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If you are interested in how teens are learning about money and their feelings about money, the Charles Schwab Teens & Money 2007 Survey is worth reading.
Key Points I Took Away From Reading The Survey
- Teens believe that they'll be earning an average salary of $145,500 PER YEAR! WOW! Talk about unrealistic!
- 1 in 4 teens agree that "I am young, so saving money isn't that important." Have they heard about compound interest?
- Teens assert they don't like the way it feels to owe someone money, with 88% agreeing with this statement. It does not get any better the older you get, either!
- Most teens (51%) agree that it is easier to buy things with a credit card than cash. Yes, but is it easier when you are paying it back with compound interest working AGAINST you?
- One in four (25%) say they sometimes feel guilty for being a financial burden to their parents. So sad!
- More than half (56%) are concerned about their parents'/guardians' financial well-being. With good reason!
- 89% say they want to learn how to make money grow. AWESOME!
- Only one in three teens (30%) believe that their parent/guardians are concerned with making sure that they are learning the basics of money management. This is why YOU need to teach your children! Few others are going to teach them with their best interest at heart!
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Google Hauls Its Street View Cameras Up The Mont Blanc
PieSync, The Belgium Startup That Syncs Contacts Across Cloud Apps, Raises $1.6M
For this project, Google partnered with a number of photographers, skiers, mountaineers, climbers and runners to build up this library of 360-degree imagery.
This means you get images of some of the most iconic trails around the mountain in the summer and winter, but you'll also be able to see what the Mont Blanc looks like from the perspective of an ice climber, for example.
You will also be able to take a look at the Mer de Glace glacier. Google notes that as temperatures are rising, the glacier and other parts of the mountain are quickly changing. "This Street View imagery serves as a digital record of Mont Blanc as it appears today, so future outdoor enthusiasts and scientists can look back at this time capsule to see how the mountain has changed," the company writes in today's announcement.
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I have 960 miles on my MY 2005 WRX. I've heard many philosophies on oil chanes. Some of these include (I've eliminated those not physically possible at this point, such as semi-synth at 300 miles)
Semi-synth from 1000/1500 - 3000, full-synth 3000 and on every 3000-5000 miles.
Full-synth at 1000 (may end up being 1500 or so for me), another change at 3K and then-on.
Full-synth at 3000 (keep factory in for a full 3K), then every 3K from then on.
I've searched many threads and I just can't come up with a clear, definitive answer. Knowing my luck there isn't one, but I want the safest bet. I'm pretty sure I know the parts I need, I'll check that later, I'd just like to know the consensus on this issue.
I e-mailed SOA just now. The service manual speaks only of a 3K first oil change, but I've heard differing opinions on this. The dealer, of course, told me 3K as well. I think I may just wait until 3K to complete the break-in process per factory instructions but maybe that's just my laziness talking.


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I I'm going through the same thing. Overnight my hair went from fantastic to terrible and I haven't been able to get back. I know the date - 6/26.It was great for my daughter's graduation, then became a mess. Today I was thinking I was glad it was back in pre-cg shape. My ends have been especially bad - hard and splaying out from each other. My hair has felt like I can't get it moisturized no matter what I do. I definitely feel like I'm starting over.
Since I found that the PT worked for me, I've been upping the protein. I think this weekend I'll clarify again, then do an hour PT followed by an hour DT. I plan to use a protein rich leave in every wash. I added some Npf to my leave-in the last couple of washes and it was better. I've switched to Renpure (red) as my daily conditioner and I've also tried Darcy Botanicals pumpkin. I ordered two Nature's Gate high protein conditioners from iherb and they should be here tomorrow.
I don't know if this was a product reaction, but if so, it could have been the DevaCare no poo or TN moisture as a leave-in. I won't be using either of those again.
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TAMPA - There is a method in the madness of the Bulls' marathon schedule this weekend.
The No. 37 USF women's tennis team plays a doubleheader of sorts Friday at home against Virginia Commonwealth (10 a.m.) and UNC-Wilmington (3 p.m.) before playing two more Sunday at the USF Varsity Courts against Georgia State (10 a.m.) and Marquette (3 p.m.).
That's a lot of tennis in a very short period of time, but it's all for a reason as USF head coach Agustin Moreno will tell you.
"It's all looking forward to the Big East," he said. "The weather is going to get hotter than it is right now and this is going to be the perfect training for the Big East, competing where it counts. We're going to have good teams and I think it's a great challenge."
The Bulls have won their past five matches and haven't seen action against an opponent since a 7-0 win over the University of Denver on March 21 in Tampa. The long period between matches also was for a very good reason. Moreno said the team stepped out of its routine grind of facing foes and got into a beneficial training period.
"It's kind of a like a preseason during the season. We had some time to really work out for the end of the season," he said. "Sometimes when you have so many matches together you don't have a time when you can practice. We did weights, running, sprints and a lot of tennis. We had a complete practice throughout just about every day of the week."
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The impressive collection Legal Resources Centre is auctioning on bidorbuy.co.za includes about fifty works of art and autographed books, making this auction an important event in South African arts and culture. The artists include William Kentridge, Thea Soggot, Isabel Thompson, Rudolph Tshie, Bongi Bhengu, and many more. Among the authors are such well-known names as Nelson Mandela and Nadine Gordimer
From 1st to 9th August 2008, bidorbuy, South Africa's online marketplace, is hosting a fund-raising auction organised by the Legal Resources Centre.
"The art and autographed books auctioned are of such high quality that they deserve a place of pride in any collection," says bidorbuy director Andy Higgins. He points out that among about fifty items on auction are works by William Kentridge and Thea Soggot, while the autographed books include such renowned names as Nelson Mandela and Nadine Gordimer.
"We at bidorbuy are proud to be part of this major event in South African arts and culture", says Higgins. Other sponsors and contributors include Goethe Institute, Development Bank of Southern Africa, David Lewis Browne Framing, Random House, Knysna Art Gallery, Contemporary Event Consultants, Art Angle, David Krut Projects, The Framing Company, and Art Space.
bidorbuy's director emphasises that South African art is very well received overseas, often reaching much higher prices on international markets than locally. "Whether a buyer decides to acquire a work by an established or by an up-and-coming South African artist on this auction, he or she can be fairly assured that the value of the work will appreciate in time", he says. "As for the copies of the books signed by our national icon, Nelson Mandela, or by our Nobel Prize laureate for literature, Nadine Gordimer, no one can dispute their historical and investment worth".
The most expensive work on offer is the piece entitled called "Wittgenstein's Rhinoceros" by William Kentridge, valued at about R100,000. The catalogue entry states that the work is an early exchange about philosophy of mathematics. It refers to a famous encounter between Wittgenstein and Russell, where the former refused to admit that there was no rhino in the room.
There is also Thea Soggot's monumental painting "Standing Figure", executed in Magalies earth and pastel, for which the bidding starts at R40,000. Other painters, sculptors and photographers featured in the LRC bidorbuy auction are Bettie Celliers-Barnard, Zapiro, Isabel Thompson, David Koloane, Rudolph Tshie, Gwenneth Miller, Norman Catherine, Bongi Bhengu, Collen Maswanganyi, and many more.
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Discussion in 'March 2008' started by Dlev59, Mar 12, 2008.
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I can't make it for chat tonight, so I hope y'all can survive. ;) Go Pistons!
Looks like you completely missed the boat on this one... Just like all of your Lions predictions.
Nice win for the good guys. The Pistons are now 47-0 when the score more points than their opponent.
WHEW!! Touch and go there. Thought for sure we would blow this the way we'd been playing. Got a good idea how Flip will rotate now.
Pistons now 8-0 for in the last 3 weeks on games not played on Wednesdays
too many minutes for the starters and too few minutes for AJ and AA.
lol AT NBA TV for teasing theol...LOL..."where u been the last 7 years?''Lol......"We almost didnt recognize U'...Theo said, "Yall aint talked to me since 2001" ....Very cool to see. Way to go, Theo!
So True Q. He was so pumped he could hardly contain himself.
Yep you saw his playoff roster tonight with Theo and Dixon stealing AJ and Alfs minutes. In fact max only got five mins himself. But we did get 20 points and 13 boards off the bench Meanwhile CB plays 37 mins and the rest of the starters do 38 plus. Rip starts off shooting everything to get Mccosky off his back and then redeems himself. Let's hope this continues for the next 15 weeks!!!
Yeah he said this my first time talking on TV in awhile and he didn't want get off. They asked him what he was doing the last 7 years?....well he has six kids, so guess he was gettin busy
I'm such a sucker. I convinced my bf it would be really fun if we stayed in and watched the game. I don't know why i torture myself. We won. Great. Flip never learns. Juan Dixon got into the game, and again started a run for the other team. Who knew in just 4 min you could impact the game that much? What Afflalo did to Flip i'll never know. Amir did not play. Welcome to the Playoffs. I miss the Stuck/Amir pick -n- roll. Stuckey is so much more effective out there with Amir. We almost lost this because of fatigue. It was won on talent, and would have been a loss had Bowen played. Almost 4th quarter collapse. Outscored 25 to 19 or so. All the pretty jumpshots . . . Sheed's mobility is still very off. I'm sorry but this is not a good sign of what's to come in the post-season. If AA/Amir don't play at all, and we are looking at the starters min maxing out, we're screwed. Positive is Rip played better, but it's tempered by the fact he was being guarded by a shorter guard and not Bowen. Sheed was great defensively. Not his fault he had to keep covering for Parker blowing past our guards. Great game by Prince. Dyess was better in the 2nd half. I'm not sure though if Dyess looks better or if he looks better compared to Theo. This win justifies Flip DNP'ing Amir in his mind. It's a little disheartening. I was under the impression Theo was here for insurance not to take minutes away from our 2 young bigs. Flip even said as such. We really need quickness defensively, and it's not like we lack it. We just don't play it. Also Nice job by Pop on rotations and making sure there was usually a fresh body in the game (hint)
Flip sucks. It's beyond me how Afflalo and Amir didn't get any minutes. Not sure Aff coulda slowed down Parker but, hell, at least let him try. And Amir is a good option when our offense goes cold, which it did in the last quarter. Terrible, terrible coaching job by Flip tonight. He has the imagination of a rock and the creative juices of a stone. He does not know how to use his human resources. Not even a little.
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He had success with AI, but who knows. I kept looking at all those O rebounds and thinking Amir would finish that over and over again. The rebounds were nice, but Amir brings that plus more. I like Theo but he's not exactly the most mobile energetic big, and when you put him in a trio with Dyess/Sheed; our rotation is old and flawed. The whole point was to get younger this season, and for the playoffs have hungry fresh players off the bench ala Daniel Gibson, but the difference is in that series if Flip coached the Cavs Gibson would've been a DNP. Getting Theo/Dixon seems like a mistake at this point. We were a better team with Primoz/Murray on the bench.
Popovich clearly outcoached FlipS once again. Only thing that kept us alive was that outstanding effort on the offensive glass. No way the Pistons would have won without that. Again, no AJ and no Afflalo. Ratliff is nice, but it's sad it seems as if he has taken AJ's spot. It's even more sad that it seems as if Dixon (freakin' Dixon!!!) has taken AA's spot. I like Dyess defensive rebounding and that 6 point run he had, but still, I think Maxiell and AJ can equally as good as him. Not to mention that he's going to be worn out come playoff time. Sheed's D was great once again, but he also took too many 3's. I don't get it- his post game was good today, so why not working more inside?
I hate to be a downer, but...I agree. It's not that I think Theo/Dixon suck or anything, they just don't bring what we need. Energy. Hustle. Speed. Quickness. Crisper Rotations. All the "Young Player Development" this season went out the window the minute those 2 vets came in. Seriously, why develop the youth and pretend to hold "tryouts" for your bench if you're just gonna go ahead and play old guys off the street over all the guys who've busted their a**es all year trying to earn their PT. Example: Ratliff, having been with the team a week, has taken over Maxiell's spot. The same spot Amir couldn't get, even after soundly outplaying Max for the better part of a month. What kind of message are you sending with that? Yeah, work hard, play hard, and you'll play...but once a vet comes in, he gets your spot. After just one practice. Nice job. Old Man Lindsey coming back in the rotation's just the icing on the cake. We'll look almost exactly the same way we did last year.
I dunno, I think Theo fits in a lot better than Webber. I like him. But we still should have found time for AJ or even more Max. Oh well.
Good post lp...Dixon did just what he did in the Sixers game...killed the momentum or as you stated started a run for the other team. He and Stuckey on the floor at the same time is a rally killer for sure. has not worked for two straight games. Neither one of them will be able to stop CP3 on Sunday when Billups sits, so Flip needs to get Alf back in the rotation. Manu and Damo were 1-12 shooting beyond the arc, You got to think that if Bowen had been out there, he would hit 2 threes, held Rip to below 20 points and injured him and Rip would have got a tech due to arguing over the no calls ....yep a loss for sure.
A great win. We have a better idea about our team. This is a very deep team. We do not have the best starters but the best overall team. Yes, Mr. Dumars has made a great acquisition in Theo. We won without Afflalo and Amir. But if we do have problems, it was not in the rotations other than it was obvious that Dixon was not a fit and hurt us starting their run. Dyss was great and so was Theo. Problem? Dyss is not great early in the game. And, Flip should have either Theo or either of our young bigs in the last few minutes for defense. The biggest issue with this team again is not the rotations but our offense. We have the players. But it matters not unless we come up with an offensive concept early and late. SA knew what they wanted to do. We take turns shooting jumpers. Sheed needs to get more touches even if he passes the ball out again. Tay needs to get a portion of Rips touches. But what is our offensive game plan? Anyone know? Please tell me. Its the offense....
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For the past month or so, I've been doing these Friday next-gen console news wrap-ups. I guess this will be the last one, though, and it makes me kind of sad. The Xbox One launched at midnight last night, bringing this gamer holiday season more or less to an end.
To be sure we don't yet really know how the Xbox One launch is doing and I'll probably report on it, but for now all the secrets are out and all the hardware is on the shelf (theoretically at least) for all to see.
Time to start speculating on the PS5 and the Xbox Two! (I kid, I kid.)
This last update will be pretty Xbox One-heavy, but let's talk about the PS4 first. Sony announced that they sold 1 million Playstation 4s in 24 hours; without a doubt an impressive number. Over the weekend there was a lot of speculation about failure rates and some bloggers (and fans) seemed to be determined to sell the idea that failure rates were very high, mostly based on a bunch of 1-star Amazon ratings.
I held off on reporting this story since my personal experience indicated it was overblown. I knew about a dozen people who got the PS4 at launch and none of them was having any issues. While I don't think Sony is completely out of danger yet (we won't know long-term reliability of either the Xbox One or the PS4 until the machines have been available for a while, after all) the fuss seems to have died down by now. Yes, nearly 800 1-star reviews on Amazon (the number at the time of this writing) is initially alarming, until you think about that 1,000,000 consoles sold number. And that assumes all 800 1-star reviews are legit; though I'm sure many are, I'm equally sure some of them are fake.
For the record, Sony's official statement is that less than 1% of PS4s have had problems. That's a pretty good number, if accurate.
We also saw a spate of articles (originating at AllThingsD) talking about what it costs for Sony to build a PS4: $381. Reporters not familiar with the videogame industry seemed vaguely horrified by this, while those of us who remember that Sony lost a couple hundred dollars on each PS3 sold at launch see it as a vast improvement over last gen.
But this is why I'm dubious of Steam Machines; Sony (and Microsoft) can sell consoles at a loss because they make it up in game licensing. When you buy an EA game for the PS4/Xbox One, Sony/Microsoft gets a cut of that sale. How will that work when some third party manufacturer is making a Steam Machine? Anyway, sorry for the side-track.
Via Twitter, EA reported that in 5 days PS4 gamers logged 140 million minutes playing EA games. That time was spread over 5 million online gaming sessions.
Last night Sony launched a contest, First To Greatness, for PS4 owners. To enter you have to record specific gameplay events across a variety of games, and upload them to Facebook. It's a nice way to promote that Share button, I guess.
Gamestop says (via Bloomberg) that it has 2.3 million people on its "First to Know" list for the PS4. Mind you, that's not 2.3 million additional pre-orders, it's 2.3 million people who want to be notified when a PS4 is available. Not all of them will purchase of course, but it still indicates a pretty strong demand for the system.
And really, that's all the big Sony news I have. We're in some kind of post-launch calm. Let's move on to the Xbox One.
If you're a sports fan, you might be interested in this quick trailer on using the WatchESPN app on the Xbox One:
Speaking of apps, earlier this week Microsoft surprised us with the news that there will be a YouTube app on the Xbox One at launch after all. This had been a glaring omission from the selection of streaming apps available (and still is a glaring omission on the PS4).
In an earlier update I mentioned that the Xbox One would feature achievements for media. This week Xbox Wire detailed some of these media achievement that can be earned via the Machinima app. I'm honestly not sure what the point of these are, but if you watch 1,000 Machinima videos you can earn the "TV Rots Your Brain" achievement. Or you can just install the Machinima app to earn the "License and Registration" app. Remember these achievements won't impact your gamerscore.
Microsoft rolled out the Xbox One Smartglass App for Windows Phone, iOS and Android earlier this week. There's also one for Windows 8.1 (though I've had trouble getting the latter to download).
There was some bad news this week. It turns out gameplay streaming won't be available on the Xbox One at launch, but will be coming in 2014. I still don't really see the appeal of watching someone play a game (I always say, if I have the free time to watch someone play, I'd rather just play myself) but streaming seems to be a popular feature on the PS4, making this news seem like a bigger issue than it probably is.
On the other hand, when it comes to recording gameplay clips, the PS4 is pretty limited. You can only share them to Facebook, of all places (ugh). On the Xbox One you can upload your saved clips to your SkyDrive and from there do whatever you want with them on a PC. That seems like a much better solution than what Sony offers. The one downside is that Xbox One clips are limited to 5 minutes whereas on the PS4 you can save 15 minute clips. It also sounds like the Xbox One's onboard editing tools are much nicer than the very rudimentary ones offered on the PS4 (which are limited to trimming and adding a description). Xbox Wire has more on this "game DVR" feature.
If you hit a midnight launch event last night, I'm hoping your Xbox One already has the Day One patch installed. And for the rest of us getting our consoles later today, I hope Microsoft's servers hold up to the task. Yesterday Azure was having some problems, taking both Xbox and business services off-line intermittently.
I'm a little annoyed at Microsoft over this patch. On Wednesday a few sites were reporting that we could download that Day 1 patch onto our PCs, load it onto a USB stick and apply it to our Xbox Ones, same as we could do on the PS4. (Joystiq is one example.) That was awesome news to me, but I hesitated, and by the time I went back to download the update on Thursday, Microsoft had yanked it. Apparently they REALLY don't want you to be able to update your Xbox One if you don't have Internet access for some reason (or if their service is down). And remember that without the Day 1 patch the Xbox One won't even play a disk-based game. Here's Joystiq's follow up and yes, Microsoft removed that update from their support site intentionally. It's like the bad old days of Microsoft momentarily resurfaced!
OK there's more bad news coming but let's break it up with this Ryse launch trailer:
So here's the next bit of bad news: the Xbox One doesn't ship with Dolby Digital support. It's another feature coming after launch. Microsoft's Albert Penello said (on Neogaf) that this shouldn't matter to those of us using a receiver since the Xbox is suppose to pass the audio signal through unmolested, but if you're using headphones connected to the Xbox One the best you'll get (for now) is simulated surround.
If you're going to pass a TV signal from your cable box through your Xbox One, you'll also want to turn on beta support for digital surround as described here. Otherwise your Xbox One will convert the surround signal from your cable box into a stereo signal. Which seems to contradict the last paragraph, doesn't it? Perhaps something is getting lost in translation.
Look on the bright side. All of these 'coming soon' features for both consoles means we early adopters have a lot to look forward to!
Here's a blog post about the Xbox One's party system. It all sounds pretty great except this section:
If you see the perfect match and the party is open, you can simply join if there is room for more players in the match, and the game thinks you're a good fit using Smart Match (in terms of skill , playing style, etc.) you'll be offered a slot automatically.
Emphasis there is mine. I'm hoping this is only for parties with random matches and that I won't be prevented from joining a friend's match because Smart Match determines I'm a bad fit. Or at least I hope that sort of filtering is optional.
GameInformer had a post on a topic I haven't seen covered elsewhere. They say the Xbox will worry about how full your hard drive is so you don't have to. You have 1 click uninstall/re-install of the games in your library and when you re-install a game the Xbox retrieves your game saves from the cloud automatically. It'll be interesting to see how well this works in practice. Sometimes things get a little too automated for my tastes.
Trailer time!
That's the launch trailer for Dead Rising 3. We've seen a bunch of reviews of the launch titles for Xbox One and DR3 seems to be the game with the best actual gameplay out of the bunch, but reviewers say it isn't as pretty as other games. Forza Motorsport 5 is getting pretty good reviews. It's gorgeous and is a great driving game, they tell me, but has fewer cars and tracks than the previous Forza game did. So it feels a little thin. Ryse is supposed to be gorgeous but otherwise just OK, and the gore is a little bit over the top.
Plenty of sites have reviewed the Xbox One console as well. I read a bunch of them until they were all starting to blur together in my head, but my favorite was Engadget's. They seemed most balanced to me. Too many of the reviews (I thought) approached the XB1 more as a media hub than as a game system. We'll know more once regular old gamers like me get our hands on them.
Last night Microsoft held a huge launch event. In New York the event took place in Time's Square and was complete with exotic cars (Forza tie-in) and Zombies (Dead Rising tie-in). The last hour before launch was televised and streamed but was pretty much devoid of any real content. We learned that McDonalds will be giving away Xbox Ones in December and got a brief look at the NFL app, and the rest was Microsoft trying to put on a Hollywood event.
And then the Xbox One was launched. Good luck to everyone trying to get their hands on one today! I'll be waiting for UPS to deliver mine!
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Wednesday, 31 August 2016
Newtonmore: dramatic sunset
Last evening we had a dramatic sky as sunset approached – not a multi-coloured marvel but shades of browns and greys as the sun dipped lower in the partially cloudy sky.
Tuesday, 30 August 2016
Recent scam posts on investdrinks blog: Jonothan Piper, Freddy Achom, Jack Williams, Penketh Developments Ltd
It has been a busy few days on my investdrinks blog with posts on a number of scams. Here are the intros to four of the stories with a link to the full post.
Heartless, parasite Jonothan Piper to be jailed for wine investment fraud
On Tuesday 23rd August 2016 30-year-old Jonothan Piper admitted at Snaresbrook Crown Court to defrauding his investor clients and HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs).
Piper, who posed as a wine broker, preyed on the elderly and vulnerable – cold calling and persuading them transfer their wine to his company Embassy Wine UK Ltd. Piper charged an advance fee for sales for 'legal costs'. Once the wine was transferred Piper would become impossible to contact and the duped investor would never receive their promised money.
Read the rest here.
Frederick Achom: Disqualified director, who met David Cameron, fined £1 million
Jonothan Piper and Embassy Wine UK Ltd
Embassy Wine UK Ltd website:
'We have great passion for the product let us share
the knowledge of wealth and guidance to building
a portfolio of the most sort after wines. Enabling an attractive
and healthy return on your investment.'
Jonothan Piper's real passion was to loot the life savings of the elderly
On Tuesday 23rd August 2016 30-year-old Jonothan Piper admitted at Snaresbrook Crown Court to defrauding his investor clients and HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs).
Piper, who posed as a wine broker, preyed on the elderly and vulnerable – cold calling and persuading them transfer their wine to his company Embassy Wine UK Ltd. Piper charged an advance fee for sales for 'legal costs'. Once the wine was transferred Piper would become impossible to contact and the duped investor would never receive their promised money.
Read the rest here.
Frederick Achom: Disqualified director, who met David Cameron, fined £1 million
Report in FT Adviser: 4.8.16
In late July 2016 the law finally caught up with convicted fraudster and banned director Frederick Achom for running a wine investment company while disqualified from acting as a director. Achom admitted to running now bust APW Asset Management Ltd despite his 11-year directorship ban.
The FT Adviser reported that Achom received a six-month suspended sentence and was ordered to pay just under £1 million from his profits within three months or face a jail sentence of up to five years.
Read the rest here.
Starting on 30th May 2016 and ending the same day I had an unproductive correspondence with Jack Williams, who described himself as 'legal adviser'.
The first message from Jack Williams, legal adviser:
'Dear Admin/Editor,
Penketh Associates (Penketh Developments Ltd) makes false claim
Update: 30th August 2016 – the above website, which was registered on 28th July 2016, has now disappeared.
Here we have yet another company – Penketh Associates, a subsidary (sic) of Penketh Developments Ltd – that is claiming falsely to have taken over as liquidator of Bordeaux Fine Wines Ltd from David Ingram of Grant Thornton as well as recovering missing wine for investors.
Read the rest here.
Jack Williams, legal adviser – who was his mysterious client?
The first message from Jack Williams, legal adviser:
'Dear Admin/Editor,
This is to bring your kind attention towards a very serious matter. A defamatory content
http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.in/2010/02/bordeaux-wine-company-anthony-grant-and.html has been published by you on your website http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.in/ that is creating a lot of problem for my client. My client had no relation with this issue.
My client has been unnecessarily dragged into it just due to its name and fame. The appearance of such type of content online is defaming my client on regular basis personally as well as professionally. And, as per the law my client has complete right to get it erased permanently from your website and google search result as well.
Hence, its a request to get it erased/delete/take down asap
Defamatory link need to be deleted are:
Your quick action and response will be highly appreciated.
Thank you
Jack Williamslegal adviser'
Penketh Associates (Penketh Developments Ltd) makes false claim
'subsidary' (sic) arm of PENKETH DEVELOPMENTS LTD
Our services: Penketh Associates – investment planning,
retirement planning, planning your estate, personal cash
Update: 30th August 2016 – the above website, which was registered on 28th July 2016, has now disappeared.
Crates and pallets & site construction in Islington
Birmingham: 'so Penketh Developments Limited
is engaged in Buying and selling of own real estate'
is engaged in Buying and selling of own real estate'
Here we have yet another company – Penketh Associates, a subsidary (sic) of Penketh Developments Ltd – that is claiming falsely to have taken over as liquidator of Bordeaux Fine Wines Ltd from David Ingram of Grant Thornton as well as recovering missing wine for investors.
Monday, 29 August 2016
2016 Vignes, Vins, Randos – Val de Loire 3rd & 4th September
It is that time of year again – Vignes, Vins, Randos 2016 is on this coming weekend Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th September. Full details here.
Unfortunately I have never been in the Loire recently in time for Vignes, Vins, Randos, which is a pity as I have friends who speak highly of these events. Instead I tend to come to the Loire a week or so later for the harvest.
This year's Randos from West to East:
Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine La Haye-Fouassière
Coteaux d'Ancenis
Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru/Coteaux du Layon 1er Cru Chaume
Anjou Villages Brissac
Coteaux de l'Aubance
Saumur Brut Fines Bulles
Saumur Champigny
Touraine Azay-le-Rideaux
Jasnières/Coteaux du Loir
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Sunday, 28 August 2016
1974 California Zinfandel, Angelo Papagni
Last week I was asked by Jenny to give her some advice on some wine that she had brought up from a friend's cellar in Edinburgh. The wine had been bought by the friend's late husband during a number of trips to France during the 1970s and perhaps into the 80s.
The majority of the wines were French: from Bordeaux, Burgundy and Beaujolais. A good number were from the 1970 and 1976 vintages. We agreed that I would separate out those that had the potential to be enjoyed when friends came round and those that were worth trying but probably best tried by Jenny on her own. I stressed that she should pull the cork on all of the wines as you never know what is drinkable and what isn't. There are always surprises.
There were about 40-45 bottles. At the end Jenny invited me to choose one to take away in compensation for my advice. I chose the 1974 Zinfandel from Angelo Papagni in Madera, California.
At nearly 42 years old the Papagni Zinfandel has stood up well – quite bricky in colour but still with sweet, spicy fruit and some length. It may not have been at its very best but the 74 Zinfandel was still an enjoyable glass of wine. Nor was it over-alcoholic – just 12.5%.
The wine estate is still in family hands: it is now run by Demetrio Papagni. Unfortunately the business has been through its problems – both Angelo and Demetrio spent time in prison during the 1990s for passing off cheaper Barbera as White Zinfandel. The family business had over-extended during the late 1980s. See this news report by Dan Berger in the Los Angeles Times in November 1993.
Despite this scandal, the Papagni appears to have survived. Alicante Bouchet is one of their specialities – no sign of any Zinfandel for sale now.
Saturday, 27 August 2016
Harley Davidsons parade at Aviemore: 27th August 2016
Hundreds line Aviemore's main street – here by the railway station
– waiting for the Harleys to head out on the afternoon rally
(above and below)
We went up to Aviemore – 15 miles to the North of Newtonmore – to see what was happening with the annual Thunder in the Glens. We arrived in time to catch the start of the Saturday rally out to Grantown-on-Spey.
Part of the huge pack of Harleys
headed out of Aviemore
(above and below)
A mini-Harley.....
Earlier two Harleys in Newtonmore
Friday, 26 August 2016
Frédéric Brochet and Ampelidae expands into Touraine
Already easily the largest player in Haut-Poitou, the dynamic Frédéric Brochet and Ampelidae have now expanded into Touraine taking over the management of the Bourgueil and Chinon vineyards that belonged to Pierre-Jacques Druet. Ampelidae have also taken over the running of the Touraine AC and Montlouis vines of Clos du Porteau based in Saint-Georges-sur-Cher. All the wines will be organic.
Aynard de Clermont Tonnerre from the Clos du Porteau has now been appointed to look after the commercial side of Ampelidae. Clermont Tonnerre used to be a banker with Commerzbank.
With 230 hectares now under their control Ampelidae are becoming an increasingly important player in the Loire.
Thursday, 25 August 2016
Harleys gathering for Thunder in the Glens 2016: 26th-29th August
Thursday: young bikers heading for Aviemore and
Thunder in the Glen 2016
after a brief pause in Newtonmore
(above and below)
From Monday there have been increasing signs of Harleys and other bikes arriving for this weekend's annual Thunder in the Glens gathering in Aviemore. On Monday, while out riding my mountain bike near to the A9, I heard the unmistakable chugging, throaty gargle of a trio of Harley's making their way up to the top of the Drumochter Pass. My first Harleys of the weekend arriving several days early – rather like hearing the first cuckoo of Spring ....
Since then there has been a gradual increase in sightings as some choose to come off the busy A9 and make their way to Aviemore through Newtonmore, Kingussie and Kincraig along what was the old A9.
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
Rendez-Vous de l'Erdre – Jazz with Muscadet + 25th-28th August 2016
The programme starts tomorrow:
'Partenaire historique des Rendez-Vous de l'Erdre, les vignerons de Nantes donnent rendez-vous du 26 au 28 aout 2016, aux amateurs de jazz et de plaisance autour de dégusta- tions des trois AOC de Nantes : Muscadet, Gros Plant du Pays Nantais et Coteaux d'Ancenis.
Dégustations sur les croisières entreprises et dans les espaces VIP émailleront les trois jours de fête. Le Muscadet, incontournable sur l'événement, prendra aussi ses quartiers sur la Quai Barbusse avec son bar de dégustation animé par les vignerons qui, comme chaque an- née, devient un rendez-vous incontournable des festivaliers. Un moment de plaisir privilégié pour le public nantais afin de découvrir des muscadets élégants et de se laisser surprendre par la diversité de cette AOC. Ce partenariat s'inscrit dans la dynamique des Vins de NANTES à conquérir la métropole pour en faire une ambassade du vignoble.'
Tuesday, 23 August 2016
Remembering the 2009 Loire vintage – Le Pays Nantais
Chereau-Carré (Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine) – offices
Chereau-Carré (Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine)
Melon de Bourgogne grapes from the 100 year old vines
(above and below)
Bernard Chereau
Bernard with the 2009 juice
Melon de Bourgogne
The pigeonnier
Domaine Pierre Luneau-Papin
Pierre Luneau with a sample of Muscadet
2009 Muscadet, Domaine Pierre Luneau-Papin
Domaine des Herbauges (Muscadet Côtes de Grandlieu)
Jérôme Choblet and his family
Luc Choblet – Jérôme's dad
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Jan Stephenson poses with Nikki Garrett (left) and Kristie Newton at Docklands.
Photo: Sebastian Costanzo
SEX sells, they say, and with women's sport, it has to sell. There is no other way.
Just ask Jan Stephenson. Well, then again, maybe not. "You're asking the wrong person about it," said Stephenson yesterday. "My whole career was sold that way."
Stephenson came out of western Sydney to win three of golf's majors in the 1970s and 1980s and is one of Australia's greatest golfers, second only among women to Karrie Webb, whom she regards as this country's best ever, male or female. But to the person in the street she would be more famous for having posed naked in a bath in a famous 1980s photograph, only covered by enough golf balls to keep it nice.
It's not necessarily right that her fame came from a photograph, but it's also a reality she's dealt with long ago. Flying to Melbourne this week from America for the Women's Australian Open at Kingston Heath, where she is an ambassador and television commentator, the 56-year-old noted that the people in the seats closest to her wanted to know about just three things: the photograph and American golfing starlets Paula Creamer and Natalie Gulbis.
That's the reality, says Stephenson, so let's get on with it. It isn't even her, in fact. A prominent course designer, she is more likely to be found out in the mud in her work boots. "I'm the biggest tomboy of all time," she said. "I've been working on the tractors with everybody else. Even the developers get shocked. I'll show up and be out there working and they say it's not the image they had of me."
Golf promoters walk a fine line with this. The feminist argument is that the game should be promoted as a game, and the players purely on their performances. Paul McNamee, who has been brought in by Golf Australia to run the Women's Australian Open, is in the Stephenson camp. The other day, he had the bright (and conspicuously attractive) young Australians Nikki Garrett and Sarah Kemp along with Stephenson out on a boat at Docklands for a photo shoot. "Demeaning is not the right word," said Stephenson. "It's a thing you have to do as an athlete, and as a woman you have to do whether it's the right thing or not. It's just part of life."
Stephenson is in no doubt that McNamee is on the right track. "You still have to market with sex appeal. It's not just women's golf. All sports are marketed with sex appeal. Until women support women's sport, for sport - and it's still 70% watched by men - men are visual. It's true! It wouldn't matter if (world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa) Lorena is fantastic, that she's a superstar, the best No. 1 I've seen in a long, long time, but all they want to talk about is how she looks.
"I speak to a lot of women's organisations, and they ask why they have to do that. I tell them it's their fault. They need to go out and support women's events. We need ratings and we need coverage. It has to be about personalities and sex appeal, but the girls these days get it."
Garrett is a good example. For a player ranked outside the top 100 in the world, she has had inordinate coverage in the media because she has been prepared to fit in with these ideas. Not coincidentally, Stephenson is a family friend, having played amateur golf with Garrett's mother. "She gets it," said Stephenson. "She was prepared to put that cute little dress on the other day as we were taking photos at Docklands on the boat. Her bra was showing so she just ripped it off. She was fine."
Stephenson is talking to Australia's junior squads this week. Her message is always the same: keep it bright, let your personality come through. When she conducts clinics, the kids tell her the game is boring on television. She laments this; doesn't believe it should be so. "There's so much to do for kids. If not, we're going to be swallowed up by other sports."
Even Webb needs to show more, she believes. "I've been diving and fishing with her. I know exactly how she is, and she's great. But you see her on the golf course and she doesn't do much."
Thirty-four years ago at Victoria Golf Club, Stephenson won the Australian Open, shooting 64 on the last day when that type of scoring was unheard of in the women's game. It was her first full year as a professional, and she played the final round with two Americans. "One of them said: 'What are you doing here? You need to be in the States. You can really make it'. That was enough to get me off and running."
Funny how the wheel turns.
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SCOTUS Reaffirms Free Speech Rights of Organization Receiving Federal Funds
Posted by Sunny Bjerk , June 27, 2013
People waiting to hear result of Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Earlier this year, I discussed a case before the Supreme Court that would decide whether federal grant recipients are required to promote federal policies on prostitution and sex trafficking in order to retain funding.
The plaintiff, the Alliance for Open Society International, argued that this "compelled speech" would infringe on their ability to conduct outreach and serve sex workers overseas if they feel they will be turned away or arrested. Amid the fervor over the then-pending DOMA decision, this case was lost in the shuffle, but last week the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot restrict an organization's right to free speech just because they receive federal funding.
In the case, titled Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, the Supreme Court rejected the government's arguments and highlighted a critical difference between guidelines for how funds are used and using the funds as leverage to force the organizations to echo government policies on prostitution and sex-trafficking. Chief Justice Roberts, who wrote for the majority, argued that this requirement effectively infringed on the organization's right to free speech.
The Alliance for Open Society was represented by Steven Shapiro the ACLU, who stated, "The price of obtaining a government grant should not be the loss of First Amendment rights."
The Supreme Court affirmed in a 6-2 decision—with Justices Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, and Sotomayor in the majority, and Justices Scalia and Thomas dissenting. Justice Kagan did not take part in deciding this case.
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Miller mural pays homage
Phil Banker, [email protected]
Students at Dorie Miller Intermediate School have a new reminder of the hero for whom their school is named.
After years of aspirations and weeks of fundraising, school officials commissioned a mural of World War II hero Doris "Dorie" Miller.
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Whatever you think of their music, they really are Gypsies, from the south of France, and they really are Kings, from the Reyes family, with sylvan-haired lead singer Nicolas Reyes. Two cousins, José Reyes and Ricardo Baliardo, fled Franco's Spain for France in 1936 and their sons formed the Gipsy Kings in the early Eighties.
Bamboleo became a worldwide mega-hit in 1988 and they've become the biggest-selling group in French musical history, selling more than 20 million albums. Last year they released a 25th-anniversary album, Savor Flamenco, which has just won a Grammy. The recipe is unchanged: harmony vocals, flamboyant guitar strumming, hand claps and some solos from Tonino Baliardo, on his black guitar. But the music is warm, exuberant and hugely popular.
My neighbours in the circle had come down from Leeds and Lincolnshire, and the Royal Albert Hall, including standing places in the gallery, was almost full — that's about 5,000 people. Unfortunately, the sound was muddy and unfocused, although the rhythms of Samba Samba, a Bamboleo-like song from the new album, got the arena and stalls on their feet.
Thankfully the sound improved as the show progressed and I was impressed by the Formula 1 guitar-playing and the guy stage right manning a sort of pit stop who was servicing/tuning/restringing the guitars throughout the show.
The final number was Bamboleo, of course. They didn't mention it but its composer, the Venezuelan Simon Diaz, died on Wednesday. If they weren't clapping or waving their arms, the audience were shooting 360-degree swoops on their mobile phones.
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On DVD
Brick Mansions
Movie Review
Crime in the inner city of Detroit has gotten bad.
In 2018 things are so bad, in fact, that the government has walled off a chunk of the city—a condemned public-housing segment called Brick Mansions—and placed it under martial law to keep the rest of the citizens safe. But that's not good enough for an undercover narcotics cop named Damien.
Damien is convinced there's only one way to snuff out criminal corruption and the decay of drugs: You go to the source. That source in this case is an ex-military thug named Tremaine, a guy who lords it over Brick Mansions by the point of a heroin needle. He'll kill anyone who gets in his way. And, it's said, Tremaine was also the man who murdered Damien's decorated police officer father.
To get to Tremaine, though, the narcotics cop will need a little help. His superiors tell him about a guy named Lino, a principled, acrobatic street fighter who knows the Brick Mansions area like the back of his scarred-knuckle hand. This guy has been battling against Tremaine from inside the wall. And the drug lord recently kidnapped Lino's ex-girlfriend to use as a bargaining chip.
So all Damien has to do is somehow connect with this Lino character and use his knowledge to their advantage. But that won't be easy since Lino distrusts cops and their corrupt ways only a fraction less than he distrusts Tremaine. In fact, Lino's something of a cop-killer himself.
Oh, and then there's a neutron bomb in the mix, too. Literally, a neutron bomb. If Damien can forge his wary alliance with Lino, battle his way through the hundreds of heavily armed toughs in Tremaine's gang and save the girl, he'll then need to disable that stolen weapon.
Just another gritty day on the streets of Detroit.
Positive Elements
It could be said that, for all of his dangerous and line-smudging choices, Damien is indeed fighting to rid the city of crime and evil. And his grandfather warns him that "revenge and justice are not the same thing." Lino, too, in his own way, wants to rid his city of the rot of the drug trade.
Spiritual Content
Sexual Content
Young women work in a drug room, dressed only in panties and T-shirts. We spot a couple of semi-nude centerfold pictures taped to a guy's wall. The ripped Lino goes shirtless. A girl in Tremaine's inner circle named Rayzah wears a tight-fitting leather outfit that's composed of short shorts, a garter belt and a bustier. She regularly teases Lino's girlfriend, Lola, in a twisted and sexual fashion, snipping off shirt buttons and ogling the girl's breasts while holding a blade to her throat. Later, the two get into slap-punch-and-tear fights that include masochistically sexual overtones.
Violent Content
The women's final struggle ends with Rayzah hanging off a rooftop, held in place by Lola's legs, which are wrapped around her neck. Rayzah looks up from Lola's crotch and then falls to her death when Lola spreads her legs.
And that's the kind of thump-slash-blast-die violence that fills 85% of this flick. There are dozens of twisting, twirling battles that feature punches and kicks to faces and bodies. The rampant and repetitive driving action leaves scores beaten senseless or dead.
A man has a pen jammed into his neck while the guy next to him gets a bullet to the forehead. A cop is killed when his head gets yanked through the opening in a prison door and stomped on (breaking his neck and maybe even decapitating him offscreen). Several men's arms are broken, caught in the spokes of a large steering wheel. A guy gets a metal pipe to the face, another is pistol-whipped and several others receive bricks and concrete blocks to the head.
Someone holds on to the rear of a speeding car while being shot at from close range. In fact, at least 10 people are shot point-blank in the chest or sent tumbling face-first from speeding vehicles. Cars and vans smash, crash and burn.
One woman is cut by a whip. Another is punched full in the face and knocked out cold by a large man, and later dragged by a chain around her neck.
Crude or Profane Language
One full and two unfinished f-words. Nearly 30 s-words. Rapid-fire uses of "a‑‑," "d‑‑n," "b‑‑ch," "h‑‑‑" and "b‑‑tard." About a half-dozen times the n-word gets flung at people. Damien flips his middle finger at other cops.
Drug and Alcohol Content
Lino rips open and destroys 20 kilos of heroin by pouring Drano over it. We see handlers packing plastic bags with heroin. Damien drinks glasses of hard liquor while working on a case. Booze and wine flow freely at a dinner party. Thugs smoke cigarettes, as does Damien's elderly grandfather. (Damien tries to convince the man that it's a foul habit.) Somebody smokes a pipe. Somebody else puffs on a cigar.
Other Negative Elements
One of the more disturbing aspects of this film is the fact that almost all the destruction and death—such as Tremaine's point-blank murders and poisonous drug dealing—ultimately goes unpunished. In fact, the crime boss is held up as something of a hero by movie's end, his actions all but "justified." He was forced, the film tells us, by governmental choices, into the lifestyle he lives. Even Lino is excused in murdering a police officer because of the greater sense of wrongdoing attached to the corrupt cops.
Brick Mansions is one of the last features action star Paul Walker finished before his untimely demise in 2013. And I suppose you could say it fits well with other flicks in his anthology. It is certainly fast and routinely furious.
Based on a French hit called District B13—famed for its use of parkour stunts—Brick Mansions does manage to get in some pretty cool acrobatic thrills. But after the first few dynamic minutes of leaps from open windows, scampering wall runs and pursuer-avoiding gymnastic somersaults, most viewers will have had their fill of the stuff.
And they'll still have another hour and a half of nonstop action-violence to endure.
Those 90 minutes are crammed with a continual regurgitation of pretty much the same gun-blazing, back-flipping, ghetto fight scene. They're consumed with crass and banal dialogue. And they're obsessed with a story that's witless, inane and maybe even a bit dangerous—a tale where a deadly cleaver-wielding drug lord is suddenly transformed into a disenfranchised people person. Why, he was just selling all that heroin to ease the masses' suffering!
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Plot Summary
Christian Beliefs
Other Belief Systems
Discussion Topics
Additional Comments/Notes
Episode Reviews
Content Caution
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Paul Walker as Damien; David Belle as Lino; RZA as Tremaine; Gouchy Boy as K2; Bruce Ramsay as Mayor
Camille Delamarre ( The Transporter Refueled)
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Now Tommy Torres has a new single out. 11:11 the new music video is a very different video, but it has you glued to the TV (or computer) waiting to see what else happens. The video starts with him tied up to a chair in a room full of toys and then he finds his way out to be playful with his lady.
The video actually relates to the lyrics of the song. The song is about a couple that friends call boring, because they stay at home and are not our partying. I feel very identified with the song. I have already party hard when I was younger, but now with a kid on board I rather have a family night.
This does not mean, as the song says, that after a while, while relaxing and cuddling on the bed, things cannot turn out to be fun. Actually the name of the song 11:11 is because it is at that time that the couple after some cuddling start having fun with each other (I know you know what I mean… caliente!)
The rhythm of the song is very romantic and I can say that it would be a great song to listen while you cuddle with your partner in bed on a Friday night, as the song goes…
It will certainly help you to be in the mood for a romantic night and to learn to enjoy quiet nights at home. Fun does not have to be going out to dance; family quiet nights at home can be really great too.
You can watch the video 11:11, Tommy's new song on YouTube and subscribe to www.youtube.com/TommyTorresWML


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Vintage Plasticville USA O - S Plasticville Flock of Birds Set 8 NOS Sealed Bag
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Here is a super vintage Plasticville USA O to S Scale Plasticville Flock of Birds, another Plastic Product by Bachmann Bros Inc Phila. 24 , PA USA made back in the 1950s. The Set of Plasticville Flock of Birds were found new old stock, still sealed in the original factory packaging, in mint condition, looks and displays great with brilliant colors, and would be a super addition to your collection and look great on your Lionel, Marx, American Flyer and all other Scale Compatibles of O to S Gauge Model Railroad Layout plus I have never seen this set NOS still sealed in the package before!Please look at my Model Train listings, and I will gladly combine shipping to save you money. Thanks for looking! Gary


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I personally really like the look of them. I've yet to test drive one, but for some reason I do really like the body lines. It's a heavy car though. Imagine if they could cut 500 or so lbs from it. Would be a rather heavy hitter in the domestic market as far as 1/4 times go. It seems a bit behind.. but then again I guess it depends on who you ask.
Impressions? Test drives?


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Dec 19, 2013
Ignoring widespread support for reform, Cuomo vetoes PIA top-priority certificates of insurance bill
PIANY vows to continue fight
Despite overwhelming support by the insurance and construction industries, and passage in both houses of the Legislature with wide majorities, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ignored almost-universal pleas for reform and vetoed a bill that would prohibit the illegal and improper use of certificates of insurance. During the last few weeks, hundreds of professional, independent insurance agents and brokers, their employees and others called and emailed the governor to voice support for the critically important measure. The bill, (A.3107-D, Morelle, D-136), was sent to Gov. Cuomo on Dec. 6 by the Assembly, which was the first chamber to approve the measure in the 2013 legislative session. It was jointly crafted by and supported by independent agents and brokers, insurance carriers, general contractors and attorneys.
"We are utterly disappointed that the governor failed to pass this law, which would provide protection and clarity to multiple industries and businesses throughout New York state," said PIANY President Alan Plafker, CPIA. "Our members have told us they need this support and we are more committed than ever to this reform. PIANY has been fighting for reform of certificates of insurance for 15 years and we are not going to stop now."
The bill would have established standards for the proper issuance of certificates of insurance and prohibited practices such as altering or modifying a certificate of insurance form, knowingly requesting the issuance of a certificate of insurance that contains false or misleading information, issuing a certificate of insurance that alters the terms or coverage provided by the insurance policy, and issuing an opinion letter or similar document that is inconsistent with this section. The bill would have preserved the original intent of a certificate of insurance as a document "for information only," and prohibited its use as a form to alter, modify or create coverage. It also would have authorized the Department of Financial Services and other entities to impose penalties against any person who violates these provisions. Twenty-four other states have taken action to address the improper and illegal use of certificates.
Despite the promulgation of multiple Office of General Counsel opinions from the DFS, New York state law does not currently regulate the improper use of certificates of insurance, leaving both insurance agents and general contractors desperate for this type of reform. PIANY has been unable to find any enforcement action on the part of the DFS for issuance of faulty or illegal certificates. As a result, insurance certificate fraud is widespread and rampant and the victims are the injured parties who find that work was being done on the basis of a faulty certificate and that no insurance exists to compensate them for their injuries and loss. Despite PIANYs repeated attempts to engage the governors staff, it received little assent on the issue.
Support for the bill has included endorsements by a host of insurance agent associations, insurance carriers and general contractors. PIANYs efforts to deal with the certificates of insurance crisis are not restricted to legislative solutions. It announced last week that its work with a multi-industry coalition to create an addendum to help explain and clarify coverages was adopted by ACORD. This addendum would be permissible regardless if the law had been passed or not.
"This problem is too critical to ignore," said Plafker. "We will continue to work on it, despite the governors failure."


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Nick Faldo's victory at the 1996 US Masters remains the last by an Englishman, a span of 17 years and 68 tournaments during which time Donald and Lee Westwood have been ranked world number one and Northern Ireland has produced three separate major champions in Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke.
Donald has never recorded a top-10 finish in the US Open heading into this week's showpiece at Merion and he said: "There's always more attention, more requests of your time when you are world number one and that takes management and that's tough, But within myself the pressures are just the same. I want to win a major championship just as badly this year as when I was number one."
The world number six added: "It's about managing those expectations, managing those feelings and knowing what you have is good enough. It always crosses your mind whether it's going to happen, but you always go back to the successes you've had. I was able to get to number one and win seven times (on the European Tour) and you try to focus on that.
"You just have to be confident that you are going in the right direction. You're trying to focus on positives rather than why you have not done anything. It just takes one good week. My results have not been as consistent as I would like. The last couple of years I got so much out of my game and now I feel I am due for that. It just has not happened but I am excited and this week is the start of a run of big tournaments coming up."
Donald admits driving is not his strong suit and that he needs to be more accurate on US Open-style courses, but with Merion only 6,996 yards and offering plenty of scoring opportunities from 100 yards in, the Ryder Cup star has reason to be confident.
"When I am playing well I am going to be in contention no matter what course it is," added the 35-year-old, who has missed the cut in two of his last four US Open appearances.
The likes of Donald, Westwood, Justin Rose and Ian Poulter at least have an ally in defending champion Webb Simpson, who believes players who have not won a major title are unfairly criticised.
"I've said it to people a lot this year that guys who haven't won majors who are great players get a bad rap," said Simpson, who is trying to become the first player since Curtis Strange in 1989 to successfully defend his US Open title.
"The fact is there's only four of these a year, and it's so hard to have your game peak and beat the best players in the world one out of four times a year. It's so hard to put so much emphasis on four golf tournaments. So many factors have to be going well for you to compete and even get in contention on a week like this."
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Any ideas on the meaning or significance of the symbol that's on the glamour capsule?
Any ideas on the meaning or significance of the symbol that's on the glamour capsule?
could be anything really. The deer must be formed in order to open the capsule, so it is either something random or something that is held high in regard to the maker of the capsule. Can't think off the top of my head of any Fables involving deers, and I don't think it will be a major part in the coming episodes
Bigby has a secret desire to have some tasty deer meat sandwiches, slopped in between two sesame seed buns of course!
9 fables concerning deer from Aesop: http://aesopsfables.org/C22_aesops_fables_about_deer.html
They may be of some concern or they may not. The deer likely means something and there are fables concerning deer. Google turns up a number of sites with deer fables although most concern Aesop. That may not be the right path, but it's something. Should be interesting to see where Telltale goes with it ... or if it will just be another thread that gets forgotten.
I did some research on it not too long ago and here's what I found: http://www.telltalegames.com/community/discussion/58556/the-glamour-box
That info you posted sounds legit. There are probably tons of litlte easter eggs regarding obscure fairy tails all over this game.


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State Court Administrator > Web site
The state court administrator position was statutorily created in 1971 to assist the chief justice in exercising administrative authority and supervision over the state courts. In 1983, with unification and state funding of the trial and appellate courts, the duties of the position expanded to include supervision of the personnel plan for nonjudge staff and human resources; supervision of the accounting system for the state courts; preparation and management of the consolidated budget, revenue, and collections system; management of the legislative program requirements; inventory of state court property and procurement; internal audit; provision of legal contracts and services; collection and compilation of state court statistics; maintenance of a statewide automated information system; continuing education programs for judges and nonjudge staff; development of statewide administrative, personnel, fiscal and records policies and procedures concerning the courts, public information, and long-range planning for the future needs of the courts. (See ORS 8.110 and 8.125)
In addition, the state court administrator oversees staff responsible for managing records of all cases filed with the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Oregon Tax Court. The administrator publishes the opinions of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Oregon Tax Court and oversees the State Law Library. The administrator also has responsibility for administrative management of the Office of the State Court Administrator, including the State Court Security program, State Court Interpreter program, Certified Shorthand Reporters program and the State Citizen Review Board program. Under ORS 30.273, the state court administrator also calculates and posts the annual adjustment to the liability limitations under the Oregon Tort Claims Act.
Kingsley W. Click, Administrator
Address: 510 Justice Bldg. Mail: Supreme Court Bldg., 1163 State St., Salem 97301-2563
Phone: 503-986-5500; Oregon Relay 711
Fax: 503-986-5503
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text: "It is critical for women and men to be informed about their risk for this terrible disease," said Dorothy Jones, vice president of marketing at Komen. "Through our partnership with SunChips online and at Races across the country, we are excited to be able to reach even more people with lifesaving information, bringing us one step closer to ending this disease."The SunChips multigrain snacks and Komen partnership will be supported with consumer-facing in-store displays in select retailers throughout the country. About Susan G. Komen® Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Suzy, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer. Today, Susan G. Komen® works to end breast cancer in the U.S. and throughout the world by investing more than $750 million in breast cancer research and $1.5 billion in community outreach programs over the past 30 years; providing funding to help low-income and uninsured women get screened and get treatment; advocating for cancer research and outreach programs; and working globally in more than 30 countries. Visit komen.org. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. About SunChipsSunChips multigrain snacks is one of the many brands that makes up Frito-Lay North America, the $13 billion convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), which is headquartered in Purchase, NY. In addition to Frito-Lay, PepsiCo business units include Pepsi-Cola, Quaker Foods, Gatorade and Tropicana. Learn more about Frito-Lay at the corporate Web site, http://www.fritolay.com/, the Snack Chat blog, http://www.snacks.com/ and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/fritolay. About PepsiCoPepsiCo is a global food and beverage leader with net revenues of more than $65 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. Our main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world. PepsiCo's people are united by our unique commitment to sustainable growth by investing in a healthier future for people and our planet, which we believe also means a more successful future for PepsiCo. We call this commitment Performance with Purpose: PepsiCo's promise to provide a wide range of foods and beverages from treats to healthy eats; to find innovative ways to minimize our impact on the environment by conserving energy and water and reducing packaging volume; to provide a great workplace for our associates; and to respect, support and invest in the local communities where we operate. For more information, please visit www.pepsico.com. Follow PepsiCo: Frito-Lay North America


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New Orleans – The Way It Was
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Just weeks before hurricane Katrina, I visited New Orleans for several days and this montage is a look back at the way life was before the hurricane.
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Just weeks before hurricane Katrina, I visited New Orleans for several days and this montage is a look back at the way life was before the hurricane.
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Categories: Louisiana Travel Tags: before, blog, Bourbon, CountryComesToTown, French, Hurricane, Katrina, la, Louisiana, new, orleans, Quarter, Street, travel, typepad
Hey Waylon. I love …
Hey Waylon. I love New Orleans and have been many times but not since Hurricane Katrina. This video was taken with old photos taken before I owned a video camera or had even heard of YouTube. Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. Merry Christmas to you and James! -Jim
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wow!!! i love this video! me,James and some friends went to Mississippi and then went to new Orleans in august this year. i want to move there badly! everything was so different there. well compared to tn anywhere is different. but i mean it felt like home,everyone was friendly there.. i didn't want to come back. i had to favorite this! 🙂
Beth I did the same …
Beth I did the same thing. I've been to New Orleans so many times I can't count them all but I haven't been back since Katrina. I took all these photos in my travel days before I ever heard of YouTube or owned a video cam. Thanks for watching. -jim
Fantastic video! I …
Fantastic video! I went to NOLA every Mardi Gras for about 9 years straight when my BFF lived there. He was driven away by the hurricane, so I fear my visits hereafter will be few and far between. I LOVED the French Market. 🙂
If only I had a …
If only I had a video cam when I took that trip. Of course that was before my YouTube days. Back then I was into the flickr photo site. Thanks for watching my stroll through your New Orleans before Katriana. -jim
Probably a bit of …
Probably a bit of prejudice on my part but I think this is my favorite of all your vid's. Great slideshow – thanks for sharing your photos.
They really are …
They really are pretty good. I can picture the steam pouring out of those carts! Thanks for watching. -jim
Lucky dogs are SO …
Lucky dogs are SO good.
I agree Jay. Thanks …
I agree Jay. Thanks for watching. -jim
Thanks Country! It …
Thanks Country! It helped me remember what it was like when I lived there. It will be back, if for no other reason, then we can't imagine a world without New Orleans. Laissez les bons temps roule… a nouveau
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I was in New Orleans for the first time this yeat . And it was wonderful. I am sure so many new comers are just loving it!! I will be back soon! Please check out Rovin with Per
Me too!
Me too!
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THANK YOU! Your video has awakened many wonderful memories. I hope N'awlins isn't gone for good.
Hey there. Glad you …
Hey there. Glad you enjoyed the New Orleans video. -jim
Rockin video, man.
Rockin video, man.
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You did a great job. I felt as though I was on a tour.
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Thanks Cindy. I only wish that I had some actual video but this was before my YouTube fascination.
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Great video! Will visit again!
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I Remember!
Haha someone told my mom to download a LCD single and she thought she got a song by another band with the same name since it sounded nothing like what she was told. It was funny when I told her that was LCD Soundsystem.
"…we have better leaders outside the UMNO-BN" … dinobeano
Absolutely, we do. The only consolation is the "better way" should triumph, yet!
If there is a "better" way, and it's there somewhere, I guess we'll find it.
But that way is not my way, your way, his or her way or their way, it's just "the way".
Trouble is, it's not in sight yet, anywhere! 🙁
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Hemp Wallets by Ecoluti
Wake up people! Hemp is extremely sustainable! It grows super fast, requires no pesticides, and provides lots of great nutrients to the soil (unlike crops that deplete nutrients). Though I will admit, the growing of it would get hairly in the U.S. due to it's glazy-eyed cousin. I bought a checkbook wallet and a men's wallet and the quality is great. Plus, I ordered the wallet right before Christmas -knowing there was no way I would get it in time- and I did! They had it to me from Canada in just a few days, don't know how they did it. **Update** It's been two Christmases since I gave this gift and it hasn't worn through like his previous "leather" ones. Still in fantastic shape... amazing!!
Have you looked at your man's wallet lately? It is sometimes quite scary looking. You may see loose threads or holes or rips or tears.... Now is your chance to give your guy a fresh wallet start this holiday season.Added 8 Years Ago from Gap


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How to Truss a Turkey
Tying a turkey makes it look pretty and prevents the wing tips from burning. Here's how to do it without getting all tangled up.
Step 1: Using kitchen twine, tie the legs together, looping the twine around the legs several times so that they are secure; finish with a knot.
Step 2: Twist each wing so that the wing tip tucks under the neck cavity of the bird. You may need to twist with a bit of force. The weight of the bird and the tension of the wing should keep it in place.
Step 3: Season and prepare the bird according to the recipe directions.