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Philosophy & Religion Studies
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Philosophy and Religion Studies
Philosophy is an activity that attempts to answer fundamental and important issues in our lives. One of the best ways to understand philosophy is to investigate the branches in philosophy.
Branches in philosophy:
As an academic discipline, Philosophy casts a wide net and takes up questions basic not only to the human experience but of interest to other academic disciplines. There are a great many fields of inquiry within Philosophy. They include:
• Metaphysics (What is reality?)
Philosophical Method
Many of the disciplines of the modern university, including economics, political science, psychology, linguistics, and computation theory were initiated by philosophers. They continue to be examined and developed by philosophers.
Skills Developed Through Philosophical Training
2. What Can I Do With a Philosophy Degree?
Careers for Philosophy Students
A recent article in the New York Times (April 6, 2008) highlights the increasing number of undergraduate philosophy majors nationwide. Another article, from The Guardian (Nov. 20, 2007), shows evidence that philosophy degrees are in growing demand from employers.
Philosophy and Graduate School
Philosophy and Law School
Philosophy is a popular major for those considering law school, and philosophy majors outperform all other majors on the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). In fact, two members of the current Supreme Court of the United States were undergraduate philosophy majors (Justice Souter and Justice Breyer)
The Association of American Law Schools says the following: "What the law schools seek in their entering students is not accomplishment in mere memorization but accomplishment in understanding, the capacity to think for themselves, and the ability to express their thoughts with clarity and force." Those who aspire to a career in law need to develop "perception and skill" in the use of language as well as sensitivity to its "fluidity" and "deceptiveness." They also need to "develop insight into, rather than merely information about, the institutions and values with which human beings are concerned." Among other things, potential law students need to have a grasp of the nature of human beings,..... internal and external limitations upon the development of understanding and reason,.... the function of value choices in planning,.... (and the) cultural heritage of Western Societies, including philosophy and ethics."
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The Management Myth. If you want to succeed in business, don't get an M.B.A. Study philosophy instead!
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Philosophy and Jobs
Students enjoy Philosophy courses and Enjoy Career Success after University
American Philosophical Association Statement on the Major
Provides a description of Philosophy and Career Opportunities for Philosophy Students
3. What kinds of programs are offered by Rowan's Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies?
The department offers an interdisciplinary 36 hour major in Philosophy and Religion Studies, a 21 hour minor in Philosophy, a 21 hour minor in Philosophy and Religion Studies, an 18 hour concentration in Philosophy and Religion Studies, and an 18 hour concentration in Ethics. Our majors specialize in either Philosophy or Religion Studies, but take some courses from both disciplines. A portfolio requirement and a service learning component contribute to an integrated and well-rounded education. Visit the department website for a complete description of our courses and programs.
Overview of Philosophy and Religion Studies programs
4. Is it possible to combine a degree in Philosophy and Religion Studies with another major?
Our major combines well as a double major with many other disciplines from all the colleges on campus.
5. What are the requirements for admission into Philosophy and Religion Studies?
The requirements are the same as those for admission to the university.
6. What kind of learning opportunities are available, both on and off campus?
Philosophy/Religion Faculty and Course Offerings
See this department's Faculty page on this website and the Program Guides for Philosophy and Religion Majors
Former Rowan Students who completed Major or Minor in Philosophy and Religion Studies.
Our students have pursued careers in:
Famous Philosophy Students
The following is a list of some famous philosophy students. You will see that philosophers are prepared for a wide variety of future careers: law, politics, journalism, government, entertainment, business, religious positions, economics and the arts.
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The academic study of religion explores both the components common to many of the world's religions and the unique aspects of individual religions. Religion includes spiritual experiences, intellectual or doctrinal contents of beliefs, narratives, story-telling, myth, written scriptures or texts, development of historical tradition, social organizations, symbols, rites and rituals.
In the mid-twentieth century, scholars could describe much of American religion under the title Protestant, Catholic, Jew. Today the American landscape includes much more: the mosque in Philadelphia, or in the cornfield south of Toledo, Ohio; the Hindu Temple in the north of Boston, or in southern New Jersey; the Buddhist temple in Los Angeles, in Atlanta, in Colorado, or in Decorah, Iowa. The United States today is the world's most religiously diverse nation. Understanding the world's religions today is essential for living peacefully with our next-door neighbors as well as conducting business and diplomacy around the world. Globally and nation-wide religions continue to play pivotal roles in the areas of arts, politics, ethics, economy, education and healing.
The Department of Philosophy and Religion offers an exciting program of religion studies, including courses in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, and other non-western religions. Course in the program expose students to philosophical, historical, sociological, and textual approaches to the study of religion. Selected topics courses are offered from time to time on such topics as religion and the state, religion and violence, and religious ethics.
8. Will Religion Prepare Me For Professional School?
Law and medical schools have always considered a broad liberal arts education the best preparation for professional study. The study of religion gives that breadth, with its insights into psychology, anthropology, philosophy, history, sociology, political science, media and journalism. Introduction to Religion, Religions of the World, Religion in America, and other religion courses offer a more general foundation for the study of religion, which benefits various professions, but is not offered by various professional schools themselves.
A major or minor in religion studies is not required for admission to a Jewish or Christian seminary, where one prepares for professional ministry. However, religion courses at the undergraduate level can help students decide if this is the field for them.
Students who have either a major or minor in religion studies have gone on to do graduate study at a number of leading Ph.D. programs in religion studies, or seminaries and other graduate programs.
9. Will Religion Prepare Me For a Career In Business?
Business leaders deal with religious issues every day. Can a food product carry the "kosher" label? What religious holidays do employees need? How should the business handle orthodox Jewish, Muslim and Sikh male employees with full beards? How will the new employee uniforms look on Muslim women wearing the veil and Jewish men with yarmulkes? Will everyone at the company picnic eat pork barbecue? The questions are endless.
The study of religion can alert one to a wide range of business issues as well as give insight into a vast array of sensitive issues in employee relations, cultural differences, international politics, and ethical problems. Many misunderstandings and conflicts can be avoided by those who take religious differences into account in their business dealings.
Those considering careers in such fields as international relations, politics, human resources, psychology, medicine, law, engineering, and international business would do well to choose courses in religion, a minor in philosophy and religion studies, or a double major with Philosophy and Religion Studies.
10. What Do Religion Studies Entail?
The academic study of religion explores both the various facets common to many of the world's religions and the particular aspects of individual religions. Many of us in this country grow up with a very limited experience of religion. Unless we live in a major urban area, virtually all of our neighbors are Christian or Jewish. As we become part of a global economy and information network, we become aware of differences and similarities in religious outlook between those religions we are familiar with and the religions of Asia, Africa, South America, and the Middle East. The Department of Philosophy and Religion offers courses not only in the Christian and Jewish traditions but also in world religions or non-western religions. A minor in philosophy and religion studies is especially helpful to those planning to pursue careers as religious leaders, serving as pastors, teachers, rabbis, chaplains, counselors or as workers for social organizations. In addition, a religion major or minor demonstrates to prospective employers that an applicant has a broad understanding of different cultures and thus will be able to function with more ease in the global marketplace.
*This document has consulted a similar one in the website of the Philosophy and Religion Department at Clemson University.


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The BWF has announced a research grants programme for individuals or institutions who wish to apply to the BWF for funding to assist them to complete Sports Science applied research projects in badminton.
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To contribute towards the increased knowledge of performance and safety at the international level – of coaches and players.
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I was diagnosed and treated for genital warts, but they came back. What should I do?
About a year and a half ago I noticed something on my penis. I thought nothing of it and it went away by itself. About 18 months later, something appeared again so I went to the sexual health clinic, where they diagnosed several flat warts. I was given ointment to treat the warts and that seemed to help. But then a flat wart came back ⎼ much bigger, 0.5 cm diameter ⎼ and another has become a raised wart, about 0.3 cm diameter. I treated them again with the ointment and they seemed to be going way again...but almost overnight, they have come back. T he raised wart raised and the flat wart is looking pink and healthy. Can you help? Is there another ointment I can get? I do not want to go to the sexual health clinic again if possible.
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I recently noticed white, raised and pointy growths in my lower labia and anus area that hurt to touch. (I think my mom and sister had these when they were my age...are they hereditary?) They look like whiteheads. I checked online to see if my symptoms looked like an STD and genital warts are my best guess...but they're not gray or pinkish, and they're not cauliflower-shaped. My boyfriend doesn't have any symptoms at all, but we're a little worried. Do you know what these could be?
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I've been with my husband for four years and he just discovered three small bumps on the shaft of his penis up in his hairline. We're both very faithful and I'm scared this could be genital warts. They're very small and brownish colored and they don't look like cauliflower or anything...but they do look like small warts. My husband has skin-colored bumps on his penis that are perfectly normal...they look like goose bumps. What could this be?
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To be honest, this is extremely irritating. The internet is destroying the experience of listening to the CD for the first time without knowing what to expect. I hate that.
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There's a glimmer of hope over the future of Twinkies.
After forcefully declaring Friday that the company will be liquidated as a result of a bakers union strike, Hostess Brands reversed itself and has agreed to federal mediation starting Tuesday.
The decision came Monday afternoon just as Hostess went to bankruptcy court to change its filing from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 liquidation. Even if agreement isn't reached through mediation, Twinkies, Ho-Hos and Ding Dongs may well survive, though.
Other food companies are already expressing interest in buying the brands from Hostess.
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"We don't find out they're gay until the end of the movie." So in what way is it a GAY action flick?
So gay actors aren't good enough to play gay characters, Mr. Daniels? This is seriously getting to be some real bullsh!t.
Anthony Mackie may be your best bet, It's career suicide for most black male actors to play a gay character
unless it's something derogatory and mocking some gay stereotype. Lee Daniels has his work cut out for him, I wonder if Hollywood will swallow this unthinkable idea.
I was thinking Anthony Mackie, before I saw him listed. He's the only credible actor out of the bunch that wouldn't give a shit as long as it was a good script.
I doubt Edris Elba would even consider it. But more generally, a black British actor would be more up for the challenge and less intimidated.
@Nyruinz: I don't think he'd be interested. After that whole Andrew Garfield suggestion of casting Michael as Spider-man's gay lover didn't go over so well, he doesn't seem like a willing candidate for a gay character.
Why not just make a gay superhero movie starring Idris Elba, Anthony Mackie, Shemar Moore, Michael B. Jordan, The Rock, LL, and a bunch of other hot brothers and call it a day?
Lee Daniels is wack.
"We don't find out they're gay until the end of the movie."
So there's going to be little to no gay content?
So it's going to be another typical Hollywood action movie with a slight shout out to the gays at the end?
A straight superhero story with a little gay at the end?
I wish they'd pick actors who are actually gay for these movies. There are so many gay actors in Hollywood who never get movies because the industry won't risk offending their sacred international markets. They have to go on TV because the US is *kinda* accepting. We have Chris Colfer, Neil Patrick Harris, Zachary Quinto, Jonathon Groff, Andrew Rannells to name a few and they're all fantastic but they're all on TV almost exclusively. Quinto was on Star Trek but in a straight role and he only came out before the second movie.
Sure, there are a few closet cases or alleged closet cases too but they do an impeccable job of covering it up. I even heard Leo Dicaprio is basically a one-man modelling agency of beards…if it's true (who knows if it is) then you would understand why someone of his caliber might stay in the closet to continue doing what he loves.
Listen people….we are talking Alex Pettyfer….ONLY Shemar Moore can stand up to that casting at least in the looks department. Let's be realistic too. Anthony Mackie wouldn't be believable against Pettyfer. Idris Elba and L L Cool J aren't going to take this role because "brothers don't do the gay thing in Hollywood." For Dwayne Johnson, I think this might be too close to home so he's going to turn it down beside the fact that he is stiff on screen no pun intended. To get the gay crowd out, and that will be essential to profitability, the casting will have to be believable and you know how lookscentric we are. I too am dismayed about the superheroes being revealed as gay at the end of the movie. That kinda sucks. And for goodness sakes please don't go to the "go to Black gay" Darryl Stephens however Jensen Atwood might make things interesting. Hmmm Alex Pettyfer and Jensen Atwood….yeah I'd go for that.
@fredo777: well I stand corrected on that point but I stand by that he isn't fine enough to play against pettyfer…..Jensen Atwood or Shemar Moore…hell if America were ready you could drop Pettyfer with those two. :-)
@MK Ultra: My point exactly. Business as usual.
@fredo777: Pls link me to these supportive comments? And what film did he play gay?
@Niall: the movie was "Be cool." As for the support? This kinda fits: http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/the-rock-urges-gay-stars-to-come-out


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Antonio Daniels is debating between Portland and LA Lakers.
Donyell Marshall will be a Cavalier.
Marco Jaric is looking to be a Cav aswell.
Samuel Dalembert is in talks with Atlanta.
and i think the trade and player we will get next is Antoine Walker...now if Browns are coach next season who knows who hell want us to target. but i think thats our next addition...we dont have much to offer but Boston might take Mo Taylor for a big backup PF which they need but i dont know why theyd take an expiring contract as in Penny or Tim..who knows though anything can happen


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Oh this could be another long season for you mate if the eyeing up has been turned the other way round !!!! Have faith in your squad , you'll be sweet ... Matty ? No idea I've never heard of him .
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NBC's Richard Engel reports on the tense situation in Syria where an American reporter and French photojournalist were recently killed.
U.S. Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich lent their support to the idea of arming the Syrian opposition in its fight to topple President Bashar Assad, as a group of more than 70 countries prepared to discuss the crisis.
Romney and Gingrich, speaking in Wednesday night's GOP presidential candidate debate, both advocated helping the rebels to defend themselves.
On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton heads to Tunisia for a meeting of the Friends of Syria group of countries to look at ways to assist Assad's opponents, which now include hundreds of defected military officers and soldiers.
Assad's tanks move in to Syria rebel stronghold
The Times newspaper in the U.K., which operates behind a paywall, said the group would discuss a plan to set up a humanitarian zone along Syria's border with Turkey to protect protesters and also consider proposals to create aid corridors and send protected medical convoys into Syria to treat the wounded.
Marie Colvin, an American-born war reporter for The Sunday Times newspaper in the U.K. and a French photographer, Remi Ochlik, have been killed in Syria. ITN's Tim Ewart has a clip from one of Colvin's last reports.
The Times said the group's priority was to persuade Assad's regime to agree to a two-hour cease-fire every day in the city of Homs.
On Wednesday, Syrian government forces killed more than 80 people in assaults on villages and an artillery barrage on the restive city of Homs, including two Western journalists, American reporter Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik.
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Syrian activists said at least two other Western journalists — French reporter Edith Bouvier of Le Figaro and British photographer Paul Conroy of the Sunday Times — were wounded in Wednesday's shelling.
Amateur video posted online showed Bouvier and Conroy in a makeshift clinic.
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Bouvier had her left leg tied from the thigh down in a cast. A doctor in the video explained that she needed emergency medical care. Conroy appeared in the video and the doctors said he had deep gashes in his left leg.
A statement by Syria's Information Minister Adnan Mahmoud said there was "no information" about Colvin, Ochlik and other foreign journalists in Syria who entered without official permission, the state-run news agency SANA reported.
NBC's Richard Engel answers reader questions about Syria
It warned all foreign journalists to come forward to "regularize their status."
Speaking at a CNN debate in Mesa, Arizona, Romney said the United States needed to team up with allies to help the rebels.
American, French journalists killed in Syria
"We need to work with Saudi Arabia and with Turkey to say, 'You guys provide the kind of weaponry that's needed to help the rebels inside Syria,'" the former Massachusetts governor said.
The Republican seen most likely to face President Barack Obama in November's presidential election, Romney said such support was needed to turn Syria away from Iran at a critical time when Tehran was possibly trying to develop nuclear weapons.
Activists: Scores killed as Syria targets civilians
"If we can turn Syria and Lebanon away from Iran, we finally have the capacity to get Iran to pull back," Romney said. He added that the United States should make it clear that military action would be taken if Iran pursued nuclear weapons.
Gingrich slams Obama
Speaking at the debate, Gingrich said that U.S. allies — which he did not name — were covertly helping destroy the Assad regime, and that there were weapons available in the region to arm the opposition.
"There are plenty of Arab-speaking groups that would be quite happy. There are lots of weapons available in the Middle East," he said, taking a swipe at the Obama administration's policy on Syria.
"This is an administration which, as long as you're America's enemy, you're safe. You know, the only people you've got to worry about is if you're an American ally."
More from msnbc.com and NBC News:
- Preparing for the unthinkable (terror) at the London Olympics
- NBC's Richard Engel answers reader questions about Syria
- Former 'Amazing Race' producer found dead in Uganda
- Early-morning attacks across Baghdad kill dozens
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.


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Blind-Spot Mapping, Cortical Function, and Chiropractic Manipulation
Steven Novella recently wrote about so-called "chiropractic neurology" and its most outspoken proponent, Ted Carrick. In 2005 I published an article in The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine (Vol 9, No 1, p. 11-15) entitled "Blind-Spot Mapping, Cortical Function, and Chiropractic Manipulation." It was an analysis of a study Carrick had published.
Carrick read a shorter, popularized version of my critique in Skeptical Inquirer and responded with a diatribe that was inaccurate, distorted what I had said, and accused me of fraud, deception, and mis-representation. He failed to offer a credible rebuttal of my specific criticisms; and, in my opinion, showed that he failed to understand some of my points. He referred to me as "Ms. Hall" and suggested that I was psychotic. He characterized my e-mail correspondence with him as "bizarre, rude, and offensive." It was none of those, and I have copies of the e-mails to prove it. Carrick says he "forwarded it to the legal council for the American Chiropractic Association for review." Now that strikes me as bizarre.
I am re-publishing the entire text of my article here as an instructive example of what passes for science in the chiropractic neurology community. Readers can judge for themselves whether my critique amounts to fraud and whether I am showing signs of psychosis, whether Carrick is a good scientist and whether his reply to my critique was appropriate. (more…)


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City soon to own four tax-sale lotsBy Gordon Dritschilo
Staff Writer | October 19,2013The citys share of the northwest neighborhood may soon increase fourfold.
The city acquired four houses in the neighborhood at tax sale last year, and the redemption period ends Nov. 13.
Unless an owner or lienholder comes through with the full amount owed on the properties by then, the city will own the properties at 93 Crescent St., 140 Grove St., 142-144 Grove St. and 17-19 Meadow St. joining 37 Pine St. from a previous tax sale.
The four houses, three of them clustered together on the corner of Grove and Crescent, are all owned by David Clayson. City Treasurer Wendy Wilton said they attracted no bids when they went to tax sale last year, though there were bids on other properties that went up for sale at the same time.
Maybe its because they were old multi-families I dont know, Wilton said. I cant tell you why people didnt show up.
Wilton said she has had numerous inquiries regarding the citys upcoming tax sales.
I think the markets a little different, too, she said. I have a sense theres going to be more interest this year. Mortgage rates are still low. Ive seen some property move on the regular market that had been there for a while. Maybe were turning a corner.
Mayor Christopher Louras said the city is still pondering the fate of 37 Pine St., which it acquired at a tax sale in 2011.
Louras said there are three options. The first is to use it to fulfill a condition in a grant the city police are seeking as part of Project VISION. The $1 million grant would help target police activities and require the city to maintain a facility in the target area for outreach workers, a public safety presence, and a social services presence.
Louras said the city is waiting to see if it gets the grant and whether the house would serve the grants purpose.
The second option is to raze the house.
Knock it down, Louras said. Demolish it. Turn it into green space and create a more open environment between adjacent houses.
The third would be to use it as a pilot project targeting affordable home ownership, selling it as well below market rate, with a deed covenant requiring it remain as an owner-occupied property.
Not on the table, Louras said, is continuing to rent it out. The city is in the process of evicting the last remaining tenant.
Its a no-cause eviction, Louras said. Its because the city has determined we want to go in a different direction. The city of Rutland is not in the business of being a landlord.
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Here's your positive post, Nation.
It's the bottom of the sixth inning, and the Phillies are tied 2-2 in the fifth game of the World Series with a 3-1 lead. They're at home, the weather is fair, and the crowd will be pumped.
Seriously, it's in the bag.
Monday night should've been the wild party throughout the Delaware Valley we've waited 25 years to throw. The weather derailed that party for a short time, but here we are, pretty much in the same place we started, but in fact, in better shape.
The Phillies bring forth the best bullpen in Major League Baseball, from bell to bell. They have three more outs to play with than the Rays. The top of the order will get two turns, while the Rays could only see one with their big bats. Factor in the home crowd and already strong lead in the series, and guys, we're looking very, very good.
This is the night: October 29, 2008. I've seen this team do its job all season long. They've come out, focused, determined, steadfast. And they've won. Now they have 3.5 innings to play. Trust me on this one: The focus is there, this team is ready, and I swear, the Phillies are winning the world championship tonight.
It's in the damn bag.
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I hope your right Tim, I want this new era of good feelings philly style to begin! i will paint my body red and streak through philly if they can accomplish there task!
way to jinx the team
Screw all of that Jinx talk!! Your right Tim!! Let's send this team home, they are spent!! This is our year!! Our time!!
Yeeeeaaaa!! Letttsss Gooooooo Philllllllllsssss!!
This city is going to erupt!
Lets go phillies lets go. Not be off subject but I work here at down town willimington in the Dupont (hotel) building (where the rays are staying) and we a crowd of about 30 standing on the cornor getting cars to honk there horns for The Phillies. These people are going nuts. I am on the fth floor, on the other end of the street and I can hear them clear as day!!! I love Phillies Phans!!!!! LETS GO PHILIES LETS GO!!!
I guess you can't win either way. You got blasted for the negative nancy post this morning and now you're being called a jinx for the positive post. For me, I'm totally on board the positive train now. All points made are totally valid and the phils celebrate tonight!!
whoo!! i get two games for the price of one!! if anyone has standing room, i'll be in 306, i can text you if there are any empty seats nearby!
Tim, Thats what I'm talking about….Lets do this Sh*t
Oh, right. Jynx. Because what Tim writes on a blog can affect the outcome of the game. C'mon!
Jynxes exist in clubhouses, because the wrong thing said at the wrong time can bore into a player's subconscious and affect what he does on the field. Blogs can't affect games; no matter how much we might joke about being in the right chair and drinking the right beer, we all know it's true.
The Phils are the better team; four and a half games have proven that. If it weren't for the spinelessness of Selig and his Sneakybastard® approach to running MLB they'd probably be starting the top of the sixth up a run. They're the better team, and while things have been mishandled, all of our complaints don't really amount to a credible argument that anyone is trying to stack the deck against us. The better team is going to win this thing – probably tonight.
3 innings, not 3.5. We won't need the bottom of the ninth.
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the phillies will definitely win the world series tonight, but it sucks that it's going to be low-budget and less dramatic. i hate it.
wait wait wait, you just said 'i hate it' referring to the phillies winning the fall classic! i see your point on the other stuff but… WHO GIVES A DUECE??? THE PHILS MIGHT WIN THE WORLD SERIES TONIGHT!!!! be happy! less dramatic to who? fox? baseball fans? PHILADELPHIANS??? come on mikey! you're a phan! phils can win it no need think anything about that 'sucks'!
Mike, it won't be less dramatic. The anticipation is building…
it sucks because i was with 20 friends at a great local bar (bishops collar) on monday night. one friend randomly flew in from texas monday morning, and several others drove over an hour just to get there. it was all set up, it was perfect. now… it's not perfect. it's damaged goods. it's a world series, and it's great and it's going to be amazing soaking this up for the next 365 days, but for me, it's more important experiencing this moment with great friends and family, and i cannot re-create the atmosphere of monday night. that's why i hate it.
Holy Sh** This is way too positive… I'll just be cautiously optimistic for now!! BUT THE PHILS BETTER WIN THIS THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel the Phillies will score 4 runs tonight. Use Madson, J.C., & Lidge and win the game 6-2. All 4 runs come in the bottom of the 6th.
Manny, you're ususally the very positive one on here…..What's going on?
The Phillies WILL win tonight because… A win tonight is the only possible way that I will be able to see the victory parade!
Wedding on Saturday, leave for Acapulco on Monday morning…
So a win tonight would have me celebrating on Friday!!!
Geoff Jenkins leadoff double, Rollins with a sac, Jayson Werth line drive right back up the middle puts the Phillies up 3-2.. and that's all she wrote!!!
Great post! I've waited so long for this moment – I can't contain myself or even get a full sentence out when speaking of it. Our year, our day has finally come.
hey, did Phil change his name to Amen!!?
lets take this thing tonight, i cannot think of a better friday than halloween with a WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PARADE, walking around broad street with a heineken personal keg in a back pack. LETS GO PHILS
Go Phils! How about a nice 5 spot in the 6th, and then crusie to the finish!
I hpe it's in the damn bag. Because of that bumbling fool, the one that first destroyed a franchise(the brewers), and now is destroying MLB, I am going to lose my job. I have to work tonight, and it's a no-brainer. i have to be at the game. However, i am on attendence probation already because of the playoffs, and now, I will get fired. And my wife is so mad, she might divorce me. But honestly, none of that matters as long as I am drinking champagne on Broad Street tonight. It's in the Damn bag? It's in the Damn bag!!!!
Chuck: I'm very positive, but you know, the fact that this might be IT, just scares the sh*t out of me!!! I won't say "it's in the bag" until it's really 100% in the bag, final out is recorded even if we're winning 100-2.
But man I'm pumped as hell!! GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!
Buster Olney's calling Jenkins vs Balfour then the Rays going to Miller before a pitch has been thrown. He re-iterates though Maddon will try to keep Balfour in the game with Werth due up having lead the majors in homers of LHP.
Jason, thank god I'm not married yet and will only have to skip English to get to Chickie and Pete's. GOOOOOOOOOOOO PHILSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
wow jason b… nothing but admiration from me brotha
This is where the phils bullpen and the NL rules come to favor us. Maddon will lose balfour then burn howell or miller on the 2 lefties and then bring in probably bradford to face werth…then need another lefty for utley and howard. It will be huge if we can get utley and howard to the plate in the 6th with the pitcher spot for the rays batting 4th in the 7th. Maddon would be crazy not to pinch hit for the pitcher and then he burns another pitcher, that is possibly 4 pithcers burned in 1 inning.
Jason you'll probably see your boss out celebrating as well
Is it still raining in Philadelphia??
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I live in phlorida, gainesville to be exact. I have tickets to game 6 in tampa, and I pray that I dont get to use them. I would like to see another game, yes but i would much rather see the phillies win at home, where they belong and where I know the people deserve it.
Listen, for everyone saying tonight won't be perfect and Monday night was. It wasn't our night. When I left McDoodle's on Monday night I was in a good mood, ready to come back when the game resumed. The next day, I couldn't help but feel like Bud Selig really screwed us. Then it snowed. A lot all day here in Bucks. And I was pissed. Today I woke up dreaming of a championship – nothing specific – but that we would be champions before the day was over. Did I loose so of the momentum I had Monday? Defineitely. But then I thought, what happened Monday was kind of a blessing. Sure it made our 28 year wait 2 days longer, but hey God gave us an extra night of rest so we are fully ready for this party tonight – 28 years and 2 days in the making.
I never told anyone about this but the night before Monday's game I had dream. It was a Phillies game, Hamels on the mound… and it was extremely loud and something BIG happened in the middle of the game. I can't tell what it was but I felt really excited and happy.
After so much BS, I figured the BIG thing was the rain. The happy feeling is due up next.
MP technically it is 28 years and 7 days
Jason B, I hear ya, my husband has just about had it, if this isn't over soon, I too may be looking for a spare couch.
Can anyone explain to me why they feel the integrity of this game is lost? If this was a 2hr rain delay, would it be different? So it is a continuation of the other day, big deal. At first i was mad about the suspension but then I thought about it more and realized that THIS is when it was supposed to happen. I dont blame Bud Selig for anything. The game wouldve been suspended regardless of when he chose to. It is mother nature's way of saying we have to wait a little bit longer. We waited this long, what's a few more days right? WHO'S WITH ME??
Yep, same here. Monday night and most of yesterday I was livid, but then I started thinking about this whole season and how it was up and down, never easy. Why should the post season be any different? This team has been through a lot together, and I just don't see this delay doing anything but making them stronger.
All i ask is that FOX do not show that stupid DIRECTV commercial AGAIN. It seems like it is on every single break. THIS IS CRAZY, THIS IS CRAZY, THIS IS CRAZY!
Then again, if they play it and it helps the Phils win, then so be it!
Haven't we learned anything? Didn't we watch the Yankees-Sox series in '04?
Go Phils.
This is not in the bag. Think humble thoughts, my babies.
Forget about all the Philadelphia-born insecurities of the past. This time its different. Tonight is their night. Theyre going to win tonight. Thats it. PERIOD. This is The Phillies' time. Right now, tonight……
New Year….
New Decade….
New Millenium….
Forgot New Century…..but you get the drift…
Mike T, you live in Fairmount? I live like 3 blocks away from the Bishop's Collar!!
Does anybody else think Georgie and Jason B. sound like a match made in heaven?
Ryan Madson will start the 7th !!!
Let's Go Phillies !!!


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April 14, 2011 —
Michael Chojnicki, left, Stephen Stuart and Dick Riseling consult a Solar Pathfinder to assess the solar qualities of the site where Sullivan County's third Habitat for Humanity (HFH) house will be built in Fallsburg.
The device revealed perfect solar radiation gain on the well-drained, mostly level property, making it ideal for the proposed photovoltaic rooftop panels and for a garden. Several diseased trees will need to be removed, along with a stand of invasive Japanese Knotweed.
The River Reporter is following the progress of Sullivan County's first HFH house being built to "Passive House" standards, which set a very specific—and very low—operating energy budget for homes or buildings constructed to those standards. For more information, see www.riverreporter.com/issues/11-03-17/feature.html [1].


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Over 70 pages of close-up photographs of animals and Maasai people taken in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, East Africa.
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Artist's Statement: Photography can be many things. To some it is a form of expression, to others a means of documentation. I use photography as a means to communicate to others my interpretation of the world around me. A picture should provoke a feeling. With each photograph I make, my final goal is to create an image that conveys what I sensed and felt and what made me want to press the shutter release to capture that fleeting moment in time or place. Shooting the picture is often only the start of the creative process. Although I generally do not add or remove anything significant from my pictures, I use many digital imaging techniques to enrich and enhance the final image to mirror my personal impressions and feelings towards the subject. Seeing and being aware of your surroundings serves as the foundation of my photography. All you have to do is look and I'm always looking. Bio: Born 1943 in Finland. Moved to Israel in 1962. Lives in Switzerland and Israel since 1987.
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Here's a link to the interview - she is "inspired by the older athletes and is considering 2010 Olympic run.
Article with video
Here's a link to the interview - she is "inspired by the older athletes and is considering 2010 Olympic run.
Article with video
Oh, wow, Michelle is such a class act. Let's hope her inspiration for Vancouver doesn't end after she leaves China and gets back to life. The media isn't going to let this one go now. I'm sure we'll be hearing more updates in the future. If anyone can make a comeback, it would be Michelle!
Thank you for the links. Always nice to see and hear from the Kween.
It was great to see her!
Whatever she decides about 2010, she has always honored the sport by her presence. That will never change.
It's a shame skating isn't more like swimming (Torres) or gymnastics (Chusovitina ... sp?)... where a 'specialist' can make a come back and succeed on a wondrous stage like the Olympics, ... while not having to be "the All around Champ"... Figure skating has only one medal ... and we see how it goes to the All Around champ... but wouldn't it be wonderful if there was for instance a "no jump" artistic event for instance (probably too difficult to imagine... and too subjective to be sustainable)... then... would allow for a Michele to return to such a stage... and that would be great for the sport ... and for the fans as well...IMO
Trust me, if Michelle comes back, it won't be "for the fun of it." If she returns, it will be with the goal of finally winning that elusive gold medal.
Now, whether she'd have any chance of that, or even of making the team, I won't venture to guess right now. But that would certainly be her intention.
She looks amazing. Very professional yet sexy. It must be so cool for her to attend the Olympics there in China, but not having the pressures of competing. I do not think she would want to go back to compete. She is busy at college and with all this great envoy work.
She tried to "return" once, and her body gave out on her.
It's not about age so much as it's about how much more your body can take.
I think she, along with other skaters are just clinging onto that sliver of hope. Still, what Torres did must be a great inspiration. But that comeback took what, 4-8 years?
IMichelle (or any other skater in her place) could well have multiple motives for any comeback. Of course she would want to win the OGM, but she might also (for example) want to wipe out the memory of her leaving Torino hurt with a strong performance at Nats, even if she can't qualify for the team. After all, in '94Kat Witt probably also wanted to win a third OGM, and I doubt that Elaine Zayak would have minded making the US Oly team, but both ladies also had other reasons for their respectvie "comebacks" that made themt satisfying, even without the medals.
I don't think she has any intention of returning to eligible competition.
As for being 'inspired'.
a) she's saying something diplomatic in her capacity as a diplomat and retired athlete.
b) sometimes when a friend has a new baby, a woman who has no serious intention of having more kids gets broody for a few days and thinks how nice a new baby would be. I wouldn't be surprised if Kwan is feeling the ex-athlete's version of that. I'm sure it will pass and she'll get back to her new life soon enough.
Michelle with her 3Tx3T by Kimmie alone with her 3Zx3T. Can you imagine what Caroline, Rachael and Mirai will score on jumps at that Nats?
Michelle will probably have a Flying Sits, and what else. A Bielman? hmmm.
Footwork? with the right choreographer, yeah, she could pull that off.
PCS: Well, great spiral, skating ability? - not by comparison to above-named, but Very lyrical and neat.
Realistically: A nice performance which we all will enjoy watching. A medal? Nah.


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MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013 – The thoughts and prayers of everyone at the City of Portland go out tonight to the survivors of the tragic tornado that struck Moore, Okla., today. Moore is a suburb of Oklahoma City.
The state medical examiner's office said late Monday that more than 50 people are confirmed dead, and the number is expected to rise during the night.
News reports said the tornado destroyed entire neighborhoods and crushed an elementary school, burying students amid the rubble.
"We offer our heart-felt prayers for everyone in Moore," Mayor Charlie Hales said tonight. "And on behalf of everyone in Portland's Police Bureau, Fire & Rescue Bureau and Emergency Communications, we offer our admiration and gratitude to the first responders there, who will struggle throughout the night to save lives."
Authorities remind people that hurrying to the site of a disaster, without first being invited to help, only complicates the rescue efforts.
There are many ways for people to make meaningful donations to help the survivors inOklahoma:
• Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Phone: 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767); for Spanish speakers, 1-800-257-7575; for TDD, 1-800-220-4095
• Catholic Charities of Oklahoma – Donate at: http://catholiccharitiesok.org
• Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief –Requesting monetary donations (It says clothing NOT needed). Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief's website.
Send checks to: BGCO, Attn: Disaster Relief, 3800 N. May Ave.,Oklahoma City, OK., 73112.
• Salvation Army – Supporters can donate online via the organization's website, SalvationArmyUSA.org. You also can text the word STORM to 80888 to make a $10 donation via cellphone.
To send a check, put the words "Oklahoma Tornado Relief" on the check, and mail to: The Salvation Army, P.O. Box 12600, Oklahoma City, OK., 73157. Phone: 1-800-SAL-ARMY (1-800-725-2769).
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United Way of Central Oklahoma's Disaster Relief Fund is open. Donations may be made online here. Checks, with a notation of "May Tornado Relief" also can be sent to theUnited Way ofCentral Oklahoma,P.O. Box 837,Oklahoma City,OK ,73101.


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• High fructose corn syrup is just sugar
• No significant differences between HFCS and other sweeteners
• Not responsible for obesity
It's just sugar.
Unfortunately, sugar made from corn, especially high fructose corn syrup, suffers from an image problem. And, even more unfortunate, hordes of folks apparently seeking ways to discredit the American agricultural industry seize on misconceptions and misinformation about the make-up, digestibility and overall health effects of corn syrup to push their cause, whatever it is.
The crusade often blames high fructose corn syrup for the epidemic of obesity in this country, discounting the role of common sense, personal responsibility and exercise. The latest such campaign I've noticed is a Facebook page—BAN HFCS.
The page includes such claims as:
Interesting observations, but these assumptions do not mesh with the facts. The amount of fructose in high fructose corn syrup is about the same as sugar and honey. Two formulations of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS 42 and HFCS 55) include respectively, 42 and 55 percent fructose. That compares with 47 percent fructose in honey and 50 percent in table sugar. Agave nectar, a natural sweetener, contains 75 percent fructose.
And not all medical and nutrition experts agree that corn sweetener behaves differently in the digestive system or has a different effect on human health than any other sweetener. For example:
The problem with offering opinions that disagree with any movement's established dogma is that folks become too entrenched in their own ideologies to consider another point of view. They preach to their own choir and the best we can do, perhaps, is offer another set of facts, supported by acknowledged experts, to prevent that body from growing too big.
It's just sugar. And like all parts of our diets, it's up to us to watch how much of it we consume. That means reading labels and adjusting recipes, meals and snacks accordingly. And it doesn't hurt to walk a few blocks once in a while either.


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It was a slow beginning to its Race to the Top. But, the Hawaii State Department of Education said it has made significant progress detailing the newly-released two-year report.
School officials acknowledged that they got off to a slow start implementing Race to the Top goals. The slow start left Hawaii on high-risk status, and a year later, we are still there. But school officials said things are getting better.
"Our Hawaii state assessment test scores went up in all of our grades in both reading and math, and we were the only state among all of those who take the nations report card to show gains in both reading and math," said assistant superintendent Stephen Schatz.
Hawaii has completed more than 90 percent of its goals in the past two years, but it still has a way to go.
"We have more reports that we wanted to have packaged for the schools, to make it easier for them to look at their data. Some of those things still need to be done," said superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi.
Shatz said, "We've struggled a bit in our great teachers and our great leaders and some of our deliverables."
President Wil Okabe of the Hawaii State Teachers Association stands behind the teachers saying, "It's unfortunate that I am the only one who is publicly acknowledging that the improvement of our fourth and eighth grade students is because of Hawaii's teachers."
Still, officials said the teacher evaluation program implemented in more than 80 schools should improve performances.
"Our evaluation system is about providing that coaching and feedback directly to teachers, so they know where they are doing well and where they could work a little harder," said Shatz.
The superintendent hopes to get out of the high-risk zone on the next federal evaluation.
The high-risk status could lead to Hawaii losing its grant money. The superintendent said she expects the evaluation to be in the spring of next year.


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Amid Data Controversy, NSA Builds Its Biggest Data Farm
As privacy advocates and security experts debate the validity of the National Security Agency's massive data gathering operations, the agency is putting the finishing touches on its biggest data farm yet.
The gargantuan $1.2 billion complex at a National Guard base 26 miles south of Salt Lake City features 1.5 million square feet of top secret space. High-performance NSA computers alone will fill up 100,000 square feet.
The Utah Data Center is a data farm that will begin harvesting emails, phone records, text messages and other electronic data in September.
"NSA's focus is on foreign intelligence and foreign intelligence that rides over the networks is what we're talking about," says Harvey Davis, the agency's director for installations and logistics.
Last summer, during a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, a reporter asked NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander, whether the Utah center "will hold the data of American citizens."
"No," Alexander responded. "While I can't go into all the details of the Utah Data Center, we don't hold data on U.S. citizens."
Still, given the revelations of last week about NSA's data practices, privacy advocates worry that the Utah Data Center provides the agency more tools for gathering and analyzing electronic data generated by American citizens.
"We don't know ... most of what the NSA is doing," says Chris Soghoian, a policy analyst with the Speech, Privacy and Technology Project at the American Civil Liberties Union.
"There is almost certainly surveillance that they would like to do and have not been able to do because they didn't have the storage or computing resources to perform the searches." Soghoian adds. "And this will give them the ability to do more searches through more innocent people's information."
The estimated power of those computing resources in Utah is so massive it requires use of a little-known unit of storage space: the zettabyte. Cisco quantifies a zettabyte as the amount of data that would fill 250 billion DVDs.
The NSA's Utah Data Center will be able to handle and process five zettabytes of data, according to William Binney, a former NSA technical director turned whistleblower. Binney's calculation is an estimate. An NSA spokeswoman says the actual data capacity of the center is classified.
"They would have plenty of space with five zettabytes to store at least something on the order of 100 years worth of the worldwide communications, phones and emails and stuff like that," Binney asserts, "and then have plenty of space left over to do any kind of parallel processing to try to break codes."
NSA does provide some measure of the computing power at its new data farm in Utah. It requires 65 megawatts of power, enough for 65,000 homes. It also has its own power substation. In fact, Davis of the NSA says, the availability and relatively low cost of power put Utah at the top of the list for the center.
That much power generates so much heat that the computers will fry without 1.5 million gallons of cooling water a day.
The NSA has another top-secret intelligence center in Utah where analysts, including former Mormon missionaries with extensive foreign language skills, translate communications intercepted by the agency.
But the new center will not need analysts.
"When [an] analyst sits in front of their computer and does their work, they don't particularly care from whence the data came," Davis says. "As long as the data finds its way into the network, people who do the analytical work do not have to be geographically in the same place."
So the Utah center will employ about 100 technicians to keep the power and water flowing and the computers and other equipment humming. The NSA and the University of Utah have developed a certificate program to train data farm technicians.
The maintenance costs of the center are pegged at $20 million a year, according to Davis.
Despite its capacity, the Utah center does not satisfy NSA's data demands. Last month, the agency broke ground on its next data farm at its headquarters at Ft. Meade, Md. But that facility will be only two-thirds the size of the mega-complex in Utah.
The controversy over electronic data collection at the National Security Agency comes as the NSA is putting the finishing touches on its biggest data collection center yet. As NPR's Howard Berkes reports, this data farm, costing more than $1 billion, sits on a National Guard base south of Salt Lake City.
HOWARD BERKES, BYLINE: The complex of buildings is finished and at 1.5 million square feet, it's five times bigger than the Ikea down the road. It's top secret so we can't get any closer than this four-lane highway. This is a location that is quintessential for Utah. Mountains rise behind this dusty, desert foothill. There's even a compound of polygamists nearby.
Inside the NSA's Utah Data Center, workers are now planting 100,000 square feet of computers and sometime in September the data harvest begins.
HARVEY DAVIS: This is just part of a big network, OK. And the data is analyzed across that network.
BERKES: Which means, as NSA installation director Harvey Davis, the place will employ about 100 technicians and no intelligence analysts.
DAVIS: When an analyst sits in front of their computer and does their work, they don't particularly care from whence the data came, OK. And as long as the data finds its way into the network, people who do the work, analytic work and data do not have to be, geographically, in the same place.
BERKES: So it's the computers that will do the work here in Utah and boy will they be busy consuming 65 megawatts of power, enough for 65,000 homes. They'll get so hot, they need a million and a half gallons of water a day to stay cool. After all, they'll be able to process enough emails, phone calls, text messages and other data to take up five zettabytes of storage. Five zettabytes would fill more than a trillion DVDs.
That's an estimate from William Binney, a former NSA technical director.
WILLIAM BINNEY: They must have plenty of space with five zettabytes to store, you know, at least something on the order of 100 years worth of the worldwide communications, phones and emails and stuff like that, and then have plenty of space left over to do any kind of parallel processing to try to break codes.
BERKES: The NSA says the Data Center capacity is classified information. The Agency's Harvey Davis would only say this about the data it gathers.
DAVIS: The NSA's focus is on foreign intelligence and foreign intelligence that ride over the networks is what we're talking about.
BERKES: Last summer, General Keith Alexander, the director of the NSA, was asked this during a speech at the American Enterprise Institute.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Will the Utah Data Center hold the data of American citizens?
GENERAL KEITH ALEXANDER: No. While I can't go into all the details of the Utah Data Center, we don't hold data on U.S. citizens.
BERKES: But given the revelations of the past week about NSA's data gathering, privacy activists are concerned about the agency's new data farm here in Utah. Chris Soghoian focuses on technology privacy at the American Civil Liberties Union.
CHRIS SOGHOIAN: We don't know everything that the NSA is doing or, in fact, most of what the NSA is doing, but there is almost certainly surveillance that they would like to do and have not been able to do because they didn't have the storage or computing resources to perform the searches. And this will give them the ability to do more searches through more innocent people's information.
BERKES: Last month, the National Security Agency broke ground for another data farm at agency headquarters at Fort Mead, Maryland. It will be two-thirds the size of the new data center here in Utah. Howard Berkes, NPR News, Salt Lake City. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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PPF Q&A: Direct lending shift 'geared' to bond market fears
The Pension Protection Fund, a £17 billion lifeboat fund that absorbs UK pension schemes orphaned by bankrupt companies, is the latest big investor to warn that banking regulations are creating a liquidity drought in the bond markets.
A recent overhaul of the PPF's investment strategy, which was announced in July, was aimed at preparing the fund for the new reality, according to chief investment officer Barry Kenneth.
Kenneth, a former senior debt banker at Morgan Stanley, spoke to Financial News about the thinking behind the fund's new approach.
On July 10, the Pension Protection Fund published a new Statement of Investment Principles document, which foreshadowed greater involvement in areas like direct lending to property and infrastructure assets. To what extent has this been driven by conditions in the bond markets?
It's very much geared towards the fact that banks are going to be less likely to warehouse risk. The impact of the Basel III banking regulations on leverage ratios can impact provision in the repo market as well. The way we have changed our asset allocation is consistent with this.
The view of the PPF is that as we move forward the provision of the liquidity is going to be less. I don't think there is any magic in this; banks have less capital to allocate to this business now. The amount of leverage they can take is less. They have to be in fewer businesses and make sure they generate higher revenues from them.
The people that are going to lose out are people like ourselves, if we don't evolve our investment strategy. So in the past year we have been changing our focus in order to position ourselves for this eventuality.
Instead of using government bonds and over-the-counter derivatives to hedge our liabilities, we will now be using physical assets that have liability-matching characteristics and enhanced returns. As we get bigger, we don't want to be an ever-bigger part of [the derivatives] market.
Earlier this month, the Danish pension fund ATP said it was altering the way it pays out pensions because its concerns over bond-market liquidity are particularly acute when it comes to longer-dated government bonds. Does this also apply to the UK gilt market, and therefore to the PPF?
The thing we have to look at is the capital that banks have to set aside for different asset classes. They have to set aside more for longer-dated government bonds. The markets where liquidity will be sucked out quicker are the riskier markets.
Most of the large buying and selling programmes that big investors have now revolve around supply. Investors trade more around risk events – some kind of surprise or change in the market [such as a big new issuance, or events like the Bank of England's inflation reports]. It used to be that you could trade many things at many sizes all the time – but now the liquidity tends to only be around these risk events. The size of tickets that banks are writing also tends to be lower.
In detail, what changes will this mean to your liability-driven investment portfolio?
With our LDI programme, our approach is always to fully protect ourselves against movements in interest rates and inflation. Thus far we have used interest rate and inflation swaps and government bonds to do this. Going forward, we have taken more money out of global sovereign bonds and put it into UK gilts.
The reason being, another thing that's changed in regulation is the new rules on the central clearing of derivatives. We want to make sure we have ample collateral. We are trying to be proactive on this. It's not a major move in terms of risk, having more gilts means that we have to hold less swaps, so we have less reliance on the banks [and have to put up less collateral].
We also use repo trades, and in future banks are going to be challenged to finance these trades. By allocating more money to gilts from sovereigns we also reduce our reliance on repo trades.
And you will also be reducing your allocation to corporate bonds?
Instead of corporate bonds, we will be accessing credit risk in different ways. We like assets with long-term stable cashflows, and preferably in sterling. Where we were in global corporate bonds, we might now go into ground rents or property debt. We recently bid on two buildings in Manchester in partnership with M&G, for example, they got one for their annuity funds, and we got the other.
The tenant is RBS – so we could have bought an RBS corporate bond, but with the property deal, the payments on the lease are fixed for the term and the yield is higher than RBS bonds.
The difference is the property is obviously less liquid. But corporate bonds in our view are going to be less liquid as well. We would rather hold assets that are known to be illiquid and get paid for it. So we are allocating 12.5% of our assets to a portfolio of less-liquid "hybrid assets" – we have a balance sheet of £23 billion, so I'd expect the size of that portfolio to be about £2.5 billion to £3 billion in three years' time.
Is this feeding through to any current allocations or fund manager procurements?
Recently, we have procured a direct lending manager in the UK, though we haven't announced the name. We are running a new emerging-market debt tender as well. At the moment we run emerging market debt against the relevant benchmark indexes. We are going to expand this opportunity set.
We want to focus on where the opportunities are. It's also linked to capital preservation. There is risk in emerging markets – if the US raises interest rates, for example, emerging markets in general tend to take a bit of a thump, given the linkages of major countries like Mexico and Brazil to the US economy. A fund manager with a capital preservation mandate, as opposed to an index-benchmarked mandate, would know that linkage and try to avoid it. That gives them more flexibility.
In the past, we have appointed a selection of investment firms to "panels" of managers who then wait to be funded. But I would rather we pick specific managers as opposed to having managers on the bench.
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The "Skyfall" singer sparkled at this year's Academy Awards in a beautiful beaded gown by Jenny Packham. Later that evening, she took home an Oscar for Best Original Song.
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Rarely opting for color, the songstress wowed at the Grammys in a red lace Valentino couture gown that was shortened just for her.
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The singer's signature "talon" nails added some edge to her prim boatneck Burberry dress at the most recent Golden Globes.
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The Tottenham-native stunned in a sheer-sleeved Burberry Prorsum dress at the 2012 BRIT Awards in London, England.
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Adele was the epitome of elegance at the 2012 Grammy Awards in a Giorgio Armani sequined gown, loose blond waves and a bold red mouth.
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At the MTV Video Music Awards in L.A., Adele complemented her midi-length Barbara Tfank LBD with a teased bouffant hairstyle.
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Adele attended the CMT Artists of the Year event wearing a vintage black and gold brocade number in Franklin, TN.
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The songstress picked up the Grammy for Best New Artist at the 51st annual ceremony in a belted A-line dress.
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The singer was spotted on the streets of London in a tie-dyed top, with an over-size bag and a low, polished bun.
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Eschewing her usual '60s bouffant for a sleek ponytail, Adele looked fresh and modern at the 2011 Echo Awards.
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Looking glamorous as always, the singer stepped out in a plaid fur-lined cape and velvet scarf with a studded bag.
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Outside David Letterman, Adele looked sweet in a flowy Louis Vuitton scarf and with her customary luscious lashes.
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Known for her retro style, the singer sported a tea-length skirt and kitten heels to VH1 Divas in 2009.
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In—you guessed it—all black, the singer looked perfectly lovely in her midnight shade of choice at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards.
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Rarely veering from head-to-toe black, the star turned heads at the Grammys in a chartreuse satin jacket.
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The star pairs a tiered black dress with a black and pink cardigan at the Mercury Music Awards in London.
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At an early Letterman appearance back in 2008, Adele chose a red beanie, cardigan and jeans.
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Adele rocked the BRIT Awards red carpet in a black and beige tunic, black jeans, and a structured coat with lace detailing.