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The setting, a small, ancient-appearing village, looking like it was carved from the face of the cliff it sits on, the decor, warm tones and tasteful, comfortable furnishings, but most of all, the generous, warm hospitality made our experience at Misia outstanding. Our host, Georgio, couldn't have been more welcoming or helpful. As just one example, he recommended restaurants that we would not have found otherwise, and which gave us an authentic taste of Umbria. Our room was very private and comfortable, furnished in the same warm earth-tones found throughout the resort. An ample breakfast buffet, with pastries, breads to toast, fresh fruit, cereals, cold cuts and cheeses - and cappuccino - was served in an attractive dining room. While Misia is set in the Italian countryside, we found it an easy drive to Orvieto and the incredible Medeaval town of Civita di Bagnoregio.
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Psalms: Arthur Wragg
It's always dangerous to appear too definitive but it's probably safe to say that the two serious geniuses of the turn-of-the-19th-century in black and white illustration were Aubrey Beardsley and William Heath Robinson, and perhaps Harry Clarke... you see, already the definitiveness slips away! Anyhow, perhaps the one person who took on black and white in a genuinely original and genuinely genius kind of way in the inter-war period was Arthur Wragg (1903-1976). This is his first book (Selwyn & Blount, London, 1933) and it was like a clarion cry of a new 'black and white'. Clearly it stands in the tradition of the 1890s and of the emerging Socialist propagandist art but it is also clearly his own. A Christian Socialist, Wragg produced these images in ink, not as it sometimes thought, as woodcuts, and they don't so much leap from the page as carve their way deep into it. They are dread-ful, awe-ful, passionate and visionary and, although it might truthfully be said that they present a somewhat naive view of the interaction of religion and politics they are, I think, all the more affecting for that. I wish I could scan every last one of them and post them here but I can't: the book wouldn't stand the scanning but I urge you, if you have an ounce of interest in 20th century illustration to go out and buy the inexpensive books created by this undeservedly neglected master.
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Watson and Holmes move to a now-famous address, 221B Baker Street, where Watson is introduced to Holmes's eccentricities as well as his uncanny ability to deduce information about his fellow beings. Somewhat shaken by Holmes's egotism, Watson is nonetheless dazzled by his seemingly magical ability to provide detailed information about a man glimpsed once under the streetlamp across the road.
Then murder. Facing a deserted house, a twisted corpse with no wounds, a mysterious phrase drawn in blood on the wall, and the buffoons of Scotland Yard--Lestrade and Gregson--Holmes measures, observes, picks up a pinch of this and a pinch of that, and generally baffles his faithful Watson. Later, Holmes explains: "In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward.... There are few people who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own inner consciousness what the steps were which led up to that result." Holmes is in that elite group.
Conan Doyle quickly learned that it was Holmes's deductions that were of most interest to his readers. The lengthyflashback, while a convention of popular fiction, simply distracted from readers' real focus. It is when Holmes and Watson gather before the coal fire and Holmes sums up the deductions that led him to the successful apprehension of the criminal that we are most captivated. Subsequent Holmes stories-- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , The Return of Sherlock Holmes , and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes --rightly plunge the twosome directly into the middle of a baffling crime, piling mystery upon mystery until Holmes's denouement once more leaves the dazzled Watson murmuring, "You are wonderful, Holmes!" Generations of readers agree. --Barbara Schlieper Book DescriptionUnabridged Audiobook - 4 CDs - Read by Derek Partridge
A tired and battle scarred surgeon returns to London after being wounded in the third Afghan war. After his money starts to run low, a chance encounter leads him to take a flat with an eccentric man at 221B Baker Street. Thus begins the famous crime-solving partnership of the Holmes and Watson duo.
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The Detroit Tigers are working on eliminating American League Central contenders one team at a time but the Arizona Diamondbacks are quickly running out of opposition in the National League West.
The Tigers' 4-2 victory Monday at second-place Cleveland extended their division lead to 7 1/2 games a day after completing a three-game sweep that seriously damaged the Chicago White Sox's playoff chances.
"We had to win two of three, if not sweep them, and that's the furthest thing from what actually happened," says White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle, who lost Detroit's 18-2 rout Sunday, a day after the Tigers rallied to win after trailing 8-1. "We're not mathematically eliminated, but a smart man isn't going to like our chances right now. We're not going to give up, but we're in big trouble."
So is San Francisco.
The defending World Series champions lost two of three weekend home games to Arizona to fall seven games behind the Diamondbacks, baseball's hottest team.
"It's a good feeling, I'm not going to lie to you," says Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson. "There's no comfort, I don't care how many games we're up."
Maybe Gibson recalls that the Giants got back into last year's division race when first-place San Diego went on a 10-game losing streak that ended on Labor Day. But Gibson's team got to this Labor Day having lost just once in its last 12.
"We're hanging by a thread," says San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy. "We know we're running out of time. I thought it was critical we take the series."
San Francisco won the first game 6-2 against the Diamondbacks, the only time Arizona has allowed more than four runs in any of its last 14 games. Diamondbacks pitchers allowed 26 runs over those games, including eight games with one or no runs.
The hot stretch began after the Diamondbacks, on a six-game losing streak that cut their division lead to one game, were disrupted by an earthquake while visiting Washington.
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A St. Petersburg, Fla., medical examiner says professional wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage had a heart problem that caused him to lose consciousness and crash into a tree in May.
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25 Billion Lawsuit Over AIG Bailout
November 22, 2011 by staff
25 Billion Lawsuit Over AIG Bailout, American International Group's former CEO, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg isn't happy with the biggest bailout in American history and government takeover of AIG–he now wants $25 billion for his troubles.
Greenberg has filed a lawsuit stating that the government bailout and takeover of AIG was an unconstitutional seizure of private property, reported the Wall Street Journal. But it sounds more like Greenberg thinks he, as MSNBC puts it, "got a raw deal" out of the $182 billion bailout (and its after-effects) that the government instituted before an impending AIG collapse. They note:
Those funds allowed AIG to pay off counterparties like Goldman Sachs in full and reward executives with $165 million in bonuses in 2008, even though AIG lost $61.7 billion in the fourth quarter of that year. This situation raised considerable ire among both the public and investors. AIG's own value plummeted and it was reduced to selling off assets to pay back the government, both moves of which hurt Greenberg's stake in the firm.
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Quick check-in, I am already loving this capsule wardrobe thing! I feel like I need to refine my wardrobe a bit but I am so glad that I got rid of so many things and I haven't felt like I am missing anything so far. There are a few things I want to pick up for my Spring Capsule. I am still working to prioritize what to get but I am aiming not to spend more than $100.
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Kobo Launching Free iPad App
Kobo Jumps on the iPad Before Its US Release
The Kobo ereader won't even be available until June here in the US, but it's following closely in Barnes & Noble's footsteps by releasing an iPad app for worldwide customers. The free app is available for download in the iTunes App Store and comes with a really sleek interface. If it looks familiar, that's because it resembles the Apple iBookstore shelving layout but takes things a step further by allowing you to customize the look — adding different background wallpapers to mix things up — and create custom bookmarks. Similar to the Barnes & Noble iPad app, the Kobo app gives users access to the ebooks they've downloaded on their Kobo devices (it's available in more than 200 countries already), comes preloaded with five free classic titles, and enables you to browse the millions of books available in the Kobo ebook store.
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|Julio Sanchez
|Julio Sanchez
|Detective II
|Los Angeles Police Department
|Major Crimes
| Ramona Sanchez (mother)
Oscar Sanchez (brother, deceased)
Alonso Sanchez (brother, incarcerated)
5 Unnamed Siblings
Mark Jarvis (foster son/legal ward)
|Maria Sanchez (deceased)
|Played by
|Raymond Cruz
|First appearance
|The Closer (Pilot)
Detective II Julio Sanchez is assigned to the LAPD's Major Crimes Division on The Closer and Major Crimes.
Character Information Edit
Before being assigned to the Priority Homicide Division (later Major Crimes Division), Sanchez worked at the LAPD's Gang Intelligence Unit. As such, he is the unit's go-to guy for information about local gangs. He is also an expert on weapons and is seen to be the division's designated marksman.
As of the start of The Closer, he had been a widower for two years, but has never taken off his wedding ring. He had a younger brother, Oscar, who was killed in "Sudden Death" as collateral damage in a gang conflict.
Sanchez is known by the team as one of the most compassionate out of the group. He came back to work even after he was shot not too long before. He also has the tendency to interrogate suspects with physical force and anger, which has actually helped the unit solve crimes more often than not. Sanchez is well liked by his colleagues in spite of his aggressive interrogation tactics.
In "Risk Assessment", Rusty Beck asks him why he became a cop along with the rest of the squad. Julio explains that as a kid, his cat was murdered and he wanted to catch the guys who did it and send them to jail. He did eventually catch the guys for attempted murder and rape charges and as they were on their third strike, they went to prison for life. Julio is shown to be greatly pleased with this.
In "Flight Risk", Lt Provenza gave Julio the task of leading and coordinating the search for the two missing children. The search is eventually successful, but unfortunately they are too late to save them. This greatly affects Julio, which nearly causes Julio to assault the person responsible for their deaths. When the suspect was being interrogated by Lt. Flynn and Det. Sykes, Julio and Lt. Tao located the vehicle used to kill the children in the LAPD's parking garage, prompting Julio to rush back upstairs and barge into the interrogation room, flipping the interrogation room table and forcing the suspect to back into a corner. At this point, Capt. Raydor and Lt. Tao had also entered the room and they were able to calm him down enough to escort him out of the room. Later, Chief Taylor could be seen talking with Julio about how they are professionals and they should be able to control their emotions in those sort of situations but he did not receive any official reprimands.
In "Personal Day", a man named Dante Gomez who Julio sent to prison for 20 years is paroled after 17 years. Dante approaches Julio after being paroled and shows no hard feelings towards Julio, actually being thankful for his actions instead. To Julio's surprise, Dante, who originally confessed to the murder, now insists that he's innocent and asks for Julio's help in catching the real killer, providing him with an alibi of committing an armed robbery 26 miles away at the time of the murder. Julio reluctantly informs Captain Raydor due to the rules and is unenthusiastic about investigating it. Dante is later murdered and Julio is left horrified when it turns out Dante was telling the truth about the robbery. He had taken a deal to protect his best friend and accomplice in the robbery who would have gone to jail for life if he'd confessed to the robbery instead of the murder. The squad is able to identify the witness in the first murder as the killer of both and Julio informs Dante's grandmother of her grandson's innocence as Dante's reason for coming forward with the truth was his grandmother was dying and he didn't want her to die thinking he was a murderer. Feeling remorse for putting an innocent man away for 17 years and not helping him when he was asked to, Julio re-opens the murder investigations into Dante's father and uncle on his own time to try to bring his grandmother closure on those cases as well.
During "Internal Affairs", Julio is framed for the murder of his mother's nurse who had been stealing from her. While he was ultimately cleared of all charges, he was forced to go to anger management courses as a result of his aggressive interrogation tactics being discovered by FID. He also moved back in with his mother so she would have the support she needed. It was also noted in this episode that Julio has an older brother named Alonso who is currently in prison for selling drugs.
It was revealed during "A Rose is a Rose" that during the the summer break between Season 3 and Season 4, he had been suspended for five months without pay for his beating of Markos Christakis. After his return, Flynn is distant from him at first but Julio is shown to have a better reign on his temper. In "Snitch", Julio apparently loses his temper with a suspect and explodes at him, but then nods at the camera, showing it was an act to the pleasure of the rest of the squad.
At the end of "Sorry I Missed You", after sympathizing with a suspect who murdered a doctor he blamed for his daughter's suicide, he explains to the squad the source of his anger problems: years before he was married to a woman who had a seizure disorder. The doctors said it was safe for her to go off her medication and she got pregnant with their first child, a girl, and while driving to the grocery store, she had a seizure and a car accident. It took her four days to die in the hospital, and he lost both his wife and unborn child. Julio's comments to the suspect indicated he may have tried to sue the doctor for malpractice but was told that "these things just happen." The deaths of his wife and daughter due to what he believes to be doctor incompetence left him with a great anger that he can't get over and let go. His revelation elects great sympathy from the squad and he's fully accepted back. He had been considering leaving the division due to the distance of his co-workers, particularly Flynn who makes an overt gesture of acceptance after his story and they give him warm welcomes after which he shows no intention of wanting to leave anymore.
In "Hindsight, Part 4", he visited the doctor he blamed for his wife's death. During the visit he learned that his wife, Maria, was the one who decided to stop the medication against the advice from her doctor, which leaves Julio visibly distraught that she had lied to him about the medication, and that he held a grudge against a doctor who, unbeknownst to him, had done nothing wrong.
During the investigation into a gruesome murder during "Cashed Out", Julio's application to become a foster parent is jeopardized after the suspect, who was running from him and Lt. Provenza, took a hostage in a public park and Julio decided to confront him unarmed. This eventually resulted in the suspects peaceful apprehension and police commission inquiry whether Julio's actions in the situation qualified him to receive the LAPD's Medal for Valor.
- The Medal for Valor is the LAPD's highest law enforcement medal awarded to officers and it is usually awarded for acts of extraordinary bravery or heroism performed in the line of duty when the officer is in extreme and life-threatening personal risk. It was implied that he would be receiving the award, although it was not explicitly confirmed on-screen.
This incident also led the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to start an inquiry whether Julio would be a unsuitable foster parent because of his temper and that he has been shot three times, raising concerns that he would have a death wish. He has also fired his weapon more than anyone else from the division.
In "Family Law", Julio was given an emergency placement of an 8-year-old Mark Jarvis by DCFS to give them time to locate his mother. This made Sanchez' application to become a foster parent go to approval to the county and it made him part of the program, making him eligible for long term placement. Mark's mother is later revealed to have been murdered by the Zyklon Brotherhood. While Mark had demonstrated strong bigoted behavior towards Hispanics (including calling immigration to try to report his foster father and Julio's mother as well as making very racist statements), Julio reports that he changes after his mother, actually an informant against the people he learned his attitudes from, was proven to have been killed by them. Mark is implied to have become a long-term placement, and Julio tries to get home to read to him at bedtime, something he indicates that they have both grown to enjoy. In "White Lies, Part 3", Mark and Julio are shown to have deeply bonded but DCFS locates his grandparents which means Mark will be removed from Julio's custody. Both Mark and Julio are devastated by the news and Mark, after apologizing for his previous racist statements to both Julio and Cynthia, leaves Julio his favorite book to remember him by while he takes a bike helmet Julio bought him to do the same.
In "Quid Pro Quo", Mark returns to Julio after his grandfather has a stroke and his grandmother was with him in the hospital. Julio is forced to call DCFS as Mark told him that he had been alone for days and he was running out of food. In "Dead Drop", Julio still has custody of Mark and Mark's grandmother, recognizing her inability to take care of him, transfers guardianship of Mark to Julio permanently. Julio is granted temporary guardianship until a judge can confirm the guardianship about a week later in "Bad Blood". After celebrating by taking Mark to play mini-golf, Mark asks to call Julio "dad" now. As Mark is his legal ward, not his son, Julio instead has them adopt the nicknames pato and patito, "duck" and "duckling" in Spanish.
Officer-involved shootings Edit
- Norman Hall ("Citizen's Arrest")
- Slider (fired at) ("Jane Doe 38")
- Hart Coulson ("Dead Zone")
Trivia Edit
- Julio's badge number is 34150.
- When Julio was seen in uniform in "Repeat Offender", we see that his rank is Detective II, the same as David Gabriel. Detective II is the first supervisory detective rank, comparable to Sergeant I.
- In "Cleared History", Julio is shown to keep a picture of his former foster son Mark Jarvis on his desk. He later managed to get permanent custody of the boy.
|The Closer Characters
|Brenda Leigh Johnson • Sharon Raydor • Fritz Howard • Will Pope • Russell Taylor • Louie Provenza • Andy Flynn • Michael Tao • David Gabriel • Julio Sanchez • Irene Daniels • Buzz Watson • Dr. Fernando Morales
|Major Crimes Characters
|Sharon Raydor • Louie Provenza • Andy Flynn • Michael Tao • Julio Sanchez • Amy Sykes • Wes Nolan • Camila Paige • Buzz Watson • Rusty Beck • Russell Taylor • Leo Mason • Fritz Howard • Dr. Fernando Morales • Andrea Hobbs • Kendall


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Aside from Member Appreciation Day, I coordinate employee functions throughout the year. We hold an annual recognition dinner for our employees where they are honored for their years of service. Every year too we hold a kind of stockholders' meeting where members can get a first-hand look at how our organization is doing and meet the staff and the members of the board and vote any issues that may affect how we do business.
Various committee meetings are held every month. I attend these to record the minutes of discussions relating to business development, financial outlook, legal updates, and strategic planning. I also act as the contact person for a variety of outside vendors whom we do business with. I am responsible as well for scheduling meetings and making travel arrangements.
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In order to really understand how we work and to get a better idea of our A-level subject choices, why not come along to RIC for a 6th form taster day?
We arrange informal taster days throughout the year but the next big event is 28 June 2017.
Come in for a day, choose 5 subjects to taste, meet our teachers, get to know other students coming to the College and also explore the campus.
The move to A-level studies is a chance to specialise after the broad approach of GCSEs. Each subject 'taster' is an hour long and will give a broad overview of the subject. There will undoubtedly be A-levels you have already decided upon but this taster day is also an opportunity to talk to tutors in areas such as Psychology, Sociology, Classical Civilisation, World Development, Government and Politics, Economics etc. – academic disciplines you may have no previous experience or knowledge in.
The 6th form taster day will be from 10-4 and all those attending are welcome to join us for a drink and a BBQ at our annual Summer Festival that evening, an event which celebrates the end of our academic year whilst also showcasing student work in the creative subjects. We will have our art exhibition in place, plus screenings of films, drama pieces, music and other aspects of College life. Parents and guardians are also very welcome to join us in the evening for an informal look at RIC's community feel and to meet the subject tutors at the College.
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Discussion in 'Original Pictures Forum' started by lawn perfection, Nov 30, 2004.
This is my new"to me" personal truck. The red f 250. This is the work only truck now. The tan f 250.
Sweet Ride, What year and how much did ya pay if ya don't mind me asking? Enjoy it and keep her clean.
Its a 2001 had 52k miles on it. Its a powerstroke 4x4 less than $25k
WOW That does not look like an '01 it looks too new. Sounds like you got a hell of a deal. Again enjoy and keep her clean.
If I would have had to guess I would have said atleast an '03 or slightly used '04


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Bank of the Internet (NASDAQ:BOFI) stands out for many reasons. It can expect above average growth in the future while already being priced quite reasonably. I maintain that BOFI has a distinct niche or moat in the banking world that is not easily replaced- though that can be debated. I will discuss these three factors as well as the managment and product provided in my analysis.
The Bank of the Internet has seen incredible 50% growth in deposits YOY from June 2009 to June 2010 and 33% annualized growth from June 2010 to December 2010 (the most recent QR). This brings total deposits to $1.116B compared to a total loan portfolio of $1B for a healthy ratio of 1.1. The interest paid on deposits is the highest nationally (as is called for by its niche) and comes to an expense of 1.89%. This is quite high and represents a large hurdle in finding yield to offset this expense and create net income for shareholders.
The bank's total expense, however, comes to just 4.65% for all expenses- which ultimately is quite reasonable. This compares to Wells Fargo Company (NYSE:WFC) which has a total expense rate of 6.9% on deposits (with a similar rate on its portfolio of loans and securities) while paying just 0.5% on deposits. Wells Fargo makes all its profits (and covers for losses) with banking fees, whereas BOFI makes net income on banking practices and the fees add to total net income. This low expense rate means BOFI can continue to offer the highest yields in the country on savings accounts and Certificates of Deposit.
Bank of the Internet offers the lowest rates on loans in the country as well because of its stringent loan policy. The latest annual report shows that of the $1B loan portfolio, just 8% of the bank's portfolio would be considered "risky" in some form. This includes all of BOFI's RV loans, $17M in NPL [non-performing] loans, and $7M in loans with down payments of less than 20%. BOFI has a NPL to total loan portfolio ratio of 1.7%. This is very low and seems to have stabilized, with losses from the RV portion slowing (and no further loans made for the past 2 years).
Finally, a little over 50% of all loans came with a 50% down payment! Those are quality customers. BOFI had net income of $20.5M for FY2010 for an EPS of $2.21 and has produced two consecutive quarters of earnings of approximately $4.5M or EPS of $0.45. This gives a six month total of $0.90, which should be expected moving forward. Growth in earnings will come from increased loans and increased interest rates. As a result of being the lowest cost distributer of loans, BOFI stands to do extremely well at higher interest rates. The P/E ratio is 8.5 (current price of $15.25). Tangible book value is $12.75 a share.
I believe a significant moat exists due to the nature of the bank. The company owns one branch, the headquarters, which serves as its only face-to-face contact with customers. BOFI has impressive customer service; just try calling and complaining about something random! This is the main reason that costs (not including deposit expenses) as a percentage of deposits (on loan portfolio) are approximately 1%! This compares to Wells Fargo, which spends about 5% of its annual deposits on hand to pay workers and keep branches and ATM's running. Wells Fargo is by no means an outlier here if you consider the following:
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) pays 0.4% on deposits but has a total expense rate of 12.7%
M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) pays 0.4% on deposits but has a total expense rate of 5.11%
Fifth Third Bank (NASDAQ:FITB) pays 1.15% on deposits yet has a total expense rate of 5.85%
This is just a small sample of banks of various sizes, but it gives an example of branch based banks and their expenses for banking as compared to BOFI's model. BOFI recently started allowing ACH transfers and has always given free transactions fees at ATM's, thus allowing most people to access their money at nearly any location. The bank's high interest rate on deposits has attracted large growth in deposits on hand and should continue to do so as BOFI becomes more known outside of California.
BOFI currently offers better mortgage rates on nearly all products as compared to Wells Fargo Company, who is the national leader in providing mortgages. With the transition of payments moving from cash/check to credit/debt, the lack of physical branches will, in my opinion, slowly become less of a necessity and the savings from all ATM and ACH payment options will become worthwhile for many. I believe BOFI holds a moat in this case because a company such as MTB, FITB, or WFC cannot fully transition to the banking model of BOFI without experiencing significant fees, and losses in some form or another (while upsetting current customers expectations).
BOFI only invests in mortgage loans or buying of government bills (or municipal bonds and securitized MBS), and has recently engaged nearly exclusively in single and multifamily mortgages. The bank currently only give loans with a 20% downpayment or greater and prefers FICO scores of 720 or higher. This insistence on high quality borrowers is what allows me to trust BOFI's management.
BOFI has only raised cash through equity offerings after a nearly 90% rise in stock price- from $8 to $14-15 last year. To conserve capital in 2009, nearly all of the directors and executives at BOFI took a decrease in total compensation, even as net income increased by 80%. Nearly half of all salaries for executives is paid in "stock awards" which expire if you are not employed three years after issuance. This shows that the executives believe in the long-term growth of BOFI and make decisions today that are also the best decisions for long term prosperity and stability. Management shows its willingness to listen to its banking customers as well as investors by making a strong push last year to obtain ACH transfers for its customers (to decrease the time to transfer money between banks). There's also a current push to get a mobile banking app for all major smart phone opperating systems.
I have been long BOFI since 2009 with plans to purchase more at the right price.
Disclosure: I am long BOFI.
Additional disclosure: Not long any other bank mentioned


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For Dutch duo VANTOT, it's all in the name. Literally translated from Dutch to mean 'from to', VANTOT focuses on the entire process, starting with a technique and ending with the product. The pair strives to find new applications for innovations in everyday life, and it's not only new-found technologies which have seized their interest. Serving as a guiding light in the duo's work, antiquated techniques are put to good use in modern day outlets, mutually benefiting from today's updated knowledge base.
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Be Invited! During Salone del mobile, Milan, VANTOT presents their new collection based on the newest possibilities in the world of LED lighting. In the solo exhibition 'Current Currents' Vantot explores the possibilities and advantages of Low Voltage. Electrical current is still perceived as something frightening. But what would it be like if Low Voltage would be the new normal? VANTOT experiments with shaping conductivity as innovative interior objects and ornaments instead of putting it away.
Current Curtain
Multiple Leds are powered as electronic current flows through this whole piece. Modular 'bricks' give you endless possibilities in terms of patterns and dimensions while its safe to touch.
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Multiple Leds are powered as electronic current flows through this whole piece. The light is spread more evenly as the light comes from multiple light sources instead of one. This gives the LED a more diffuse application with the result of hardly dropping any heavy shadows.
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Reverberate, a large jacquard woven acoustical wallhanging.
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New additions to the family.
Limpid Lights continues on the principle of manipulating the light by moving the lightsource. The fresh and bright light of LED can be manually masked with various handblown glass shades. In this way the light can be playfully adapted to a more fuzzy, hazy, smoky, dusky, foggy, blurry and or coloured light.
Passage Plateau
Passage Plateau, derived from the project Passage, is now featured in a new jacket. The wood inlayed patterns come in three different colours: Brown, Green/Blue and Black. The top is treated with a satin gloss coating. Passage Plateau is a multi-purpose product. It functions well for serving food or drinks as for decorative purposes.
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'Heat capacity' consists of a citymap full of pots and pans. For both cooking and architecture, warmth is a defining characteristic. Both a cook and a city planner encounter the question of how to produce, contain, spread and lose warmth. 'Heat capacity' combines both approaches.
The different pans model the uneven way warmth is spread throughout a city. One place produces a lot of heat that is led away, whilst in another place this warmth is needed. By showing these heat patterns in a physical manner 'Heat capacity' can contribute to a better understanding of the principles of heat spreading and help to form them in a more collaborating and sustainable fashion.
Passage exists as a carpet and as a room divider, made up out of layered wood. In it, old and new techniques meet: the traditional practice of patterned wooden floors is taken up by the new technology of laser cutting.
The work reflects Jongsma's fascination with barriers and tresholds, focusing especially on the process of passing and overcoming them. When you approach the room divider or walk alongside the carpet, the pattern changes. Whereas a barriernormally is static, here it mirrors the movement of those approaching it. As a room divider, 'Passage' functions as an actual treshold, partitioning a room into different areas. As a carpet, the work puts up a barrier in the room: do we still step on the carpet when it's made out of a different material than we're used too, or does its three dimensionality limit our moving space?
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I've been thinking a bit about what, in my own opinion, should be de facto policies of this wiki. Consider them my personal guidelines, if you will... these are in no particular order.
- There is such a thing as too much debate. I love how so many TSWers are willing to have discussions about actions before getting into edit wars. However, I feel this is getting a bit out of control, for three reasons.
- People are debating things which really don't need debate. If you feel a page or a feature should exist, then create it! You have the power! If the community hates it, you'll know. It's better to apologize for being bold than to wait and ask for permission.
- Regular users are debating things which they shouldn't debate. This is a touchy one, since it's important that we keep user-admin relations as positive as possible. However, I think it's really in bad practice to have users commenting on the nominations of people for rollback and admin positions - My feeling is that the decision of picking new personnel belongs to the Bureaucrats alone, based on their own judgment (Bureaucrat selection is obviously different). Even worse, in my opinion, is the idea that users can go around saying negative things about users who have been given rights. To this I say that if a user has abused their position, a bureaucrat should be notified, but rights should not be revoked for trivial reasons.
- Users are becoming upset when users act boldly. Again, this goes back to it being better to act bold and to apologize, than to wait for someone to agree with you. Please, if you see a discussion about something that, to you doesn't need much discussion, consider that you don't have to discuss everything. If, on the other hand, you act and someone reverts your edit citing a need for discussion, kindly accept that and enter into a discussion.
- We don't need to be critical of each other. This is meant to be a casual community of people working together, not tearing each other apart! If you have an issue with someone's grammar or personal activities, discuss it with them calmly and try to help, rather than posting all over the wiki how users have bad grammar, spelling, or otherwise don't deserve user rights.
- Keep non TSW stuff OFF TSW. This one's obvious; The Sims Wiki has enough drama as it is, and we don't need more of it spilling over from other Wikis and other communities. Even on user talk pages, it becomes a distraction and leads to negativity. In short, if you have an issue with someone else on a different wiki, don't talk about it here.
- Please PLEASE be smart with featured articles! Seriously, Sarah Crittur is not Featured Article material. The purpose of the Featured article is NOT to pick your favorite Sim, game, neighborhood, pet, etc. - its purpose is to choose WELL-WRITTEN ARTICLES!
- Other pet peeves. I really wish when users would leave comments on talk pages that they would make use of the colon indent system. Allow me to demonstrate:
Hi. This is Tom. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]]([[User talk:Tom|talk]]) :Hello Tom. -- [[User:JimBob|JimBob]]([[User talk:JimBob|talk]]) ::Hello as well, Tom! -- [[User:Suzy|Suzy]]([[User talk:Suzy|talk]])
...produces this:
Hi. This is Tom. -- Tom(talk))
Otherwise, the talk pages end up looking like a huge mess... such as this:
Hi. This is Tom. -- Tom(talk))
Hello Tom. -- JimBob(talk))
Hello as well, Tom! -- Suzy(talk))
It's much much worse when looking at real conversation on talk pages, but I hope you see what I mean.
- Not everything needs to be voted on. This hinges on one core fact - The Sims Wiki is not a democracy. This also is somewhat connected to my points regarding over-debate of some issues. Voting should be used only when it is apparent that there is not community consensus and it's equally apparent that there is no way to compromise in order to reach consensus. Even in those cases it's customary to wait a while before starting a vote - a good rule of thumb is at least 2 weeks from the start of discussion, so that all viewpoints can be heard. I've made a point of deleting unnecessary votes due to our policies as they already exist, which stipulate that votes shouldn't start until ample time is given to discuss.
Other than that, I really don't have much else to add. I'll maybe add to this list as more things
irritate me come to mind.
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