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Christmas trees are once again for sale on the front patio at Sixth Engine. Just as they did last year, the operation will be run as a non-profit raising funds for the DC Firefighters Burn Foundation (dcffburnfoundation.org).
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Q: I recently experienced numbness in the right arm/hand as well as 1/2 strength loss in the right tricep/pectoral. Alittle in the the right bicep/forearm. Had an MRI which showed : Disc height loss and dessication at c4/c5, c5/c6 ,c6/c7 levels. Central canal at the mid c4 vertebral body measures 10mm in maximal anterior to posterior width. Narrow. Narrowing persists throughout the mid and inferior cervical spine. Consistent with congenital central canal stenosis secondary to short pedicles. No abnormal signal identifyed in spinal cord. c2/c3 - A tiny right paracentral disc protrusion. No central canal stenosis or neeural foraminal narrowing. c3/c4 - A right paracentral disc protrusion is identifyed. This is causing mild right neural foraminal narrowing. No signicant left foraminal narrowing. Mild central canal stenosis. c4/c5 - Bilateral posterolateral disc ossteophtye present. Moderate central canal stenosis and moderate bilateral neural foraminal narrowing. c5/c6 - Diffuse posterolateral disc osteophtye complex present, effacing the cerebrospinal fluid anterior to the cerival cord. Moderate central canal stenosis is present. Moderate to severe right neural foraminal narrowing and moderate left foraminal narrowing. c6/c7 - Diffuse posteralateral disc ossteophyte complex present,creating moderate central canal stenosis. Mild to moderate right neural foraminal narrowing and mild left neural foraminal narrowing. c7/t1 - normal. 1- Multi-Level disc dengeneration. 2- Congential central canal stenosis of the mid and inferior cervical spine secondary to short pedicles. 3- The most significant central canal stenosis is identifyed at the c5/c6 level. I am seeing a neurosuregeon next monday. My question is how do you think this will be treated? How can I get back all the feeling in my right hand/arm? And all the strenght in those muscles back? My MD said nerve damage may be permanent. I have been in this condition for 2 months now. Any opinions would be helpful.
Your MRI results show quite severe spine disease in your neck and completely explain all your symptoms. You neurosurgeon will most likely suggest a laminectomy at multiple levels or laminoplasty. A laminectomy involves removing portions of the bones of the spine in the neck to relieve the pressure on the nerves and therefore relieve your pain. A laminoplasty involves reconstructing some portions of the bones in the spine with the same aim of relieving the pressure on the nerves.
Your MD is correct in that nerve damage may sometimes be permanent. This is dependent on the extent of damaged the nerves. Your surgeon will be able to tell you more after the procedure. Post surgery you will need to do physical exercises as directed by a therapist to regain some of the strength in the affected muscles though they may not return to full power.
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With American Horror Story and Hannibal pushing the limits of gore on television, it was only a matter of time before a canny producer decided to take a stab (sorry) at adapting one of cinema's bloodiest series for the small screen.
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ABC's 'Pan Am' finale looks to a future that may never come
Will 1964 be a good year for these fictional stewardesses? Probably not.
Because of Kurt Cobain's suicide note, "It's better to burn out/Than to fade away" is the most remembered line of of Neil Young's "Hey, Hey, My, My (Out of the Blue)," but the variation "It's better to burn out/ Than it is to rust" is every bit as evocative.
My favorite network pilot of the fall of 2010 was FOX's "Lone Star." It died spectacularly after only two airings, doing the sort of inconceivably low ratings that have taken their place as the stuff of industry legend.
On one hand, that failure was a TV-level tragedy (not to be confused with actual tragedy) because I like to see good things succeed, especially when those good things suggest different storytelling avenues from the ones normally followed on network primetime.
On the other hand, I'll always have a pristine memory of the "Lone Star" pilot, which I loved, and the second episode, which I quite enjoyed. I never had to worry about the predictable, hypothetical lag from episodes four through six. I never had to twiddle my thumbs through hypothetical episodes seven though 10 as the producers responded to low ratings by tinkering and stunt-casting. I never had to sit through the desperation of episode 13 with its hypothetical absurd cliffhanger to try to force FOX into renewal.
"Lone Star" burnt out, but it did so with authority. Kyle Killen lit the match and America and FOX licked their collective fingers and snuffed it out.
My favorite network pilot of last fall was ABC's "Pan Am." I didn't love it, but I marveled at its high production values, stellar direction and charismatic cast and perhaps because I was comparing it directly to NBC's "Playboy Club" and indirectly to a lackluster crop of new fall shows, I admired its aspirations and its potential scope.
Unlike "Lone Star," "Pan Am" didn't instantly burn out. In fact, it premiered to nearly 11 million viewers and a robust 18-49 rating. It wasn't an instant hit, but ABC got people in the door, which seemed like a minor miracle.
Instead, "Pan Am" rusted. The show changed. Viewers tuned out. ABC kept airing the show opposite powerhouse dramas and major events and it kept getting clobbered.
Five months later, "Pan Am" is probably done. Sunday (Feb. 19) night's episode was only the season finale, but barring some sort of overhaul of what constitutes "success" and "failure" on network TV, it will also be its series finale.
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Neither "Lone Star" nor "Pan Am" will see a back-nine, much less a second season, but with "Lone Star" we saw only the fall, but with "Pan Am," there was a complete decline and fall, all in accelerated motion.
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What happened to "Pan Am" was a form of simultaneous burn-out/rust unique to network TV and its particular scheduling and production cycle.
Take something like "Terriers" on FX. In terms of audience, the show was as immediate a failure as "Lone Star." However, Shawn Ryan and Ted Griffin had already been given full latitude to make their 13-episode season before it premiered and FX never would have considered pulling it midway through its first season. The show was exactly what its creative force wanted it to be and the 13 episodes of that series are, if not perfect, fully realized on every level. When you get to finale of "Terriers," you know for certain it's the conclusion of the 13-episode arc that you started with the pilot. I don't know the proper variation on "res ipsa loquitur," but the show speaks for itself.
If "Pan Am" were to speak for itself, I don't know what voice it would speak with. Jack Orman created the show, but Tommy Schlamme was a powerful creative force from the beginning. Then Steven Maeda was brought in as showrunner for the second half of the season, but his arrival wasn't a bloody coup, just a shift in direction or control. So I can't say whether Orman or Schlamme or Maeda would ultimately be considered the voice of the show, or whether the voice of "Pan Am" is actually the voice of some executive on ABC's drama development side, or possibly a creative executive at Sony Picture TV. Probably that's why "Pan Am" seemed to have less of a narrative identity with every passing week and why the main characters, strongly, but simply written and established in the pilot, became fuzzier and less sure of their wants and needs as the season unspooled.
In pilot form, "Pan Am" was about a specific brand and a specific moment in history, particularly what that brand and that moment meant for young women, what it represented. Did I totally buy the proto-feminist message of the opening episode? No, but I bought that the creators did and I bought that the characters on the show did.
Then, almost by the second or third episode, "Pan Am" became a show about cute girls giggling about boys in foreign countries, while occasionally Kelli Garner's Kate delivered a mysterious package, as part of her spy lift. ABC obviously wanted romance, so a largely uninspired back-and-forth/will-they-won't-they ensued with Michael Mosley's Ted and Margot Robbie's Laura, in which even the writers seemed to forget the degree of their chemistry from week to week. And since ABC obviously wanted more romance, Mike Vogel's Dean and Karine Vanasse's Colette went back and forth and back and forth and the writers lost the thread there as well. Early episodes emphasized the sense-of-place in the locations the characters were flying, but somebody must have decided that faking Paris and Haiti wasn't working and "Pan Am" became a claustrophobic series of beautifully decorated interiors. Early episodes played around with time and storytelling. Later episodes became linear and usually sluggish.
This is why it's better to burn out than it is to rust. With the "Lone Star" burn-out, we never saw the creative confusion or the network panic (assuming either would have happened). The show was there and then it was gone. With "Pan Am," we saw the flop-sweat all the way up to the finale.
If you felt like there was no momentum to Sunday's "Pan Am" finale, there wasn't and that was the fault of the writers, but ABC didn't really help matters.
The "Pan Am" finale aired on February 19 and it followed on the heels of the January 22 episode. Who waits a month between airing penultimate and final episodes? ABC. The only episode in the interim was last Sunday's episode, which was "new," but intended for the middle of the show's run. Viewers may have been confused by the backtracking, but it was also illuminating, since it filled in a bunch of gaps that made very little sense to regular viewers, including the end of Dean's really uninteresting affair with Erin Cummings' Ginny, the minimal repercussions of Maggie (Christina Ricci) outing that affair to protect her own job, at least one step in the relationship between Kate and Goran Visnjic's Niko and the circumstances behind Laura's nude photos, which came completely out of nowhere in the penultimate episode. Why was "Romance Languages" delayed? Dunno. ABC didn't like the episode? The episode wasn't completed in time? ABC was desperate to leap ahead to episodes featuring "Twilight" co-star Ashley Greene, as if she were the magical talisman needed to draw in fresh eyes? I have no answer.
And even though ABC aired the out-of-sequence episode, the network didn't care if anybody watched, since it was put opposite the Grammys on CBS.
And what of the finale itself? Well, it seems odd to me that you build all season to the moment on the cusp of the Kennedy assassination, which ended the true penultimate episode. Then, having done that, you skip to a month later so that nothing that came of the assassination or the loss of innocence would have any impact on the characters. Why set the show in 1963 at all if that's your plan? Why build episodes around Maggie's obsession with Kennedy? You choose an era and then decide that really and truly you don't want to bother with that era's defining moment?
Then you have an episode that develops to all of our main characters in a room together celebrating New Year's Eve and toasting what a terrific year 1963 was and I could only think, "Ummm... I've watched 'Pan Am.' I know what happened to these characters this year. None of them have any reason to be celebrating 1963 as a great year."
But the finale was all about sweeping the mess of the first season under the rug and trying to make a pitch to ABC that a second season would be clearer.
Laura and Ted now know they're in love and even though Greene's Amanda is having Ted's baby, she's a lesbian anyway, so that'll work itself out, wackily. You want a goofy romance about a flight attendant who pals around with Andy Warhol, a lesbian and a pilot with daddy issues? Bring *this* show back, ABC!
And who cares that the series started with the notion that real Pan Am stewardesses really were, indeed, used by the CIA in the 1960s? It's time to get Kate out of her uniform and turn her into a legitimate spy! You want a show about a sexy female spy in 1964? Bring *this* show back, ABC!
And Maggie? She's a smuggler. For some reason. And can she speak Portuguese or not? I'm totally lost.
And I guess that Colette learning she's Jewish and not getting to marry a prince means that it's smooth flying for her and Dean, though Dean's going to be grounded for a few months, though boy that Haiti trouble flared up and then was extinguished with no commitment or urgency.
And what of poor Sanjeev? What.EVER.
The "Pan Am" finale wasn't a culmination of the season I watched regularly. It was a poo-poo platter just begging ABC to find some storyline it liked enough to justify a renewal.
Realistically, what are the chances of a renewal? Well, ABC isn't officially calling "Pan Am" cancelled, because that's not what networks do. For the most part, nothing is "cancelled" until May. Even "H8r" isn't cancelled.
Why would ABC want "Pan Am" back? The drama does reasonably well in terms of Live+7 DVR numbers and in a brief free iTunes promotional window, a lot of people downloaded "Pan Am." There has also been talk that the show has done well overseas.
And why wouldn't ABC want "Pan Am" back? Remember the 11 million viewers who watched the premiere? Last Sunday's episode drew under 2.7 million viewers. That was against the Grammys. The previous new episode drew under 4 million viewers. That was against the NFC Championship. It was also under 4 million for the airing before that. But that was against the Golden Globes. You'd have to go back to early January to find a "Pan Am" episode that ABC wasn't sacrificing against some behemoth and even that episode barely limped over 4 million viewers. DVR numbers and iTunes numbers are nice, but they don't cover for ratings that low.
How low are they? NBC looks at "Pan Am" ratings and thinks they're probably just a bit too low.
So barring an aggressive campaign of a currently unimaginable sort, "Pan Am" will probably end with Sunday's episode.
The end comes as pilot casting season is in full effect and I urge casting directors to pick "Pan Am" clean.
Margot Robbie is a star. She's gorgeous, but more than that, I think she handled the writers' confusion about her character like a pro through the entire season, but absorbing every screwy character detail and making it believable.
Karine Vanasse is utterly charming. If no pilot knows how to handle her Quebecois cadences, the writers on "Once Upon a Time" should craft a character for whom a French accent would be both magical and organic.
Kelli Garner's had a stretch of being one of the best parts of unsuccessful shows and I'd beg casting directors not to give up on her, though maybe after "My Generation" and "Pan Am," she'd do well to leave ABC for a bit.
Michael Mosley and Mike Vogel will find new homes in no time (Vogel already has, actually) and even Christina Ricci could be a valuable part of some show with tighter direction than she often received here.
I hope that all of the production designers, costume designers and art directors from "Pan Am" get the respect they deserve and that the special effects team, especially the folks who worked on the early episodes, can get value from having this show on their reel.
I guess I've written this much about "Pan Am" -- an inexcusable amount, really -- because of how much potential I thought it had after its pilot and how interesting a test subject it is for all of the different ways that a show can go sideways or backwards from a very good pilot to presumed cancelation after 13 episodes. For all of the creative shakeups, network mismanagement and far-from-invisible tinkering that took place, "Pan Am" never became a bad enough show for me to give up on it and even after a finale that was made for ABC Entertainment President Paul Lee and not, in any way, for viewers, I'd still return if "Pan Am" somehow got a second season.
Is it better to burn out than it is to rust? I don't know. Sometimes watching something rust has its own fascination.


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feature byJudy Taylor
In this program, The Business of Banking, we'll look at
how and why banking has changed since deregulation in the early
1980s. We ask what this means for you, the consumer - what risks you now face and why credit is more readily available and why
we pay fees for services that were once free.
Like all businesses, banks have a balance sheet, a statement
of assets and liabilities. For banks, their liabilities are
the deposits that we make with them - and their assets are
the loans they make to us.
Deregulation has forced Banks to fundamentally change the
way they manage their balance sheets.
In the regulated era, the banks' liabilities were fairly
strictly controlled, as Professor Ian Harper from the School
of Business at Melbourne University explains:
The sorts of deposits which banks would offer would be overwhelmingly
non-interest bearing current deposits, and interest bearing
time deposits, but where the interest rates that banks could
pay on those time deposits were also subject to ceilings.
Importantly, prior to deregulation there were no liabilities
of banks that were traded in the market. So banks could not
purchase funds. The liabilities that they held were monies
that were lodged by people with the banks at the interest
rate that the banks were constrained to offer.
And tight controls existed on the asset side of the ledger
as well.
There were controls imposed upon the asset composition of
banks' balance sheets. So banks were obliged to hold specified
proportions of their portfolios in certain types of assets,
there were rules which governed how much money could be lent
in particular directions.
Overwhelmingly on the asset side of the balance sheet, there
were rules which obliged the banks to hold large amounts of
money with both the Central Bank itself in the form of special
deposits, and with the government in the form of government
Banks were classic asset managers - they took what money
came in the door and they allocated that amongst assets as
the rules allowed them to.
Nobby Clark is a former Chief Executive Officer of the
National Australia Bank.
If we looked at the balance sheet from a management perspective,
what happened was that the pricing aspects of both the liabilities
and assets were controlled by the government through the Reserve
Bank, so that edicts were issued from time to time that told
you when to re-price and at what prices various liabilities
could be priced, and of course in the asset portfolio side what
prices you put those assets out of the market place.
So the management problem became firstly one of rationing,
because asset creation was very tightly controlled by the
Reserve - so as a rationing process and a credit quality process.
And they were both interlinked because you rationed, you loaned
to only the best possible people. In fact they were required
to prove they didn't need the money before you gave it to
On the liability side, the balance sheet had a very high
proportion of free monies, or not bearing interest deposits.
And that was the wherewithal for banks to cross-subsidise
to avoid charging for the keeping of current accounts, the
charging of money transfer fees etc, etc.
The controls over the banks really took two forms. The first
were the qualitative and quantitative controls that dictated
from whom and to whom funds could be borrowed and lent. These
also specified the terms and conditions, such as interest rates,
on which these arrangements could be made.
The second set of controls required that a certain proportion
of the banks' assets be held in specific forms.
Saul Eslake is Chief Economist with the ANZ Bank:
Banks were required by regulation to hold a percentage,
which may have been between five and 12 per cent of their
assets, in the form of low interest deposits with the Reserve
Bank - the so-called Statutory Reserve Deposit requirement
- and were required to hold 18 per cent of their assets in
either cash or government securities - the so-called LGS,
or Liquid Assets and Government Securities requirement. Between
the two of them you might well have had 30 per cent perhaps
of a bank's assets tied up in things other than loans to customers
in one form or another.
The SRD, or Statutory Reserve Deposit, was used for monetary
policy purposes. For instance, the SRD would be lowered if the
Government wanted to put money into the economy and raised to
withdraw money from the economy. The LGS, or Liquid Asset and
Government Securities was a buffer for the bank in the event
there was a run on it.
In the 1970s, pressure began to build, and the controls which
were originally for the stability of the financial system
and the banks' protection, now began to work against them.
Under the 1945 Banking Act the banks could only offer
interest rates that had been determined or set by the Central
David Merrett is Associate Professor of the School of
Business at the University of Melbourne.
We would argue with perfect hindsight that the interest
rates that were being set by the government authorities were
far too low in the language of the economist. I mean they were
not market clearing rates. And it was very easy for the non-bank
institutions to syphon off deposits by offering a higher rate
of interest.
The growth of balance sheets during this regulated period
was severely constrained by the decisions made by authorities.
There was a strong belief, I think, not so much in the bureaucracy
but certainly in political circles, that a low rate of interest
was in itself a good thing. And again I say with hindsight,
we can see that maintaining artificially low deposit and lending
rates just meant that the banks lost more and more business
to those financial institutions that could actually offer
market clearing rates.
So in the regulated era, the banks' behaviour was in effect
prescribed by the Reserve Bank (our Central Bank). The rate
of interest the banks paid on their liabilities (our deposits
with them) was below market rates. And they paid no interest
at all on about a third of these deposits.
On the asset side, the banks charged below market rates of
interest on their loans (usually housing loans to the public)
while up to 30 per cent of their assets were held in forms
that provided them with interest well below market rates as
Non-bank financial institutions such as Building Societies
and Credit Unions were not constrained by these same regulations.
So in the 1970s, when inflation and interest rates were very
high, the banks were unable to compete with the non-bank financial
institutions, who were free to adjust to the market forces.
Inevitably, this meant money flowed out of the banks and into
Building Societies, Credit Unions and Finance Companies.
In 1979, the Campbell Committee was set up to review the
structure, regulations, and controls of the Australian financial
system. The Committee was concerned to promote a financial
system that would be efficient, competitive and stable. Their
approach placed more confidence on market processes than government
regulations and this marked the start of a brave new world
for banks and bank customers alike.
Post-deregulation, banking became a much more active and
exciting, profitable and risky business. With the removal of
the controls, greater opportunities became available for banks
both to manage liabilities, and to manage assets. They could
change interest rates on the liabilities side of their balance
sheet, and purchase funds in the wholesale financial markets
so that they could actively manage their balance sheets on the
liability side as well as choosing amongst a much wider variety
of assets.
Now of course with those options available life became much
more interesting, potentially also more risky, but also more
rewarding for banks who were no longer subject to the ebb
and flow of funds on the part of ordinary depositors. They
could manage that flow by altering interest rates, and most
importantly, if they had more demand from borrowers than funds
coming up from lenders they could go into the wholesale markets
and purchase funds at whatever the market was demanding in
the way of wholesale interest rates.
The banks for the first time realised the management of
their balance sheets is in their own hands rather than being
determined by the Reserve Bank. Many Australian banks set themselves
goals that proved to be disastrous with their shareholders,
by actually chasing market share, but more importantly size
in absolute terms - that they wanted to be in the top fifty
banks in the world measured by assets, or they wanted to be
the biggest bank in Australia, whatever it might be.
They became increasingly willing to make loans, and I mean
banks have always been willing to make loans, that's how they
make their money. But the new twist of the 1980s and 1990s
is that they can grow their loan book at an unprecedented
rate. Banking, as explained to me by a very senior banker
at the time, was we booked our loan and then we went and found
the liabilities.
In the regulated era, customers deposits accounted for about
90 per cent of the banks' liabilities. By the mid-1990's, these
deposits represented only about 60 per cent. The rest of their
liabilities were made up of borrowings by the Banks in the domestic
and international financial market places to meet the demand
for loans.
In this way banks have fundamentally changed the way they
Subsequent inquiries, the Martin Inquiry of 1988 and the
Wallis Inquiry of 1997, have confirmed the direction of the
Campbell Committee and its confidence in the market driven
Deregulation is actually a misnomer for what has taken place
in the banking sector. While it's true that a number of regulations
have been removed, it's also true that a number of new ones
have been put in place to maintain the integrity and security
of the financial system of which the banks are a vital part.
What these new controls do is allow the banks a greater degree
of freedom in managing their own businesses, but they also
increase their risks. Banks have an inherent mismatch between
their assets and liabilities; our deposits are at-call but
the loans such as housing are long-term. This mismatch now
requires skilful management.
The essence of banking is managing disparities in the maturity
and the underlying riskiness of assets and liabilities. So a
bank will lend long and borrow short. The reward that the shareholders
of banks earn is for the skilful matching of liabilities and
assets whose maturities differ.
Similarly, banks borrow money on deposit which is a highly
secure form of borrowing from the point of view of the depositor.
They take those monies and they lend them, amongst others,
to small business people, and lending to small business people
is a notoriously risky exercise. Again, of course, this is
both the pride and the folly of the banking system. A good
bank manager knows how to manage that risk disparity and maturity
disparity, a bad banker can destroy the bank by making the
wrong decisions in respect of the same thing.
But the essence of that activity is what we describe as asset
and liability management - managing maturities, managing risk
on both sides of the balance sheet.
The National Australia Bank is one of Australia's 'Big
Four'. Nobby Clark was its Chief Executive Officer from 1985
to 1990. He describes how his Bank adjusted to these challenges:
First of all we had to get some very good people and we
had to develop policies and limits, or parameters, to which
we'd accept mismatches in our book. We needed something to manage
all of that and in our bank we bought software and we had a
committee that met constantly, daily, to review data from the
We had a higher level committee that met once a week and
determined policy. We had the two-level committee process,
we developed parameters beyond which we wouldn't go without
permission of the board in terms of mismatches.
The re-pricing was left to the management team, so we could
re-price constantly, promptly, quickly, depending on market
needs and the bank's needs to fund itself.
But not all banks handled this transition equally well.
John Phillips was the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank
for five years from 1987 until 1992.
One of the problems we faced in Australia, and I suspect
that they faced in some of the other countries to a greater
or lesser extent, was I think we overrated, I know I overrated
the capacity of the leading bankers to operate in that environment.
I think we believed our bankers were much better - and would
survive and handle themselves better in a competitive situation
- than in fact turned out to be the case.
This new business of banking opened up new risks and
the banks responded by developing new products to manage these
risks. But many of these tools are not even recorded on the
balance sheet today. So the changes to the business of banking
go beyond the management of their assets and liabilities to
the management of the risk management products.
Nowadays, the most rapidly developing field for the management
of risk is in the use of what are called derivative financial
instruments - things like swaps, options and futures, forwards
- these are highly specialised financial contracts whose intention
is to be able to transfer risk from those to who are exposed
to risk to those who are prepared to bear risk for a price.
But not just to transfer it, actually to define the risk
in an extremely precise and narrow way. And then to enable
pieces of risk - almost like pieces of a Lego set - pieces
of risk to be traded separately.
So the skill nowadays has developed to such a point where
people who are seeking to have their commercial risks managed
by banks can literally have those risks divided up into tiny
bits and sold away to different buyers at different prices.
So can I say that what had almost disappeared as a skill
during the regulated era has in the last 15 to 20 years become
a highly sophisticated and precise art of both diagnosing
and then facilitating the management of the risk in balance
The central aim of deregulation has been to enhance efficiency
in three ways; by reducing operating costs; by forcing Banks
to set prices according to the costs they face; and by encouraging
the speed of innovation.
The Campbell Committee recognised that the improved efficiency
may give rise to social inequities. Indeed, in their report
they did not expect the ordinary person to benefit directly
- and possible losers would be customers with low balances
and high activity. But on balance, they believed the social
benefits would outweigh the social costs. Subsequent inquiries;
the Martin Inquiry, and the Wallis Inquiry; have reiterated
these outcomes.
You may recall in our program on markets that by exposing
an industry to market forces and competition invariably means
there will be winners and losers. The banking industry is
no exception.
All of this adds up to a change in the way banks earn profits;
a change in cross-subsidies for customers and a shifting of
the risks in Banking towards the customer.
In the past, the banks' profits came largely from the spread
of interest rates; that is, the interest they paid on deposits
was much lower than the interest they charged for loans. But
there were enormous cross-subsidies inherent within the regulated
Those who made deposits cross-subsidised those who borrowed.
For example, the old who might have had savings in the bank
and those who were saving up to buy a home - relatively young
- would cross-subsidise those who were in the process of paying
back a home loan. You would also find those who made relatively
few transactions would subsidise those who made a lot and
those who kept a lot of money in the bank would subsidise
those who kept relatively small amounts of money in the bank
and turned them over frequently (which of course would impose
costs in terms of staff, record keeping and administration).
Today, because competition is forcing the narrowing of interest
rate margins, the banks have supplemented their profits with
non-interest income. Between 1990 and 1995, non-interest income
increased by 22 per cent. For consumers, this means charging
fees for transactions and services.
Saul Eslake agrees that the narrowing of interest rate margins
is one reason for the introduction of fees but he points to
The second fact which has helped drive it is what has been
become referred to as the 'unbundling of different products'.
That is to say, if you take an example, banks face competition
from mortgage originators and insurance companies in the business
of writing home loans. And because some of those competitors
don't have to carry the costs of maintaining a branch franchise,
or operating a payments mechanism, they have been able to offer
lower rates on mortgages than banks have traditionally done.
And as a result, banks have said 'well, if we're going to
be forced to match that competition, and that competition
is of course good from the point of view of home borrowers,
then we're going to have to find some way of recovering the
other costs directly'. And that's another area where the push
for fees and charges has come from.
But some cross-subsidies still remain. Most Banks exempt
customers with home loans from fees or charges irrespective
of the volume of transactions they make.
As we heard earlier, a risk consumers faced in the days of
regulation was getting access to low cost finance for housing.
Today there are different risks, both for consumers and the
banks themselves. Mara Bun is with the Australian Consumers
In the past I think it was much less risky in a sense for
banks, because their business was quite predictable. The cost
of capital was dictated by government, as opposed to being driven
by offshore markets that are very vulnerable to trading and
currency fluctuations. And the cost that they in turn charged
us was also much more strictly regulated, so that balancing
those became less of an arduous exercise. And of course the
role of new technologies in helping to deliver more efficient
services and so forth also complicated this equation.
So that now what we have is, I think, a much more complex,
much more risk-oriented set of products and services reflected
on the banks balance sheet - but with inadequate understanding
of the actual nature of the risk on the part of consumers
who are taking out these products.
What deregulation has done is to shift risk from the public
sector, from the Central Bank's balance sheet, from the government's
balance sheet back onto the private sector. Now that was done
deliberately, because it's through the bearing of risk that
the financial system - indeed the corporate system more generally,
but certainly the financial system - generates returns and wealth.
Higher risk brings with it higher expected return. And this
is what Mr Campbell and his colleagues on the Campbell Committee
were basically trying to achieve. They were trying to free
up the risk-bearing and risk-taking capacity of the financial
system so as to assist us in this country to generate higher
rates of economic return, which of course would improve our
living standards. So it's all quite consistent.
But you do need to understand that the risk is being borne
by individuals now, rather than by the government.
But on the other side, one could certainly say that this
very same system, in the knowledge that it is bearing these
risks, now is offering a much greater array of risk-insulating
and risk-managing products even to ordinary people. Let me
give you one simple example; it is now possible, as many people
would know, to fix your home mortgage interest rate.
Well, that hasn't always been possible. For the bulk of our
post-war history, and certainly during the regulated period,
your interest rate varied with the market. Nowadays, you have
the possibility of fixing interest rates and banks are able
to offer individual borrowers that facility because they themselves
make use of a much wider range of derivative financial instruments
to manage the underlying risks on their own balance sheets.
Risk management has become the forte of modern banking.
Ian Harper from the University of Melbourne.
So what we have shown is that the balance sheet management
and composition has changed markedly in a post-deregulated
era. Funds are no longer rationed and credit is more readily
The change in regulations that favour market processes have
altered the emphasis from credit availability to the price
of credit; interest rates.
In a deregulated era consumers carry greater responsibility
for managing the new risks that they face.
The next program in our series will look at the business
of central banking.


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The act of drinking before your night actually starts. Many Canadian youths have this word in their every day vocabulary.
Hey, you wanna predrink at John's before we hit the bar?
Michael VM tarafından 6 Kasım 2007, Salı
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The act in which one cosumes alchohol prior to attending an event at which alcholic beverages may or may not be served. Often popular with university or college students who can't afford to buy to many drinks at a bar or high school kids who plan to attend events such as dances.
Are you going to Paddy Connolly's tonite? Yea but we are going to pre-drink at Dave's.
Before Johnny went to the dance he pre-drank a mickey at Paul's house.
Before Johnny went to the dance he pre-drank a mickey at Paul's house.
Dougan Hagen tarafından 12 Nisan 2007, Perşembe
The event in which consumption of alcohol takes place prior to a party or night on the town. Usually just a small group of people gathered at a residence. A compulsory event for the typical alcoholic.
"Hey, come round my place for predrinks this Saturday! Then we'll hit town!"
Liam of Radelaide tarafından 28 Ağustos 2006, Pazartesi
Sometimes shortened to pre. A small party usually held in someone's house where people drink store bought alcohol before going out to a bar or club. This usually means they are tipsy or nearly drunk by the time they arrive, meaning they do not have to buy expensive drinks at the bar
Joe - "Are you going out tonight?"
Jason - "Yeah, Emma's parents are out of town so she's having predrinks at hers"
Joe - "Count me in"
Jason - "Yeah, Emma's parents are out of town so she's having predrinks at hers"
Joe - "Count me in"
JohnDogJenkins tarafından 29 Haziran 2014, Pazar
verb - some stupid word a girl in Indiana claims means to drink before going out to a function or event.
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Dahlia Anemone
The Dahlia Anemone Urticina felina is one of the better known of the Urticina anemones. Though that's not unexpected because of its attractive appearance, it is surprising considering its natural habitat. It has a small natural range, found only along the coasts of the British Isles in northern Europe. This cold water anemone also lives in some very deep water, found as deep as 656 feet (200 m). They are found burrowed into crevices and cracks in subtidal areas where there is strong wave action.
Some species of Urticina anemones have very festive colors, and at first glance they look very similar to one another. The Dahlia Anemone Urticina felina is one of these. A couple of its similar looking relatives are the Painted Anemone Urticina grebelnyi and the Christmas Anemone Urticina crassicornis.
Although these pretty Urticina anemones can look quite similar to each other, each one has its own unique characteristic to identify it by. The Dahlia Anemone, compared to these other Urticina anemones, has a very sticky column. It usually has particles of shells and rocks stuck to it. This debris, along with the column's natural grays and blotches, helps it to camouflage into the rock.
When caring for this anemone, using similar husbandry for other cold water anemones is suggested. It is a good idea to invest in a chiller before you obtain one of these guys. Like all anemones, these Northern Red Anemones use their venomous cells or nematocysts found in their tentacles to sting and deflect any possible threats or attacks. But they mostly utilize them for stunning and capturing prey. Some predators of this anemone can be certain nudibranchs, sea stars, and snails.
Dahlia Anemone, Urticina felina
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Dahlia Anemone in the dark wild
This is a cool video of a Dahlia Anemone in the deep waters of the subtropic. They need lower temperatures in the mid fifties to lower sixties to survive. Pick up a chiller before you make your purchase! They are quite beautiful with their contrasting pinks, tans and reds! Only growing to 6," they can be kept in a smaller tank which may be cheaper to keep cool! Water quality must be high and they only need to be fed a few times a month so that shouldn't be too hard!
Habitat: Distribution / Background
Sea Anemone Facts: The Dahlia Anemone Urticina felina was described by Linnaeus in 1767. The Urticina genus is a member of the Actiniidae family, and this genus contains 6 species. Some other common names they are known by are Northern Red Anemone and Red and White Urticina felina. This anemone is not on the IUCN Red List for endangered species.
Where are Sea Anemones Found: The U. felina are only found on the coasts of the British Isles in northern European waters.
Sea Anemone Habitat: These anemones are found in colder waters down to 656 feet (200 m) deep. They are usually burrowed into the crevices of rocks in subtidal areas near shores that have strong wave action. The smaller ones are usually at high, mid-tide levels. They are found singly but are also found in mass, forming what almost looks like a dense carpet. They can also be found in estuaries if the bottom has enough hard surfaces to attach to.
This cold water anemone feasts on shrimp, crabs, mussels and small fishes with tentacles that can number up to 160. They use their venomous cells or nematocysts found in their tentacles to sting and deflect any possible threats or attacks, but mostly utilize them for stunning and capturing prey. They have been known to bury themselves in the sand with only the tentacles showing to trap crabs. Some predators can be certain nudibranchs, sea stars and snails.
Appearance of a Sea Anemone: The Dahlia Anemone has a very sticky pedal column, usually with particles of shells and rocks stuck to it. This very sticky column, along with its colorations, are the main characteristics which set them apart from other Urticina species. The pedal column is usually red colored with greenish gray blotches and gray warts.
They also have a sticky 'foot' which they use to adhere to rock crevices and cracks. They can also use this foot to move around if conditions are not ideal. Another way they can move is by inflating themselves, detaching from the surface, and then rolling along with any current. They will move to avoid predators like starfish, but in the aquarium they will primarily move if they are unhappy with the water conditions or the food.
The tentacles are short, stout, and well spaced in multiples of 10, with the top row surrounding the mouth. It is not so much the color of the anemone that identifies it, but the pattern on the animal. The tentacles have a variety of color combinations that are dark and pale versions of one or two colors of purple, blue, yellow, red, pink, or orange, with little bands of gray, brown, pale pink, and white in-between those colors.
The oral disc and mouth is usually the pale color, with each tentacle's base being outlined with red. The mouth should be closed and tight, and will open when hungry, having an oval look, yet a gaping mouth is a warning signal. The U. felina take food in and expel waste through this same opening.
Sea Anemones Life Cycles: Dahlia Anemones can grow up to 6" (15 cm) in diameter. It is unknown how long they live, in fact some anemones can be hundreds of years old in the wild, and in captivity have been known to last 80 years or more.
Sea Anemone Care: These anemones can be moderate to care for because they do have cold water needs. As with most anemones, the tank should be at least 1 year old and stable before adding your new Northern Red Anemone. When selecting a U. felina make sure the color is good, their mouth is not gaping open, and their foot and tentacles are sticky to the touch. Also, they should be attached to something and make sure there is no damage to the foot area, often a result of pulling the anemone off its surface.
To take a Dahlia Anemone from another aquarium, use a thin blunt item like a credit card, gently wiggle it under the foot, slowly nudging it away from the glass. If it's attached to a rock, ideally you can simply purchase the rock as well. On a rock, it would be very wise to purchase the rock, because these guys can stick hard and would probably be damaged if removed. If you cannot purchase the rock then directing water at it or wiggling the rock gently upside down under water while tickling the foot can work.
What Do Sea Anemones Eat: This anemone is a carnivore. Feed your U. felina chopped silversides, shrimp, krill, and mussels, fresh chopped fish (from your grocery store), as well as frozen carnivore preparations. Feed once a week or twice a month, since cold water anemones have much slower metabolisms.
Water changes of 10% bi-monthly or 20% a month are typical. Monitor your water quality for your particular situation and adjust your water changes accordingly. An average sized Dahlia Anemone is equal to about one fish as far as waste production is concerned. Purigen and Poly-fiber are great products to help in maintaining water quality. Purigen is a synthetic polymer that removes soluble and insoluble impurities from water at an exceptionally high rate and capacity, helping to control ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. Additions of Iodine and and trace elements are suggested.
The typical reef environment is what is needed for this anemone, but it must be a cold water reef. It is a good idea to invest in a chiller before you obtain one of these guys. They need live rock or some other solid material they can attach to. Provide some rock crevices as well as rocky overhangs. Be sure to have all of your pumps covered. Most good quality pumps have guards on them and are worth the investment.
All anemones are semi-aggressive because they can be mobile, although most of the cold water anemones stay still if their needs are met. It has often been suggested to not put anemones in a reef environment because corals cannot move away from the stinging tentacles. Once you have your anemone situated and it has not moved for several months, it might be safe to add other corals. Just keep in mind these anemones will sting everything they can reach, including corals and other invertebrates. Anemones will move if your lighting is not good, or the water quality is not to their liking.
After splitting, anemones will tolerate their own "clones" and sometimes their own species. All anemones in the tank need to have their own space, otherwise there can be a "chemical" warfare between species. This will usually cause one to not eat, shrink and eventually die. Having excellent filtration and a large tank will usually allow 2 anemones at opposite ends to thrive. You can also build a natural blockade to help prevent them from wandering into each others "space".
No sexual difference in appearance is known.
The Dahlia Anemone will divide in captivity, but there is no information on propagation of cold water anemones. It may be just like other anemones. Similar to other cold water anemones, they reproduce by fission or external fertilization of egg and sperm. When they spawn, they produce larvae that will float away, and eventually find a spot to land. They then attach and develop a pedal disk that grows into a new anemone.
Problems for these anemones are pretty minimal unless your lighting, water movement, feeding, and water quality are low. Then your anemone will detach to look for "better conditions." In general, if your anemone moves, it is not happy. Make sure your lighting and water quality is good, and that the food you are offering is to their liking. Some predators include certain nudibranchs, sea stars, and snails.
The Dahlia Anemone is generally unavailable to aquarists through retailers.
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sqwat - 2010-10-26
I was able to find one of these at a lfs and was so happy I did they are so beautiful. Best anemone for a micro tank since they stay small and don't need a heater. It is very fast eater I have never seen an anemone's head move so fast from one side to the other to eat. The tentacles are very sticky and I don't think a clown could ever use one. I have a lot of small shrimp in my tank and the tentacles are so sticky that if their antenna even touch them he will quickly turn his head and the shrimp is doomed. Also they are so fast when you add some pods in the tank his little ten tentacle tips just pick them of one by one the coolest thing ever to watch. The colors are so intense it is beautiful. If you get a chance to get one do so and set up a species only 5 gallon tank with maybe a kenya tree or some paly's do not pass up the chance to own one of these guys. You can add one in a nano or large tank to just make sure the placement is right because if he goes on the move he will not just sting but eat any corals that stick to his superglue tentacles. A must have for the serious anemone enthusiast but a very rare one to find in certain parts of the world if you live in england you can probably just find one at the lagoons.


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Best value in Mykonos Town!
Rochari Hotel is the best value in Mykonos Town, without a doubt!
Due a arriving a day earlier than scheduled, we were first settled into a small garden view room, which was about the size of a shoe box. However, a phone call to the management got us into a lovely room with a terrace overlooking the old city and the sea by the next morning. We couldn't have been happier at the Rochari. The rooms are clean and well maintained. A highlight is the pool area, which is picture perfect! The pictures on their website are a good indication of the hotel (with the exception of the garden view room we stayed in).
Rochari is an excellent value and the staff are incredibly nice and helpful. In example, while waiting for the taxi to the airport at 5:45am, the night manager opened up the kitchen and brought us some fresh coffee and tea cookies. Can't really beat the daily breakfast either, which was included in the room price.
P.S. We visited the Belvedere a few times to hang out with friends. We all concluded that the Rochari was the best value overall. Belvedere is modern, "exclusive" and has a great pool area, but it's no 5 star hotel.
The reviews here are spot on!
We spent the first week of our vacation at the Rochari Hotel and were very pleased with everything we found there. Our bedroom had a balcony where we could sit and enjoy the great view, night and day.
The rooms were bright and very clean. Huge amounts of hot water at all times and good shower pressure which surprised us (having been to Greece a good few times this is a rare find). Also, the room TV had satellite channels including BBC and CNN.
Also, the hotel minibus offers a free service to and from the airport. We didnt book it in advance but found it waiting when our flight arrived. It seems they try and meet most flights.
The hotel was quite busy when we were there but staff were always available to help. Actually, it is worth mentioning that those staff were great. I was a hotel owner I'd offer them a job right away.
The hotel serves light meals such as lamb, chicken and pastas into the late evening. There is no restaurant but the terrace overlooking the pool area and out to Mykonos town was a great place to relax and eat (and drink!).
It will probably be some time before we get the chance to return to Greece but if and when we do we will return to this hotel.
Best views, fantastic value!!
I have stayed at both the Rochari and Little Rochari and have had a great experience at both. The sea view rooms offer amazing views. The hotel is centrally located and is about a 2 minute walk to the bus stop (to take you to all the beaches), and a 2 minute walk into town through a picturesque walkway. The Koussathanas family is the warmest family I have met through my travels and it shows in the welcome you will receive upon arrival. A little known secret is how great the food is at the hotel. It is all homemade recipes and the ingredients come from the family's farm. The pool area offers amazing views overlooking the town and the bar has the best sunset and dusk views before you head into town. Don't forget to try the homemade chips with your drink!
What a welcome...
I agree with everythng said about Hotel Rochari - the place is a best kept secret on Mykonos.
We have been lodging at this hotel for a few weeks each summer for the past 4 years. It was recommended by a friend who had spoken about the Rochari and let us know how cool the place was. He wasn't wrong.
I could easily have written the reviews already on here. One thing that I'd like to emphasise is the friendliness of the family who own it and the staff there. For me, that makes it a special place. We have stayed in so many hotels over the years but it is only the Rochari on Mykonos that pulls us back.
As someone has already mentioned, there are a large number of return guests. They must be doing something right!
A Family Home from Home.
I agree with all of the other reviews here - they are all accurate. Stavroula and her family are great hosts - the hotel is simple and well appointed - most with beautiful views. The clientele returns often - for good reason - and everyone quickly becomes like family! I have not been able to return this or last year yet stayed at The Rochari every year for five - even twice one year. I cannot wait to return.
The best mykonian combination
Mykonian style hotel
Service very kind, helpful, fast.
View: overlooking Mykonos Town, Delos, sea, Sunset.
3 min walk from the town center.
Balkony with great view in almast every room.
Clean, clean and clean.
Breakfast very good, till 13.00
Small pool.
If someone wants the same services and view, he must go far from the Town and pay triple price.
Loved the Rochari Hotel
I stayed at the Rochari Hotel with my daughter this June. We really enjoyed our stay, Did not want to leave. The Hotel is located above the town but only a 3 min easy walk into town. The staff could not have been nicer and helped with directions, recommendations what to do and see. The hotel was very clean, breakfast was lovely on the terrace and the hotel had great views at sunset.The pool was large and very refreshing. I would highly recommend this hotel as a great affordable place to stay. I can't wait to return!
Best value for quality on the island, period!
We read reviews on The Rochari (pronounced Ro-har-ee) on tripadvisor.com before we booked our week long stay and are glad we did! What a treat! We were greeted by Stavroula (owner's daughter) who checked us in to our "room with a view". The rooms aren't extravagant...you'll have to go to the Royal Maconian and pay 4 times the price. But, these rooms are very clean, we had a spacious balcony with an unobstructed view of the harbor and sunset...breath taking! The beds were comfortable and the a/c cold! They have great water pressure and no shortage of hot water either. Again, bathroom and room were very clean.
Maria in the bar is a life long Mykonos resident. We quickly bonded, especially since one person in our party of 5 spoke fluent Greek. Within 2 days, she was teaching us Greek dancing in the bar before we headed out to dinner (at 11pm - get used to late dinners!). The sunsets were incredible from the bar balcony, the pool or your room (if you book it with a view). Many of the guests we ran into were repeat visitors of the Rochari. The hotel is gay friendly, it was probably a 50-50 mix of gay to straight.
Breakfast is included (continental) and they serve it until 1pm (perfect if you stayed out dancing until 4 am the night before). My partner & I will be back to visit Mykonos again and there's no where else we'd ever stay but the Rochari. The much more expensive Belvedere is next door, while their pool grounds are a more landscaped and luscious, understand you're going to pay for it. Plus, the Belvedere charged us 12 euros for a vodka/tonic (well) at the pool (we had a cocktail before going out one night just to see what it was like). The Rochari is only 4 euros and the service was more personable. One night, we went to the Piano Bar to start the night before we started dancing and Stavroula was there with her husband and bought us a round of drinks...she did the same for another couple an hour later when she saw them walk in...where are you going to get that kind of personal attention unless its a family run business? Everyone in Mykonos knows and respects the family running the Rochari and the residents all have positive words to say about them all.
If you're looking for a nice place to stay at a great price with personable service, book the Rochari.
Hotel Rochari is a small boutique-style hotel lovingly cared for by the Koussathanas family.
It enjoys an elevated position overlooking the pretty town and the bay / islands beyond. Rooms are beautiful and very well designed, all in the traditional "cube" design required in Mykonos.
The pool / bar area is stunning and very peaceful. Service is unassuming yet helpful with a real attention to detail. Most guests seem to be repeats - always a good sign.
A 5 minute walk will take you into the town through a cluster of tiny yet impressive places.
This place is a must - forget going to the larger places!
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