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How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank
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'My Guys Get Killed When Markets Are Opaque'
Perhaps no part of Dodd-Frank matters more than the CFTC's battle to implement derivatives reform. Certainly the big banks wouldn't argue that point: no product peddled by Wall Street has proved as lucrative in recent years, especially for the country's most elite firms. Just five banks—Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America—account for more than a 95 percent share of a derivatives market that has been generating an estimated $40 billion to $50 billion in annual revenues. Because derivatives have been traded on dark (i.e., unregulated) markets, this "oligarchy" of five, says Darrell Duffie, a finance professor at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and the author of How Big Banks Fail and What to Do About It, has been able to charge exorbitant rates to the wide range of businesses and government entities that buy them—profit margins that are sure to plummet if Dodd-Frank is fully implemented, Duffie says. That alone would justify the huge sums spent on lobbying to gut Dodd-Frank, a reflection of the banks' unflinching resolve to protect the billions of dollars in derivatives profits they book every year. "If you look at the energy and ferocity and the dollars the financial sector put on the table, it was overwhelmingly directed at derivatives," says Michael Barr, the former Treasury official.
This is why derivatives—and by extension, the CFTC—should matter to the rest of us as well, at least if we want to reduce the odds that the banks will again blow up the global economy anytime soon. It was derivatives, after all—all those credit default swaps, collateralized debt obligations and other exotic financial instruments that most of us would learn about in newspaper infographics offered only after the fact—that were the main culprit in the collapse of insurance giant AIG. They were also the main problem in the failures of Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns, and nearly took down the other big banks as well.
Price manipulations of basic commodities such as oil and grains through derivatives are another target of Dodd-Frank, which instructs the CTFC to create "position limits"—caps on the portion of a market that financial speculators can own. The need for this check on financial speculators has never been clearer than in recent years, given the wild fluctuations in the price of oil in 2008, when a barrel of crude rose to $145 before whipsawing back to $37 in early 2009, and a spike in the price of wheat and other basic grains that caused rioting around the world.
The push to regulate a new breed of ever more complex derivatives goes back to the 1990s. The catalyst was the central role these instruments played in the financial collapse of Orange County, California, which in 1994 became the largest municipal entity ever to declare bankruptcy. Those in favor of derivatives reform would find their champion in Brooksley Born, who headed the CFTC under Bill Clinton. Think of most derivatives as a bet on the price of something going up or down—an interest rate, say, or mortgage defaults. Her agency was already in the business of regulating the futures markets for commodities such as corn and soybeans, Born argued, so why not add this new breed of financial derivatives to the CFTC's portfolio? But this was in the Clinton era, when Democrats worked overtime to win the affections of Wall Street, and Wall Street knew that transparency would only spoil a good thing. Clinton's top economic advisers, including Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Lawrence Summers, the deputy who would take his place in 1999, overruled Born and worked with Congress to pass what became the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, which had the effect of deregulating much of the derivatives market along with basic commodities like oil. Just eight years later, the world economy was in tatters, in no small part because of that decision.
Those championing derivatives reform were disappointed when President-elect Obama named Gary Gensler to head the CFTC in December 2008. Gensler was, after all, a Wall Street insider who had spent eighteen years at Goldman Sachs. Worse, he had served as assistant treasury secretary when the disastrous decision on deregulating derivatives was made. Given his years at Goldman, a central player in that market, Gensler was recused from participating in the debate during his first year in office, back when the Treasury Department was working overtime to stop Brooksley Born in her tracks. But he readily admits that he fought hard in favor of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. His reasoning: the banks were already answerable to regulators, so why rope in another agency to monitor this one category of product?
Yet after watching what transpired, Gensler had a change of heart—and as Dodd-Frank was cobbled together in committee, Gensler fought his old colleagues at every turn. He proved willing to take on his fellow Democrats if it meant giving the CFTC more teeth to pursue reform, even causing a kerfuffle inside the White House when he sent a letter to Barney Frank and other committee chairs, calling on them to go further than the administration's proposals in overseeing the derivatives market. "He's shown that he's no industry lapdog," says Barbara Roper, the director of investor protection at the Consumer Federation of America.
Jim Collura, a lobbyist for a trade association representing home heating oil companies, has been similarly impressed by Gensler. Derivatives have understandably become a dirty word among the general public, but for the more modest-size businesses that Collura represents, they're an essential tool for keeping price spikes in check. His companies routinely buy oil futures as a hedge against future increases in fuel costs. The airlines and trucking companies do the same so that gyrations on the global petroleum market don't wipe out their profits. Municipalities are another common user of derivatives: an interest-rate swap can protect taxpayers against increased borrowing costs on a new convention center under construction. But the end users of derivatives also don't want to worry that they're getting ripped off every time they need to buy another swap. "My guys get killed when these markets are opaque," Collura says, "and they get killed by out-of-control speculators." After ten years of battle, Collura adds, and in large part due to Gensler's pressure, "we got pretty much everything we wanted."
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My parents want me to make a meal plan for my little brother and my step-mom. I realize that I do not have my degree and am NOT a professional, but I do know enough to help them out and am exciting for this opportunity.
My little brother plays football and has gained weight the past few months and can't seem to take it off. My parents couldn't figure out what was going on, with all the football he does he should be LOSING weight. I looked at his daily intake for food and realized that e only got 1,000calories a day along with only 1 serving of fruit OR vegie.
Now that my parents are aware of this they have been letting me control what he eats. Yesterday I had him eat with me, so what I ate he ate for the most part. His calorie intake went up and he had at least 3 fruits. Not perfect, but a lot better than 1!!
I really hope that this opens my parent's eyes a bit and they realize that they need to make some changes with their eating habits. All of them could be healthier. I am excited to help teach them about the benefits of a healthier life!


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that would allow the 1918 virus to become pantropic. Because clinical and pathological findings in 1918 showed no evidence of replication outside the respiratory system (Winternitz et al., 1920; Wolbach, 1919), mutations allowing the 1918 virus to replicate systemically would not have been expected. However, the relationship of other structural features of these proteins (aside from their presumed antigenic novelty) to virulence remains unknown. In their overall structural and functional characteristics, the 1918 HA and NA are avian-like, but they also have mammalian-adapted characteristics.
Interestingly, recombinant influenza viruses containing the 1918 HA and NA and up to three additional genes derived from the 1918 virus (the other genes being derived from the A/WSN/33 virus) were all highly virulent in mice (Tumpey et al., 2004). Furthermore, expression microarray analysis performed on whole lung tissue of mice infected with the 1918 HA/ NA recombinant showed increased upregulation of genes involved in apoptosis, tissue injury, and oxidative damage (Kash et al., 2004). These findings were unusual because the viruses with the 1918 genes had not been adapted to mice. The completion of the sequence of the entire genome of the 1918 virus and the reconstruction and characterization of viruses with 1918 genes under appropriate biosafety conditions will shed more light on these findings and should allow a definitive examination of this explanation.
Antigenic analysis of recombinant viruses possessing the 1918 HA and NA by hemagglutination inhibition tests using ferret and chicken antisera suggested a close relationship with the A/swine/Iowa/30 virus and H1N1 viruses isolated in the 1930s (Tumpey et al., 2004), further supporting data of Shope from the 1930s (Shope, 1936). Interestingly, when mice were immunized with different H1N1 virus strains, challenge studies using the 1918-like viruses revealed partial protection by this treatment, suggesting that current vaccination strategies are adequate against a 1918-like virus (Tumpey et al., 2004). In fact, the data may even allow us to suggest that the human population, having experienced a long period of exposure to H1N1 viruses, may be partially protected against a 1918-like virus (Tumpey et al., 2004).
Because virulence (in the immunologically naïve person) has not yet been mapped to particular sequence motifs of the 1918 HA and NA genes, what can gene sequencing tell us about the origin of the 1918 virus? The best approach to analyzing the relationships among influenza viruses is phylogenetics, whereby hypothetical family trees are constructed that take available sequence data and use them to make assumptions about the ancestral relationships between current and historical influenza virus strains (Fitch et al., 1991; Gammelin et al., 1990; Scholtissek et al., 1993) (Figure 1-5). Because influenza viruses possess eight discrete RNA segments that can move independently between virus strains by the process of


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Major League Baseball is being dominated by pitching, and that's only going to continue, judging by the flood of elite young arms who are on the verge of reaching The Show.
Like these 10, who represent the sport's can't-miss pitching prospects for the 2015 season.
To avoid any confusion, that means these pitchers should be making a major impact in the upcoming year.
Thus, you won't see elite arms like Lucas Giolito of the Washington Nationals, Tyler Glasnow of the Pittsburgh Pirates or Luis Severino of the New York Yankees, all of whom are a bit too far away to take the majors by storm this year. Same goes for 18-year-old Los Angeles Dodgers phenom Julio Urias.


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WILMINGTON — The majority of the Bruins hit the ice Monday at Ristuccia Arena, but many players were absent as the B's prepared for what will be their third game in four days Tuesday against the Capitals.
Milan Lucic was the only top-six forward on the ice, with Nathan Horton, David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron, Tyler Seguin and Brad Marchand getting the day off. The rest of the forwards were in attendance, with both Daniel Paille and Chris Bourque wearing third-line sweaters with Chris Kelly and Rich Peverley. Bourque was a healthy scratch on Sunday.
Dennis Seidenberg and Andrew Ference were the missing defensemen for the B's, with goaltender Tuukka Rask also getting the day off.
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Alzheimer's Disease: Landmark Gene Discoveries Open Up New Therapeutic Opportunities
Two rare mutations in the human gene that lead to the most common, late-onset variant of Alzheimer's have been identified by Chair Member of the Cure Alzheimer's Disease Research Consortium, Dr. Rudy Tanzi, bringing researchers closer to identifying a cure.
Boston, MA (PRWEB) September 23, 2013
In a paper recently published in the prestigious journal Neuron, Harvard Medical School/Mass General Hospital Geneticist Dr. Rudy Tanzi, together with lead author, Dr. Jaehong Suh and their team, identified two rare mutations in the human gene called "ADAM10" that lead to the most common, late-onset variant of Alzheimer's. Tanzi's research suggests that the ADAM10 gene makes an enzyme called alpha-secretase, which cleaves the Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) to prevent the formation of beta-amyloid, the toxic protein that triggers brain pathology in Alzheimer's disease.
This landmark genetic discovery by Tanzi, who is also Research Consortium Chair at Cure Alzheimer' Fund, further supports the widely-held "Amyloid Hypothesis" and suggests specific new therapeutic approaches to stopping Alzheimer's disease.
In their study, Tanzi and Suh first identified two new human gene mutations in ADAM10 and then inserted them into Alzheimer's mouse models to track their effects in the brain. Subsequently, the team was able to demonstrate how the mutant genes diminish alpha-secretase activity leading to increased levels of beta-amyloid, the main component of senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease.
These findings are the first to document novel Alzheimer's gene mutations in animal models since the mutations in the original four Alzheimer's genes — APP, PSEN1, PSEN2, and APOE — were discovered in the 1990's.
Furthermore, the effects in mouse brains strongly suggest that diminished alpha-secretase activity owing to the ADAM10 gene mutations causes Alzheimer's and therefore supports ADAM10 as a promising therapeutic target for the treatment and prevention of the disease. "If we can find or develop a drug to safely increase alpha-secretase activity," said Tanzi, "that would decrease the accumulation of beta-amyloid plaques and slow down or even stop the onset of the disease."
Cure Alzheimer's Fund President and CEO Tim Armour said, "These discoveries are validation of the aggressive gene-centric approach long supported by Cure Alzheimer's Fund. With this new data, we have two more important pieces filling out the large puzzle of how Alzheimer's disease develops in the human brain. It's that much closer to a complete picture, and brings us that much closer to a cure."
About Cure Alzheimer's Fund
The Cure Alzheimer's Fund is governed by a board of directors; administered by a small, full-time staff; and guided scientifically by a Research Consortium. Cure Alzheimer's Fund™ is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Cure Alzheimer's Fund has supported 72 projects in 51 laboratories of leading Alzheimer's researchers in the US and abroad.
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End of market exuberance to lessen risk of asset price bubbles, says BSP
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The US Federal Reserve's signal to end easy money policies may have sent emerging economy asset values crashing, but the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) sees a silver lining.
While many investors gnash their teeth at the amount of red ink in their portfolios, the BSP said an end to the market's "exuberance" was a welcome development because it reduced the risk of price bubbles that could cause more harm in the long run.
"This market price action is a good thing. It is good because it helps put a brake somehow on the exuberance," BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. said.
Speaking at the 2nd annual Philippine Financial Market Forum by Singapore's The Asset Magazine, Tetangco said Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's statements on May 22 conveniently gave Philippine financial markets the correction it needed.
"(This) reduced some of the risks from bubble formation in certain asset classes that could lead to more financial market imbalances," he said.
The central bank previously kept its eye on the property sector, in particular. Real estate firms have been able to borrow cheap from local banks amid huge demand for new homes, supported by billions of dollars in remittances that the country receives from its migrant workers. This helped inflate property prices, especially in the high-end sector, enough for the BSP to raise fears of the possibility of a bubble forming.
Low interest rates also contributed significantly to the increase in banks' exposure to the property sector.
In the meantime, Tetangco declined to comment on whether he thought the peso's depreciation and stock market crash had been excessive. Instead, he said today's market conditions could help "separate the wheat from the chaff."
"When these separations are completed, the process could actually create opportunities for those who keep their eye on the ball," Tetangco said.
As foreign investors leave emerging markets like the Philippines in favor of safer havens like the US, which remains the world's largest economy despite its subprime woes, Tetangco said locals should not lose faith in the country's underlying fundamentals.
"The Philippine fundamentals are intact… this is not a cliché. It is not meant to be a bumper sticker," Tetangco said, citing the economy's first-quarter growth of 7.8 percent, supported by capital formation among locals and infrastructure spending by the government.
"The economy is being buoyed by expenditures that would cement the growth to a sustainable level," Tetangco said.
"At the same time, year-to-date average inflation of 3 percent is at the lower end of our inflation target range," he added.
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Over at the Atlantic, Megan Garber reports on a new tool called Porngram that lets you track the rise and fall of porn trends over time. Developed by a team of sociologists, political scientists, and statisticians at the big data firm Sexualitics, the tool reveals some fascinating trends like the unsettling rise of "revenge porn" since 2011. Also apparently "dinosaur porn" was really big in 2010. – Holmes
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Letters to the Editor: 09.07.07
Not by chance
The editors of the Caller-Times once again demonstrate that the strength of an opinion is inversely proportional to the knowledge base upon which an opinion can realistically be formed.
In describing the decision of the State Board of Education to suppress intelligent design (ID) ("State Board will not back the teaching of intelligent design," editorial, Aug. 30), the Caller-Times describes ID as an "assault on the evolutionary theory." Memo to the Caller-Times: ID accepts that life has evolved on Earth, and accepts that the mechanism of this change is mutations of the genetic code. So let's talk about the real debate.
Proponents of random mutation trot out the saw: A monkey with a typewriter will eventually recreate Darwin's "The Origin of Species." But how long would that take? Likewise, has anyone answered the question, "Based on our knowledge of the incidence of successful species-producing random mutations, can the diversity and complexity of modern life have occurred in the two billion years of documented life on Earth?" No, I didn't think so. Encouraging our students to believe that all meaningful science is already known will only serve to close the minds of the otherwise curious researchers of the future.
Bill Grimes
Don't limit college
I read with interest a recent letter to the editor regarding the university expansion. It is a great vision to see Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi at the level of a Harvard and Corpus Christi at the level of a Boston. ("Keep college small," Aug. 30) However, it's a classic conundrum -- without expanding the university we fail to attract the intellectual capacity to generate the wealth to fund the university.
I strongly believe the best option is to support and grow Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. We must not limit ourselves based on unfounded fears. Issues related to ecology and artifacts can be rationally addressed. Doing so paves the way to attracting the brightest students and enriching our community to entice them to stay after graduation.
Expanding the university represents the smartest of the smart growth strategies on the table. Let's get behind our City Council and let them know we support this effort.
John Otto
Applause merited
If I correctly interpreted the Aug. 30 editorial ("Did Coliseum Committee consider all viewpoints"), the Caller-Times observes that there is insufficient rancor developing within the council-citizen committee working on the Memorial Coliseum issue.
Too bad your reporter, Beth Wilson, didn't come to the public meeting facilitated by consultant Luther Snow on Aug. 22. Had she done so, she would have observed, and possibly conveyed to her editors and readers, the entire point of the process that Mr. Snow was hired to facilitate: to find the means by which we can utilize our strengths to make progress, rather than identifying the points on which we can argue.
That we made progress in this direction is the big news, and congratulation on that achievement would have been a more helpful editorial position.
I have no illusion that everybody in this community will ever agree on everything, but if we can begin to focus on what we can accomplish rather than all the possible difficulties of progress, that will be a good beginning. I hope that you will see the benefit of this approach, and can make it a priority to have your reporter attend our future (public, posted) meetings.
Leon S. Loeb
He's no Furgason
Regarding Nick Jimenez's column on Aug. 26 ("Tell me: How do you define a good thing"). His opinion points out the significant difference between his eminence Flavius C. Killebrew and the university's past president, Dr. Robert R. Furgason. Although tall in stature, Killebrew reminds one of the little king in "Wizard of Id." He always has his hand out. Remember the expense of furnishing his palatial office?
Dr. Furgason, on the other hand, was always working behind the scenes with the area's philanthropists, and when something really made a difference, e.g., the Harte Research Center, it became news. With Killebrew, his attempts at vision seem to be self-serving. It is easy for the City Council to question a university leader who evidently wears a crown many sizes to large.
Sam Powell
Spay and neuter
Ref. the San Antonio shelter story on Sept. 2. San Antonio is far from alone in the problem of overpopulation of dogs and cats, but at least they have taken steps to address the problem.
I sincerely believe most people are not aware of how bad the problem of pet overpopulation is. Through education the public will begin to understand the need to spay and neuter their pets. Only then can we begin to reduce the overpopulation.
South Texas has a very serious pet overpopulation problem that will not be solved by building more no-kill shelters, without mandatory spay and neuter the problem will continue to exist. It is way past time to address this problem.
Next time you have room in your home for a pet, please adopt from a shelter, do not encourage breeders to continue adding to the pet population by paying to buy a dog from a breeder. Don't buy or breed while shelter animals die. If you insist on a "pure breed," check the animal shelters and rescue organizations, they often have purebred animals available.
In the meantime, don't be part of the problem; spay or neuter your pet.
Charlotte Wall
(SPCA, San Patricio County)
(Aransas Pass)
Easy spenders
Ref: "Truck spill shows need for a bridge-approach fix," editorial, Sept. 2. Here we go again. A Caller-Times editorial writer is telling us what we need. As James Garrison pointed out in his letter (Letters, Sept. 2) the good old boy network -- yes, including Editor Libby Averyt and crew -- are busy dreaming up ways to spend money, and why not? King Henry and crew, Lord Neal and his court, can simply tack on another tax increase, and probably even figure out a way to grant themselves another fat pay raise.
It is so odd to me that when something goes wrong, i.e. water problems, showbarn snafus, etc., our fearless elected leaders quickly jump on the hired help to place blame and look for some heads to roll. The fact is that the elected leaders who did nothing but sit on their hands in all these situations are the people to blame; they are supposed to be the leaders. If they are not, why have them, what is their function? Getting back to the bridge deal, there is nothing wrong with the approaches. What is wrong is traffic enforcement. That is, again, another failure of the city and county government.
Edward Ottis
Divided we fall
Being a veteran of World War II, it was my privilege to participate in an effort that resulted in the defeat of the greatest military forces theretofore assembled on earth, as well as the demise of the most insidious political systems ever conceived by man. The ultimate defeat of the forces of Nazism, fascism, and ultimately communism, was accomplished by the united efforts of our government and its loyal armed forces, supported by a patriotic, industrious, civilian workforce and backed by a conscientious news media.
Starting from this position, as the only country on earth with the morals, materials, and motivation to lead mankind in the search for freedom and prosperity, one should question what has led us to our present condition. The obvious things that have changed are our moral values and our unity. Having lost one war (Vietnam) due to political division and a left-leaning media that prevailed over a winning military, it is obvious that if nothing changes, the results are likely to be the same in Afghanistan and Iraq, with the same large loss of life. One cannot help wondering what could have been accomplished if in these efforts we had all been on the same side.
Warren Rees
Student standout
Gabriela Garcia of Hamlin Middle School certainly rates more accolades than the short "School notes" notice. Being named a United States National Award winner in mathematics is something to celebrate. We read so much about our students not being able to read (They certainly can't speak English without mutilating it) and not doing well in math, geography, history, etc. Well, here is one who is doing very well and I would to say, "Congratulations for a job well done. Keep up the good work."
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January, as we all know, is detox time, so I've been thinking that I should start cutting down on my consumption of that well known Colombian powder which has been in the news so much lately... coffee.
A s you will remember from last week's column we got the new year health drive off to an early start with a saintly meal of chicken poached in its own stock.
Sybil Kapoor's chicory, leek and hazelnut salad
Hazelnut oil is not easy to find, so you can use walnut oil instead. Add some soft goat's cheese and hazelnut bread and you will have a lovely winter lunch.
Serves: 6
Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 15 minutes
55g/2oz hazelnuts
450g/1lb baby leeks
2 tbsp cider vinegar
6 tbsp hazelnut oil (or walnut)
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In his own way, top food critic Giles Coren has commended Rochelle Cohen, a driven public relations entrepreneur who has run her PR company for restaurants, for more than 20 years.
When you sit down for Shabbat dinner, what is on your mind? The joy of being with friends and family? The relevance of the week's Torah portion? Or concern over the cost of your kosher roast chicken and chopped liver?
Kosher meat and poultry is more widely available in Britain than ever before, with a greater range of quality and affordability.
Marks & Spencer has said that Jewish employees do not have to serve pig products at tills to its customers, if it goes against their religious beliefs.
In 2010, Fiona Gale was sitting in her kitchen, cooking a chicken.
The 59-year-old divorcee had forfeited her share in a successful catering business, Artus & Gale, to look after her two young children.
Now they were grown up, she was considering what to do next.
The term fusion food has come into disrepute in the past few years. Back in the 90s it seemed like every trendy restaurant was combining Pacific Rim cuisine with Sicilian ingredients and coming out with something both expensive and inedible.
Like many of civilisation's great advances, the process that resulted in the launch of the UK's first meat-flavoured kosher crisp this week started with a happy accident.
Manchester father-of-two Ronen Derber was frying chips for his young sons one Sunday lunchtime when a piece of potato peel fell by chance into the pan.
This year, Israel is set to become the first country in the world to introduce legislation banning the sale of foie gras, in addition to banning its production, which has been illegal there for nearly a decade. The bill passed its first reading by an overwhelming majority of 59 to 10.


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Jan 1, 2013
Latin governments are scrambling to plug the region's infrastructure gap as years of under-investment come back to bite
Governments are keen to improve infrastructure and have
helped shepherd deals to market. Perhaps, more surprisingly,
private oil and gas and mining deals continue to provide a
solid base. Financing has, however, proven tortuous (see Into
the Void, page 68).
Bankers, rating agencies and investors see last year as a
solid if not a vintage year and are cautiously optimistic for
this year. Project finance deal volumes and numbers grew around
20% last year and are likely to increase by similar amounts
this year, says Mexico City-based Javier Martín Robles,
managing director at Banco Santander, one of the most active
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Bethena composed by Scott Joplin (1868-1917). Arranged by D. Long. For concert band (Flute 1/2, Oboe, Bb Clarinet 1, 2, 3, Bb Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Eb Alto Saxophone 1/2, Bb Tenor Saxophone, Eb Baritone Saxophone, Bb Trumpet 1, 2, 3, Horn in F 1/2, Trombone 1/2, Baritone, (Baritone T.C.), Tuba, Timpani, Percussion 1 (bells, xylophone), ). Grade 3. Score only. Duration 4:00. Published by C. Alan Publications (CN.09131).
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If we're not in pain, we're not alive
You invest so much in it, don't you? It's what elevates you above the beasts of the field, it's what makes you special. Homo sapiens, you call yourself. Wise Man. Do you even know what it is, this consciousness you cite in your own exaltation? Do you even know what it's for?Dr. Peter Watts is no stranger to MetaFilter. But look past his sardonic nuptials, heartbreaking eulogies, and agonizing run-ins with fascists (and fasciitis) and you'll find one of the most brilliant, compelling, and disquieting science fiction authors at work today. A marine biologist skilled at deep background research, his acclaimed 2006 novel Blindsight [full text] -- a cerebral "first contact" tale led by a diverse crew of bleeding-edge post-humans -- is diamond-hard and deeply horrifying, wringing profound existential dread from such abstruse concepts as the Chinese Room, the Philosophical Zombie, Chernoff faces, and the myriad quirks and blind spots that haunt the human mind. But Blindsight's last, shattering insight is not the end of the story -- along with crew/ship/"Firefall" notes, a blackly funny in-universe lecture on resurrecting sociopathic vampirism (PDF - prev.), and a rigorously-cited (and spoiler-laden) reference section, tomorrow will see the release of
Yeah, I'm pro-cat-saving, too.
Alex Pappademas and Sean Witzke over at Grantland have a long, detailed, super geeky film-nerd discussion of the Alien franchise. "It's important to note here that this is a nuke-it-from-space kind of conversation in which just about every aspect of the original "Alien Quadrilogy" is spoiled, as are some fairly crucial plot points from Prometheus. The Alien vs. Predator movies are neither spoiled nor discussed, because that would mean acknowledging their existence. Some people will undoubtedly view this as curatorial negligence on our part, but we welcome their scorn. "
ALIEN age 11
ALIEN age 11 - an adaptation created by an underage artist based on the Alan Dean Foster novelization and a few stills, without having seen the actual film.
Is this gonna be a standup fight, sir, or another bughunt?
In an exclusive interview with MTV, Ridley Scott releases further details on his latest project: two 3D Alien prequels, which will have a non-Ripley female lead and focus on the story behind the first movie's "Space Jockey." [more inside]
Dan O'Bannon, gone to the great outerspace oil refinery in the sky
Screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, probably best known for his work on Alien, as well numerous other science fiction films, has passed away age 63.
Bring back box office receipts. Priority One. All other priorities rescinded.
Tony Scott has confirmed that a prequel to Alien is in the works, with commercial director Carl Rinsch at the helm. Of course, his brother Ridley was no stranger to advertising. Meanwhile Dark Horse is celebrating 30 years of the franchise by releasing a new series of Aliens comics.
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Texas Heart Institute celebrates 50 years, honors Dr. Denton Cooley
By LINDSEY LOVE, STYLE COLUMNIST | September 20, 2012
Photo By Dave RossmanDr. Denton Cooley and Dr. Richard Wainerdi
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Photo By Dave RossmanA room full of gold at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Texas Heart Institute
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Only a 50-year anniversary tribute to Dr. Denton Cooley - president emeritus and founder of the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital - could convince some of Houston's notoriously "non-socials" to forgo their TV-watching clothes and be black-tie attired on a Tuesday night. With a jam-packed crowd of doctors, donors and diplomats, the social scene at the Westin ranked as a primo people-spotting locale.
Gov. Rick Perry stopped by for hand shaking and photo opps while Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst sang along during Lyle Lovett's three-song performance. Friend and golf mate, James A. Baker III poked fun of Cooley's competitive nature in his introduction, saying "nothing compares to Denton's $1 golf bets because he hates to lose and even worse a $1."
As the first - and, still, the only - person to be awarded honorary fellowships at all five royal colleges, Cooley compared his career successes to his beloved UT Longhornswhen he said: "I looked at the Darrell K. Royal stadium that holds 100,000 fans and realized I've operated on or about that many people."
Dr. James T. Willerson - a fellow UT alum and currently the president/medical director of THI - praised his colleague, noting that Cooley had operated on Willerson's father. Smiling, supportive faces in the crowd included Paige and Tilman Fertitta, Marie and Bill Wise, Maria and Neil Bush, Rosanna and Myron Blalock, Dr. Charles D. Fraser, and Elyse Lanier.


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Hamilton scores 15, Pistons beat Bucks 89-78
MILWAUKEE Richard Hamilton thought it was a joke when Pistons coach John Kuester told him to check in for the first time since Jan. 10.
Hamilton put on a performance that proved to Detroit - and the rest of the NBA - that he can be a solid contributor no matter the length of the layoff or where he might land if he's traded at the deadline.
Hamilton scored 15 points in his first action in 13 games and Tracy McGrady added 20, leading the Pistons over the Milwaukee Bucks 89-78 on Saturday night.
"I thought it was a joke. Like I said, I had no idea. No idea. Just yesterday I was inactive. Like I said I thought that was a sign that was my last time ever playing in a Piston uniform, you know?" Hamilton said.
Less than 24 hours later, Hamilton looked much more like the sharpshooter who helped the Pistons win a title in 2004, back when Kuester was an assistant and Hamilton was pouring in points.
"I don't have a problem with him, but I don't think it will ever get back to the way it was," Hamilton said. "I said from Day One: Stay professional. Be ready. You never know what's going to happen. I didn't know if it was going to be here or if I'd be playing somewhere else."
Kuester said that Hamilton did a "nice job," but deferred a question about moving forward with the veteran who has averaged 17.7 points per game in his career.
"We've got to get healthy, first. That's the most important thing, getting healthy," the coach said.
Detroit took control early in the second quarter and put the game out of reach with a 12-2 run in the fourth.
It was Milwaukee's fourth straight loss despite the return of Andrew Bogut, who missed two games with right knee soreness. Bogut finished with 18 points for the NBA's worst-shooting, lowest-scoring team.
"We're just not playing pro basketball at the moment," a frustrated Bogut said. "We have injuries. Big deal. Every team has injuries. It's getting to the point where there's no excuse for the way we played tonight. No excuse whatsoever."
Ersan Ilyasova's layup cut Detroit's lead to 66-62, but Hamilton and Will Bynum hit jumpers, Greg Monroe and Charlie Villanueva followed with dunks and Hamilton and Bynum added two more baskets on the run that made it 78-64 with 5:38 left.
Tayshaun Prince finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds for Detroit, while Ben Gordon scored 12. Corey Maggette added 15 points for Milwaukee, which went 12 of 40 and scored 31 points in the second half.
A season after their first playoff appearance in four years, the Bucks appear to be crumbling just before the All-Star break after their 14th loss in last 21 games.
"We get a scouting report every game. Read your scouting report. Know what guys strengths' are, what guys' weaknesses are," Bogut said. "Offensively, know our sets. It's February and we're having breakdown on sets. It's an absolute joke."


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Army Men Extended - Wallpaper PackJun 10, 2009 Wallpapers 1 comment
The first official wallpaper pack of Army Men Extended took me some time to make them but hopefully its worth it. Enjoy!
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Army Men Extended takes place during the World War of the Plastic World. You step in the boots of Corporal Arnold Riley, a member of the Green Army's Foxtrot Company. You and your squad were sent on a mission to infiltrate Major Mylar's laboratory and destroy the Tan Super-Weapons Factory.
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Stop switching engines back and forth: stay with source.
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Feds: Budget cuts to make wildfire season tougher
Jo Jaszewski / The Idaho Statesman
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Idaho Sen. Jim Risch hold a press conference on Monday at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. With another extreme Western fire season predicted, Jewell and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are visiting the National Interagency Fire Center to discuss what their agencies are doing to prepare.
Jewell, who is just five weeks into her new job, said automatic budget cuts mandated by Congress will force fire managers to make choices as they prioritize resources.
They also will have fewer resources to use on strategies designed to reduce future fire potential, such as prescribed burns and reseeding.
"We will fight the fires and we will do them safely," Jewell said. "But the resources will go to suppression, which is not ideal. What you're not doing is putting the resources in place to thoughtfully manage the landscape for the future."
Jewell spent the past two days touring the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, the government's national wildfire nerve center. She was joined by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who said the U.S. Forest Service alone will hire 500 fewer firefighters and deploy 50 fewer engines this season.
"We are going to be faced with a difficult fire season," Vilsack said. "The bottom line is we're going to do everything we can to be prepared. But folks need to understand ... our resources are limited and our budgets are obviously constrained. We will do the best job we possibly can with the resources we have."
Congress cut the current budgets for the Forest Service and Agriculture Department 5 percent under the mandated spending reductions, then added another 2.5 percent cut for fiscal 2013.
Other federal agencies that battle blazes also anticipate hiring fewer people to fight fires, including the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Forest Service, however, will be adding some muscle to its ability to fight blazes from the air. The agency announced earlier this month it has contracted to use seven air tankers that fly faster and drop bigger amounts of fire retardant this summer.
Even before Monday's visit, fire experts were predicting a grim scenario of this summer's fire season. A dry winter and early warming has created conditions for a fire season that could begin earlier than usual and burn as much as last year, where states like New Mexico and Oregon posted new records for burned acreage.
Crews already have fought blazes in California and Colorado. Barring any dramatic weather changes, the fire season is projected to start a month earlier than usual for Oregon, southern Washington, central Idaho and Montana.
Conditions are also ripe for above-normal fire potential in Arizona and New Mexico, but forecasters say late-season rains could tone down the southwest fire season at least until late summer.
Jewell, who flew on a training exercise over Idaho's backcountry Sunday with smokejumpers, said despite the challenges posed by drought and budget constraints, firefighting remains a priority for her agency.
Jewell and Vilsack both emphasized that states and local communities will be called upon even more to help battle blazes, protect property and be patient if federal crews are occupied elsewhere.
Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, defended the decision by Congress to trim agency budgets mid-year in an effort to trim government spending and reduce the national debt. But the first-term senator also predicted congressional support for relief money if catastrophic fires were devastating the Western landscape.
"You have got to accept there is not going to be federal spending as there has been in the past," said Risch, who joined Jewell and Vilsack on the tour. "There is no question of whether you support (the cuts) because there is no money.
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The Pentax K-7: The era of in-camera High Dynamic Range Imaging has arrived!
HDR capture mode on this new SLR combines three shots for an estimated 17 stop EV range
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Please check out our NewsDesk coverage for the full stats on the K-7, including HD video, sensor microadjustments, the 921K dot LCD, smaller form factor, new battery grip with dedicated back AF button, and everything else about this great new advanced SLR from the Pentax that doesn't deal specifically with High Dynamic Range Imaging. This piece is just about HDRI with the K-7.
As you may know, I am a huge advocate of High Dynamic Range Imaging. I've written books on the subject, and I am always looking at the potential HDRI capabilities of new cameras each product cycle.
Even before factoring in the dedicated first of its kind in-camera High Dynamic Range capture mode, the Pentax K-7 is a winner for HDRI shooters. Many other manufacturers would be wise to take a look at the creative controls and feature set that Pentax put into the K-7 for HDR-minded photographers, particularly at this $1,299 US List price point:
- One-touch Auto Exposure Bracketing burst setting options.
- +/-2 EV spacing for 3 or 5 shots for AEB capture gives an exposure range that is wide enough for many HDR scenes--something that is so lacking on too many models, including the Canon EOS 5D Mark II!
- 5.2 frames per second burst, offers fast capture of the AEB sequence.
- User-selectable Adobe DNG RAW mode is already compatible with all HDR programs without waiting for the next round of RAW support upgrades.
This set of features alone is enough to the make the Pentax K-7 a 2009 HDR SLR All-Star. Add the impressive in-camera HDR processing to the mix, and it's in a league of its own.
In-Camera HDRI with the Pentax K-7
HDR Capture mode is accessed via the Menu button on the back of the camera, and is available in most shooting modes, except for Green, bulb, and video modes, for obvious reasons. It works with Live View or through the eyepiece framing, and works with all metering modes--just like Auto Exposure Bracketing. Honestly, until the shutter is fired, you wouldn't even know that you are in HDR Capture mode 1 (standard) or 2 (strong). You've just got to focus, frame, meter and fire the shutter, and the K-7 does the rest.
Here's what happens once you press the shutter: The mirror locks up, and the camera fires the shot based upon the current settings–just as it would fire off a single shot based on the current settings–but then it fires off a -3 EV and +3 EV shot on either side, for an effective estimated 17 EV merged captured range at ISO 100 (this etimate is based upon the DXOMark tests of the 14.6 Megapixel CMOS chip in the K20D at approximately 10.75 EV at ISO 100. We will update and append this article when DXOMark tests are completed on the K-7.)
Then it's all into the proverbial and actual black box with the three images. (I pried Pentax for details, but they wouldn't share the in-camera magic.) What comes out of the Black Box is an image crunched from the very wide dynamic range of the three source images that's tone mapped without excessive haloing, hypersaturation, or inversions, in JPEG format. There's no alignment, no deghosting, and no sensor-shift stabilization during HDR Capture. Use a tripod.
Note that I say the output image is JPEG format. It is also worth noting that HDR Capture is only accessible when the K-7 is set to JPEG-only capture output. Note that this does not necessarily mean that the K-7 is creating an HDR from three JPEGs and then tone mapping or simply applying low-bit Exposure Blending to three JPEGs rendered from the originally captured burst. All I can tell you with absolute certainty is that the output image from the HDR capture mode on the K-7 is an eight-bit JPEG. It wouldn't be practical or perhaps even possible for the three merged and mapped shots to be output as PEFs or DNGs, now would it?
It stands up to reason after reviewing several experimental images that that the K-7 is taking the linear RAW data from the three source shots and making a single high-bit High Dynamic Range Image that is then tone mapped during the 10-12 second processing time per HDR capture image. Creating JPEGs from the RAW data after A/D conversion would add an extra step. The only reason to think the merged image is sourced from JPEGs would be to shave some bits from the merging--but then the JPEG conversion would be adding a touch of time to the equation. Only the Pentax engineers know for sure, and they aren't telling us what's happening!
Tone mapping appears to be applied by a very restrained Local Operator according to two sets of rules: Standard or Strong. Standard reports in the EXIF as HDR 1 and Strong as HDR 2.
"Standard" is a touch more subtle and photorealistic with more overall global contrast than "Strong"; which pulls more details out of microcontrast pixel environments but has less overall global contrast. When a shot has large areas of solid color and texture, such as smooth interior walls, you may notice bands of gray masking artifacts aka "haloing" with the Strong setting–the same as if aggressive tone mapping is applied on the computer to areas lacking microcontrast. The best bet is to try both settings and see which is more pleasing. In many ways, the in-camera tone map operator of the K-7 behaves in a manner similarly to the TMO in Corel's Paint Shop Photo Pro X2 with its simple and subdued "Strength" and "Clarity" sliders. (In fact, the whole in-camera HDR Capture experience with the K-7 is quite similar to the PSPX2 workpath where the true High Dynamic Range Image is always in the background and not able to be saved as a high-bit file by the user.)
Our slideshows show a few samples of in-camera HDR with the Pentax K-7, along with a comparison against single-image shots in "Bright" color settings, with Highlight and Shadow adjustments off and maxed out. As you can see, the HDR shots have much more detail than either of the single-shot output images. All shots are straight from camera, but have been resized for screen display.
In-camera HDR with the Pentax K-7 versus in-camera bracketing and on-computer HDR merging and mapping
In-camera HDR with the Pentax K-7 is impressive, and certainly takes a lot of the computer gruntwork, stress, frustration and reward out of the High Dynamic Range process for many a scene with a very high contrast ratio. Overall the process is very painless, and there are many practical applications where the end result is what matters most–not the process. Longtime HDRI shooters may bemoan the loss of the challenge and cachet of working up multiple source images in specialized software with this simple solution, and in no way is it time for seasoned HDRI shooters to abandon FDRTools, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Photomatix Pro or Dynamic Photo HDR for more complete control in Tone Map settings. But for many a photographer wishing to quickly overcome bald skies, clipped shadows and blown highlights, the Pentax K-7's HDR Capture mode will be their new best friend.
My advice for settings and choices of in-camera processing versus old-fashioned(!) multiple bracketed source images into a specialized HDR program for seasoned HDR photographers echoes the advice I offer on page 37 of Practical HDRI, RAW versus JPEG versus RAW plus JPEG:
Shoot both! Capture the scene with your bracketed multiple source images in DNG/RAW+JPEG for nuanced tweaking in your favorite HDR digital darkroom program, and then switch the camera to HDR Capture and reshoot the scene with the K-7's impressive in-camera HDR processing. If the in-camera processing nails it to your satisfaction, you save yourself computer time–leaving more time to be out shooting! But if you think you can push or pull the high-bit pixels more, you've got that choice when shooting both ways.
The Pentax K-7 is a game changer. The era of in-camera HDR begins today.
And we are off to a very good start!
Be sure to check out Mason Resnick's article on many of the other revolutionary features of the Pentax K-7!
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Valenzuela now 3 mins ahead
VIGAN CITY—Offended by a clumsy remark over his capabilities, climb expert Irish Valenzuela of LPGMA-American Vinyl padded his overall lead by showing he can be just as speedy on the flatlands yesterday.
The reigning King of the Mountain led an early breakaway and sustained his aggressive riding to pull away by over three minutes over Ronald Oranza at the end of Stage 9 of the Ronda Pilipinas won by Mark Julius Bonzo of PLDT/Spyder.
The son of cycling great Romeo Bonzo clinched his first career stage victory after beating George Oconer in a one-on-one sprint to the payoff line at the end of the easy 193.9-kilometer leg from Mangaldan, Pangasinan.
The 23-year-old from Sual, Pangasinan, clocked four hours, 24 minutes and 25 seconds to pocket the P50,000 stage winner's purse in nipping the son of 1992 Barcelona Olympian Norberto Oconer.
Tomas Martinez of Tarlac checked in two seconds behind Bonzo and Oconer while Valenzuela, the KOM winner of the bikathon's past two editions, arrived 17 seconds behind.
Valenzuela, who lost last year's title to Mark Galedo by only 33 seconds, later said he was peeved by Oranza's remark after Stage 8 that the latter was the better sprinter than him.
"It's hard to make that kind of a remark early without backing it up. Prove it first," said Valenzuela in Filipino.
From a slim 1:08 lead before the race, Valenzuela increased his advantage to 3:08 over Oranza, who checked in two minutes after the lap winner along with LPGMA's Cris Joven, V-Mobile/Smart's Joel Calderon and Galedo of Road Bike Philippines.
"I dedicate this victory to my father," said Bonzo, of his late dad, who won the 1983 Tour. "He's my inspiration in this race."
Bonzo, along with teammate Rustom Lim, stuck like leech to Valenzuela after the LPGMA-American Vinyl skipper instigated an 11-man breakaway just 3 km from the start.
Oranza, closely guarded by Joven, couldn't find an opening to leave the main pack, unlike in Stage 8 where he used the ploy to shave several seconds off Valenzuela's lead.
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LA MESA For the thousands of people who depend on the bus, shuttles or the San Diego Trolley's Orange or Green lines at the Grossmont Transit Center, new heights have at last been reached.
In the works for more than two decades, construction on a 72-foot-tall tower housing two elevators and an adjacent 110-foot-long pedestrian skybridge has finally been completed at the station that boasts more than one million boardings per year.
A total of $7.9 million in improvements were made over the past year to the station housed between Trolley Court and Bus Court, underneath Grossmont Center Drive and next to new housing developments Alterra and The Pravada.
The project was a coordinated effort between the San Diego Association of Governments, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Service, the city of La Mesa and Fairfield Residential Company, which operates the two adjacent apartment complexes.
The project was built by La Mesa-based Riha Construction.
"Everyone worked together," said La Mesa City Councilman Ernest Ewin, the city's MTS representative. "It's been a long time coming."
Riders from the trolley platform now can get quick access to the mesa nearly 40 feet above the station, a welcome relief for most from the previous main route to Grossmont Center Drive: up a steep 77-step stairway.
The grand opening of the mustard yellow and brick red elevators and well-lit bridge — as well as the unveiling of new bicycle lockers, updated landscaping, a station plaza with artsy paving and colonnades, benches and an enhanced bus staging area — took place Nov. 19.
The ADA-compliant elevators are welcome news for those who use wheelchairs, canes or walkers, and for people pushing strollers or juggling bulky packages.
Physically disabled pedestrians previously had to use a circuitous route along busy streets.
Trolley riders like El Cajon resident Sandra Rios appreciate the change. Rios has been working as a housekeeping attendant at Sharp Grossmont Hospital since February and rides into the Grossmont station daily.
For Rios, though, the climb upstairs wasn't the main issue. She said she was more concerned about feeling safe.
The walk she takes along Grossmont Center Drive to the hospital is not well lighted, she said, and the narrow sidewalk runs dangerously close to traffic.
She said cars often race downhill toward the stoplight at Fletcher Parkway.
"This will be so nice, even though I'll be going down the elevator with my eyes closed," Rios said, laughing, after catching her breath walking up from the station's temporary 38-step wooden stairway on the north side of the station.
"I have a fear of heights! But this is going to be so much easier for me to get to work, and it will save time, too."
Rios's fiance, Raul Agundez, usually accompanies Rios to and from work, especially at night, to make sure she's safe.
"There are a lot of possibilities for crime because there are no lights from here to the next corner," said Agundez, pointing toward Center Drive. "It will be a lot safer for people now."


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