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Growing Vermont is a student run store that offers a variety of locally designed goods created by small-scale, start-up entrepreneurs in the State of Vermont. Our mission is to educate the community about the positive impacts of buying local while building awareness of the availability of Vermont products and businesses. We continually strive to build a strong community bond between Growing Vermont, small business and the larger Vermont community.
Growing Vermont aims to contribute to sustainable, community-based economic development in the state of Vermont through educational partnerships between UVM students and Vermont entrepreneurs.
In order to fulfill the store's mission the Growing Vermont team seeks to accomplish the following goals:
- Educate the campus community about the positive impacts of buying local.
- Build awareness of the availability of Vermont products and businesses.
- Provide a retail incubator space where students collaborate with Vermont entrepreneurs to research optimal marketing and business-planning strategies.
- Sustain a "real-world laboratory" where UVM students apply their academic lessons in entrepreneurship to solve business problems.
- Contribute to sustainable community development through entrepreneurship training.
Growing Vermont aims to meet it's goals and mission statement through several strategies:
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Growing Vermont invites entrepreneurs to use our retail location as a means to bring their business idea to fruition. Students and vendors work together to determine how to best present, promote and publicize the product. Through rotating partnerships, the campus community learns about new businesses and products throughout Vermont.
By working with Growing Vermont our partner-vendors have access to the variety of services and networks in the UVM community. Additionally, Growing Vermont provides opportunities for partner vendors to collaborate and develop research projects with students.
Operate an applied-learning laboratory for aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners:
As a student-run store, UVM students from various departments apply their interest in small business development in a hands-on setting. Students can participate through internships, work-study, service learning and seminar courses and have the opportunity to experience the responsibilities and challenges of running a small business.
This learning laboratory also enables aspiring student-entrepreneurs to work with Vermont's new businesses to develop practical job skills. By participating in Growing Vermont, students gain unique qualifications and connections, improving future career opportunities.
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I can't believe how bad I am at googling windows stuff. How can I list the users connected via telnet to a windows machine? It seems such a basic question, yet I couldn't find a answer. X-(
Also, after I list the users, is there a way to kill a specific user's connection? how?
I'm on a windows server 2003.

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Game on Sometimes Schneider may only have 16 hours to craft a piece from start to finish. Luckily, she had three months to reinvent the Mockingjay pin for the movie. "There was no pre-existing pin. It was just the book cover. I had to fill in the gaps and make it a functioning pin. If no one notices the jewelry, it's doing what it's supposed to do. It enhances the story."
Eye for detail Schneider has always paid attention to jewelry in films. Take Grace Kelly in Rear Window, for example. "Her whole fashion was fabulous. She's gorgeous, but if you remove the details of the big bead bracelet, it would be a little drab without that extra touch."
Timeless treasuresWhile working in Tiffany's repair department in the 1980s, Schneider learned about how people wear their jewelry and that it should last. Now, she uses materials such as sterling silver, 18-karat gold and vintage bakelite to ensure longevity in her pieces. "People just want to put it on and not give it any thought. My jewelry is heavier. I don't want people to have to worry about having things repaired."
LA StoryIn 1999, Schneider moved to LA and got her first movie, From Hell, where she made more than 70 Masonic rings with different colored enamel. "I landed [it] by moving to LA, networking for a year and showing a costume designer my work."
Canton connectionSchneider moved to Ohio to be with her mom after her father died. "We're great friends. I can have a really great quality of life here in Canton that really helps my work — that quiet, that peace of mind."
Star struck "Sometimes I do meet the actors and actresses." But mention Keanu Reeves and she glows. "He is the most beautiful human being I have ever seen in person."
The little things Schneider crafted her favorite jewelry — more than 200 small, metal pieces — for Matrix Reloaded. "I moved to LA specifically to make jewelry for film after I saw the trailer for The Matrix. Even things like vest buttons can be important. I like being able to enrich those little, bitty parts."
Musical muse "I get a lot of energy and inspiration from music. I've seen hundreds of shows." One of her favorite shows was by alternative electronic group VNV Nation at Peabody's. "I love Peabody's. It's a different experience [than LA]. You don't have all the industry people lurking about."


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College Hockey:Team USA Advances to Gold Medal Game
HELSINKI, Finland — The United States defeated host Finland, 2-1, overcoming a raucous hometown crowd to advance to the Gold Medal game against Canada at the World Junior Championships.
This is the second time the United States will play for the gold medal. It lost to Canada in the 1997 final. Last year, the U.S. lost to Finland in the bronze medal game and came in fourth.
The gold-medal game is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 5 at 11:30 a.m. (ET). It can be watched live on TSN in Canada or via the Center Ice package, available on satellite and many digital cable systems. You can also listen live via the USA Hockey web site.
"It could have been one of the toughest games of their lives," said U.S. head coach Mike Eaves. "When you play in a country like Finland, where hockey is part of the lifestyle, and this place was packed tonight, you have to think the kids responded very well."
For the third time in as many games, Team USA scored perhaps its biggest goal while killing a penalty. With Corey Potter in the box for roughing, Stephen Werner, a Massachusetts sophomore, broke up a play at Finland's point and started a rush with Zach Parise. When Werner dropped a backhand pass to Parise and cut to the center, Parise returned the puck and Werner gave the U.S. a 1-0 lead.
Finland generated a number of scoring opportunities throughout the game, while Michigan goalie Al Montoya was repeatedly tested, including an important stop under a minute into the game, one on a two-on-none in the second period and a handful while moving across the net.
Team USA took the 1-0 lead into the third, and finally got a much-needed insurance goal when Maine's Greg Moore found Dan Fritsche splitting the defense and sent him into the zone. Fritsche kicked a bouncing puck from his skates to his backhand, quickly moved it to his forehand and beat goaltender Hannu Toivonen before running out of room.
Finland closed the lead with less than a minute to play, and the crowd, which had made its presence felt from start to finish, responded with its loudest cheers of the night. With a power play and after pulling its goalie, Finland, playing six-on-four, moved the puck low to Montoya's left and Valtteri Filppula snuck a puck to Teemu Nurmi, who scored at 19:01 of the third. Montoya, however, and Team USA closed out the victory.
"It was the kids' job to play the game tonight," said Eaves. "Now, it's the coaches job to go do some homework and try to create a gameplan. The kids are satisfied, and a little drained, but now we can see the top of the mountain."
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The Welsh Health Minister's has announced today that she is to allocate an additional £82 million to the NHS.
The Minister is predictably denying that this is a bailout. The Minister has plugged a hole in the NHS' finances by raiding its capital budget. I struggle to see how this can be described as anything other than a bailout.
While this Welsh Labour Government is happy to plod along issuing bailouts at the end of every year, it is becoming increasingly clear that the Welsh Government hasn't got the slightest idea about what is happening in our NHS.
It is astonishing that the Minister described this announcement as good financial management. One has to wonder, if this is good financial management, what's the Minister's definition of bad financial management? In committee this morning the Health Minister did not rule out further bailouts for Health Boards that didn't get extra cash last year, whilst at the same time incredibly claiming that she thinks LHB's are going to break even. The Minister's blindness to the problem would be farcical if the situation wasn't so serious.
The Minister talks of unprecedented pressures and ticking time bombs, but then seems under the impression that simply reshuffling money around is going to solve all of the difficulties in our NHS. These major problems are not going to disappear but the Minister has completely lost a grip on her department.
The basic fact is that this Welsh Labour Government has completely mismanaged our health service and has left the finances of the NHS in complete ruins. Simply rejigging money around is not going to solve all of the problems in our NHS.
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The 2009 classic car season is winding down, with only two more major auctions - both this weekend -- until it all starts up again in January here in Arizona.
Back East, it's the Antique Automobile Club of America's big Eastern Fall Meet in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where activities include RM's Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey auction.
Out West, Barrett-Jackson stages its second annual auction at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip.
Among the featured cars at Barrett-Jackson is the Max Balchowsky-built 1961 'Ol' Yaller VIII racer that was seen in the 1964 Elvis Pressley movie, Viva Las Vegas, as well as the 800-horsepower, Don Prudhomme Special Edition Ford Mustang Shelby GT-500 concept vehicle.
The Hershey auction will include a 1918 Pierce-Arrow Model 66-A-4 four-passenger roadster, one of two remaining 1931 Marmon Sixteen convertible coupes, and 22 cars from the Crawford Auto Aviation Museum's collection at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland. That grouping includes the 1949 Belanger Special Indy 500 roadster and a 1930 Bugatti Type 44 touring car.
The economy is having its impact on classic car museums. In addition to the Crawford museum selling of nearly two dozen of its cars, Mecum Auction Co. will auction off some 65 cars and contents including collectibles and re-created 1950's era storefronts from the '57 Heaven Museum. The auction is October 24 in Branson, Missouri.
Recent results
Bonhams & Butterfields held its inaugural Pacific Northwest auction in conjunction with the LeMay Collection, America's Car Museum, in Tacoma, Washington, with 85 percent of consignments selling. The top price paid was $430,000 for a 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing.
Meanwhile, RM's Icons of Speed & Style auction at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles reached nearly $7 million in sales for 80 vehicles and assorted but significant memorabilia, all led by the wheelstanding 1965 Dodge A100 "Little Red Wagon" pickup, formerly raced by Bill "Maverick" Golden, at $550,000 and the amazing 1965 Dodge Deora "Hot Wheels" concept truck going for $324,500.
But the sales weren't the auction's only highlight. "The auction marked a rare occasion where many of the highlight dragsters and customs were reunited with their original drivers and designers to the delight of the crowd," noted RM president Ian Kelleher.
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8-9 RM at Hershey, Pennsylvania; Kruse at Lebanon, Pennsylvania
8-10 - Barrett-Jackson at Las Vegas
10-11 - Kruse at Biloxi, Mississippi
16-17 - Kruse at Las Vegas
23-25 - Spendick Collector Car Productions at Toronto
24 - Mecum at Branson, Missouri
6-8 - Kruse at Auburn, Indiana
20-22 - Kruse at Dallas
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3-5 - Mecum at Kansas City
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Texas Tech Athletics Unveils Texas Tech TV
Texas Tech unveils Texas Tech TV and TexasTech.TV
Note: The "Tech Sports" app is now available for download.
November 1, 2012
Red Raider fans all over the world will have greater access to Texas Tech Athletics programming than ever before with the launch of Texas Tech TV on FOX and through the new digital platform TexasTech.TV. Learfield Sports, Texas Tech Athletics' multimedia rights holder, secured the new platform on FOX on behalf of the University.
Texas Tech TV is the new worldwide identity for both live and on-demand video content for Texas Tech Athletics. Texas Tech TV debuts today on the digital platform TexasTech.TV as well as newly designed mobile applications for Apple and Android. Texas Tech TV made its official debut over the air on Oct. 17, when volleyball took on the Oklahoma Sooners at the United Spirit Arena.
"This is an exciting day as we unveil Texas Tech TV," Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said. "Texas Tech fans are craving more television and digital content and we are thrilled to officially roll out this exciting new product."
Texas Tech TV will provide access to live sporting events, live non-sporting events (e.g. coaches shows, press conferences, signing day specials), on-demand video and full-length television shows Raider Power and Red Raider Weekly. This new content will be available in your home or office through TexasTech.TV while live sporting events and on-demand content will be available on both Apple and Android mobile devices.
Texas Tech TV can also be seen on FOX as Texas Tech recently announced a three-year deal with the network. Terms of that agreement call for one football game to be televised annually on a FOX Sports Networks' platform, which could include FOX Sports Southwest, FOX Sports Southwest Plus or FOX College Sports. FOX Sports Networks platforms will also televise all available men's basketball games, multiple women's basketball games, up to 20 Olympic sports, and additional Texas Tech non-game programming mutually selected by FOX Sports and Texas Tech. This season, Texas Tech's Red Raider Weekly and Raider Power are scheduled to air on FOX Sports Southwest and FOX College Sports respectively. Both are 30-minute sports magazine shows.
With a new and improved Big 12 Conference television package, Texas Tech's new third-tier television agreement with FOX and the availability of Texas Tech TV online and through mobile applications, Tech fans will have unprecedented access to Red Raider sports. All of Texas Tech's home games/matches will be carried live either on television or online through TexasTech.TV.
Some content on Texas Tech TV will be provided free of charge, however, a subscription will be required for live events. Two separate pricing models are available for fans that wish to view Texas Tech TV on their desktop or for those who prefer the content delivered to their mobile devices via mobile applications. Fans that wish to receive the content on both their desktop computers and on their mobile devices will have to purchase both subscriptions.
A Texas Tech TV subscription runs $9.95 per month or $79.95 for an entire year. Access to live game video on an iPhone, iPad or Android application is priced at $4.95 per month or $19.95 for the year. Fans that prefer to watch the content on TexasTech.TV on their iPhone, iPad or Android device through a web browser will need to purchase the subscriptions priced at $9.95 per month and $79.95 for the year.
The subscription service remains a product of Texas Tech's All-Access platform through CBSSports.com College Network so current subscribers will have immediate access to Texas Tech TV on their desktops, by web browser on their iPhone, iPad or Android devices and mobile applications.


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Butte County investigators said the man who was killed in an officer involved shooting Monday was 53-year-old Victor Coleman of Bakersfield.
The Butte County District Attorney's Office said he was in the Oroville area working construction.
They also said Coleman was intent on committing suicide with a knife inside Room 115 of the Sunset Inn on Feather River Boulevard.
"The man had made a decision according to the lieutenant to kill himself," said Butte County District Attorney, Mike Ramsey.
Ramsey said Coleman was on methamphetamines and he told officers he was hallucinating. Negotiators were staged outside of Coleman's room and tried to convince him not to harm himself.
"There was some discussion about suicide by cop," said Ramsey. "They were saying just calm down."
Police said they weren't able to calm Coleman down. Five officers bashed down the door and three officers went in. That's when they say Coleman attacked them with a knife and a broken bottle. All three officers fired multiple shots and killed Coleman.
"We entered a situation that we didn't know what weapons the individual would have or the intent was," said Oroville Police Chief Bill LaGrone. "We knew what he said but we didn't know what he was going to do once we entered the room."
The three officers have been placed on administrative leave. They're identified as Marcus Tennigkeit, John Nickelson and Jared Cooley. Tennigkeit has been with Oroville police since December, Nickelson has been with the department for two years, and Cooley has been with the department over 5 years.
"At this point, it appears the officers did their duty of going in to try to save a man from himself but unfortunately he then attacked the officers," Ramsey said.
Chief LaGrone said the department should be fine on staffing during the investigation despite budget cuts.
Ramsey said he hopes to have more information on the case next week.


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Lexington's Blue Grass Airport has added new markings to its tarmacs to lead pilots to the right runway.
The new markings come nearly a year after 49-people were killed in a crash after their plane took off from the wrong strip at the airport.
The National Transportation Safety Board said in July that the flight crew's failure to spot clues to their location at the airport caused the 2006 crash.
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It's easy to find excuses not to reach our dreams ... Especially after getting a serious medical diagnosis, but Brad Drazen introduces us to a young Connecticut girl who isn't letting diabetes keep her from the spotlight.
A young artist's pursuit of perfection is never through. From the rehearsal studio to bar exercises at home, 11 year old Emily Dylewski is dedicated to dance.
"It's really hard work, but I never get bored, ever."
But the time she spends here is far from her biggest challenge.
"She was five. She was in kindergarten."
Emily's mom, Ann, remembers the illness her daughter just couldn't kick.
"I brought her in to the office and they just tested her urine, came back into the room and said, 'she has juvenile diabetes, she needs to go to the hospital right away."
It was overwhelming, with talk of blood sugar tests and counting carbs.
"My initial reaction is I'm never going to be able to go back to work again."
The insulin shots and blood tests started the very next day and they continue now 6 years later. But this self assured 6th grader doesn't let anything stand in her way.
"Kids with diabetes, they can do anything that any of us can do."
Sometimes more, Emily spends some 14 hours a week in dance classes and rehearsals which puts a lot of strain on her insulin starved body.
"I'm doing a lot of strenuous activity, like especially when I'm out in the middle of the floor. We're doing leaps and jumps and everything."
This pump is her life support but can be removed when she's dancing.
These days that's even more often. Emily's been cast as Clara, the lead role in the Connecticut concert's ballet production of the nutcracker.
"It's phenomenal."
"I'm really excited. I'm on the stage for almost 2 hours, almost straight and anytime I get off stage I don't have much time to check my blood sugar."
One day perhaps that won't be an issue.
"Our hope that one day is that there will be a cure."
But until then this budding artist will continue to hone her craft, unfazed by her illness and unwilling to let that dazzling smile fade.


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Frank "Frankie the Butcher" Bonsangue is an American film, stage and television actor. He is also a television personality on several cooking shows including the Food Network's "Hot off the Grill Show with Bobby Flay". He has appeared in Spider-Man 2, Analyze That and Law & Order. Before turning to acting, Bonsangue worked in the food business at his family-owned meat market in Greenwich Village, then at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. He has studied acting at the Stella Adler Acting Conservatory, the Michael Howard Studio and the Young Actors Workshop.
- Frank Bonsangue Movies before 2015
- Perfect Holiday 2007
- Spider-Man 2 (2004) 2004
- Analyze That 2002
- Donnie Brasco 1997
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With over 10,000 study notes, no other resource offers the comprehensive analysis of biblical creation and authority of Scripture as this one presents.
With over 10,000 study notes, no other resource offers the comprehensive analysis of biblical creation and authority of Scripture as this one presents.
The written Word of God is under attack in our culture like never before. The annotations of this King James Version of the Bible will:
 • Explain the Bible's difficult passages
 • Resolve its alleged contradictions
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 • Words of Christ in red
 • Note its remarkable anticipations of modern science
 • 22 topical appendices for understanding biblical authority and accuracy
 • Remove any doubts about its inerrancy, authority and ability to meet every human need.
The 2,215 pages feature a 10-point font and a two column format making it easy to read. Inside you will also find the Words of Christ in red, 22 total appendices, full color maps and a concordance. The hard cover offers a dignified and gentle design that both men and women will find attractive. The professional Smyth Sewn binding gives this reference resource a life that will span generations.
Dr. Henry Morris is known as the father of modern Creation science, the founder of Institute for Creation Research (ICR) and the author of many well-known apologetic books. His thriving legacy continues to equip Christians to be able to defend the accuracy and authority of Scripture today.
"An invaluable tool for the defense of the Christian Faith."
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"This now-classic study Bible is very unique, not only due to its strong emphasis on apologetics but because it highlights the foundational truths of Genesis in the other 65 books of the Bible. Dr. Morris
one of my heroes of the faith, takes an uncompromising stand on the six literal days of creation and a young earth."
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Too bad the name Spice World is already spoken for. With the Spice Girls musical Viva Forever due to debut in the not-too-distant future, UK paper The Mirror reports that a documentary on the group is also in the hopper, a 90-minute "warts and all" ode to the group. "With worldwide sales of over 75 million, they defined a generation…but their full story has never been told," a TV source (who is also apparently the voiceover guy from every movie trailer ever) tells the paper. "Producers want to spend time getting to know each of the girls and let viewers feel they've got the real insight into their lives."
Exciting stuff for sure, but there's a catch—Victoria Beckham, better known to documentary mavens as Posh Spice, may not be down for the process, with producers saying the whole thing is a no go if Mrs. B refuses to be interviewed. C'mon, V-Becks! We need to hear those horror stories from the "Spice Up Your Life" music video. How else can we properly confront the demons of our youth??


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The Pirates Recorded Their Fourth Straight Shutout And First Home Win Of The Season Friday Night
The Pirates scored five second-half goals in their largest single-game scoring output since 2005.
Skylar Poole and Kesley Reeves each score in 2-0 victory
Pirates kick-off their 20th season of intercollegiate soccer
Pirates Host Virginia Wesleyan At ECU Soccer Stadium
Rob Donnenwirth enters his 18th season as the head coach of the women's soccer program at East Carolina University in 2016. He has guided the Pirates to 10 or more wins nine different times, mentored 84 all-conference performers, four academic All-Americans and his 166 victories makes him the winningest coach in school history.
In 2015, ECU took part in a handful of high-intensity games, including a pair of double-overtime wins in the final minute of play against Western Carolina and Charlotte, as well as a 1-0 conference victory over UCF on a game-winning goal with just 31 seconds left in regulation. Under Donnenwirth, Kendall Frey was named to the All-American Athletic Conference First Team after cracking the top five in multiple categories in the program's record book, closing her career at No. 5 in goals scored (22) and points (53). Lana Spitler earned a second-team nod, while freshman Courtney Cash was chosen to the league's all-rookie team.
The 2014 season was East Carolina's first as a member of the American Athletic Conference as the club matched the 2012 squad for the single-season program record for shutouts with 11, while compiling a 12-8-1 overall mark and reaching the semifinals of the conference tournament. East Carolina had three all-conference selections in Frey, senior defender Kelley Johnson and senior goalkeeper Erika Lenns who earned second team nods, respectively. Frey and senior defender Kelly Miller also received NSCAA Scholar All-South Region honors.
The 2013 campaign kicked off with a milestone victory for Donnenwirth after he won his 200th-career game in a 2-0 victory at Davidson on Aug. 23. The Pirates won at least nine games for the eighth year in a row en route to a 9-9-3 overall record, 5-4-1 mark in Conference USA games and reached the semifinals of the C-USA Tournament. Caitlin Hite became the first freshman in program history to earn all-conference first team honors, while Kendall Frey and Danielle Romano received third-team recognition.
In 2011 and 2012, Donnenwirth led ECU to double-digit wins both seasons, which included a fourth place regular season finish and a 6-2-3 Conference USA ledger in 2012. Behind the play of a pair of first-team all-league selections in Christiane Cordero and Hali Oughton, the Pirates defense ranked among the top five in all four major defensive categories including a share of second with 10 shutouts.
In 2011, ECU returned to postseason play after a two-year hiatus, finishing fifth in the league standings. The Pirates earned their first-ever victory over UCF in the first round of the C-USA Championships defeating the Knights 2-1, who later advanced to the Elite Eight in NCAA Tournament. Their season came to an end following a 3-0 loss in the second round to eventual champion No. 6 Memphis closing out the campaign with an 11-8-1 overall record.
The 2008 season was Donnenwirth's most successful as he led ECU to the best overall record in program history at 14-4-4 and a share of the C-USA Regular Season Championship. That year the Pirates finished the C-USA season with a 7-0-4 mark, good for the first unbeaten run through league play since Charlotte went 8-0-2 in 2002.
East Carolina played in its first C-USA Championship game in 2008, but fell to Memphis, 4-1, and narrowly missed out on making the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. For his efforts, Donnenwirth received his first C-USA Coach-of-the-Year award and was the Soccer Buzz Southeast Region Coach-of-the-Year runner-up.
The conclusion of the 2008 campaign also saw a Pirate agree to the first United States professional contract in program history as Madison Keller signed with the Washington= Freedom of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league. In all, three former players have signed professional contracts under Donnenwirth's tenure at ECU: Amanda Duffy (Sweden `06), Keller and Kimmy Cummings (Ireland, `12).
Prior to arriving at ECU, Donnenwirth spent five years as the head coach at North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount, N.C. Under his guidance, the Battling Bishops enjoyed tremendous success, going 62-27-9, winning four Dixie Conference titles and making three trips to the NCAA Division III Tournament. In Donnenwirth's first year as the Bishops as head coach, the team advanced to the NCAA Final Four and finished with a 15-3-3 record. Chris Webb and Trish Parker, former ECU assistant coaches, were a part of that squad and Parker was named the Division III National Player-of-the-Year.
In his tenure at N.C. Wesleyan, three Bishop players were named All-Americans, two were chosen Dixie Conference Players-of-the-Year and three were picked as the conference's Rookie-of-the-Year. Donnenwirth was also recognized several times while at N.C. Wesleyan, earning NCAA South Regional Coach of-the-Year twice and the Dixie Conference Coach-of-the-Year three times.
Before heading to N.C. Wesleyan, Donnenwirth served as an assistant with the James Madison men's and women's teams and the University of Massachusetts men's squad.
Outside the college ranks, Donnenwirth has a wealth of experience in Olympic Development Programs (ODP). He has been part of the United States Region III ODP coaching staff and has served eight years as a North Carolina ODP coach with the under-13 and under-15 girls' teams.
He was formerly the director of the Pitt Greenville Soccer Association's traveling and recreational programs and is currently president of Soccer Express, a community soccer camp business that has attracted over 3,000 youth and adult campers in the U.S. and Canada.
As a player, Donnenwirth guided West Virginia Wesleyan College to back-to-back NAIA National Championships in 1984 and 1985 and was named a NAIA Honorable Mention All-American in 1987 as a goalkeeper. He earned a B.S. in marketing from West Virginia Wesleyan in 1988 and his M.B.A. from James Madison in 1990.
Donnenwirth and his wife, Rosy, have three daughters: Allison, Madison and Carly.


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Councils in dispute over Henry Moore sculpture ownership
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Henry Moore Trust
Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman has been challenged over who owns the Henry Moore 'Draped Seated Woman' sculpture known as 'Old Flo' which he wants to sell in the New Year.
Bromley Council has written to Tower Hamlets over his bid to auction off the sculpture—while Bethnal Green & Bow MP Rushanara Ali has raised the controversy in the Commons in a bid to block the sell-off.
The challenge comes after Museum of London bosses followed a paper trail back to the 1960s when Moore created the sculpture at cost price for the then London County Council and waived consultation and transport fees to have it put up as a gift to the East End on Stepney's Stifford Estate.
Old Flo was not transferred to Tower Hamlets when the LCC was abolished in 1965, but instead remained the property of the new GLC until its own abolition in 1986 when all assets passed to the London Residuary Body.
The sculpture was then transferred to Bromley, the museum found.
"This is very good news indeed," said museum director Sharon Ament. "We welcome Bromley's challenge to Tower Hamlets.
"Bromley has committed to Moore's statue being on public display. We hope that 'Old Flo' will come home to the East End."
The museum has offered to cover costs of conservation, security, insurance and transporting it back from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park where it has been stored for 15 years, to be displayed at its Docklands site at Canary Wharf.
But Tower Hamlets denies that Bromley Council has any right to the asset. The 1962 minutes of the LCC authorised the purchase of the statue "to be sited in Stifford Estate" where it remained until the estate was demolished.
The estate transferred to Tower Hamlets, the council points out.
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Mayor Rahman wants Old Flo under the auctioneer's hammer at Christie's in February.


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Occupy Wall Street: Must Know Facts About Big Banks
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NY police need to learn from their Australian counterparts how to clear these Occupy scum off the street. No pussyfooting down there. Check out these clips of the dirty filthy hippy slackers being cleaned off the streets of Sydney and Melbourne by local cops - including macing some libtard bitch right in the face!
When the hell are US police going to start clamping down in the same way on the pinko/punko socialist rabble who think they can camp out in our public places and challenge our way of life?
My, my. Aren't you just full of yourself? You are aware that Australia is essentially a socialist country, right mate?
Did you know, for instance, that if you sat in a pub and bragged about somethng like cheating on your taxes, the chances are good that someone would take you outside and kick your ass? You would certainly become an outcast and regarded as a criminal. Somehow, I am not sure you would do well there.
the problem in america is that they are
cutting back on the welfare for the rich
due to the debt crisis so the cops are getting
soft, ya know. some are even gay lib types
when they take off their uniforms. it is a
shame what has been goin' on. not in australia tho.
they have the kangaroo, the boxing marsupial.
the libs need to lighten up on the welfare for
the bankers issue. they don't understand the
way of life thing.
Hey blindman.....surely this butchtrucks is not THE drummer Butch Trucks! Could it possibly be?
Hey Butch....is that you? You got a boy named Dereck?
"The six biggest banks hold assets equal to 63 percent of the country's GDP "
Huh? What about JP Morgan's 73 trillion in derivatives now backed by the taxpayer? I thought that number exceeded world GDP...
JP Morgan has exposure derivatives with a notational value of about $73 trillion. The actual amount they may have to pay out is far less than $73 trillion. Not to mention, derivatives are kept off balance sheet.
In 2010, GDP was $14.7 trillion. The biggest banks (JPM and BAC) have balance sheets listing assets north of $2 trillion each. Citi is close behind. I'll guess the 6 together have $10 trillion.
$10 trillion / $14.7 trillion = 68%
reds and socialist......
Amen HPD!
The Libertarian (end the Fed) movement never had a chance with OWS. It has always been a progressive/socialist movement with radical Saul Alinskyites planning to unleash their tactics on the people:
I'm sorry to dissappoint all those Zero Hedge readers who thought OWS was a movement about sound money and limiting goverment's role of collusion in financial markets -- it's not!
It's about class warfare. Its about redistribution. It's about fundamental transformation of America. Its about the Road to Serfdom.
The socialists own the narrative. They have the MSM on their side to keep the narrative on message. There is no way this message can be redirected away from its current trajectory.
There is a good reason this movement was called Occupy Wall Street by the organizers and the MSM rather than Occupy the Fed Resv or Occupy DC.
My goodness! 2 paranoid delusionals in a row.
Or, maybe just partisan hacks, making every effort to define and discredit a move against the status quo. A movement growing exponetionally and gaining favor with the public by the day. A movement that is calling attention to many of the things the vast majority of informed citizens agree need to be changed. A movement that is made up of a wide swath of the public, and not, as you would have us all believe, all a bunch of 'dirty hippies', and Communists, and Marxists, and Anarchists, and any other red-meat label that you think sounds cool.
Here's a suggestion. Grab a beer, sit back, watch & wait as the drama unfolds. Not a single one of us knows where this is going to lead, but the train has left the station...destination unknown.
I work in downtown Chicago, I've been to see the rallies. I've seen the people, I've heard what they had to say. I've seen the signs. In 2010 I had a contract at the BBH building in Manhattan, at ground zero of OWS. I stay in contact with friends that I've made there and they tell me what it is like every day to get into work. They have seen the people, heard what they had to say, seen the signs.
I know what I am talking about.
My family is from Ukraine, living under Communuism. We know the lies, the hopelessness of truly being trapped. We know where this is headed. Trust us, you don't want to go there.
Wake up America. You are being led into a Socialist trap. They are using all of your institutions against you. Universities. Media. Courts. Government. Corporations. Religion.
Destination: slavery, true 3rd world slavery!
....and your actionable solutions would be__________?
This is not the Ukraine. We don't have a heritage of being dominated and fearful. This country has been hijacked & I, for one, want to DO something about it. The trap that has been sprung on us is not Socialism, but more akin to creeping Facism. There is no serious Communist, Marxist, Leninist, or even Socialist movement in this country. There are always fringe loonies on both ends of the political spectrum, but they will not gain meaningful support. However, their actions are calling attention to the issues & making people think. The amount of information available that exposes the lies and the crimes of those at the top is growing by the day. The call for accountability is rising. What we want is very simple...implement the rule of law. If not, then the people NEED to rise up and overthrow the lawmakers and the enforcers.
So very sorry you find this unsetteling, and it's inconvenient for you friends as they make their way to their downtown offices. Boo fucking hoo.
I agree with 90% of what you say, but when the system collapses due to a manufactured crisis, the overthrow will come from the left. They are the ones that control the institutions (media - current truth; education - indoctrination; courts - gulags).
The German people did not see a serious Facist movement as Hitler prepared to take power. If you continue to go down this path that leads to a national crisis; the result will be a form of socialism that will control your daily life like you cannot imagine unless you have lived in Soviet Union, Cuba, China, Venezuela or North Korea.
You truly do not understand who you are dealing with and the lengths they are prepared to go to see this country collapse. America must collapse before they can bring socialism to the rest of the world. If/When it happens in America, their first order of business will to exterminate 10% of the population that they fear cannot be re-educated. That's 25 million people. Every communist regime had to do this to at least 10% of its population to fight back the counter-revolutionaries, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Che, Pol Pot, etc...
Study the history of Communism and Fascism. They are both implementations of socialism and they are both totalitarian oppressors of the people. Read "The Comming Insurrection" and then come back to me and tell me that's not whats going on with OWS. If you Google it you will find a copy online. Get to know who you are getting in bed with.
As a 64 year old male who was raised an Army brat and spent a good portion of the 50's and 60's in a Europe that was recovering from WW2, I have a pretty good idea of what can happen. Having spent my own time in combat against communist forces in VN, I have a vested interest in staying informed. As a student of history, I know all about the various 'isms', and you are mixing the ones on the left and the ones on the right.
You are also confused about the media. Do you think Comcast, Newscorp, GE, Disney, TimeWarner, & Viacom are leftists. If anything, they are Facists, but mostly, they are mercantilists.
Regardless...go back and read my post. This is America. Our heritage is independence, and we are the most heavily armed civillian population ever on earth. This is not Cambodia, nor is it the impoverished and war-torn Eastrern Europe of the early 20th Century. There is no support for any of these 'isms' in the general population.
Crawl out from under your bed, put on your big boy britches, and DO something about the things you don't like. DEMAND this government start working for the people again. That's what both the Tea Party activists and the OWS crowd are doing, both in the best traditions of their heritage. Take a stand & make your mark, and flush that paranoia down the toilet.
You sleep with the lights on, HPD?
Circuses Without Bread
by craig on October 21, 2011 9:36 am
"..All this killing brings triumphalist politicians smirking on our screens. We seem to have become as dehumanised as ancient Rome. Little human pity is expressed for the way Gadaffi was killed – indeed there is notably less media reflection of pity or revulsion than there was at the (at least judicial) hanging of Saddam Hussein. Is that a measure of the descent into bloodlust barbarism in our society? The complete lack of empathy towards the traveller families being torn from their homes at Dale Farm is part of the same brutalism towards "the other". Why don't we go the whole way and have them eaten by lions in the ring?
History shows that bloody appetite once aroused feeds upon itself. We have already had Defence Secretary Hammond on Sky News today positing NATO action now against Syria, while the current US proto-pretext for attacking Iran – the fantasy plot against the Saudi Ambassador – is as believable as Gadaffi's death in the crossfire.
More death is on the way, to keep the circus going. Then the crowds may not notice there is no bread – no jobs, and their earnings and income eaten up by huge state enforced transfers to the bankers, whether by bailouts or "quantitive easing".
it wasn't the "repeal of provisions in 1999 of the Glass–Steagall Act" that marked the onslaught of Wall Street criminality and the easy money debt-slave economy... the repeal marked the date Wall Street corrupted the US Govt and bought not only their Govt ratchet but their Get-Out-of-Jail Card too
Nope the real epoc changing event was the establishment of Govt as a monopoly institution in every nation. That was the beginning of the end for a free society and free markets. It was the beginning of putting the parasites at the top of the food chain and the productive people under it, being consumed
..and despite Govt ruining country after country each many times over the penny did not drop for anybody (ie. society itself, economists, philosophers, journalists, academics, politicians themselves) during the centuries of persistent historic failure of this most corrupt, unproductive, perverted and criminal of all mans institutionalised stupidities
the bubble of Wall Streets grotesque criminality and robbery is yet another cancerous wart on every society that grows Govt... for it is Govt that grows parasites, fed on the power of a monopoly institution placed as the 'one true God' in society that can hand down any decision rather than allow society, and the economy, freely to find its own path/s
Govt is the biggest social and economic mistake in history... all other failings follow and are mere compoundings of the original fuking colossal error of monopolisation
"Even with the Dodd-Frank financial reform..."
You are forthrightly telling us you have read this legislation in its entirety and stand by the above, sir???
You are telling us you don't comprehend the fine points and aspects of this so-called legislation, and fail to understand the super-sized, by design, ultra-loopholes (5 at least in number), while the entire structure allows for covert bailing out of the banksters at the clearinghouse level by the Fed.
RTFL, please!
Yeah, the bill always has this "deemed appropriate by the commitee" tone on every crucial issue. Of course the banks will never buy "the commitee" out right ?
End the Fed.
A+ post here, only thing missing is footnotes for the facts (which *we* know, but maybe the uninformed reader doesn't).
When co-workers challenge me on #OWS for "being against capitalism/companies" (and literally JUMP down my throat; one guy asked me, "You gotta problem?" like he wanted to fight me lol), I mentioned these types of facts (including some other stuff on the Federal Reserve) and how it actually affects HIS WAGES/HEALTHCARE and his potential/actual kids WAGES/HEALTHCARE/EDUCATION. Of course, he went on tilt, and walked away saying, "What we NEED to do is bring jobs back form China!" (which is how *my* company prospers lol).
We are a debt based society. Two ways to combat this are
a) Banks who are honest, give loans, and allow growth by ALL entrepenuers, not just big companies (like mine; which told me today not only are they NOT giving me raise, but also slashing a sick day off total PTO)
b) Savings (which most don't do b/c we are in personal debt with college/rising cc iRates/rising mortgage iRates...as well as the fact more than 50% of the coutnry isn't making enough to keep up with inflation).
FREE MARKET CAPITALISM is the way out of this CRONY "CAPITALIST"-ACTUALLY FASCISM STATE we live in today.
It's almost as if the two parties have morphed into the National Socalist Party (no barganing rights for labor, biased and uninformed education, subversive state-run media, and wealth rules all), minus the bigotry.
Some of the sheeple are waking up, but most love being zombies. They like the taste of blood, even though it too, like the movie, will end up killing them in the end.
Upvote my friend! You are indeed correct. The sheeple are waking up. I credit that in no small part to the message of OWS. Granted, there are a few peaceniks/hippy types there, but they are attracted to these types of events. It's pretty raw democracy, so I think it needs to be embraced in its pure and ugly form. I believe with time OWS will become more on the point of the actual finance reform - as in campaign finance and Glass-Steagall reinstatment. I am in corporate finance myself, and actually going to AFP conference in November (Boston) where Bill Clinton will be making opening remarks. I will try to pursuade him to sign the online petition for the reinstatement of Glass-Steagall....
I'll keep everyone updated
Shizzmoney: I totally understand your point. You are fighting an uphill battle.
"It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere."- Voltaire
"The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." Steven Biko
The best way to address those who hold on to their myths is to ask questions that makes them confront the misconception.
You could come up with a nice list from our posts over the last week....
THE ROOT OF OUR SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND MILITARISTIC WOW'S IS AN EVIL MONETARY SYSTEM. EVERYTHING ELSE IS A SYMPTOM OR AN ACTION THAT SUPPORTS IT. AT THE HEART OF THIS SYSTEM ARE THE CENTRAL BANKS (THE FED), THEIR DISHONEST MONETARY POLICIES AND THOSE WHO CONTROL IT. SUCH POLICIES, LAWS AND THE CAPTURE OF REGULATORS ARE FOR THEIR BENEFIT. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE HAS NO PLACE IN IT. - Inflection Point
See: Chris Hedges: On Civil Disobedience & What Is Capitalism"
Above all, we aim to break up the global banking cartel centered at the Federal Reserve, International Monetary Fund, Bank of International Settlements and World Bank."
See: Anonymous Shines A Light On The Hypocrisy Of Our Leaders
Why do the American people stand by a CENTRAL BANK; the Federal Reserve? It is owned by the banks themselves charging us interest on every dollar in circulation. The Founding Fathers fought the revolution to free us from this model of DEBT SLAVERY ECONOMICS!
See: Occupy The FED & Withdraw Your Money From TBTF Banks
You see, as with the $1.2 Billion SunPower scam below, the House Always Wins.
See: Obama's Problem With Solyndra: It's A Warm Up For SunPower
The following, with commentary, was originally posted here on ZH. See: Hi, It's Tim, I'm Stuck In Paris, And Need You To Send $500
I don't mind if banks want to prop trade, but if they do prop trade, that should come with a caveat that they, and they alone must reap the consequences from the risks they take.
That makes no sense.
They are trading with the DEPOSITERS money. THEY take the risks. Not the banks.
The answer to the article is so simple even a caveman can do it.
If, and it did, Glass-Steagall's repeal allowed them to do this....first by weakening of...in various stages...then outright repeal...the answer to this isn't coming up with a new wheel...the answer is to re-enact Glass-Steagall in FULL 1933 form.
No other way to do it, and people that don't want to do it, don't understand the difference between MONETARISM, and what America stands for. Because the two are enemies.
I hope the bankster class has guns 'cause I want this to be a fair fight. God created free men, thieves created the banks, Col. Colt is gonna make them equal.
oh don't wory - they have guns. however its not going to be a fiar fight - their guns are more, bigger and better than yours.
like imagine a squadron of apache helicopres firing into a crowd armed with shotguns and semi automatic, gnerally light weapons - this is the type of fight you can expect.
Hopefully resisters won't be gathered in crowds. It'll be low intensity conflict if they choose to slug it out with the population en masse. And that generally goes the way of the population, in time. But they probably won't go that far. A wmd attack on a city will be all they'll need to cow most of the population and bring in the full police state. Then, for many, those who resist te police state will be the terrorists. That's what I would do if I were them. Take the focus off the banks, nip the resistance in the bud, and lose less infrastructure overall.
Or, they might just want us dead. There's a higher concentration of people who believe in individual liberty here than anywhere else in the world. Almost everyone else has given up the keystone, the right to self-defense.
You know I'd pay money to see a movie where the Texas chain saw massacre occured in the executive suites of th big 5 banks.
The idea that the Class A stockholders in the Federal Reserve Corp can have Prop trading rights via owned Primary Lending Institutes which are Class A holders/Members of the Fed and NOT,be sticking their hand, BOTH HANDS in the cookie jar is the greatest con jobs ever foisted on so many people in all history.
Exactly, my good citizen, maddogs, exactly.
"Wall Street banks, although not entirely responsible..." Huuuuuh????
The posers are out in force:
"They are really decent, good people; it's the system." ---- Noam Chomsky,
discussing the billionaire bankers of Wall Street.
"They are decent people. It's the system." ---- Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law,
discussing the US Congress (later he claims that "..Wall Street took advantage of a corrupt congress." – Riiigght!)
"They are just doing their jobs." -- Richard Wolff, econ prof.
discussing the Wall Street bankers, and others.
The disinformation specialists would have everyone believe this "just happened" -- the meltdown "magically appeared" -- it was all "an accident."
A forensic audit of the above three's consulting fees and other assorted fees over the past fifteen years would prove might interesting!
In 1921 or '22, an ultra-leveraged run took place, ending in the Great Crash of 1929, and securitization was later ended officially in 1933.
Starting around 2000, up until mid-2007, another ultra-leveraged run took place, resulting in the global economic meltdown.
Nothing magical about it, and well planned and well designed with much effort, thought and lobbying to enact predatory jurisprudence and predatory legislation to allow the banksters to sell $100 to $1,000 worth of debt for every $1 of debt on hand.
And they made billions upon billions selling hundreds of trillions worth of debt --- then want to blame the rest of us, while claiming no one is really at fault.
It is a great con, however I'd put it up against either
1. Voting matters
2. The Federal reserve act
as to being the Greatest fraud.
The sooner these six biggest banks go bankrupt and their assets are sold off the better
Patience folks......this to shall pass. It is only a matter of time before these TBTF go under. They are all technically insolvent.
2B2Fails not totally reponsible? No shit, it took their lap dogs in Washington for an accomplice. Todd-Fwank still has issues? No Fucking Shit, it really hasn't, didn't, and won't do shit. OWS needs to know what the 2B2Fails have done? Well, they also need to know that Washington is the enabler and how this unholy relationship is possible. This would then explain how GS and some insiders can be so far ahead of any market move; Insider Info, usually from the FED, but sometimes from their crony capitalist friends.
The answer? Scrap the whole pile of shit, for shit, once shit, stays shit. You can fry it, bake it, sautee it. You can put salt and pepper on it with melted butter, and it is still shit.
And from the tenor of your letter, I have this feeling that you don't know shit. Let me introduce you....
'One Super-corporation Runs the Global Economy'... and it could be terrifyingly unstable
By Rob Waugh
October 20, 2011 "Daily Mail" - -A University of Zurich study 'proves' that a small group of companies - mainly banks - wields huge power over the global economy.
The study is the first to look at all 43,060 transnational corporations and the web of ownership between them - and created a 'map' of 1,318 companies at the heart of the global economy.
The study found that 147 companies formed a 'super entity' within this, controlling 40 per cent of its wealth. All own part or all of one another. Most are banks - the top 20 includes Barclays and Goldman Sachs. But the close connections mean that the network could be vulnerable to collapse.
The 1318 transnational corporations that form the core of the globalised economy - connections show partial ownership of one another, and the size of the circles corresponds to revenue. The companies 'own' through shares the majority of the 'real' economy
'In effect, less than one per cent of the companies were able to control 40 per cent of the entire network,' says James Glattfelder, a complex systems theorist at the Swiss Federal Institute in Zurich, who co-wrote the research, to be published in the journal PLoS One.
Some of the assumptions underlying the study have come in for criticism - such as the idea that ownership equates to control. But the Swiss researchers have no axe to grind: they simply applied mathematical models usually used to model natural systems to the world economy, using data from Orbis 2007, a database listing 37 million companies and investors.
Economists such as John Driffil of the University of London, a macroeconomics expert, told New Scientist that the value of its study wasn't to see WHO controlled the global economy, but the tight connections between the world's largest companies.
The collapse of 2008 showed that such tightly-knit networks can be unstable.
'If one company suffers distress,' Glattfelder says, 'This propagates.'
The research requires more analysis, but it could be used to look for the weaknesses in the network of global wealth, and prevent future financial disaster.
Looking at 'connectedness' also puts paid to conspiracy theories about the world's wealth - companies connect to highly connected companies for business reasons, rather than world domination.
The 'core' of 147 companies also represents too many interests to wield real political power - but it could act 'as one' to defend common interests. Sadly for market reformers, resisting change may be one such common interest.
The top 50 of the 147 superconnected companies
1. Barclays plc
2. Capital Group Companies Inc
3. FMR Corporation
5. State Street Corporation
6. JP Morgan Chase & Co
7. Legal & General Group plc
8. Vanguard Group Inc
10. Merrill Lynch & Co Inc
11. Wellington Management Co LLP
12. Deutsche Bank AG
13. Franklin Resources Inc
14. Credit Suisse Group
15. Walton Enterprises LLC
16. Bank of New York Mellon Corp
17. Natixis
18. Goldman Sachs Group Inc
19. T Rowe Price Group Inc
20. Legg Mason Inc
21. Morgan Stanley
22. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
23. Northern Trust Corporation
24. Société Générale
25. Bank of America Corporation
26. Lloyds TSB Group plc
27. Invesco plc
28. Allianz SE 29. TIAA
30. Old Mutual Public Limited Company
31. Aviva plc
32. Schroders plc
33. Dodge & Cox
34. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc*
35. Sun Life Financial Inc
36. Standard Life plc
38. Nomura Holdings Inc
39. The Depository Trust Company
40. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
41. ING Groep NV
42. Brandes Investment Partners LP
43. Unicredito Italiano SPA
44. Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan
45. Vereniging Aegon
46. BNP Paribas
47. Affiliated Managers Group Inc
48. Resona Holdings Inc
49. Capital Group International Inc
50. China Petrochemical Group Company
* Lehman still existed in the 2007 dataset used
Click here to read more.
Very cool study, I caught this on physorg a couple months ago.
Check this
Using empirical analysis to map wealth and power networks is a good thing!
"Reality is so complex, we must move away from dogma, whether it's conspiracy theories or free-market," says James Glattfelder. "Our analysis is reality-based."
thanks for the link to that discussion.
i don't get the reaction of repugnance
or disdain for the word "conspiracy" that
most people seem to have. to me conspiracies
are just about as common as bacteria in
the restroom at the local tavern. when
a good conspiracy comes to fruition they call
it a law, or a security, or a contract.
conspiracy is just "breathing together".
or "with breath". two or more people sharing
an idea, concept or set of assumptions and
then acting and believing their operating
model is "real".
conspiracy mid-14c., from Anglo-Fr. conspiracie, O.Fr. conspiracie "conspiracy, plot," from L. conspirationem (nom. conspiratio) "agreement, union, unanimity," noun of action from conspirare (see conspire); earlier in same sense was conspiration (early 14c.), from Fr. conspiration (13c.), from L. conspirationem. An O.E. word for it was facengecwis. As a term in law, from 1863. Conspiracy theory is from 1909.
conspire late 14c., from O.Fr. conspirer (14c.), from L. conspirare "to agree, unite, plot," lit. "to breathe together," from com- "together" (see com-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit). Or perhaps the notion is "to blow together" musical instruments, i.e., "To sound in unison." Related: Conspired; conspiring.
this is the danger here today. not the fact of conspiracy which is universal, but the reaction to
it by "authority". in their infinite ignorance they
"feel" they are being targeted by conspiracists and
have through their own conspiracy empowered themselves
to prosecute and kill others for merely breathing in
an antagonistic, to their design, manner. ie. what
a mess they have made of the language.
all these entities listed above are
abstract non persons. that they are
treated as persons and have rights
above persons or equal to persons is
a conspiracy against humanity, no?
Looking at 'connectedness' also puts paid to conspiracy theories about the world's wealth - companies connect to highly connected companies for business reasons, rather than world domination.
The 'core' of 147 companies also represents too many interests to wield real political power...
I can't believe they've come up with such a doltish conclusion. Behind every corporation are people - the shareholders. Look at WHO owns the majority of shares in these companies and you can bet THEY have interests completely in common.
Good study, stupid conclusion.
Not stupid at all.
The BOD's of most companies could give a rat's ass about the generic shareholder & most of the big corps have inter-locking BOD's. It's the way the they massage one another's pay packages to orgasmic highs and jizz all over the common stock owner.
their function is to empower human persons to a supra human level, making them, the actor in the name of the organization, immune from aspects of law. relieving certain human limitations and responsibilities. the attempt is to escape karma but it can't work and is a doomed ideology, in time.
Yes....but don't tell the Supreme Court.
It's worth saying over and over.
Record bonuses are not matters of national security.
You do not believe the movement is entirely constructive...
Such as what pray tell?
Jamie Dimon throwing a temper tantrum or Barney Frank juggling TBTF gerbils...
"You do not believe the movement is entirely constructive...
Such as what pray tell?"
I'll take a bite on the "entirely constructive" piece ('cuz part of the difficulties reside in the "all-or-nothing" of the actuality of the Jacobin-crowd's demands): {here we go} have you, WB7, seen anything "constructive"?
sub-1: "have you seen anything coherent (yes, your ART is certainly that, and we love it for that as a basic component) in the #OWS 'message stream'.?
There is some point, with respect to some initial objective. Can't see that, yet. Looking.
- Ned
WB, all roads for this "movement" lead back to Soros, Tides for the original Adbusters OWS call and multiple support front groups after the fact (heck even a ThinkProgress link to boot in this article). Only thing OWS has going for it is the veritable coddling by the MSM but that's to be expected nearly all progressive controlled (even Faux Right News to a large extent), whereas the OWS has ANP, ACP, and CAIR on-board hardly an MSM peep about anti-semitism that's been on display. However Main St is pretty perceptive when they go out to see the occupiers and what's going on, they're not buying it. The real problem is getting the progressives that are the backbone of the financial industry and both parties OUT(thus the appearance of both being the same)! The TP has started on the right, but it's a struggle against constant infiltration/co-opting. The OWS may not want the DNC(snicker) but everything there goes back to Soros and he will have his way with 500-1000 front groups you never know where support is coming from.


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Anyone giving there LO gerber puffs? How did you know your LO was ready? How old is your LO? My LO has been super drooly so I'm sure it would melt quickly but I'm afraid she may choke. She's doing everything the box says...she's not actually crawling but she is picking things up with her fingers now and putting it in her mouth.
I've been doing puffs for about 3 months now. Buy them, eat one yourself and you will see how easy they melt.
@ Ehallidays I have tried them. I just am worried she will try to swallow them whole...
We did puffs even before lo had teeth. He hasnt choked but we watch him closely. They do really just disolve. Also, yogurt melts are wonderful too. I found the parents choice (walmart brand) disolves easier.
Lovin' being a stay at home momma to my DD (02/12) and expecting another little blessing (09/13).
We have been doing puffs since about 5 months.
If you are so worried maybe give your LO a half of puff- shouldn't cause harm even if swallowed whole. however, there is enough saliva in mouths that it should begin to partially dissolve.
I guess they say if your baby starts to self feed- they are ready- does your LO pick up food and put it in the mouth?
I just fed my LO some. She doesn't seem to like them. She doesn't seem like anything :-/ The first one she did okay seemed to swallow it whole the 2nd one she gagged on it. I don't understand why she gags on everything!!
We started out by breaking the puff into two. Once he had that under control (which was like 2 days) we gave him the whole puff. He crunches it on his gums and laughs now. It's so cute! I don't think it's too common for a child to choke on them because even if he somehow got it stuck in his throat it would dissolve so he could breathe.
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
I left a comment on a community page today entitled "What keeps you motivated to run?" Then, during my run today, I decided I had a lot more to say on the subject.
See, a year ago, I would have BLOWN right past that comment page. I was a NON-runner. I did not run, and I did not understand people who did run. Weirdos.
A year ago, I thought running was about the best way to torture someone. I would see the occasional psychotic out in 20 degree weather in the snow in head to tow spandex, and I would shake my head and wonder what that person's mother had done to them to make them that way.
On any occasion when I HAD to run (gym class, runaway toddler) I felt awful, and ridiculous. My face got red, my shorts bunched up, and I looked about as graceful as someone who only runs when they are being chased.
Now, I still look terrible when I run. My kids call me the deranged tomato, because my face turns BRIGHT red. My shorts still bunch up. And I have to wear these bulky shoes with extra support on the arch because I over-pronate. But now when I run, I don't care. I FEEL COOL.
And this is what I want to share with you. If I can learn to love running - ANYONE can learn to love running. I'm not saying running is for everyone. I'm saying that if you've never really given it a chance because you think you could never be one of "those" people, you should drop your preconceived notion of yourself and give it a try. Because running saved me.
I have chronic depression. It's mixed up in my weight issues, and has been a cloud over me and my family for as long as I can remember. I'm a lucky lady, because my poor husband and my little boys love me even though sometimes Mommy couldn't get out of bed. I've been on modication for years, but I never really started to feel better until I started a C25K program and re-discovered endorphins.
The first 2 weeks sucked. I hated running. (If you could call it running. Shuffling is a more appropriate label.) It was the WORST. But I did it anyway. The third week, I was almost home, and a really good song came on my ipod, so I kept on shuffling right past my house. And then another song came on, and I kept running. That was the day I changed my mind about running.
I put my runs on the family calendar so everybody in the family could see them and expected me to put on my sneakers that day. I checked them off one by one. I signed up to run a 5K. And then another. And then I signed up to run a half-marathon this summer. I started Jeff Galloway's training schedule, and I AMAZED myself when I ran 8 miles. 8 miles. 6 months before that I couldn't even run ONE mile.
I don't run fast, but I run. And because I run, I can get out of bed every day. Most days I'm actually smiling. I'm still on medication, but I FEEL better than I have in years. I look forward to running. If I don't run for 3 days, I start to feel edgy and fidgety.
So, I guess THIS is what keeps me motivated to run. ME. I keep me motivated to run. Nobody and nothing else in the world can do it for me. Every foot I put in front of the other is a choice I make.
And music helps. And cute running shoes. And the funny looks people give you when they drive past you as you run in 20 degree weather in head to toe spandex. :)
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Great post, I'm just trying to get back to running. I'm doing the Run Your Butt Off program and signed up for a 5k. I too am an over pronator, identify with the shorts bunching up, but I am determined to do it. Thanks for the post, it made me smile.
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Way to go! Good for you! You're definitely inspirational! Keep training and pushing forward!
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Awesome blog!! Brought tears to my eyes. Yes, yes, yes. I couldn't believe I became a runner after years and years of being a committed non-athlete. I agree. Anyone who hasn't really tried, should. It is a joyful and incredible experience.
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I have to admit that sitting at my desk at work taking a time out from a hectic day - you literally brought a tear to my eye. Your battle with depression, your wonderful family and the way you've healed yourself is truly inspiring.
This is my first week doing the rookies training program to running a 5k. I am like you started, I really never understood runners, nor did I ever feel the need to run. And now I'm starting my journey -it's only day 2 - but I'm making myself get out in the 20 degree weather today - so the spark must be starting!
I'm about 100 percent sure I look like an idiot when I run. I will think of the deranged tomato everytime I shuffle down the street and know that there is hope!
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College Hockey:Two late goals lift CC over Wisconsin
Tigers clinch home ice in first round of playoffs
MADISON, Wis. — Sitting on 19 wins since Jan.29, Wisconsin has gone from home ice and NCAA Tournament lock to needing to likely run the table in the WCHA playoffs to clinch the league's automatic bid.
Colorado College is in the same post season predicament, which makes it seem fitting that these two teams could play games one and two in a five-game series over the next two weekends.
"I am prepared for a marathon," CC head coach Scott Owens said, "but I am glad it's going to be at 6,200 feet."
Needing to take just two of four points on the weekend to clinch the final spot for home ice in the first round of the WCHA playoffs, Colorado College took all the suspense out of the weekend's battle for home ice, scoring two goals in the final 5-plus minutes to stun No.18 Wisconsin with a 3-2 victory.
The late flurry from the Tigers (19-15-3, 28 points) assured the visitors that it will finish no worse that the No.6 seed when the first round of league playoffs face-off, a big benefit consider
Colorado College has become used to skating 12 freshmen and sophomores.
"We hung in there, we were patience, we did the things we had to do and we caught a break," Owens said.
The break Owens referred to is twofold. One is that Wisconsin (19-14-4, 11-13-3, 25 points) has run into a proverbial wall, going winless in its last seven games to drop out of contention in both the league and PairWise standings.
Second is that the Badgers undoing was when it head first right into the wall … literally.
A late five-minute major penalty on sophomore John Ramage allowed Colorado College's fourth-line center David Civitarese to score the winning tally off UW assistant captain Craig Smith's stick at 17:05 in the third.
"Just to add misery to it all," said UW head coach Mike Eaves, adding that the penalty was justified. "It was a tough way to end the night because our kids did a lot of good things."
Wisconsin's first two-and-a-half periods could have been the best of its long season, but in what has become a theme of this now seven game winless streak, the foot slowly began to ease off the accelerator after Patrick Johnson gave Wisconsin a 2-1 lead at 32 seconds in the third.
Throw in the bad bounces and long ice shifts and it was another frustrating chapter.
Colorado College tied the game at 14:37 when Stephen Schultz's goal wove its way through traffic and past UW goalie Brett Bennett (18 saves), a goal that the Badgers disputed when video replays showed winger Jaden Schwartz slashed Bennett microseconds before the puck arrived.
That ounce of bad luck set up Smith's untimely bounce that put the Badgers down a goal and on the penalty kill for the remainder of the game.
"It's just a couple bad bounces," Smith said. "Guys played hard and we didn't get rewarded for it."
Colorado College was outshot 28-21, but managed to hold the Badgers with only three shots on goal in the final 19 minutes of the third period.
"It was just an okay game and then became a pretty good game about halfway through," said Owens , as CC got 26 saves from sophomore Joe Howe. "I was proud the way our guys stuck with it."
In a game thought to be an offensive shootout, the early fireworks were conspicuous by their absence.
Colorado College had given up five or more goals in the last nine games and Wisconsin had given up an average of 4.5 goals per game on its six game winless streak, but the two teams combined for only 16 first-period shots, 11 coming from Wisconsin.
The Tigers broke through that mediocrity early in the second. After being awarded an early power play, assistant captain Gabe Guentzel, on a backhanded pass from Stephen Schultz in the slot, one timed the puck pass Bennett at 2:18.
As spot on as Schultz's pass was, UW right winger Derek Lee one-upped him with a back hand of his own, registering a no-look snipe that split two Tigers defenders and found a wide-open Jake Gardiner at the right post. A quick flick of the stick tied the game at one at 6:18.
Johnson's 21st career goal early in the third seemed to give his team a needed lift after seemingly skating in reverse the past three weeks. As it turned out, the lift only last 14 minutes.
"This time of the season where it's starting to come to an end, we need to get it going here and get one of those wins to get our momentum up," Johnson said. "We just need one of those wins under our belt to get us going at the end of the season."
Added Eaves: "I don't think there is a man in that locker room that is throwing in the towel."
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Mari Pangestu the best candidate to lead the WTO
Authors: Hal Hill, ANU, and Maria Monica Wihardja, CSIS and UI
An international election process arguably more complex than the recent deliberations in the Vatican is about to get underway.
Over the next few weeks, the 159 ambassadors to the WTO in Geneva will assemble to elect a new director-general for the period 2013–17, starting 1 September 2013.
Effective leadership of the WTO has rarely been so important. The global trading system is in disarray. And the post-war trend toward an increasingly open and liberal trading system is under challenge as never before. The last global trade deal, the Uruguay Round, was signed in April 1994. Its successor, the Doha Round, was launched in November 2001, but progress has stagnated.
Countries are losing faith in the international rules of the game, and are resorting to protectionism; this could well degenerate into beggar-thy-neighbour strategies if the global economic recession continues. At the very least, the proliferation of so-called free trade deals (FTAs) — which are often anything but free — is undermining the earlier momentum of decisive unilateral liberalisations, especially as there is little prospect of these FTAs collapsing into a plurilateral round of global liberalisation.
So, the next head of the WTO faces the truly daunting task of re-energising an essentially moribund process and restoring the international community's faith in the multilateral system. The next director-general has to be a person of the highest intellectual calibre, who understands both the analytics of international economics and the complexities of trade policy negotiations, and who combines a crusading, reformist zeal with high-order diplomatic skills. It would also help a great deal if that person could bring along a strong and broad-based constituency of likely supporters. Since developing countries still tend to be the most sceptical about the merits of a liberal trade system, an articulate reformer from the 'South' will almost certainly be more persuasive. Ideally, a reformer from one of the 13 countries (the ASEAN+3 group) that will shortly sign on to the ASEAN Economic Community's radical trade liberalisation agenda would be able to use the agreement as a springboard for a broader global deal.
Among the five remaining candidates for the position, the real stand out is Indonesia's Professor Mari Pangestu. Dr Pangestu is the sole female candidate. She also scores top marks on four important criteria. First, she is an eminent academic economist, with a PhD in international economics from the University of California and a string of important publications. Second, she has extensive high-level government experience as Indonesia's trade minister from 2004 to 2011, a time when Indonesia's infant democracy and strongly nationalist sentiment in the wake of the 1997–98 Asian financial crisis posed a number of key challenges to the development of Indonesian commercial policy. But Dr Pangestu held the line effectively. Indeed, one only has to look at what has happened to the country's trade policy, especially for agriculture, since she moved on. She is also Indonesia's current minister for tourism and creative economy.
Third, Dr Pangestu is a great communicator who understands local and international policy processes from both inside and outside government. In addition to her government and academic service, she also headed Indonesia's (and arguably Southeast Asia's) leading think tank, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, which has served the country and its neighbourhood well as an effective bridge to the outside world. Fourth, an Indonesian voice would carry real weight. It is the dominant — albeit low-profile — leader in the 10-nation ASEAN grouping, and through it, the incipient ASEAN Economic Community. This region covers a population of around two billion people. A strong Indonesian voice could bring along the support of this large and influential group of countries, and reach out to sceptics elsewhere in the South, including members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, of which Indonesia is the most populous member.
The election process has already commenced, and the good news is that Dr Pangestu is through to the second round. On 11 April, four candidates withdrew from the race after a consultation meeting between the WTO ambassadors of the nine candidates and the 'Troika' (chairs of the General Council, the Trade Policy Review Body and the Dispute Settlement Body). This leaves five candidates remaining in the race: Mexico's Herminio Blanco, Brazil's Roberto Azevedo, New Zealand's Tim Groser, South Korea's Taeho Bark and Dr Pangestu. The election will continue to be a consensus-based process unless there is a deadlock, in which case there will be a vote. One potential criticism of this process is that it lacks transparency. Presumably there will be some backroom deals where the remaining candidates will bargain for the support of developed countries, developing countries and the least-developed group, rather than just individual votes.
Clearly, the major task of the WTO ambassadors is to elect the most capable person. But the WTO would also benefit from having a woman as its leader, not to mention someone from a major emerging nation. Dr Pangestu ticks every box.
Hal Hill is the HW Arndt professor of Southeast Asian economies at the Crawford School of Public Policy, the Australian National University.
Maria Monica Wihardja is a researcher at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, and a lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Indonesia. She is also Associate Editor at the East Asia Forum Indonesia desk.
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This post serves indirectly as a reminder of what a patchy record SBY has in ministerial appointments. His shunting of Mari Pangestu out of the Trade portfolio into that of Tourism in 2011, reportedly because she was too strongly anti-protectionist, was one of his least wise decisions. This month, having known for a long time that Agus Martowardoyo might be moving to Bank Indonesia, he failed to have a permanent successor for the Finance portfolio ready to take over when Agus stepped down, which he has now done. Instead, SBY has appointed Economics Coordinating Minister Hatta Rajasa as acting Finance minister. Hatta, who had an inglorious term as Transport minister several years in which he blamed a sharp rise in transport accidents on 'saboteurs', is by way of being father-in-law to SBY's son, Ibas, the secretary-general of the president's scandal-ridden Democrat Party. There is thus a whiff of nepotism about Hatta's appointment. Worse still is the fact that Hatta is chairman of PAN, the National Mandate Party once led by Amien Rais. Just twelve months before the 2014 parliamentary election, SBY has thus put a party leader in an additional potentially lucrative post.