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This week's Once Upon a Time reveals the backstory of the simple miller's daughter who grew up to be the terrifying Cora (Barbara Hershey), the woman responsible for making The Evil Queen (Lana Parrilla) the villain she is today. Rose McGowan is the actress tasked with showing us Cora's humble beginnings, portraying the character when she first made the outrageous claim that she could spin straw into gold.
HuffPost TV caught up with McGowan to find out how it felt to step into Barbara Hershey's shoes, the highlights of working with Robert Carlyle (Rumplestiltskin) and whether Cora is actually capable of love.
What are you allowed to reveal about this week's episode?
I can reveal that it was certainly an honor getting to play Barbara Hershey, younger, because she's a tremendous actress. If you're going to play a part she was playing, that's a good one. I love people that are operatically evil — the interesting part is that young Cora is not. She does not start that way; most people, unless they are true sociopaths, do not start off at evil, so to speak. She starts out dirt poor. So she really claws her way to the top and Rumple helps, a lot. He saved her life.
How was the experience of filming with the excellent Robert Carlyle?
Beyond. When Eddy [Kitsis] and Adam [Horowitz], the creators, called me and they asked me if I would consider doing a part on the show, I said, "Absolutely," the caveat being that I really want my scenes to be with Robert Carlyle because he's such a tremendous actor. So then, I got my wish and then I was like "Oh no, just kidding — it's Robert Carlyle and he's a tremendous actor, I've got to step up my game!"
So it was thrilling and terrifying and fun and scary and everything all at once, but we had a fantastic time together. When you work with an actor who is that good, it's like being professional tennis player. You're playing with a pro at that point and you're a pro yourself. So, it's really nice, high-level tennis that you don't often get to play with people
Were you a fan of the show beforehand?
I was a fan of the show. I didn't really watch it regularly, just because I travel all the time and I'm a very irregular TV watcher, period, but I certainly knew the story and the storyline. I thought this was an amazing way to introduce me into that world. What better way than playing somebody who is one of the coolest people on the show, one of the coolest characters? I love evil. I think there is something operatic and wonderful about it. I figured out that it's not really much different than having comic timing. It's very similar. You have to hit almost the exact same beat as if you were doing a comedy, but you're doing something else. It has very specific beats. This was so well written. They did a really tremendous job. There is a scene that I have with Robert Carlyle, later in the show, that's probably one of my favorite pieces I've done in a long time. It's a very emotional scene and it was really beautifully written and beautifully acted by Robert, hopefully I did it justice.
Have a look at these promos for the Once Upon a Time episode 2×16, titled The Miller's Daughter, which guest stars Rose McGowan.
The episode airs tonight, Sunday, March 10 at 8:00-9:00 p.m., ET on the ABC Television Network.
Be sure to tune in – and return tomorrow for screencaps!
"Most people who are on the evil side, there are things in their lives that happen to make them that way," the former Charmed star tells THR. Plus, a sneak preview at Sunday's "The Miller's Daughter."
Who was Cora before she became Regina's evil mother?
On Sunday's Once Upon a Time, "The Miller's Daughter," viewers will be introduced to young Cora (Charmed star Rose McGowan), banished to a tower and ordered to follow through on a promise that she can spin straw into gold, with the aid of Rumplestiltskin (Robert Carlyle).
For McGowan, it was crucial that she not copy Barbara Hershey's portrayal. "You're playing someone that's alive, that the audience knows really well; they know her mannerisms, they know her voice," she explains to The Hollywood Reporter.
McGowan talked to THR about jumping into an established show like Once Upon a Time, how young Cora is introduced and the one scene to look out for.
The Hollywood Reporter: Were there nerves jumping into an established world like Once Upon a Time?
Rose McGowan: Absolutely. There were quite a few nervous-making factors. You're playing someone that's alive, that the audience knows really well; they know her mannerisms, they know her voice. What I tried to do was watch a lot of Barbara Hershey's stuff and then I kind of just forgot about it. I didn't want to go and try to imitate somebody. I immersed myself in it and then completely disregarded it. Hopefully it tied together and fans won't be too mad at me. [Laughs]
As we know, Rose McGowan guest stars as a young Cora in the March 10 episode of ABC's Once Upon a Time. The network has now released an official description for the episode.
Rose McGowan (Charmed) Guest Stars as Younger Cora
The Miller's Daughter – Cora's desire to rid herself of Rumplestiltskin in order to take his place as The Dark One takes one step closer to becoming reality as she and Regina try to overpower a dying Mr. Gold, and Mary Margaret is once again tempted by dark magic. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Rumplestiltskin agrees to offer his services to a younger Cora – for a price – when the king calls her bluff and orders her to actually follow through on her boast of being able to spin straw into gold, on Once Upon a Time, Sunday, March 10 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.
Once Upon a Time stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret, Jennifer Morrison as Emma Swan, Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina, Josh Dallas as Prince Charming/David, Emilie de Ravin as Belle, Colin O'Donoghue as Hook, Jared S. Gilmore as Henry Mills, Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby, and Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold.
Guest starring are Barbara Hershey as Cora, Michael Raymond-James as Neal Cassidy, Rose McGowan as younger Cora, Gerry Rousseau as father, Joaquim de Almeida as King Xavier, Eva Allan as Princess Eva, Zak Santiago as Prince Henry and Sonequa Martin-Green as Tamara.
The Miller's Daughter was written by Jane Espenson and directed by Ralph Hemecker.
Very exciting news on this beautiful morning! According to E! Online's Watch with Kristin, Rose McGowan might be back on Once Upon a Time for the show's next season!
Read on for details – but beware for some potential spoilers.
Nicole F.: Can you tell me anything else about Rose McGowan's character on Once? I've been obsessed with her since Charmed!
That's a great question, which is why we posed it to McGowan herself. We already know she's playing a younger version of Cora in an origin episode airing next month, but did you also know she's part of a love story? "I fall madly in love, and then it ends tragically," she tells us. "Most of my stuff is with Rumple. And it was an amazing experience and I'll see them again next season." Next season? Does this mean we'll see her character again? "It's in the works," McGowan tells us coyly.


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Stephanie posted on Instagram that she loves Flower by Kenzo perfume, but I loved the red suede wedge platform pumps in her photo even better! Not sure the exact brand/style of hers, but I found three exact same styles for under $35 each: Qupid Val-11 Wedge Pumps from DSW, $34.95 Classic Platform Wedge Pumps from Charlotte Russe, $32.99 Faux Suede Platform Wedge Heels from DebShops.com, $30 Show us your favorite fragrance with your favorite shoes! Simply share on social … [Read more...]
Frank Miller's Crown Dressing Shoe Polish
My brother recently found an antique Frank Miller's Crown Dressing Shoe Polish bottle (shown below) that dates back to the late 1800's. Click here to read the story behind it's discovery (and what it's worth today). The following ad for Frank Miller's Crown Dressing was published in Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine back in 1891. Source. Frank Miller's Crown Dressing for Ladies' and Children's Boots and Shoes - Invaluable for restoring to their original beauty and finish Ladies' … [Read more...]
Today I'm Thankful for #DSW
It seems like everyone on Facebook lately has been posting #Gratitude posts (because the Ice Bucket Challenge was so last week). So here's the three things that I'm thankful for today: It's the weekend! I'm headed to Cleveland tomorrow (a new city for me) I found the DSW Instagram account: dswshoelovers How was I not following DSW on Instagram before?! You do follow me, right? DSW posts some great shoe shots (my faves are below)! Then combine your faves with this hot deal: Get $10 … [Read more...]
Mommy & Baby Matching Floral Vans Sneakers
I absolutely love, LOVE seeing all the photos that Carolyn Kmet posts of her and her infant daughter Kenzie, who has to be the cutest baby ever (besides my own children, obviously). When she posted this photo of them having matching Vans, I knew I had to share! Mommy Carolyn is wearing Vans Authentic Floral Skate Shoes, available from Journeys, while... Baby Kenzie is wearing Vans Classic Slip-On Sneakers in Multi Floral Black, available from Nordstrom. Seeing that precious … [Read more...]
Dogs Galore Ultralite Rain Boots
Today is National Dog Day! Now, those of you that know me, know that I have a phobia of dogs. Cynophobia is the correct term. So chances are that I will never personally own a dog, even though one is currently living with me (my brother is living with me temporarily). But in honor of my current dog occupant, I do realize that other dog owners take this day very seriously. And since I take shoes very serious, I set out to find the best doggone pair of shoes I could! It is also currently … [Read more...]

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Brahms Viola Quintet, Sounds of Syria" and World Premiere of Unique Walt Whitman Performance Piece Also Planned for Benefit Event at NYC's Merkin Hall
Musicians For Harmony's Seventh Annual 'Concert For Peace' promises to be their most eclectic and engaging to date. The highlight of the September 11th event will be the U.S. Premiere of the Iraqi Janan ("Requiem") composed by Mohammed Amin Ezzat for the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra in 2006. At the time, Edward Wong of The New York Times described that somber Baghdad event as follows:
But the mood soon darkened for a piece called Requiem," written this year by the orchestra's conductor. A cello solo, it was slow and mournful and haunting, composed as an elegy for his country.
The hundreds of Iraqis and the handful of Western diplomats in the audience seemed hypnotized, as did the burly guards toting Kalashnikovs.
It's just like a person who's dying," the conductor, Muhammad Amin Ezzat, 45, said after the concert, held on a recent evening at a fading social club in western Baghdad. For quite some time he was smiling. The heart is still beating, but it's hard to breathe, hard to speak, and he's close to death."
The U.S. Premiere of Janan ("Requiem") will feature Karim Wasfi (Cello Soloist & Director of INSO), making his New York dbut, and will also showcase acclaimed string orchestra The Knights.
The U.S. Premiere of Requiem," and the efforts made by Musicians For Harmony to bring Karim Wasfi to America for this year's September 11 Benefit concert, reinforce the underlying mission of MFH Founder Allegra Klein: to promote peace and cultural exchange through music. Her organization, founded shortly after September 11, 2001, has earned significant and growing attention for its charitable efforts in the years since. Each fall, they present a concert in New York City featuring internationally renowned classical and world music artists.
This year, Musicians For Harmony celebrates its Seventh Anniversary Concert For Peace" with a September 11, 2008 performance at Merkin Hall. In addition to Requiem," the program will also feature a unique Walt Whitman performance piece -- the World Premiere of two songs from the Song of Myself" Workshop. The work is based on excerpts from Whitman's renowned poem Song of Myself," and will feature musicians (including Colin & Eric Jacobsen) both composing and performing for the occasion, and will also incorporate actors and singers into the mix. Another highlight will be Sounds of Syria," which will feature original compositions by the highly accomplished Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh (who has performed with the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra). Azmeh will also perform Wedding," a World Premiere composed just for MFH, and will be joined by The Knights for this portion of the program. The 2008 'Concert For Peace' will also include a Brahms treat: the beloved String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111 with the Shanghai Quartet, and featuring Guarneri Quartet violist Michael Tree.
Musicians For Harmony Presents its 7th Annual Concert for Peace"
Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Merkin Concert Hall, 129 W. 67th Street
New York City
Tickets: $35, $75, $125 (includes reception with artists)
student discounts available
Janan ("Requiem") (U.S. Premiere)
Composed by Mohammed Amin Ezzat for Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra in 2006 Karim Wasfi, cello & director of INSO (New York dbut) The Knights, string orchestra
Brahms, String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111
Shanghai Quartet
Michael Tree, viola
Two songs from the Song of Myself" Workshop (World Premiere)
Text by Walt Whitman, with original compositions by:
Colin Jacobsen - violin
Eric Jacobsen - cello
Alex Sopp - flute
Kyle Sanna - guitar
With actor/singer Michael Potts, and others to be announced
Conceived and directed by Karin Coonrod
Sounds of Syria
Original songs and compositions
Kinan Azmeh - clarinet
Kyle Sanna - guitar
John Haddonfield - percussion
Wedding (World Premiere)
Composed and performed by Kinan Azmeh, clarinet, with
Kyle Sanna - guitar
John Haddonfield - percussion
The Knights - string orchestra
MFH Founder Allegra Klein:
Allegra Klein is a tireless advocate for cultural diplomacy, and combines her role as MFH founder with her training as a violinist and music teacher to practice what she preaches, whenever possible. Klein actually had the honor of performing Ezzat's Requiem" last summer in Erbil, Iraq as a guest of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra with Karim Wasfi as soloist. The first time she played with INSO was when she traveled to Baghdad in November 2003, so the 2007 reunion was a homecoming of sorts for her.
New Artistic Directors:
Musicians For Harmony's newly appointed Artistic Directors are proud to make their mark with the Seventh Annual Concert For Peace. Violinist and composer Colin Jacobsen and his brother, cellist and conductor Eric Jacobsen, took the helm this Spring as the new co- Artistic Directors of the respected organization. Colin Jacobsen, recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, first played to critical acclaim at age fourteen as soloist with the New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur and performs frequently with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Eric Jacobsen is a founding member, together with his brother Colin, of the string quartet known as Brooklyn Rider and of The Knights. He has appeared with Rene Fleming at the opening of Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, and on Late Show with David Letterman. More details about Allegra Klein and the Jacobsen brothers.
Educational Initiatives:
Each year, performers on Musicians For Harmony's Concerts for Peace" donate their services so that the funds raised through this event may be donated to peace-oriented charities such as Safe Horizon's September 11th Fund and Doctors Without Borders, though smaller organizations like the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra and Patch Adams' Gezundheit! Institute have also benefited.
This year, proceeds will go toward funding two of Musicians For Harmony's educational initiatives. The first, Music of the World Workshops, is an after-school program on world music instruments and their related cultures that targets middle- and upper-school students in NYC inner city schools. This initiative is made possible in part through a collaboration with the Brooklyn College Community Partnership. Additionally, in an indication of its growing stature, Musicians For Harmony was recently awarded its second grant to help fund this program from New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs, representing an increase of nearly 50% over last year's award.
Musicians For Harmony has also spearheaded a visionary educational effort this past year called The Mentorship Program. This is a landmark initiative, marking the first time that American musicians are teaching Iraqi music students via webcam. Recently referenced in The Wall Street Journal, MFH's webcam Mentorship Program is pleased to announce plans to expand this initiative to include Iraqi musicians teaching American children via webcam.


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The Deutsche Mark (DEM, DM) or German mark was the official currency of West Germany and, from 1990 until the adoption of the euro, all of unified Germany. It was first issued under Allied occupation in 1948 replacing the Reichsmark, and served as the Federal Republic of Germany's official currency from its founding the following year until 1999, when the Mark was replaced by the euro; its coins and banknotes remained in circulation, defined in terms of euros, until the introduction of euro notes and coins in early 2002. The Deutsche Mark ceased to be legal tender immediately upon the introduction of the euro—in contrast to the other eurozone nations, where the euro and legacy currency circulated side by side for up to two months. However, DM coins and banknotes continued to be accepted as valid forms of payment in Germany until 28 February 2002.
The Deutsche Bundesbank has guaranteed that all DM in cash form may be changed into euros indefinitely, and one may do so at any branch of the Bundesbank and banks worldwide. From time to time, some merchants hold promotions where Deutsche Marks are accepted as payment.
On 31 December 1998, the European Central Bank (ECB) fixed the irrevocable exchange rate, effective 1 January 1999, for DM to euro as DM 1.95583 = one euro.
One Deutsche Mark was divided into 100 Pfennig.
The introduction of the new currency was intended to protect western Germany from a second wave of hyperinflation and to stop the rampant barter and black market trade (where American cigarettes acted as currency). The move angered the Soviet authorities, who regarded it as a threat. When the Deutsche Mark was introduced in West Berlin, the Soviets promptly cut off all road, rail and canal links between the three western zones and West Berlin. This led to the Berlin Blockade.
|Dates issued
|1 Pfennig
|1948–1949: Bronze plated steel
1950–2001: Copper plated steel
|Oak sprig
|Denomination between rye stalks
|2 Pfennig
|1950–1968: Bronze
1968–2001: Bronze plated steel
|Oak sprig
|Denomination between rye stalks
|5 Pfennig
|Brass plated steel
|Oak sprig
|Denomination between rye stalks
|10 Pfennig
|Brass plated steel
|Oak sprig
|Denomination between rye stalks
|50 Pfennig
|Woman planting an oak seedling
|German eagle
|Denomination between oak leaves
|1951, 1957–2001
|German eagle
|1951: Denomination between rye stalks and grapes
1957–1971: Max Planck
1969–1987: Konrad Adenauer
1970–1987: Theodor Heuss
1979–2001: Kurt Schumacher
1988–2001: Ludwig Erhard
1990–1994: Franz Josef Strauß
1994–2001: Willy Brandt
|1951–1974: Silver
1975–2001: Cupro-nickel
|German eagle
There were a considerable number of commemorative silver 5 and 10 DM coins, which actually had the status of legal tender but were rarely seen outside of collectors' circles.
On 27 December 2000, the German government enacted a law authorizing the Bundesbank to issue, in 2001, a special .999 pure gold 1 DM coin commemorating the end of the DM. The coin had the exact design and dimensions of the circulating cupro-nickel 1 DM coin, with the exception of the inscription on the reverse, which read "Deutsche Bundesbank" (instead of "Bundesrepublik Deutschland"), as the Bundesbank was the issuing authority in this case. A total of one million gold DM coins were minted (200,000 at each of the five mints) and were sold beginning in mid-2001 through German coin dealers on behalf of the Bundesbank. The issue price varied by dealer but averaged approximately $165 in U.S. dollars.
German coins bear a mint mark, indicating where the coin was minted. D indicates Munich, F Stuttgart, G Karlsruhe and J Hamburg. Coins minted during WW2 include the mint marks A (Berlin) and B (Vienna). The mint mark A was also used for DM coins minted in Berlin beginning in 1990 following the reunification of Germany. These mint marks have been continued on the German Euro coins.
In the latter two series, the 5 DM denomination was rarely seen, as were the ones with a value greater than 100 DM.
The design of German banknotes remained unchanged during the 1960s, '70s and '80s. During this period, forgery technology made significant advances so, in the late 1980s, the Bundesbank decided to issue a new series of Deutsche Mark banknotes. The colours for each denomination remained unchanged from the previous series but the designs underwent significant changes and a 200 DM denomination was introduced. Famous national artists and scientists were chosen to be portrayed on the new banknotes. Male and female artists were chosen in equal numbers. The buildings in the background of the notes' obverses had a close relationship to the person displayed (e.g., place of birth, place of death, place of work), as well as the second background picture (Lyra and the musician Schumann). The reverses of the notes refer to the work of the person on the obverse.
The new security features were: a windowed security-thread (with the notes denomination in microprinting), watermark, micro-printing, intaglio-printing (viewing-angle dependent visibility as well as a braille representation of the notes denomination), colour-shifting ink (on the 500 and 1000 DM denominations), a see-through register and UV-visible security features.
First to be issued were the 100 and 200 DM denominations on 1 October 1990 (although the banknote shows "Frankfurt am Main, 2. Januar 1989"). The next denomination was 10 DM on 16 April 1991, followed by 50 DM in autumn the same year. Next was the 20 DM note on 20 March 1992 (printed on 2 August 1991). The reason for this gradual introduction was, that public should become familiar with one single denomination, before introducing a new one. The change was finished with the introduction of the 5, 500, and 1000 DM denominations on 27 October 1992. The latter three denominations were rarely seen in circulation and were introduced in one step. With the advance of forgery technology, the Bundesbank decided to introduce additional security features on the most important denominations (50, 100, and 200 DM) as of 1996. These were a hologram foil in the center of the note's obverse, a matted printing on the note's right obverse, showing its denomination (like on the reverse of the new €5, €10, and €20 banknotes), and the EURion constellation on the note's reverse. Furthermore, the colors were changed a bit to pastel to hamper counterfeiting.
|1989 Series
|€ equiv.
|Main Colour
|Date of
|first printing
|122 × 62 mm
|Bettina von Arnim, Wiepersdorf estate and buildings of historic Berlin
|Brandenburg Gate
|As portrait
|1 August 1991
|27 October 1992
|31 December 2001
|130 × 65 mm
|Carl Friedrich Gauss, Gaussian distribution, historic buildings of Göttingen
|Sextant, a small map showing the triangulation of the Kingdom of Hanover performed by Gauss
|2 January 1989
|16 April 1991
|138 × 68 mm
|Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, buildings of the city of Meersburg
|A quill pen and a beech-tree, referring to her work Die Judenbuche
|1 August 1991
|20 March 1992
|146 × 71 mm
|Balthasar Neumann, buildings of Old-Würzburg, an architect's ruler
|Partial view of the stairway in the Würzburg Residence, the ground plan of a famous chapel, Kreuzkapelle, in Kitzingen
|2 January 1989
|30 September 1991
|154 × 74 mm
|Dark blue
|Clara Schumann, buildings of historic Leipzig and a lyre
|Grand piano, the Hoch Conservatory
|1 October 1990
|162 × 77 mm
|Paul Ehrlich, buildings of historic Frankfurt, the formula of Arsphenamine
|Microscope, the Rod of Asclepius surrounded by simplified cell structures
|170 × 80 mm
|Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, an insect, buildings of ancient Nuremberg
|Dandelion, inchworm, butterfly
|1 August 1991
|27 October 1992
|178 × 83 mm
|Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm, buildings of historic Kassel
|The 'German dictionary' (Deutsches Wörterbuch), the Royal library in Berlin
|Hologram variant
|As previous
|2 January 1996
|2 February 1998
|31 December 2001
|1 August 1997
The subdivision unit is spelled Pfennig (masc.) ˈpfɛnɪç , which (unlike Mark) does have a commonly used plural form: Pfennige ˈpfɛnɪgə, but the singular could also be used instead with no difference in meaning. (e.g.: ein (one) Pfennig, dreißig (thirty) Pfennige or dreißig (thirty) Pfennig). The official form is singular.


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The closing paragraph of General Douglas MacArthur's April 19, 1951 address to Congress: "I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barracks ballads of the day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away. And like the old soldier in the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty."
An open meeting Monday night generated a few suggestions and more than a few questions over the future of the county landfill, as the citizen panel to study the issue was finalized.
Over 600 volunteers turned out Saturday for the start of the Great American Cleanup, which will continue from March until May.
The City of Covington will continue another section of the City's major water line improvement project this month, resulting in the temporary closure of a sidewalk along Jackson Highway from Town Branch Court north to Pennington Street.
Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) members and members of Georgia's ag community enjoyed a festive evening March 7 as the organization held its inaugural gala for the GFB Foundation for Agriculture at the Evergreen Marriott Resort in Stone Mountain Park.
In the midst of this beautiful spring weather, it's the perfect time to get out and run or just enjoy the outdoors. It can also be a good time to bond with the family. This is why there is so much anticipation for the 14th Annual Cheerios Challenge held right here in Covington, at the YMCA on April 18.
Local families living with seizure disorders welcomed Governor Nathan Deal's executive order this week greenlighting cannabis oil medical treatment in Georgia, but emphasized that they remain committed to in-state growing.
Baxalta Incorporated is still making its way toward bringing a large amount of new jobs and a new level of industrial growth to Newton County, and it progressed another step during a meeting of the Joint Development Authority (JDA) Tuesday.
Each of Newton County's commissioners and chairman have chosen a citizen to sit on a panel to review the county charter, which dictates the local form of government.
As metro Atlanta unemployment dropped, so has Newton County's.
Only a handful of residents attended Thursday night's T-SPLOST open house at Georgia Perimeter College despite the fact the additional penny tax will totally revamp transportation funding in the state and will greatly affect major regional thoroughfares.
Twenty-five World War II veterans, including several from Newton County, and their guardians flew to Washington, D.C. from Atlanta on Thursday in the inaugural flight of Honor Flight Conyers. The group left the American Legion Post 77 at 5 a.m., escorted by police, and spent the day in Washington D.C. visiting monuments and memorials such as the World War II memorial. The veterans, who came from across the metro Atlanta region and the state and ranged from ages 84 - 97, returned at 11:30 p.m travel-weary but proud.
Over the weekend, two separate car accidents resulted in area residents being airlifted to Atlanta hospitals
Tiffany Smith talks like a seasoned health care professional. This local mother of two young boys can spout off the complicated, often times impossibly long, names of disorders, procedures and medications that would leave most people tongue tied. Tiffany came by her knowledge the hard way. Not through years of formal education, but rather seven years of loving, nurturing and understanding her first born son's medical condition.
A home at 7245 Ga. Highway 212 was destroyed in a fire early Thursday morning, causing the road to be closed between 3:20 a.m. and 9:45 a.m.
The Covington Fire Department is calling on the people of Covington to help them win a $10,000 grant from Liberty Mutual's Be Fire Smart Safety Pledge program.
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Five of Newton County's state legislators, including new additions Rep. Steve Davis (R-McDonough) and Sen. Ronald Ramsey (D-Lithonia), introduced themselves and talked about the new redistricting maps Tuesday at the Covington Rotary Club.
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Cornwall Museums Partnership has recently become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and is seeking an independent Chair of Trustees. CMP was formed in 2012 and the success of its work has been recognised by it being awarded the highly prestigious Major Partnership Museum funding by Arts Council England.
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Recently, people in the metro Atlanta area attempted to tune in to Fox News Channel on Comcast Cable, but found they could no longer access the station. Many decided to leave the cable net. Additionally some schools and universities are no longer allowing students to access conservative websites, such as the University of Arkansas.
According to some reports, Comcast will no longer carry the cable news channel that boasts, "Fair and Balanced." Fox News has been demonized by not only the president, but by many in the Democratic Party.
Journalism and its assumed free exercise are being censored, and that includes Fox News, although the network has been a conservative voice for many; covering stories that the other media outlets refuse to.
When our daughter was deployed to Afghanistan, I watched, "A few good men," as it is one of our favorite movies. One man stops at nothing to keep his honor, while the other, stops at nothing to find the truth. Jack Nicholson plays a general who, in an intense confrontation, makes the famous statement, "You can't handle the truth."
Truth is not always popular. Often times it is politically incorrect, but the truth doesn't change, it remains the same. While stories can take twists and turns and history is being rewritten to accommodate political correctness, the truth endures.
Many say that truth is relative and there are no absolutes. But the very statement debunks that argument and theory. For if there are no absolutes, the statement in and of itself is incorrect.
But the Bible says there that every word of God is pure. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me." John 14:6 (KJV)
In Paul's final instructions to Timothy, he spoke of a time when truth or sound doctrine would no longer be tolerated. "I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." II Timothy4:1-4 (KJV)
Even among Christian circles, those who preach the truth are sometimes labeled as hatemongers, bigots, closed minded, etc. Truth is important, though. God is Love. He is good, but He is also righteous and holy. It's very common to hear that we are all on different paths going to the same place, but as in the earlier verse, Jesus declares that He is the only way. That's not popular, but it is the truth.
The truth is vital. The destination of our very souls rests on knowing and responding to the truth. As the following verse indicates, receiving the truth is able to save one's very soul. "Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls." James 1:21 (KJV)
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This ol' boat is on "death row" in our boat yard. Can anyone identify this boat. its about 38ft long flush deck. Fiberglass construction. thank you
It sort of looks like a Sam Crocker design.
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The tour got off to a bad start as we were kept waiting for a half hour and then there were further delays to get us a large enough bus - all in all an hour and a half until we actually were on our way. However, we had a wonderful guide and despite the very rainy weather conditions and further trouble with a broken down vehicle in Sintra, the palaces trip was fantastic and my husband and I enjoyed our day immensely. Had it not been for the above annoyances I would have rated this 5 star!
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Despite the flight being diverted to Split, the transfer was waiting for us at the Bus Station when we finally arrived in Dubrovnik almost 6 hours later - that was service!!
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The above is a sobering but must do tour in Oahu. Our bus driver/guide (Keau) was superb as he not only steered us around the sights seemlessly, but also provided a knowledgable and at times witty repartie from start to finish. Excellent.
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What do you all think of David Goffin?
Just watched highlights of him from last years French Open against Federer.
I think he's great! great movement, great groundstrokes, and i love his attitude, he doesn't walk around with a brutal intense look on his face like Nadal, he doesn't walk around like his invincible like Djokovic, he doesn't overreact or anything. He's also very Federer-esque like, very smooth and fluid style, very pretty and fun to watch lol.
He just seems to lack the Firepower the top 10-15 have, but I think he can definitely improve and maybe put on a little more size to add more weight to the ball. I hope to see alot of him in the future
got double bageled by Nieminen this week
Hadn't seen him play before but I just checked out some stuff of his on youtube and he looks good. He can definitely improve in a few areas but looks really promising, I hope he sticks around.
Solid 5.0 (would beat McEnroe).
I like him. He definitely has potential (or room for improvement. Hard to tell.)
He drifts behind the baseline quite often, which works fine on clay but not on hard courts. He is a streaky player at the moment, but is fun to watch on a good day.
Roger had some nice words for him at that RG match. He needs seasoning. It's one thing to play one great match against a great champion (it makes you better) -- it's another thing to do it consistently, month after month, year after year. Milos is getting better, but he had to step it up. David will learn.
I happen to like Rafa's intense look.
If he gets serious and maximizes his potential I can see him settling into being a Baghdatis-level player for many years. He will have to keep himself in great shape if he wants to keep on pounding away at the ball because he lacks the physical mass needed to generate extra pace simply by leaning into his shots; and so, he will have to stay light and springy on his feet--but if Justine Henin could handle the women's tour for a few years with an ultra aggressive all court game as well as she did, maybe DG can do something similar, because DG sure is an aggressive little player.
The kid definitely has potential, but he hasn't proven himself in any way really yet. It's up to him to turn that potential in to actual results. Getting bagelled by a career journeyman won't help.
He plays very well for being twelve years old.
Harry Potter of Tennis.
Top 30 material at best.
very talented. would love to see more of him. people here always extrapolate too much from players latest match(es).
Everyone* gets double bageled from time to time.
Who is his coach?
* it hasn't happened to me yet
He reminds me a bit of Rochus.....both of them and not because he is Belgian.
plenty of talent but dont see him top 10
depends as well how hard he works and needs to put some solid weeks back to back so he can rise up the rankings
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Mahila Samakhya Society, registered by the State government, and the Social Welfare Department jointly launched a State-wide awareness campaign coinciding with Anti-dowry Day on December 26.
Dowry and domestic harassment have been identified as the two major issues affecting women in the State. Even though laws have been enacted against both the issues, it has not been possible to enforce them strictly. Problems connected with the issues are on the increase every year. The victims of domestic harassment are not getting proper justice in spite of the intervention of officials empowered to take action in such cases and other agencies serving in the area. The patrilineal attitude prevailing in society is believed to be standing in the way of taking effective action in such cases.
Similarly, the ills of the dowry system are not getting addressed because of the celebration of marriages in a lavish manner and the consumer culture prevailing in society. Woman therefore becomes a commodity for haggling in the marriage market. Woman is being denied right to property and control over assets.
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GATINEAU, QUEBEC – Sept. 23, 2009 – The Government of Canada today announced the implementation of a new method of supply for the procurement of office furniture to increase small and medium sized enterprises' (SMEs) access to government procurement."The Government of Canada is committed to cutting red tape, streamlining procurement and, most importantly, providing greater access for this country's growing number of SMEs," said the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Public Works and Government Services. "This new approach will provide multiple and continuous opportunities for businesses of all sizes to become suppliers to the federal government."
The government is a major purchaser of furniture-buying approximately $145 million worth of office furniture annually, which represents a significant portion of the national market share. The modification is designed to increase competition by qualifying more suppliers as well as allowing unsuccessful suppliers to re-qualify on a regular basis.
"Local businesses are the backbone of this economy-critical to Canada's prosperity and our economic recovery," added Minister Paradis. "Now more than ever it is imperative to ensure SMEs have access to federal contracts. By simplifying our procurement processes we have made it easier for businesses to provide products and services to the government while delivering more cost effective results for Canadian taxpayers."
"I am very pleased that these new policies have been put forward," said Barry Payne, President of Adirondack Technologies Furniture Inc. "As a First Nations' business operating through the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business Program, these new polices will allow Aboriginal businesses to compete for government procurement contracts on a level playing field. This is an excellent example of how our government is listening to small business and implementing key changes that will stimulate our economy and give Aboriginal businesses a chance to succeed."
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Today ARC2020, Slow Food and the European Beekeeping Coordination launched a joint campaign calling on Europe's Agricultural Ministers to back the ban on neonicotinoids proposed by the European Commission. With the final vote scheduled for the 29 April, we must act now!
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And I thought Colorado was imaontprt. And Syria. Talk about access.Israel has a regional plan in the offing. The timing will depend on the fall of Bashaar al-Asad. Once he's out of power or out of the proverbial picture, Israel plans to go full throttle against Syrian infrastructure AND at the same time against Hizbollah. My sense is that for the time being the plan is focused and limited to the Syria/Lebanon area. An Israeli or American attack on Iran will come at a later date (Years).Neither Israel nor the U.S. can afford to start several fronts of conflict. It is best to divide and conquer. Long overdrawn conflict has been taxing on Israel. For example, it withdrew its forces from Lebanon after a 20-year-long occupation because it turned into a war of attrition. The same happened with the occupied West Bank and Gaza. When Israel brought the Palestinian Authority to do the policing of Palestinian enclaves, it was a long-term attempt to outsource/sub-contract the occupation to another entity. It succeeded. Anyway, Israeli generals have already bragged that the next attack on Lebanon will put to shame the attack on Gaza in early 2009. That is when Israel plans on using the bunker busters that the Obama administration provided a year or two back.


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Apprentice Member
Joined: 4/24/12
Originally posted by dotdotdash
From the information I have seen, yes, CoH was only a small part of NC Soft's total revenue and had almost no market penetration in Asia. But that was true before NC Soft bought out Cryptic, so I doubt that was a significant factor unless there was a change in administration.
From what we as players saw, the Free-to-play hybrid model increased revenues to the point that Paragon Studios hired a lot of new people and were producing new content and powersets for the game at a much faster rate than ever previously. I think I saw that the overall profit from CoH was around $2 mil. I would think that if the game was failing to reach revenue goals, some of the folks at Paragon Studios would have known that and not been surprised when NC Soft came in to shut things down. Maybe you have information I don't, but it does not appear that it was shut down for failing to make projected revenue.
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Joined: 11/09/08
This is just rediculous! First SOE shuts down SWG just as the once horrible NGE debacle was fixed and actually a lot of fun. The player base were coming back slowly but surely, We all know why it was shut down ERmm cough cough Swtor (which was prmoptly considered Fail game.. sadly).. Now NCsoft is shutting down COX ? I can't help but wonder if it is due to the success of how well they did the Free to play model for AION. I will admit going back to COX as a free player was uber lame, There were way to many retrictions, They forced you to go VIP. So of course the player base went on to Aion not because they didnt like the game, but because there are no restrictions for free players. COX has so many things to do and i have had a great time playing that game. I spent so much money in their paragon market that i feel cheated big time! Will they compensate us who have spent so much on the game ? i was vip plus i spent an additional 40$ a month in the shop! You just cant do this to people we worked way to hard on our characters and put a lot of time into them! The player base is ample enough to keep you running the servers even if you don't put out any regular updates at least keep the game going! I'm really kicking myself for buying guildwars 2 (which is fun but does not live up to the hype IMO)! i wont play it now! Just like i will never play another SOE game, even though i love planetside ! I will not support a company that does this to their loyal customers!
Novice Member
Joined: 4/28/10
Always sad to see a game no longer supported, but it has to happen eventually. It would be cool if they could somehow merge everyone onto 1 server and donate it to charity or something, everyone could pay like a dollar a month just for the bandwith/maintence.
Advanced Member
Joined: 11/23/05
"Playing things I shouldn''t be playing since 1977."
Originally posted by SnarlingWolf
The last I heard was that City of Heroes was netting $2.5 million dollars a quarter. That's $10 million a year.
It was profitable.
"...when it comes to pimping EVE I have little restraints."
"It's like they took a gun, put it to their nugget sack and pulled the trigger over and over again, each time telling us how great it was that they were shooting themselves in the balls."
Novice Member
Joined: 3/05/09
Originally posted by SnarlingWolf
Define "profitable" - sometimes the worst crime for a company owned by another is to make money, but not huge money. Not enough in to make them happy, not enough out to be a tax write off.
Elite Member
Joined: 4/26/05
The thing that I find really odd is I can think of a dozen MMO's off the top of my head that should be in front of City of Heroes on the chopping block. It's the best super hero MMO, Champions Online and DCUO should both be ahead of CoH to get the axe IMHO. Vanguard, Planetside, Warhammer, Guildwars 1, Ultima Online, Star Trek Online, Aion, etc...
It's a real confidence shaker in NCSoft for me. They seem to be able to kill games and not even flinch.
"classification of games into MMOs is not by rational reasoning" - nariusseldon
Novice Member
Joined: 9/16/08
DCUO's made major strides and honestly their model is probably better finanically than COH. But damn they're doing well. However as someone who swore off games when they killed auto assault for no apparent reason i'm not holding my breath of this being saved. Barring them having a multimillionare in their ranks that could buy Paragon outright and put this game back on course.
AA, Tabula Rasa and now COH. I was done with them after the TR info got loose. If this game gets saved and freed from the clutches of NC soft i'll be a very happy person and might pick this up./
On the topic of other games: STO's also made major improvements. The rest however? Planetside will die when Planetside 2 hits. Vanguard and Warhammer...well warhammer is BARELY above the rumored levels for white wolf to take it back. But White Wolf is most definetly NOT pleased with how EA handled that
Novice Member
Joined: 11/30/11
I love CoH and all, but the game should be laid to rest. It would need a major update for people to get interested.
Sorry, the first MMO i really got behind was CoH so im sad to see it go. But really it had its time, now give it rest.
Because i can.
Apprentice Member
Joined: 1/07/09
Banned 18 times and counting.
NCSoft has there hand in so many cookies jars right now this game is just probably one of the smallest income yelders in its portfolio and just decided to cut the coord. Sad but NCSoft has a ton of good titles that just came out (gw2). Many more coming out as well (BnS)
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Joined: 5/30/09
I will repeat what I said in the other thread that there will be consumer backlash in the coming years over issues like this..
Could see game studios eventually getting in trouble over this especially as the number of MMOs that close down increases and there is an organized consumer backlash.
Many decades ago a similar problem hit the auto industry. The issue was that car companies would stop selling parts for cars that were no longer in production. The car manufacturers took the position that they sold the consumer the car and that they were under no obligation to supply parts for cars they no longer produced even if large numbers of these cars were still in use. Eventually consumers got tired of digging through junk yards looking for spare parts and got an advocacy group to hire some laywers. It was ruled in a few states courts that car companies had to continue producing spare parts for older cars at least 12 years after production ceased.
Some similar ruling will likely come down on the gaming industry to keep legacy servers up and running even after they offially shut down a MMO.
Novice Member
Joined: 3/05/04
I was in this game since its first closed beta and stayed there for 5+ years.
Still having tons of characters there and jumping in once in a while to meet friends, play a bit with my characters and I even bought a new powersets or two the last few months as also reactivated slots that were closed when I dropped my vip status.
This game is one of my favorite mmos ever, it's innovative, was the first super hero mmo ever, had revolutionary systems and even added more systems that no other mmo ever had and still doesn't have (mission architect and base building by creating rooms and everything as example).
When I heard that they are closing the game a few weeks ago I felt very sad because there are other mmos out there that aren't even half as fun as this one and are kept alive while such a great game like CoH/CoV gets dropped just like that.
I would strongly reccommend everyone that ever cared about this game to gather together and do their best to save it cause its one of the most unique and innovative games on the market that deserves to be saved in my opinion.
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Joined: 3/05/04
Sorry for the double post, at work and the browser is acting up. :(
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Joined: 8/15/12
Originally posted by Alphamojo
Yeah, because all those post WoW MMOs have been so good...oh wait. They've all been abysmal.
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Joined: 9/07/12
I hope the gamer community can support us by signing the petition. We're not asking them to like our game, or even play it if they pledge to support us and take three seconds out of their day to sign the petition, but we need for them to back us.
Closing down City of Heroes isn't a business decision. It's an act of vandalism.
We need to show the companies that run these games that turning off a world that people have spent years of their lives and hundreds - if not thousands - of dollars in should be the last resort, not the first. There are people there who have spent thousands of hours in a virtual reality, spent real life money making their characters as good as they can be. We're the people who stayed with them - we didn't go to their competitors, we didn't ditch the game because it's dated, because the population wasn't as high as it was on other games. In many cases, we carried on paing a subscription despite the fact we didn't have to, because we wanted to support the people that had given us such a wonderful world to explore and stay with the friends we made their.
We companies to realise that gamers aren't just a revenue stream - that those monthly subscriptions - whatever game it is - is a kid who's being picked on in school, but in a virtual world, he's a badass almost unbeatable PvP champion.Or is someone confined to their house because they're ill and it's the only contact they have with an outside world, that it's the army wife looking for a distraction while her husband is off risking his life in a desert somewhere.
Our gaming tastes may be different, but the reasons we're in virtual words aren't.
We need to show that we're not just pixels, that we're a real life community - CoX has a population the size Spain, and we're just going to be wiped off the map. Just because we show up as pixels on a screen, it doesn't make us any less REAL.
We want to show companies that closing a game doesn't HAVE to tear gaming communities in part, that they should work with their players, perhaps give them ownership of the bases and the groups and the characters and the stuff they've poured time, effort, money and tears into. Offer us up for sale, give us the chance to raise the money and run the game ourselves, let us have private servers so we can stay together.
I'm not sure where you work, but would your company turn away an almost $10 million yearly profit? If you're so well placed that you wouldn't notice losing that amount of money, what harm is there in offering us up for sale, or giving us a chance to buy it and walk away with a wedge of money in their back pocket and a delirious player-base?
Please remember, this isn't JUST about City of Heroes. One day your game will face this, too. We want to be a model that threatened gaming communities can hold up and say 'look, you don't have to wipe us off the face of the earth. How about doing /this/ instead?"
If you don't like the game, if you never even played it, surely you can support the wider principal of 'don't take our money for years and then close down a profitable, virtual world with a rabid fan base'
Please sign our petition. One day you'll need us to back you, as much as we need you to back us know.
Hard Core Member
Joined: 2/21/06
Originally posted by adam_nox
Correct! It's NCsoft's way of doing things. They want to pull out of the west. They closed down the NCWest studio as well after the shutdown of Tabula Rasa.
Paragon studios was created and thus owned by NCSoft. So NCSoft can do whatever they want with Paragon Studios and CoX franshise.
And in this case they have set their mind on closing it down and no one will be able to change that.
It's just better for your own health sake to just let it go and move on.
ArenaNet will follow the same faith in the future when the Guild Wars franchise doesn't bring in enough money anymore.
Hard Core Member
Joined: 2/21/06
Originally posted by Notacatgirl
This petition isn't going to do any good.
This is just Real Life and how companies work.
NCSoft looks at how many players play the game and how much money comes in.
If only 50k players are playing CoX..... it doesn't matter if a million people sign a petition or the whole world!
In the end all that matters is the "actual" number of people that play and pay for the game!
That's all that matters for NCSoft. So give it a rest. It's better for your own health! As NCSoft doesn't care.
Things have been decided, set in motion and are irreversible. The game is shutting down and the poor peeps at Paragon Studios are going to lose their job. And that is just a Fact!
Advanced Member
Joined: 2/17/07
NGE, LOTRO, STO, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars > NGE 2 (SWTOR). SWG>ALL. Above hopefully subject to change.
Originally posted by JeroKane
What is good for your health is to give it a try and save it, especially when peoples jobs are on the line here, and the masses amount of money people have spent on the game building their caharcters.
If you do try and it does get saved, then you feel awesome. If it does not save it, then at least you know you did your best, and not live in regret, and can move on.
Other petitions have worked in the past, as EQmac is an example of that It took 2 over weeks for Smedley to change his mind, this is only just 1 week now.
Plus Paragon Studios are trying their best to keep it going, and encouraging people to save CoH
So there is a more greater chance this will work, and City of Heroes be saved.
I get fed up of people telling people to let it go, and move on, especially this soon, when there is still a chance of it not shutting down.
If City of Heroes shuts down, then I give up on MMOs completely now, not just NC Soft ones, but all of them (although NC soft ones mainly), as they in the end do you no good. Lately they keep you hooked and paying of course, by giving a false sense of security, that things are still ticking along nicely with updates coming. Also in this case people lose their jobs too.
Novice Member
Joined: 7/12/12
Oh bafd news!
Elite Member
Joined: 1/17/07
NCSoft closing CoX isn't the same as SoE closing SWG; LucasArts pulled SoE's SW licence, part of the agreement with EA no doubt. Once LucasArts did that SoE had no choice.
Could CoX be saved? Doubtful. There would have to be some guaranteed income: maybe if NCSoft offered people the option of 1 year sub for 2013 @ $X and people could make pledges. If the amount pladged was enough CoX survives, if not adieu.
Time will be running out though - the team will start to wind down - and how much would be needed; 80 staff @ $100k each as a starting point say (to cover wages etc. and expenses) + profit and licence costs. Call it $10M as a round figure.
Could CoX get 55,000 people to pledge $180 for a year - the equivalent of $15 a month? Doubtful. Maybe costs could be cut back though so that less was needed. It would take something like this however imo.
Novice Member
Joined: 4/27/11
I'm not a fan of the game, but I signed the petetion. I feel for the community and hope they will be able to save their game. It's a shame that they won't allow the community to at least run private servers if nothing else. Best of luck!


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IPO activity and information in secondary market prices
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This paper explores the link between IPO underpricing and financial markets. In my model the IPO is a mean for a capital constrained initial investor to exit and thereby to raise funds for a new investment opportunity. This investor is privately informed vis-a-vis outside investors about the profitability of the new opportunity and the quality of the firm to be offered in the IPO. He can then use the offer price and the fraction of shares sold as signals of his private information. The model shows that underpricing is not only linked to firm's characteristics, i.e. firm value, but to elements external to the firm, i.e. new investment profitability and financial markets characteristics. In particular higher market efficiency reduces the cost of listing. This results in lower underpricing and the listing of more valuable firm. Similarly, a higher lower bound of the new investment's profitability reduces the information asymmetry and hence reduces underpricing and widens the range of firms listed.
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- IPO activity and information in secondary market prices
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Annals of Finance
Volume 9, Issue 4 , pp 667-687
- Cover Date
- 2013-11-01
- 10.1007/s10436-012-0213-2
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- 1614-2446
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- 1614-2454
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- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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THE Fiji Secondary Schools Netball Association will select a national under-18 side from the National Secondary Schools Netball Championship which ended last night in Suva.
Association president Lisi Narokolevu said although they do not have any tour planned for this year, they would still keep an U18 team to help the national governing body with selection of the future U21 side.
The two-day championship, however, had an U17 team from Auckland made of Fijians residing there.
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Ex-Everton star Cadamarteri can see derby boilover
Former Everton Danny Cadamarteri believes his old club can take advantage of Liverpool's woes this Sunday.
Cadamarteri is currently playing in Scotland with Dundee United.
He told evertonfc.com: "It's going to be an interesting derby but I think it's going to be a good opportunity for the blue side of Liverpool to really put one over the red side of Liverpool.
"At the moment they look at rock bottom. I think the result last week was so disappointing for them against Blackpool.
"They're obviously going to be up for the derby but I think confidence in the Liverpool camp is low and I just have this sneaky feeling that it could turn out to be one of those weekends where Everton have an opportunity to brag about a big win against the Reds."
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