort, are moving ahead with major plans.
"You will be seeing additional actions by the administration," Mr. Obama said after the meeting Friday, when the officials discussed the bank stress tests and the new $500 billion to $1 trillion plan that will use public subsidies to encourage private investors to buy mortgage assets.
Attending the session were Mr. Geithner; Sheila C. Bair, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Lawrence H. Summers, the chairman of the National Economic Council; and other top regulators.
The tension between the industry and the administration is rising as the government's bailout fund is dwindling, putting the administration in a bind. It is all but certain to need to seek more money from Congress, which wants to see results from existing programs first.
The fund is down to its final $134 billion, according to Treasury officials, and is expected to face new requests for money in the coming weeks to aid tottering banks, the auto industry and possibly insurance companies.
"Between now and Memorial Day we're going to know a whole lot more about the degree of trouble the banks are in," said Senator Charles E. Schumer, a New York Democrat who is vice chairman of the Joint Economic Committee. "At the same time, we will begin to have a good initial reading as to how well the administration's programs are working."
This month, the nation's largest banks began announcing their latest quarterly earnings. Some, like Wells Fargo, have released results early to trumpet their profitable first quarter — and possibly to give them leverage in coming negotiations with their regulator.
The immediate concern for the administration is how to get the weaker banks to relieve their books of deteriorating mortgages and mortgage-backed securities.
Industry analysts estimate that United States banks alone have more than $1 trillion of such mortgages on their books but have recognized only a small share of the likely losses.
Economists at Goldman Sachs estimated recently that banks were valuing their mortgages at about 91 cents on the dollar, far more than investors are willing to pay for them.
Even though the Treasury Department plans to subsidize the purchases of toxic assets by giving buyers low-cost loans to cover most of their upfront cost, a growing number of analysts warn that many if not most banks will remain reluctant to sell.
"The gap is still very wide," said Frank Pallotta, a former mortgage trader at Morgan Stanley, now a consultant to institutional investors. "If every bank was forced to sell at the market-clearing price, you'd have only five banks left in the market."
The stress tests of the banks are aimed at estimating how much each bank would lose if the economic downturn proved even deeper than currently expected.
Government officials do not plan to disclose the results for individual banks but may reveal broad results for the entire industry at the end of the month.
If the test indicates that the losses would leave a bank with too little capital, the bank will have six months to either raise extra money from private investors or get money from the government. Executives at some banks are worried that regulators will start demanding changes in management and strategy, possibly forcing them to merge with stronger institutions.
Treasury officials said they understood that banks had valid reasons for placing higher values on their mortgages than investors, and said they were hoping to avoid major conflicts.
Facing a host of government restrictions — from how much they pay executives to how many foreign citizens they employ — some small banks have returned the bailout money, and some larger ones, including Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Northern Trust, have said they want to do so as quickly as possible.
On Friday, Sun Bancorp of Vineland, N.J., became the sixth bank to exit the program, returning $89.3 million just three months after it received its loan.
Regulators are reluctant to approve the early repayments until banks can show that they have the capital to withstand further erosion in the economy and will not curtail their lending.
Both large and small banks have pressed the Obama administration to make it less costly for them to exit the bailout program by waiving the right to exercise stock warrants the banks had to grant the government in exchange for the loans. At a meeting last month, the chiefs of three of the largest banks separately asked Mr. Obama to direct the Treasury not to exercise the warrants, Mr. Fine said.
Douglas Leech, the founder and chief executive of Centra Bank, a small West Virginia bank that participated in the capital assistance program but returned the money after the government imposed new conditions, said he complained strongly about the Treasury Department's decision to demand repayment of the warrants. That effectively raised the interest rate he paid on a $15 million loan to an annual rate of about 60 percent, he said.
"What they did is wrong and fundamentally un-American," he said. "Even though the government told us to take this money to increase our lending, the extra charge meant we had less money to lend. It was the equivalent of a penalty for early withdrawal."
Stephanie Cutter, a spokeswoman at the Treasury Department, said it did not comment about the participation of specific banks in the plan or their efforts to exit the program.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind.- More than 200 student-athletes participated in the Varsity Club's 11th annual Thank-a-thon on Thursday, April 10 at Assembly Hall. This annual event is an opportunity for student-athletes to express their appreciation to donors for their generous contributions to support athletic scholarships.
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Jerrod Niemann is a married man! The 'Buzz Back Girl' singer wed Morgan Petek in beautiful San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sunday (Oct. 12).
Jerrod Niemann is a married man! The 'Buzz Back Girl' singer wed Morgan Petek in beautiful San Juan, Puerto Rico on Sunday (Oct. 12).
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When the song "Drink to That All Night" came out, I also must confess I thought, "Wow, is that country?" Well, what is and what isn't country can be debated all day and many times over, but what I knew was that whatever you called it, it was good music. Jerrod really does have a way of stretching boundaries, trying new things and, above all, having fun with his music. I, for one, like that approach.
It looks like Jerrod Niemann is debuting more than just great as his new 'High Noon' album rolls out! Niemann has unveiled a new nonprofit organization focused on giving back to the music community.
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If you're like me, sometimes you can stay up late enough to catch stars perform on the late night circuit. Last night, Jerrod Niemann performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and here's a video of the performance.
You won't find a musical environment more casual than the one Jerrod Niemann put together to work on his new studio album, 'High Noon.' The 'Drink to That All Night' singer tells Taste of Country Nights how tailgating activities played an important role in the writing process.
Jerrod Niemann and his longtime girlfriend, Morgan Petek, are officially engaged and planning a wedding for 2014!
It's only February, but I think the party anthem of 2014 has already be released. Jerrod Niemann's new song 'Drink To That All Night' is racing up the country singles charts and he's just released the official video.


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