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A Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) is the most popular way for parents to save money to pay for post-secondary education for children.
RESPs offer tax advantages and government subsidies.
For every dollar you deposit to your RESP, the government will add a 20 per cent matching Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG) of up to $500 annually to boost your savings. The grant formula is even better for low-income families.
Invest safely
Where else can you earn a guaranteed 20 per cent rate of return shortly after you make your deposit? Such an immediate boost in RESP value should allow you to invest conservatively. Indeed if the date that you will need your RESP to pay for tuition is less than five years from now, you should emphasize safety of principal.
Even if you've deposited far less than you'd intended into the RESP, safety trumps growth -- especially after seeing the extreme market volatility of autumn 2008.
Tax advantages
Inside an RESP, investment income remains tax-sheltered. When withdrawals begin, RESP earnings become taxable at the student-beneficiary's tax rate.
Indeed, the student could be non-taxable, especially since Saskatchewan increased the basic personal exemption to $12,945. Consequently, RESP earnings can very likely be withdrawn tax-free.
Tax-wise the RESP is similar to a Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA). If you have to choose between depositing $5,000 to an RESP in December 2008 and $5,000 to a TFSA in January 2009, the $1,000 CESG makes the RESP the winner.
As you would expect for any government-subsidized savings plan, an RESP has strings attached.
Beneficiary drops out
What if your child does not enrol in an eligible post-secondary educational program or drops out before using all the RESP money? In the worst-case scenario, the grant money would have to be returned to the government.
If you have more than one child, you can reduce the risk of forfeiting any CESG by setting up a family (multi-beneficiary) RESP. For example, if a family plan has two children as beneficiaries but only one enrols in post-secondary education, most or all of the RESP funds can be given to the child that goes to school (up to a maximum of $7,200 CESG per child).
What if there is wide age gap among beneficiaries of a family plan RESP? The maximum duration of an RESP was extended by 10 years to 35 years in the 2008 Federal Budget, which helps ensure that the youngest beneficiaries can obtain educational assistance from a family plan.
Ultimately, if there are no more beneficiaries eligible to withdraw the rest of the RESP, then accumulated RESP income can be transferred to the parent-subscriber's RRSP if you have enough unused RRSP contribution room available.
Unused grant room
Government grant room had previously accumulated at the rate of $400 per year per beneficiary from 1998 to 2006 inclusive even if you had no RESP previously. Starting in 2007, grant room began to accumulate at $500 per year. You can catch up if you have not taken full advantage of CESG grants in previous years.
The year a beneficiary turns 17 is the final year to qualify for any CESG. The catch is that a beneficiary age 16 or 17 years can be eligible only if at least $2,000 RESP contributions were made and not withdrawn for that beneficiary by Dec. 31 of the year the beneficiary turns 15.
An RESP can give the next generation a head start at landing a good job and achieving financial security. The key to growing your child's RESP is to start early and maximize the government grants each year.
Dec. 31 is the deadline to make an RESP deposit to get a matching government grant for 2008.
Terry McBride is secretary of the local chapter of Advocis (The Financial Advisors Association
of Canada). He works at Raymond James Ltd.,
a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund. Insurance and financial products and services are available through Raymond James Financial Planning Ltd., which is not a member of CIPF. This article provides general information and should not be considered personal investment or tax planning advice.


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QSLs for VP2MOR, TG9/W0OR, TG8/W0OR, CP6/W0OR, HK0/W0OR, YS4/W0OR and HC1/W0OR and HC1WDT should be sent direct to W0OR. U.S. amateurs enclose an SASE. Others enclose 2 green stamps, an SASE, or an IRC. Please note that the TG8/W0OR operation took place in February and March of 2012. The TG9/W0OR operation took place in 2003. I have received several QSLs with the wrong call for the 2012 operation, which was from Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Quetzaltenango is in TG8 land. Logs from all of the above DX operations except CP6/W0OR have been uploaded to LOTW.
I was first licensed in Minnesota in 1954 as a novice, with the call WN0WDW. I had become interested in radio through boy scouts. Later, I obtained the general license and was W0WDW. In those years I was very active as a traffic handler on 80 meter cw. I also became interested in contesting, especially the Sweepstakes. My family moved to California in 1958 and I was assigned the call K6QXC. After obtaining an undergraduate degree from the University of the Pacific, in 1962 I moved to Oregon and was assigned the call K7PNE. Later I was drafted into the Army and served in California, Louisiana and Georgia. Upon discharge, I traveled extensively in Europe for about half a year, then moved back to Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota, earning a Masters degree in speech/communication. I was assigned the call W0LKJ. When old calls were made available in the early 70's, I applied for my old call, W0WDW and got it. After some years of inactivity, I obtained the Extra Class license in the 1980's and in 1997 obtained the vanity call, W0OR. I am an avid contester (5 times Minnesota CW Sweepstakes winner; first place worldwide ARRL DX Contest, CW in 1985 at KV4FZ, etc.). I have participated in contest DX-peditions to TG9, CP6, HK0, YS4 and VP2M. I also operated from TG8 land while studying in a Spanish immersion school in 2012. I am a member of the Twin City DX Association (see www.tcdxa.org) and the Minnesota Wireless Association (see www.w0aa.org). Among my awards are DXCC, WAZ, WAS, and A-1 Op. Together with N0AT, I finished first in the world in the 10 meter RTTY contest from VP2MWG in 2011, and second in the world in the ARRL 160 meter contest from VP2MWG. I also hold the call HC1WDT, which is licensed to my home in Cotacachi, Ecuador.
From 1975-1982 I served 4 terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives. I owned and operated a video production and duplication business, Master Communications Group, Inc. for more than 20 years, which I sold in 2002. Today I am a semi-retired public safety radio consultant and manage four vacation townhouses in the Miramar Beach area of Florida (www.vacationdestin.com). I also own a home in Cotacachi, Ecuador, which is for rent on VRBO.com, as are the Florida townhouses.
My wife Christine and I have been married for 42 years; I have two adult children, Kassie and Josh, and am finally in a position to once again spend a little time on ham radio. Other hobbies include golf, distance running, international travel, writing, playing jazz piano, learning to speak Spanish, and politics.
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Media Release: KNP opens up more wilderness areas for tourists
Date: 2009-10-28
The Kruger National Park (KNP) will open bookings for its latest adventure trails called Mphongolo Back Pack and Malopeni Overnight Eco-Trail as from Sunday, November 1, 2009.
Bookings, will like all the other products and services of the park be administered through SANParks central reservation system at email@example.com. These guided activities will afford adventure loving tourists an exclusive wilderness experience in the most remote areas of the park which are not accessible by vehicles.
Malopeni Overnight Eco-Trail will be available as from November 1, 2009 while Mphongolo Back Pack's first Trail will depart from April 1, 2010. Mphongolo Back Pack Trail is found between Shingwedzi and Mphongolo Rivers and the duration of the trail is three nights, four days. It will depart from Shingwedzi Camp every Wednesday and Sunday at 14:00. However, on account of rainy conditions in summer, the trail will only be open between 1 February and 30 November of every year. There are no overnight huts on this trail and back-packers must provide for all their needs for the duration of the trail i.e. sleeping bags, tents and food. The trail takes a maximum of eight back-packers and a minimum of four at the time and it will be guided by two experienced Trails Rangers.
Malopeni Overnight Eco-Trail is a one night guided adventure trail along the management roads in the north-east of Phalaborwa Gate up to the Letaba River. This trail will depart on daily basis from Phalaborwa Gate throughout the year; however during heavy rains or other urgent management related issues, the route may be changed or even be closed temporarily. Only five vehicles plus the guide vehicle are allowed per trail, with a maximum of four people per vehicle.
The launch of the two Adventure Trails will also see the existing Nonokani 4 x 4 Adventure Trail which runs through the wilderness areas of Phalaborwa section up to the Olifants River being permanently closed. "We experienced a number of visitor related problems in the past that affected the experience of tourists who took part in the Nonokani 4 x 4 Adventure Trail and that is the reason we are closing it now;" said Mr Ben van Eeden, the Regional Manager of Nxanatseni Region.
To book or find out more about the new KNP adventure and other trail activities visit the SANParks website on: http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/tourism/activities or call central reservations on (012) 428 9111.
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The prescription drug Stilnox was banned by the Australian Olympic Committee just before the 2012 Games and the athletes now face sanctions from the governing body for breaching their Olympic team membership agreement.
"We stand here today to admit that we took Stilnox following a day of bonding for the relay team at the training camp in Manchester," the six swimmers said in a statement read out at a news conference in Sydney.
The Olympic silver medallist and his team-mates Matt Targett, Eamon Sullivan, James Roberts, Cameron McEvoy and Tommaso D'Orsogna apologised for their actions, which they said followed a "tradition" in the Australian relay team.
The statement said the drug had been prescribed before the AOC ban and the swimmers had then indulged in "childish" and "stupid" pranks such as knocking on the doors of other athletes.
"I think one of the reasons I agreed to go along with it was all the pressure I was under," said Magnussen. "Completely inappropriate in hindsight."
Misuse of prescription drugs along with allegations of drunkenness, breaching curfews, deceit and bullying were highlighted in a review published on Tuesday, which said slack management had allowed a "toxic" culture to develop in the team.
The relay squad arrived in London confident of winning gold but ended up fourth in the final as the swimming team produced Australia's worst results in the Olympic pool for two decades.
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Director R. Balakrishnan, also known as Balki, has decided to release his role-reversal drama 'Paa', starring Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan, on Nov 13 as a tribute to Children's Day.
'It's a film about a child within a manPaa Movie, abhishek bachchan, amitabh bachchan" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="5" /> and a man within a child. And I can't think of a better tribute to a child than Children's Day,' says Balki, who completed shooting the film in England recently.
Balki has shot his two feature films - 'Cheeni Kum', an unconventional love story between a 30-plus woman and a 60-plus chef, and now 'Paa' - in Britain because he loves the country.
'We shot 'Paa' in my favourite location England. Throughout the stint in Cambridge we were at sea never on land. I love shooting in London. If I have my way, I'd shoot all my films there,' he said.
Balki took up the challenge of projecting the Big B like never before in 'Paa'.
'In 'Cheeni Kum', I really didn't have to do anything. I made him play himself. Here in 'Paa' I had to bring out that child within him which has always been there. We tapped that part of him. It wasn't easy for Amitji to play a child at heart.
'Fortunately, Abhishek and Vidya Balan too are extremely intelligent actors. Vidya has played such a charming mom. Throughout the film they behave as if Amitji is their son. For Abhishek, this was his chance to get even with his dad,' said the director.
Any regrets about not casting Tabu again?
'After what she did with Amitji in 'Cheeni Kum', it wasn't possible to cast her in Vidya's role.'
Balki is not bothered with how the audience will accept the two actors in reversed roles. 'There's no point in making a film if it doesn't push envelopes. I won't do a film that doesn't challenge me and my actors.'
Another ongoing leitmotif in Balki's cinema is the music of Ilayaraja.
'He's god. He has been a major source of inspiration. I don't think India has known a better music composer. Sadly one-half of India has not heard him enough.'
For 'Cheeni Kum' Balki specifically asked Ilayaraja for tunes from his Tamil films.
'I wanted Hindi moviegoers to hear those times. Even in 'Paa' I've transposed some of his South Indian tunes into Hindi. It's not that important to be original. It's more important to do what you believe in,' he said.
Balki is miffed that the Big B's Progeria look has been leaked out. 'Fortunately that's only a part of his look. No one came on the set to see how he looks on camera. The makeup person was given a computer-generated picture of Amitji. He improvised a lot on that and added traits from real Progeria patients.'
Progeria is an extremely rare genetic disease of childhood characterized by dramatic, premature aging.
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The Princess Cruises public relations machine may be gearing up to welcome two new ships in the next month -- the 88,000-ton Coral Princess, representing the line's newest evolution in design, and 30,200-ton Tahitian Princess, formerly known as Renaissance Cruise's R4 -- but the company is also in the process of saying "adios" to two other vessels.
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Meeting his fans, who gather outside his Juhu residence every Sunday, gives a feeling of fulfilment to megastar Amitabh Bachchan. There are times when he is not able to take out time from his busy schedule and this is what creates a "void" in his heart.
"Regrets overtake me for the Sunday and the missing of the well-wishers. My work on film shoot just finished a few minutes back, and not greeting the fans that collect en masse is like a void that cannot be filled," Amitabh posted on his blog srbachchan.tumblr.com Monday.
The actor is currently shooting for "Bhoothnath Returns".
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- Narrow/twin rows can work well with peanuts
- Faster canopy closure
"For peanut growers who also have corn and soybeans, we feel you can do very well with 30-inch row spacing or twin rows," says Scott Tubbs, associate professor and cropping systems agronomist at the University of Georgia/Tifton. "From the farmer's perspective, this provides uniformity in equipment settings and simplification of operations by using the same row spacing across all three crops," he said at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Peanut Growers Association.
Studies have shown that peanuts on 30-inch rows, or in twin-row spacing, can perform well.
Faster canopy closure
With 30-inch or twin rows, there is a significant difference in how quickly full canopy closure occurs versus 36-inch rows, Tubbs says. "You have fewer days to lapping with the narrower rows — which can be a benefit in weed control, plus reduction in surface soil temperature and aid in maintaining soil moisture in hot years. In some of our trials, it took almost a week longer to lap the middles with 36-inch rows.
"With the narrower rows in 2010, we also had less tomato spotted wilt virus, although in other years, there was no statistical difference in incidence of this disease. We did have a better stand with twin rows than either of the single row spacings.
"Looking at three years of yield data, results were mixed. In one year, 30-inch single rows yielded better than anything else in the trial; in another year, the twin rows yielded better; and in the third year, there was essentially no difference.
"We have graduate students focusing on this, and we hope to get additional data on which to base recommendations."
Bottom line, Tubbs says: "For peanut growers who also have corn and soybeans, we feel you can do very well with 30-inch row spacing or twin rows. One concern we have with narrow rows, when you start digging and inverting peanuts there's a greater chance for them to roll back over after being inverted. You need to be sure equipment is set properly to avoid this."


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This came across my news stream the other day…
How Being Gay 'Decimated' This Man's Life Savings
It relates the story of a gay man who took a new job and moved his spouse and their teenage son from a good home in Massachusetts to Nebraska, where there are precisely zero protections for gay people. He went into it thinking it was a dream come true job. The company recruiter had assured him that the company was "very affirming". But the problems began almost the instant they settled into their new home and he into his new job. It was a disaster, financially and emotionally. Now you may wonder why any gay person would leave Massachusetts for Nebraska and expect to be treated like anything other than human garbage. Certainly the company lawyer did…
One day, after losing his job, Paul heard from the company's lawyer, who asked him the same question that his boss had already raised. "'What did you think was going to happen in this community?'" Paul recalls the lawyer saying. "'We're a Republican town, we're a conservative town and we're a Christian town.'"
Not exactly what the recruiter told him, but they probably approach their jobs a bit differently.
Let this man's story be a warning. Regardless of what you are told, regardless of how friendly they may seem, if the place they want you to move to is homophobic and the company calls that place home, no matter how good the offer looks, take a walk.
One other thing: Read that company lawyer's spiel again. We're a Republican town, we're a conservative town and we're a Christian town. When someone complains about republicans, conservatives, and Christians being called bigots, laugh in their face and tell them you're only reading what's on the label they're proudly wearing.


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Except probably on summer weekends when Istanbullus descend on Iznik for some cooler lakeside breeze, today's Iznik is a sleepy little corner in Western Anatolia - quite a shadow of its former glory.
Formerly known as Nicaea during the Byzantine era, its main claim to fame (to Christians, at least) is its hosting of the first Ecumenical Council where the Nicene Creed - the basic statement of Christian faith shared by most (all?) Christian denominations - was established, in what is now Aya Sofya.
Prior and subsequent to this, Iznik's (or Nicaea's) fortunes did have their peaks and troughs with the coming and going of various rulers - from the Greeks to the Romans, the Byzantines, the Crusaders, and finally, the Ottomans -all gifting the town a colorful history.
While Iznik may no longer be well-known for the Nicene Creed, it certainly is famous for its beautiful and colorful tiles, which symbolically reflect that rich and colorful history.
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- In a nutshell:Not a very exciting destination, but still worth seeing if you could spare half a day.
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thanks for the fine job. The Nicene Creed has dominated my life for better and for worse. To see its cradle is...fascinating. Iznik is as important to believers as the Holy Land. You present it well. "Cogito ergo sum."
Oh yes, it is always sad to visit museums with explanations only in local language! Aya Sofya looks very picturesque with the plants but it would be good to do some restoring. Ahh... blue magic tiles and ceramic :-)
Stunning photo's. Your tips are really good, thanks so much ;-)
Beautiful tile work - transported me back to last summer in Uzbekistan :) A shame though that things aren't better preserved. And why would a sultan build his mother a soup kitchen??
Nice into picture; Painted ceramics are special. Yes, craddle of catholicism, it seems there is not a lot left here from that time. Thank you for this short trip to Nicée.
Thank you for this fascinating journey to Iznik. The gozleme sound delicious. Helpful tip about the dolmuses. Wonderful information about "ground zero for Christian faith"! Iznik Tiles are, indeed, beautiful. Very fine work.
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Black, Bisexual, Buddhist, and Not Afraid to Embrace Who She Is
When Zenju Earthlyn Manuel goes to teach somewhere for the first time, she often sees surprise in the faces of the students as she is introduced.
She doesn't look like many of them expect. She isn't Asian. She isn't a man. And she isn't white.
And getting them to acknowledge that her body — her "manifestation," as she calls it — is different and a part of her experience is crucial to her teaching. If our bodies are sources of suffering, then we ignore them at our peril.
"When I have held and embraced who I am, how I am embodied, it has become a source of enlightenment, of freedom," she said from a sunny corner window seat in her living room. Draped in a black monk's jacket, she is a stark contrast to the white walls and white upholstery of the rest of the room.


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Director: Dhavala Satyam; Voiceovers: Arun Govil, Vindoo Dara Singh, Vasava Prasanna Amgadi, Bharat Kamal; Rating: ***
The world knows the story of Luv and Kush, the son's of Rama, as a suffix to Ramayana. In reality it is a correcting rejoinder to Ramayana, where Ram, with an imperialist mindset to subjugate all other kingdoms, starts the Ashwamegha Yagya. The only one who stand up and resist his army, are his own teenage sons, born from a wife he had ruthlessly discarded during her pregnancy.
The kingdom of Ayodhya, challenged by Lava and Kush, shamelessly sends one brave warrior after another. After Shatrughan is defeated, Laxman goes. When even he falls, Ram himself takes up the challenge, but for the intervention of Sita in the end.
This ancient story is well known. But what is not looked into is the transformation of Ram, the hero of Ramayana, into an arrogant villain ready to fight even kids for the preservation of his vanity. This animation film stays true to the original story, and its release now, considering the fears of communal tensions flaring up in the name of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, is timely.
Though touted as the most expensive 2D animation film in India, it lacks global animation standards. Yet, compared to animation films in India, both in terms of story and animation, it is a far superior and successful attempt.
Arun Govil, who played the role of Ram in the serial Ramayana, gives the voiceover for Ram in the Hindi version of this film. Dara Singh's son Vindoo Dara Singh takes over the voice of Hanuman from him.
Another highlight of the film is its music by the late L. Vaidyanathan, who sang and gave the music for Malgudi Days, and passed away just after composing for the film. The songs sung by stalwarts like Yesudas, Shankar Mahadevan and Sadhana Sargam are devotional and melodious.
The film is also a two-in-one package, as the entire story of Ramayana is recreated in its songs. However, to a keen observer, this adds to the unintended satire on Ram, that while the songs eulogise Ram, what he does with his own wife based on a stray comment by a subject and his willingness to fight children, makes him out not to be the 'Maryada Purushottam Ram' (the best upholder of values Ram), but a vain, arrogant and ruthless king.
Hindu fundamentalists in India who are usually up at arms against anyone desecrating Ram's name, cannot do anything as it is based on the well revered story of Ram's own sons and his actions.
Though the film misses many nuances and emotional moments, its release at this time will hopefully remind everyone that man, even if it is the reincarnation of god, is faulty. And there is no greater stupidity than using the name of such a faulty god to cause violence.
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When two people are laying in a bed under the covers, one person passes gas and puts the covers over the other person head and doesn't let them out until the gases are no longer existent.
Farting under the blanket and putting someone under the covers to smell it. This is a dutch oven, also it keeps you warm.
από aaaaaahyiggie 24 Μάιος 2009
The act of farting many times under the covers then making your partner stick his or her head under the blanket.
"After me and ann fucked last night i gave her a brutual dutch oven"
από Astabler 19 Φεβρουάριος 2008
While in bed, you fart then pull the covers over the head of whomever is in bed with you. You hold the covers over his or her head until the stink leaves.
Last night in bed, my boyfried pulled a dutch oven on me.
από Jenn Jo 13 Νοέμβριος 2006
To trap the person you sleep with under the covers and fart.
Boy: I got you something
Girl: What ?
Boy: A DUTCH OVEN !
Girl: What ?
Boy: A DUTCH OVEN !
από BaeDrivenInsane💋💔🔪🔫 13 Μάρτιος 2015
When a guy farts in bed with his girlfriend then pulls then sheets over their heads.
My girlfriend wouldn't do it with me last night so I gave her a dutch oven.
από big zig 5 Φεβρουάριος 2011
The dark abyss of bed covers in witch there are insane amounts of ass air waiting to suffocate the next nearest victim.
Man I cooked the craziest dutch oven ever and nearly made my friend pass out. :)
από Schiz 22 Αύγουστος 2008
When one partner farts while maneuvering the sheets in such a position such that the other is trapped under the sheets and must smell the rankness of the fart. Named after the dutch door, which could operate with the bottom half closed and the top open.
I had a beast breathin out of my ass so I gave the bitch a "dutch oven"
από MixMaster Frucus 14 Απρίλιος 2003


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ECB Keeps Rates Unchanged, Deposit Facility Rate Stays Negative
Unlike a month ago, this time there are no NIRP announcement fireworks from the ECB which just announced it kept all rates unchanged, with the main refinancing operation rate flat at 0.15%, while the deposit facility continues its existence in NIRP purgatory at negative 0.1%.
From the press release:
At today's meeting the Governing Council of the ECB decided that the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 0.15%, 0.40% and -0.10% respectively.
The President of the ECB will comment on the considerations underlying these decisions at a press conference starting at 2.30 p.m. CET today.
As explained earlier, the focus today will be on Draghi's conference where much more clarity on the TLTRO program (not to mention the ABS purchase) is expected. However, with an epic data avalanche out of the US at the same time, we wouldn't be surprised if a few algos blow a gasket in the confusion what is the more important headline.
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are banks forced to keep deposits with ECB as required reserves ? At negative interest rate of 0.1% ?
Why can't they keep reserves as cash ?
reserves are one thing, and reserves in excess of requirements a different one. the latter is way bigger than the first. technically, it's all cash (in electronic/book form). mostly, it's a question of bank balance sheet cosmetics. though regulations like Basel III have an impact on this
Smoke and mirrors mostly since many of the 'banks' in the ECB are bankrupt. Not technically though cus they constantly fudge the numbers and change the rules. Still.............
bankrupt? no. they have a very high leverage. which has a lot to do with the fact that small and medium business is way bigger, herem and is financed through direct business loans, instead of stocks and bonds. which makes their balance sheets look worse, when compared to Anglo American or other megabanks
otherwise, most of them are in the same conditions like all the others, worldwide. I'd call it suffering a small 'bout of semi-zombification. aka healing, if not "shocked again" too early
see the Japanese banks who were in similar conditions in the '90s
"Damn the fiat torpedoes, full speed ahead." - Draghi
Did everybody stack enough Call options for today?
How do I get me some of that -0.1%
Sweden lowered rates. The euro zone is entering into an entirely new stage of catastrophe at this point. Switzerland, Britain...just trying to stay out of the way.
If I were to hazard a guess the bulk of these males have headed to Aleppo and Ukraine. "These folks are loaded for bear."
Switzerland, together with half a dozen other european countries, has pegged (or floored) to the EUR
if you call this "staying out of the way", then it's staying out of the way of the USD
Lies and more damned lies.
Looks to me like a currency crisis waiting to happen.


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Friday (Nov. 2) was supposed to be a big day for No Doubt, what with the debut of the video for their new single 'Looking Hot' and all, but after the clip generated the wrong kind of excitement, the band found itself scrambling to have it taken down and apologize to anyone who was offended.
Ellie Goulding, Skrillex Split Up, British Tabloid Reports
Well, if you've been waiting to prove your love to Ellie Goulding, it sounds like your chances just improved: Goulding and her boyfriend of seven months, dubstep superstar Skrillex, have reportedly split up.
Neil Young Uses Twitter Chat to Weigh In on Bono, Jack White, Dave Grohl + More
Some younger listeners might think of him as a flannel-wearing, analog-loving geezer, but Neil Young is actually pretty tech-savvy, and he demonstrated his continued willingness to experiment in the digital sphere with an hourlong Twitter chat on Wednesday (Oct. 24).
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She hasn't released an album in a couple of years, but that doesn't mean Courtney Love isn't busy -- in fact, if one recent report is correct, she's getting ready to revisit Kurt Cobain's legacy with a musical inspired by his early years in Nirvana.
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Russia's fearsome 99 percent court conviction rate took a tiny hit today, as a panel of judges has decided to overturn the conviction of one Pussy Riot member and release her on appeal.
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Their last studio album, 'El Camino,' is less than a year old, and they've been on the road more or less constantly since it came out, but the Black Keys don't sound like they're in any hurry to take time off.


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Security Issue with FLAC Audio Codec
Loss free audio codecs are gaining in popularity with device manufacturers; right now, a vulnerability in the Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) spoils users listening pleasure.
Security researchers with iDefense have identified vulnerabilities that could cause heap-based overflows in several of the Flac codec's components. To exploit the security holes an attacker would need to send a carefully crafted audio file to the user. If successful, the attacker would be able to execute arbitrary code and thus compromise the machine.
The bug, which is rated as moderately critical by security reviewers Secunia, affects all systems and applications that use the free codec. An update for Flac to version 1.2.1 resolves the issue. Binaries and source code packages are available from the project website, and software vendors are already starting to update their applications.
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Report: Israeli Cafe Boycotts Turkish Coffee Amid Tensions
Ilan's chain to keep up ban until 'matters improve'; El Al: Firms stop funding employee trips to Turkey.
The Ilan's coffee chain on Sunday announced that it would stop selling Turkish coffee in response to the diplomatic tensions which arose of late between the two countries, Israeli media reported.
"We have decided for the time being to stop selling 'Istanbul coffee' - our Turkish coffee blend, and we shall keep doing it until matters improve," Michael Steg, director of marketing for the large Israeli chain, told the Ynet news website.
"We believe anyone can be active in his own way and this is our small and symbolic way of doing that," he told Ynet.
The tensions began last week when an international military exercise, which was supposed to be held in Turkey and to include the U.S. and NATO, were scrapped over Turkish opposition to Israel's participation.
Initially, Turkey said the reason for scrapping the drill was not political. But Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu later linked the cancellation to Israel's war in the Gaza Strip last winter. Since news of the crisis broke, Israeli tourism to Turkey has apparently stymied.
An El Al official told Army Radio that many Israeli businesses have decided to stop subsidizing employee vacations to Turkey during the high season of Passover, which usually sees up to 80,000 Israeli visitors to Turkish resorts.
In the wake of criticism and verbal confrontations between Turkey and Israel surrounding Operation Cast Lead, both official and non-official, Israeli tourism to Turkey plummeted by about 60% in the first months of this year, and hotels catering to Israelis visiting Turkey were especially hard hit.
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One of the features of Windows Phone 7 that impressed me from day 1 was the text entry and the ability to correct my mistakes with surprising accuracy. I saw this demonstrated many times before I eventually had the chance to use it myself and I was skeptical about whether it could handle my poor typing. Here's an early demo at MIX10 with Joe Belfiore.
It turns out my skepticism was misplaced.
Similar to some recent posts I've made about Kinect, this was another example of technology transfer from Microsoft Research (MSR) in to a product. I posted a while back on the official Microsoft blog about the role of Microsoft Research and how we split our $9bn+ annual investment in R&D. To recap – only a small portion of that goes to MSR. I often get the question on what MSR contributes and though there are some big visible examples like Kinect, the text input on Windows Phone is another example. To me, it's no less impressive, just a little less visible.
The technology originated as a brainstorm between members of our Mobile Communications Business and several Microsoft Research folks. They wanted to determine if the principles of machine learning could be applied to improving finger input on the soft keyboard. The idea being that by taking a lot of data that shows what corrections are typically made when entering text, you can teach the system to anticipate and auto correct. The more data you have, the more accurate the system becomes.
The team didn't limit themselves to this and worked together to explore everything from typing intelligence and the underlying architecture, to UX and on-screen interaction. The MSR team put together a finger approach not unlike that used for speech recognition determining the right kind of data collection/evaluation and building models to help establish a data driven mindset. With immediate results from the first prototyping showing 30-40% reductions in input errors they knew they were on the right path.
The result is what you see today in Windows Phone 7 – or if you haven't seen it, check out the video below from ZDNet.


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Johnny Bekakis had four hits and two runs scored Saturday.
April 28, 2012
Northridge, Calif. - Long Beach State out-hit the Matadors and took a pair of late leads on Saturday, but were unable to hold on in a 6-5 walkoff loss in 12 innings at Cal State Northridge. Johnny Bekakis and Richard Prigatano both had four hits for the Dirtbags in the loss.
Long Beach State scored in the top of the first inning when Brennan Metzger singled in Bekakis following a leadoff hit, but that was one of the few times that it paid off for the Dirtbags. The Dirtbags had the leadoff batter on in 10 of 12 innings, but did not have any luck bringing those runners around to score against Matador starter Jerry Keel.
Keel went seven innings and gave up seven hits with two walks, but allowed just the one run while Cal State Northridge took the lead on an unearned run in the second inning and a solo home run by Adam Berry in the third.
That was the score until the seventh inning, when the Matadors added one more on a grounder that bounced away from Matt Duffy, but the Dirtbags cut down the run at the plate to keep the lead at two.
Rallying from that play, Long Beach State scored twice in the top of the eighth to tie the game without getting the ball out of the infield. After a walk and a hit batter put two runners on, a sacrifice put both runners in scoring position and an RBI groundout by Prigatano made the score 3-2. Jeff McNeil then hit a tapper to the right side of the mound and out-raced pitcher Louis Cohen to first to allow Metzger to score.
Bekakis and Metzger teamed up once more in the top of the ninth inning to give the Dirtbags a one-run lead at 4-3, when Bekakis singled to start the frame and scored on a two-out RBI single by Metzger.
A flare single by Cal Vogelsang was just out of the reach of Matt Duffy to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning, however, and a single off the wall scored the tying run as Long Beach State was unable to close out the win in regulation.
Closer Kyle Freidrichs pitched two scoreless innings after that, however, giving the Dirtbags a chance to take one final lead. Metzger doubled to lead off the top of the 12th inning, and scored on a sacrifice fly by McNeil to give Long Beach State a 5-4 lead.
Eddie Magallon came on in the bottom of the twelfth, and gave up two base hits surrounding a sacrifice to put runners on the corners. A wild pitch then tied the game, and when Ring attempted a steal of third, an overthrow by Royce Murai allowed the winning run to score.
The teams return to Matador Stadium tomorrow for the rubber game in the series. Southpaw Ryan Strufing takes the mound for Long Beach State, with first pitch at 1 p.m.
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Black Diamond CEO Fights for Utah Environment — Against Utah Politicians
In July, Peter Metcalf, CEO of Holladay, Utah-based Black Diamond Equipment, quit the state's Ski and Snowboard Industry Working Group.
In July, Peter Metcalf, CEO of Holladay, Utah-based Black Diamond Equipment, quit the state's Ski and Snowboard Industry Working Group. In a March op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune, Metcalf took Utah governor Gary Herbert to task for backing state legislation that petitions the federal government to cede federal land to the state. Land that, although some Utahns find it disquieting, doesn't "belong" to the state, but was federal to begin with, ever since the state was established in 1896.
A close reading of Metcalf's editorial is hardly some liberal, tree-hugger's cry for earth justice. In fact it's all about common sense for the state's cash register:
Utah's remarkable natural beauty gives us an edge when it comes to convincing businesses to relocate. They see the unparalleled opportunities to hike, ski, kayak, camp, and spend time with their families as a significant attraction. I know. Drawn by the open spaces to ski, climb, and backpack, I moved our business from California to Salt Lake in 1991. Since then, Black Diamond has grown into a $145 million, publicly traded enterprise that employs nearly 300 people in Utah and many more globally.
However, Black Diamond is just a small part of a vigorous, growing outdoor industry in Utah. According to the Outdoor Industry Association, the active outdoor recreation industry contributes $5.8 billion annually to Utah's economy, supports 65,000 Utah jobs, generates nearly $300 million in annual state tax revenues and produces nearly $4 billion annually in retail sales and services in Utah.
Herbert didn't see it that way and told Metcalf that, in essence, if he didn't want to play ball in the back rooms of the state capital, he should quite the state's Ski and Snowboard Industry Working Group. And so Metcalf walked. (Note that Metcalf isn't alone: Just last week the entire Outdoor Industry Association issued a warning to the governor that if he doesn't play ball and work to protect the environment they'd move the $40 million annual Outdoor Retailer trade show to another state.)
We wanted to know a bit more about why Metcalf quit, what finally drove him out the door, and fired a few questions his way. The answers showcase just how deep the rift is between the outdoor industry in Utah and the state's elected officeholders, and, perhaps, shows a way forward that will hurt Utah's economy — even beyond what might happen if Outdoor Retailer leaves.
Can you provide some background on the working group? First, what was the last straw? Why now and not earlier?
This dates back to 2004 with the [Outdoor Retailer] trade show protest I led against a policy then Utah governor Leavitt favored, which threatened roadless wilderness. The result was creation of a governor's task force that included me (which has lasted through three administrations: Leavitt, Walker, and Huntsmen), and focused on working with the outdoor recreation industry and other interested parties to both identify the iconic public lands of Utah and to be consulted with when there were public policy issues. In addition there was a recognition that the outdoor industry was a very important and vibrant economic sector in the state of Utah and more attention should be paid to it.
Because the state had a few folks looking after other industries the idea was hatched that they should also have a designated person for the outdoor and perhaps the ski manufacturers industries. That took many years to happen but finally about two or three years ago the funding was found and the the governor's office of economic development (GOED) hired a designated person to look after the needs of Utah's outdoor industry as well as its ski and snowboard manufacturing industry. That person is Riley Cutler. In 2011 Cutler organized the governor's office of economic development ski and snowboard manufacturer's working group. It is made up exclusively of the equipment manufacturers and distributors including Black Diamond, Wintersteiger, Blue House, Voile, Rossignol, and others.
So that's the background. What made you walk?
Four things:
1. The state and governor's litigation to take control of all federal lands in Utah.
2. The state's massive RS2477 litigation [fighting the BLM's roadless rule authority].
3. Our congressional delegation's (not including Matheson) introduction of Ski-Link legislation [to put a lift between The Canyons and Solitude ski resorts] in Congress and the governor's public silence about it.
4. Finally, in response to my op-ed piece on several of these topics that the Salt Lake Tribune published, the governor responded with a personal letter to me in which he suggested that I resign if I was going to publicly challenge him in this manner.
I have more than a two-decade-long track record of working with Utah's governors. For that matter I shared the floor with then-Governor Bangerter (which makes Herbert the fifth governor I have worked with and the first that I quit working with) in Park City when together we announced and discussed why we were moving to Utah from Southern California. I have met numerous times with our governor to discuss topics related to the stewardship of our public lands. I have written letters. I have attended events. He has been invited to Black Diamond and come and heard me speak to these issues; I have shared the floor of congressional hearings in Washington, speaking on opposite sides of an issue and we have exchanged correspondence as noted above. Clearly actions speak louder than words and the fact that Utah has moved to the vanguard of attacking the sanctity of the whole concept of federal public lands clearly indicates he has moved the state away from the moderate conservative policies of his predecessors to that of the radical right — a group that is challenging whether we should even have federal lands in the state, or legitimate policies by which to determine whether we leave some roadless or underdeveloped.
The proposed policies are dangerous not only for the vitality of Utah's vibrant active outdoor recreation industry but for tourism, biodiversity, and a healthy environment for its citizens as well. Almost as important is the dangerous precedent they would set nationally if allowed to go through here in Utah.
Do you think this will be effective or is it sort of like saying the other side's being unreasonable so it's time to give them a taste of their own medicine?
No, it's not a taste of their own medicine as you suggest.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. If you have zero effectiveness attempting to work as part of the team, you cannot be less effective working outside of the team. It is a bit like becoming part of a coalition government which you do if the other side agrees to accept some of your policies but you leave when the other side simply ignores you.
You've been one of the most vocal figures in the outdoor community on environmental issues, probably only second to Patagonia's Yvon Chouinard. But it seems like the only lever that's getting pulled is talking about outdoor businesses in the context of dollars. Is that because that's the only lever politicos actually understand, or is it because it's proved more useful than others?
Thanks for asking this question.
Unfortunately environmental and conservation debates can be pretty philosophical and philosophy doesn't translate so well in modern day politics. Policy cannot bridge the philosophy. Hence, dollars are truly the only universal language. It is the esperanto. It allows you to talk about job vs. job rather than jobs vs. conservation. It is about what kind of jobs, what kind of economy, what sort of future. It does appear that this is the only topic that an increasing number of politicians care about.
Why aren't other industries as vocal? Why don't we hear more from Ski Utah, for instance, and from the SIA, not to mention non-environmental advocates that still have skin in the game — clearly hotels, for instance. And why aren't more people stepping up?
With a difficult economy, the uncertainty it causes impacts corporations and consumers alike. Uncertainty can cause stasis – lack of action. Most industries and most companies don't want to engage in anything not directly related to the immediate bottom line. Maybe it's too controversial. Maybe it costs some customers. That may upset some relationships. Many are too busy, too apathetic, or just not willing to understand the importance of the issues. That said, if people see an immediate, obvious threat to their wellbeing and there is a simple way to funnel that activism, then they will step up, as they did in the big protest we initiated in 2004. Unfortunately in 2012 that last-minute approach may be too late to make a difference.
Is the weapon of last resort leaving the state of Utah?
It's not a weapon of last resort. But, yes, it's a weapon.
Well done Peter, well done!
Thank you Black Diamond.
Wait a second, am I missing something here? You had a seat at the table, a hard earned seat, and you walked away from it because one Governor wouldn't work with you? Politics ebbs and flows, you may have had little influence inside but now, unless you leave, you have zero influence. Thank you for all you have done but please realize there will be no congratulation for walking away. There is an all out battle being waged in Utah and we could really use every fighter in the ring.
I do not see that Peter is walking away–rather, as the letter from the governer suggested, a public challenge to state policy needs to come from outside the state government. In a way it is liberating as it opens doors for protest that cannot be walked through as a member of a state working group. Thank you Peter!
Well done Peter. As a resident of Utah I had no idea this working group existed or just how profitable outdoor recreation was to Utah. By Peter walking out he's brought a lot of attention to the issue. Not just to the working group but to the fact that Utah's wild lands are already a profit center, no thanks to the state, and there's no need to change that.
Thanks for trying to impose your will upon those who choose to not listen to you. It will be like beating a dead horse when you try to make a stand with the Utah legislators. The only action that will actually make change is way too dramatic and futuristic for the current situation. The desperate reality is that Utah is way behind the rest of the country in realistic legislation. But the positive spin is that Utah is doing better financially than the rest of the country.
Thanks for standing up and taking on this fight. I don't understand why people would be against public lands. These lands are for us and in the case of Utah they want to take these lands away from us and give them to oil, mining and other extraction industries.


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At the Flower Shoppe in Jacksonville they say this is one of the busiest times of the year. Compared to last Valentine's Day, the owner says business is steady. Curtis Russell has been in the flower business 33 years. He rented 4 extra vehicles and added four extra drivers to the three already on staff to help deal with the holiday rush.
Over at the Fresh Fruit Bouquet Company, they say they have more business than what they expected especially during a time many people are hurting financially.
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Several colleagues have drawn my attention to worthwhile material, suggested topics to which I had given inadequate notice, or proposed items I had not discovered for myself. I acknowledge gratefully the advice in these various ways of Alexander Belonenko and Georgy Abramovsky of the St Petersburg Conservatoire, and Marina Rakhmanova of the State Central Museum for Musical Culture named after M. I. Glinka in Moscow. For making available newspapers and periodicals, republications in book form and music scores, I gladly thank the librarians of the Russian State Library in Moscow, the State Institute for the Study of the Arts in Moscow, the Russian National Library in St Petersburg, the St Petersburg Conservatoire, the Tchaikovsky House-Museum at Klin, HelsinkiUni versity Library and the British Library.
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He did just repoint it, I tried repointing the table without the hacked engine and this method works.
The orginal palette table is located at 0x3A5158 in FireRed and the pointers to the table that you need to change are at 0x5F4D8, 0x5F570 and 0x5F5C8 for those whom it may interest.
I would like to know the sprite offsets for the Fly sprites.
Well it seems they're not part of the OW sprite table... I'd like to know how I can repoint their palettes though. :\
Seems I didn't need to. Do they just use the current hero OW palette loaded into the RAM?
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Oklahoma City realty pros go to bat for 1031 tax-free exchange
The Senate Finance Committee under Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., wants to do away with the widely popular tax accounting regulation known in real estate circles as a 1031 tax-free exchange.
Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code allows exchanges of certain types of investment property with deferred capital gains taxation under certain conditions. Tax can be deferred in a series of transactions, carried over to each asset until a taxable transaction occurs, which means a sale without reinvestment.
The following transactions met the conditions. Would the deals have been dealt without it?
• David Le Norman's purchase of One Benham Place, the eight-story office building at 9400 Broadway Extension, in 2011.
• The office tower-retail mall 50 Penn Place, as it changed hands a time or two the past 10 years.
• The Warr family's 2006 sale of Mayfair Village, the shopping center developed by C.B. Warr in the 1950s on both sides of May Avenue between NW 47 and NW 50. The same goes the same year for the sales of Midland Plaza at Independence Avenue and Northwest Expressway, and Market Place Shopping Center in Edmond.
• Developer David Austin's Oak Hollow addition, on the north side of Memorial Road, between Bryant Avenue and Coltrane Road, in 2002.
Those are just a handful of investment purchases and sales made here with a tax-free exchange. Add to it lots of apartment sales — and other smaller, or just quieter, transactions that nobody said much about.
Would the deals have been struck without the 1031 exchange? The answer depends on the deal, of course. But probably not.
Property specialists weighed in this week, at my request, on the Baucus proposal, which the senator says is meant to "simplify tax rules, lessen the burden on small businesses and jump-start job growth."
Here are excerpts:
• Richard C. Howell, Holliday American Mortgage LLC: "The rule ... increases the number of transactions. This benefits the real estate industry because there are a greater number of transactions. Repeal of the rule would decrease demand for real estate and, therefore, decrease values."
• Ford Price, Price Edwards & Co.: "The intent is to allow and motivate people to sell investment property or business property and effectively recirculate that profit back into the economy by deferring the tax. Many people will not sell unless this is allowed, so profits are locked up and not reinvested. ...
"We just sold a property which would definitely not been sold without ability to do a 1031 deal; that person just put under contract another large property. This tax provision is a very important issue for a tremendous number of property owners and investors."
• Mark Inman, CB Richard Ellis-Oklahoma: "Such a repeal would, for obvious reasons, discourage the selling of real estate. Without a transaction, there is a trickledown effect ... no doc stamps collected for the county, no absolute reassessing of the property based upon the latest value, no construction spending on the newly purchased property, which typically happens.
"The impact would seemingly bear more negatively upon the smaller owners/developers/investors who are using the 1031 exchange to build a real estate investment portfolio, yet not so much on the larger companies or large equity funds that oftentimes are users for real estate — and the acquisition is driven by a need to occupy the real estate with or without 1031 exchange money."
• William T. Forrest, CB Richard Ellis-Oklahoma: "Many owners will not sell unless they have an exchange property available to purchase. This applies to new development as well as purchase of existing properties. We are involved in multiple transactions every year driven by 1031's. It would certainly slow down transaction volume.
"They have been trying to revise the tax code (1031) for years and thankfully have not been successful.
Despite what the reasoning is for doing away with the 1031 provision, these additional transactions create large sums of capital that gets reinvested back in the economy."
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With its debut self-produced album, Short Bus, Filter, founded by Richard Patrick, former founding member and lead guitarist of Nine Inch Nails, burst onto the rock music scene in 1995, unveiling a rough-around-the-edges style all its own. With the hit single, "Hey Man Nice Shot," Short Bus went Platinum. Filter has since released six more albums, punctuated by its current release, The Sun Comes Out Tonight.
Following Short Bus, Filter released the albums Title of Record (1999), The Amalgamut (2002), Anthems for the Damned (2008), The Very Best Things (2009), The Trouble with Angels (2010) and The Sun Comes Out Tonight (2013). With the single "Take a Picture," Title of Record also went platinum. Patrick, while on a short hiatus, collaborated with Robert and Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots and Ray Luzier of Korn to release the self-titled album Army of Anyone in 2006.
Filter's distinct style and sound blends Patrick's rousing howl, hypnotic synthesizers, smoldering guitars, biting lyrics and pulsating drumbeats. Patrick describes music as an interpretive art form, and making art is exactly what they do. Filter has crossed into the television and music side of the entertainment industry, with its songs being used in feature films and television shows like "City of Angels," "Anger Management," "The Great Gatsby" (official trailer music), "The Girl Next Door," "The X Files," "Dancing with the Stars" and more.
The album The Sun Comes Out Tonight, produced under Wind-up Records, is an eclectic mix of songs about betrayal and the pure evil found in the world balanced with lyrics about light, happiness and love. It is, in many ways, an analysis of the human condition and the sometimes-harsh realities of life.
In addition to recording music and performing for fans around the world, Filter has maintained a longstanding relationship with Stars for Stripes, a nonprofit organization providing entertainment to U.S. service members deployed overseas. Over the years, the band has given multiple performances for troops on military bases in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, underscoring a commitment to making a difference through music.
Check out the official 2015 Stars of the Season trailer here.