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Nuggets eliminated with 92-88 loss to Warriors
OAKLAND, Calif. A franchise-record regular season ended in all too familiar fashion for the Denver Nuggets with a disappointing first-round playoff loss.
Stephen Curry had 22 points and eight assists to help Golden State break out to an 18-point lead before Denver's furious finish fell just short at the end of a 92-88 loss to the Warriors in Game 6 on Thursday night that ended the Nuggets' season in the first round for the ninth time in 10 years.
"Our goal was to get out of the first round. We got outplayed, we got outcoached, we got outworked, we got outrebounded, we got outsmarted," guard Andre Miller said. "We weren't able to get the job done and we go home. That's all."
This year was supposed to be different for the franchise that has had so many playoff disappointments in recent years. The Nuggets won 23 of their final 26 regular season games to earn the Western Conference's third seed, then lost four of the final five games to Curry and the Warriors.
With top outside shooter Danilo Gallinari sidelined by a season-ending knee injury and no one able to stop Curry or keep up with his scoring on the offensive end, the Nuggets were unable to keep up with the fast-breaking Warriors.
"We didn't lose the series tonight. This is a proud loss," coach George Karl said. "We lost the series in Game 1 and 2. We didn't play well enough to sustain some confidence. In Game 1, we won a close game. Game 2, we gave back everything that we worked for 57 wins to the third seed, we gave it back by having a flat game. That's on me."
The Nuggets did show some serious fight at the end when they scored 13 straight points after falling behind by 18 early in the fourth quarter.
After the Warriors went back ahead by nine, they nearly collapsed. Wilson Chandler stole a rebound from Draymond Green for an easy layup to get within four, Andre Iguodala hit another from long range and Kenneth Faried made 1 of 2 free throws to bring Denver within two with 32.4 seconds to play.
Iguodala stole Thompson's pass on the ensuing play. Chandler's running layup rimmed out, he missed a put-back and then knocked the ball out - a call that stood after a video review and had the Nuggets wondering whether the ball ever bounced out after the game.
But instead of Corey Brewer saving the ball to set up a game-tying dunk, the Warriors kept possession and got two free throws from Jarrett Jack to ice the game.
"There are a lot of plays that are questionable," guard Ty Lawson said. "The refs are in a tough position. They have to make a call in a split of a second. I don't think the ball went out. Corey said the ball didn't go out at all. It was a tough call."
The Warriors advanced to the second round for the first time since 2007, when the "We Believe" team upset top-seeded Dallas in similar fashion - at home and in Game 6. Golden State lost to Utah in the second round that season.
"To finally get it done, it's kind of a hazy feeling," Curry said. "Just a sense of relief the way the game finished."
Andre Bogut had season-bests and career-playoff highs of 14 points and 21 rebounds, and rookie Draymond Green added a career-high 16 points and 10 rebounds to power Golden State into the second round for the second time in 22 years.
The Warriors open the second round on Monday night in San Antonio.

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Camino Al Exito Group
Update on Camino Al Exito GroupThe group "Camino al éxito" has seven female members who work hard to improve the quality of life of their children. Magnolia is a single 42-year old mother of two minor children. She has made a living sewing at home for four years, after having provided maintenance services in health centers in the past. She also cooks chicken dishes on weekends to obtain extra income.
She will use the loan to buy fabric and thread. The group is grateful to Kiva lenders for the loan.
Magnolia is the third woman to the left in the picture. She wears a 3/4-sleeve black t-shirt .
Previous Loan DetailsNorma is a member of the Camino al Éxito group. She's a single mother who takes care of two minor children who attend school. She earns a living making pastry. She has steady customers like bakeries and markets where she sells bread pudding, flan, and cakes that she herself makes. This busi... More from Camino Al Exito Group's previous loan »
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About EDAPROSPOEDAPROSPO seeks to use micro-credit to foster productive commercial activity for the sake of economic and social development within vulnerable urban and rural sectors traditionally neglected by commercial banks. By offering innovative products such as technical education loans and microfinance groups for young people, EDAPROSPO helps disadvantaged Peruvians lift themselves out of poverty.
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Our Field Partners often work with borrowers over a series of loans as the borrowers build credit, take out bigger loans, and expand their businesses. In order to make it easier for our Field Partners to post loans for borrowers who have been listed on Kiva before, we allow them to post successive and concurrent loans for their Kiva borrowers. This means that our Field Partners are able to post a borrower's second, third, etc., loan on Kiva without having to re-enter all of the borrower's information.
This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Bizarre, overlong low-budget independent depicting the auditions held by a dying librarian who wants to remake Showboat as 'a musical comedy with the stench of death'. Patchily amusing as it wheels on freaks, eccentrics and talentless no-hopers - with all references to the MGM classic bleeped out (resulting in a dreadful Gong Show-style cacophony) - it's all a little indulgent.
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They visit rural counties around the nation, romancing eager officials with plans to build a billion-dollar string of ethanol plants that...
They visit rural counties around the nation, romancing eager officials with plans to build a billion-dollar string of ethanol plants that will create jobs, gobble up locally raised corn, and put the town on alternative energy's leading edge. Their backer, they say, is a technology billionaire from India.
Back home in Kingston, their Web site gives no phone number, no employee names and no street address.
This is the elusive E85 Inc., which since last fall has aroused the hopes of politicians and farmers from Fayetteville, N.C., to Chaves County, N.M, and Corunna, Mich. (where "Ethanol Plant Proposed" and the E85 logo now dominate the city government's home page).
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Mark Dassel, E85's senior vice president, says there's no real mystery — he and a skeleton staff have simply been too busy to answer inquiries: "This is a 7-day-a-week, 24-hour-a-day job."
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Skimping on details, he lays out an exceedingly ambitious agenda: E85 plans to quickly put up 10 ethanol plants costing about $150 million each. Together these will produce more than 1 billion gallons of ethanol annually; the company will buy an additional 1 to 2 billion gallons from other plants, he says.
A veritable gusher of new U.S. ethanol plants is coming on line, but Dassel contends E85's rapid, cookie-cutter approach means "we're going to be the low-cost producer" when a shakeout comes.
He acknowledges that Wallula, Walla Walla County, has a site "we're very interested in." Though he won't say if any land — anywhere — has been purchased or leased yet, Dassel vows E85 will break ground on the first plant by mid-year and have all 10 built by the end of 2008.
Both equity and debt financing for the building blitz are "secured," he says, thanks to his Indian backer and E85's acting president, C. Sivasankaran.
Independent news reports describe Sivasankaran as a midlevel Indian tycoon whose Sterling Infotech Group last spring sold some telecom operations for more than $1 billion. Dassel calls him Siva, says the "C." represents "a very long Indian first name," and characterizes the man as "brilliant" and "actively involved in the business on a day-to-day basis."
Some people who've dealt with E85 seem confident in its plans.
"I think they're the real deal, they're definitely going to build some plants," says Dan Mahon, technical-services manager for Vogelbusch U.S.A., an international firm contracted to design E85's proposed Wallula plant and others.
Clark Krause, CEO of the New Mexico Economic Development Commission, says his group has only seen three company employees, but "everyone that we've met has been a highly qualified engineer." New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson this week announced E85 would employ 45-50 people at a future plant near Roswell.
While Dassel has been low-profile around here, he's getting to know some communities. Next week, he says, he has three town meetings at sites in Michigan and Ohio.
Studio solution
You paid hundreds of thousands for that new studio unit downtown, yet it's barely big enough for a space-saving, fold-up kitchen table. How can you have friends and family over for a home-cooked meal?
"If you live in 600 square feet of space, it's pretty tough to cram 10 people in there and cook a full-on meal," says Laura Brice, sales manager at Gallery, a condo project going up in Belltown.
Not surprisingly, she's promoting Gallery's solution — a room called the Supper Club, with a fully equipped kitchen and dining table that seats 10.
No need to bring pots or plates, Brice says. The room will have just about everything needed to prepare and serve a meal like Mom used to make. (Residents will, however, need to reserve the room and put a deposit down to cover any potential damage.)
Brice says plenty of people want to live downtown, near trendy shops and restaurants but still want to cook for friends and family, especially during the holidays.
Gallery's 214 units, some as small as 400 square feet, will be priced from $285,000 to more than $3 million. It's scheduled to open in fall 2008 — and now's probably a good time to reserve it for Thanksgiving.
— Amy Martinez
Exuberance rising
Smart investors shun the herd mentality.
So when all nine prognosticators at the annual "Guess the Dow" luncheon this week predicted the stock average would post a solid gain in 2007, the master of ceremonies sounded an alarm.
"We don't have anyone who is really bearish," said broker Joel Ferrell of Smith Barney, "and that scares the pants off of me."
Shaun Dennehy of Ragen MacKenzie echoed that sentiment when asked if the widespread bullishness bothered him. "Absolutely," he said. "Being a contrarian, you don't like that."
For the record, the nine brokers assembled at the Metropolitan Grill foresee the Dow closing this year at anywhere from 13,206 to 15,025.
Their average, 14,062, would mean a 12.8 percent climb in the Dow in 2007.
Note that for last year the group's average forecast was 11,673, for a gain of 8.9 percent — while the Dow jumped 16.3 percent for the year.
To see the brokers' predictions and stock picks, see this story online.
For links related to column items, see seattletimes.com/businesstechnology.
Rami Grunbaum, deputy business editor, and Seattle Times


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Vancouver City Council, you're going to need the wisdom of Solomon on this one.
How do you write an updated dog-control ordinance that declares them dangerous if they seriously hurt a person or animal — and also tries to declare some of them potentially dangerous before they cause serious harm?
And what about menacing behavior like growling or aggressive barking?
Would that make Fido potentially dangerous, or is he just doing his job to protect his family and scare away burglars?
"Dogs can be trained to be protective but not dangerous," Councilwoman Jeanne Stewart said Monday afternoon during a workshop. The council met to discuss reviewing part of the city municipal code that hasn't seen a major revision since the mid-1980s.
And let's say a dog is declared dangerous if he does seriously hurt a child or other animal.
Should you go with a set of owner options besides euthanasia, like keeping the dog and buying a big insurance policy, a secure kennel, an expensive special license or spaying and neutering?
Or go straight to the euthanasia?
"I do not see a reason to have a dangerous dog within the city limits," said Councilwoman Jeanne Harris.
An unprovoked attack by three pit bulls on a 9-year-old boy near Harney Elementary School in May made the council ready to debate a ban on the breed within city limits. The boy was bitten in several places but was expected to make a full recovery, Animal Control Manager Paul Scarpelli said at the time.
After pressure from pit bull owners, the council later decided against a breed-specific ordinance.
In an earlier meeting on the topic, city staff were asked to find out how other cities deal with the problem.
In Seattle, for example, most dangerous animals are euthanized, but the owners can pay for their upkeep at a secure animal shelter or remove them from the city.
It's a gross misdemeanor to keep a dangerous dog in Seattle and, if that dog causes injuries again, the owner can be charged with a Class C felony.
By the end of Monday's hourlong meeting, the council seemed to favor adopting Clark County's ordinance, to keep the rules consistent for officers with Clark County Animal Protection & Control who work in both Vancouver and the unincorporated areas.
That would mean adding the 'potentially dangerous' category to city code, a big change for the city.
Potentially dangerous dogs also might have to be spayed or neutered to make them less aggressive, something new to Clark County and Vancouver.
Microchips could also be required, so animals can be tracked and identified.
The council has received advice from staff members and the Clark County Animal Control Advisory Board.
A key, officials say, is holding owners responsible — and providing tools for animal control staff to use, ranging from educating owners to taking criminal action.
Vancouver's Chief Assistant City Attorney, Judy Zeider, now must write an ordinance that could have its first reading as soon as Nov. 14.
The second reading, with a public hearing and possible council vote, could occur as soon as Nov. 21.
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Hope John Terry has a speedy recovery , Robert. Really don't think that it was anything other than an unfortunate collision.
Your Chelsea side will be fine. Its not like either Manchester side won't stumble several times throughout the season.
We needed the point ( actually we needed all 3 ).
We still need someone to compliment Luis Suarez. Perhaps FSG will eventually open their eyes, but thats another topic.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Yes, it was an accident but it looked very nasty. And the fact that you could hear him scream in real-time makes you think it hurt a little bit.
It's one of those that could really damage the knee and have him out for a long time and then not play again to the same intensity. Or, who knows, he may be back in a couple of weeks.
Not attempting to have a go at you here, and actually don't think it's another topic, because you've started that one, and it's a non-goer right now..
You started a thread about the owners and wanting them to do something about the striker situation now, several of us, including myself, commented on it immediately, in agreemant, which is as obvious as a blind person not being permitted to drive, but I will ask the same question I did there, along with others..
What would you like them to do about it now? Drogba never was, is, or will be wearing a Red shirt, and aside from some other players out of work for a reason or another, there is nobody to bring in, or they'd had done it, aside from Del Piero, and NOTHING can be done now as far as the player himself..
We can have a discussion with a club who permits it, with a player's agent, and perhaps the player himself, but that's all. SO, would you like to log on to LFC.Com and see "Liverpool announce the signature of Edinson Cavani from Napoli for 58M", with it A- being untrue or B- being absolutely no help for 2 more months?
Aside from within the current squad, the reserve/youth teams, or some random falling out with a good player and exisitng club, becoming free, what would you like them to do?
Everyone around the globe who supports LFC, including those here in the states, are extremely annoyed the way August went down, and FSG are plenty aware of that. To further the point and at the same time put it to rest, aside from drawing up lists which I like to do, Rodgers has said in quotations he has been afforded the funds, wants 2-3 players and is in daily dialogue with the owners about his January targets..
How about one other immediate solution, some of the other players starting to put their attempts on goal, perhaps in it, rather than everywhere but, including the upper tiers of every ground we play at? Shooting/Finishing has been an issue aside from Suarez, Gerrard, Torres, and oddly Yossi, for about 3+ years now, all ironically witth 4 different managers..
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A Yahoo! User Nov 11, 2012 23:01 Flag
Jason , ideally it'd be a large physically dominant type player...........................perhaps 6'4" or so ( now I'm just being an ass, cos I know Brendan ain't having Andy back ). And unless we can open young Carroll's skull and insert some scoring instinct.........clone Gerrard's DNA?.........then most of you wouldn't want him back.
I guess its just frustration talking , Jason. Every time the Reds fritter a win away into a draw or worse I'm sick and pissed off. I realize that theres not much that can be done short term. But I don't have to like it mate.
Trying to be more upbeat.
Seanicemanreturns Seanicemanreturns Nov 11, 2012 19:11 Flag
...but, HOLD ON...you dont need another striker...
according to some redshyte wannabe fans..........hahah
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Tech N9ne, one of today's most successful independent Rap artists, says he couldn't believe Lil Wayne was calling him to appear on 2011's Tha Carter IV. Tech N9ne says he had never met Lil Wayne before the phone call was made and that he couldn't believe a rapper with such commercial success and notoriety would reach out to him for a collaboration.
"I've always been the outcast," Tech N9ne says in an interview with XXL when asked to discuss the highest point in his career. "The dude with the face paint. Everybody thought I was a devil worshipper. The weird guy who rapped backwards. Nobody does that shit. I've always been the weirdo dude. When somebody of that stature...I'm independent. I use my own money, me and Travis [O'Guin, co-founder of Strange Music]. These motherfuckers are filthy rich."
Tech N9ne says he was also in disbelief because he felt Lil Wayne could have reached out to just about anybody at the time.
"This nigga is sitting on a lot," says Tech N9ne, who appears on Tha Carter IV's "Interlude." "He can work with anybody he wants to and Funkmaster Flex asked him, 'Who do you want to work with?' He said, 'Andre 3000 and my man Tech N9ne.' Wow."
In 2013, Tech N9ne also said that his work with Lil Wayne woke many audiences up to his style of Rap.
"I've been around for a long time, but it took Wayne to say 'Come here, dog. Do this,'" Tech N9ne said at the time. "I said 'Okay, I'mma do it.' And he believed in me. You know what I mean? And he called my name out and I showed up and showed out. And he put me on there with [Andre 3000], with Three Stacks. He put me on there with Three Stacks and didn't tell me. I'm so glad I went in…That woke a lot of people up."
Tech N9ne and Lil Wayne collaborated on more than Tha Carter IV's "Interlude." The two also paired up on "Fuck Food" on Tech N9ne's All 6's & 7's album.
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As we pointed out in some separate examples just last week, the answer might be in whom you decide to interview, and in whether you hear from independent expert perspectives in your news stories.
On the one hand
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported, "New FDA-approved device helps doctors detect deadly melanoma skin cancer." The story only interviewed a couple of doctors who are true believers and users of the system. No skeptics, no truly independent perspectives. And there were no questions raised about possible limitations in the use of the technology.
But on the other hand
The New York Times reported , "Dissent Over a Device to Help Find Melanoma." Excerpts:
This technology should still be considered to be in the developmental stage, said Dr. Roberta Lucas, an instructor of clinical dermatology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. We are better off when the system supports doctors who are thorough and unhurried; who examine and listen carefully and who empower patients to practice good surveillance and sun protection.
In fact, some members of an expert medical panel asked to review MelaFind a few years ago for the Food and Drug Administration warned that the device had the potential to give doctors and patients a false sense of security. While MelaFind can analyze small pigmented spots identified by dermatologists as having signs of melanoma, it is not designed to evaluate other problems: large melanomas, colorless melanomas or two other types of skin cancer basal and squamous cell carcinoma.
Dr. Amy E. Newburger, a dermatologist in Scarsdale, N.Y., who was a member of that F.D.A. panel, told me that she was concerned that a doctor could inadvertently use MelaFind on a non-melanoma skin cancer, receive a score indicating that the spot was not irregular, and erroneously decide not to biopsy it. She voted against recommending the device for F.D.A. approval.
Some biostatisticians are also critical of MelaFind, saying the device can recognize a high percentage of melanomas correctly because it also falsely scores as positive so many non-melanomas potentially prompting doctors to perform unnecessary biopsies.
To help me visualize that issue, Jason Connor, a biostatistician at Berry Consultants, a biostatistics consulting firm, compared the accuracy of MelaFind in distinguishing non-melanomas to a hypothetical pregnancy test which, used on 100 nonpregnant women, would mistakenly conclude that 90 of them were pregnant.
My concern with MelaFind is that it just says everything is positive, Mr. Connor said. A member of the F.D.A. panel, he abstained on a vote about whether the devices intended uses outweighed the risks.
I dont think this helps an aggressive doctor, Mr. Connor told me, and unaggressive doctors could do just as well if they were more diligent without the device.
The Cleveland paper wasn't alone in failing to raise some of the tough questions.
A Cleveland TV station, WKYC, reported on the device with nothing but praise.
KTRK-TV in Houston had this gushing story.
KDVR-TV, Denver allowed a doctor to call it the biggest advance in melanoma in his 26-year career – without raising any questions about that.
KVUE in Austin, Texas also failed to present an independent perspective in its story, even interviewing the device manufacturer's CEO.
WTVF in Nashville was one of the stations using a syndicated news service's story that claimed "The Cleveland Clinic has named the device one of its top medical innovations of 2013." So did KFSN in Fresno. Both used the same handout video from the syndication company – WTVF on the left, below, and KFSN on the righ
Isn't that special, how news of medical technology races across the US, unchallenged, unquestioning? Kudos for the New York Times effort to dig a little deeper.
By the way, Congressional Quarterly's HealthBeat newsletter last week reported on a particular concern with dermatologists overtesting and overtreating when all the services are provided under their roof – standing to profit from all of that care:
The number of times doctors order biopsies when they have a financial stake in the testing is increasing dramatically, with the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office estimating that in 2010, Medicare paid $69 million it could have saved had the number of self-referrals not been so high. Yesterday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, R-Mont., ranking member Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa; House Ways and Means Committee ranking member Sander M. Levin, D-Mich.; and House Energy and Commerce ranking member Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif….berated physicians for over-ordering such procedures. The GAO report indicated that three specialties dermatology, gastroenterology and urology accounted for 90 percent of self-referred anatomic pathology services in 2010.
When a nonpartisan report draws bipartisan attention, maybe it should get your attention, too.
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Book your room at Domaine des Séquoias
Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Ruy with restaurant and outdoor pool
Situated in Ruy, this hotel is 1.6 mi (2.5 km) from Stade Pierre Rajon and within 6 mi (10 km) of Isle d'Abeau Golf Club and Chapelle Sainte-Anne. Church of Saint Quentin Fallavier and Allinges Fortified Houses are also within 16 mi (25 km).
Hotel Features
A restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a bar/lounge are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include meeting rooms and a garden.
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All 19 soundproofed rooms feature free WiFi and minibars. Guests will also find plasma TVs with satellite channels and safes.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Domaine des Séquoias54 Vie de Boussieu Ruy Isere 38300
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 484 square feet (45 square meters) include meeting rooms. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and a train station pick-up service. This Ruy hotel also offers an outdoor pool and a garden. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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LOS ANGELES • In yet another public relations embarrassment for the Mormon Church, a Utah researcher has discovered that slain Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl was posthumously baptized last year in a serious breach of church protocol.
According to records, Pearl was baptized "by proxy" last summer in the Twin Falls temple — much to the surprise of his parents, who learned of the event this week.
Twin Falls temple officials were looking into the matter Wednesday evening and could not confirm or deny Pearl's baptism.
Reached by phone, Pearl's mother, Ruth, said she and her husband were dismayed when informed of the ceremony by a reporter from the Boston Globe, which first reported the news. According to the paper, the researcher is Helen Radkey, an excommunicated Mormon who combs through church archives.
"We realize that the Mormon ministers who baptized our son posthumously meant to offer him salvation in the most honorable way they know how," she said in statement. "To them we say: We appreciate your good intentions but rest assured that Danny's soul was redeemed through the life that he lived and the values that he upheld. He lived as a proud Jew, died as a proud Jew and is currently facing his creator as a Jew — blessed, accepted and redeemed."
Pearl, who was raised in Los Angeles, was working as a Wall Street Journal reporter when he was kidnapped and killed by terrorists in Pakistan in 2002.
In a video that his captors forced him to record just before his execution, he professed his faith, saying: "My father's Jewish. My mother's Jewish. I'm Jewish."
His parents later released a book titled "I Am Jewish," which contains a collection of essays by Pearl.
Posthumous baptisms are common in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, generally referred to as the Mormon Church. The purpose of the sacrament is to ensure that ancestors can join church members in the afterlife.
Individual Mormons submit to the church the names of persons they wish to have baptized. Then a baptism is performed "by proxy," meaning another person stands in for the dead.
Names are supposed to be submitted with the permission of family members, said Del Traveller, area spokesman for the church. If Pearl's name ended up at the Twin Falls temple, it could have been because the submission was made elsewhere, processed in Salt Lake City and then sent to Twin Falls to disperse the volume.
The practice has long stirred controversy, leading to a 1995 agreement between Jewish faith leaders and the Mormon Church that was supposed to prevent the baptisms of Holocaust victims.
Church rules stipulate that only direct descendants of the dead can submit their names for the sacrament.
But incidents have cropped up over the years.
In 2009, the church acknowledged that it had baptized President Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, after her death. And just this month, officials were forced to apologize after they learned that the parents of the late Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal had been posthumously baptized. They also admitted that three dead relatives of Holocaust survivor Elie Wisesel were almost baptized, as well.
Messages left with a church spokesman were not immediately returned.
In an earlier statement, the Mormon Church said the incidents involving Holocaust victims were serious breaches of protocol by overzealous members of the church.
"It takes a good deal of deception and manipulation to get an improper submission through the safeguards we have put in place," a spokesman wrote in a statement. "It is distressing when an individual willfully violates the church's policy and something that should be understood to be an offering based on love and respect becomes a source of contention."
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My disc brakes have recently become very noisy when stopping. Only the last few feet of the stop, both the front and back brake let out this loud groan/squeek noise just has I come to a stop. Is there a way to stop this?
My disc brakes have recently become very noisy when stopping. Only the last few feet of the stop, both the front and back brake let out this loud groan/squeek noise just has I come to a stop. Is there a way to stop this?
adjustment could be off... but I would start by cleaning the rotors with rubbing alcohol...
what brand are they?
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Some people even "BAKE" the brake pads.
Trying the adjustments first. I personally enjoy tweaking and working on my bike. Sometimes it gets overwhelming.
You can also get a spray can of Brake Kleen at any auto parts store, its pretty much what donalson is suggesting. It is brake pad specific fix stuff.
I think its disgusting and terrible how people treat Lance Armstrong, especially after winning 7 Tour de France Titles while on drugs!
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my BB7 mechanical road discs have always squealed and groaned like a banshee and not stopped all that well. My Shimano hydraulic disc on my MTB have been quiet and flawless.
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First question, when was the last time the pads were replaced?
My wife's disk brakes squealed. I change the pads and they got much better. Then I sanded each side of the rotors to get them clean and roughen them up a bit.
Then, standing over top of the rotor/brake assmbly, center the rotor between the pads using the adjustment screws. There should be equal distance on both sides so when you pull the brake levers the pads contact the rotors at the same time and keep the rotor in a straign line. If they don't the rotor will flex one way or another. Err on the side of no rotor flex when adjusting even if it doesn't appear completely centered.
the centered thing is true if it's using hydros with 2 (or 4) opposed pistons... that is NOT the case if you are using a cable brake... on cables they are based around one piston moving and then bending the rotor over to the other pad... so the inboard (stationary) pad needs to be set as close to the rotor as you can get without drag... the bb7's made this easy to do, some other mechaincals I've used took a bit more work to get it right.
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I ended up just using a paper towel and cleaning the rotors well and problem solved.
glad it was that simple for you to fix
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DISPATCH FROM AWARDS SEASON: Prizes for "Million Dollar" & "Sideways" in NY and "Passion" & "Fahrenheit" in LA
by Eugene Hernandez
Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" topped "Sideways" and "Before Sunset" in voting by the National Society of Film Critics this weekend. The group, made up of 56 film critics from around the country, met Saturday at Sardi's in Manhattan to choose their top films and performances of 2004. Meanwhile in New York City on Sunday night, Eastwood was in the spotlight once again, accepting the best director prize after a rousing standing ovation at the 70th New York Film Critics' dinner. Also at the annual event, the "Sideways" team celebrated a best picture prize and three other honors (for script, actor, and supporting actress). And on the West Coast, "The Passion of the Christ" and "Fahrenheit 9/11" were honored at the People's Choice Awards. The honors come with just a few days before AMPAS members must return nominations ballots, and just two weeks before nominees will finally be announced for the annual Academy Awards.
National Critics Honors
Eastwood's win for best picture has insiders wondering if his will be the film to beat at this year's Academy Awards. In best director balloting by the National Society of Film Critics, Zhang Yimou narrowly beat Alexander Payne and Clint Eastwood, for one of his two splashy 2004 releases, "House of Flying Daggers." In the foreign language film category Ousmane Sembène's "Moolaadé" topped "Daggers" in a close race, with Jean-Luc Godard's "Notre Musique" in the third spot.
The national critics honors mostly mirrored the New York Film Critics Circle in acting categories, with Imelda Staunton winning the best actress award for "Vera Drake," Virginia Madsen and Thomas Haden Church honored for best supporting actress and actor for "Sideways," and the one difference being that Jamie Foxx was honored as best actor for "Ray," topping New York honoree Paul Giamatti for "Sideways."
Jonathan Caouette's "Tarnation" was named the top nonfiction film of the year. While the film is in contention for an Independent Spirit Award this year, it did not make the Oscar short list in the documentary category.
[A complete list of National Society of Film Critics winners is available on indieWIRE's Awards Watch blog.]
People's Choice Prizes
Another non-fiction film vying for awards season acclaim is Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11." The film cashed in on an email campaign to get the movie a People's Choice Award, winning the prize for Favorite Movie. It was selected in a poll of online voters. Moore, previously scheduled to attend Sunday's New York Film Critics Circle dinner in Manhattan, decided instead to attend the People's Choice ceremony in Los Angeles to accept his prize.
"We live in a great country and we all love our country very much and I am so amazed that you did this, the people of America that you voted for this film... I cant thank you enough," Moore said live on national television Sunday night. "I am honored and gratified."
A few minutes later, the prize for Favorite Movie Drama was presented, with Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" winning and the director receiving what seemed to be an even more substantial ovation.
"More than any other thing I have ever worked on -- when you circumvent the system -- I depended on you and you were there. So this means a lot more to me this time than anything before, if it wasn't for you guys we'd have been dead in the water," Gibson said. "Now, I'll just be brief and get off -- God bless you all."
While some awards analysts wondered whether the People's Choice honors might boost those two films chances for a top Oscar nomination, the sense is that since the prizes were chosen via online balloting, they would not impact Oscar voters.
NY Film Critics Dinner
In New York, Moore was the recipient of some good-natured ribbing for forsaking the Critics Circle. Al Franken presented his best documentary award and Harvey Weinstein accepted following the cocktail party and dinner held at Manhattan's Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown.
While "Sideways" was the big winner in terms of overall awards, the biggest ovation of the evening went to Clint Eastwood. The three-hundred or so attendees at the Roosevelt stood and enthusiastically cheered for Eastwood as he made his way to the podium to accept his award from "Million Dollar Baby" star, and likely Oscar nominee, Hillary Swank.
Eastwood quipped that he was only four years old when The New York Film Critics Circle was formed, just beginning to watch movies for the first time. Thanking the members of the National Society of Film Critics also in attendance, Eastwood offered most of his praise for the cast and crew of his latest film. Honoring his talented collaborator's work, he said humbly, "All you have to do is sit back and let the picture take care of itself."
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New metro boom towns include Piedmont, Blanchard
Plentiful land, highway access and new schools boosted suburban growth around Oklahoma City in the last decade as places such as Piedmont and Blanchard became the new boom towns.
But don't discount growth inside Oklahoma City or in established suburbs such as Edmond, Moore and Yukon.
An analysis of census tracts by The Oklahoman shows the biggest population gains in far northwest Oklahoma County and south of Oklahoma City in Moore. Population declines occurred in some parts of core Oklahoma City, as well as older parts of Edmond, Midwest City and Norman.
"To anybody who's been here over the last decade, they probably would not be too surprised by the size of the growth just looking at the number of housing additions that have
About the growth
Census tracts range in population size from 2,000 to 8,000 people, but most average about 4,000 people. They vary in land area because of population density. Barker said the Census Bureau added dozens of tracts in Oklahoma, Cleveland and Canadian counties because of population growth in the last 10 years.
In far northwest Oklahoma County, the once sparsely populated area now has rush-hour traffic snarls as commuters navigate the network of two-lane county roads. New businesses along Memorial Road and the Kilpatrick Turnpike have spurred development in the unincorporated Deer Creek area as well as Piedmont.
Piedmont is working on a comprehensive plan that should be finished later this year, said Clark Williams, city manager. He said the city is taking a "managed growth" approach to the population changes.
Among the new retail development in the area is a Williams grocery store, which is being built south of the intersection of NW 164 and Piedmont Road. The city already has platted areas for more than 2,000 lots for housing, as well as plats for other mixed-use developments for office and retail.
"Every day I'm dealing with a lot of property issues and water and utility issues," Williams said. "It doesn't take the developers long to get out there and turn dirt. Once they get their approvals, they're quick to throw the stormwater, the drainage, the streets and roads and utility structures. After that, you see the houses going up just as soon as they can get finalized.
"A lot of people like this area because they get away from the congestion and they have a little more open space freedom out here," Williams said. "Of course, that works both ways, because then you get sprawl. We can guide this growth in order to make the best quality of life possible out here."
A few neighborhoods inside the core Oklahoma City area showed population gains, including the area just north and northwest of Shepherd Mall on NW 23.
Also showing gains were residential sections of Midtown and Bricktown, as well as the neighborhood around Oklahoma City Community College.
Many neighborhoods south of I-40 and north of I-240 showed gains over the last decade, too.
Farther south, neighborhoods surrounding the intersection of SW 134 and S Pennsylvania Avenue had significant growth.
Meanwhile, dozens of new businesses, both big and small, have opened up along Interstate 35 south of Oklahoma City into Moore.
The Moore Chamber of Commerce has grown to more than 700 members from about 200 in 2003, said Executive Director Brenda Roberts.
Farther south, the city of Blanchard, which straddles Grady and McClain Counties, grew 170 percent and now has more than 7,600 people. It had just 2,816 people in 2000.
Jeremy McGaha, with Pickard Brothers Construction in Blanchard, said the rapid growth in the middle part of the last decade has leveled off. Pickard Brothers builds custom homes that range from 1,800 to 2,200 square feet, he said.
"It seemed like everybody around town wanted to be a builder and build houses," said McGaha, whose father-in-law Jerry Pickard owns the company. "A lot of them realized it wasn't what they thought and they fizzled out."
McGaha said Blanchard is well served by major roads and the growth hasn't caused many traffic problems.
"It seems like they wanted to get out of the city," he said of the new residents. "We're still growing; there's still little businesses popping up here and there."
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Small-time messaging app Tiiny has been shuttered
Late last year, Tiiny was revealed as another ephemeral messaging app in a crowded space. The app was always billed as a project more than a moonshot or labor of love, which makes today's announcement neither disappointing or sad. In a blog post via Medium, Digg founder Kevin Rose announced he and the team at North were shutting Tiiny down, saying "at the end of the day Tiiny didn't find an audience, and the product wasn't a big enough improvement over similar services in an already insanely crowded space."


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I just want to divide each element in a list by an int.
myList = [10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90]
myInt = 10
newList = myList/myInt
This is the error:
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for /: 'list' and 'int'
I understand why I am receiving this error. But I am frustrated that I can't find a solution.
Also tried:
newList = [ a/b for a, b in (myList,myInt)]
ValueError: too many values to unpack
Expected Result:
newList = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
The following code gives me my expected result:
newList = []
for x in myList:
But is there an easier/faster way to do this?


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Telugu filmmaker GunasekharTelugu filmmaker Gunasekhar says he couldn't think of anyone else but Anushka Shetty for the title role in his upcoming period-drama "Rudrama Devi".
"I couldn't think of anyone else but Anushka for the role. I told myself that I would wait until I get to cast her, but fortunately she agreed instantly when I approached her. If it was not for her, this project wouldn't have started," Gunasekhar told IANS.
In the film, Anushka will reprise the role of princess Rudrama Devi, a prominent ruler of the Kakatiya dynasty.
"The reason I didn't want to cast someone else because the audience already accepted Anushka in a period role, and the response she received following her stellar performance in 'Arundhati', persuaded me to cast her," he said.
The film, produced and directed by Gunasekhar, has art direction by Thota Tharani and music by Illayaraja.
Gunasekhar and the rest of the crew recently travelled to Germany for a trial shoot; the filmmaker plans to rope in German technicians for the film, which will go on floors in February.
"It is a very prestigious project and I wanted to get everything right before I start shooting. We have roped in international technicians who would help us with the Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) work to bring back the long forgotten era on screen to perfection," said Gunasekhar.
Fashion designer Neeta Lulla has been roped in to design the costumes, while Sreekar Prasad will handle the editing.
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Would A Ponzi By Any Other Name Smell As Bad?
Via Peter Tchir of TF Market Advisors,
Would a Ponzi by any other name smell as bad?
The bond market has always had clever names for bonds in specific markets. Eurobonds, Yankee bonds, Samurai bonds, and now, Ponzi bonds. I'm not sure what else to call these new bonds, but Ponzi bonds seems as good as anything.
I couldn't find the new National Bank of Greece Preferred bond that was issued to the Greek government, but I did find a bond that was issued back in June. Euribor + 1200 may seem like a big coupon, but I cannot imagine that any actual investor bought these bonds.
National Bank Of Greece 3 Year Bond
The fact that NBG is the "book runner" of this bond is further demonstration that no real account bought these bonds – back when NBG sold actual bonds to actual institutions it hired banks like DB to lead the deals for them. As further evidence of the "special nature" of these bonds is that the "Collateral Type" is "Govt Liquid Gtd", which means the Greek government guaranteed these bonds. So just like the Italian bonds, NBG issued these bonds to themselves, got a Greek government guarantee (how can a country that can't borrow, provide a guarantee?) and took these bonds to the ECB to get some financing. The ECB won't buy National Bank of Greece bonds directly, they won't buy Hellenic Republic bonds in the primary market, but they will take these ponzi bonds as collateral? Not only have they gone with form over substance in skirting around rules, but they have clearly thrown out any reasonable attempts at being prudent with the use of their balance sheet. Where do these guarantees show up? Is anyone out their negotiating the haircut on these bonds? Probably not since somehow a guarantee doesn't count. Yet NBG is likely at the PSI negotiating table since they own actual Greek debt in addition to these ponzi bonds. All very confusing.
NBG has now issued preferred bonds to the same bankrupt country. The bankrupt country provided €1 billion of capital to the insolvent bank. Whether the country got the money by posting the bonds to the ECB as collateral, or from their last tranche of TROIKA money, I don't know. What I do know is that NBG is trying to use that money to buy back bonds and preferred shares at a discount to par (where they carry them at). Those purchases would generate profits for the bank as they would book the difference between par and purchase price as income. That would increase their equity capital. In the case of preferred bonds/stock they buy back, I'm not sure how much of a benefit they get as retiring those issues would reduce capital by the face amount, but it certainly works on straight debt. The scary part is that you can almost see the logic behind it. You can see how they are attempting to use what little firepower they have left to keep the bank alive and pretend like all is good. Yet, it is sacrificing the people and the country for the good of the bank. Does Greece really benefit from buying these bonds/preferreds? Greece has NO money! Greece is living bailout to bailout yet, is finding ways to help the banks meet regulatory requirements. Why are existing lenders letting Greece pile on more debt to save the banks? I just don't see how this works, and I really don't understand how the IMF (US Taxpayer) can be comfortable with Greece using money to buy National Bank of Greece bonds.
Lets shift to Italy. In Italy at least 3 banks issued bonds just ahead of the LTRO.
Intesa SanPaolo 3 month Bill
UniCredit 3 month Bill
They issued bonds to themselves. Yes, they sold bonds to themselves (I wonder how many sales credits the salesperson got?).
So after the bond purchase and sale, we have a bank with a matching asset and liability.
So the next step is for the Italian Bank to get a guarantee from the Italian government. I assume there is some cost to this, but haven't bothered to check because frankly the fee is small relative to the benefits received.
So now the Italian bank has a bond that is guaranteed by the Italian government. That is marginally better than having their own debt, since if they stop paying on their debt, the Italian government would make payment on these bonds. The beneficiary of the guarantee payments would be the other creditors of the Italian Bank, so the guarantee has minimal value at this stage. The Italian Government has created a new liability – the contingent guarantee of this Italian Bank bond. Thanks to "modern" accounting, or the market's self deception, somehow a guarantee doesn't count against the Italian government (or at least that is the hope).
Now the bank participates in LTRO and pledges the guaranteed bonds to the ECB.
The ECB loaned money to the Italian Bank. The ECB deems it as "safe" because they received a bond Guaranteed by the Italian Government as collateral. The Italian Bank gets money from the ECB, pays itself money on the bonds it issued, and owes the ECB interest on the money they received. The Italian government is happy because they didn't issue any debt, yet used their guarantee (which somehow they seem to think doesn't count against them) to get one of their banks much needed money.
It is unclear from this chart (and to the world in general) where the ECB got the money to lend to the Italian Bank in the first place. Right now the banks don't seem to need the money they got from the ECB so they are lending it back to the ECB. So at the moment the ECB is getting the money to lend to the banks, from the banks themselves, but ultimately where is the ECB getting the money to lend once the banks won't lend it to them? It is bizarre if you think about it.
It is one thing to read about how the ECB's deposits have skyrocketed since LTRO, but to look at balance sheets of the entities involved makes it even more mind-boggling to me.
But this is where it gets really good. The Italian Government and the ECB both put pressure on the Italian Banks to use at least some of the money to purchase Italian Government bonds. Surely some of the money will be used for other purposes (it won't permanently be lent to the ECB), but at least part will be used to help Italian banks finance existing Italian government bonds or to buy new ones.
So, here is what the world now looks like. The Italian government has some money. The Italian Government issued bonds AND guarantees to get that money! If they could have issued bonds directly to the ECB they would not have incurred the Guarantee. The size of the guarantee is likely to be larger than the Italian Government Bonds proceeds since even Italian banks won't use all of the LTRO money to buy Italian government bonds.
The banks have cheap funding via the LTRO facility and some assets against it. They pay an interest rate on the "new bonds" they issued, but receive that money back via the repo agreement that is part of the LTRO. They are the proud owners of Italian government bonds with cheap financing. They could have bought the bonds directly, except they cannot borrow cheaply. Yes, the market had made some attempt to charge banks with bad risk management, awful assets, and opaque books, more than they charged the country they were domiciled in. But rather than let the market (and common sense) rule, a mechanism to let banks fund themselves cheaper than the countries they rely on, was created.
The ECB has apparently created money, and can pretend as though they didn't print money, and also pretend that they didn't participate in financing sovereigns directly in new issues (I guess).
Countries and Their Banks are Becoming Indistinguishable
Asides from giving Ponzi a bad name (at least until the ECB just admits that they are printing faster than even Big Ben) this is tying the banks and the countries ever closer. A long, long, time ago (1 month) it was conceivable that a bank could fail and the sovereign survive. That is becoming less clear. Whether Italian Banks use all of the LTRO proceeds for new sovereign debt is relatively immaterial, since they already hold lots of Italian government debt. It was always very difficult to see how an Italian bank could survive a default (or haircut or restructuring) by Italy. They just had too much exposure in addition to their other weak holdings.
It was possible to imagine the sovereign surviving a bank default. A default by any individual bank didn't necessarily bring the sovereign down. It would likely drag other banks down and put pressure on the sovereign and the ECB to take drastic measures to support the banking system, but there was a real chance the sovereign (even one without money printing capacity) could survive. But that may no longer be the case with LTRO and the Ponzi Bonds. Once a bank defaults, the ECB would rely on the government guarantee. The government debt burden would increase by the amount of that guarantee. In addition to having to get new money into the rest of the banks, the markets would certainly start pricing in all of the other guarantees the government had made via this program. The pressure on the surviving banks would be more than it would have been otherwise because investors will know they relied on government guarantees to remain solvent.
This program seems to ensure the destruction of the entire banking system and the sovereign if any reasonably large participant fails. We have gone for "sovereign ceiling" to "weakest link" in terms of credit. If this program become common and larger, we have effectively linked all the banks in the system, and the sovereign, to the WEAKEST bank. Maybe that is an overstatement as this time (the program is new, and it isn't huge yet) but it is already material and threatens to grow. Intesa Sanpaolo did €12 billion this time around. Their equity market cap is only €22 billion. If all of the banks defaulted and Italian government debt went up by only €40 billion, maybe the market could handle it. But this is just the first time Italy has done this. Another LTRO is coming up. We have also seen that Greece is using this "methodology" to get money to the banks via programs other than LTRO.
As an investor, unnecessary complexity and off-balance sheet obligations scare me. What is going on in Italy is limit long unnecessary complexity and has a decent amount of off-balance sheet contingent liabilities to go along with it. Similar ideas seem to have worked in Ireland, have helped Greece keep NBG alive, and the program is not yet large (that we know of), so I'm not panicked right now, but I would start evaluating Italy from the weakest link perspective much more than trying to figure out "what dirty shirt is the least dirty". Greece had all sorts of ways to hide debt before anyone was looking too closely. Clearly other countries are learning, and who knows what they already have hidden that hasn't come to the surface (Spain did just miss their deficit by a full 2% points with zero warning).
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"The ECB has apparently created money, and can pretend as though they didn't print money, and also pretend that they didn't participate in financing sovereigns directly in new issues (I guess)."
"they just "grew their balance sheet"" exactly - same as monetization
"Countries and Their Banks are Becoming Indistinguishable"
the trick is only marginally better than what the Italians did for a few decades - it worked for a while until it was not necessary anymore
it's shadow nationalization - I was expecting the latter but I have to say the "shadow" part is quite a novelty... a financial innovation
"shadow central banking"
The snap back from this mother fucking bullshit is gonna rip people's heads straight off of their bodies. God, this is gonna be a bloody mess before its all done.
That big 'collapse' upcoming, might turn out to be a shunt detour.
The background of the shenanigans that astonish Peter Tchir above ...
Here in Europe we may just be keeping the Ponzi afloat for a few weeks or months ... till the Americans start World War III in Asia ... after which the Big News is not that Germany leaves the euro, but that Germany leads the way to a new EU partnership with Russia, and we will jettison the US and Nato (and the Brits too).
Re debt and the banks we will simply have a great re-set and wipe a lot of it out. Europe's debt is mostly owed to itself. With Russia providing energy, Europe is complete, self-sufficient including food, we have no trade deficit ...
From America we now get nothing except fraud, lies, theft, and attempts to control the internet and media with propaganda.
But we are not going to be the initiator of the divorce from the USA. That will happen after America starts W W III and drops a nuke bomb on somebody, and it is totally clear that the USA are the new fascist Nazis, while here in Europe along with Russia, we will be the no-death-penalty and self-sufficient socially progressive People of Enlightenment.
Which bank in Brussels are you the janitor at?
The US wishes you the best. All redistributionists / collectivists should make your plane reservations to join our Russian/German friends.
Peter attention to
France and EFSF downgrade
whatever...poos 25000!
I am amazed at how hard they work to get around the rules or laws....no need to be honest...just cheat..it will all work out in the end....
Reminds me of what I learned about lying as a kid: it just gets worse and more tangle until you can't keep up the lies anymore. Only I don;t think these guys ever learned that...
You should see how the R establishment is trying to figure out how they can rig the caucus so Paul won't win. They are being open about it!
If you support Ron Paul, PLEASE go to drudgereport.com and vote in their IN HOUSE poll. It's right at the top and DOES NOT link you or spam you. I just voted and after it just shows the results.
i already have my gary johnson bumper sticker on deck should ron paul lose tonight..............
Okay. But please vote at drudge in the meantime!
Also vote at http://www.politico.com/ also!
OK, I voted 42 times for RP at Drudge. Re-hypothecating my vote. Seems to work nicely.
If you think a politician is gonna save ya, THINK AGAIN. Only you can secure your financial freedom and independence. Just saying, 'cause there is a lot of hype that RP is gonna fix things for everyone. That may or may not be true. Shutting down the Fed is a good start but it will cause one hell of a shit storm in the process.
Done and ..........done.
Ponzi Bonds sounds so judgemental. How about Juden Confetti Bonds? That sounds festive and New Yearish.
How about "Mexican Standoff" Bonds?
and I see that Moodys actually gave this shit a rating
We learned all we need to know about the bond raters back in 2007-2009. Anyone who still cares what Moodys thinks is either misinformed or delusional.
They are Ponzi enablers.
When the Greece defaults and NBG is in bigger trouble. ECB will take over NBG assets outside Greece (Turkey and South East European Countries)predominantly many good working banks, big fat portfolio and let NBG rotten in Greece.
I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something, something I can use
People love it when you lose, they love dirty laundry
Well, I could've been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear, give us dirty laundry
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em all around
We got the bubbleheaded bleach-blonde, comes on at 5
She can tell you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye
It's interesting when people die, give us dirty laundry
Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet?
You know the boys in the newsroom got a running bet
Get the widow on the set, we need dirty laundry
You don't really need to find out what's going on
You don't really want to know just how far it's gone
Just leave well enough alone, keep your dirty laundry
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're stiff, kick 'em all around
Dirty little secrets, dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie
Love to cut you down to size, we love dirty laundry
We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing
When it's said and done, we haven't told you a thing
We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry
Charles Ponzi could never have thought his name would live forever.......good for him !
Every single time I read an article like this I feel lucky for having been able to exchange some of my soon to be worthless zEUROs for gold, silver, arable land and so forth.
Toilet paper... hm... Has the paint they use in euros been dermatologicly tested?
Do you think Bankers are Marxists ? They have driven product markets to commoditisation; driven incomes of persons engaged in manufacturing into the ground, and they have financialised the whole society and reduced nation states to simply locations for debt warehousing. Britain truly is Airstrip One and the whole sluicing of toxic debt around Europe rather resembles Ebola Virus on a trip around the human body. The consistent and inexorable destruction of national identity and sovereign states to serve some globalised One World Agenda makes one wonder just how brutal reassertion of National Interest will be when it emerges into full light of day. I mean Europe has unleashed the two most violent wars in history and it is not a happy continent
"Europe has unleashed the two most violent wars in history and it is not a happy continent"
On both occasions with a little help from Uncle Tom, and next time, i.e. shortly, with a little more help methinks.
Ponzi bonds sounds about right.
It's like injecting embalming fluid with redbull and cocaine. At some point you are bound to get some kind of movement.
As for the guarantee, let's just assume that is the unlimited non-taxable Greek sunshine and leave it at that, cause we would be then seeking for logic where it clearly doesn't apply anymore.
This seems to be the European version of QE. Just as in the US version, the ECB creates some money and loans it to banks, which loan it right back to the ECB. As long as the banks loan the newly-printed money back to the ECB, this is not inflationary. But it will not stimulate the economy either. It is mainly a bookkeeping operation which doesn't serve much purpose.
It would be interesting to know the interest rates that the bank pays to the ECB and is paid by the ECB. Is there a positive spread for the bank?
You nailed it. It may be inflationary for things that banks buy though, such as preffered shares, maybe gold or oil futures, biflations.
It was the Irish banks who started the ponzi bond circle jerk by issuing bonds to themselves and surprise surprise others have followed.
And just for the laughs take a look at this, tweeted earlier today by NamaWineLake:
"22 days before Ireland pays €1,250m to unsecured unguaranteed bondholders at zombified Anglo on 25th Jan"
there you go again Dick....my feelings are getting hurt. lmao
Lol! +1
Sorry mate!
But since i mentioned Ireland, here's some bed time reading.
My friend tried to get me to buy property about 5 years ago and I declined.
She was funneling at the time, she is a US citizen now
I couldn't help but giggle at the link to www.daft.ie in your link.
daft.ie Ireland's Biggest Property Site!
€2000,000,000,000,000,000,000 for a house in fucking Kilkenny, bahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!
help me out here in understanding this....when this mess collapses will the government then own everything the bank has? This is one of the craziest things I think I have seen. Since there is no real buyers (for who would want the crap), what is in for the government to guarantee other than ownership for control?
Does the ECB actually have anything that is real or is it all ponzi anymore?
They've got some real gold, unless they're lying about that too.
Volume in millions of fine troy ounces: 346.844


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Third-grader Christian Guerrero reads along as teacher Denise Miller reads to her class at Vail Elementary School in Temecula in August. New Common Core State Standards will require students to read and re-read more, the cover story of American Educator says. (Terry Pierson/The Press-Enterprise photographer)
The new Common Core State Standards will dramatically change classroom instruction in English language arts, points out the fall issue of American Educator magazine.
The cover story, "Letting the Text Take Center Stage" by Timothy Shanahan, explains why teachers will need to support student in paying closer attention to what they read instead of focusing as much attention on pre-reading activities that often have little to do with the text, whether fiction or nonfiction. Examples of pre-reading may be highlighting new vocabulary words or the historical background of a story or article so students can understand it better once they read. Some teachers have been encouraged to spend a lot of time teaching background, including the author's biography before students ever get to read and discover what the text actually says, he says.
Most state's existing state standards, or educational goals, focus on what students should be able to do, such as "read and demonstrate comprehension." But it's a lot easier to read and demonstrate comprehension of a Dick and Jane primer than a novel by James Joyce, a difference Shanahan compares to bench pressing a 5-pound weight once or 100 pounds 10 times. Old standards, he said, didn't set a level of difficulty.
The new Common Core standards, a set of educational goals for each grade level adopted by California and 45 other states, does set a difficulty level, Shanahan says, and it's higher than what was considered grade-level before. Teachers will have to help students learn how to untangle complicated texts, whether in literature, science or history, and to read and re-read to figure out the meaning, he said.
That's a little bit like what a lot of adults do every day when we get complicated reports that don't make sense at first glance. We re-read them, or at least the sections we need to re-read, until we understand.
And, he says, fifth-graders will be expected to read and understand texts, in science for instance, at a level they previously wouldn't have encountered until sixth or seventh grades. So strategies to unravel complicated sentence structures must be taught.
His example from a science text has each reference to the Sun, the nebula, a protoplanetary ring and new planets highlighted in a different color. That's one way kids can learn to straighten out a confusing passage.
The Common Core is intended to better prepare all students for college and careers. Students have been improving a little bit almost every year on tests of California's 1997 state standards, but college completion rates have dipped slightly. Colleges talk about the need for students to get better preparation in high school. High school teachers have been pressured to teach to the state tests.
Let's hope the new goals, and teaching strategies being developed right now to meet the new, higher goals, can raise the rigor of what students actually learn before they graduate.


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After a hearty snack break at Chitang's Torta, we decided to make another stop at Argao Nature Park. Argao Nature Park is a small park right on the edge of a rice field. To get to this park, you simply have to follow a nice road in the middle of gorgeous-looking rice paddies. It's a very short drive. So you don't have to worry about getting lost or anything like that.
The park is quite small but it has interesting features fit not just for locals but also for out-of-towners. It has a big pond for a little boating, a canopy walk, facilities for wall-climbing and zip-lining, a massage hut for the weary, board game areas for those needing intellectual stimulation, a small restaurant, clean restrooms, and a mini zoo.
So, anyways, here are the photos. Check out the park with your family and friends, too!
Argao Nature Park!
Main Gate
Five pesos only. Not bad!
The welcome hut. This is also where you pay if you want to try any of their activities.
Site map.
Nice looking trees. So old and so tall.
Clean restrooms
A cute rabbit
I'm not sure what this is. But I think it is a venue for events.
A monkey with a necklace. Haha.
A very fierce-looking bird
Wow. A really huge tree right in the middle of the park.
Walkway to the bridge in the middle of the pond
The canopy walk. Looking nice
A giant image of the Virgin Mary in the middle of the pond.
From another angle
Walkway to the bridge
One of the many picnic huts in the area.
I wonder how deep the water is. Well, it's always better to have a life jacket on. Hehe.
Outside the park is a small children's playground.
Perfect for family bonding and stuff.
Or for dates.
Visit Argao Nature Park!


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As the NFL attempts to come to grips with the death of future Hall of Fame linebacker Junior Seau by suicide on Wednesday, a lot of people are struggling with the tragedy.
Count San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh as one of those men. Harbaugh played against Seau and then with him when they were teammates on the San Diego Chargers. Harbaugh released a touching statement through the 49ers:
"The qualities I most respected in Junior were the caring and respect he showed to all those with whom he came in contact. One of my fondest remembrances as a professional football player was looking across the locker room after playing my last career game with the Chargers and knowing that I had shared that moment with one of the greatest teammates and competitors the game has ever known. The moment moved me to get off my stool, approach Junior and ask him to trade jerseys. It's the only time I had done that in my career.
"My thoughts and prayers go out to Junior's family."
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Lego Halo Arsenal by Tekka-CroeWatch
©2008-2016 Tekka-Croe
As stated, most of these weapons are built by my own designs. I hope that Halo fans enjoy my work.
How did you get the energy sword?
acually that would be pretty cool stuf to use in MFZ
I tried to make halo weapons, but it failed. I can't believe i couldn't think of the smg. that is, like, SO simple yet SO impossible to think of lol
I like how you made the plasma rifles I would have never thought of that!
cool i made some Halo weapon too from lego a few even in life size.
you forgot the pistol
Really, really awesome. Now I wanna go do stuff with my Legos...
Dunno why no one commented, those look awsome..


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Just had my 2001 Olds in the shop and the battery checked out good, however noticed today that the battery light will come on and after a while go off. It will stay off for longer then come back on. No issues with anything working so I wonder if this may be a short or something?
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