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Think of the new mortgage servicing regulations, released today by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as a bill of rights for mortgage borrowers. Or think of it as "radical movement of common sense," John Hope Bryant, founder and CEO of the nonprofit Operation Hope, told an audience of bankers, consumers and CFPB members.
Bryant, a member of President Barack Obama's Advisory Council of Financial Capability, spoke at a CFPB hearing in Atlanta to announce and discuss the new standards mortgage servicers will have soon have to follow.
The new rules will "help clean up" many of the problems that borrowers have faced when dealing with the companies that collect the payments on their loans every month, Bryant told the CFPB's director, Richard Cordray.
"We will be vigilant about enforcing these rules," Cordray assured the audience.
The speeches are eloquent. But will the rules do what they are supposed to do, and will they be enforced?
It depends on who you ask. Some bankers say the new servicing rules go too far and may impose prohibitive costs on small lenders, even though the CFPB exempts servicers with fewer than 5,000 loans from most of the rules. Consumer advocates say the rules set basic standards for an industry that regulators have long overlooked but that there are still holes that need to be fixed.
Potential flaws
One of those flaws relate to the controversial dual-tracking issue, when a servicer continues to the foreclosure process even though it's negotiating foreclosure alternatives with the homeowner.
"For people who are in foreclosure already, the provision doesn't halt the foreclosure process when they apply for loan modification," Julia Gordon, director of housing finance and policy at American Progress, told the CFPB during a panel discussion held at the event. The new rules prohibit the servicer from initiating foreclosure while the borrower is negotiating an alternative such as loan modification. Servicers will be prevented from finalizing the foreclosure sale while the borrower is being considered for workout options -- but they won't be required to put the foreclosure process on hold if the foreclosure has begun.
The rules require servicers to proactively reach out and negotiate with borrowers early in the process, when the loan goes delinquent. But it's unclear how much effort the servicer will have to make to contact the borrower, says Lot Diaz, vice president of housing community development at the National Council of La Raza. Getting messages to borrowers is not as simple as mailing them letters, he says. None of these rules will be effective if borrowers are not aware of their rights, he says.
Borrowers gain basic rights
At the least, the new rules will provide borrowers with more information about their mortgages and more access to their servicers. Consumers will be entitled to receive periodic statements with details about their loans and will know that servicers must credit payments promptly.
Servicers will have systems in place to keep borrowers' records and avoid lost paperwork. Gordon described the classic "he said-she said" scenario that happens when borrowers claim to have sent the required documentation numerous times, and lenders claim the paperwork isn't there or was not received.
Common sense isn't free
That's pure common sense, Bryant says. But common sense can be costly to lenders.
Being a mortgage servicer may sound easy to most people, John Beggins, president of Specialized Loan Servicing, told the other panelists. People think servicers just "collect payments and distribute the money," he says. But it takes significant investment in staff and information technology to make the process run smoothly, he says.
Money that some lenders say they can't afford to spend.
"Credit unions will incur significant costs to comply," Pam Davis, vice president of real estate at Delta Community Credit Union in Atlanta, told the CFPB. Her credit union services more than 10,000 mortgages and would not be exempt from the CFPB's servicing rules.
The final rule issued by the CFPB today is anything but final. With so much pressure from both sides, the rules will likely be amended before implementation.


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The 2009 Earthwatch Film of the Year, Wild Ocean 3D, was filmed off the Eastern Cape's Wild Coast.
Covering 170,000 square kilometres from snow-capped peaks of the southern Drakensberg mountains to the lush forests of the Tsitsikamma and along an 800-km-long coastline from Cape St Francis to the Wild Coast, the Eastern Cape province incorporates seven distinct biomes.
Inhabitants are 80% Xhosa-speaking and the economy is driven by the automotive sector, agriculture and tourism. The malaria-free Eastern Cape is the only province with three harbours: East London, Port Elizabeth and Ngqura.
The province boasts an abundance of birdlife, with hundreds of recorded species; and a rich and varied marine life, including 27 species of whales and dolphins.
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The Eastern Cape is steeped in cultural and historical significance and stories of Xhosa kings, early settlers, cultural conflicts and frontier battles abound. The towns of Bathurst, Grahamstown and Cradock have documented and preserved much of this cultural heritage, and, as the birthplace of Nelson Mandela, the province is also noted for its role in fuelling the fight for African democracy.
To assist visitors in exploring the province, nine Eastern Cape tourism routes have been established. These not only highlight its wealth of natural beauty and deep historical roots, but a number of must-see Eastern Cape attractions as well.
Visit Tsitsikamma and do the world's highest commercial bridge bungee jump or renowned Otter Trail; see the Sundays River Valley with the world-famous Greater Addo Elephant National Park and 120 000 hectare marine reserve; or stop over at the aptly named Wild Coast, site of the Nelson Mandela Museum.
Do the Frontier Country route and see the sites of Britain's longest colonial war; or the Karoo Heartland to immerse yourself in the intriguing geology of the region, including the awe-inspiring Valley of Desolation. Looking for snow? Head out on the Friendly N6 route and visit the southern Drakensberg mountains.
Wild, beautiful and totally absorbing – a world of wonder awaits the visitor to South Africa's Eastern Cape.
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Fly to Port Elizabeth International Airport: domestic airlines offer flights to Port Elizabeth from major cities. Car hire is available at the airport.
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The waves of the warm Indian Ocean lure surfers and kite-boarders, while Blue Flag status of Dolphin Beach in Jeffrey's Bay, Kelly's Beach in Port Alfred, Kariega in Kenton-on-Sea and the Humewood Beach in Port Elizabeth attract bathers and sun-lovers.
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CAMPAIGNERS fighting to preserve the Somerset Levels will soon find out where a massive line of pylons or cables could go.
National Grid has revealed it is likely to announce in early November its preferred route to connect its substations in Bridgwater and Avonmouth, as part of a project to link up with Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
It has already announced its broader route 'corridor' which will pass north from Bridgwater through parts of Woolavington and East Huntspill.
The announcement coming up will give firmer details of what will go where.
The National Grid originally planned for overhead pylons to line the whole route – prompting fury from lovers of the countryside – but now says underground cables will be used in some areas.
Paul Hipwell, of the No Moor Pylons group, said: "We know they are planning to put some of the line underground but we say put the whole thing underground.
"We want to protect the countryside – that's the bottom line.
"We are all about protecting the future for our children. We want to be proud of what we have left them and I don't think anybody would be proud about leaving 150ft pylons.
"Pylons are old technology. You don't do things in the 21st century the same way people did in the 19th century."
A National Grid spokesman said: "We are aiming for a date in early November.
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
1/4 cup Chickpea Flour (besan)
1/4 cup Black Chickpea, soaked for a couple of hours
1 tsp Mustard Oil
1 tsp Fennel Seeds (Saunf)
1 tbsp Cumin Powder
1 tbsp Coriander Powder
a pinch of Asoefetida
2-3 tsp Amchur Powder (dry Mango Powder)
1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
Salt, to taste
1 tsp Sugar
Heat mustard oil till it smoked. Add the fennel, coriander powder, cumin powder, asoefetida and chickpea flour. Fry until it darkens and changes color. Add the soaked chickpeas and the amchur. Add the turmeric, salt and enough water to cook the chickpeas. Cook until it thickens. It should cook for about 10-15 minutes. Add sugar in the last few minutes of cooking.
Serve hot with rice or rotis.
8 comments:
- Satya said...
hey arundathi .
kala chana curry looks super delicious ...love the ingredients used in it ...i can feel the flavor of spices used in this curry ...yummy
- September 2, 2010 at 12:08 AM
- couchpapaya said...
Hi! Through a strange coincidence i just heard about Pahadi food today (namely a cauliflower/potato subji) and then came across your recipe. Looks delicious, I will try it! Have you done other Pahadi recipes too on this blog? Thanks!!
- September 2, 2010 at 4:50 AM
- Happy Cook said...
This is indeed a new cusine to me, the chick pea dish looks really creamy.
- September 2, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Shama Nagarajan said...
superb recipe
- September 2, 2010 at 7:14 PM
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- September 9, 2010 at 11:49 PM
- Jayashree said...
Hey....you are back. From your archives it looks like you've been back for a while now, but you haven't shown up on my reader yet. Wonder why.
How have you been?
- September 14, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Kulsum@JourneyKitchen said...
Yum! I have never tried this! Have you tried Chana bateta? its one hell of an awesome street food special in my little town!
I'm glad I stumbled upon your blog!
- September 16, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- Arundathi said...
@ Satya - Thanks.
@ Couchpapaya - Just posted another one :)
@ Happy Cook - It is. Quite delicious.
@ Shama - Thanks.
@ Jayashree - Been good. Nice to hear from you.
@ Kulsum - Sounds delicious.
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New Caney, Caney Creek and Central Montgomery County firefighters battled flames at a mobile home in the 14600 block of Country West Drive near F.M. 1485 about 1 a.m. Wednesday.
Crews said flames engulfed one home and were spreading to another. Both homes were vacant, officials said.
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Average grade: 7.4 %
Length: 17.2 km
Altitude start: 847 m
Altitude top: 2115 m
Ascent: 1268 m
Maximum: 10 %
Col du Tourmalet rankings
Difficulty ranking world: 578 (all)
Ranking France: 102 (all)
Ranking Pyrenees: 34(all)
Difficulty score: 136.62 what?
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One of the "big three" in the tour, together with the Aubisque and the Galibier. The east-side (from Campan) is the heaviest side of the Tourmalet, although gradient and average % are lower than the west-side. Note that the Col du Tourmalet is closed from the beginning of November to the beginning of May.
The real start of the climb is located in Sainte-Marie-de-Campan, one of the small villages on the D935 to Bagneres-de-Bigorre south to the higher Pyrenees. Bagnères-de-Bigorre itself is located at the foot of the Pyrenees and the Tourmalet itself surprisingly close (only 30 km) to Tarbes "La Pyrénéenne", the highway to the north of the Pyrenees that connects the Atlantic coast with the Mediterranean Sea. The Tourmalet can therefore, just like the westerly lying Col de l'Aubisque, be quickly reached from the south of France.
When you start in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, climbing starts there, since it lies at a height of 550 meters. Over a distance of 12 km you bridge, flanked by ascending higher mountain slopes, some 300 vertical meters. Nearly 3%, but keep in mind that there are short stretches of over 8% here next to the flat pieces. So, you're already warmed up a bit when the real climb begins when you turn right the D918 in Sainte-Marie-de-Campan.
In the first five kilometers you won't notice much difference in percentages. The road continues to go on and off with even descending pieces and you wonder when the col really starts until you reach Gripp. The percentage now rises to more than 8% and the road hugs the hillside and the trees. The first five kilometer, the pecentage remains stable at around 8 to 9%. Meanwhile, you take the first hairpin in the forest.
When you reach the first gallery, near the Barrage de Castillon, the percentage finally goes into the double digits. The two kilometers between the first gallery and La Mongie with 10% and pieces of 12%, are the toughest of the whole ascent.
When entering La Mongie the climb gets easier again. A kilometer further on, at the exit of this ugly ski village, you see the sign of the last 4 kilometers. The top is now within sight and the thought that the last kilometers go at about 8%, is motivating. After three hairpins - the last hairpin is very steep and you better not take it on the inside - you reach the top with the famous iron statue and get rewarded with the view into the beautiful west side of the col.
The Col du Tourmalet is situated in Midi-Pyrenees. This climb belongs to the Pyrenees.
Starting from Sainte Marie de Campan,
the Col du Tourmalet ascent is 17.2 km long. Over this distance, you climb 1268 heightmeters.
The average percentage thus is 7.4 %.
The maximum slope is 10 %.
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Since 2005, the Col du Tourmalet will be/was climbed in the following big tour stages:
Tour de France 2015 : Pau - Cauterets on 15/07/2015
Tour de France 2014 : Pau - Hautacam on 24/07/2014
Tour de France 2011 : Cugnaux > Luz-Ardiden on 14/07/2011
Tour de France 2010 : Bagnères-de-Luchon > Pau on 20/07/2010
Tour de France 2009 : Saint-Gaudens > Tarbes on 12/07/2009
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Thomas Sowell is one of America's leading voices on matters of race and ethnicity. In his book, Inside American Education, he surveyed the ills of American education from the primary grades to graduate school with "an impressive range of knowledge and acuity of observation", according to the Wall Street Journal. Now, in his book Race and Culture, he asks the question: "What is it that allows certain groups to get ahead?" and the answer will undoubtedly create debates for years to come.
The thesis of Race and Culture is that productive skills are the key to understanding the economic advancement of particular racial or ethnic groups, as well as countries and civilizations - and that the spread of those skills, whether through migration or conquest, explains much of the advancement of the human race. Whether this body of skills, aptitudes, and disciplines is called "culture" or "human capital", it explains far more than politics, prejudice, or genetics. Rather than draw on the experience of one country or one era of history, Race and Culture encompasses dozens of racial and ethnic groups, living in scores of countries around the world, over a period of centuries. Due to its breadth and scope, this study is able to test alternative theories empirically on a vast canvas in space and time. Its conclusions refute much, if not most, of what is currently believed about race and about cultures.
Thomas Sowell has taught economics at Cornell, UCLA, Amherst, and other academic institutions, and his Basic Economics has been translated into six languages. He is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has been published in both academic journals and such popular media as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes magazine, and Fortune, and he writes a syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country.
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"For the better part of the last decade, Mr. Sowell's books on race, economics, and markets have constituted a rare repository of insights on some of the most pressing social-science concerns of our times." (The Wall Street Journal)
"Sowell…draws on a worldwide range of examples and more than a decade of research in this intriguing exploration of the role of cultural attributes on group advancement…He tackles a host of issues: the costs and benefits of residential segregation; how affirmative action primarily helps better-off members of preferred groups; how prominent political leaders are not crucial to group success; how low-scoring groups on intelligence tests do their worst on abstract questions devoid of 'cultural bias.'" (Publishers Weekly)
"Thomas Sowell is a unique national resource. Almost alone among academic economists, he fulfills the true calling of the intellectual, which is to explain the world so that we can know how to save what we cherish—so that we have no excuse for ignorance." (Washington Times)
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"Some authors still have integrity and courage!"
Sowell is such a intellect. He takes an issue, breaks it down into its key parts, and then analyses the whole to understand what is the cause and effect of the processes he is examining. Sowell follows the evidence, and the facts, where ever they lead. He is courageous and is not afraid of being attacked by the PC brigades.
The "Protestant Ethic" by Max Weber is looking at society and culture and trying to describe why American culture is the way it is. Sowell also is looking at the world, and trying to understand why we find what we find the culture.
Yes, this could be a one sitting book.
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Complete empirical integrity.
Grays anatomy: descriptive and surgical - rational, skeptical, truth seeking, unbiased and honest.
Good diction, pace and emphasis.
Important truths lavishly supported, barely heard and seldom accepted.
Sowell's empirics jab at one's beliefs relentlessly and without pity. By the sheers weight of evidence and reason one is forced to surrender down to the last cherished dillusion.
"Yet another brilliant book by Sowell"
Thomas Sowell's books are gems. His clear-thinking presentation and analysis are second to none. This book is aptly named (some of his other books aren't): it is truly a world view of enduring traits inherent to racial/ethnic groups. His debunking of politicians' and (so-called) intellectuals' posturing and self-serving demagoguery alone is worth the price of admission. To any intelligent and open-minded reader/listener, this will prove a refreshing and oh-so-satisfying bulwark against official p.c. b.s. Not all of Sowell's facts are quite straight: for one thing, although socially harmful French-Canadian separatists did in fact engage in terrorism, Pierre Trudeau most definitely did NOT come to power on a "French Power" platform sympathetic to the terrorists; Trudeau was in fact utterly opposed to special, affirmative-action-type treatment of French Canadians, and as Prime Minister he invoked the War Measures Act to ferret out those FLQ terrorists and bring them to justice (they are now teaching in universities, through no fault of Trudeau's). There are a couple of other such blunders (I counted 3 in all) but, regardless of those, Sowell's big-picture presentation is FAR better than any other writer's on this topic.
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"The big picture of the people of the world"
This book is a truly deep and interesting research, observation of patterns and analysis of races and cultures. If you ever wanted to understand why certain nations, races and cultures are/were more successful than others in certain periods of human history (or at least, get closer to understanding, because even the author says many things are yet to be explained) - buy this book. If you're genuinely interested in history of human development as a civilization and different subtle patterns of interactions between different cultures and races - buy this book.
You will not only get some of the desired answers to those questions, you will also be presented with various fascinating examples from the history of different cultures and will learn a great deal of facts you may not have known. For example, a chapter on slavery is one of the most interesting ones in the book, as it portrays this institution in great detail pointing out not only the slavery in the western world, but in the rest of the world as well, describing various customs and peculiarities of slavery in different cultures. Turns out, Arab world imported a number of times more slaves from Africa than the US did during the same period of time, but because western world was much more concerned with slavery very little data and literature exists about slavery in the Arab world.
To sum it up: great book, very interesting story telling with lots of facts, superb narration.
"What a Great Thomas Sowell !!!"
Thomas Sowell always give us a surprise! No matter what you agree to disagree with Thomss sowell, His book worth your time.
A Must read book!
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Player with only one hand gets preferred walk-on offer from UF
Published: Friday, August 16, 2013 at 9:15 p.m.
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On the basketball court, Zach Hodskins said he doesn't think of himself as different from any player he faces.
"It just feels like home out there," Hodskins said. "I love the game. It just makes me dedicated to try to work that much harder in the gym to get better each time that I play."
Years of toil and sweat were rewarded when Hodskins, 17, was offered a preferred walk-on spot to play at Florida. But that's not the best part of the story. Hodskins was born with his left arm rounded off at the elbow, rising to the level of a Division I prospect while playing without a left hand.
Going into his senior year at Milton High in Alpharetta, Ga., Hodskins said he has yet to receive any full scholarship offers. As a preferred walk-on, Hodskins would make the 2014-15 Gator roster without having to try out.
"Florida is the main choice right now, for sure," Hodskins said.
An online video at ScoutsFocus.com shows why UF offered Hodskins a preferred walk-on spot. It showcased the 6-foot-2 guard's various skills, which included behind-the-back passes, driving baskets in the lane and deep-shooting range with pretty rotation on his shot.
"There's really not much I can't do that anyone else on the court can do," Hodskins said.
Hodskins admitted that opponents who see him for the first time often underestimate him. He uses it to his advantage.
"If they've never seen me before, they'll take a few steps back," Hodskins said. "Once I start hitting a few shots, though, then they know that they have to guard me straight up."
Hodskins averaged a shade more than eight points per game last season at Milton High. His coach last season, Van Keys, described Hodskins as a "gym rat."
"He's certainly adapted to where he can do the same things anyone else can do on the court, if not better," Keys said. "He's a tough, hard-nosed kid. A deep shooter. One game, he hit seven 3-pointers in a row for us.
"He loves the game and he works to improve himself," Keys continued. "Never once has he asked to be treated any differently than anyone else in practice. He wants to earn everything he gets."
Hodskins said he knew this summer would be critical to his chances of landing a spot on a college team. Playing for the AAU's Tennessee Playmakers, Hodskins caught the attention of Florida assistant coach John Pelphrey in a matchup against Florida 2014 commitment Brandone Francis.
"I was able to score a couple of baskets over him." Hodskins said. "Then, I noticed coach Pelphrey in the stands again when we played Florida Elite and I was fortunate to have another good game against them."
That's when Pelphrey offered Hodskins the preferred walk-on spot. NCAA rules prohibit coaches from talking about incoming recruits until signing day.
"It's a dream come true," Hodskins said of the Florida offer. "Growing up in SEC country, I've always followed them."
Hodskins said his favorite Gator player growing up was Chandler Parsons and he recalled meeting him after Florida's SEC title-clinching win at Vanderbilt at the end of the 2011 season.
"I was probably the only fan in the building that went to the Florida side," Hodskins said. "I told him it was my dream to be a Division I player someday. He told me 'It will happen, keep grinding.' "
If Hodskins ends up playing at Florida, he wouldn't be the first player with one hand to play Division I basketball. According to the website collegebasketballtalk.com, Kevin Laue, a 6-foot-10 center who also is without his left arm below the elbow, played three seasons at Manhattan through 2011-12.
Hodskins said he will continue to work hard to prepare for his goal of becoming a Division I basketball player.
"I just like to spend five, six hours a day, shooting baskets or playing pickup," Hodskins said. "I don't want to shortchange myself."
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ROME, JUNE 9, 2001 (Zenit.org).- Can a woman fulfill simultaneously
her role as mother and worker? Is society prepared to
support, or at least not put obstacles, in the working
career of women with a family? An emerging new feminist
movement of ecumenical character says yes to both these questions,
without advocating that women try to become like men, as
some earlier feminists suggested. At a congress entitled "Women and
Cultures: In the Perspective of a New Feminism," organized last
month by the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum in Rome, the
participants confirmed their commitment to go forward with a movement
Marie-Thèrése Avemeka, Minister for the Integration of Women in Development in the Republic of the Congo
of feminine emancipation that does not cancel the differences between
the sexes, but is directed to the fulfillment of the
"feminine nature" in all its peculiarities. The speakers included a
Norwegian professor, a Congolese government aide, a Georgian princess, an
American mothers´ advocate, and an Italian astrophysicist. According to professor
Janne Haaland Matlary, mother of four and the Norwegian Foreign
Affairs Vice Minister from 1997-2000, "a happy and fulfilled life
for a woman consists of having the possibility to share
her time between the family, work and politics." She said
that "to be a father or mother is a very
profound experience from the existential point of view. It is
not simply a role. Women are privileged to able to
transmit life, which is the way human beings come closest
to creation. This participation in creation -- ´for nine months
within you´ -- and after, for the rest of life
--´outside of you´ -- makes you never stop being a
mother; therefore, it is of fundamental importance for a woman."
The condition of mother, woman and worker is not just
true in the developed world; it seems to be even
more intense for women in developing countries. Marie-Therese Avemeka, Minister
for the Integration of Women in Development in the Republic
of the Congo, said that women in Africa joyfully live
their dimension of mother, woman and worker, and they even
have a role in political life. Avemeka said proudly that
"as mother and wife, the woman is the pillar of
the family; on her depend the securing of food, and
survival, and the social balance" of the family. Indeed, in
traditional African society, a woman has the double task of
production and reproduction. As homemaker, she is responsible for domestic
work, the care of children, and the kitchen. She is
Enola Aird, founder of The Motherhood Project of the U.S. Institute for American Values
also responsible for agricultural production and craftsmanship, as well as
the transformation and sale of manufactured products. Tradition reserves to
women the sale and trade in agricultural products and crafts,
which often become small, lucrative businesses. The rediscovery of motherhood,
as the fundamental task to educate children to "be fully
human," was underlined both by Enola Aird, founder of The
Motherhood Project of the U.S. Institute for American Values, and
Emilia Palladino, astrophysicist. The scientist pointed out the error of
blindly imitating men and said that even in the field
of scientific research, a woman must be fully a woman
and, if applicable, a mother. In areas that man cannot
reach, "for example, care of the work environment, care in
the widest sense," woman has a role. "Not only does
she have the capacity, but also the right nature to
do it," Palladino said. "For example, a woman suffers if
the work environment is strictly professional, if there is no
communication among people, if there is only talk of work.
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a man is less interested in these things." "Thus," she
added, "in cooperating to create a welcoming atmosphere at work,
interested in people and not just in work, a woman
creates an ambience that is much more efficient and alive."
Woman´s nature is surprising not only in the family and
the world of business and science, but also in that
of culture. When French writer Elizabeth Bourgois spoke, she recounted
that "I was at a book fair to sign my
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Surprised, I just stared at her. She started looking through
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A man barricaded himself into a gym and refused to come out after bailiffs arrived to take away gym equipment.
The man parked his car in front of the front door and piled wooden pallets inside the door at the Fitness Rooms Health Club on Sherriff Street at around 7am yesterday.
An onlooker said customers were asked to leave and bailiffs removed one lorryload before the stand-off began.
Police were called after a row erupted.
One of the bailiffs, who would not give a name, said his team had arrived to take away Star Trac equipment they had previously installed on behalf of a finance company.
He said: "Somebody phoned the owner and he turned up screaming and shouting and locked the doors."
The man inside the gym, who said he was the gym's owner but refused to give his name, spoke to the Worcester News through an open window.
He said: "I have no idea why they are taking it.
"They're not bailiffs.
"I have no proof of who they are.
"I have not received anything from them as to what the hell is going on.
"I was asleep this morning and the staff called me about 7am to say stuff was being taken away.
"I have no help from the police.
"I locked the door and I'm waiting to see what happens.
"I'm scared to come out.
"They have no right to do this.
"I haven't missed any payments."
He later left and a sign was put up at the gym which said it was closed until further notice.
The wooden pallets remained in place across the door.
A police spokesman said police were only there to ensure no breach of the peace occurred but the dispute had ended peacefully with no arrests made.
Officers left just before 1pm.
Stephen Hickman, a gym member, witnessed the fracas after visiting nearby Screwfix.
He said: "The owner is refusing to come out.
"Apparently they want to take all the equipment away because they haven't paid the finance on it.
"I joined the gym about eight weeks ago.
"It's not so bad for me but I feel sorry for the young kids who come here and those who are retired if it shuts.
"It must be hard for them."
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She said: "I had no idea that anything like this was going to happen.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) -- A judge has found a former Ohio college professor not guilty of raping a 19-year-old developmentally disabled man.
The judge in Springfield acquitted former Wittenberg University professor Hollant "Max" Adrien following a bench trial Thursday.
According to The Dayton Daily News (http://bit.ly/YpUBO8 ), the Haitian-born French teacher was accused of rape and kidnapping in connection with an incident last August.
The 52-year-old Adrien testified that he got to know the man and had consensual sex with him in a car. He said he didn't realize the young man was developmentally disabled, saying he thought the teen "just talked funny."
Police say Adrien has been linked to two other attacks targeting teenage boys. He denies the charges.
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The Blue TattooMystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
One day, a man, John, was shopping in Stuff-Mart looking for a curling iron for his wife Jules. As he looked around he decided to begin reading the signs above the aisles to see if he could find any clue as to where the curling irons might be located. When he looked up at one of the signs he noticed something quite strange in one of the mirrors mounted in the corner of the ceiling - a man with a large blue tattoo was placing a hairdryer inside his trench coat. Noting this as a suspicious action, the man went to Stuff-Mart Security and reported the incident. After hearing his testimony the local Police Department was phoned and asked to send out a detective. This is what took place when Detective Rodgers arrived:
"Hello, Mr. ..." said Detective Rodgers.
"Smith, John Smith", supplied John.
"Mr. Smith," Rodgers confirmed. "My name is Detective Rodgers. Why don't you tell me exactly what you saw."
"Well, Detective Rodgers, sir, I was looking for a curling iron for my wife Jules when I looked up at the aisle signs and noticed a man in the mirror placing an expensive-looking hairdryer in his coat."
"Was there anything noticeable about this man other than the fact that he was hiding a hair-dryer in his coat?" inquired Rodgers.
"Well sir, I did see in the mirror that he had a large blue tattoo of what appeared to be a Chinese dragon on his left arm." responded John.
"Thank you, sir. If you'll be so kind as to excuse me for a moment while I phone this into the station so they can be on lookout for anyone with a blue Chinese Dragon tattoo."
---Moments Later---
"Sir," Says Detective Rodgers. "Please come with me down to the station, we have picked up several suspects and we would like you to identify the man that you saw."
"Of course, Detective," replies Smith.
At the station, Detective Rodgers takes John into a room where he can look in on the suspects and ID the culprit. When he looks through the glass he sees five men all with blue Chinese dragons tattooed on an arm. After looking at the five men John points out the only one who had a blue tattoo on his left arm as the culprit. Detective Rodgers considered this for a moment and then asks John to retell the story of how he came to witness the theft. John, of course, eager to help, complies immediately. The Detective thinks over the tale careful before he comes to a conclusion.
"Mr. Smith," Says Rodgers in a thoughtful tone. "I regret to inform you that this cannot be the man you saw with the tattoo on his left arm in the mirror."
How did Detective Rodgers know that John Smith was mistaken in his identification of the culprit?
HintThink back to how John Smith said he spotted the thief in a mirror.
AnswerDetective Rodgers knew Smith was mistaken because John had said that he saw in the mirror that the blue Chinese dragon tattoo was on the man's left arm. Rodgers took into consideration one thing that John did not: In the mirror it would have seemed that the tattoo was on the thief's left arm, but in reality it would have been on the thief's right arm.
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Former Orange County CEO Thomas Mauk was involved in a crash over the weekend in Diamond Bar that killed two Anaheim residents, the California Highway Patrol said.
About 9:10 p.m. Sunday, Mauk, 69, was driving a 2008 Cadillac Escalade at an unknown speed when he rear-ended a disabled 2006 Toyota Prius that was blocking the No. 3 lane on the southbound 57 north of Pathfinder Road, the CHP said. Denise Mauk, 59, was a passenger.
Anubhai Patel, 66, who the CHP identified as the driver of the Prius, was pronounced dead at 12:22 a.m. Monday at UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, Supervising Deputy Coroner Kelly Keyes said.
Shardaben Anubhai Patel, 67, who was identified as the passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday at 9:15 p.m., said Craig Harvey of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.
No arrests were made, the CHP said.
The Patels, who were wearing their seat belts, suffered traumatic brain injuries, the CHP said.
Denise Mauk was taken to UCI Medical Center, while Thomas Mauk, who lives in Whittier, was taken to another hospital, CHP Officer Saul Gomez said. Both were wearing seat belts.
As of now, it is unknown if alcohol was a factor in the crash, and it is unclear why or how long the Prius was stalled in the traffic lane, Gomez said.
Mauk served as the county's top nonelected executive, overseeing 17,000 employees, from 2004 until last year. He retired in August under pressure from members of the Board of Supervisors amid revelations of the county's botched initial handling of sexual-abuse allegations against former OC Public Works executive Carlos Bustamante.
Bustamante was charged in July with 12 felonies stemming from those allegations. He has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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Bailey on wrong end of pitchers' duel in DC
Righty impressive, but bats held to one hit for second straight game
WASHINGTON -- Reds manager Dusty Baker sat at his desk after Friday night's game and tried to explain one of the great mysteries of baseball. The skipper had just watched his team take some very good hacks at Washington right-hander Jordan Zimmermann, and come away with almost nothing.
Zimmermann pitched very well, but the Reds hit the ball in this game. Sometimes they hit it hard, other times not. But in the end, they finished with just one hit for the second straight evening as Zimmermann went the distance for Washington in a 1-0 victory before 32,995 at Nationals Park.
The Reds were one-hit for the second straight time for the first time since July 5-6, 1900, against Brooklyn at Cincinnati's League Field, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Gio Gonzalez threw eight innings of one-hit ball in Thursday's 8-1 win, and Rafael Soriano finished it in the ninth. In addition, this was the first time a Major League team had allowed one or fewer hits in two straight games since the Cubs did it on Sept. 14-15, 2008, versus Houston in Milwaukee.
The Reds finished with just three baserunners in Thursday's game -- and that's all they got in this one. A Xavier Paul single to start the third was their only hit. Todd Frazier reached on an error in the fifth, and Corky Miller walked three innings later. Cincinnati (13-11) has yet to put a runner into scoring position in the series.
It was clearly frustrating to Baker, because the Reds hit the ball well at times on this night -- it just kept going right at someone.
"The last two nights, they have been good," Baker said. "We had quite a few pitches to hit. We just didn't find any holes."
Zimmermann (4-1) needed just 91 pitches to go the distance. He struck out four and walked one, rarely needing to go deep into counts as the Reds often swung early.
"That was the best I have felt in a long time," Zimmermann said. "I had a really good slider tonight, and a fastball to go with it. We knew they swung early. If you throw a first-pitch strike and make quality pitches … let them get themselves out and let the defense work."
Zimmermann's one-hitter offset a very good effort from Cincinnati starter Homer Bailey (1-2), who gave up just one run on five hits in seven innings.
The right-hander rarely got into much trouble himself, giving up the only run on an RBI single from Jayson Werth in the fourth right after Bryce Harper's triple. Bailey struck out six without a walk.
"You know, on days like this, all you can really do is just kind of tip your hat to Jordan Zimmermann," Bailey said. "He threw a great game. We just so happened to catch him on [one of] his really good nights. What can you do?"
What happened to Shin-Soo Choo on the game's first at-bat might have foretold what this night would bring. Choo hit a grounder that deflected off Zimmermann and right to second baseman Danny Espinosa, who then threw out Choo.
That also happened to Brandon Phillips in the seventh, when his ball banged off Zimmermann and over to shortstop Ian Desmond, who threw out Phillips.
The Nationals had the game's only other real threat in the sixth when Denard Span was on third with one out. Harper then topped one just to the right of the mound. Bailey came off the mound, pounced on the ball, spun and made a quick throw to catcher Miller, who blocked the plate perfectly and tagged out Span.
"I think he threw it in my glove without me seeing it," Miller said with a smile. "Homer, he battled. He had a couple of quick innings and got out of some jams."
The problem on this night was that the offense couldn't support Bailey. Being one-hit two nights in a row isn't fun, but Baker was looking for the positives. He talked about how things go in streaks in baseball, and sometimes there's no rhyme or reason why.
So that leaves a team like the Reds with just one thing to do to solve this mystery -- just keep on swinging.
"I thought we hit the ball actually better than they did, except for a triple to Harper, and then, you know, the base hit to Werth," Baker said. "[Zimmermann] was good tonight, but we didn't find any holes. We've just got to keep swinging until we find some holes."
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We've rounded up our favorite pumpkin crafts and decorations for Halloween, and you best believe there's something in here for everybody. From a DIY pumpkin keg to glittered pumpkin centerpieces, there are so many ways to get crafty and creative with the most iconic Halloween decoration!
Without doubt our big Halloween decoration this year is our pumpkin keg. Is any fall party, let alone Halloween, complete without it? This pumpkin keg is functional, fun and festive - what more could you ask for?
By day they might just look like ordinary pumpkins, but at night, they'll emit a truly eerie glow if you paint them with glow in the dark paint. It's easy to do!
Skip the carving and go with a silhouette design for your pumpkins. We love this idea Vanessa had to put her family's silhouettes on display!
Crayons aren't just for drawing - melt them the way Jenny did to add lots of funky color to your pumpkin decorations. Even better? Add some glitter while you're at it, too!
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Glitter and ombre? This Halloween pumpkin decoration has to be THE pumpkin of 2012 and a must-try project for us! Alexa's super easy tutorial makes us think we'll have quite a few of these pretty pumpkins on display this year.
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If you do insist on carving a jack-o-lantern, get creative! Don't settle for a smiling toothless grin. We've got 10 creative and cool pumpkin designs to inspire!
Here's a fun pumpkin craft you can create while enjoying some sweet Halloween treats. Stella used her Zombie kettle corn to create a popcorn work of art out of her pumpkin! Check our her easy tutorial!
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For an even more dramatic look, paint your pumpkin with black paint, and then drizzle red paint randomly along the sides. It'll create what we like to call our "vampy" pumpkin look, complete with deep blood red roses in the center.
Another great idea? Etch a face into your pumpkin then use it to display flowers the same way you would with a vase for an instantly festive Halloween centerpiece.
Metallic trinkets are a crafty and chic way to dress up pumpkins for Halloween. We love the look of assorted metallics on all white pumpkins.
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This next Halloween pumpkin decoration is more adorable than spooky. We're thinking this mustache Halloween pumpkin design by Alexa makes for a great talking piece at any Halloween party!
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Give pumpkins a chic look with lace. As pretty and fashionable as they are, pumpkins dressed in lace remind us of haunted houses making them spooky enough for Halloween decor.
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Some Thoughts on Lenovo's Acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Googleby Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/29/2014 7:55 PM EST
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twotwotwo - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkI kind of wonder if it's coincidental that this happened around the time of agreements with Samsung relating to patents and (apparently) Samsung sticking to something nearer to stock Android: Google simultaneously makes nice with a hardware partner and stops competing with them.
Also, another angle on this sale: one of Motorola-under-Google's most notable achievements was making a very nice low-end handset, the G. Lenovo, as a Chinese company, is well positioned to sell a lot of phones in China if they can make some devices that are well priced for the market (unsubsidized phone sales, lots of competition, big range of incomes). I don't know if they'll actually choose to focus there--seems like margins would have to be low competing with folks like Xiaomi. But if they do go for the low end, they have some very relevant know-how. Reply
skiboysteve - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkGreat points Reply
Krysto - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkYes, if anything that $50 Motorola smartphone is all the more likely to happen now - and have even bigger success, especially in China, thanks to Lenovo's advertising power and brand there (even if they don't stick a Lenovo label on them). Reply
Flunk - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkLenovo isn't stupid, if they're selling them in China they'll attach a Lenovo label. We may end up in a situation where all the phones they sell in China have one label and a different one, but the same designs in the US. Either that or they'll just stick the Lenovo logo on everything, Motorolla isn't exactly a top-tier brand anymore. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkA $50 smartphone will not happen anytime soon. Not here and not in China. Why anyone takes that seriously is beyond me. Reply
errorr - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkWow are you out of touch. The cheapest smart phones are already in the $75 range an below. Xiaomi, micromax, and others have already committed to have there entry level phones be $50 this year.
These are 3.5" lcd full capacitive touch, 256mb Ram, 8GB, 2mp can, and usually some dual core A7 from rockchip or mediatek at 1Ghz. All for under $75.
There is no reason to think that they can't keep cutting prices.
Most the non-chinese phones are whiteboxed designs with every country having a company brand them locally. Reply
melgross - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkYes, of course. This was a major bone of contention between the two, and obviously has a major role in this decision.
As Moto has been losing money consistently, and is seeing its sales numbers continue to shrink, despite what Anand says about the feel of their new phones, this is something Google needed to do.
It also allows them to push off the need to write down almost the entire $12.5 billion purchase. Unfortunately for them, the patent portfolio hasn't proven to have much value either. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkUh no..not sure where you are getting your math from but they are at least 6 billion in the hole. Reply
errorr - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkThey are down around $3B and keep the patents.
Moto had over $3B in cash when acquired and then they sold some ancillary businesses like the set top box division for a tidy sum. Reply
icrf - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkBest I've come up with is something more like $5.24 billion in the hole.
-12.5 purchase price
+2.9 moto cash on hand
+1.0 moto tax credits
+2.35 sold home to arris
+.075 sold assembly plants to flextronics
+2.91 sold mobility to lenovo
-1.97 moto operating losses over 2 years
-5.24 net Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkThis has zero to do with Samsung. Google has been trying to get Motorola in shape for someone to buy them since day one. Reply
Impulses - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkHmm, not sure I have any strong feelings against this a long as it pans out at least as well as the IBM PC acquisition... I see two short term positives for sure:
1) it solves the whole dilemma of Google competing against it's OEMs (it would never end otherwise), we'll see how Moto does with updates now tho...
2) $5 says the next Nexus is a Motonovo device, which could be really interesting IMO... They're basically next in line anyway (HTC had one, and the G1, Samsung had two and so did LG), unless they go back to HTC or Sony. A Moto Nexus could never happen as long as Moto was Google's tho, too many people would cry about it regardless of how inconsequential. Reply
Krysto - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkI'm still hoping for a Sony Nexus one last time (if Google decides to kill Nexus brand after that).
I think it would be too early for a Lenovo/Motorola Nexus, since it would basically have to be Motorola anyway. If they would've planned for a Motorola Nexus, it would've happened already since last year. So it would be all-Motorola, and won't have anything to do with Lenovo. Reply
dragonsqrrl - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkWhat do you think this means in terms of Android updates for the Moto X and Moto G? I'm wondering if this could have a negative impact on the swift updates we've seen thus far. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkThis means you will see few to none. Reply
nevertell - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkNo, Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's Laptop department hasn't gone well, at least for the consumers. Comparing X60 to X200 to X230/X240 shows a trend of decreasing quality, decreasing costs, removing features.
Also, since China is as eager to spy on us as the States, this could mean that the next Motorola phones will not only be backdoored by the U.S. but also Chine. Reply
shadowdude777 - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkMy thoughts exactly. I came here to post that I used to own a T420. I bought a ThinkPad Yoga and returned it because the build quality was awful. I've played with a friend's T440 and the build quality is also similarly disgusting. Lenovo HAS ruined the ThinkPad brand. They've turned it into just another cheap, low-margin, cost-cutting laptop. ThinkPads used to be about quality without compromise. Reply
Bashfu11 - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkThe fact remains however that you can still spend the money and get a high end, well built Thinkpad notebook, with a carbon body solid as a rock. In addition to that, when I compare Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks to compatible HP G series, Acer E-Series and low end ASUS K series, well Lenovo takes the cake by a wide margin in my personal opinion. They have widened the brand, yes.... but margins are not great and competition is abundant in the OEM space. I still think the notebooks are top knotch, just not at the bottom of the barrel price points. Still, those cheap units are great compared to the cheapos that other companies make. Reply
Tosis - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkYou're comparing the wrong products to what Lenovo's marketing the ThinkPad too. Relatively speaking, IBM and early Lenovo ThinkPads have much better design and build quality. Also, ThinkPads are competing with HP EliteBooks and Dell Precisions and nothing from ASUS, Acer, etc. The current ThinkPad is no longer a business notebook. It is a consumer notebook.
I wonder how that would translate to Motorola phones. Will the quality of Motorola phones gradually decrease like how the ThinkPad did or will they get better? I hope they get better. Reply
zzzaac - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkIronic, since, that USA seems to be eager to spy on her allies as well Reply
melgross - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkEveryone spies on their allies. It's part of the way the world works now. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkFalse equivalence. Reply
stratum - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkI agree. The ThinkPad line has been ruined by Lenovo. My company even stopped issuing them to us. ThinkPad != business quality Reply
meyers64 - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkMy company as well has phased out ThinkPads. Now, any person being upgraded or getting a new notebook does not have an option to get a ThinkPad anymore. We can only choose from EliteBooks and Precisions. Reply
beginner99 - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkI own a x220 and have an elitebook at work. And the x220 is just better. Especially the keyboard. That keyboard is better than many desktop keyboards. Reply
nevertell - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkYes, but as of X230, they no longer manufacture the superior thinkpad keyboards, now they're all chiclet style keyboards. X220 is one of the last acceptable X series thinkpad unfortunately.
And whilst MrSpadge makes a good point, I see a lot of asus's laptops nowadays that are quite sturdy and feel great, but are not business oriented. It's not just the materials, it's the design. Thinkpads are easy to disassemble and repair, but the latest ones don't even come with a removable battery. They could have powerful docking stations with thunderbolt and whatnot, but they are just not doing any of that stuff. Whilst you do have to pay for the design tradeoffs on every device you manufacture, you shouldn't skimp on the design process- a well designed device, chassis, motherboard will be in many cases reusable and will greatly increase the value of the laptop in the market. You can't just make a magnesium alloy chassis and slap a thinkpad badge on it and hope for money to flow in. This is the one thing Apple has gotten right and most other manufacturers have not. Reply
arturoh - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkLenovo didn't ruin the ThinkPad line overnight. It was gradual. First they let design stagnate for a while but definitely lowered the build and quality control. Next they started lowering the quality of the design: less rugged (ie. changing build material, putting holes in the frame, etc.), less fixable onsite and removing business features. Lenovo also stopped providing the MIL-STD test results. If you're familiar with MIL-STD, then you should know that it's a useless rating without the test results.
The ThinkPad --20 revision (ie. X220, T420, T520, etc.) were where the design and build quality was just tolerable from the business user/IT point of view. The --30 model year was the last my company issued to the employees. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkSame here. My company has almost 170,000 employees and they dumped Lenovo. Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkFor everyone complaining about Thinkpads not being what they used to be: keep in mind that continuing as they always did was not an option for IBM. They simply didn't make enough profit like this (or was it a profit at all?), as much as some people loved them. So by taking over and slowly transforming things Lenovo gave us a "Thinkpad-like" option at all - and I suppose they're moving far units now than back then.
Which doesn't mean they should completely forget about build quality, though. Reply
Tosis - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkIt's unfortunate that in order to make the ThinkPad profitable, both design and build quality must be lowered significantly.
That's the problem though. That might mean the design and build quality of Motorola phones will also be lowered. The X220 was the last acceptable but still inferior ThinkPad I own. I wonder if I'll stop buying Motorola phones in the future. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkYet somehow other companies, like Apple sell premium products at premium prices and do quite well. Ditto for HP workstation laptops. I don't think much of a lot of HP's products but their workstation laptops are excellent.
Lenovo simply decide to go to a lower level of quality on all of their products. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkAbsolutely right. Lenovo quality is far from IBM Thinkpad quality. prices are far lower but they cut everything to get the price down. Quality of components and quality control of manufacturing. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkThey already are. Motorola phones are made in china and have been for some time. Reply
gdansk - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkI really liked the Moto X. I didn't think it was a worth it to upgrade from my Nexus 4, though. We'll see if Motonovo can be as competitive this next year.
I'm interested to see if Lenovo keeps manufacturing in Texas. Reply
Penti - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkWhat a loss?! While not giving much thought about why they would sell, they are not really a hardware company and it's a separate unit so it makes sense at some point, but for $3 billion well then Lenovo at least should be able to make something of it, but Google bought it for 12.5 billion. Selling other business from that unit for what? Another 2.35 billion US. Now Lenovo gets the phone-business for just 660M US up front. Well I guess they at least will take the European market serious now, Motorola/Google didn't really, while at the same time taking over the remnant of the former major US-player and a strong brand.
Since Nokia's departure with their new direction 2011, that effectively makes the business only in the hands of the Koreans, Chinese, Taiwanese and Japanese now. The companies in Europe and US gave up as always. If not by themselves then with help by North American executives. High tech seems not to be anything for us today, and inventing much of the consumer goods, refrigerators, mobile phones, semiconductors as well as the science doesn't matter if you loose the drive. Reply
Malih - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - link"The companies in Europe and US gave up as always. If not by themselves then with help by North American executives."
I suppose that's the reason why the likes of Samsung and ASUS grow big, although it remains to be seen with Apple trying to break the cycle by starting to manufacture in the US. Reply
errorr - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkDon't forget the 3B in cash on the books.
It was always about the patent portfolio that Motorola basically blackmailed Google into this stealth buyout. Reply
Impulses - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkIt's a global economy, get used to it, yada yada... However, it's worth keeping in mind that while the job of design and integration that these OEMs carry out is important, what's actually going into the devices is probably more important still... A lot of that is still designed by US companies (Qualcomm, NV, Intel, etc). Not all mind you, stuff like display tech is strictly up to the likes of LG, Samsung, Sharp, etc. Reply
Penti - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkIt's a good company for Lenovo to buy, loss of competency and industrial leadership is more worrying on a nation level however I think Lenovo would rather contribute here so it's more of a leadership and ownership issue. As everything can't be managed by people overseas, but here in Sweden we still do some handset development at Sony as well as some at the offices of the mainland Chinese vendors. Finland should kick out the remnants of Microsoft's handset business as quick as possible though, as they quickly removed any potential to develop it even before actually buying the business. So it leaves room for other businesses. ST - Ericsson cooperation fell through though so no SoC's from us anymore, but Ericsson still does modems, and the modems from the Finns/Japanese ended up at Broadcom I think. As long as it's not totally erased there's at least some potential left.
While much of the new high-tech technologies ended up in Asia and semi-new players it's amazingly to a large extent in the high-cost OECD-countries. While we can't even make lead-batteries in Sweden any more let alone lithium cells It's Korea and Japan that's leading there, and the Taiwanese and Chinese battery makers mostly use their cells. But that only makes it more sad when a country truly gives up on something they are good at. But it's not really the case here, Motorola went down long before a small resurgence with android based devices. At least Sweden and Finland designs and develops, even does some of the assembly and manufacturing of base-stations while that business is none existent in the US and North America where every player and most of the technology has fallen and been forgotten while law-makers yell about excellent Chinese equipment that they don't want to buy even though there is no US-designed stuff any more.
European and Japanese players have removed themselves from much of the consumer electronics businesses they built though, on the Display side it's only Sharp and Panasonic that actually develops and manufacture large panels any more in Japan or has any financial interest in manufacturing/buying them. That means that companies like Hitachi, Pioneer, and Fujitsu fully stopped making and selling TV's exiting the market all together with the changes, those are to a large extent based on domestic problems though.
Motorola and Nortel where giant's in their industries at some point and large conglomerates, it doesn't take that much to erase most of the business and divide it up in half a dozen companies.
Semiconductor design and Semiconductor manufacturing still is within the grasp of the Europeans, Japanese and Americans though. Taiwan is mostly a merchant player, while Korea's Samsung has one of their most advanced merchant fab in Texas. Common platform partners has fabs in US, Japan, Europe and other parts of Asia. But it often depends on companies – at least in a regional sense – that can't afford to loose their direction. Qimonda just dropped of the earth, and Elpida got bought by Micron because they couldn't finance themselves for example. There is both pretty competitive while in a semi-related field by another player it's not really competitive any more, so it depends greatly on industry and respective market-segment. As always. Some segments have other emerging players, some don't. An missed investment and trusting others to supply you can spell the end of a companies entire field. Reply
Penti - Thursday, February 06, 2014 - linkDidn't mention Mitsubishi's exit or Toshiba's exit from making LCD-panels there. Now Sony has finally announced that they are withdrawing (planning to) from the TV-business too. As expected. Well at least if they can get someone to take over the new company that will run the TV business.
Philips did the same here in Europe, first divested itself from joint ownership of a LG LCD-fab and later gave up their TV-business to TPV that already ran and operated the company selling philips-branded monitors as well as manufactured most units for them. Though they still had some ownership that they gave up now in January. Those remaining is those that still manufactures panels pretty much. Reply
jameskatt - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkSamsung was about to ship Tizen smartphones to compete with Android phones at the low end of the market.
Samsung signed a pact where
1. They both exchange rights to their respective patents.
2. Samsung stops Tizen development and stays with Android
3. Google drops hardware development - selling off Motorola and ending Nexus.
Google did all of this to prevent Samsung - the dominant and only profitable Android hardware maker - from leaving the Android camp. It is a deal between two devils.
Samsung was pressure by Apple into coming up with Tizen to increase its own profits. Now it gets to keep a higher share of its profits by not having to pay Google for an Android license.
Apple's next move? To share the profits from Apple Ads with its consumers through their iTunes accounts. This would enormously incentivize consumers to click on Apple's ads, while ignoring Google's Ads. Apple makes profit from hardware and thus doesn't need the extra pennies from Ads. Google on the other hand copy this since this would enormously cause it to lose profit. Reply
A5 - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkApple isn't going to give up iAd money. Don't be ridiculous. Reply
zzzaac - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkAgree, it would be silly for Apple to give up iAd money Reply
Bob Todd - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkAds make money purely by volume. You think consumers would care about a few fractions of pennies from those 20 ads they saw? Reply
extide - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - link"Samsung was pressure by Apple into coming up with Tizen to increase its own profits. Now it gets to keep a higher share of its profits by not having to pay Google for an Android license."
Samsung (nor anyone else) does not have to pay Google a license for Android... Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkWrong. All OEM'S who use Android with Google services pay a licensing fee. Google has sued companies who didn't do so.
There is very little open source in Androids claim of open source. It fails on almost all the standard definitions of open source. But the rubes still lap it up. Reply
Anders CT - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - link@darwinosx
Android is fully open source and there is no licenswe fee for Googles bundles apps. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkEverything jameskatt said is wrong and pretty silly. Google does not care, at all, about Tizen. The idea is laughable.
Apple isn't Google. Google is an ad company. iAd is a minor sideline for Apple. There is not a lot of profit there and why you think they have any reason to share revenue with customers is beyond me. Reply
jameskatt - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkFrom daringfireball.net:
I'm sure Samsung loves getting pushed around like this. Samsung doesn't have a replacement for Google Maps, for example, so their backs are to the wall on this — and from what I've heard from a little birdie, Maps is one of the services Google is using to get Samsung to fall in line. It's not really much of a negotiation — it's Google telling Samsung to stick to near-default Android or they won't license Maps and other Google services. Reply
dczyz - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkI just want Moto to open up the Razr's so I can get android updates! Reply
madwolfa - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkThey did good with ThinkPad line overall, but I don't like the direction they're going with it now. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkUh what? You must have never seen an IBM Thinkpad if you think Lenovo Thinkpads are good. Reply
Stimpack - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkI hope this doesn't effect their quality. I planned on buying a Moto G in about a month. Reply
blanarahul - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkWell. Goodbye Motorola. Hello Sammy. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkFrom the frying pan into the fire.
Cheap plastic construction.
Low quality screen.
Horrible Touchwiz.
Features that don't work.
Ugh. Even a lot of Android fans are disgusted with the S 4. Reply
flyingpants1 - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkAgreed, although the build quality is not an issue for case users most of the time. Touchwiz makes the fastest phones seem slow.
I don't like the variance in features. If I had to pick a phone today, it would be between the HTC One for the front speakers, the LG G2 for its incredible battery life.. but I'd probably end up going with the S4 so I could have 80gb of storage space. I want my phone to replace an iPod touch. Reply
stratum - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkMy IT department stopped issuing ThinkPads last year because the ThinkPads just couldn't cut it anymore. At least from my company's point of view, the ThinkPad brand has certainly been ruined. Reply
JlHADJOE - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkMission Successful; Patents Acquired!
--Google Reply
dishayu - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkThat's a 10 billion straight-up loss for Google in less than 2 years by my calculations. Didn't they pay 13 billion or so, to aquire Motorola mobility in 2012? Reply
JlHADJOE - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkConsidering they got Moto's patents, I don't think it's a loss at all.
They just got rid of a hardware division they likely didn't want to have in the first place. Reply
zodiacfml - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkAgreed. That is basically it. Reply
BillBear - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkThose patents are not nearly worth what Google thought they were worth at the time. Andy Rubin was the major advocate for the purchase and notice that he no longer holds a high level executive position in the company.
First, the courts have ruled that standards essential patents such as those held by Moto cannot be used as a legal weapon against Google's competitors as Google assumed they could.
Microsoft was even awarded a minor damages amount for Moto breaking it's pledge to license their standards essential patents in a FRAND (Fair, Reasonable And Non Discriminatory) manner.
More seriously, the US threatened antitrust action against Google for their abuse of standards essential patents, which Google only avoided by immediately pledging to never abuse them in any current or future legal case.
Even more seriously, regulators in Europe have not backed down on their own antitrust case over Google/Moto's misuse of standards essential patents and the standard fine in the EU is ten percent of the guilty companies profits.
Those patents are not only not worth what Google thought they were worth, their misuse has opened up Google to a massive fine. and ongoing antitrust action. Reply
Devo2007 - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkThey also sold Motorola's cable set-top box division to Arris for 2.3 million, so that helped as well.
Google is also keeping the Advanced Technology division, so when everything is all said and done, it's not really as bad of a deal as it may look on the surface. Reply
Devo2007 - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkerrr.....that's 2.3 BILLION. Reply
Krysto - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkCopying someone else's comment:
"Motorola had ~$3B in cash when acquired. Google previously sold their set-top box unit for $2.35B and realized about $1.7B in tax benefits from previous losses. However since acquiring it has taken $1.038B in losses, which is $0.67B post-tax. There will be another write down for the lost goodwill less the value of the remaining IP that should be worth very approximately $1B. So including the $3B from Lenovo, they recouped approximately $10.4B of the initial $12.5B purchase price."
So $2 billion loss, and what they got out of it is access to all Samsung's patents and all the new ones over the next 2 years, and for them to follow Google's vision for Android. I think Google came up on top here. Reply
Doh! - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkI agree. Most people are just assuming the sale of Motorola Mobility resulted in a big loss to Google. It's completely the opposite. The deferred tax benefits realized from the operating losses and write-offs of assets will more than compensate for the investment loss incorrectly assumed by the readers. Reply
dishayu - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkThat was a really useful insight. Thank you. Reply
ThortonBe - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkYes, Thanks for that. I knew Google wouldn't just throw money away for no reason. Still I'm leery about getting a Motorola X now due to updates. I can't imagine they'll keep the updates going.. Reply
fteoath64 - Friday, January 31, 2014 - link@Krysto: "So $2 billion loss, and what they got out of it is access to all Samsung's patents"
On patents of Motorola that Google thinks are worth $5B, so they are $3B ahead!. Good move by Google and great move with Lenovo who an now play well in China with the Moto brand which is very strong and is useful in the Asian market as well. Plus with good distribution, Lenovo will be able to sell the Moto-X and Moto-G phones way better than Google ever did. Reply
marc1000 - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkfrom the blog post: "Google will retain the vast majority of Motorola's patents".
This is the real reason why Google purchased Motorola. The hardware assets are not what they wanted, this Lenovo deal makes perfect sense for them.
Not so sure about us, but then I stopped buying Androids because they killed the value of GPS navigation in the Maps7 update. My main reason to use Android is gone, so it could just vanish. My next phone will anything other than Android. Reply
hero4hire - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkThere are alternatives out there too you know. E.g. 3rd party offline GPS maps Reply
deyannn - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkWell this puts me in front of an awkward choice.
I gave the chinese a chance and am quite happy with my extremely low budget dual sim Lenovo A820 that I've been using for about 6 months now (previously I had an HTC Tattoo and a Samsung i9000). And I've seen a number of other Lenovo phones all in the 130-230 USD range (price includes worldwide shipping, etc.) - low enough so I don't care too much if I drop it, fast enough with the MTK65xx SOC.
Due to the Chinese OEMs not being very fond on sharing their source code (FAEA and Oppo aside) due to MediaTek license complications I decided my next phone would be a Motorola (looking in the direction of the Moto G) so I can have better software support.
I know Lenovo should be able to put a good use of Motorola and finally start selling good quality budget phones in the EU or the US. They can make good quality hardware (this budget A820 has a metal frame inside and doesn't twist or break easily and I've dropped it more than 10 times already by accident from height ranging 1-1.6m - the highest drop being on a cement floor in my parking lot and not a major scratch) but they don't use the best hardware (no Gorilla glass or Dragon glass) ... and they tend to bloat their devices with a ton of apps. So I got mixed feelings about this acquisition - it removes my next choice of OEM
But don't underestimate Lenovo - reports say they are #2 on the Chinese smartphone market right behind Samsung which if true is really big.
I'd be interested to read an Anandtech article on Chinese phones and comparison with the big Koreans (Samsung, LG) as there are tons of Chinese brands out there - to name a few:
Lenovo, Xiaomi, Oppo, Meizu, Jiayu (low scale), Freelander (an OEM for some of the other brands), etc. etc. Reply
Penti - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkYou can't really make a Moto G on MediaTek so that's at least something. Reply
deyannn - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkIndeed. But due to the low cost of the moto g I've seen it compared to some of the more feature rich and expensive mediatek powered phones. If Moto G was available here 6 months ago it would have been the obvious choice. I sincerely hope Lenovo will make proper phones using Motorola's know how and start using proper parts like Snapdragon instead of MediaTek. But I've seen for myself their phones have good quality for their price. ( I've played around with a820, s750, p780 and will be checking a850 and s820 in a couple of weeks most likely.)
Also since a820 costs between 20 and 25 % of the price of a galaxy s 4 people around here ordered lots. I've imported 5 for be and my friends and I've seen 5 co workers but them (multiple times each for friends and family) Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkLenovo makes cheap, lower quality devices which anyone who owned the previous line of IBM Thinkpads can attest to.
Google got raped on this deal and their shareholders should be screaming to high heaven. But since Google is an ad company their profits from ads paper over this debacle resulting from the idiotic purchase of Motorola for almost 13 billion dollars.
Google never had any intention of keeping Motorola for manufacturing. Ask anyone who works there, this was obvious to them from day one. They thought the patents would help them fight lawsuits but not only have the patents been worthless they have lost every single court case after spending millions on lawyers.
The word is serial copier Andy Rubin was booted from his position because he strongly supported buying Motorola but also because he exposed Google and their partners to massive litigation by copying so much of Android. Reply
toyotabedzrock - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkDidn't Microsoft basically give windows mobile away for a while? And the vendors in turn made crape hardware. Or at best they will just follow Apple and never innovate on their own. Reply
hrrmph - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkInteresting and insightful analysis. Good to see AT stepping out a little with some bold predictions of future markets being created.
It's hard to believe that the mobile market is maturing already, but it does look like everyone is nervously looking over their shoulders and wondering what to do when the growth stops.
It looks like Google is making it clear that their response is to bail out on smartphones...
.... Following that logic, Nexus will be the next to get dumped overboard. Reply


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A single Asian citrus psyllid picked up during routine trapping in Dinuba, Calif., quickly turned into multiple finds as inspectors began looking at neighboring trees.
The infestation involves numerous adult and immature psyllids on residential citrus trees, which have since been treated with insecticide, said Steve Lyle, spokesman for the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento.
The news of what appears to be a breeding psyllid population was disappointing to Joel Nelsen, president of Exeter-based California Citrus Mutual.
"So the question now becomes, how quickly did we find it and was it quick enough to be able to stop from spreading?" Nelsen said. "We don't know yet."
Asian citrus psyllids are a concern to citrus growers because they not only feed on trees, sucking sap and weakening them, but they can also carry citrus greening.
Also known as huanglongbing, or HLB, the disease is caused by a bacterium that can weaken or kill citrus trees. It is harmless to humans.
With approval from homeowners, the state has treated citrus trees within 800 meters of the original finds.
Both state and U.S. Department of Agriculture quarantines are in the works, Lyle said.
State and county inspectors will conduct a delimiting survey, including increased trapping around the infestation, to determine if the pest has spread.
If no further psyllids are found, Nelsen said he expected restrictions to be placed within a 5-mile radius of the infestation, much as they were around a Porterville infestation.
The quarantine includes requiring growers to remove all plant material from citrus loads before they leave the area. Nursery plant movement also is restricted, unless the trees are grown in a USDA-approved structures.
Nelsen said he didn't know how many commercial citrus operations would be affected.
Porterville, where six psyllids were trapped in July, is about 51 miles southwest of Dinuba.
Some point to Highway 65, which runs through Porterville, as a possible pathway since trucks use it to haul citrus from infested Southern California groves to the San Joaquin Valley.
But Nelsen said no one has theories yet about the origin of the Dinuba infestation.
The infested trees originated from a San Joaquin Valley location, which has been inspected and found free of psyllids, he said.
State officials have begun questioning the homeowners about their travels and work to determine how the pest made its way to Dinuba.
Nelsen said these latest finds also point out the need for the industry to strengthen its message to homeowners about the threats posed by transporting home-grown citrus.
"They (homeowners) have as much at stake as we do," he says. "Their trees can die just as easily from HLB as commercial trees can. They have to be cognizant of the threat they are posing."
Although HLB is endemic in Florida and has caused that state's citrus industry billions of dollars of losses, only one case — in a residential tree in Hacienda Heights near Los Angeles — has been confirmed in California.


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