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For years, talk was of the IMFs declining clout in the global economy as demands for emergency lending had dropped off amid a relatively benign global economic climate for the greater part of the past decade. Newly-empowered Asian economies routinely snubbed the global policy lender as memories of IMF rescue packages to east Asian nations in the 1997 crisis seen as both humiliating and damaging in equal measure were still raw. Latin economies scrambled to repay their debts, as if to thumb their noses at the so-called Washington Consensus. And a governance regime tilted heavily in favour of western powers only served to reinforce the Funds estrangement from emerging economies.
But as the global financial crisis erupted in 2008, it didnt take long for the Washington-based multilateral to regain the spring in its step. Its shareholders have bulked up its resources, while the institution has proved its fire-fighting prowess, following seemingly successful bailouts of the Seychelles to Latvia to perhaps Greece.
The IMF is now at the forefront of efforts to craft a more stable financial system, vying to show its leadership on global policy co-ordination challenges from banking, capital flows to fiscal stabilization measures. Moves to increase the representation of emerging markets at the institution are gathering pace with European nations poised to rationalize their representation on the executive board.
But the vexed question of currency regimes in todays global economy could prove one of the IMFs biggest challenges yet.
Brazilian finance minister Guido Mantega rocked global finance in late September with his claim that the world is in the grip of an international currency war that he said was squeezing the competitiveness of his countrys export sector. At the heart of the challenge is the fact that developed economies and many emerging nations face feeble domestic demand prospects in the near-term, increasing their dependency on exports. As a result, exchange rates are useful for boosting a countrys output.
In the past month, Japan has intervened to drive down the value of the yen and Latin American and Asian nations have stepped up their forays into foreign exchange markets to stem currency appreciation. Meanwhile ultra loose monetary policy in the US and eurozone has helped drive down the dollar and euro, while adding to the upward pressure on emerging market currencies. And fears are growing that a full-scale global currency war will break out, as countries competitively devalue their currencies to boost export competitiveness.
Against this backdrop, the IMF originally founded in 1944 with a remit to co-ordinate exchange rate policies is now faced with the task of fixing the imbalances in the global exchange rate system. Asian economies, principally China, have accumulated vast holdings of US Treasuries to prevent exchange rate accumulation. This policy has reduced interest rates in the US, making it easier for Americans to rack up debt. As a result, the key challenge is to rebalance global demand: in short, the US and Europe need to export more goods and rely less on consumption while Asia takes up the slack by rewiring its growth model to increase domestic consumption. The latter part of the equation entails stronger currencies to reduce the cost of imports and incentivize investment to domestic-orientated goods and services.
In a bid to pursue the global rebalancing agenda while increasing its own firepower the IMF in recent months has launched a charm offensive in the region to encourage Asian nations to park some of their excess reserves at the Fund. With nearly $5 trillion of foreign exchange reserves, Asia has far more potential financial fire power than the IMF itself. Accumulation of large-scale dollars also provides countries with self insurance against abrupt reversals of private capital from emerging markets during a crisis.
The IMFs courtship of Asia kicked off in earnest a year ago when John Lipsky, the Funds first deputy managing director, came to Tokyo declaring that Asias surplus nations need no longer feel they should hold such huge reserves as buffer against possible future crises. It made little sense for Asian nations to rely on self-insurance when they could make use of an expanded range of IMF financial facilities (credit lines) that offered outside insurance, Lipsky argued. In short, Asian nations could borrow reserves rather than hoarding them.
The Funds hope is that a well-capitalized IMF could be a suitable alternative as it vies to become the de facto global liquidity lender of last resort. In addition, weaning Asian nations off foreign exchange accumulation would also encourage these countries to have a more market-based currency system a move that would curb the threat of a global currency war.
To this end, the IMF is putting on a humbler face in Asia as it vows to atone for its mistakes and heal wounds still festering since the Asia crisis when the Fund was lambasted for imposing fiscal austerity with devastating social costs.
This message was driven home this summer when the IMF, along with the government of South Korea, staged a two-day meeting for the benefit of several hundred Asian finance ministers, central bank governors and other officials.
The event received relatively little international publicity given its importance - largely because it was held in the out-of-the-way Korean city of Daejeon, three hours by bus from the nearest airport. This helped the IMF to cover its blushes in apologising for past mistakes.
There were things that we could have done better, IMF managing director Strauss-Kahn admitted in Daejeon. We have to admit that there are bad memories [and] learn lessons from the Asian crisis. Other top IMF officials spoke in similarly humble terms, stressing the Funds desire to mend fences and work with Asia.
They acknowledged that the conditions the IMF imposed on a number of east Asian countries during the 1997 crisis, as a precondition for IMF loans, were often far too sweeping in scope and severity. And they insisted that IMF loan conditionality since become far more focussed and less economically and politically damaging.
Strauss Kahn and other IMF officials refrained from criticising the huge treasure chest of foreign exchange reserves in East Asia, while acknowledging it to be a cushion against future shocks. But at the same time they tried hard to sell the idea that the IMF stands ready to provide funds with few strings attached if Asia cares to run down its forex reserves now and then finds itself in need of emergency reserves later.
The IMF subsequently made a preliminary announcement that it is expanding and enhancing its lending tools to help contain the occurrence of financial crises. It has decided to increase the duration and credit available under the existing Flexible Credit Line and to establish a new Precautionary Credit Line. Other instruments remain under wraps for now.
This no strings attached sales pitch meets with a very cautious response from some in Asia. We dont believe it, is the blunt reaction of Eisuke Sakakibara, Japans former vice finance minister who in his own words led a rebellion against the IMF in 1997 at the time of the Asian crisis by proposing the formation of an Asian Monetary Fund. The IMF would probably lend to us [in time of crisis] but with lots of conditions attached. So, we had better have our own reserves, Sakakibara tells Emerging Markets.
Tellingly, the nature and speed at which the IMF has bailed out European countries in the crisis has served to reinforce the impression of the Funds double-standards. Angib Abimanyo, a senior Indonesian finance ministry official, said at the Asian Development Bank meetings this spring that the IMF needs to be modernised and to become more even handed in its dealings with different countries.
Crucially, the IMFs plan to deter key emerging economies from building up excess foreign exchange reserves is falling on deaf years, says Tim Adams, former assistant US Treasury secretary. I think this recent crisis has reaffirmed in the minds of economic officials, not only in Asia but generally in the emerging world that self insurance is an important objective.
Reserves disappear at a fairly alarming rate in time of crisis and one of the lessons to be taken away from this crisis is that whatever is available from the IMF and elsewhere, still there is a need for a substantial amount of self insurance. I dont think this is going to change anytime soon. I think reserve accumulation is going to continue for the foreseeable future, although not at the pace of recent years.
Adams is, nevertheless, impressed by the IMFs attempts to win back Asia, as are others such as Sakakibara. The Fund is making a very serious effort to win back Asian support, Sakakibara acknowledges. But the problem is that Asia does not need the IMF, he says. The countries that need it are European countries. They might as well change their name to the European Monetary Fund.
Asian countries have the perception that the IMF is not really for Asians but for Europeans and Americans, says Masahiro Kaway, dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute, while former Japanese executive director at the IMF Shigeo Kashiwagi is sceptical of the Funds charm offensive in Asia. The IMF needs Asia in peace time but what about war time? he asks - meaning that the Fund might not be so accommodative toward to Asia in the event of another crisis.
Asias perennial fear of abrupt capital outflows and lack of faith in the IMF lies at the heart of the matter: Asia needs to accumulate forex reserves and trade surpluses as the IMF fails to provide a credible liquidity backstop in the event of a crisis, the argument goes.
Lipsky had argued in Tokyo that Asia could afford to use some of its huge foreign exchange resources (held mainly by China and Japan but which also run into billions of dollars in other parts of East Asia and in India) to develop their own economies now that the IMFs own resources have been beefed up.
Some believe that the IMF is sincere in its desire to build better relations with Asia and that it has learned its lesson from past mistakes. The IMF has really changed under Strauss-Kahn, declared president of the Asian Development Bank Haruhiko Kuroda during the Daejeon meeting. It is now up to Asia to respond, Kuroda suggested.
But others have still to be to be convinced. Sakakibara, in particular, says it makes no sense that any one nation (the US) should exercise veto power over the IMF, or that Europe should hold 40% of the votes, he says. Similar sentiments are voiced by Li Daokui, an economics professor at Chinas Tsinghua University. The IMF must become more independent of major powers before Asia can fully trust it, he says.
The stakes are high: the IMF needs to win Asias trust back as it seeks a role in re-designing the global exchange rate system a move that would help to better balance global growth. Winning a mandate to grab a portion of Asias huge foreign exchange reserves would show the region has faith in the IMF as a liquidity provider of last resort a powerful first step in resolving global financial imbalances.
Competing initiatives to manage Asian forex reserves could have a profound impact on the global monetary architecture
A global financial safety net, the IMFs special drawing rights and plain old Asian central bank accounts. Asias $5 trillion in foreign exchange reserves could soon have three homes.
Japan has loaned $100 billion (roughly one tenth) of its forex reserves to the IMF, receiving in exchange IMF obligations denominated in the Funds fiat currency, Special Drawing Rights or SDRs. This helps to reduce Japans exposure to a declining US dollar. China has bought $50 billion of special IMF notes for similar purposes and others are expected to follow suit.
Rei Masunaga, a former senior Bank of Japan official and deputy president of the Japan Centre for International Finance Rei Masunaga believes that this type of arrangement needs to be expanded, rather than the IMF offering no or few strings- attached credit lines to Asia.
The IMF needs to become a bank as well as a fund, he tells Emerging Markets.
If the IMF revived the Substitution Account plan proposed in the late 1970s and accepted dollar deposits from Asian and other surplus nations, issuing them with SDR-denominated obligations in return, lenders could make us of their own money whenever they wished without having to appeal for IMF credit lines, says Masunaga.
Meanwhile, South Korea, one of the countries (along with Indonesia, Thailand and others) that suffered most from the stern policy conditionality that the IMF imposed on it in return for emergency financing in 1997 is leading efforts to get the IMF to offer a realistic alternative for Asian and other surplus nations other than holding huge reserves.
The IMF has not really assumed its role of ensuring macroeconomic stability and supporting economic development in Asian developing countries, charged South Koreas minister of strategy and finance Jeung-Hyun Yoon in Daejeon. Whats needed are concrete measures to strengthen financial safety nets around the world, he added.
As host of both the recent IMF meeting in Daejeon (the first such to be held in Asia) and of the G20 summit to be held in Seoul (another first for Asia) in November, Korea is giving intellectual leadership to the idea of a Global Financial Safety Net, observed Strauss Kahn. They are really pushing us on this, he added.
The idea of a Global Financial Safety Net or GFSN was proposed by South Korea at a G20 summit in Toronto earlier this year, Heenam Choi, director general of the Policy Strategy Bureau of the Korean Presidential Committee for the G20 [Seoul] Summit tells Emerging Markets.
Details of the scheme are still being worked out but basically there will be four parts to the safety net, he says. One element will be to enlarge the IMFs conditionality-free Flexible Credit Line (FCL) and lengthen its maturity in order to make it appeal to a wider range of countries and lengthen its maturity; and another will be a Precautionary Credit Line or PCL for what Choi called non-platinum countries that do not qualify for the FCL.
A third element will be a facility for the IMF to provide liquidity to systemically important countries that could pose a wider threat if they are subject to market attacks. Yet another will be a global stabilisation mechanism under which the IMF will cooperate with regional financial arrangements such as the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralised, Choi added.
IMF officials are anxious to assure Asia that the CMIM which has been painstakingly constructed by the ASEAN+3 group of countries (Japan, China, Korea plus the ten ASEAN states) over the past ten years will be no obstacle to a rapprochement with the IMF. Strauss Kahn says he welcomes the CMIM.
We have no reason to oppose it, he said in Daejeon while pointing to the fact that Europe too now has its own regional monetary arrangement in the shape of the European Financial Stability Fund or EFSF. We should build complementarily between multilateral and regional institutions, adds Anoop Singh, director of the IMF Asia Pacific Department.
But beneath this seemingly benign rhetoric about how best to deploy Asias reserves in the interests of financial stability belies a more stark reality. Chinas central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan sparked a debate in late March about the dollars status as the worlds main unit of exchange by suggesting the SDR be more widely used as part of a sweeping overhaul of the global monetary system. How Asian nations use their reserves in the coming years will be a telling signal on how the region intends to shift away from the dollar.


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Christopher Kostow is a big fan of cabbage; when he makes this soup, he uses cabbage juice to amplify the flavor, but it's also great made with vegetable stock.
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- One 375-milliliter bottle Sauternes
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- 1 1/2 teaspoons caraway seeds
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- 2 Asian pears, peeled and halved lengthwise
- Two 1/2-inch-thick slices of pumpernickel bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 pounds napa cabbage—halved, cored and thinly sliced
- 1 cup vegetable stock
- 1 cup crème fraîche
- Julienned savoy or napa cabbage, finely diced Gruyère cheese and mustard-seed oil (see Note), for garnish
How to make this recipe
Preheat the oven to 350°. In a medium saucepan, combine the Sauternes, sugar, cinnamon stick, caraway, a pinch of salt and 2 3/4 cups of water. Bring just to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Add the Asian pear halves, cover and poach over moderately low heat, turning occasionally, until barely tender, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool completely. Core the pears and cut them into 12 wedges each. Return the pear wedges to the poaching liquid.
Meanwhile, on a rimmed baking sheet, toss the bread cubes with the olive oil and season with salt. Bake for about 10 minutes, until just crisp; let cool.
In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Add the napa cabbage and a generous pinch of salt and cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until wilted, 12 minutes. Add the vegetable stock and 6 cups of water and bring to a boil. Simmer over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until the cabbage is very tender, 10 to 12 minutes.
Working in batches, puree the cabbage soup with the crème fraîche in a blender until smooth. Strain the soup through a fine sieve into a clean saucepan. Bring the soup just to a boil and simmer over moderate heat, stirring often, until reduced to 8 cups, about 7 minutes. Season the soup with salt.
Ladle the soup into shallow bowls. Using a slotted spoon, add the poached pears to the bowls. (The poached pear liquid can be served with sparkling water as a spritzer.) Garnish with the pumpernickel croutons, julienned cabbage and diced Gruyère, drizzle with mustard-seed oil and serve.
Make Ahead
The poached pears and pureed soup can be refrigerated separately overnight. Let the pears return to room temperature and reheat the soup gently before serving.
Pungent mustard-seed oil, such as the Australian-made one from Naturally from Nature, is available at specialty food stores and from farawayfoods.com.
Suggested Pairing
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The latest iteration of the Credit Managers' Index showed a return to form in some key factors, and jumped almost a full point from where it languished in October. November's 55.2 reading is still shy of the high points reached back in February and March (55.8 and 56.2, respectively), but is back to the levels seen in August and September. When the reading from October fell to 54.4, there was a sense that it may have been an anomaly, and not as dangerous as it would appear. Now that assessment looks more accurate.
The most important jump was in sales, which climbed from 57.4 to 60.4. It is always encouraging to see the data cresting past 60, and this marks the best sales month since August when the reading was at 62. However, the best improvement in the favorable factors was in dollar collections, as it improved from 54.6 to 61.3. That is an impressive showing by any measure, and suggests that companies are seeing enough improvement in revenues to start catching up on their debt.
There was slightly more volatility in the unfavorable categories, causing a decline in the overall unfavorable index. Every indicator except dollar amount beyond terms, which rose from 48 to 49.9, slipped. Rejections of credit applications fell from 52 to 51.1—not a major reduction, but a signal that there are still applicants coming with less than acceptable ratings. The decline in accounts placed for collection from 53 to 51.2 was a little steeper, but is consistent with the pace set for most of the year and suggests that many companies are still trying to get back into financial shape.
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of innocence, unadorned but
fair-featured and smelling of
apples or grass. She wears
a utopian smock or shift, her hair
is light brown and smooth, and she
is kind and very clean without
but she has
no imagination
And there's a
turbulent moon-ridden girl
or old woman, or both,
dressed in opals and rags, feathers
and torn taffeta,
who knows strange songs
but she is not kind.
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Portland Monthly & Argyle Winery present "Shucked!" Oysters & Bubbly 2014
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (PDT)
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Guests will enjoy 5 oysters dressed in signature mignonettes prepared by leading Portland chefs, and 5 tastes of Argyle Sparkling Wine.
Featured chefs and restaurants:
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On a recent warm St. Louis night, Maserati St. Louis introduced the new four-door Quattroporte to a large and enthusiastic crowd gathered at Café Napoli in Clayton. As the cover was lifted from the car, it was started: To the delight of the crowd, its engine revved, with an award-winning sonorous exhaust note, touted as scientifically proven to produce a 'biological response' in women.
That beautiful exhaust note originates deep within the 3.8-liter, twin-turbo, 523-horsepower V-8 engine that drives the rear wheels of the Maserati through an 8-speed automatic transmission; and can get you to 60 mph in less than five seconds. (A V-6 engine with all-wheel-drive also is available.) To make sure the performance of the car doesn't exceed your driving talent, the Maserati stability program uses advanced electronics to restore stability if you start to skid by reducing torque and activating the brakes.
Being Italian, the new Quattroporte naturally is gorgeous, from its large grill with prominent trident mascot and the sensuous flowing body lines that would look good in spandex, to its bold rear with LED taillights, integrated spoiler and quad exhaust. Cool, high-intensity bi-xenon headlights not only illuminate the road, but even rotate to aim the lamps into corners as you're turning.
Of course, once you get in, the beauty continues in the beautiful, rich soft leather that envelops the well-bolstered heated and cooled seats and real wood trim on the dash and doors. A large 8.4-inch touch-screen panel displays the controls for the car's numerous driving and luxury settings and options. If you choose the four-door Maserati, presumably you're going to have people riding in back, and those lucky enough to do so are treated to electrically adjustable well-bolstered seats, lots of legroom, an available four-seat configuration with an integrated center armrest with various controls, and optional video screens and folding tables. All passengers get to enjoy the Bowers & Wilkins 1280-watt premium surround-sound system specially designed for the Quattroporte. With that much power, the Italian opera to which you're listening could blow the fancy doors off the car. Even the trunk is sufficiently sized to make the Quattroporte a fairly practical everyday commuter vehicle.
The driving experience of the powerful aluminum-intensive vehicle promises to be exhilarating, with a double-wishbone suspension up front and a multi-link system at the rear with an electronic suspension that features continuous damping shocks. For spirited driving, the transmission can be shifted manually with steering-wheel mounted shift paddles or the gear selector.
Of course, Italian styling and performance come at a price. For $140,000, the new Quattroporte offers looks, performance, size and functional practicality, as well as an improved fuel efficiency, thanks to its new more fuel-efficient engine.
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Northwest Stud Announces 2017 Stud Fees
Northwest Stud of Ocala, Fla., announced the 2017 fees for its roster of stallions, which includes Gone Astray, Duke of Mischief, and Wrote.
Northwest Stud of Ocala, Fla., announced the 2017 fees for its roster of stallions, which includes Gone Astray, Duke of Mischief, and Wrote.
The first reported foals by Northwest Stud Farm's graded stakes-winning stallions Duke of Mischief and Turbo Compressor have arrived in Florida.
Grade II winner Birdrun has been retired from racing to stand at Robin Murphy's Poplar Creek Horse Farm near Bethel, Ohio. His fee is $2,000.
Northwest Stud near Ocala, Fl. has announced its stud fees for the 2014 breeding season, including the latest stallion to join its rapidly-growing roster, grade I winner Turbo Compressor.
Northwest Stud has announced that Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IT) winner Wrote and multiple graded stakes winner Duke of Mischief have joined the farm's stallion roster.
Two years after winning the Belmont Stakes, George and Lori Hall's Ruler On Ice will again travel the full circuit of the Belmont Park main track oval June 7 when he starts in the 1 1/2-mile Brooklyn Handicap.
Rain couldn't extinguish Pants On Fire as the multiple graded stakes winner easily drew off to win by 5 1/4 lengths at Gulfstream Park Feb. 15.
Two allowance events on the Feb. 15 and 16 Gulfstream Park cards feature some of racing's familiar names, with Pants On Fire taking on milers Feb. 15 and Capo Bastone making his first start since the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
Keyser is first person to win Media Eclipse Awards in both writing and photography categories.
The $100,000 Harlan's Holiday Stakes may be ungraded, but the Dec. 16 renewal at Gulfstream Park still drew a strong collection of top contenders.
Duke of Mischief, a multiple graded stakes winner of more than $1.9 million, is set to make his return after an absence of eight months in the Harlan's Holiday Stakes Dec. 16 at Gulfstream Park.
Jay Em Ess Stable's Redeemed, a 10-length winner of the Brooklyn Handicap (gr. II) in his last start, looms a tough customer in the $200,000 Greenwood Cup (gr. III) at Parx Racing July 14.
Marathoner Birdrun is entered for a repeat chance in the Brooklyn Handicap (gr. II). Redeemed is the 5-2 morning-line choice for the June 5 feature, run at the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) distance: one lap around 'Big Sandy.'
Last-minute entry Caixa Eletronica made good on his trip from New York to win the $1 million Charles Town Classic (gr. II) at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races the evening of April 14.
One year after registering his most lucrative victory, Duke of Mischief returns to Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races to defend his title in West Virginia's $1 million Charles Town Classic (gr. II) April 14.
Burning Sands Stable's San Pablo has been nearly flawless for more than a year, and now he will try to take his game to the next level in the $150,000 Excelsior Stakes (gr. III) March 17 at Aqueduct.
Duke of Mischief, a lifetime earner of more than $1.7 million who has been soundly defeated in his past three starts, tries the turf in the $150,000 Tampa Bay Stakes (gr. IIIT) Feb. 25 at Tampa Bay Downs.
Tom LaMarra and Ian Tapp handicap the Florida Sunshine Millions Stakes at Gulfstream Park and the Santa Monica Stakes from Santa Anita. watch video
The $400,000 Florida Sunshine Millions Classic may lack numbers, but it doesn't lack talent and the potential to be an excellent betting race Jan. 28 at Gulfstream Park.
Unbeaten 4-year-old filly Awesome Feather and 2011 Eclipse champion female sprinter Musical Romance are among the most accomplished of 48 Florida breds entered in the $1.3 million Florida Sunshine Millions Jan. 28.
Michael Lauffer and Bill Cubbedge's Shackleford and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and partners' Mucho Macho Man each moved closer to their 2012 campaigns when posting workouts Jan. 13 at Gulfstream Park.
P and G Stables and Off The Hook Racing's Turbo Compressor, one of four 3-year-olds in the six-horse field, took the lead from the start and cruised to victory in the $150,000 Carl G. Rose Classic on Florida Millions Day.
Sent off at 41-1, Afleet Again ran down Birdrun and Giant Oak in deep stretch to pull a shocker in the opening race on Day 2 of the Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.
A. U. Miner, third in last year's Breeders' Cup Marathon, draws post 11 for this year's renewal. The opener to the Nov. 5 program to be run at 1 3/4 miles.
Drosselmeyer went a powerful five furlongs in 1:01 at Churchill Downs on Oct. 29, leaving Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott completely satisfied by his final move before the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I).
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Thinking about the Tamron AF 18-270 lens - Should I be?
Have been thoroughly enjoying my new XSi, and had a great time a couple weekends ago shooting with the kit 18-55 lens. On Friday I finally got my 55-250 lens, and looked forward to going on a shoot on Saturday.
Having now been on that shoot, I'm not such a happy camper. To carry the other lens around, I ended up with a bag to hold it around my neck so that I had both the camera and the kit bag. Then I'd get to a shot, and after a little bit of experimenting I found I was needing the 18-55 about twice as often as the 55-250. Which meant when there WAS a long shot, I had to stop, do the exchange in and out of the bag and such, and then either leave the lens on and hope the next shot would be another long one, or...
So, I now find myself thinking that either there has GOT to be a better way to run around with two lenses than what I was doing OR I need to get a lens that can cover the whole range. And yes, this is my first DSLR after almost 9 years of P&S cameras.
If I were going to get a single lens, the Tamron AF 18-270 lens seems to have the best review of the all-in-one lenses I've seen on here. Anyone here with personal experience pro or con? Alternately, is there anyone here with a better way of running around with two lenses that will keep me from wanting to do this in the first place?
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Celebrating Pioneering Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Education
Sep. 30, 2011
Day Features IndyCar, CEO Lecture, Local Teacher Recognition and Author Presentation
LAS VEGAS—The Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering is celebrating women educators with a series of special events on Oct. 13. The Celebrating Pioneering Women in STEM Education effort is in collaborating with Entergy's Nuclear Clean Air Energy program, UNLV's College of Sciences, and the Harry Reid Center.
Starting at 2:00 p.m. in the new Science and Engineering Building, room 1243, will be a program focused on the university students from the sciences and engineering. The program is called All Things Engineering @ UNLV. Nuclear studies will be highlighted and discussed. This will be followed by a presentation by Mr. John Herron, Entergy Nuclear CEO . He will present, Engineering Your Future. Special guest of the afternoon is the Nuclear Clean Air Energy IndyCar and 2010 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, driver Simona de Silvestro. The #78 car will be outside the auditorium and she will be signing autographs. A pizza party will be available for students after the session in the Great Hall. De Silvestro is in town for the IZOD INDYCAR Series final race of the 2011 season Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The evening program begins with a reception held in honor of female STEM educators in Southern Nevada. On display will be images and research abstracts from several UNLV female faculty members in the Sciences and Engineering as well as a special recognition of Clark County School District STEM educator, Ms. Sharon Pearson. Pearson is a fifth grade teacher at Sandy Searles Miller IB Academy for International Studies in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching and was named Teacher of the Year for the Clark County School District. She was a Teacher Argonaut for the JASON Project and recently received her National Board Certification.
Nuclear Clean Air Energy is a national education initiative to broaden awareness of the benefits of safe, clean, affordable and reliable nuclear energy.Entergy is the second largest owner and operator of U.S. nuclear energy plants. They operate or provide management services to 12 reactors at 10 sites. Entergy Corporation owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity and delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $11 billion, more than 15,000 employees and is headquartered in New Orleans. For more information: www.entergy-nuclear.com and www.NuclearCleanAirEnergy.com; on Twitter at @NuclearCleanAir, and on Facebook at NuclearCleanAirEnergy.
Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
Located at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering provides research and academic programs to more than 1,600 undergraduate and graduate students. With more than 70 full-time faculty, and six departments, the college's goals are to provide a quality undergraduate learning experience in engineering and computer science; strengthen and enhance the graduate experience; focus knowledge, discovery, integration, and application in strategic areas; integrate research and education; and to promote and enable partnerships with the private and public sectors.
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Federal public prosecutors in Belgium will institute legal proceedings against the church of Scientology in that country and seek to recognize it as a criminal organization.
The church of Scientology -- which is not recognized as a faith in Belgium -- and several of its top-ranking members face charges including extortion, fraud, illegal practice of medicine and violation of privacy laws, according to Flanders News.
The complaint stems from an investigation of fraudulent labor contracts issued by the church of Scientology in an effort to recruit new volunteers and members. A judge ordered raids on Scientology offices in 2008 that allegedly uncovered a "wealth of evidence" that the organization had spied on and extorted money from its members, according to De Standaard.
An estimated 500 people belong to the church of Scientology in Belgium. The organization's European headquarters are located in Brussels.
Belgium To Prosecute Scientology As Criminal Organization; Church Faces Charges Of Extortion, Fraud
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- Comes with 3 fan extensions, 1 is male to male so not very useful. The other two are 4 pin extensions, maybe around 8".
-White light is nice, but not too bright or distracting. Just let's you know the little black box is there and receiving power.
-Molex power connector is a bit cheap. The pins were pushing out when I tried to connect it. Not a big problem though.
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I use this to power 6 Corsair AF 140 quiet edition fans and 2 Corsair AF 120 quiet edition fans. Those fans don't need controllers because they already run at low enough speeds, so this little accessory cleaned up the install and saved me $100 on unnecessary fan controllers.
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Bring the combined salty, umami flavour of prawns and seaweed together with this prawn tempura onigiri, or tenmusu, recipe. Originating from Nagoya, tenmusu are nori seaweed wrapped onigiri rice balls, each stuffed with a whole prawn that has been covered in crispy tempura and deep-fried to perfection. If you're looking for an alternative to your packed lunch ham sandwich and you love Japanese food, this is the recipe for you.
First things first, cook your rice the Japanese way by simply following Japan Centre's Japanese Rice recipe.
While the rice is cooking, you can prepare your prawn tempura. Remove the prawn's shell keeping the tail attached and pat dry with some kitchen roll. Season with salt and pepper and the cooking sake and place on a plate in the fridge to chill.
The next step is to mix the tempura flour with 2 tablespoons of iced water, add ice cubes if necessary. The colder the batter and ingredients before frying, the lighter and crispier your tempura will be.
Start heating vegetable oil in a heavy-bottom pan until the temperature reaches approximately 170°C. Drop a bit of the batter in the pan and if it sizzles and doesn't fall to the bottom it means that the oil is hot enough.
Time to deep-fry. Dust the prawns with a little extra flour and evenly coat them in the tempura batter mix. Slide them into the hot vegetable oil and let them fry for one minute on either side until lightly golden, remove from the pan. Dip your prawn tempura into the tsuyu to add that lovely, rich bonito flavour.
To create the onigiri ball wet your hands with a bit of water and fill one hand with your cooled rice. Press the rice into a flat pancake with your hands.
Place the prawn tempura in the centre and fold the rice around it covering the prawn up to the tail and making an onigiri rice ball shape. You can make either shape of onigiri, triangle or a ball.
When your onigiri is firm and secure wrap the strip of nori seaweed around the onigiri. The rice doesn't have to be completely covered but the nori will help to keep the onigiri's shape.
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Subject: [ONT] Toronto Newspapers 1952 #7
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:24:18 -0400
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THORNTON, Ada Kidd - At her residence, 74 Manderley Dr., Toronto, Wed. Feb.
13, 1952. Ada KIDD, in her 70th year beloved wife of Clarence (Charlie)
THORNTON, dear mother of Betty (Mrs. A. HOLLAND), Toronto; dear stepmother
of Charlie and George THORNTON, dear sister of Mrs. P. DRUMMOND,
California; Mrs. Wm. GRAY and Mrs. Robert CABLE, Toronto. Resting at the
Wm. Sherrin Funeral Home, 873 Kingston Rd. Toronto. Service in the chapel
Saturday, 1:30 pm. Interment Pine Hills Cemetery.
TOPPING WHITE - Agnes Helen, M.D. - Passed peacefully away at her home, 37
Strathgowan Cres., Toronto, on Wed. Feb. 13, 1952. Dr. Agnes Helen TOPPING
WHITE, beloved mother of Fred, Graham and John TOPPING, grandmother of
Marilyn TOPPING. Resting at the above address. Funeral service in St.
Clement's Anglican Church, Duplex and Briar Hill Ave., on Friday at 2 pm to
St. James' Creamtorium.
TUMBER, Mary Anne - At Toronto, on Thurs. Feb. 14, 1952. Mary Anne TUMBER,
wife of the late Alfred Henry TUMBER and dear mother of Mrs. H. LOMAX
(Lillian) of Kent, England; Eli, Arthur, Lew, Albert, Mrs. V. MILLEN
(Daisy), Mrs. J. McVEY (Kathleen) and Fred, in her 89th year. Resting at
the W.J. Ward Funeral Home, 119 Main St. N., Weston. Service in the chapel
on Saturday at 2 pm. Interment Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Kent, England.
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VAREY, Vivian Zella - At her home, 176 Quebec Ave., on Fri. Feb. 15, 1952.
Vivian Zella HUTCHINSON, beloved wife of George W. VAREY and dear mother of
Everal, Lawrence and Rae VAREY, Toronto, sister of Mrs. D.J. SINNAMON,
Rayborne, Saskatchewan; Mrs. George COOK, Toronto; and Ernest F.
HUTCHINSON, Heathcote, Ont. Resting at the Funeral Chapel of Wm. Speers,
2926 Dundas St. W. (near Keele). Service Monday evening 8 o'clock.
Interment Thornbury Cemetery, about 2 o'clock, Tuesday.
WELCH, Mary Maria - On Tues. Feb. 12, 1952, at Winnipeg. Mary Maria WELCH,
beloved wife of the late David George WELCH and dear mother of Alice (Mrs.
George FETHERS), Sandridge, Man, and Norman A. WELCH, of Toronto. Resting
at the Morris Funeral Chapel, Bowmanville, from 1 o'clock Friday until
funeral service at 2:30 pm Saturday. Interment Bowmanville Cemetery.
WEST, James E. - Suddenly, on Thurs. Feb. 14, 1952, at his home, 3
Grenadier Rd., Toronto. James E. WEST, beloved husband of Bertha PYE, dear
father of Kenneth F. and Mrs. Norman HUTCHINSON (Jean), both of New
Toronto; brother of Elizabeth, Maurice and George WEST, all of Toronto.
Resting at the Turner & Porter Funeral Home, 436 Roncesvalles Ave. from
Friday evening. Service in the chapel 3 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Interment Park Lawn Cemetery.
WOODS, Charity - After a short illness at her home, 12 Fenwick Ave,
Toronto, on Thurs. Feb. 14, 1952. Charity WOODS, dear sister of Mrs. Allie
BEEKER of Kitchener, Mrs. Lydia Ann CURTS, Indian Head, and Will,
Independence, Missouri; dear aunt of Rita (Mrs. H. OAKLEY), Henry and Bill.
Resting at the Trull Funeral Home, 1111 Danforth Ave. until 11 am,
Saturday, thence to People's Church (100 Bloor St. E.) for service at 2
o'clock. Further service at Ratz and Bechtel Funeral Home, Kitchener,
Ont., on Sunday at 2 o'clock. Interment Rosebank Cemetery, Kitchener.
Casket will be open until time of service.
End of Deaths
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New Directions in the Treatment of Advanced Colorectal Cancer
New Directions in the Treatment of Advanced Colorectal Cancer
During the past decade, the treatment of advanced colorectal
cancer finally began to change. The development of new drugs with single-agent
activity in colorectal cancer has changed the focus of clinical trials away from
new methods of modulation of fluorouracil (5-FU). Currently, new drug
development in colorectal cancer is going beyond traditional cytotoxic therapy.
This article is designed to broadly outline some of these new approaches, with a
focus on two novel strategies, ie, targeting the epidermal growth factor
receptor (EGFr) and targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).
Immunotherapy Approaches
The term "immunotherapy" now encompasses several
different approaches to treatment of malignancies. Reviews of immunotherapy
approaches to colorectal cancer have been published.[1,2]
Using Monoclonal Antibodies
One immunotherapy approach is to use monoclonal antibodies
against various cellular targets such as proteins located (and often
overexpressed) on the surface of cancer cells. Examples of these include
antibodies to glycoprotein 17-1a, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), HER2/neu, and
C242.[1] While antibodies themselves may be able to produce an immune response
to aid in tumor cell kill, it is also possible to use antibodies to deliver the
chosen anticancer therapy. For example, anti-CEA antibodies have been
radioactively tagged for the purpose of immunoscintigraphy. This is currently
being evaluated for delivery of intratumoral radiation.[2]
Antibodies can also be used to enhance delivery of chemotherapy
agents or their prodrugs to the tumor. The drug can be attached to an antibody
targeted to the cancer. The agent would then be cleaved and activated by the
cells. Similarly, toxins such as ricin or Pseudomonas toxin have been attached
to an antibody for targeted delivery.[1] Trials of several such agents have
begun to accrue patients.
Using Vaccines
Another approach in early clinical testing is the use of
vaccines against proteins that are either overexpressed or mutated in colorectal
cancer cells. The immune response in this case may require specific human
leukocyte antigen (HLA) types as is the case with the anti-ras vaccine developed
by Carbone et al, which is currently undergoing evaluation in colorectal cancer.
In addition, other approaches such as adding cytokines may increase the
projected immune response to a vaccine. One such trial combined a monoclonal
antibody to glycoprotein 17-1a with interleukin-2 and granulocyte-macrophage
colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF [Leukine]).[3] Of 20 patients enrolled, one
had a partial response and two had stable disease.
While these approaches have not yet demonstrated efficacy in
advanced disease, the trials are still early and results are limited. However,
it is suspected that immune therapies will be most effective in the setting of
minimal residual disease. For example, despite minimal activity in advanced
disease, the monoclonal antibody to glycoprotein 17-1a, in one trial, appears to
have reduced the risk of recurrence by 30% in patients with resected stage III
colon carcinomas.[1]
Gene Therapy
Gene therapy is a broad area of current investigation with a
variety of potential applications. An excellent review of gene therapy was
published previously.[4] Some of the classifications and potential targets of
gene therapy are listed in Table 1.
Viral Vectors
Recent advances in our understanding of the biology of cancer
have focused on the genetic changes that lead to malignant transformation. Genes
commonly mutated in colorectal cancer include, but are not limited to, p53, the
ras family, DCC, APC, and genetic mutations that lead to microsatellite
instability. If mutations in these genes can lead to cancer, then replacing the
wild type genes theoretically may reverse the malignant process created by the
mutant gene.[4]
Therefore, there has been much focus on development of viral
vectors to "correct" the mutant gene. For example, by replacing wild
type p53, it is hoped that tumor cells would more readily undergo apoptosis, the
process of programmed cell death. The adenovirus Onyx-015 utilizes a different
approach to gene therapy. Already in clinical testing, this virus replicates
selectively in cells with mutated p53, which results in cell death. Evidence for
clinical activity was seen in the first trials of intratumoral injection of the
Onyx-015 adenovirus.
A method of gene therapy that crosses into the previously
discussed category of immunotherapy is immunomodulation. One example is use of a
viral vector to increase HLA B7 expression to enhance immune responses to
malignancy. Another example is the transfer of cytokine genes into tumor cells
in order to enhance immune response. These methods are being studied in the
preclinical setting and in early clinical trials.
Transferring Genes
Finally, it may be possible to kill tumor cells by transferring
genes that result in the production of certain enzymes that metabolize prodrugs
to active cytotoxic agents.[4] For example, by transferring the gene for
thymidine kinase into the tumor cells, the antiviral agent ganciclovir
(Cytovene) would then be selectively activated in the cancer cells resulting in
regional toxicity without severe systemic effects. Other enzyme/prodrug pairs
are listed in Table 1.
Molecular Targets
The new knowledge has also resulted in the development of
chemicals and antibodies to molecular targets within tumor cells or the matrix
within which they grow. Two molecular targets have entered clinical trials in
colorectal cancer.
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr), also known as HER1
and ErbB1, is a 170-kD transmembrane glycoprotein consisting of two major parts:
an extracellular ligand-binding domain and an intracellular tyrosine kinase
domain. Although EGF is a ligand for EGFr, other ligands have been identified,
including transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha), heparin-binding EGF,
amphiregulin, and betacellulin. When an activating ligand binds to EGFr, either
homodimerization of EGFr or heterodimerization with another member of the HER
family occurs. This results in receptor autophosphorylation and activation of
the tyrosine kinase. The downstream effects of activating the tyrosine kinase
appear to include cell survival and apoptosis, angiogenesis, cell motility, and
tumor invasiveness.
The EGFr has been studied specifically in colorectal cancer.
EGFr is frequently overexpressed in colorectal cancer. In addition, results of
at least one trial suggest that EGFr overexpression may correlate with
metastatic potential in colorectal cancer.[5]
Drugs that target one of the two major domains of the EGFr have
been designed and are undergoing clinical testing. One approach to inhibiting
EGFr through the extracellular domain is via the creation of antibodies to the
extracellular domain of EGFr. Conjugating a toxin such as ricin to either an
EGFr ligand or to an EGFr antibody can also target EGFr. Finally, antisense
oligonucleotides to EGF receptor mRNA and to EGF receptor ligand mRNA have also
been designed. Of these methods, antibodies to the EGFr have already entered
clinical trials. The antibody ABX-EGF is a fully human IgG2 monoclonal antibody
with a high affinity for EGFr.[6] ABX-EGF had significant activity against a
variety of cell lines in the preclinical setting. Phase I trials are ongoing.
A second antibody, C225, is a chimeric antibody against EGFr.
Although it is not fully human, C225 does not appear to induce antichimeric
antibodies.[7] In an early trial, C225 was combined with chemotherapy for
patients with refractory tumors.[8] Although the study reported on very few
patients treated with a variety of agents, one patient with colorectal cancer
has had a durable complete response. Therefore, a phase II study was initiated
using irinotecan (CPT-11, Camptosar) and C225 for patients with
irinotecan-refractory colorectal cancer; preliminary results are to be presented
at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Conference in May 2001.


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I haven't tried Bushmills' other bottlings, but will plan to get a review of the popular Black Bush up before St. Patty's.
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Why You Need More Fiber
High-fiber foods boost health and help control your weight
By Elaine Magee, MPH, RD
Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD
Most of us haven't a clue how many grams of fiber we get from our diets in on a typical day. Yet for many Americans, this number should be doubled.
A recent American Dietetic Association position paper reported that most of us don't even come close to the recommended intake of 20 grams to 35 grams of fiber a day. Americans' mean fiber intake is about half that --14-15 grams a day.
That's not surprising when you consider that we get fiber from 'roughage' like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts/seeds, and beans. The typical American isn't exactly loading his or her plate with these foods (you'd be hard-pressed to find a fruit, vegetable, whole grain, or bean in your average fast-food value meal).
Why Is Fiber so Good for Us?
Eating a higher-fiber diet has been shown to lower blood cholesterol levels, improve and prevent constipation, and slow digestion. And according to Barbara Rolls, PhD, author of The Volumetrics Eating Plan, fiber can help us eat less -- and lose weight.
"Simply doubling the amount of fiber you eat from the average of 15 grams per day to around 30 grams helps reduce calorie intake," Rolls explains. "Fiber has been shown to increase satiety, not only by lowering the energy density of foods (that is, how many calories they have per serving) but also by slowing the rate that foods pass through the digestive systems."