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"In 2006 and early 2007, the industry, many analysts and market observers were generally not predicting a downturn in the housing and credit markets to the magnitude of what has since emerged, and outlooks for particular market segments at that time varied significantly."
-Fannie Mae chief Daniel H. Mudd
That is the excuse given by Fannie Mae CEO Daniel Mudd as to why the GSE bought into so much ruinous paper (and at the peak of the market to boot).
One would imagine that the people running the biggest purchaser of mortgages in the world would have their own independent expert view, would understand housing, and might be familiar with the real estate cycles in the United States.
One would be wrong.
I find it amusing that some lying liars argue that the Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) were "forced" to purchase sketchy mortgages by some government HUD or CRA mandate. As the Washington Post reveals, that turns out to be completely false.
Rather, it was a mad grab for growth that sent Fannie into the arms of
the most risky mortgages.
Fannie was supposed to be buying mortgages and then securitizing them itself. Instead, Fannie Mae thought itself a large hedge fund, and was investing in RMBS and derivatives packaged by others. According to regulatory data, as far back as 2002, Fannie Mae had invested in "tens of billions of dollars of such securities."
The risk reach by Fannie is detailed in a number of the internal Fannie memos that describes this as part of their growth oriented business model:
In January 2007, as years of loose mortgage lending were about to send the nation's housing market into devastating decline, Fannie Mae chief executive Daniel H. Mudd wrote a confidential memo to his board.
Discussing the company's successes, Mudd said one of Fannie Mae's achievements in 2006 was expanding its involvement in the market for subprime and other nontraditional mortgages. He called it a step "toward optimizing our business."
A month later, Fannie Mae outlined plans to further expand its activities in the subprime market. The company recognized the already weak performance of subprime loans but predicted that they would get better in 2007, according to another Fannie Mae document.
Internal documents show that even late in the housing bubble, Fannie Mae was drawn to risky loans by a variety of temptations, including the desire to increase its market share and fulfill government quotas for the support of low-income borrowers.
One last factor: WaPo adds that during the housing boom years, Fannie was "distracted by an accounting scandal and its fallout. For much of 2006, the company was focused on a continuing effort to correct years of false financial reports, a massive project that cost more than $1 billion and ultimately revealed that Fannie Mae had overstated past profits by $6.3 billion."
I didn't think companies could overstate REVENUES by more than six billion dollars, and these clowns were overstating profits by that amount. (Why aren't a lot of people in jail over this?)
There's more at WaPo…
William Ackman on Fannie & Freddie (July 2008)
Even More Writedowns Coming (July 2008)
Fannie's Perilous Pursuit of Subprime Loans
David S. Hilzenrath
Washington Post, August 19, 2008; Page D01
Category: Bailouts, Corporate Management, Credit, Legal, Real Estate, Valuation
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Why aren't more people involved in the corporate/governmental crime spree in jail over all of it? The criminality is conducted broadly, brazenly, and in open daylight.
Criminality has become our culture.
Must read article, nice post:
Unfnbelievable, these guys rewarded themselves and their employees with gifts and parties for fixing a major error (errr fraud) that occured previously.
"Mudd promised his employees a celebration when the restatement was done, and he delivered. In December 2006, the company threw a holiday bash at a Washington hotel with entertainment by Earth, Wind & Fire, the '70s group known for such hits as "Boogie Wonderland" and "Fantasy."
"I hope you had a fantastic time at the holiday party. I sure did. And my feet still hurt. Thank you for making the party a blowout,"
'Distracted' — good old WaPo. Yes, the poor itty bitty widdle managers of a 5 trillion dollar corporations, were distracted by a 'scandal' that just came up out of nowhere, motivated by politcal elements in the opposition corporation (the evil am einnaf) who used scurrilous slurs of corporate mis-management because they hate the freedom of Fanni Mae and loathe their close relationship with the almighty. Yes that's right folks accounting 'scandals' are just 'distractions', one of the burdens of corporate management, the cross they have to bear. They are not responsible for these 'scandals' and have no recourse, being the fine upstanding citizens of stupendous moral fiber we know them to be, but to dilligently respond to these baseless, and meaningless attacks designed to undermine our faith in freedom, God, and Glory of the American Economy. We call on all loyal american citizens to stand by these titans of industry, these leading lights of liberty, in their moment of tremendous challenge and hardship. Please call 1-800-we-love-u and donate whatever cash you have to help them through their time of need. Or if you have no cash to donate, a pledge of a lifetime subscription to WaPo will be accepted as proof that you are a true and loyal citizen of Corporation USA.
America — where no one is responsible and everyone gives until it kills em
The definition of a columnist is a writer who puts the details in context. That's what the site has allowed you to become, an influential columnist. No one could have made sense of Enron without Floyd Norris even though there were very good reporters on the story.
The Mudd piece was significant because you pierced that self-serving defensive statement with a stunningly simple but trenchant point. Who cares what anyone else thought at the time? What was their analysis? In the process, you revealed the most damning thing about the GSEs is their ambition. Not content with their license to print money, the GSEs were run by people with ambitions to compete and surpass institutions working without a safety net.
Unlike the big funds, you showed that Mudd had no secret sauce. He didn't have strategy or model or data set that distinguished his firm. Whether they succeed of fail, we allow hedge funds because we think creativity and risk balance each other out. But it would appear that Mudd wanted the benefits without doing the creative work or taking the risk. All he had was the cheaper borrowing costs of the guarantee.
The other nagging issue is what about Fannie Mae encourages this kind of recklessness and fraud. They mention the accounting scandal (wasn't the problem with Raines that he was doing cookie jar accounting and managing earnings?) and it reminds you that the place seems to have been structured to generate some kind of fraud. Maybe there's something in the building.
I've gotten off my point. What a great columnist does is raise questions that drive the news cycle. You're just on the verge of having that kind of influence.
Barry: Only the "little people" (and the folks from Enron) go to prison. You should know that by now!
Hmmm the Primus song 'My name is mud' kind of fits here…
My name is mud
Not to be confused with bill or jack or pete or dennis
My name is mud and its always been
cause Im the most boring sons-a-bitch youve ever seen
I dress in blue-yes navy blue
From head to toe Im rather drab except my patent shoes
I make em shine, well most the time
cept today my feet are troddin on by this friend of mine
Six foort two and rude as hell
I got to get him in the ground before he starts to smell
My name is mud
My name is mud, but call me alowishus devadander abercrombie
Thats long for mud so Ive been told
Told that by this sonsabitch that lies before me bloated blue and cold
Ive got my pride, I drink my wine
Id drink the finest except I havent earned a dime in several months
Or were it years
The breath on that fat bastard could bring any man to tears
We had our words, a common spat
So I kissed him upside the cranium with an aluminum baseball bat
My name is mud
Who is buying FRE and FNM today? They are either idiots or they have the assurance from Paulson that he will come in with another bail out.
No sane money manager would be buying these stocks without some hint that there is a way out.
I think Attorney General Muskasey succinctly reflected the current regulatory climate—
"Not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime," he said. In any case, the wrongdoers have been punished, he claimed, by "substantial negative publicity."
Tom – there are idiots every day who will buy FRE FNM and LEH.
Interesting discussion this morning with Gary Kaminsky and Bob Doll on CNBC. Kernen was out so Becky Q let them talk and they were very bearish on retail and commercial RE in particular.
What is the play book here. When Paulson finally realizes his only option is to wipe out the shareholders of FRE and FNM who will benefit from the taxpayer bailing out the bond holders?
Are the usual characters going to run on the pronouncement that the financial are saved (MER, GS, MS, LEH, etc)?
Getting interviewed by aging pom-pom girl Mario Bartiromo is only punishment to the viewing public.
What utter horsecrap! My cat could see that the path the housing market and the credit markets were one were unsustainable. Many people were accurately, thoughtfully spelling out this as well. For those claiming in one manner or another they couldn't have known, they are committing the most egregious personal and professional suicide of their character possible. For that alone, they need time behind bars, all of them.
Don't a lot of foriegners own bonds in these? I heard that's why Bush administration didn't let it fail. That who will probably benefit the most.
Who's buying 'em? I guess people who think this is a 1991 re-run.
I dunno, maybe at some point – 50 cents or below – I'd almost be compelled to take a swing, using pure risk capital, at one of them as a call option on the notion that someone, somewhere, somehow in this trainwreck eventually does something non-stupid.
I know it's a stretch…
primus sucks
It's so sad that all this corruption is destroying your country. Russia is saying FO and there is nothing that can be done. The rest of the world is catching up and taking over. Why can't America get it's act together? Perhaps all the smart people are just concerned with making money. And look where that got you? The defecits, the entitlements, the negative savings rates etc are destroying your country. What does it take to find some leadership, as opposed to party politicians? America's problem is instant gratification and it doesn't save enough. Are there no leaders out there who can stand up and tell the country the facts of life. And that I don't care if I get re-elected? Does nobody truly care anymore for the future of your country? Where are the solutions?
Life here on the beach in Bali seems pretty good, long cash, short financials and prepared for the worst.
But I sure as hell don't get why such a great country, for which I have tremendous respect and family ties just seems unable to get its act together.
What gives?
Quell the commentary, Barry!
Mudd's words and actions remind me of Chuck Prince's "as long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance" spiel. How will Mudd make out? Probably like a bandit, just like Prince, O'Neal and Tangelo.
quote – "According to regulatory data, as far back as 2002, Fannie Mae had invested in "tens of billions of dollars of such securities."
Thats All? Outta $2.5 Trillion?
Minimum margin call folks.
"Please call 1-800-we-love-u and donate whatever cash you have to help them through their time of need"
You, me and foreigners ALREADY HAVE.
In the words of George Bailey "come on your money's in Joes house". "Potters not selling – He's buying"
and the MSM and CNBC are Potters henchmen
There is trouble in many the bank books. Don't fall for this … as is!
Mike J: I think Mudd's plan is to meet Prince, O'Neil and the Tan Man on the beach somewhere akin to the final scene in "Shawshank Redemption". Prince will be working on the boat, O'Neil will be body surfing, and Tan Man will be working on his tan when Mudd strolls up with a big grin on his face (and bag of money).
Here's how it works:
The president says we need to inspire confidence in our markets. The need for Justice implies crime, and crime destroys confidence in our markets.
Any questions?
Went to a State of a City Address last night. Seems an enterprising individual bought up over 100 acres of land around an interstate exit at $5K an acre and now is offering city option to buy at $22K each (for the plot). All fair in business as usual. I'm sure a tax shelter is in the plan.
Agree on the substance and defer on details as I would have written it ?
Enough with the contradictions in the USA, where they are good universities very good people and sub par politicians unable to read Machiavel without making a cartoon out of it, consuming not only its financial credit but the most important its credence.
Enough with the cult of money « before alles! » , enough with the self indulgence , and no I am not in Bali and no I do not short financials as they are too slim (à vaincre sans péril on triomphe sans gloire)
But yes I remember « It is not how you fall but how you stand up « !
I didn't think companies could overstate REVENUES by more than six billion dollars, and these clowns were overstating profits by that amount. (Why aren't a lot of people in jail over this?)
BR: I love it when you come around to my way of thinking! From 11 July 2008:
Some people are discussing these financial issues as if they were a random black swan event. But that's incorrect; these events are the result of a long series of missteps in central banking, government actions, corporate errors, and risk mismanagement
I think you've described the situation exactly right. Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac went out of their way to staff their executive suites with people with government and political connections rather than people who knew the business well – a pretty clear indication that they thought those kinds of connections that can influence how regulations get set and enforced mattered more than running a viable business.
The truth is that doing so paid off for a while, so successfully that they thought the rules they had rewritten at their direction would protect them from the risk of backing loans of ever worsening quality. And now, they're using the same connections to try to get out of the hole they dug for themselves.
I can't say whether either GSE is too big to fail, and should be bailed out by the federal government. But I do think that a reasonable trade to make in return for the government bailing one or both of them out is for those most politically connected in the executive suites of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac to serve some quality time in a different kind of federal institution.
Good thing that monkey Chris Cox & Co. made all that evil-doing shorting more difficult. Now we get to observe stocks plummet straight to ZERO and not stop or bounce because of short covering.
We hear a lot about Freddie and Fannie, but what about Ginnie? She couldn't be the prudent wallflower at dance, could she?
Tom said:
"What is the play book here. When Paulson finally realizes his only option is to wipe out the shareholders of FRE and FNM who will benefit from the taxpayer bailing out the bond holders?
Are the usual characters going to run on the pronouncement that the financial are saved (MER, GS, MS, LEH, etc)?"
Yes. The playbook here says sit tight, hold lots of cash, wait for the inevitable bounce/short squeeze to develop and then get short the financials again. Repeat until September.
Why aren't more people involved in the corporate/governmental crime spree in jail over all of it? The criminality is conducted broadly, brazenly, and in open daylight.
Criminality has become our culture.
Posted by: Marcus Aurelius | Aug 20, 2008 9:12:29 AM
Bravo and exact…
Loud Golf Clap to you sir…
The current administration is not interested in pursuing criminal activities in the corporate world. Back when the Enron fiasco was occurring, all stops should have been pulled out to prosecute any type of fraud in business. How can any Republican have a good conscience after all of this? How can any legitimate business operate successfully against these odds?
Bernie Ebbers – 25 years in prison.
Harold Raines – Not even a trial.
And whose fraud was larger? Not WCOM!
And Raines and Co. manipulated earnings to increase bonuses and line their pockets.
Not even a trial…He should be in jail.
I remember hearing about how F & F were acquiring all these MBS's back in when?? Jan Feb March??. I remember thinking how nice for the Hedge Funds broker dealer's etc stuck with all that sub-prime rubbish on their books.
The rational was that it was their job to buy it and how nice it was to have a simple situation were all the problems were in one place. I think it was clear even at that time that ultimately the tax payer would be liable for the bad debts.
I would not be surprised if looking back this event turns out to be the defining point of the ten's or naughts, or whatever you want to call this decade.
This is why F&F should never have been allowed to become shareholder owned. In the private sector there is always this desperate reach for more profit and the associated higher bonuses. Free market forces is the slightly less ugly sister of greed and selfishness, and the results of letting F&F be shareholder owned were predictable. Their leadership abandoned its responsibility to the public, in pursuit of more money for themselves.
No matter what we do, the people of this country are going to pay bigtime for this. It may come in form of loss of home values, or higher interest rates for home loans, or serious losses in pensionfunds, or a deep ressession, or direct government bailouts, or all of the above. Lets hope the voters learn their lesson and stop electing people who don't believe in government to run their government.
F&F is a great idea if it is done right and shielded from the greed and shortsightetness of private market forces. They should be non-profit and government owned so the implicit guarantee of their bonds becomes explicit. They should by law, only be allowed to purchase mortgages, and only those that live up to a very stringent set of criteria (basically the 80% LTV and documented income criteria of the old days). This would allow homeownership at a low interest rate to those that can afford it – a win-win for everybody except the leaches that hate it when government prevent them from sucking on other people. However there will be pleanty of money left for the leaches to make on loans for the remaining 20% of the price (to those people who don't believe in delayed gratification) and to people who cannot afford the house they want to purchase. But that part of the market should never be guaranteed, backstopped, subsidized, helped, bailed out, or taken over by the government. If they want the profit they must take the risk and its consequences.
Tom said:
"What is the play book here. When Paulson finally realizes his only option is to wipe out the shareholders of FRE and FNM who will benefit from the taxpayer bailing out the bond holders?"
Been thinking about this a little bit today.
There are a bazillion ways to be short, of course.
My best long idea is NLY. They borrow at margin rates to buy GSE paper.
"Why aren't more people involved in the corporate/governmental crime spree in jail over all of it? "
We are all big business republicans.
Last evening, we asked what are the costs and consequences, as well as the market reaction to, the imminent bailout of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE). Your responses were inspired and informative. (For a brief history of the GSEs, see this earl…


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North Bay rail officials may be softening their stance on when to transfer title for a proposed Santa Rosa food and wine center and transit village site to developers, who insist they need title to get financing.
"We may be moving closer to seeing eye to eye on title transfer issues," said John Nemeth, the rail planning manager for the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit agency. "But we are still looking for strong protection so we have recourse if the developer doesn't perform."
SMART owns 5? acres in Railroad Square where plans include a $150 million transit hub, food-and-wine center and mix of low-income and market-rate housing.
Michael Dieden of Creating Housing Associates, the Los Angeles developer selected for the project, told SMART's real estate committee Wednesday that getting title early in the process is necessary to get financing for the project.
Dieden is proposing to bring in the John Stewart Co. of San Francisco, which would provide between $2 million and $3 million for engineering, planning and further environmental studies.
Under the current agreement, SMART will not transfer title to Dieden until financing has been secured, all city approvals have been obtained and a construction contract executed.
SMART officials say that provides protection for the agency, ensuring that it gets the project it wants and in a timely manner.
Stewart, who is developing a $50 million live-work project in an adjacent Railroad Square warehouse, is proposing that title be transferred after the project is approved by the Santa Rosa Planning Commission.
"That would give us some security that we don't get so far down the track and then somebody changes their mind," Stewart said.
If the project gets planning commission approval by the end of this year, the developers could then get the title, which Stewart said is a requirement for the developers' group, the New Railroad Square LLC, to apply for New Market Tax Credits, a federal program that gives incentives for developments in low-income areas.

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CAIRO — After Egypt's Islamist president vowed action against opponents, the nation's top prosecutor on Monday issued arrest warrants against five prominent activists over clashes between the Muslim Brotherhood and protesters.
The warrants heightened the latest in a series of crises plaguing this nation of about 90 million since the ouster of autocrat Hosni Mubarak's ouster.
Rights activists and the opposition warned the warrants could mark the opening of an intimidation campaign against their ranks by President Mohamed Morsy and the Brotherhood, through the prosecutor. They accused the prosecutor — handpicked by Morsy late last year — saying he has ignored Morsy supporters' violence against protesters and moved quickly against opposition figures.
"We are extremely worried," said Khaled Dawoud, a spokesman for the main opposition coalition, the National Salvation Front. "We feel threatened, and we expect the worst," he said.
Egypt's ongoing tug of war pits Morsy, a Brotherhood veteran, and his Islamist allies in one camp against a mostly secular and liberal opposition backed by moderate Muslims, minority Christians and a large segment of women in the other.
The opposition charges that Morsy and the Brotherhood failed to tackle any of the nation's most pressing problems and are trying to monopolize power. Morsy blames the country's woes on nearly three decades of corruption under his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, and accuses the opposition of stoking unrest.
Clashes on Friday outside the Brotherhood's headquarters were the worst in more than three months.
The violence was rooted in an incident a week earlier, when Brotherhood members slapped a woman to the ground and beat up other activists who were spray-painting graffiti against the group outside its headquarters, in an eastern district of Cairo. Several reporters at the scene were attacked, and the Brotherhood said they were part of the protest.
In response, anti-Brotherhood activists called for a protest there Friday to "restore dignity." Both sides brought out hundreds of supporters.
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2012-11-20 08:47 ET - News Release
Mr. Ronald Thiessen reports
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.'s Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) has appointed Dan Easton as vice-president of environment to lead the Pebble project's environmental program, including permitting and environmental studies.
Dan Easton is a civil engineer with 30 years of experience working on environmental compliance and regulatory oversight in Alaska. His background includes 13 years at the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) permitting agency, where he supervised four major operating divisions implementing waste water discharge and air quality permitting, as well as all state environmental programs, including spill prevention and response, drinking water, solid waste management, and environmental health. Mr. Easton also founded Easton Environmental, a successful consulting environmental engineering company where he worked on projects including remediation of Prince William Sound shorelines after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. For several years, he owned and operated a commercial fishing vessel and participated in Southern Alaska's longline groundfish fishery.
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President and CEO Ron Thiessen commented, "Dan's extensive involvement in state-wide permitting programs and understanding of Alaskan environments make him the natural choice for Vice President of Environment. As the Pebble Partnership continues to methodically advance a development plan that will protect fisheries and water quality, Dan's leadership and expertise will help ensure that mitigation strategies for the Pebble Project are scientifically sound and sufficient before going through the rigorous environmental permitting and regulatory requirements of state and federal agencies."


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David Hayward jangles his Windows 8 Charm bracelet, and comes up with many a bad Charm-related pun
Of the many features paraded about with the release of Windows 8, one that was supposed to have had a significant amount of attention, but was overshadowed by the new UI, was the universal toolbar, dubbed the Charm Bar or Charms (and so-named because it resembles the trinkets on a charm bracelet). Really, who comes up with these things?
Twinned with these Charms, are the side-bar, and other informational pop-ups, that appear as an overlay on the right-side of the screen, or along the bottom. Together they can be thought of as Microsoft's attempt to create some kind of menu system, by way of replacement for the now-absent Start Menu so essential to previous versions of Windows. The aim is to provide you with quick access to several commonly used features, and shortcuts to other areas of the system that, on the face of it, are generally hidden from normal view.
Charmed, I'm sure
We can access the Charms by pressing the Windows key + C. This will bring up a menu along the right-hand of the screen, and an informational box towards the bottom left, which will display the time, date, battery power and network strength, depending on whether you're using a laptop/tablet, or not.
The right-hand bar contains the actual Charms themselves, which are: a Search function, Share, Start, Devices and Settings. Let's have a look at each one in turn.
The Search Charm, when clicked, will bring up an extended UI-based desktop, based on your default UI look and feel. It will list all the available Windows 8 Store Apps, and installed programs by default in the main side of the desktop, and along the right-hand side, another Charm (which isn't a Charm, but Microsoft still call it one for the time being) containing a search box, Apps, Settings and Files, followed by a list of the Windows 8 Store-based apps (again).
Start typing into the search box and the Charm will dynamically offer results in the left-hand main part of the desktop. These results are, by default, based on the installed Apps and programs as represented by the Apps icon under the search box. So, if you start to type 's', all the available programs and Apps that begin with that letter will appear. You'll also see a value next to the Apps, Settings and Files icons indicating the number of found items beginning with the letter 's'. In the case of the attached screenshot, Fig 1, typing in 's' has revealed 11 Apps, 314 Settings and 0 Files from our test machine.
Clicking on the Settings icon, below Apps, will reveal the aforementioned 314 items that either beginning with, or containing 's' In the case of the Settings icon, we can fine tune the search Charm to display any setting that has something to do with Users, for example – which, when typed in, displays 18 results.
Just invoking the Charms, and clicking on Share will display the following message: 'There's nothing to share at the moment. Select an App and try again'. Which is, at least, semi-helpful. Basically, the Share Charm works along the lines of similar functions you find on smartphones or tablets. For instance, if you open up the Internet Explorer 10 App, from the UI, and navigate to a particular page, then call up the Charms and click Share, you'll end up with a list on the right-hand side that contains all the available methods by which you can share that particular website. Mail and People are always the first, until you install more social media/networking applications, such as Twitter, Facebook or Outlook.
This makes sense when one sees Windows 8 is a tablet-centric operating system of sorts but, unfortunately, you can't share anything from the desktop. Share will only work with Apps from the Windows 8 Store at present, so that Word document you've just typed out will have to be sent in the traditional manner. Whether or not it will remain that way is currently unknown, but it depends on how many people demand it of Microsoft.
In the grand scheme of things, this next Charm is actually pretty dull. The Start Charm will, when clicked, launch the Desktop from the new UI. Or, when in the Desktop view, bring you back to the new UI.
The Devices Charm allows you to send information from the Windows 8 Store Apps to any of the devices you have installed on your system. For example, opening the Maps App, calling up the Charms and clicking on Devices will open up a right-hand bar listing all the available printers, second monitors, projectors, Office One Note, Microsoft XPS Writer and anything else that can be classed as some kind of output device.
At the moment that's all it will do, but there is talk of extending the Charm Devices function in the future to include sending to an Xbox, Windows 8 Phone, Windows 8 Tablet and so on; including sending items from the Windows 8 Store to other Windows 8 devices.
The final item on the Charm Bar is Settings, the location of the reboot and shutdown functions of Windows 8. There is a little more to it than that, though. Obviously, being called Settings, you'll find most back-end options Windows 8 has to offer. Items such as Network configuration, Volume, Brightness, Notifications and the Keyboard layout are all available via the icons from the Settings Charm.
But, in addition, you can also turn the Administrative Tiles - a batch of tiles that would otherwise have to be accessed from the Control Panel - on or off, call up Windows Help, access the support site or enter the PC Settings page. There, you can tinker with the Users, Personalisation, Privacy, HomeGroup and all sorts of other wonderful elements designed to help a novice comprehensively break their machine.
Lucky Charms?
So there you have it, an introduction to the Microsoft's Charms, or more accurately, Windows 8 Charms. Seriously, though, if Microsoft do extend the usefulness of the Charms, they will eventually come into their own and provide a nice method of sharing, accessing and sending information from one device to another, or to any number of people who you know and share information with. For now though, they are another aspect of Windows 8 that users have to train themselves to become aware of. It's not all that hard and, as with most new things within Windows 8, it just takes a few minutes of your time to get used to them.


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Merit Promotion Plan
Section A - Responsibilities
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|Service Enhancement Responsibilities
MRP Human Resources, Service Enhancement staffs:
|Servicing Personnel Office
|A servicing personnel office (SPO) is any office that has delegated authority to conduct merit promotion activities. The SPO has many merit promotion responsibilities, including recruitment, candidate evaluation, maintaining merit promotion files, and providing information to employees. The SPO's responsibilities are grouped and detailed in the tables below.
|Manager's and Supervisors' Responsibilities
The following is a summary of managers' and supervisors' responsibilities in implementing the Merit Promotion Plan.
|Employees' Responsibilities
When you apply for vacancies under the merit promotion process, you are expected to fulfill certain responsibilities:
|Employees Need to Know
You are entitled to discuss your career plans periodically with your supervisor and ask for guidance on how to improve chances for future promotions. You may apply for any other jobs in which you are interested.
When you apply for other positions, you are entitled to know:
You are not entitled to:
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Authorities never discovered who cut the throat of this pit bull mix, Charlie, and left him to die near African Safari Wildlife Park in May.
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Island Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary CEO Nancy Benevento-Brown claims Ottawa County Humane Officer Denny Hammond is harassing her and the sanctuary as a result of the rescue of a dog in May.
At issue, Benevento-Brown said, is an email that ISHAS sent out to help raise funds when a dog found in Danbury Township in May was slated to come to ISHAS.
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Click here to see the Bachelor in Science in Nursing section of the 2013-2014 JCHS Catalog.
The RN to BSN Track is designed to provide registered nurses the opportunity to obtain a bachelor of science degree in nursing in preparation for professional leadership and career enhancement. Admitted students are provided with a faculty advisor who will help them develop a plan of study that is based on their individual transcripts. This distance learning program builds upon previous education and experiences of registered nurses and features personalized advisement, support and convenient course scheduling. This allows RN students to continue to work while they pursue their educational objectives. Most RN to BSN students shorten their plan of study by transferring prerequisite and elective courses from other accredited colleges and universities, challenging courses, holding a nursing certification, and/or through prior learning assessments. JCHS awards advanced placement credits to RNs once their foundational knowledge has been verified through satisfactory performance in specified upper division nursing courses. Students must complete 40 credit hours at JCHS. Although most RN to BSN students work full-time and choose to take classes on a part-time basis, some students opt to be full-time students. All students must complete the program of study within five years of beginning upper division nursing courses.
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@selenagomez: I'm not sure I can express what kind of woman she is, all I can say is she changed my life completely. Happy Mother's Day. I love you momma.
Selena Gomez has reportedly parted ways with her mother Mandy and stepfather Brian Teefey as her managers.
According to the source, Gomez is currently looking at her options. Katy Perry's manager Bradford Cobb and Scooter Braun are being considered as possible replacement for her parents.
The professional breakup news comes on the same day that Gomez left Miami after reuniting with Justin Bieber. Gomez was spotted at the Miami airport on Thursday making her way through a terminal to catch a flight back to L.A.
A source from TMZ told Selena feels she's outgrown her parents. She believes she's now old enough — and famous enough — to have a seasoned professional manager with other A-list clients.
Selena has argued plenty with her parents over the direction of her career — not to mention over dating Justin Bieber — but we're told family friction was NOT the reason for the split. We're told Selena remains close with both of her parents, although they're not happy about the decision.
As for who Selena wants to rep her, we're told she's still looking for the perfect candidate.
What do you think about it, Guys? Leave your comment below!
Selena Gomez looks great while stepping out for lunch with her mom Mandy at The Little Cafe on Wednesday (January 28) in Los Angeles.
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I have some time and money coming available around mid April thru mid May. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about a fun trip to go on. I am thinking international (I am U.S. based) around $3000 USD or less. Most of my big trips tend to revolve around mountaineering or climbing. Any ideas for a good, fun trip somewhere in the world at this time of year and given this budget? Thanks for any and all ideas.
Edited by FamilyGuy on 02/02/2014 08:30:16 MST.
I can't speak to international climbing destinations in April-May. For international non-climbing trips in April-May I recommend Turkey, without reservation.http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=49615http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=49734May is the best month for hiking in Scotland. We got pretty sick and tired of the grey weather and rain, but many people love it there. The Cape Wrath Trail is worth assessing.http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=78369And, of course, ANY trip in southern Utah is fabulous in April-May. You live in Utah, so you know this already. Since you've got climbing skills, you'd be able to do any of the routes in Steve Allen's "Canyoneering 2: Technical Loop Hikes in Southern Utah", or the "Overland Route" described on page 306 of Steve Allen's "Canyoneering 3: Loop Hikes in Utah's Escalante". These routes are not suitable for people who lack advanced navigation skills and class 5.0 climbing skills. We have photos posted for only one Southern Utah trip -- http://amyl.smugmug.com/Backpacking/UT-OR/200904-Escalante-River -- but we've taken ~10 trips down there and we can offer ideas if you aren't already very familiar with the options.April-May is too early for the Pyrenees. However, we've thoroughly enjoyed some of our trail hikes in the UK and France. From your comment about climbing and mountaineering I'm guessing you might not be interested in these. If you're willing to try a trail hike, then the Southwest Coast Path would be my first choice in April-May. Staying in B&Bs for a month would be outside your budget, but if you're willing to stealth camp it would not be a problem. And stealth camping in England is often as simple as asking the bartender at the village pub where you could set up your tent. http://www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk/We've chosen the Alpe Adria Trail for our May 2014 trip. It is a valley and low pass route into the Alps that is suitable for a spring trip. If the snowpack is low you could do some high country side trips from that trail. Just a thought.http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=85629&skip_to_post=730055#730055
Maybe the white mountains in Western Crete would be interesting in may.Utah is spot on for those months. +1.
Edited by millonas on 01/28/2014 00:16:48 MST.
This might be hard on the budget, but try the Khumbu Region of Nepal. April and May ought to show you the rhododendron forest in flower.--B.G.--
Edited by rmjapan on 06/21/2015 06:14:03 MDT.
I was also going to suggest the Khumbu region of Nepal. That's the climbing season so the prices my be a bit elevated, but other than the flight the trip itself is uber cheap if you do it independently. No more amazing place on earth!!
How about Scotland.
Do you know Scotland in May? May is the best month, is when it rains less.Oh, maybe Canary Islands, the weather is good always.I live there.Cheers Ivanwwww.planetapackraft.com
That's actually a great time of year to do Machu Picchu...
Yes I know Scotland in May, it does rain sometimes.
May was my favourite month in the west of Scotland, with one exception: glorious weather always coincided with finals. I recall walking out of my last exam in my Honours year and it started raining 30 minutes later. Invest in a good WP/B and fleece. Forget the Chrome Dome - those sou'westerlies will either rip it out of your hands or fight you all the way.
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By Robert MacSwain • Introduction to a series on The Bible in the Life of the Church
By Robert MacSwain • Introduction to a series on The Bible in the Life of the Church
By Colin Podmore
In the Anglican Communion, what's true for dioceses is true for provinces.
By William G. Witt. There is no reason to presume that South Carolina's declaring itself an extra-provincial diocese is more than an ad hoc solution.
By Jesse Zink. The pernicious hermeneutic of self-justification remains a constant temptation.
By Peter Carrell
The Anglican Consultative Council accepts that the best we can hope for is diversity without unity on matters of consequence.
Bishops of Communion Partners "call upon all concerned to seek a non-juridical solution to these difficult matters."
The Church of the Province of West Africa plans to create two provinces with two archbishops.
By Mark Chapman
Archbishop Williams has carried the burdens of conflict, and has shown a huge and sometimes costly commitment to unity.
By Nathaniel W. Pierce
"Fixing" the problem always starts with "fixing" ourselves.
By Christopher Wells
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Hi guys!!! I'm POSITIVE I'm the last Rehoboth Blooper!!! Congratulations to me! Do I win a prize?
Anyways, Rehoboth. I'm not really sure what to say. Maybe I'll start from the beginning. Friday Deanna and I flew into Baltimore and caught a ride with Biscuit Pusher to the beach house. First off--Deanna is a really fun travel partner! Second off--Biscuit Pusher is a good driver. Lots of traffic and rain and darkness and she got us to Rehoboth safely. What a mess she drove though. Thanks, Biscuit Pusher, for giving us a ride!!!!!
When we got to the beach house we were the very last people to arrive. Wow--I was instantly overwhelmed. Now I know how Norm felt when he walked into Cheers. Lots of hugs and it felt like all eyes were on us. Thankfully I wasn't alone and shared eye-time with the other three people. Contrary to what I may lead you to believe, I don't enjoy being the center of attention.
Once I chilled out with some pasta that Vanessa & Bob (and maybe some others) made, I was able to chill out and enjoy seeing all of my old friends and start the process of making new ones. Then JB took our group picture and I went upstairs to sort out my race clothes. I was joined by my bunkies Abby, Allison & Jillian and girl-talk started. Then Vanessa popped in and probably a few others too. Next thing we knew it was 10:00 and I was getting worried about getting to sleep.
5am came too early and we all started moving slowly. Got dressed, ate some bagel. I was running the marathon and hadn't run long distance in a few weeks, so I was a tiny bit nervous. Us Maniacs & Fanatics left early to find the non-existent group photo then went back to warm up for about 1/2 a minute. That's when I remembered that I forgot to grab a banana! Schwew!
You all know the rest of the story of the before-race group huddle. We all started to the starting line and started running (Shocking!! Running? During a race???). I stuck with Vanessa & Bob for a while and it was a great pace and we were chit chatting. Then I looked to see how fast we were going. Too fast. They were running the half, so they could afford to go that fast. Not I! So, I pulled back and eventually found Jillian & Allison. Be Fri and St Ends. (BeSt FriEnds) I hung with them for a bit and dang! They were too fast too, so I slowed up some more and bid adieu. Then I ran into Biscuit Pusher. I didn't hang with her too long either--she was going too fast too. Oh well. No one at my slow pace. I did a crappy job of pacing because I eventually caught up with Allison, Jillian & Biscuit Pusher. Then I slowed down again. Then caught up and I gave in and ran with Jillian & Allison. I think they were slowing down thanks to poor Allison's bum body parts. I didn't mind the wet & muddy trail. It was a nice change from the hard surfaces.
Eventually we got to the end of that where the halfers turned around. I had taken my Blackberry (my only slightly smart phone) to stream Pandora if things got ugly. I haven't run with music in forever, but I decided to try it anyways. So, I started it at mile 9. Mile 10 and there was still no music, so I had to restart it. Yes! Hair Bands Radio. Too bad they played too many Power Ballads. At one point I heard White Snake's "Once Bitten" and got thinking about my middle school friend who listened to that crap with me. She's been battling some major medical issues and I decided to pray for her. Now, I'm not the praying kind, but it just felt right. Ya know?
Then we went into Penlopen Park (or maybe it's Henlopen?) and I climbed the tallest mountain and took this picture.
All I could think was "oh, the places running will take you". They had a timing mat at this point and I ran past it, but I didn't step on it. I have a thing where I think it's not going to register me if I don't step on it, so I went back to step on it. That's when my Garmin stopped. Weird, right? I figured it out about half a mile later.
Eventually Mile 20 came and I did some Running Math and figured out that I was totally going to PR!!! WOOT! Key words here are Running Math. I can't Math when running. It just doesn't work. But I got all pumped up and was practically fist pumping as I ran for a few miles. Then I slowed down for a while. Man, those last 6 miles were long. But I didn't bonk! This is a big feat for this season since my last two marathons I have bonked. I mean, it's gonna happen, but not this time! This is what I call a WIN.
Eventually I got close to the finishing area and saw Vanessa who was so awesome and ran me in. She made me push it and I finished strong, thanks to her! I heard my name a few times and saw a big camera (Running Places) and a big pink sign (HotPinkSneakers) and some others probably, but I was concentrating on finishing.
I finished. I think I was the last Loopster in. I didn't PR. (told you that my Running Math doesn't work!!!). I grabbed a beer and took some pictures.
Then I got cold and walked a slow-death walk back to the beach house. My plan was to change and go back to the party. But halfway back I saw others walking back to the beach house. You know, that warm place where I could take off my death-trap running shoes. (those babies were hurting at that point) We hung out for the rest of the afternoon, then eventually got all dressed up and went to Dishfish Head. Deanna & I, the Hoosier Mamas, got very original food--pepperoni pizzas.
Then as the beer started working, I got my non-fancy phone out and tried to take a shot of RunningPlaces (Steve). I can't pronounce Steve's last name no matter how many times he tells me (is it Mis-KO-vich or MIS-ko-vich? or neither?), so I started calling him Steve McPolish. Because he's both stubborn AND slow-witted. HA! (love ya Steve!!!) Anyways, here's the picture of him. I tried to zoom it, but frankly I couldn't figure out how to zoom that stupid non-fancy Blackberry (that thing sucks).
Then we went to Purple Parrot where I got some liquid courage in me and danced (I don't and can't dance). Then I took pictures. I even got JB to dance with me!
I fancied myself a photographer and decided to get "creative" by turning the camera on an angle. FABULOUS!
You guys all know the rest of the story of the Purple Parrot. What you DON'T know if you weren't there is that we had a special button. Destello had sent me this birthday card last month that says "that's what she said" when you push a button. I made sure to take it to Rehoboth. I'm normally a VERY mature adult (probably about 19 years old maturity-wise) but I turned into a 12 year old at Rehoboth. So did several others. Many times the words "That's what she said" were uttered. That and "where's that button???"
On Sunday lots of peeps left and the rest of us laid around. Here's proof of their sloth!!!
That was the best day. Just chilling around the house with no commitments and shooting the you-know-what with friends. They put some football on and I tried to read (I read about 1/2 a page in 2 hours). Monday eventually came and we all had to go home. Mike drove the party van and safely dropped us at the airport one minute earlier than we requested (If you're not early, you're late!). Our flight was delayed, but other than that, the travelling was perfect. AND I got a delicious reuben sandwich at the airport.
I'm missing Loopsters terribly right now. I wish we could have more Rehoboths. Especially Loopfests where we're all in the same place. There's some nice bonding that goes on in that situation.
I'm sure I left some super people out--sorry. This is already long-winded enough. Have a great weekend, y'all! And have a Merry Christmas and a SAFE New Year! Luckily I get my own little Loopfest at my own house next weekend! I've promised Steve McPolish the dog bed, because I'm a good hostess like that.
Basically, RUN!
Sorry I'm going to be missing out on the Huff! Probably a good thing since the dog bed is likely not big enough for both Steve and I.
Run fun! ~Mike
Rock on and keep on running.....
I keep reading about Rehoboth. What's Rehoboth? I can't believe Steve McPolish gets the dog's bed. He's a very lucky dog.
Life's a little better when we run.
The important thing is that you survived Loopfest!
Glad you had a good race!! It was great to see you again.
Those are some of the roidiest teeth I've ever seen (has that joke passed its expiration date yet? Just let me know Roidy Girls.).
Glad Rehoboth was bonk-free for you. Good luck tearin' it up next weeked!
You're right--but I'd be more than happy to let you use Leroy's old bed! I already promised Steve the new one that Santa's bringing.
Rehoboth. It has to do with recycling hobos.
That joke will never have an expiration date. Please keep using it!
great RR!! and great job, another marathon down! you fanatics are crazy, and I'm always impressed
I am really glad that my cheering you at the end of the race, singing and dancing with you, plus snuggle Sunday, has gotten me the honor of the new dog bed! I am the luckiest man alive!
Good race Jill and it was a blast getting to hang out with you again. See ya next week. YAY!
Run on everyone.....................Steve
Congrats! I think we're still waiting on a few RRs, but nice try pushing for last! Sorry your Marathon Math didn't hold up. Need to get that PR at Shamrock!
You're so generous! I think I'll go with the Holiday Inn.
Fun to meet you and your Hoosier-Pizza-Eating traveling buddy. Nice job avoiding the bonk. Have fun Huffing.
It was so great to finally meet you!! I had so much fun hanging out - Sunday was definitely my favorite day too :-) Hopefully I'll see you at another Loopfest soon!!
Also, I still haven't written my Rehoboth bloop yet, so I might steal that prize from you! I may not have run, but it was my first Loopfest so I guess it deserves a write-up!
Yeah, your non-fancy phone sucks. You need to get one with a really big telephoto lens so you can take better pics of Steve McPolish! LOL. I had fun with you at Rehoboth and look forward to the next time our paths cross.
Pretty sure I'll be last...if I ever write one
Congrats on the no bonk marathon! Always good to see you (without a Purdue shirt ). Good luck at Huff!!
I think that is the best pic of JB I've seen. Congrats on your marathon!
Congrats on not bonking and having a good race! It was fun traveling and hanging out with you for the weekend. I'm sure we will have many more races to travel together to - at least I hope so!!!
Looking forward to the Huff!
Running = Happiness
I wish we'd had more time together.
- Emma (formerly MJ --- it's a long story)
Jillerooni!!!! I miss you so much! Although I'm glad I can't smell you from here.
Live the Life you Love ~ Love the Life you Live
I can't math while running....lolz...can anyone??! Then we wear our fancy Garmins to combat and they crap out, doh! Loved meeting you. Sad that I missed out on the epic snoozefest on Sunday afternoon...
You obviously had a fantastic weekend! Awesome!
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 26.2.
Running, listening to White Snake, praying, an a lot of loop love. Could you have had a better loopfest?


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Gumbo as we love it, combines the cuisines and cooking methods of West Africa, France, Spain and German cultures. Basically, the settlers of Louisiana!
Gumbo can be described as a cross between a soup and a stew and is a hearty blend of meats, seafood and vegetables.
Every New Orleans gumbo is different, whether it is prepared by a professional chef or a family cook.
You would be amazed at the different combinations of ingredients, textures, thicknesses, tastes and heat levels that come out of the New Orleans kitchen.
Every family and every restaurant claims their own beloved gumbo. It is one dish that is open to mass interpretation.
In New Orleans, gumbo is often served with baked ham, potato salad and French bread. It is an excellent main course served with any type of salad and crispy bread or rolls or served in a cup as an unusual first course.
Most but not all gumbos begin with a roux. A roux is created by cooking equal amounts of flour and fat until a paste-like mixture is formed. This video will show you how to prepare a proper gumbo roux
Helpful Hints for Making Gumbo
TIP: Mold rice into a 4-6 oz. bowl or cup. Invert into serving bowl to create a rounded mound of rice. Spoon gumbo around the rice.
Make Ahead Gumbo
About Filé
Filé powder is an extremely aromatic herb made from the dried and ground leaves of the sassafras tree. It is a staple in Cajun and Creole cooking. In gumbo, it is used as a thickening agent during cooking or sprinkled (sparingly) over a finished bowl of gumbo and rice.
Filé adds a distinctive floral and earthy taste to the dish.
It is becoming more popular outside of Louisiana so look for in the spices aisle of you local market
Serves 6-8
This is my mom's gumbo recipe and of course, one of the best!
1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and de-veined
Old Bay or other spicy seafood seasoning
8 boneless chicken thighs
Creole seasoning or salt and pepper
1 1/2 pounds sausage, cut into 1/4 inch pieces
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup flour
2 medium onions, chopped
1 medium green pepper, chopped
1 small red pepper, chopped
3-4 ribs celery, chopped, about 1 cup
3 large cloves garlic, minced
3-4 quarts chicken stock, warm
3 bay leaves
3-4 fresh thyme springs OR 11/2 teaspoons dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1/2 cup green onion, sliced
File powder (optional)
Season the shrimp with the Old Bay and let marinate in the refrigerator while you prepare the gumbo. Season the chicken with Creole seasoning. In a large skillet heat the oil and quickly brown the chicken. Remove from the pan and quickly. Brown the sausage in the same pan. Drain excess fat and reserve meats.
Make the roux: Heat the oil in a Dutch oven or other large heavy pot over a medium-low heat. Sprinkle the flour into the oil and cook, stirring constantly with a large wooden spoon. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring constantly until roux is a deep, dark brown, 35-45 minutes. Be very careful not to burn.
Increase the heat to medium. Add the onions, peppers, celery and garlic. Cook, stirring constantly, until the vegetables are soft, 7-10 minutes.
Slowly add the stock stirring constantly to prevent lumps from forming. Bring to a boil. Add the reserved chicken and sausage, thyme, cayenne, black pepper and bay leaves. Stir to blend. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, about 30-45 minutes.
Add the shrimp in the last 10 minutes of cooking. Shrimp should be pink and tender. Remove bay leaves and thyme sprigs. Skim any excess oil from the surface. Test for salt and black pepper, adding if necessary. Stir in the parsley and green onion. Serve over hot rice.
I have seen gumbo recipes that are made
This IS NOT an authentic gumbo
Ok, I am not that fanatical, but ...
a proper roux takes a long time and a lot of patience...only a true gumbo aficionado will survive!


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3. Joes Jeans Pink Skinny's
4. Joe Fresh Marine Dress
You can always thrift! I have found some AMAZING things at Plato's Closet. Do you have one near you?
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No, I've never heard of Plato's Closet! I just looked it up and it looks amazing. I was thinking I should hit up some local thrift stores... I can usually find some great (cheap) jewellery. Thanks for the suggestion!
Hi! i just found your blog! Look wonderful!! I am new too the blog world also. Follow if you like.Tami:)http://ramblingsvintage.blogspot.com/ I am going to follow, thanks
I'm playing the wishful shopping game right now, too. No clothing/shoes/accessories at all for lent! I do love that jcrew blouse though :)
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Relief International began working in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, with an initial focus on school rehabilitation and midwifery training. Over the past twelve years, our programs have developed and expanded to include water and sanitation, shelter and reconstruction, natural disaster response, rural development, governance, secure livelihoods, animal health and HIV/AIDS prevention. Relief International concentrates on supporting the most disadvantaged sectors of the population, including returnees, displaced persons and female-headed households while operating in the least resourced provinces of Nimroz, Nangarhar, Kunar, Kapisa, and Ghazni.
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|Economic evaluation of anti-epileptic drug therapies with specific focus on teratogenic outcomes.
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|BACKGROUND: Anti-epileptic drugs are known to be teratogenic, yet many women do need to continue the anti-epileptic drug use during pregnancy.
OBJECTIVES: To perform an economic evaluation of the anti-epileptic drug choice in young women who potentially wish to become pregnant. In particular, to estimate the impact of teratogenicity on the costs per quality adjusted life year (QALY).
METHODS: A decision-tree model is used to calculate the costs per QALY, taking into account the malformation risk in offspring due to the exposure to carbamazepine, lamotrigine or valproic acid, based on the European birth cohort of 2007. Probabilistic sensitivity analyses were performed using Monte Carlo simulation.
RESULTS: Valproic acid is dominated by carbamazepine after rank ordering on costs. The incremental cost-effectiveness of lamotrigine vs carbamazepine was estimated at €175,534 per QALY. Although valproic acid was dominated by carbamazepine in terms of costs and related effects, it is clinically relevant to compare lamotrigine with valproic acid. In particular, treatment options are dependent on several individual and clinical characteristics and these agents are therefore not always considered as interchangeable for all specified populations. The incremental cost-effectiveness for lamotrigine vs valproic acid was estimated at €13,370 per QALY. With assuming a willingness to pay threshold of €50,000 per QALY, results from the probabilistic analysis resulted in an acceptance level for lamotrigine vs carbamazepine and lamotrigine vs valproic acid of 4% and 99%, respectively.
CONCLUSION: Based on epidemiological data it is advised to whenever possible avoid valproic acid during pregnancy. Both carbamazepine and lamotrigine are estimated to be cost-effective treatment options vs valproic acid if focused on teratogenicity.
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I'm sitting at the Marshall Independent, where I have just sent a few photos back to editor Chris Murphy in Worthington.
It's all starting to sink in.
And what is sinking in, you might ask?
Domination, that's what.
A year ago at this time, we were at the same place. We were heading up to the section finals. I remember talking with Les Knutson that night. We had three teams playing on that night in three different sections. We talked that we thought we could get two teams to state. And maybe three.
In fact, we didn't have any. We went 0-3 that night. Both Worthington and Windom lost in thrillers, so we were on the cusp. But close only counts in horseshoes. Not in high school basketball.
So on my way up to Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, I wondered how area teams would do tonight.
Upon arriving at SMSU, I talked with Lucas Knutson. He predicted a 2-0 night for the south half of the bracket. I told him I hoped the Daily Globe area had at least one team go to state.
This is why I don't bet. I'm horrible at predicting the future. I've always joked that Lucas is like Biff from the second Back to the Future film. In that movie, Biff has a future almanac which has the winners of all the events. I sometimes feel Lucas has that same book and he's just playing a joke on the rest of us.
On this night, Lucas was right on, just like normal.
Both the Worthington Trojans and Southwest Christian Eagles are going to state.
And it's not just that they are going to state, it's how they are going to state.
The Trojans defeated Redwood Valley 64-43 in the Section 3AA final.
Then, it was SWC's turn. The Eagles dominated Dawson-Boyd in the Section 3A final from the very beginning, opening up a 16-5 lead right away. SWC led by as much as 31 points against a Blackjack team that never had a chance.
At the end of the night, the south teams won by a combined 39 points
If there was another night of domination like this at this point in the season, I sure don't remember it.
Both teams open the state tournament next week. WHS will play on Wednesday and SWC opens on Thursday. With the boys' tournament seeding the top four teams, the times and opponents are yet to be determined.
But this is what we do know after tonight: If these two teams play like they did at the R/A tonight, both teams will be bringing hardware back to southwest Minnesota.


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EDITOR: We feel very fortunate to live in Marshfield where the quality of high school education is so high. We read with interest the recent News-Herald Media story titled "Marshfield students top peers on ACT."
In that article, the lead sentence was "Marshfield High School students had the highest average ACT score in central Wisconsin last year" with an average score of 23.8. This is a terrific accomplishment. Unfortunately, the story did not include all central Wisconsin high schools, including the other high school right here in Marshfield.
Columbus Catholic High School students had an average score of 26 on the test with 93 percent of graduates taking the exam. That ranked as one of the highest performances by any Wisconsin high school this year.
Columbus Catholic remains a small high school with accomplished students and proud parents. As a parent with four kids in the system during the past 12 years, we hear enough unfortunate misperceptions spoken about Columbus education. These include the presumed economic elitism of our school (fact: the socioeconomic breakdown of Columbus families is identical to that of Marshfield public school system families), and that one needs to choose the public school if a career as a physician or engineer is the desired plan (fact: Columbus has graduates successfully pursuing both professions, including four current medical students and three medical school graduates in the past year).
While my wife and I choose to send our children to the Catholic school system for many reasons beyond a national standardized college test score performance, I do like to see our hometown school's accomplishments highlighted in the paper, too.
Let us all be proud of the great quality of education available to all high school students in Marshfield.
Erik Stratman,
Editor's note: The story considered only public school ACT scores because there is no central database containing information on how students at private schools performed on the test. News-Herald Media congratulates Columbus Catholic on its excellent performance.


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Bone cell viability on collagen immobilized poly(3-hydroxybutrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) membrane: Effect of surface chemistry. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Volume 93, Issue 5, Date: 5 September 2004, Pages: 2445-2453. Y. Tesema, D. Raghavan, J. Stubbs III.
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A comparative Study of Bone Cell Viability on Collagen Immobilized Porous and Non-porous Poly (hydroxy) butyrate Valerate Films. Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. EXL-1 (2004): F5.15.1-F5.15.3. Tesema, Y.*, Raghavan, D.*, and Stubbs III, J.
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Bone Cell Viability on Methacrylic acid Grafted and Collagen Immobilized Porous Poly(3-hydroxybutrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Osteoblast Activity on Biodegradable PHBV Membrane. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 98, No. 5 (2005). Y. Tessema, D. Raghavan, and J. Stubbs
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Evaluation of the biological responses of osteoblast-like UMR-106 cells to the engineered porous PHBV matrix. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, Volume 81A, Issue 3, 1 June 2007: 669-677. Hui Liu, Dharmaraj Raghavan, John Stubbs III.
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Biological response of osteoblast-like UMR-106 cells to the modified PHBV matrix-Effects of porosity and collagen dip coating. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2009 Mar 16. [Epub ahead of print]. Hui Liu, Dharmaraj Raghavan , Samuel Melaku, John Stubbs III
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Biological response of osteoblast-like UMR-106 cells to the modified PHBV matrix - Effects of porosity and collagen dip coating. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, Vol.92, No.3 (1 Mar 2010): 922-930. Hui Liu, Dharmaraj Raghavan, Samuel Melaku, John Stubbs III
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Influence of hydroxyvalerate composition of polyhydroxy butyrate valerate (PHBV) copolymer on bone cell viability and in vitro degradation. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.116, No.6 (2010): 3225-3231. Hui Liu1, M. Pancholi, J. Stubbs III, D. Raghavan.
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In Vivo Characterization of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Swine and the Impact of Flunixin Meglumine Administration. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, Vol.148, No.3-4 (2012). Sharla M. Peters, Haile Yancy, Christine Deaver, Yolanda L. Jones, Elizabeth Kenyon, Oscar A. Chiesa, Juan Esparza, Rudell Screven, Vicki Lancaster, John T. Stubbs III, Maocheng Yang, Paddy L. Wiesenfeld, Michael J. Myers.
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In vitro identification and verification of inflammatory biomarkers in swine. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, Vol.139, No.1 (2011): 67-72. Peters, S.M., Yancy, H., Bremer, E., Monroe, J., Paul, D., Stubbs, J.T., Myers, M.J.
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Gift of Louise C. and Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924; M.967.42
This globular teapot is one of seventeen that Jacob Hurd is known to have made. Teapots were virtually nonexistent in the Western world until the end of the seventeenth century. In fact, few were used in America until the middle of the eighteenth century. The diminutive size of this piece is typical of teapots from this early period—a reflection of the fact that tea was both scarce and expensive, and therefore brewed only in small quantities. This teapot is noteworthy for bearing the first documented rococo decoration in Boston silver. Its simple globular shape is Queen Anne in form, but the asymmetrical engraving, composed of C-scrolls and foliage, points to the more curvilinear aesthetics associated with the rococo manner (the engraved band around the shoulder remains baroque, however). The Fayerweather armorial cartouche may have been copied from an English bookplate or other printed source. The teapot's inscription tells us that it was given by Edward Tyng Esquire to Hannah Fayerweather on December 9, 1745, the day before her wedding to Farr Tollman, a Boston bookbinder. Tyng knew Hurd's work well. The previous year he received a magnificent two-handled cup (Yale University Art Gallery) by the goldsmith as a gift from leaders of Boston's merchant community for his capture of French privateers off the Massachusetts coast—the first naval engagement of King George's War. An enormously talented and prolific silversmith, Jacob Hurd produced more than half of the surviving silver made in Boston during his generation. He likely apprenticed with John Burt and went on to train two of his fourteen children, Nathaniel and Benjamin, to carry on the silversmithing trade.
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A balloon from her son's party, the church on the corner, the soft spot on her infant child's head, a rock concert, the gorillas at the zoo, and her favorite authors: The sources for poet and novelist April Lindner live in her everyday experiences with friends and family, strange events, and other moments seeded in her life.
On April 11, approximately 50 people gathered in the Cayuga Community College library to hear Lindner, the 2011 Visiting Writer, read selections from among her 100 publish poems and a chapter from Jane, her modern retelling of the classic novel Jane Eyre.
Before each reading, she shared a few thoughts about the origin or source for the poem. For example, the inspiration for her poem, "Fontanel," came from the soft spot on her newborn son's head. "It seemed like a metaphor for something so I thought I'd explore it," she said.
"Here's the ravine, a stretch of skin
Spanning the breach like a footbridge.
Canvas-thin, it trembles with the blood
That runs beneath. Something less tangible
courses there too…"
Some poems, she said, elude her for years at a time, such as "Our Lady of Perpetual Help," which was about a church on a corner near her home. "I knew I'd write a poem about it someday," she said. "It took years and years and years. And then one day, it came to me."
In her writing, Lindner said she takes direction from the poems themselves. "How do I decide whether to write in rhyme or free verse? I don't. I let the poem be whatever it wants to be," she said. "Sometimes they come in a regular meter. Other times, it is in free verse."
She writes the poems as they come to her and often in coffee shops where she said she gets to be "alone in a crowd."
However, in writing her novels, Jane and Catherine (currently in progress), she said she is more structured, drafting an outline and notes and often scheduling a time to write every week. She juggles writing with her teaching responsibilities as an associate professor of English at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia and with her parenting and family responsibilities.
Although her methods are different for the two genres, she said there are a few characteristics that she hopes remains consistent: clarity and musicality. "I want my work to be as musical as possible," Lindner said. "I read all my work aloud and revise and rewrite until I get it right."
She concluded her talk by explaining to the future poets and writers in the audience that it is very hard to get published and that there is often a lot of rejection along the way.
"But it's worth it," she said. "Don't give up on yourself."


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I'm biking from San Francisco to Santa Cruz to raise money for Cycles of Change!
A question I have found myself asking recently is how can I act to encourage more people to bicycle? One of the most powerful tools I have found is the giving away of bikes to children and working class adults. These programs are available in many cities across the country and couple the gift of a bicycle with education about maintenance, safety and security while riding a bike. I had the privilege of participating in the "50 bikes for 50 kids" program for the North Natomas Transportation Management Agency( @NNTMA NNTMA.org ). Abbey Harding coordinated the event and showed an excellent understanding of the nuances of organizing a unique event that included parents, volunteers, staff and kids!
I was able to help Santi and Sarah assemble their bikes, get fitted for a helmet and talk with them about bike safety and other topics related to their new bikes.
I realized that Bike Builds are arguably the most effective way to encourage people, especially youth, to cycle on an everyday basis. Taking the time to explain how a bicycle is assembled creates a conversation about biking and allows me as a student and cyclist to share my knowledge and experience in a positive way.
To further this end I am raising funds for the "Cycles of Change" ( @cyclesofchange cyclesofchange.org ) organization's annual Bike-Go-Round program in Oakland California. The program gave 200 bikes to Oakland residents in 2012 and needs $15,000 for this years event. You can donate any amount for this worthwhile cause here:
Thanks so much for your support! Together we can imagine a better future!
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Over the past ten years, Cycles of Change has given away thousands of bicycles to youth and adults in the East Bay. What started as a dream and a pile of discarded bikes in a garage near Lake Merritt has evolved into an organization that is a model for creating healthy, strong communities connected to each other and the natural world.
In 2012 alone, just ONE Cycles of Change Program - the Bike Go Round - gave away 200 bicycles to low-income adults in the East Bay. That's 200 people who now have access to jobs away from major transit lines, 200 ways to exercise without paying a gym membership fee, 200 parents, immigrants, caregivers, workers, refugees, and Oakland natives who have discovered (or re-discovered) the freedom that comes from traveling by bike.
** Despite the high demand for the Bike Go Round, the program is in danger of getting cut, and we need to raise $15,000 by March 1st to save it. **
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
Noah's Jurassic Ark
Conceived and directed by
Jamie Angell
The critically acclaimed Occidental Children's Theater will celebrate its 18th year with a brand new story, NOAH'S JURASSIC ARK, and three adventurous adaptations of traditional folktales for a seven-week outdoor run in the Remsen Bird Hillside Theater on the Occidental campus. Featuring alumnus Tristan Waldron '12, graduating seniors Giulia Davis '13 and Robert Lundgren '13, and current students Aly Fritz '14, Savannah Gilmore '15 and Sarah Martellaro '14.
Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 10:00am, July 11 through August 24, 2013 in Hillside Theater.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for children
Discounts are available for groups of 15 or more, call 323-259-2771 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve your group tickets.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Charles Fishman, author of this year's summer reading selection for the Class of 2017 -- The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water -- is the featured speaker at Occidental's 2013 Convocation.
Charles Fishman (@cfishman) is the author of The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, the bestselling book on water in America in the past 25 years. An award-winning senior writer for Fast Company, Fishman is a celebrated investigative journalist, specializing in business innovation and social responsibility.
Charles Fishman's latest book, The Big Thirst, examines how water resources will come to define this century; a year into its release, the book is a popular common read on college campuses and a must-read in boardrooms. In The Big Thirst, Fishman helps redefine how we look at water, our most essential but, in many ways, misunderstood resource. Fishman highlights water's vital role in the business sector (especially to businesses who seemingly have nothing to do with water!) and points to the many contradictions of water in the developing world, leaving audiences with a hopeful vision of how current wasteful ways can be curbed through ingenuity and conscientious stewardship. Extending his coverage, Fishman now also blogs about water for National Geographic.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration
Oxy joins the nation in commemorating the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Observe a moment of silence in remembrance of Dr. King as Oxy's carillion rings in unison with bells nationwide as part of this "Let Freedom Ring" event.


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Drunk driver injures N.Y. officer in collision
By Zachary R. Dowdy
NORTH PATCHOGUE, N.Y. — A North Patchogue teen was driving drunk from one beach to another when he struck a police cruiser, injuring an officer, and tried to leave the scene, police said.
He is being held on $5,000 cash bail and is due back in court June 19, prosecutors said.
Semon's relatives declined to comment when reached at his home. His attorney, Timothy Mazzei of Blue Point, also declined to comment.
Lt. John O'Brien, commander of uniformed officers in the Fifth Precinct, said Semon was driving with two female friends at about 3:20 p.m. Wednesday when he proceeded through the intersection of Route 27A and Atlantic Avenue in Patchogue and broadsided a police vehicle driven by Officer Charles Roe.
"He was moving at a decent speed, a substantial speed," O'Brien said of Semon. He said Semon and his teenage friends were headed from one beach to another at the time of the crash. Semon's passengers were not injured.
Roe's vehicle, police said, spun around several times and struck a retaining wall, after which Semon fled in the car along Northwood Lane in Patchogue.
Officer Tracy Barry followed Semon and caught him, O'Brien said.
"She did a great job," O'Brien said. "She was right on and had other units to assist within a minute."
Both cars were extensively damaged, O'Brien said. He said Roe was treated at Stony Brook University Hospital for neck and back injuries and released.
Semon was taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, where he was treated for a head laceration.
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Evil is moral rebellion against God. It is contrary to the will of God. There is natural evil (floods, storms, famines, etc.,) and moral evil (adultery, murder, idolatry, etc.). Natural evil is a result of moral evil. Adam's sin resulted in sin entering the world allowing floods, storms, famines, etc. Evil originated with Satan (Isaiah 14:12-15) and is carried on by man (Matt. 15:18-19). (See Theodicy).
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More Toyota-associated employment opportunities will soon become available here in Union County, the Union County Development Association announced Wednesday morning.
The UCDA has announced that it will host a portable unit of the WIN Job Center next week to accept applications for Tier One supplier Diversity Vuteq, located in New Albany's Martintown Industrial Complex on Highway 30 West.
The unit will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Nov. 1 through Thursday, Nov. 4 and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Nov. 5.
The WIN Job Center falls under the supervision of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
The UCDA offices are located at 135 East Bankhead St. in downtown New Albany.