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My observation around here is the Jap cruisers tend to be louder than the Harley's and I believe it is because they are trying to make em sound like em. Hell they try to make em look alike!
But my personal pet peeve is the sportbikes with the loud exhausts... and I believe it is because 9 out of 10 times it's because when you hear em, they tend to be running down the city streets at 40-50 miles over the speed limit at the top of their rpm limit in second gear. And of course when they stop it has to begin at the top of the rev limit in first gear....
It is extremely naïve to believe this is a "Harley" issue.
Almost as stupid as expecting anyone to believe a bunch of people in a restaurant would give a rider seated inside, the stinkeye because a loud bike pulled onto the lot. (But it did give the poster another opportunity to bash a Harley...)
And by the way, I ride both. A Ultra Classic with stock pipes and a sportbike with stock pipes.
You do raise a good point here and I wanted to chime in -- when I was moaning about Harleys I should have been more explicit in referring to the outlaw-cruiser-'loud bikes are better' culture; in that culture the flagship marque is the Harley. I've seen quite a few and know quite a few HD riders that are perfectly nice folks with reasonable-noise pipes and are just like the rest of us.
The folks who make noise to turn heads are an issue -- It doesn't matter if it's an HD or a Kawasaki. As was already mentioned though, most of them don't care that those heads are turned in anger and annoyance, not admiration.
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A crisis of faith in our world has led to the rise of often brutal secularist ideologies. Curry examines world tyranny and offers an antidote: democratic capitalism enlightened by biblical truth. Part of the Turning Point series.
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DEAN C. CURRY is chairman of the department of history and political science and associate professor of political science at Messiah College. He coauthored Nuclear Arms: Two Views on World Peace and edited Evangelicals and the Bishops' Pastoral Letter.
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Rihanna and Chris Brown's friendship seems to be heating up.
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"I don't wanna leave! Killed it tonight baby!" Rihanna wrote as the caption. In the snapshot, the "Unapologetic" singer straddles Brown, 23, while giving him a bear hug. Though both their faces were hidden from the camera, Rihanna flaunted her sexy curves in white shorts while Brown showed off his famous tattoos.
Rihanna has been dropping several hints of her probable reunion with Brown over the last two weeks. They spent Thanksgiving together in Berlin, and Rihanna shared an Instagram photo of Brown shirtless in bed.
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So yes, I am new to Arizona. I relocated for a new opportunity and had about two weeks to find a place. Scary thing to move across country to a place where you don't know a soul. Lots of change. I am past the bar scene and have a lot to offer to the right person. I'm funny, sincere, a gentleman, intelligent, out-going, and still a kid at heart. I enjoy all types of sports and most outdoors activities. I am looking for an attractive down to earth woman to spend time with. I like meeting friends for a drink, going out with someone special for a fun evening, and enjoying my time off. Looking for someone that is honest, ambitious, intelligent, has a great sense of humor that enjoys travel, music, family and friends. So whether you prefer a night out on the town or on the couch, I'm game! Being new in town I thought this might be a good way to meet new people, and maybe find out a bit more about this strange new place. So I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for the best. Oh, before the move, I was close to accomplishing a teenage dream of mine. If you want to know what it was, just ask me.
Camping , Dining out , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Playing sports , Travel/Sightseeing , Volunteering , Watching sports , Wine tasting
Baseball, Basketball, Billiards / Pool, Bowling, Cycling, Football, Golf, Skiing, Swimming, Tennis / Racquet sports, Walking / Hiking
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I have Cats
I do have a cat who made the journey with me. He guards my stuff when I'm away.
Middle of the Road
If I started today I don't think I could visit all the places in world I would like to see. New places I want to visit in the next 12 months include San Francisco, and San Diego. Need someone to show me the best local places.
I love Italian food, Seinfeld,history, music and anything that makes me laugh. I truly appreciate mornings when I don't have to set the alarm clock.
I love to be active and involved in local events/activities. I'm a huge sports fan, who loves to watch football on the couch, yell at basketball games, and sit back and relax at a baseball game. I love riding my bike, hiking, and short getaways.
The Great Gatsby on tape.
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|Asian, Latino / Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Pacific Islander, White / Caucasian
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General: Blizzard Grabs for Cash
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
This is a bad system, and probably breaking international law. This system will make international money laundering easy while Blizzard is taking a cut of it,
Imagine someone buying a cheap in-game item for million $$ real-world money, and turn around selling it for millions to another person in another country. Blizzard is walking on thin ice with this idea.
Maybe "Pay 2 Win" is not bad.
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Freeloaders will decide which P2W is good and which to avoid. I always find it funny that certain sub proponents love to thumb nose at freeloaders, and yet they hate being nickeled and dimed by game companies. In my opinion, the moment you accept to pay to play a game, you deserve to get nickedl and dimed by all parties. All games are P2W, even for subscription games. If you can't afford the sub and box fee, you can't even play let alone winning.
Freeloaders are the reason F2P thrive and will be the ultimate judge in deciding whose cash shop is fair. No game player likes to be disadvantaged from the start. It's time recongize their decisive presence.
Ask yourself this question: when was the last time you saw a poor African country winning most gold medals in Olympics?
Thinking about playing
General Discussion « Mabinogi
One more thing if you're starting new on NA Mabi: DO NOT pick Alexina server. It's the laggiest server and may be the reason why Mabinogi is getting such a low rating.
It is a great game, but sadly, it's hosted by a failure called Nexon.
Thinking about playing
General Discussion « Mabinogi
The only things that cost me to play are pets (for storage and mount), and they're permanent so worth every penny.
The rebirth system is the other thing, but there is free rebirth for every character at age 20, so start your character at age 17 and get free rebirth every 3 weeks.
Be sure to start as a human and you'll get both an elf and a giant character cards. I never pay for rebirth because I played all three characters and free rebirth every 3 weeks for each.
What is your favorite F2P MMO right now?
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Originally posted by AlysenMinase
lol +1 for Mabinogi. It's one of oldest running F2P's (up there with MapleStory and Runescape) and one with old-school gameplays. Whatever MMO elements its prequel Vindictus is missing, you can usually find them in Mabi.
Koei's online games (Uncharted Waters online, Heroes of Three kingdoms) are worth checking out too. It's been my favorite Japanese game maker since 1990's with its focus on strategy. Games with depth are less likely to bore me.
STO to go F2p if CO is successful.
General Discussion « Star Trek Online
Originally posted by WSIMike
What you just describe is called boxed "expansion" in p2p games which you must purchase from stores to lift the level cap, opening new quests/areas/storylines, and introduce new gears/items.
Who says everyone paying the same sub fee is equal in p2p?? Those who don't own the latest expansions certainly aren't.
Get a gripe with reality, dude.
Tiered payment options should be the norm in this genre.
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Item cash shops sell items and in some games those items are tradeable in-game to balance out between have's and have-nots.
Purchaseble content and expansion packs have new maps, quests, storylines and lots, lots more IN ADDITION TO new items, how can some of you think that's more fair is beyond me. Can content packs be made tradeable among players? I haven't seen a game doing that.
Unless they make content unlock doable via in-game efforts and not cash only, like DDO, then maybe it will work.
If balance and fairness is what concerns you, make purchaseable items tradeable among players; problem solved.
Tiered payment options should be the norm in this genre.
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Selling content (expansions, storylines, quests, lvl cap unlocks etc.) for a pve game is same as selling powerful gears in a pvp game.
Selling items (tools to use in-game in a sense) and leave content/expansions free to all players are the way to go. That is what most successful F2P's outside the west are doing.
As long as you advocate for selling content for money, you lose your moral high ground and right to criticize cash shops. Content selling is the far more evil money-grabbing scheme of the two.
Its time to think about not for profit MMOs
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Not for profit MMO = F2P with totally voluntary donation.
Everything else is just sham and scam.
Yeah, as a player I'm all for it.
Now that we got our next gen MMOG Vindictus, most spit on this nice game, wtf?
General Discussion « Vindictus
It's a game with next generation "features", not necessarily a next gen mmorpg itself.
DevCAT always adds new features in pieces to test the water and to prepare for something bigger. Wait for Mabinogi 2 (=vindictus + mabinogi), that game will be a blast.
Those spit on this game aren't just simple players. There are special interest groups (developers, game store owners, marketing etc.) roaming at this site. They worry about their jobs and competitions. A few are closet racists acting like they hate F2P but if they are forced, they'd tell you to play any crappy western F2P over good non-western ones.
So as long as you're happy with your game, why worry about others' opinions? Games with new & nice features always help pushing the grenre ahead, and real game players would welcome them.
There is nothing wrong with sub based mmo's.
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Lol.... how time has changed. B2P and F2P's used to be bashed at this site, now it's "nothing wrong with sub based mmo's". Alternative-payment opponents are now on the defensive.
No, there is nothing wrong with sub-based games. But there is something wrong with subscription-based games that can't keep a significant quality edge over F2P and B2P. Sadly, that's what we are seeing lately. Look at the fate of APB and Alganon, and I wonder how long will that upcoming Aerravan last.
Instead of bashing b2p and f2p's, you guys are much better off in pushing for a higher quality product. If you can't, then no amount of smear campaign against other payment models will save you. More illogical bashing/smear posts, more it shows your side is losing.
Yes, time is changing, a b2p like GW2 now is enjoying the same amount of hype that was once reserved for titles like Warhammer and AOC. GW2 will not turn players into a sub-mmo lovers, that much I can tell you.
"Free to Play" is misleading... the proper terminology is "Shareware"
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
I dare OP and other like-mind haters to find competent lawyers to challenge this "free-to-play" advertising scheme. If there is anything wrong with this term, greedy lawyers would be like sharks all over it by now. Do you see any lawyer taking up your cause?
By the way, many civil lawyers also advertise themselves as free-to-consult, but you have to pay them after you win the case. So perhaps OP should also consider hiring more lawyers to sue those lawyers while he is on a similar crusade?
See, OP, you already lost the case before you even started. Live with the term. It's legal and there is nothing you can do about it. Shareware? Too jargon-like to be acceptable by the "ignorant" mass. Pay-to-win? What isn't in today's capitalistic world?
Try harder next time.
The massive power gap has to go
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
In the older days RPG was never about Pvp, it's strictly PvE. Pvp was only added as an afterthought to keep highest-leveled players busy while new content is being created. Realizing this will help you understand the core of this gap problem.
Gap should be smaller, not between the highest and lowest level, but between highest and high levels. No, 100 2-yr-old babies should not be allowed to kill a veteran warrior. But 10 level 70 players should take down 1 level 80 player.
Nowadays, people just want to skip all pve stuff and get right to pvp. PvE haters should seek a different genre of mmo games, seriously.
The only way to lessen the gap is doing what GW has done, by horizontally expanding the skill reservoir. But those with more skills to choose from are still advantaged, and in small-group team pvp environment where every advantage is sought after, it's still a big gap. Large number random grouping pvping may help lessen that gap.
General: Three Reasons Subscription Isn't Dying
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
Originally posted by Raventree
Your logic is seriously flawed. Do you think a game that has only cash shop items and no content can attract players?
Your words will also work the other way.
Free to Play model
It takes 90 hours of grinding to obtain this awesome gear. Want to bypass that? Cough up some cash at the equipment shop, but that made most players unhappy and we lost some cash shop customers, so we have reduced cost it takes to obtain the gear or made it free for all.
Subscription Model
It took 90 hours to obtain this awesome gear, and we need players to stay longer to earn subscription. It's working for us as you can see people like Raventree love it, so let's us make MORE gears that takes 300+ hours to obtain so they cough up even more subscription money to keep us in business.
See the what I'm getting at? It's two sides of the SAME coin.
As for the article, there is a FOURTH reason why p2p won't die: Subscription model can incorporate its own cash shop.
Sub model will persist for sure, but NO ONE can predict sub model won't all have some kind of cash shops in the future.
No one.
Companions, Henchmen, Good or Bad
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
When is the last time you saw a mmo developer pays any attention to AI in NPC's and mobs?
So this is a very good trend. If they focus on NPC henchmen development now, it won't be long before they'll put that work to develop better mob AI, hence making game more challenging.
Developing AI in any pc game is very hard work with little reward. So we should encourage the trend, even if it comes at the expense of group play dynamic.
Best P2P or F2P experiance?
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
My best F2P experience is Mabinogi, $45 spent in that game lasts me more than 18 months and is still going strong.
My best P2P experience? Well, if my best F2P experience is so great, why would I bother with a P2P?
Currently waiting for Koei's Uncharted Waters Online to come to NA, and a plethora of new F2P's.
General: The Future is Now
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
Year is 2056, with the encroachment of P2P (paid-to-play, as pay-to-play had gone extinct long, long ago), Ms. Jimena S. decided to write an article titled "The Future is Now, Again".
Then there will be many folks defending F2P with cash shops, claiming it's more fair than the emergent paid-to-play mmo's, which award most money to the winners and paid others only minimal wage. At least in F2P with cash shops winners pay for freeloading losers' gameplay, or so they claim. But now, in paid-to-play mmo's, companies award those "cheaters" with stronger psyionic power more cash per time spent than players who weren't born with such ability.
Yeah, in the future when works will all be done by robots and humans will have more than abundant resources, thanks to colonization and mining of several adjacent planets, the only thing matters to game companies is fame and reputation. So more people drawn to the game, more fame points the company will accumulate. The getting- paid-to-play model will replace the traditional model of free-to-play with item malls as the ultimate model for all mmo's.
Just food for thought. :)
The fear of F2P
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Originally posted by Daywolf.
But then in time ...well they will be demanding the game companies to pay them for playing.
There goes the only original sentence in your post. Paid-to-play, yeah, that's so gonna be that ban of all F2P's.
Hmm.....now work on that payment model instead of bashing F2P senselessly, and show me f2p haters do have brains.
The only payment model that has potential to beat free-to-play is paid-to-play, seriously.
My thoughts on F2P or P2P
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Originally posted by d0dulk0
For me Mabinogi is. And a few others I've played are like that too. These are not gear-based mmo, with cash shop items tradable in-game. One person's reason to spend money isn't the same as the others.
So it has alot to do with your own choice of games. If you overspend on a game, it's your own fault. Just like those binge spenders in mall. Trying to pin the blame on Macy's isn't going to win much sympathy.
Too much entitlement and too little self-discipline and accountability. So typical of whinners at this site.
F2P Anger!!! Sounds just like when P2P started.
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
WoW has 11 million subscribers. But Facebook F2P item-mall games have 100+ million players. Before Farmville, people thought subscription model is the mainstream. Not anymore since last year, when people realize there is a far bigger market out there that even Blizzard failed to capture.
It's not that F2P's are better games, most of them are craps. It's P2P supporters' attitudes being elitist and snubbish that are annoying. If you want to expand your "pay-to-win" theory, you at least need to win supports from free players in F2P, who make up the vast majority. But no, your attitude to the very people who are intrumental to your argument is they don't exist, or they're bad to the community because they don't pay.
Talk about "pay-to-win" in F2P, and then turn around tell you "you get what you pay for" in P2P. See the irony?


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Original post made by vic, Old Palo Alto, on Jul 18, 2012
This article is inflammatory, divisive and derogatory. It uses language like "ruthlessness", "dishonesty" and "evil," calling for a fight back against an "attack" by "evil" forces such as the Koch brothers, the Chamber of Commerce and a disgusting Republican Party.
I find the article inherently hypocritical. While it alledgedly champions clarity and transparency,nowhere is the massive advantage AB 1648 would confer on union political money even alluded to.
In short this is propaganda, a hit piece on the minority party masquarading as an opinion piece.
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Intel Launches Wimax Program for Linux
Chip manufacturer Intel has relaunched its development program for Linux. This time, the focus is on Wimax.
The chip manufacturer has published a new stack and some initial drivers for its Wimax chips at linuxwimax.org. Based on the IEEE 802.16e standard, the technology supports higher transmission rates and greater ranges compared with legacy 802.11.x WLAN technology. Intel is looking to deploy Wimax on a range of mobile devices such as notebooks, Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and mobile phones.
The new Wimax stack comprises two parts. Besides the required kernel space component, some userspace components are also available. The driver supports such as the Intel "Wimax/WiFi Link 5050" (codename: Echo Peak). Intel has also published a userspace daemon, libraries and a control interface to give developers and users access to functions such as network scanning, roaming management and hardware contro. The Wimax stack and drivers are licensed under the GPL for the most part. The BSD license was chosen for some parts of the driver and the Wimax Network Service. The device firmware is distributed under the Intel Free Distribution Binary License. The supplicant, the client that handles authentication, is also closed source, and only available in binary format.
The "Intel Free Distribution Binary License" is not an Open Source license as Intel points out in the FAQ. The components under this license are "free as in beer", that is they can be used without charge and without restrictions, however, modifications and re-engineering are not permitted.
Intel's project website has a mass of information on the new Wimax stack including source code package and firmware downloads.
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NoScript Flaw
Mozilla's script blocker add-on could be putting malware sites on the whitelist.
RIP SSLv3
The Internet community officially banishes the notoriously unsafe Secure Sockets Layer protocol.
Mate 1.1 Arrives
Popular desktop environment continues the Gnome 2 legacy – with new support for the Gnome 3 toolkit.
US Government Requires HTTPS
The Obama White House has issued a memorandum telling all US government agencies they must use HTTPS for all websites and web communication.
Mozilla Signs Firefox Add-Ons
New program will dial up security for the Firefox browser.
Fedora 22 Arrives
Red Hat's community distro embraces the cloud.
Code.org and College Board Team Reach Out for Talented High School Coders
New partnership will bring more and better CS training to US schools
A Peek Inside TeslaCrypt Ransomware
Criminals offer online help over Tor network
Mumblehard Still Spams
Sophisticated malware is still present on Joomla and WordPress sites around the world.
Launchpad Gets Git
Future versions of Ubuntu's code service will support the popular Git version control system used with Linux and other open source projects.


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Is there any way to issue a mysql statement to create a table without having to assign the number of columns? I am working with the MySQL C API for grabbing some variables and then storing them in a table. The issue that I am encountering is that I have to create the table (obviously) before inserting the variables into the table. These variables sometimes are structures (two, three or four variables into a single table), so I am looking for a way of not having to say:
CREATE TABLE Structures(ID varchar(10) primary key, name varchar(25))
but creating a table on where any number of columns can be inserted?
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When I start work on a new web application I tend to reach for the same tried & tested architecture of ASP.NET MVC, BLL (consisting of a set of services that contain all business logic) and a DAL (consisting of a set of repositories that facilitate the unit of work pattern over something like EF/*Linq to SQL*).
The controllers talk only to services, the services only to repositories and other services. At the service layer are where models are defined and these are used as input/output to/from the controllers.
My question is: what are others doing? I'm interested in knowing if people are doing anything different in the context of an ASP.NET MVC web application. For instance, there are concepts like CQRS and Domain Events. Is anyone using these to solve a problem with the method I've described above?
This question is mainly a source of attempting to discover what I don't know I don't know. I hope it's not too vague, but I think it's important to see what others are doing to evaluate your own methods.


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Billy M. Conyer, 87, of Decatur, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013, in Decatur Memorial Hospital with his loving wife by his side.
Billy was born May 10, 1926, in Decatur, the son of Murry and Oda Belle (Swank) Conyer. He proudly served his country in US Army Air Corps during World War II. He graduated from Decatur High Class of 1944. He received his bachelor's degree from Millikin University in 1950. He was previously employed as a CPA with Illinois Power retiring after forty-four years of service. He was a member of Riverside Baptist Church, life member of AICPA, TKE Fraternity where he served as historian, National Honor Society, The Royal Arcanum, and Boy Scouts of America where he was a Life Scout and Assistant Scout Master. He was an avid golfer and bowler. He married Pauline Abbott April 30, 1971.
Billy leaves behind his beloved wife Pauline, son Mark Conyer and wife Daniehl of Chatham, and grandchildren Brittany Ann, Corey, Liberty, Caitlin, Bryce, Logan, and Gavin.
Billy was reunited in Heaven with his parents and son David.
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Robert F. Martin, 84, of Warners, passed away Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Iroquois Nursing Home. He was born in Memphis and was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He worked for Allied Chemical Co. for 33 years and retired in 1986. Robert was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Survivors: his wife of 57 years, Katheryn V.; daughter, Dolores Martin of Baldwinsville; sons, Richard (Susan) Martin of Baldwinsville, James (Sandra) Martin of Memphis and John (Yvonne) Martin of Memphis; brother, Donald Martin of Cato; 10 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are 11:00am to 1:00pm Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Falardeau Funeral Home, 93 Downer St., Baldwinsville with a service to follow at 1:00pm. Burial will be at Kingdom Cemetery, Town of VanBuren.
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Need to know: CV cliches Why you can`t find a jobHF interviews
New York headquartered investment bank Moelis & Co. has poached Australia-based Rothschild Managing Director Colin Richardson, people familiar with the matter said Friday.
Mr. Richardson will join Moelis & Co.'s Sydney office in November as a Managing Director covering general mergers and acquisitions focusing on financial institutions and industrials, one of the people said.
His most recent deals include advising Challenger Infrastructure Fund on the sale of U.K. utility Inexus to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and the sale of its controlling stake in Antwerp-based LBC Tank Terminal Group to a consortium of pension funds.
Rothschild has been appointed to sell branded food producer Green's General Foods for Guinness Peat Group and Australia-listed investment group CVC Limited, a person familiar with the matter said.
Green's could fetch up to 100 million Australian dollars (US$100 million) from a sale process, which kicks off in July, the person said.
Its brands include Green's, which specializes in baking products, as well as Lowan Whole Foods, which specializes in oats, and Poppin Microwave Popcorn. It supplies private label products to Australia's supermarket titans Woolworths and Coles.
At least three investment banks are vying for a central role in digging zinc and copper miner Kagara Mining out of a hole, after the one-time stock market darling was placed in administration at the end of April.
Rothschild, Argonaut and Investec are seeking the mandate to provide financial advice to Kagara's administrators and weigh up options that include a restructuring, fresh injection of capital or sale of assets, two people familiar with the matter told Deal Journal Australia.
Submissions were due to be lodged with administrators Taylor Woodings earlier this month.
There's willing money in Europe, for the right assets.
Challenger Infrastructure Fund has sold its controlling stake in Antwerp-based LBC Tank Terminal Group to a consortium of pension funds for $277.8 million.
Dutch pension fund asset managers APG Algemene Pensioen Groep and PGGM, as well as several Australian superannuation investors advised by Access Capital Advisers and Baker & McKenzie, will buy CIF's 66.2% stake in the world's second-largest operator of tank storage facilities for liquid bulk chemical products.
Global advisory firm Rothschild has strengthened its team Down Under by appointing Duncan Wilmer Head of Real Estate for Australia and South East Asia.
Sydney-based Mr. Wilmer — a managing director — joins Rothschild Australia from Rothschild in the U.K.
"I am thrilled to be joining the team in Australia and leading the real estate initiative to build on the momentum that we have across Australia and South East Asia," Mr. Wilmer said in an emailed statement.
Just how busy were Australian investment bankers in January, February and March and were some busier than others?
Some US$19.6 billion deals were announced in the first quarter, a 16% drop from the US$23.2 billion notched up in the first quarter of 2011 and a 10% drop against the US$21.9 billion recorded in the quarter ended Dec. 31, according to Dealogic.
In announced transactions by target nation, Australia ranked ninth behind the likes of the U.S., China, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan and India. Leapfrogging Australia this quarter were Switzerland and Brazil.
This post has been updated.
Independent adviser Rothschild Friday appointed Garry Hounsell as Member to the Rothschild Australia Council of Advisors.
Currently a director of Qantas Airways, PanAust, Orica, Dulux and Nufarm, Mr. Hounsell is also a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and The Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Business Finance Consultant
United States - Last active: 21 hours ago - Tests: 8 - Portfolio: 1
My unique approach to financial management is designed to reveal both insights and opportunities. Building upon a background of National Account Management, Commercial Banking, Brokerage Services, and Senior-Level Financial Consulting, I draw upon a wealth of practical, first-hand experience to benefit clients in the ways that matter most: A broad-based understanding of business finance that achieves defined, sustainable goals. A common theme linking disparate industries at different stages of development and maturity comes courtesy of an understanding of the flow of every dollar, from sales to expense to operating income. Examined through a lens that is customized for every client and each business, and reflects their unique challenges and competitive advantages. The result is what I call Functional Financial Management. It's not merely the numbers, but the story inside the numbers. Customized, relevant, and with a practical utility that can be nothing short of game-changing. These are also the hallmarks of financial management guidance provided through Business Expedition Partners, the financial consulting firm I founded to offer clients around the world specialized financial consulting. From start-ups to mature companies, it is an honest, hard-working, unrelenting attention to detail that delivers results exceeding expectations. Top 5% Odesk Contractor!
Serbia - Last active: 21 hours ago - Tests: 11 - Portfolio: 17
Over the years I have developed myself and others in various business and leadership skills. My recent clients were family owned small businesses, but also Fortune 500 companies whose brands are in our homes wherever we might live at the moment. I studied and worked in several countries around the world - US, Switzerland, Middle East and Europe - in start-ups and operations management of multinationals. I consult and coach international clients mostly in business management and marketing. Am often writing or editing training or other manuals for them. Since Nov 2012. I am also the principal consultant for WiFi Austria Institute's 'HR Manager' course. This is 9 month course for which I also develop training material. My blog is No Panic Management and if you Google me you will find few more websites I made, with copies I wrote. My name is on first page of Google (when searching for it.) My objective is to work only on things I like, with people I like. They are professionals with integrity and attitude. It means they like and respect business, as well as others they work with. Do not work for companies who do not treat employees well. Ultimately I am looking for ways to help business grow and create jobs, whether it is mine or anyone else's company. That is a greater mission behind any ''small'' task I undertake. I take different jobs at my spare time, those I can do well, enjoy, and those that enhance my business experience while delivering result. Should you have a good business proposal or idea for me, I'd be happy to hear it. Am always welcoming new opportunities for business development and mutually beneficial partnerships.
United States - Last active: 21 hours ago - Tests: 6 - Portfolio: 21
Recognized top 5% oDesk contractors. I have the skills and experience necessary to complete any of the following jobs: complex research, writing, editing, basic websites, business consulting (online marketing strategies for small businesses) or other similar projects. One of my specialties is helping people develop well-written informational content that brings organic and natural traffic to their sites. I provide writing, editing and formatting services for online website content. [Note - if you are trying to view my actual website from my profile, I am in the process of changing hosting providers so my site is temporarily unavailable. As a result, some of the links in my odesk profile many not be working. Just ask if you need to see more work samples and I will get them to you.] I am fortunate to have a gift with writing and truly enjoy it. Over my lifetime I have met many people with brilliant ideas and thoughts who struggle with getting them into writing in a way that effectively conveys the message. I have a passion for helping people take their ideas and putting words on paper so that the ideas can be shared with others. There is a great sense of satisfaction that I get when a client tells me "that's exactly what I wanted to say!" Although I have not been formally hired as a writer until recently, I have an extensive writing history. I am conscientious and thorough in all that I do, often going above and beyond employer expectations. I have an inner passion for knowledge and answers. If I don't know something, want new information or want to learn how to do something, I do whatever is necessary to find the answers. My preferred jobs are advanced Research and Writing projects that require someone with great attention to detail and an analytical approach to finding information, not just "collecting data." {Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the data collection process, but typically simple research jobs don't pay equivalent to my experience & expertise.} Outside of freelance work as a writer, I provide business consulting, web design and online marketing services for small businesses, "from one small business owner, to another." As an entrepreneur who has been through the struggles of learning how to succeed when resources were limited, I understand what it is like to build a small business from the ground up. My formal training is in Psychology and this background gives me a unique perspective on the world of marketing and behavior. I have been a work-at-home mother since 2002 and absolutely love the freedom that being self employed provides. Let me be upfront - if you are looking for someone to work at "outsourcer rates" or to provide any work that is unethical or "black hat," then I am not that person. But if you are looking for a person who will provide HIGH QUALITY and ORIGINAL work, completed by someone with both an attention to detail and a creative mind, then that's me. I stand by all my work and won't work on anything that I wouldn't be proud to put my name on. As a business consultant, it is my job to Research and Find Solutions for my clients, as well as find information relevant for their business/industry. As a web/internet consultant, with knowledge of how content and keywords affect search engine results, I have a full understanding that there is "much more to be found" beyond the first Google results pages. On the educational level, I have a Master's Degree "plus" in Counseling Psychology from a school that was extremely research oriented, preparing students for Doctoral Programs. Not only did the regular coursework require routine research and report writing, but the program included completion of a Master's Thesis. I also have an undergraduate minor in statistics. Prior to becoming a freelancer, I have over twenty years of experience working with children in social and school settings. My specialty was working with children with emotional and learning disabilities. As the Director of a Youth Shelter, I also have experience supervising and managing teams. In 2002, after 20 years in the corporate world, working full time "plus," I made the decisision to change focus. With these New Priorities I started down the path of being a "work from home mother" (WAHM) and home business owner. "Enjoy Life Enterprises" is the umbrella for all of my entrepreneurial and freelance endeavors. Because I am completely self-employed, I have flexibility in the hours that I can provide, based upon what is required. I am located in the United States (North Carolina) and can be reached by email or if you are US based, we can talk by phone. I have also set up a Skype account if you are outside of the US.
Senior Global HR Consultant, Recruiter, Strategic Business Partner
United States - Last active: 10 days ago - Tests: 9 - Portfolio: 8
Please note before reading my profile: Do not hire me to do a professional job and then start limiting my ability to do it properly. I do not do anything halfway....I do it correctly or not at all. If you have time or financial constraints, these issues need to be communicated up-front. Thank you! A consummate Senior Global Human Resources Consultant and Recruiter with a proven track record of success. I am seeking a position where I can utilize my organizational & concentrated multi-tasking skills to provide value-added HR services to a company's ROI & success. If you are a small employer, have no HR presence on site, and are looking for a strong HR professional who can manage your entire HR function remotely, look no further! With an impeccable work ethic, all tasks get 110% effort, as I assume personal ownership & responsibility for the quality of the task(s). I am also a creative, analytical thinker and possess the ability to analyze each situation and use business sound judgment. I have a strong business acumen and am a self-starter, not dependent on others to give me day-to-day supervision on a project. A client can always trust that I will do what I say I can do--accountability & responsibility, among my strongest values. While you may find an HR professional who charges less per hour, you will not find anyone who will be as committed to assisting you with your HR needs as I, and each of my clients will attest that they get far more than they ever expect from me!
Business Plans, Pitch Decks, Start-up Consulting, Finance & Marketing
Canada - Last active: 1 day ago - Tests: 8 - Portfolio: 6
A strong business leader, I have 15 years of senior management experience with several Fortune 500 companies. In addition, I am a top performer and contractor for oDesk Enterprise Solutions and a recipient of the oDesk Top 10% Award. My expertise includes: -Business strategy/pitch decks -Business plans & proposals -Financial Forecasts, Analysis, Business Valuations -Marketing Strategy and Plans -Project Management & Six Sigma My objective is to build a consulting practice and deliver to you, the client, the best knowledge, expertise and results that our team has to offer. I am energetic, dedicated and will deliver 100% to each and every project. I look forward to the opportunity to work with you, sharing my expertise and making us both a success! Skills Summary: Business Strategy/Business Plans; Start-up consulting, Business Plans, Investor plans, Pitch decks, Market Research, Executive and Investor presentations Finance; Financial Budgeting and Forecasting, Business Plan Development and Financial Analysis, Margin, Income Statement & Balance Sheet Management, Month End Closing, Analytical Expertise, Audit and Internal Control, Marketing; Online Channel Management, Strategic Planning, Brand Development, Mass Media Strategy and Execution, Management of Direct Marketing and Telemarketing Channels, New Product Development, Market and Consumer Research, Retail Marketing, Marketing and Statistical Analysis Project Management: Recruitment, Business Process Development and Facilitation, Vendor Management, Team Management, Lean Six Sigma, Senior Project Management
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- Startup Consulting
- Strategic planning
- Business Proposal Writing
- Business Coaching
- Business Modeling
- Business Analysis
- Venture Capital Consulting
- Business intelligence
- Project management
- Financial analysis
- Market research
- Marketing strategy
- Six Sigma
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India - Last active: 1 month ago - Tests: 2 - Portfolio: 5
Need high-impact results for your business? I'm a Marketing specialist who help drive your online marketing, increase sales and bring innovative strategies to elevate your company to new levels of success. I posses 14+ years of experience in online marketing and business strategy development. Areas of expertise: 1. Demand analysis and ideation 2. Content strategy, planning and execution 3. Email marketing and funnel optimization 4. Website conversion optimization
- Business Coaching
- Internet Marketing
- Marketing strategy
- Direct marketing
- B2B Marketing
- Viral marketing
- Inbound marketing
- Email Marketing
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Project Management, and Service Management,
Cyprus - Last active: 3 months ago - Tests: 7 - Portfolio: 4
Demonstrable skills and experience in both Enterprise and SME (MSP Clients) Project and Programme Management, based on the principles and methodologies of industry standards such as PRINCE 2 and PMP. With further demonstrable experience of managing teams in excess of 30 members including local hire and remote resources, together with all aspects of annual performance appraisals, and contractor negotiation, with an excellent understanding of the latest ITIL methodologies for ITSM. This specific experience has been gained from over 10 years of managing distributed teams and environments across multiple time zones and cultural forums, through Application and Infrastructure Support and Project and Change Management to have a complete understanding of the both SDLC and ITSM and how to make them successfully coexist. I have developed and managed enterprise grad SLA's, OLA's, UC's and KPI's framework, for both internal IT staff and external supplier resources to meet with industry and global regulatory requirements. Responsible for ALL Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) reporting and owner of ALL SOX controls for UK. I have a professional, adaptable, and competent approach to both Resource and Stakeholder management. I am more than comfortable with working in an integrated IT environment or as a consultant. I have a strong mix of corporate enterprise, SME and entrepreneurial experience, and to expand on that, my experience has afforded me the ability to learn the complex matrix management structures and business models which predominantly gained within Global Financial Services Industries (Investment Banking and Global, Corporate and Specialty Insurance). Where conversely some of my most recent and earlier career experience was based in one of the most competitive customer service industries, and to achieve success in this, I had to be flexible to market conditions, so that I could maintain strategic focus so as to continually meet my financial targets. The combination of my career experience has provided me with the opportunities of working in USA, Belgium, France, Spain, Gibraltar, Abu Dhabi and secondments to Brazil, Mexico and APAC, for projects that I was either managing or transferring to local piers and latterly I had responsibilities for USA, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Denmark. I am confident that I have a strong comprehension of global business environments and managing diverse IT Departments across a multicultural platform. I feel that I am confident and excellent communicator and am completely at ease with interacting and influencing piers, partners, subordinates and executive management, both internally and externally to my working environment. Throughout my career, I have remained technically competent, complemented by my training and experience with Prince 2 and ITIL methodologies. I am a strong communicator, who is confident and experienced in influencing business and IT stakeholders-up to and including-CIO/Managing Director Level.
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Recruitment Manager and Project/Pipeline Manager
Philippines - Last active: 21 hours ago - Tests: 7
Over the last 10 years, I have extensive experience in recruitment, human resources management, employee relations, training and development, compensation and benefits, and organizational development. Have successfully hired several IT and non-IT practitioners (Developer and Support for Java, C++, RPG, Cobol, Cognos, SAP [FICO, SD, MM, HR, PP], etc.; IT Administrators i.e., Network, Systems, Dialer, Cognos, Sharepoint, SAP Basis, etc.; QA/Testers; Business Analysts; Project Managers; IT Managers; Development Managers; QA/Test Managers; Engineering, Manufacturing, Banking/Finance, Operations, Auditors, Sales/Marketing, BPO/Call Center Executives, etc.) Five years of my HR experience have been into online/freelance work through oDesk. I also manage a recruitment/HR team, handling the training of the new hires and promoted employees, employee relations, compensation and benefits, and organizational development. I also have more than 5 years of experience in administrative work; more than 3 years experience in sales/customer service; almost 8 years experience in handling operations management; and 16 years experience in data entry and transcription.
Angel/Equity Investor Business Plan, Market Research
India - Last active: 2 days ago - Tests: 12 - Portfolio: 8
I Sivaramakrishnan working as a Consultant & Researcher have 4 years of experience in creating market research reports, business plans marketing plans, strategy documents, competition analysis report, financial projections etc. I have worked with clients from a gamut of sectors including IT, Healthcare, FMCG, e-commerce, Education, OTC , Hospitality, Retail and Real estate, both from India and worldwide. I pride myself in providing a customized approach to the preparation of business plans and research reports which has benefited a number of entrepreneurs in new product launches, raising capital, determining USP, effectively reaching target segments, streamlining operations and devising marketing/financial strategies.
Agile Project Manager | Certified Scrum Master | UI Wireframe Expert
Bulgaria - Last active: 21 hours ago - Tests: 7
Senior Project Manager with 13+ years experience - direction, coordination, implementation, execution, quality control and completion of web projects. Agile Project Manager / Certified ScrumMaster / Accredited Kanban Practitioner. Agile Coach. Jira Admin Expert & Trainer. Axure wireframing expert. Reliable agile professional with 5000+ hours at odesk and perfect feedbacks, I have experience in the full cycle of project management, including but not limited to: - clients communication, requirements gathering, proposal building - software architect / UI designer / wireframing: hotgloo, balsamiq and axure - project documentation building - functional specifications, diagrams etc. - programming teams management and supervising - onsite and offsite - design teams management and supervising - onsite and offsite - quality assurance teams management; high level quality assurance by myself; browsers compatibilities experience - building company standards, methodologies and practices - basic PHP / MySQL / HTML / CSS skills. I have been a successful PHP programmer in the beginning of my carrier. - experience with different project management and issues/bugs management softwares and online tools - defining goals, managing team time and staying within the budget; monitoring and analyzing progress; business management - project management methodologies / practices: Waterfall, Iterative Waterfall, Agile / Scrum / Kanban / Scrumban, Continuous Integration I hold Master of Science in Computer Sciences. I have excellent English, which I have studied in Florida State University. I also know French and some Russian. 60+ perfect feedbacks prove the quality of my work. They can be shown on request.


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We Were Evergreen, Pulled Apart By Horses and San Fermin all play The Portland Arms
Posted: April 28, 2014|
The Portland Arms in Cambridge is getting some seriously good names in at the moment.
Thanks to Green Mind promoters next week we'll be waxing lyrical about Aussie singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett, the ethereal Scott Matthews and the almost other worldly Wolf Alice, but this week we're still spoilt for choice.
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We Were Evergreen
The Guardian called Parisian electro-pop trio We Were Evergreen "cute as hell," and more than a little twee, adding: "Their music is maddeningly pleasant and obscenely nice." If that's the only criticism, then the band don't have too much to fret about. Made up of Michael Liot, Fabienne Débarre and William Serfass, the three met at the esteemed Conservatoire de Musique and between them play more instruments than you can fit in your average tour van; including banjo, charango (it's new to us too), ukulele, toy piano, synths, kazoo and glockenspiel. We rather like them, they've got a whole lot of jauntiness going on.
- Thursday, May 1 at 7.30pm. Tickets £8.
Pulled Apart By Horses
They've supported the likes of Muse and Biffy Clyro and play some serious alt-rock to thrash around to. With frontman James Brown on lead guitar, Robert John Lee on bass and backing vocals, and Lee Vincent on drums and percussion, the Leeds rockers should have you leaping about frantically.
- Tuesday, May 6 at 7.30pm. Tickets £10.
San Fermin
Devised by Brooklyn composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone (his real name, so we're told), San Fermin are an eight-member live outfit playing tracks from an album that Yale graduate Ellis wrote, without knowing which musicians would ever go on to play it (and the line-up still shifts about). An interesting bunch, they employ trumpets, drums, high pitched vocals and hipster sensibilities but they're most at home playing live.
- Thursday, May 8 at 7.30pm. Tickets £9.
All tickets available from greenmind.co.uk.