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ISTANBUL — It's something of an open secret in Turkey that the government has been seriously considering moving the central bank from Ankara to Istanbul, but the small print of a government document this week suggests the move could come sooner than previously thought.
The transfer of operations would be part of a broader project to boost the profile of Istanbul, already the country's commercial capital, as an international financial center.
Senior Turkish ministers have publicly discussed the prospect of relocation, while newspapers have gone further, openly speculating about where its new offices will be housed.
But the aspirational commitment to moving the bank hasn't been twinned with clear formal announcements. In fact, Ankara appears in recent months to have cooled its rhetoric on the issue, with central bank Governor Erdem Basci in December stressing that a move was "not on the agenda."
Turkey's Ministry of Environment and Urbanization on Wednesday published a plan for Istanbul's new financial center, to be located on the city's Asian side, which it said would be "bigger than Wall Street, London or Dubai." That statement said state banks and regulators based in Ankara would move but mentioned nothing about the central bank.
But a supplementary document sent to The Wall Street Journal in response to calls for clarity appeared to confirm that the plans for the move have been formalized, while potential legal measures that could block relocation have been removed.
According to a translation of the Ministry of Environment's memo: "Necessary amendments on the laws concerning the Central Bank… and the headquarters of other financial institutions were made, and the work required for their move to Istanbul was done."
The wording appears unambiguous, but attempts to clarify the memo were met with silence.
The environment and planning ministry seemed unaware of the potential significance of the statement. The economics ministry said questions over the move should be taken up with the office of Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan–the government's most senior economic policy maker. Babacan's office didn't respond to repeated calls for comment. The central bank said it was "surprised" by the memo, but didn't comment further.
Moving the bank would be politically sensitive–fueling accusations that the Islamically-inspired government is further emasculating the country's secular citadel. Opposition parties see relocating the central bank as a first step in a bid by the government to move the entire capital to Istanbul.
Modern Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, moved the capital to Ankara from Istanbul in order to make a clean break with the Ottoman Caliphate.
Economists say the reality may be a bit more muddy; that the government isn't yet sure that moving the bank is worth the political risk, but has removed legal barriers in case it decides to proceed.
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Here's a twist you didn't see coming: I was talking to Lona again, she who gave us the material in "How To Mind Control Customer Service Reps", and she happened to mention that she actually has a done a lot of work as a customer service rep herself.
She caught a lot of flak from CSRs in the crowd who called her approach rude. "If you tried that with me, I'd immediately stop being helpful" was a typical response. However, I think there's a difference between how they'd *think* they'd react vs. how'd they'd *actually* react.
I used to be a CSR for AT&T Broadband. Reading her suggestions also made me indignantly growl too. But we were judged soley on our call times, not whether we actually solved the customers' issues or not. And how much credit we handed out was almost immaterial as well. It's not in my best interest to argue with a customer. And if they call me with a plan that will get them off the phone the quickest, then I'm likely to just go along with it–despite the fact that it sounds like bullying from the sidelines here.
Her "tips" are only acceptable if you're speaking with an uncooperative company. Also, they are inclined to get someone very frustrated since many, many companies do require things like your name when you call in.
@ShortBus: I suppose it depends on the company you are working for, and their policies, but if all they care about is call times, then maybe your company is one that even I would support using these "tips" against.
I don't care where she worked I'm still not helping her fix the problem she told me I WILL fix. oooops we were disconnected.
What really got under my skin about her "tips" is that it's an immediate escalation where one may not be necessary.
To make an analogy, it's like a country sending in the marines without even considering the possibility that their intelligence might be flawed (perhaps Lona worked taking calls in the Bush White House).
Yes, there are absolutely situations where a supervisor escalation is necessary. Yes, there are situations where getting in touch with corporate is necessary. This website is a testament to that fact.
But you don't launch a scorched earth, take no prisoners campaign against a company without exploring better options first.
If you do that, you may get what you want this time, but you can be sure that those CSRs and supervisors are leaving plenty of notes on your account detailing exactly what kind of a customer you are, which only serves to turn the entire relationship with the company into combat. You'll have a hard time convincing anyone to bend over backwards for you without a fight.
It sounds like Lona had a really bad experience working as a CSR, probably for a company that would not allow her to properly take care of her customers. That's a shame, since it really seems to have poisoned her entire experience with the career field.
@ShortBus: I used to be a CSR for AT&T Broadband. Reading her suggestions also made me indignantly growl too. But we were judged soley on our call times, not whether we actually solved the customers' issues or not.
Just to follow up with this point. This policy is THE biggest problem with customer service today. Of course, from a management side, Average Handle Time is easy to measure, successful one-call resolution is not, which is why AHT has become THE standard by which CSRs are judged in many companies.
However, that doesn't mean that most CSRs, even the ones judged on AHT, don't want to help their customers. Most of them do, and most are actually pretty competent at their job (at least after they've been there for a bit).
So my point still stands—a scorched earth approach should only be used where it is justified. 90% of the time, being polite, calm, cool, collected, being able to describe the problem and knowing what you'll accept as a solution is the way to go.
@Corydon: "What really got under my skin about her "tips" is that it's an immediate escalation where one may not be necessary."
That annoyed me too, and if I were a supervisor, it'd annoy me even more. I'm there for problems that my agents can't handle. If they can handle your problem, I'd probably just transfer you right back to them.
I've seen it happen face-to-face, even. At Best Buy a customer was demanding a manager, only to ask him for advice on a camera. The manager told them, "I really don't know anything about cameras. That's what I hired these guys for." He then hooked up the customer with the same sales guy who the customer just spoke to.
I think her advice had more to do with TONE than actual words. If someone says "You WILL help me" or "YOU WILL HELP ME" you just hang up on them. But if they say "I have this problem you are going to solve. Let's get started now." you would get results. I think it's just the way it was written that makes it sound so rude. You gotta use the "these are not the droids you are looking for" voice.
@Corydon: "90% of the time, being polite, calm, cool, collected, being able to describe the problem and knowing what you'll accept as a solution is the way to go."
…Yes, if by "way to go" you mean "not pissing anybody off at the expense of getting what you want or deserve". Her original advice stated very clearly that if you used her tactics, people would find you rude BUT your chances of getting the resolution you want would be much higher. I think none of the indignant hem-hawing we've been hearing has disproven that.
Yes, her approach is somewhat rude. (Not terribly rude, but not pleasant either.) And yes, it may not be (entirely) the CSR's fault that the company they work for sucks. But the truth is, being nice and gentle gets you one thing in many, if not most call-center situations: Screwed.
I wouldn't use her tactics if the issue was minor, if I knew it could and should be easily resolved, and/or if I didn't care too much. But I've saved her post for those times when it IS important and I know I'm likely to get the run-around, and you bet I'll use it to the letter. I'm incredibly glad it was offered and posted; this IS the kind of information that consumers need nowadays, when all the cards are stacked against us. It's too bad that so much of the really good stuff on the Consumerist lately tends to rub its mostly-shill commenter crowd the wrong way, but I'm glad they're still keeping their actual audience in mind…
@blondegrlz: Agreed, good point!
Can you imagine a restaurant where the waiter walked away if he didn't like the way your placed your order. I WANT a steak, medium rare. and get me a iced tea..
Headon as a waiter: how dare they tell me that I Will help them.
Same restaurant. Customer to waiter: I need to see the manager please. Waiter: no sorry you have to first tell me what you want before I will get the manager..
Funny stuff if we take all the CRS's relies to this and past post and try to apply them to another business.
@blondegrlz: Right. A better edit would have clarified Lona's meaning. However, it's a decent example of why communication errors often stem from misinterpreted, minor nuances, and why call center policies that overlook possible linguistic barriers between CSR/client (on both ends!), and limit CSR's agency to actually help the customer screw everyone over in the end.
@Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: To clarify: how threatening does that sentence sound, when spoken briskly and cheerfully: "Hello, [person], this is Client (do you need my account number?)… I have a problem today with [whatever]. You'll be able to help me with this, I hope?"
@ oregon:You need to stay on topic. You can't transpose jobs or situations and have the wording apply. But as a side note as a waiter I tell em to f off and slap em in the head with a complimentary breadstick.
@Corydon: If they can handle your problem, I'd probably just transfer you right back to them.
That's fine, I think you'll find that most folks are ok with that. But don't dismiss the reason they want to talk to you out of hand just because you're annoyed or you'd rather be staring at spreadsheets and telling people when they can/can't go on break, or because you saw some customer abuse the process at Best Buy once. If somebody's asking for a supervisor immediately, there's a chance they have at least a halfway decent reason to be doing so.
@Mary Marsala with Fries: But I've saved her post for those times when it IS important and I know I'm likely to get the run-around, and you bet I'll use it to the letter.
I still don't get the mentality that wants to start lobbing nuclear missiles if you're in a situation where you "know you're likely to get the run-around". Please note that this is not the same as actually getting the run-around.
As I stated earlier, there are times when it is necessary to be firm, perhaps even a little rude. There are times when it is necessary to escalate the problem. But you have to give the system a chance to work first. Then you escalate if it fails (hence the word "escalate").
And as I pointed out above, there are serious drawbacks to using this automatic escalation strategy whenever you have a problem you think the CSR won't be able to handle.
Every single time a supervisor got on a call in the call centers I worked in, permanent notes were left all over the account. These notes are a factual record of what the call was about and what was done, but they are also a record of your reputation within the company.
I can tell you that customers who acquired a reputation for being rude, constantly demanding credits and services to which they were not entitled, and generally treating CSRs badly (especially if they were the kind of customer that had trouble paying their bills on time—these are often the rudest customers out there) never got any slack.
On the other hand, as a CSR myself, I'd bend over backwards to help out the people who were polite and friendly, especially if they were stuck in a rotten situation. I empathized with those people, and I did my utmost to help them.
Later, listening in to other CSRs, I saw the same thing. Rude people only encouraged the CSR to dig in and stick to the minimum policy demanded. Polite, friendly people routinely got better, "above and beyond" service.
That's just human nature.
@Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: I love your handle. Do you have any secret files?
@evslin: (Quoting me) f they can handle your problem, I'd probably just transfer you right back to them.
Actually, I didn't say this. Where I worked, the supervisors always took care of the problem themselves once they received an escalation. The policy may be different elsewhere.
Now, on the other hand, I would routinely have the original CSR follow up with the customer to make sure that the problem was fixed to their satisfaction, if it wasn't something I could fix right then and there.
Those tips (except for the "will" thing, which is just kinda obnoxious–yes, you'll probably still be helped, but in spite of, not because) might be helpful if you've tried other approaches and have an actual issue.
Know your issue, have a plan, have all needed information in front of you, and start by being polite, or at least not rude. Remember, people who answer phones also sometimes have to call companies, because they're like, people.
However, if you're trying to get something for nothing, know that phone reps have heard every type of bullying, lies, and threats (sorry, but even though it has "Pulitzer" written all over it, they don't actually think any reporters are going to care too much that you chose to use the free version of X that explicitly does not come with phone support and then did not get phone support) in the book, and most won't be "controlled" into breaking policy (thus putting their job on the line) for you.
Immediately asking for a supervisor means call volume increases, hold time increases, phone call costs increase, therefore the job becomes out sourced.
I'd take her tips with a grain of salt.
If you would slap a patron in the head with a breadstick or hang up on a customer with a problem because she said something "off" to you – I have to go ahead and suggest that you might not be in the right business.
Maybe you should try something where you don't have to be nice to people and get to hit things a lot. Like, firewood-chopper.
Doing your job is just that, Doing your job.
CSR's that post on here, have this entitlement attitude that if a customer is snarky or pushy that they can forget about doing their job.
Post after post after post on this site are from people who are complaining about CSR not doing their jobs. Most of these are from people who are frustrated after being nice and civil pleading with CSR's to just do their job. Fix my cable bill, install my telephone, send a repairman..
We don't get to pick what CSR is hiding behind the telephone. We have to take the incompitent,the bullsh*t artists, the patronizers,the promises that are not kept.
The CSR's who wonder where their customers attitudes come from have failed to read all the horror stories from legitimate customers who ask for what they paid for and have been denied.
AHT is one of the standards where I work as a CSR. They also take into consideration how much "idle" time I have, as well as how "efficient" I am (that stat is comprised of the percentage of time I am actually taking calls and not on The Consumerist).
First call resolutions is a stat that my company is begging to focus us. It's really hard in the financial industry to measure it b/c people could call in about a number of different things, but by effectivly logging what the call is about, they can get a slight picture of if CSR are setting good expectations and taking care of the issue on the first call.
for the record, where I work as a CSR I have to get a customers name, and let them know we are on a recorded line. The initial CSRs in most cases have to verify account information for legal purposes.
I promise to all the people that call me, if you let me control the call, your going to get the information needed, and the appropriate steps will be taken to resolve your issue. If I can't do anything to help you resolve the situation the appropraite way, I'll get a supervisor. Asking for a supervisor right away isn't the best way to handle the situation in any case. I said it on the first post, and I'll say it again. Have some hope that the CSR your talking to cares about you. Grant it, there are some bad eggs out there, but there are decent CSRs out there!
@oregon: I agree with you, and I can actually see this argument from both sides of the spectrum. I've been lucky enough not to have to be a call center rep, but my fiance has, and I have probably too much experience in the customer service area.
I've had problems with Comcast that are so overwhelmingly stupid, that it's gotten to the point to where I just wanted to rip my cable box out of the wall, run it through a smasher, and leave it on Comcast's doorstep with a big "F-YOU" taped across it's remains. For some reason every time I call them to explain that once AGAIN my cable is out when I have done everything under the sun I had previously been asked to do by them, including waiting around for three days while no tech showed up, the rep cannot seem to get it through their heads that if I'm paying an atrocious amount of my limited "extra" spendings each month on their services which are only good for about 30% of the time I try to use them, a $6.00 credit to my bill is not acceptable.
That being said, when I call them, no matter how insanely angry I am, I try my best to remember that the person on the other end of the phone is, in fact, a human being with a family, friends, and a life outside of Comcast. How would I feel if someone was calling up my sister, or my mother at work and speaking to them as though they were worth less than the gum on the bottom of a shoe? Not good, and even if the person I'm speaking to can't seem to comprehend my problem after fifteen minutes of dialogue, it still has never crossed my mind that ordering them around is the best way to get the job done.
When I worked customer service, I realized early on the best way to deal with an upset customer is empathy. Just as the customer needs to put themselves in the worker's shoes, it is IMPERATIVE in this line of work that the employee be able to put themselves in the customer's. If you don't have a natural empathy for people, this is NOT the job you need to be in. The calmer the rep remains, and the more willing they are to try and not take things personal, the easier the job becomes. I've had customers that are so atrociously angry, I thought one man was likely to have a stroke on the spot. Turning things around and relating to each other works WONDERS. This goes for both the customer and the employee.
Telling someone, "You will do this for me, now." will only win you a shitty attitude, and a probable hang-up, unfortunantly. Mutual respect goes a long way, people.
One of my best complaint scenarios was with Dish Network. I needed a new larger DVR to solve my problem and I didn't think I should have to pay for it. The situation seemed stalled until I heard they CSR say "I am not authorized to do that."
So I called back and said to the person who answered "I need …. Are you authorized to grant that?" "No? Then can you please transfer me to someone who is?" and I repeated it with everyone I was transferred to. I was very polite.
I didn't ask for a "supervisor" at all. Within two or three transfers, I had my problem solved by someone in Corporate customer service.
She says she did a lot of customer service work herself, but she also said that running Disk Cleanup deleted system files on a windows XP machine. Grain of salt there.
As a CSR, I didn't actually take issue with the "you WILL help me" thing. People say that all the time. People say all sorts of things, and I'm pretty sure it would take someone like more like Hannibal Lecter than Leona Helmsley to rattle the average CSR that's had the job for more than a month.
The REAL bad advice is:
1) You always need a manager. Bull. Half the time the manager has been out of the job for so long (or was never in the job), that they need to go back to the original rep to get what you wanted, after you held for a half hour waiting for them. Ask for the manager if the CSR fails to do their job.
2) You need to be all alpha-dog. If you want to talk manipulation, a crying woman, old ladies, and flat-broke newly married couples get me every time.
I think what really offended all The CSRs here was the use of the term Mind Control. Seriously? If resolving disputes by being a pain in the ass until someone gives you what you want is mind control, then my 9-year-old daughter is Obi-Wan reborn.


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This cute pullover vest can be made in a variety of fibers and worn practically throughout the year. It is knit in the round from the bottom up to the ribbed empire waist, then divided into front and back portions for the garter stitch chest and back.
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Gauge: 20 sts per 4" (10 cm) in both garter and stockinette st. Row gauge is less important: Stockinette: 28 rows per
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Do both swatches to get it right, and make a note of which size needles you used for garter and for stockinette.
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Yarn: approx. 655 (735, 825, 930, 985) yds of worsted weight yarn.
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By user12625760 on May 04, 2005
Nice story this:
The letter was for Jens Voigt, but it arrived at Eurosport's office in December 2004. Katja Löffler wanted to give her husband Michael a very special birthday present; some kind of training session with his favourite cyclist Jens Voigt from Team CSC. But it had to take place on a tandem. Because, her husband is blind. Actually they are both blind.
Full story is here: http://team-csc.com/news.asp?lang=uk&n_id=558
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This is getting awkward. Apple on Friday targeted another smartphone on its antenna site, the Droid X.
This is getting awkward. Apple on Friday targeted another smartphone on its antenna site, the Droid X.
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Nokia reported flat sales for the second quarter, with a 40 percent year-on-year drop in earnings. The company is still seeing customers shun its high-end smartphones.
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DON'T wear uncomfortable shoes or expensive clothes. Like we said, you might be standing all day — pick your shoes carefully. Also steer clear of light-colored attire and expensive fabrics, like silk. We like to use the Guinness test when picking out what to wear. Would you be upset if someone spilled a dark beer on you? Probably not a good idea to wear it then.
DO eat beforehand. Although some fitness professionals will likely disagree, beer festivals are truly a marathon event. Make sure you have enough energy to get through the day by eating a meal beforehand. Carbs are a yes (get a good base), spicy foods are a no (don't damage your palate)!
DO stay hydrated (with water). It can be easy to get carried away with all of the beer you sample, but keep the marathon mentality in mind. We like the 3:1 sip rule. Reconnect with your water bottle after every three beers you try. Trust us, this is very important.
DON'T forget your purse (or your murse). Carry a bag with you to hold possible beer swag, a bottle of water, pretzels, and a notepad (so you can jot down all of your new favorite brews)!
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I have 5 admits for MS in HCI program from the following universities:
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I will begin my study from FALL 2012. Please tell me which among the above universities is best for Human-Computer Interaction.
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To answer that question, I have to ask you a question.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A researcher or a designer?
Also, for Baltimore is it their HCI program or their program in Information & Interaction Design? (just to clarify).
But since you are really interested in some specific topics, I suggest you look at the fulltime faculty at each institution and look them up. Any education is only as good as the faculty.
To not totally punt on an answer, if I was going I'd pick Indiana University (Bloomington) b/c they have a great mix of academic HCI and design studio curriculum. Depaul is incredibly well respected generally.
Good luck!
-- dave
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I am currently in my final year of Bachelor of Engg. in Computers. I have an interest in the HCI components like the psychology involved in designing the UI for smartphones and tablets,since these are the powerful gadgets of present & future too. I would like to be a designer designing and implementing UX solutions for handheld devices. Also I have a liking towards the Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality component, slowly finding its way in mobile devices(I attended the annual conf. ISMAR 2011 at Basel). Next, I like the idea of collaborative efforts and thus CSCW.
Coming to the hardware part, I am interested in the wearable computing part, like for eg. I did an independent research on how to monitor tremors in parkinsons affected patients using iphone's gyroscope.
Summarising all, I am interested in incorporating the said components of HCI in a mobile device.
At UMBC, they have a masters program in Human Centered Computing: http://www.is.umbc.edu/programs/graduate/HCC_MS_program.aspplease tell me if I want to choose one university from my current admits, which one would it be?(Considering my interests)Also as you mentioned in the previous post, I am waiting for IUB's result.Please suggest me what to do?Sorry for a really long post.
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A group of Aberystwyth residents are up in arms over the exclusion of Orthodox Jews from their holiday homes.
Aberystwyth University has historically rented 150 student houses to members of Manchester's Charedi community every August, for the past 20 years. This saw an influx of around a thousand Orthodox Jews to the area.
Last May, the university banned the use of candles in the residences, citing health and safety issues after a "minor incident" with a lighted candle.
The Orthodox visitors were thereby effectively banned from staying in the houses.
An anonymous letter has now been given to the University by members of the Aberystwyth community, along with a painting of three Orthodox Jews by a local artist, John L Dennett and a commemorative candle. The tongue-in-cheek letter read: "Aberystwyth University is a pioneer and Wales could become a world leader in eliminating this terrible danger. Just think about the risk of candles in romantic restaurants, Catholic churches, and on birthday cakes!"
Diane Richards, a specialist cancer nurse who was an instigator in writing the letter, called the university's reasoning "spurious — I don't know if it was antisemitism, I'm not sure if it was ignorance… but it is suspicious."
A local newspaper, Cambrian News, reported in August that the dearth of Orthodox Jewish tourists this year had cost the town £100,000.
This August saw just 15 families returning to Aberystwyth, staying in private accommodation. One resident described the Jewish holidaymakers as "part of the landscape… Aberystwyth has lost some colour."
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Shahrukh Khan Wishes Wife Gauri During His Temptation Tour!
Shahrukh Khan's three city tour, Temptation Reloaded,which started in Auckland, New Zealand, has reached Australia's Sydney and the actor in the midst off all the madness has not forgotten to wish his wife Gauri Kha, now 43.
Shahrukh Khan said, "A union doesn't just happen, its created. On her B'day i thank Gauri for having created a lovely family with love, grace & 3 adorable reasons"
Shahrukh was in Vector Arena, Aukland mesmerising the people there with his mega-volt performances with Rani Mukherjee and Madhuri Dixit. The 48 year old King-Khan of Bollywood then set out to dazzle the people in Australia.
In-between all this it is quite mushy of him to remember his wife and wish her. The couple have been together, despite the numerous rumors that circle them. Gauri Khan too has been a perfect wife for this larger than life persona that SRK is.
Apart from being the perfect wife, she is also the co-founder of Red Chillies Entertainment along with SRK and made films like Main Hoon Na, Om Shanti Om, Billu, My Name is Khan, Ra. One, Student of The Year and Chennai Express. Shahrukh Khan's upcoming film Happy New Year too is their production starring SRK, Deepika Padukona, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani and Sonu Sood and the film is set to release early next year.


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Thanks for the dividend info! Unfortunately I dithered and am not in for Round 4. I see depressing signs of intelligence* in the price today. Maybe I've seen my last round.
*Well, either common sense has latched onto this arbitrage like a malevolent lamprey, or else CEG is just up with the market.
I think the volatility in CEG may be turning down. Without the threat of a higher buy out offer by EDF, I don't think CEG will go much above $26 and with the offer by Berkshire, I am guessing it will not go too much below $24-$25.
So I may be in it from now until the sale is completed. If so, that will get me somewhere around 25% to 30%. I can live with that. I can still hope that some disconnected speculators take it outside these boundaries and give me some more opportunities to trade. I already have substantial profits from the first three rounds and round four is looking good. I wish I could find more deals like this.
Well, I finally got in for Round 4 at 24. I make that almost 20% annual return with the dividends if nothing goes wrong. Not nearly as good as you've got, but I like having some of my money (possibly) available in case the market drops.
Apart from this arbitrage I'm pretty much loaded with stocks now. But if the S&P 500 goes to 400 or something, the arbitrage might still be liquid with little penalty. Or not, and that's ok too.
Bidding "too low" seems to get a fill now and then. I'm going to keep any ORI bids I make next week $6.50 or less.
If it was up to me, I would fill the holds of all the ships with overpaid executives and then sink the ships.
I have had the time machine on monitor and programed it to alert me when we reached 1974.
I received a weak signal and when I checked, it alerted me to the fact that only selected stocks have reached 1974 levels. For example, this morning I got a partial fill on FLXS at $7.50. Book value is more than $16 and the yield was about 7%. It is the lowest I have ever seen it. SCX got down below $11, but I did not get an execution at my limit of $10. We got close on ANAT, but not to my limit of $60. Please ask the bear to put some fright into the trick or treaters tonight so that they sell and fill my orders on Monday.
Mmmm, thanks. If you believe that the KRW is coming back from its little vacation, then you might want to look at Posco ADRs around 40 US.
Then again, after this crazy Kumbi thing, you may feel that my enthusiasm for Korean stocks at 4 times earnings is misplaced!
Hang in there, and you might get ORI at your price. Every time I have raised my bids lately, I got an execution and then the stocks moved lower again.
I fired up the time machine today and discovered that we have built up some very high momentum. For your information, Russia is approaching 1917. Japan has returned to the shogun era. Most of the emerging economies are now submerging economies. The U. S. is rapidly approaching 1974, that golden era of cheap stocks. I imagine that the polar bear has returned to be a very young cub. Do you want me to turn off the machine before his mother shows up on your doorstep?
My ORI limit was only $6.50. I was a little surprised to see that the share price got as low as $6.77.
Yeah, I don't get that. Why pass up a sure 29 in favor of a pretty-likely 27.40 or so? And but if you weren't hoping for the Buffett deal, then why sell? Stopped out maybe? I dunno.
Another thing just woke me up, though. I haven't really looked at the EdF deal, but if it does go through, won't Constellation have something like $25 per share in cash? And then whatever bag of crap is left over, is the value of that stuff negative or positive? I'm gonna get up early and see if I can figure that out.
Here are some of my orders and limits:
Too low?
astral & pj:
I also got an execution on ORI at $8.00. After dropping as low as $6.77 this morning, it is now back up to $8.07. Can you believe it? I have at actual (probably temporary) paper profit. What am I going to do with that enormous gain of almost 1%? Maybe I should take a cruise on a luxury liner until the new uptick rule comes into effect.
With stock prices at their current levels, there will be many companies that won't want to face their shareholders.
Years ago, two other investors were trying to get Salem Corporation to hold an annual meeting. Salem was run by the notorious Victor Posner and had not held a meeting for about three years. They finally agreed to hold an annual meeting at Posner's office in Miami Beach at 5:00 P. M. on Friday, the day before Christmas. How is that for stockholder friendly? You may want to use some of these points to sell CEOs to use the bear's annual meeting services in the frozen Arctic.


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1.One of the most bloodthirsty dictators of the 20th century – who killed up to a million of his own people, then ruthlessly raped a defenseless country, took it over and killed 200,000 more – died last week. The Bush Administation's reaction was swift, and entirely characteristic of a government that has devoted itself to the advancement of human liberty across the globe:
They sang the mass murderer a hymn of praise.
As Australia's Herald Sun reports:
THE United States hailed former Indonesian president Suharto as a "historic figure" who "achieved remarkable economic development", in a statement released by its embassy in Jakarta.But we wouldn't like to leave the impression that the Bush response was nothing more than a big wet kiss from one bloodstained tyrant to another. No, in the midst of his laudatory statement, Ambassador Hume suddenly lashed out with a daring verbal blow for the cause of freedom, going so far as to say that "there may be some controversy" over Suharto's legacy. "Some controversy!" Boy, that's telling it like it is. Say on, brother!
"President Suharto led Indonesia for over 30 years, a period during which Indonesia achieved remarkable economic and social development," ambassador Cameron Hume said in the release....
Offering his condolences on behalf of the United States, Mr Hume praised Suharto for his close ties to the United States and his role in creating the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
He quickly tempered this rash outburst, however, by noting that "President Suharto was a historic figure who left a lasting imprint on Indonesia and the region." In much the same way that, oh, say, Adolf Hitler left a lasting impression in his neck of the woods.
What exactly did this remarkable historic figure do to earn such paens? John Pilger tells the tale in his fond remembrance of Suharto in The Guardian:
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Here lies a clue as to why Suharto, unlike Saddam Hussein, died not on the gallows but surrounded by the finest medical team his secret billions could buy. Ralph McGehee, a senior CIA operations officer in the 1960s, describes the terror of Suharto's takeover in 1965-6 as "the model operation" for the US-backed coup that got rid of Salvador Allende in Chile seven years later. "The CIA forged a document purporting to reveal a leftist plot to murder Chilean military leaders," he wrote, "[just like] what happened in Indonesia in 1965." The US embassy in Jakarta supplied Suharto with a "zap list" of Indonesian Communist party members and crossed off the names when they were killed or captured. Roland Challis, BBC south-east Asia correspondent at the time, told me how the British government was secretly involved in this slaughter. "British warships escorted a ship full of Indonesian troops down the Malacca Straits so they could take part in the terrible holocaust," he said. "I and other correspondents were unaware of this at the time ... There was a deal, you see."The holocaust in East Timor – like the maniacal frenzy of Suharto's original coup – was of course greenlighted and abetted by Washington, as I noted in an earlier piece marking the death of another bagman of empire: "The Enduring Legacy of Gerald Ford."
The deal was that Indonesia under Suharto would offer up what Richard Nixon had called "the richest hoard of natural resources, the greatest prize in south-east Asia". In November 1967 the greatest prize was handed out at a remarkable three-day conference sponsored by the Time-Life Corporation in Geneva. Led by David Rockefeller, all the corporate giants were represented: the major oil companies and banks, General Motors, Imperial Chemical Industries, British American Tobacco, Siemens, US Steel and many others. Across the table sat Suharto's US-trained economists who agreed to the corporate takeover of their country, sector by sector. The Freeport company got a mountain of copper in West Papua. A US/European consortium got the nickel. The giant Alcoa company got the biggest slice of Indonesia's bauxite. America, Japanese and French companies got the tropical forests of Sumatra. When the plunder was complete, President Lyndon Johnson sent his congratulations on "a magnificent story of opportunity seen and promise awakened". Thirty years later, with the genocide in East Timor also complete, the World Bank described the Suharto dictatorship as a "model pupil".
But Ford's enduring legacy is in no way exhausted by the glories of his bloodthirsty political progeny [his top staffers Dick Cheney and Don Rumseld]. For the sad occasion of the statesman's death is certainly a most appropriate time to recall what is probably his greatest geopolitical masterstroke: the green-lighting of Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor – an act of state-sponsored terrorism that killed more than 200,000 people...
...The documents were obtained through the Freedom of Information Act – in June 2001, before George W. Bush gutted the law – but only reported in December of that year by the Washington Post. Kissinger and Ford had long denied any prior knowledge of the murderous assault, even though they'd been feasting with the genocidal Indonesian tyrant Suharto the day before the troops went in. However, in a secret State Department cable, Ford and Kissinger actually told Suharto before the attack that "we understand the problem you have and the intentions you have" and "we will not press you on the issue."
Kissinger, ever mindful of the media angle, added in another love note: "We understand your problem and the need to move quickly but I am only saying that it would be better if it were done after we returned."
The murders were carried out with U.S. weaponry. Congress had restricted their use to defensive purposes only, but Kissinger blithely brushed this aside, assuring Suharto that America would "construe" the invasion as "self-defense rather than a foreign operation." Kinda like Hitler did with Poland.
Naturally, the December 2001 story was buried by the usual bull-roaring of Bush praise in the media. In fact, in the same issue of the Post in which news of the declassification first appeared, you might have been diverted from its revelations by a fascinating piece on the editorial page, a long disquisition on the new ordering of the world, penned by one of our most revered elder statesmen:
Henry Kissinger.
[I should also note] that on September 21, 1999, Sander Thoenes, a former colleague of mine at The Moscow Times, was murdered in East Timor, almost certainly by Indonesian military forces, while covering the last throes of Jakarta's fury before East Timor won its independence – another fact to be recorded with the high and mighty deeds of Gerald R. Ford.
2.But how does such blood and filth come to be countenanced by the great and the good of the West, the defenders and embodiments of the values of civilization? Pilger and Jon Schwarz provide two excellent glimpses into the mindset of the Establishment grandees who create government policy and shape the public discourse.
First, Schwarz offers this "funny little story about Suharto":
When Suharto was falling from power during 1998, I listened to an NPR show on Indonesia. It was hosted by the father of someone with whom I went to high school. The guests and the host spoke about Indonesian history, but made no mention of the "staggering mass slaughter" after Suharto took over in 1965, nor of the US support for all of it. Then someone called in and asked why they hadn't. Specifically the caller spoke of how the US embassy had given the Indonesian military lists of thousands of members of the communist party, so they could be more efficiently killed.Then Pilger offers this chilling – and telling – conclusion to his piece on Suharto's death:
The host found all this preposterous and scoffed. In particular he wanted to know how the caller had gotten the ridiculous idea that the US had handed over death lists.
I don't know where the caller had gotten that idea, but I know where I'd gotten it: from a book on Indonesia I checked out from a library THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE HOST'S HOUSE.
Of course, you can't really fault the host for not knowing about this. He was only a New York Times reporter and graduate of Harvard, so no one had ever taught him how to read.
Also, if I remember correctly, Lyndon Johnson had attended his wedding...which must have been during the same period as the coup, when Johnson was making decisions that led to the hundreds of thousands of people being shot and hacked to death with machetes. You can see how you might not want to find out you're the kind of person who has friends like that.
Shortly before the death of Alan Clark, who under Thatcher was the minister responsible for supplying Suharto with most of his weapons, I interviewed him, and asked: "Did it bother you personally that you were causing such mayhem and human suffering?"When it comes to the great and the good, never forget this one fact: they hate you, and they don't care if you suffer and die, just as long as they can keep gorging on the perks of loot and power.
"No, not in the slightest," he replied. "It never entered my head."
"I ask the question because I read you are a vegetarian and are seriously concerned with the way animals are killed."
"Doesn't that concern extend to humans?"
"Curiously not."
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Thanks chris floyd for yet another enlightened article the mainstream media would never dare to publish the inside facts.
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Born April 24, 1937, at Reno, Ark., son of the late Thomas and Sylvia Laws Neeley, he was a farm laborer and had worked for Asplundh Tree Service.
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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 12 No. 1592
Suu Kyi coming to Delhi on Diwali day
In terms of strict regimen of diplomatic protocol, iconic pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not be on an "official visit" when she sets foot on Indian soil on Diwali, Nov 13.
But New Delhi expectedly will be rolling out the red carpet for the Burmese leader who spent several of her formative years in the city. It will be a six-day visit. It comes after a gap of several decades, incarcerated as she was by the ruling military junta in Burma for long periods for her unceasing and unrelenting demand for democracy in her impoverished, secretive country.
While her engagement details are still being fine-tuned, so far, among the leaders she is expected to call on are vice-president Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.
Spokesperson of the MEA Syed Akbaruddin said in a statement said that Ms Suu Kyi's visit "would be part of our ongoing engagement with the democratic and multi-party polity in Burma... (and) provide opportunity to exchange views on all matters of mutual interest with a view to building upon the positive momentum to India-Burma relations".
Ms Suu Kyi led her party, the National League for Democracy, to a historic win in the parliamentary by-elections held in April 2012 by bagging 43 seats. Though, her party did exceedingly well in the by-polls, the Burmese Parliament remains under the control of the ruling party which has the backing of the military junta.
The upcoming visit has been built around the invite that was extended to Ms Suu Kyi to deliver the Nehru Memorial lecture by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on behalf of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
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08 October 2012
No Greater Agony
73 comments:
Wish I wrote the first draft faster!ReplyDelete
Wow, go Emily! And thanks for the pumpkin bar - always tasty! :DReplyDelete
Nice! I totally needed to hear this today. Need to pump those words out or they'll never get out. Thanks for the pumpkin bars! :)ReplyDelete
Good luck with the draft. Thanks for the pum[kind bar. I just finished a pumkin scone from Starbucks. Ahhhh ... the seasons have officially changed.ReplyDelete
Thanks. That looks delish. Happy writing.ReplyDelete
Ohh, why did that pretty picture have to show up so close to lunch? I don't even really like pumpkin, but that looks delicious!ReplyDelete
Good luck with your draft!
I love pumpkin bars. I've got some in the freezer that I baked a couple weeks ago.ReplyDelete
Hugs and chocolate,
Wow. Awesome quote. Even awesomer progress on the WIP. I'm the same way! And thanks for the pumpkin bar. YUM!ReplyDelete
Cheers to fast first drafts and pumpkin bars!ReplyDelete
I love this quote. I totally agree, but somehow this agony has the opposite effect on me, and I draft slowly in tortoise-like writer pain! :-) You're incredible!!! I can't wait to read Dagger Island!ReplyDelete
you go, girl! I wish I could draft faster. I might be the slowest drafter there is :) but my plan is to plot my next wip, that should help, no? maybe.ReplyDelete
That pumpkin bar looks amazing. Yum! And congrats on your WIP!ReplyDelete
go, go, go! Keep it up!ReplyDelete
Happy writing to you! I'm going to see if I can catch up, I'm only at 15K.ReplyDelete
Very impressive, Ems! That was quite fast.ReplyDelete
Mmm Pumpkin Bar. You move quick.ReplyDelete
That's awesome! And you have four kids, too. I need your secrets for finding time to write :)ReplyDelete
Woohoo, Empress King! :) Go, go, go!ReplyDelete
This is me too. Once I get going, I want to get it out. It's hard to stop. Then editing takes FOREVER!ReplyDelete
I'm so trying to get my first drafts done quicker. I'm trying a new process with this one, but it's too soon to know if it's working.ReplyDelete
yahoo! I'm a fast drafter too, but yeah... not 35K in like a weekend fast! LOL.ReplyDelete
I'm not a fast drafter. Life gets in the way. Yay, for yummy pumpkin desserts.ReplyDelete
May this weekend bear you the first "The End" of Dagger Island and may I not gain 5 pounds just from drooling over those delicious looking pumpkin bars lol!!ReplyDelete
Wow, that is awesome. Congrats! I am a fast drafter if I can make my inner editor shut up. If I can keep her quiet I get a lot done.ReplyDelete
And I would love to actually have a pumpkin bar right now.
Mmm yummo.ReplyDelete
Wow, you write really fast!
I'm hanging out for NaNoWriMo.
Goodness, I left blogger-ville for six months and you've got a new look. Very simple, very elegant. I love it! Oh, and way to go on your WIP.ReplyDelete
I am so jealous of you, Emily! I slog through first drafts, they are torture for me, and take forever.ReplyDelete
Happy writing. :) Drafting seems like it takes forever for me, even if it's within two months. I'm a plotter, so maybe I'd do better with outlines that have greater detail.ReplyDelete
I would LOVE to draft that fast. Alas, free time is limited. Sounds like you and Amy are burning up the keys...ReplyDelete
That's some fast drafting. Congrats on your progress!ReplyDelete
That's awesome! Good luck :) I wish I could be eating that pumpkin bar and snuggle up with my laptop to write for an hour or two, sounds delicious!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh-- those look SO GOOD!ReplyDelete
I wish I were a fast drafter. I just need so much more thinking time! Have fun finishing!
I've been snacking all day; and that pumpkin bar looks goooood.ReplyDelete
Hey, congrats on your progress. It takes me forever to write a first draft. Good think I like editing :)
I wish I could crank my drafts out faster. And those pumpkin bars look delicious! I'm suddenly so hungry.ReplyDelete
That's awesome, Emily!!!!ReplyDelete
"There is no greater agony than being presented with a pumpkin bar when you want to watch your sweets intake" -MeReplyDelete
I'm jealous of the speed drafters. It takes me MONTHS. Haha oh well. Eventually it gets done, right? :D
I can definitely relate to this!! I usually race through my rough drafts. It's why I'm generally successful with NaNoWriMo and stuff, I think. :DReplyDelete
That looks like a delicious pumpkin bar. Congrats on the progress you've made on your WIP!ReplyDelete
I know what you mean, though with me it's as much impatience as anything else.ReplyDelete
This is 100% how I feel at the moment. I'm a really quick drafter as well. It's the editing that kills me. But I will keep struggling until the untold story is out of me!ReplyDelete
Great to hear you're doing so well! If I get in the groove I can write a lot faster than I used to. I guess NaNo will be my big test. :)ReplyDelete
Wow, way to go, pumpkin! :)ReplyDelete
I have to learn to just go for it and not get bogged down by the technial details up front... next time.
You go girl!!! Drafting is my very most favorite part of writing.ReplyDelete
David, I hope you got some writing in yesterday!ReplyDelete
Ilima, isn't the quote true? I know you suffer from the same agony, you fast-drafter you.
Johanna, cheers!
Prerna, I did 4k last night. Woot!
Suze, thanks. I'm doing it!
Kaylee, umm, no sleep, reading, TV, or anything else "frivolous." Ha! And I write at night after everyone has gone to bed. That helps a lot.
Carol, I hope your new process works for you!
Crystal, aw, thanks!
Michael, aren't they yummy looking?
Tammy, thanks!
Trisha, ditto. We're fellow fast-drafters!
Cynthia, thanks so much!
Martin, doesn't impatience breed agony? :)
Carrie, that's the trick. Don't stop to edit. Just. Keep. Going.
Elizabeth, me too. Revisions on the other hand. Blah. :)
gobble, gobbleReplyDelete
loooove pumpkin!
and who needs nano when your story is pestering you to come out! way to go!
Wow! Wonderful quote . . . awesome writing pace! Way to Go!ReplyDelete
Man, I wish had that kind of energy for editing. :) Good stuff!ReplyDelete
I totally relate to this. Good luck!ReplyDelete
I'm soooooo stoked for you...
Keep pushing...
You're rockin' it...
That is amazing! You rock!ReplyDelete
Oh I'm on a diet. Will the pumpkin bar make me fat?ReplyDelete
Now that is speedy. And the photo is torture!ReplyDelete
You are a rock star! When we get together again will you rub off some of your awesomeness onto me?ReplyDelete
Congrats on your progress. Shut off your internal editor and write fast is the way to go!ReplyDelete
Oh, Em, now I want a pumpkin bar bad. And I love that Maya Angelou quote!ReplyDelete
Wow! That's fantastic.ReplyDelete
I've just realised that I'm a very slower writer. I wouldn't stand a chance at nanowrimo :os
I draft quickly too! Ten days to three weeks is how long it takes for my first draft.ReplyDelete
And i'll take two pumpkin bars please :)
BEST thing about fall is pumpkin flavored anything. Happy drafting.ReplyDelete
Wow! That is very impressive. But I will most certainly sit back and enjoy that pumpkin bar while you get about twenty times the work done today as I will over the next few days. I'm a sucker for pumpkin. ;)ReplyDelete
I too favor quick drafts, but I've found that the more I write the first time through the better the story will be. So I force myself to write longer chapters, knowing I can always cut them down later. If I get a chapter a week, I'm happy:)ReplyDelete
Congrats on such progress. I just don't seem to be able to draft that fast. Maybe that's why I often find it to be such agony. :)ReplyDelete
Excellent speed! Love the pumpkin bars, too. Will have to search for a recipe for some!ReplyDelete
Wow. I am impressed with your drafting abilities. It's so fun to get lost in drafting. That's when the creative spirit is the most free. Quite motivating.ReplyDelete
*grabs a pumpking bar* "Don't mind if I do. Thanks!"
You. Are. Awesome.ReplyDelete
And so inspiring.
Have you always felt the same degree of passion and urgency with each MS you've completed, or have struggles/experiences changed with each one?
Those pumpkin bars look scrumptious! And yay for you with 35,000 words into Dagger Island. Love that title. Woot!ReplyDelete
Ugh, I know! Rushing is what hindered my two manuscripts, so now I'm learning to relax and plot a bit. I just panic because I think someone else out there is writing the same story as me and I need to get mine done before him/her.ReplyDelete
I don't like reading classic books over again, in a way, because, as in A Tale of Two Cities, I can't stand a reread; I skip to the end because that's the part I'm dying to relive. In the same way, it's soooo frustrating to write scene by scene, every day, and your MVP scene is so far away....
Maybe that is my problem. I have so many untold stories inside me because I self edit alot instead getting it all out in a first draft. Thanks for sharing this, it's just what I needed to read today. :)ReplyDelete
It is hard to have the words build upside of you, waiting to get out. I try and write quickly due to this, too.ReplyDelete
PS: I'm new here. Nice to meet you!
The quote sounds like a teen whose every daily dilemma is earthshaking before they grow up and experience the tragedies of real life. Maya must have had a very uneventful life if that was her greatest agony. No illnesses or family deaths? No divorces or heartbreaking disappointments? The attitude in the quote is a bit dismissive of people whose lives are truly a struggle -- and there are more and more of those every day.ReplyDelete
Shell, my creative spirit is loving the freedom!ReplyDelete
Jill, this is about my usual pace for drafting. I'm a fast drafter!
Lynn, thanks so much!
SC, I feel the same way! I write all the in between stuff to get to the GOOD stuff.
Melissa, I'm so glad!
Alexandra, welcome! I'm happy to meet another fast drafter. :)
Lexa, wow. How do you really feel about it?
I totally WANT one of those pumpkin bars! Whoa. The photo may be virtual, but the drool is real!! Best wishes for progress on your first draft--how exciting. :)ReplyDelete
Congratulations on your writing progress. The pumpkin bars look really yummy.ReplyDelete
Ooh, I love this! The pumpkin bar, too! Happy drafting, and thanks for stopping by to offer me some words of wisdom! :)ReplyDelete