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After a year that has seen increasing support for radically reshaping the banking industry, a new bipartisan bill called the Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act to put additional regulations on banks so large that they would threaten the global financial system was unveiled this week by Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and Scott Brown, D-Ohio.
"Today, Sen. Vitter and I are presenting bipartisan legislation that will present Wall Street megabanks with a clear choice: Either have enough of your own capital to cover potential losses, or downsize until you are no longer a risk to taxpayers," Brown said at a press conference.
The bill is mostly concerned with making sure banks have enough capital in the form of equity (stock and retained earnings) to cover losses from bad assets such as unpaid mortgages in the event of another big economic downturn. It would scrap a more complex international Basel III framework in favor of simple hard minimums for equity cushions at banks, depending on their size.
"We've defined what capital to focus on. We set minimum requirements, but we also, I think importantly focus on common equity and other truly loss-absorbing capital, and we move away from this hyper-complicated, risk-weighted system that is very easy to be gamed," Vitter said.
For banks with less than $50 billion in assets, regulators would set a cushion at their discretion. Regional banks with assets of $50 billion to $500 billion would have a cushion of 8 percent. Megabanks with more than $500 billion in assets would have much larger required cushions of 15 percent or more.
That highest category really encompasses only four retail banks, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo, all of which would likely take a big hit to their profits from the increased equity requirements. That's because banks make a lot of their money by taking on lots and lots of debt, including some in deposits, which they then invest in large part by lending it out to consumers and businesses. Telling banks they need to keep a larger percentage of their balance sheet in equity in effect limits their ability to take on more debt and consequently their ability to make money.
That would be a stark contrast from recent years when large banks have grown and prospered, thanks to lower borrowing rates based on the belief by the market that taxpayers would step in to bail them out if they failed, Brown and Vitter said.
"The market knows that the government won't allow these big banks to fail," Brown said. "Since they won't fail, they can make riskier investments and lend money at a lower rate than regional banks and main street banks and credit unions."
So far, community banks have reacted positively to the bill. They have long been concerned about the potential impacts of Basel III, and Brown-Vitter would alleviate some of those concerns.
"ICBA applauds Sens. Brown and Vitter for advancing the debate to bring balance back to the financial services marketplace," said Bill Loving, ICBA chairman, CEO and president of Pendleton Community Bank in Franklin, W.Va., in a statement. "By imposing equity capital guidelines that are appropriately scaled to the size, scope and risk of the too-big-to-fail institutions, this legislation will reduce systemic risk, protect taxpayers and put our nation's community banks on a competitively balanced playing field."
It's hard to predict how the passage of Brown-Vitter would affect the landscape of the banking industry, said David O'Connell, a senior analyst at Aite Group.
For customers at banks in the top tier, any spinoffs or downsizing caused by the law may make managing their various accounts and services at those banks harder, O'Connell said.
"It'll get more confusing," O'Connell said. "It will be like all the weird names we have on our utility bills, and I can't figure out if it's electric or gas."
For customers at community banks, it may mean their banks are more likely to survive thanks to reduced competition from larger rivals, O'Connell said.
The question of Brown-Vitter's effect on the financial system as a whole is also an open question, said Cornelius Hurley, a professor and director of the Boston University Center for Finance, Law and Policy, in an email.
"The numbers set in Brown-Vitter are completely arbitrary and their consequences are unpredictable," Hurley said.
And while it's likely Brown-Vitter would take megabanks down a peg, regulators would get a lot more discretion over capital requirements at small banks, and that might be problematic, Hurley said.
Overall, O'Connell said, when it comes to regulation, simpler is also not necessarily better.
"It seems to be undoing a great deal of work the banks and regulators have been doing for the last couple of years," O'Connell said. "There's a dialogue that allows the banks and the regulators to get a view of that bank as it might look if things go wrong."
That dialogue will now be replaced by a more blanket approach that will inevitably leave some banks carrying more reserves than they need, and others, less, he says.
"It's this a terrible, brute-force rule of thumb that doesn't into account the particularities of the individual banks," O'Connell said.
What do you think of the proposal? Will this help to protect consumers?
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Rotterdam: Hearing new African voices
New York-based film-maker Jeremy Teicher talks about his Senegal-set Tall As The Baobab Tree.
Jeremy Teicher first went to rural Senegal five years ago when he was 19, working on a short promotional video for an education-focused NGO to promote digital literacy. He was inspired by the young people he met – the first generation from their village to go to school – and made a short documentary about them, This Is Us, which was nominated for a Student Academy Award.
For that project, Teicher knew he wanted to let the locals tell their own stories, not impose his own views on them. So they wrote their stories and also shot them themselves using pocket cameras he provided. "I wanted them to share their stories with us," he says. "It was a novel window into village life."
He wanted to avoid the usual way that "Westerners swoop in and get their footage that's pitched as 'oh the poor Africans.' I wanted to do the opposite, and remove myself as much as possible…I'm more like an ambassador for them, representing their voices."
Teicher's first fictional feature, Tall As The Baobab Tree (Grand Comme Le Baobab) was born out of that documentary, as his lead actress was one of the girls who had documented her village's practice of marrying some girls off between the ages of eight and 12. The narrative follows two sisters, Coumba and Debo. While one hopes to attend college one day, the other may be sold into an arranged marriage.
The story represents a clash of modernity and tradition, with some grey areas between what's good and bad. "It's an interesting social dynamic crossroads," Teicher notes. "Everyone [in this village] is aware that they are living through a time of insanely fast change."
The cast is wholly comprised of local villagers – most of whom had never seen a video camera before, much less acted. "The dialogue was improvised for the most part based on the outline we had written (he wrote the script with Alexi Pappas)." He says the cast members were usually playing a character that was "one shade off from who they are."
There was a small crew of four: two from Los Angeles and two Senegalese sound guys who they trained. The low-budget film was privately financed and also made possibly by generous donation of equipment from the likes of Canon and Zeiss. "We paid all the Senegalese cast and crew, but the Americans were working just for food really," he notes.
They sacrificed a goat for good luck at the start of shoot (it was later eaten), and had to deal with no electricity or running water. Camera batteries were charged each night at a hotel, and crew members travelled to the village each day on horses. "It sounds extreme, but it didn't feel extreme," says the New York-based director.
The work paid off, as the film is being promoted by a number of organisations such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Girls Not Brides, as well as playing at the 2012 BFI London Film Festival and winning the best narrative feature prize in the Doha Tribeca Film Festival's Doha Giffoni strand.
Teicher is now in Rotterdam to screen the film and also to meet with potential sales companies. He's in development on his next film, also about teenagers discovering their identity, set in the world of Olympic running. (Co-writer Pappas is a world-class runner.)
Tall As The Baobab Tree screens in Rotterdam at 09:30 Friday (Jan 25) and again at 19:30 Weds (Jan 30).
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There were quite a number of really strong new African directors showcased at Rotterdam, so its bizarre you would choose to highlight this one under the header "Hearing New African Voices". Especially with Nairobi Half life in the top ten of audience rated films!!! Just goes to show how difficult it is for new African voices to actually get heard.
The new voices in this movie are the voices of the young rural students who star in the movie in roles that mirror their own lives and who represent 80% of the young people living in Sub-Saharan Africa who live in villages like theirs without electricity and running water. The long term relationship between the young director and these young people allowed them to tell THEIR story. The film you compare it to is Kenyon's submission for the Oscars, a well done hi-budget film. TALL AS THE BAOBAB TREE was in the top 20 of audience rated films and the crew was thrilled to share the company with the high caliber films as the one you mention. Signed Mala Bawer, Producer
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Why do people with lupus need to watch what they eat? Many people with lupus take prednisone, a corticosteroid (steroid) that calms the body's immune system, which is overactive in lupus. This medicine is very powerful and has greatly helped millions of people with lupus. It reduces inflammation and lessens many of the pains of the disease, including muscle and joint pain and stiffness. But prednisone also comes with some bad side effects, such as intense hunger pangs and fluid retention that can make the face and other parts of the body look puffy.
Prednisone causes cravings that lead people to eat more than their body actually needs and gain weight. In addition, prednisone changes where body fat gets stored in the body—from the arms and legs to around the face, back of the neck, and the stomach. Prednisone is what causes the rounded "moon-face" appearance of many people with lupus.
Weight gain is often the most feared side effect of prednisone. Nearly everyone that takes it will have some, but the amount varies, and also depends upon what prednisone dosage is being taken.
Can diet changes help put a stop to other side effects of prednisone?
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I lost my Dad on 23rd September. The only way I have been able to function is by pretending that he hasn't gone. Infact I can't believe fully that he has, it just doesn't seem possible. At times the pain is absolutely unbearable, I have tortured myself thinking - should we have done this differently, should he have taken this drug - stopped that treatment and tried something else...maybe he would still be here now? He relied on me to help him research and decide his treatment options, did I let him down? - I feel like I have failed him.
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Recipe Find: Peaches at the peak of their season
Published 12:00 am, Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Between roadside stands, farmers markets and supermarket bins touting Texas peaches, I've been unable to resist this year's bumper crop of peaches, particularly now that the freestone variety is available.
There's nothing like a peach eaten at its peak of freshness, but if you want to freeze part of the bounty for eating later in the year, you can't beat this simple method, passed on to me by a peach grower a number of years ago. I've used it through the years with great success.
He suggested simply putting the unwashed and unpeeled peaches in a plastic freezer bag, then removing them and thawing them as needed, after which you rinse and serve them.
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I wrap the peaches individually in heavy-duty plastic wrap, then put the individually wrapped peaches in a freezer-proof zipper-top bag. I freeze them in an upright freezer that isn't self-defrosting. (Self-defrosting freezers might dry them out more.)
As the peaches thaw, the skin slips right off. I've also learned that when I want to eat one without waiting for it to thaw, I can zap it in the microwave (22 seconds at high power for a small peach) before rinsing and slipping off the skin. They are icy perfection when handled that way.
If you want to go one better and use fresh Hill Country peaches in a dessert, I'm passing on a fabulous one from Rebecca Rather of Rather Sweet Café in Fredericksburg. She shared this recipe with food writer Edmund Tijerina when he wrote a story on peaches a few weeks ago. We didn't receive it in time to include with our original article, but it's much too good a recipe to keep to ourselves.
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The Cornhuskers mounted the biggest comeback in school history a year ago, finishing with a 24-0 flurry to erase a 21-point, second-half deficit, to beat the Buckeyes 34-27 in the first Big Ten game ever played in Lincoln, Neb.
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The Haydon Centre organisation had contested the original report and claimed there were a number of factual inaccuracies, including the fact that the child reported missing had wandered into a corridor.
The inspection was the result of an alert from the early years provider notifying them a child had wandered off unsupervised in April of this year.
In a letter to parents responding to the damning Ofsted report, pre-school manager Debbie Waldron and co-manager Chris Webb said: "The door of the room, when closed, was identified to be secure and safe, which agrees with previous Ofsted inspections, particularly one that was carried out on a group last year who use the same premises and care for early years children.
"No child has ever (in over 20 years) opened the door independently. This door is weighted, making it difficult for a child to pull open from inside the pre-school."
Nick Hudson, early years inspector with Ofsted, said the pre-school had made all the right steps to tighten up security provisions after a monitoring visit last month.
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"You have installed handles above child height on the doors to the sessional room and the full daycare room so that children cannot push the doors open.
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"This is not possible on the doorway to the full daycare room as it is a fire door.
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It was announced yesterday that first baseman Prince Fielder would start at first base for the American League in next week's MLB All-Star Game, and today it appears that he will receive the honor of participating in the Home Run Derby as well.
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On Sunday, Fielder was coy about whether he had plans to participate in the Derby, saying only, "I don't know. I think so." Cabrera followed that up by later saying, "It's going to be fun to see Prince in the Home Run Derby."
Fielder has participated in the Home Run Derby three times in his career (2007, 2009, 2011), and won the contest in 2009. Some people get concerned about the derby messing up a hitter's swing, but that hasn't been a big issue for Prince. His combined slash line in those three years leading up to the Home Run Derby was .298/.411/.603; following the All-Star break he hit .292/.402/.586. All three numbers (AVG/OBP/SLG) fell slightly, but each remained well above his career averages (.283/.388/.536).
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Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Review: Thunderbolt Times Twoby Ian Cutress on 9/17/2012 11:00 AM EST
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ElFenix - Monday, September 17, 2012 - link"Despite all this, Gigabyte's foray into the Thunderbolt world is spurned in part by the board we are reviewing today...."
You probably meant 'spurred,' though that doesn't really fit either.
Also, the very first sentence should be more like "Because the exclusive license has expired...." Reply
IanCutress - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkThanks for pointing the first one out - it should have been 'initiated in part'. As to the phrasing of the first sentence, I find it common enough where I am. Not sure if it's a UK thing or not, though US vs. UK idioms have been commented on in past reviews. As always, if anything catches your eye please feel free to email :)
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freedom4556 - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkSpeaking of UK vs US, I had to Google your Stella Artois reference, and I actually drink the stuff occasionally. Must have been a UK specific ad campaign. Reply
lurker22 - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkI understand that Thunderbolt is a lot faster and a different usage than USB 3. Frankly, it's not so much better than USB 3 that consumers will pay for Thunderbolt. USB 3 is already leading, and Thunderbolt will be left behind like Firewire despite the tech being superior... Reply
dagamer34 - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkIt's rather meh on desktops since it's pretty easy to add new hardware internally, but it makes far more sense on laptops when you have limited number of ports. Having an external PCI-Express bus is interested, especially if external GPUs ever actually arrive at an affordable price point. Reply
Kjella - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkIf you're going to plug in one device, yes. I think the strength of Thunderbolt is as a laptop dock - plug in one cable and you got wired network, sound, keyboard, mouse, printers external screens, any USB 1/2/3.0 device, firewire, esata, external graphics card dock, regular 3.5" HDDs and whatnot. That can have a future in many companies I think who've now chosen laptops for higher flexibility - now you can have that and dock into a full system with one cable. Reply
sean.crees - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkIt will mean a lot if they ever put thunderbolt on a mini itx board. I know a lot of SFF enthusiasts who would love to try external graphics with a sub 10 liter enclosure. But on a full size ATX board it doesn't really mean a whole lot. Reply
Skidmarks - Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - linkThat's possibly true but only time will tell. Reply
GeorgeH - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkIt really would've been nice to see some Thunderbolt testing. I realize Anand is hogging all of the shiny TB gear, but the review didn't really test the primary draw of this MB and as such is kind of useless. Reply
zanon - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkAgreed. As the summary correctly states, the raison d'etre of this board are the TB ports. Even if it's just the overpriced Promise a review should give them some stress and see how they perform. Maybe it'll get easier if QNAP ever releases their JBOD. Reply
IanCutress - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkI have access to a TB device, but it is only the two-bay Little Big disk with a pair of Intel Drives. Can't really stress the TB implementation in terms of peak speeds, and in our copy test it can get anything from 1.1 seconds to 3.3 seconds depending on if the wind is blowing, or the tides are in (very unpredictable).
When I can get a 4-bay TB device in, I will fill it with 500MB/s+ SSDs and get down to testing. Unless there is a specific test you would like me to do (4K et al).
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repoman27 - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkI am very curious about a couple points, however they are not the easiest scenarios to test.
Firstly, GIGABYTE depicts the ability to support a total of 12 connected Thunderbolt devices plus 2 displays, or 6 devices AND 1 display per port. [ http://www.gigabyte.com/microsite/306/images/thund... ] This seems to fly in the face of what we have been told by Apple and Intel about supported topologies, i.e. "up to a total of 6 devices, including up to 2 high resolution DisplayPort v1.1a displays". Can a single Cactus Ridge DSL3510L really handle that many devices? Is there some difference in implementation between Windows and Mac OS?
GIGABYTE also claims a full 10 Gbps of PCIe bandwidth from each port. Now I would also doubt that claim, and in the article you indicated this wasn't happening with a single DSL3510L. However, Anand achieved 1380 MB/s by using both Thunderbolt ports during his review of the MBPR, which also uses just one DSL3510L controller. Now ultimately this controller is bound by its PCIe 2.0 x4 back end, which should limit it to around 1600 MB/s of payload throughput, but breaking the 1000 MB/s barrier would seem to imply that there is more than one PCIe to Thunderbolt protocol adapter in these Cactus Ridge chips. This would be significant if true. Any chance you could lean on it hard enough to find out? Reply
goinginstyle - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkI agree about the need for TB testing as I have had nothing but issues with this board and a Seagate GoFlex attached on one port and a Apple TB 27" monitor on the other port. The monitor will flicker badly at times (does not happen on a competing board and a MacBook Pro) while the Seagate drive will "disappear" and requires a power on/off before being recognized again. Reply
thewhat - Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - linkIt would be great if you could test with Speedfan whether the fan speed can be controlled independently for every header. Reply
NiggaASD - Sunday, December 09, 2012 - linkIan, I think you are wrong about Gigabyte manipulating CPU voltage readings. The voltage reading 1.068 V is probably not CPU vcore, it could be VTT(VCCIO) voltage. It is known that some GB motherboards have this "feature", that they show VTT voltage in CPU-Z. For example, my GA-P67A-UD3P-B3 board shows 1.092 V in CPU-Z as vcore when I have set VTT to 1.1 V in BIOS. Reply


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The Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise's (NNGE) Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort, located 20 minutes east of Flagstaff, Ariz., was recognized as the top Native American Casino Facility in the nation at this week's G2E (Global Gaming Expo) Conference. The Friedmutter Group of Las Vegas, which designed the structure in collaboration with Navajo tribal members, and JBA Consulting Engineers, which led the active systems engineering, submitted an entry for the stunning 267,000-square-foot facility that showcases Navajo culture and original artworks throughout the property.
"We are grateful to The Friedmutter Group of Las Vegas and JBA Consulting Engineers for their ability to culturally infuse Navajo into the building by incorporating the vision of our team in the exterior and interior designs, décor and engineering," states Derrick Watchman, NNGE CEO. "We are proud to be recognized as the number one Native American Casino Facility in the Nation and congratulate The Friedmutter Group, JBA Consulting Engineers and our employees for this prestigious recognition."
He added, "We would also like to thank our culture committee that worked tirelessly to ensure Navajo traditions and culture were accurately and appropriately showcased."
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Jim Gist, chief sales and marketing officer for JBA Consulting Engineers added, "While we have worked on projects across the globe, this team and the opportunity to create something truly unique in the Native America Gaming space was an honor for our entire firm."
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Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort's five-story hotel with 90 rooms, 16,000 square foot conference center, heated-indoor swimming pool, fitness center and casino floor with rotunda, food court, steakhouse, seafood bar, sports bar, 24-hour café, gift shop and coffee shop were completed in May 2013. 400 Navajo construction workers were employed on the project that began September 2011.
The main drive and porte corchere are expressed architecturally as the upward movement of ancestors through the Four Worlds.
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The hotel tower features a dimensional over-scaled weave pattern, suggesting the work of hands and hearts; the weaving of baskets, textiles, and song.
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A custom chandelier in the rotunda depicts the vertical rise of the people through each world. Hand blown glass rings represent the colors of each world. Droplets of crystal cascade through the rings like water two chrome tubes in the center of the rings symbolize the reeds that were used to enter through the hard sky of the world.
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The casino's theme is "The Glittering World".
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Peyronie's disease is
an abnormal curvature of the penis caused by scar tissue in the erectile
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that it prevents penetration during intercourse.
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The American Association of Sexuality Educators,
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CitationsJordan GH, McCammon KA (2012). Peyronie's disease. In AJ Wein et al., eds., Campbell-Walsh Urology, 10th ed., vol. 1, pp. 792–809. Philadelphia: Saunders.Other Works ConsultedMcAninch JW (2008). Disorders of the penis and male urethra. In EA Tanagho, JW McAninch, eds., Smith's General Urology, 17th ed., pp. 625–637. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical.
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As was mentioned earlier, I'm heading to Houston in January to watch the Olympic Trial Marathon. I'm excited. I'm also excited to do a little research to know some stuff about the hopefuls that have qualified. From now until then, I plan to do a little bit of research on a few of the athletes and post what I find here.
First on this list is Paul Petersen. The reason I chose Paul is because he's a Utahn. I hail from the great state of Utah, and as of today, he's the only Utahn to qualify. Ironically, I've since learned that Paul, a self-employed GIS contractor who lives in Smithfield, is now moving to Colorado. Bummer. We're losing our Utahn.
Most of the information I found was taken from an interview from UtahRunning.com. Paul, 31, and a graduate of Michigan's Calvin College, had a "decent college career" which included a one-time All-American title in cross country. Petersen's top mileage is in the high 90s to low 100s, and believes the key to running well is consistency. He says, "People talk about mileage or doing special workouts, and we all read runners' magazines and we all read Daniel's Running Formula and Pfitzinger's Advanced Marathoning. Those are great things. That's where you get a lot of ideas. But there's no substitute for consistency and you can get away with having not so great workouts and not so great science behind your running, just if you get out and do it."
Paul Petersen qualified for the Olympic Trials in April by running 2:17:35. He was the 17th male and 3rd American. He attributes his success to nine years of training, where one year builds upon the next. He says, "Boston, you talk about a training cycle; when we think of a training cycle we think of the six months leading up to a marathon, or four months leading up to a marathon. Really, this was eight or nine years leading up to Boston, learning how to run a marathon and learning how to train for a marathon."
Petersen also says that a little luck had a great deal to do with his success at Boston. Temperatures were mild and there was a substantial tail wind. He says, "The training was there and my work was there. Now it was a matter of you have to get a bit lucky. That means things like weather."
I concur. Weather has everything to do with a marathon. That's the trouble with marathoning; everything can be stacked up perfectly, but if you wake to foul weather, or are generally feeling "off," the day might not go well. And the other trouble with marathoning is that you can't give it a go again the next week. There's no bluffing, there's no room for being conservative. Runners who are serious about marathoning must go "all in" at first hand.
As Paul says, "Not every race is going to be great. You'll lay an egg here and there. I just had a tough race in Moab, physically I just wasn't able to respond. It was a hard race for me. But you just have to shake it off, figure out if there's something that you did wrong, maybe you learn from it and move on and forget it. Don't dwell on it. Learn what you can from it. Then leave it behind you."
And as serious as he is, Paul tries to keep his life in check. "I'm constantly balancing training with family and other things, so I want to keep my life in balance and a healthy balance, make sure my priorities are right. That's my main priority, to keep my family and my work and things like that ahead of running. Running needs to be just a hobby. Sometimes it becomes more than that, so I'm always balancing that out."
Wanna know what I'd ask Paul if'n I ever got the chance to ask him something? "Don't you get tired of wearing the same outfit for each race?" Sponsorship has some serious drawbacks....
You can read what Paul Petersen is up to by reading his blog or you can review his workout details by going to fastrunningblog.com.


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Royal Fascia's & Property Maintenance
Royal Fascia's specialize in Soffit and fascia's but our experienced property maintenance team includes plasterers, joiners and a plumber.
B M McGill Carpenters LimitedCertificate of Excellence 2015
We offer a professing design an build experience .
SH Carpentry and Construction LtdCertificate of Excellence 2015
S.Cuni Cabins Ltd
With years of experience and a passion for wood, we work with all kinds of projects, from Houses to Doors and windows, and concrete bases to log cabins! We have over 7 years experience in building log cabins and wooden buildings. We have a passion for wood and we can work with all kinds of projects from houses to doors and windows, concrete bases to fully equipped log cabins. Our Services & Products bespoke furniture doors garden sheds timber frame buildings window frames wood finishes wood restoration wooden porches wooden windows wooden staircases woodworkers & wood turners log cabins garage conversons summer houses tree houses woodland play equipment paving services patios decking fencing traffic management painting and decorating interior painting floor sanding log cabins Payment Methods Edit BACS Cash Please do not hesitate to contact us for free quote. Landline 01234965010 Mobile 07864028919
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dave elms building and maintenance
all aspects of building maintenance,painting ,decorating,kitchen /bathroom fitting ,tiling ,carpentry and refurbishment of offices ,houses etc
Leicester Property Maintenance LTD
A L S ConstructionCertificate of Excellence 2015
A.L.S. Construction team are a well-established midlands based family run company who are all highly qualified tradesmen and are all fully insured. We believe in providing a professional service to the clients. We take pride in what we do and believe in leaving a clean tidy site. We will work with you step by step to make sure all your requirements are always meet to only the highest of standard. We can provide you with plenty of our previous happy customers references and also images of our recent up to date projects. What we do; Brickwork Carpentry Floor & Wall Tiling Landscape Gardening. Plastering Painting & Decorating Roofing For all your building requirements. No job two big or two small. free quotation with no obligation. If you require any further information about our services please be sure to contact us, Alex 07890 838 160
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Gordon Cooper
Time served Carpenter/Joiner. Specialised in furniture repairs, flat pack construction renovations on period property i.e. Renovated a oak panelled hallway for some friends, reconstructed to enable a cloakroom to be installed. Restoration work completed to a local 17th century church. Completed work on Old buildings,(Victorian and older) renovating and correcting poor work previously carried out. Rebuilt fitted wardrobes. Installed fitted wardrobes. Expert with flat pack furniture. Completed bespoke projects. Helped design and manufacture specialised menu mountings for an advertising company. Contact me and try me.
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Kempsey joinery
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Booth Joinery Ltd
We deal with all aspects of woodworking from one-offs for private homeowners to major interior work for high-profile commercial contractors. Regardless of size and budget, we can offer you a service perfect for your project - from initial concept through to final installation. From our in-house spray shop we can produce superior sprayed lacquer, stain or oil finishes to any solid or soft woods, man-made material or glass, and can match most industry standard colour ranges. We are also a certified fabricator for Corian, Hi-Macs, Tristone and other solid surfaces. Our recent portfolio includes work in Topshop's flagship store in Oxford Street, London Science Museum, Selfridges, Berkeley Square, Knebworth Golf Club as well as many domestic projects across the country.
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Jim Brown Carpentry and Building
We do all carpentry including traditional cut pitched roofs, loft conversions, garage conversions, kitchens, replacement doors, skirting and architraves. Room reconfiguration and make overs. External works including new fencing or repairs, decking, cladding and guttering. We cover all trade aspects for the project you want so you don't have to juggle the tradesmen. Travel around 30 miles of Peterborough, we give a free no obligation quotations, and advise where needed. Time served qualified tradesman with over 20 years experience, fully qualified and fully insured.
DTBS Midlands ltd
General builders, specialist in home extension, renovation & project management. 20 years experience in construction & maintenance, vast portfolio of completed projects.
Merrin Joinery
Bespoke Joinery supplied and fitted. Windows, Doors & Staircases. Property Maintenance
Elite woodwork ltdCertificate of Excellence 2015
Painter Jack provides an interior painting and decorating service to customers throughout the Midlands area and the M1 corridor, North to South. Full house decorating projects to a single room, all work is welcome. In addition to painting and decorating the firm offers a variety of interior design and bespoke services including gold leaf application, wall murals and canvas art. Wall paper removal, surface preparation and plaster repair, are all undertaken as required to ensure a professional finish. Contact Painter Jack for a no obligation, fixed price quote or to discuss the viability or timescale of your project. Not all jobs are the same or straightforward, so a site visit is preferred to enable an accurate quote to be given. Generally two quotes will be provided, one using off the shelf paint brands and the other using bespoke mixed paints of trade quality. The company provides several types of service to suit the age and condition of the property to be decorated. Services include; surface preparation on new plaster; preparation of the surface on uneven plaster; hand mixed paint - hand mixed paint can save a fortune on a large project. Painter Jack is part of the IndigoJack Group of companies which has been trading since 2002
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Dear Costumer. I am Tamas Barany more than 30 years of experience in joinery. Your dream is my duty! I am ready to give the best quality and professional work to the customers. For me the customers are the most important.
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Photo Coverage: NYMF Gala Honors Kelli O'Hara!
Last night, The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) Ninth Season Gala honored Kelli O'Hara for her contributions to musical theatre at the Hudson Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there for the festivities and we bring you full coverage below!
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is the largest annual musical theatre event in America and is widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery. NYMF provides a launching pad for the next generation of musicals and their creators to ensure the continued vitality of one of America's greatest art forms. Hailed as the "Sundance of Musical Theatre," NYMF discovers, nurtures, and promotes promising musical theatre artists and producers at all stages of development, and inspires a diverse audience through vibrant, accessible, powerful new work.
NYMF is the flagship program of National Music Theater Network, Inc., a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization. NYMF 2012 is presented in association with Dunkin' Donuts, BroadwayWorld.com, Production Resource Group, and TheaterMania.com, with support from American Eagle Outfitters, Back Stage, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, Fox 5/ WNYW-TV, King Displays, NASDAQ OMX, New World Stages, Next Magazine, The Port Authority of NY & NJ, Queerty.com, Thomson Reuters, TheMenEvent.com, Times Square Squared, and Yelp. Major supporters include The ASCAP Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, BMI Foundation, Inc., The BWF Foundation, Con Edison, The Nathan Cummings Foundation with the support and encouragement of Jamie Mayer Phinney, The New Musical Development Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, and The Theater League. NYMF is supported, in part, by funds from the New York City Theater Subdistrict Council, LDC, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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Some Secrets of the Qur'an
Man's greatest enemy, since the Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, has always been Satan. Satan pledged himself to lead people astray when the Prophet Adam was created, and has committed himself to this cause by devising schemes that make the world appear charming and alluring to mankind. The Qur'an also informs us that his scheming is feeble and that he can exercise no authority over people:
In fact, that Satan's scheming is feeble and that he has no power over people is God's making things easy for mankind. Satan is the only negative power against religion and His weakness implies that believers will not experience any difficulty in living by the values of the Qur'an. However, for this to happen, sincere faith is essential. In the Qur'an, God informs us that those with sincere faith will not be affected by the tricks of Satan:
In other verses, God has revealed that Satan will have no power over those who believe and put their trust in their Lord:
The secret of how to escape false hopes and the whisperings of the Satan
Despite Satan's inefficacy on the believers, he may sometimes attempt to bother them with his whisperings because of a deed they have committed.
Another important secret God reveals in the Qur'an is how to escape the whisperings of Satan. This is a very important subject for believers who fear God and hope to attain paradise, because the whispers of Satan are misleading words that divert man from God's way and keep him occupied with vain and trivial issues. Satan tries to inject feelings of sorrow, fear and distress to people, to sow discord amongst them, to cause them to feel doubts about God, the Qur'an or the religion (deen). He fills them with false hopes. Some of the verses that describe Satan's whisperings to man are as follows:
No matter what Satan whispers to believers, he will not be able to distract them from God's guidance as long as they follow the path that God shows. God reminds believers of the following against Satan:
As can be understood from the verse, believers remain alert to the whisperings of Satan. They lose no time on thinking about his whisperings, and, aware that it would not please God, they never allow themselves to be carried away by pessimism, fear or sorrow, which are all negative feelings shunned by believers. When believers are troubled with something not in compliance with Qur'anic morality, they immediately recognise it to be a noxious whisper from Satan that would not please God. They dismiss the whisperings of the Satan through the remembrance of God and the verses of the Qur'an.


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Mounting flash devices
From MEPIS Documentation Wiki
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Most of the USB devices are recognized when you plug them in. Open Konqueror in filemanagement mode (if you are in browser mode press F9) and check if your device is there. If you find your device in the Devices list, click on it to mount it.
If the device does not appear type this command in command line as root:
tail -F -n6 /var/log/messages
- plug in the device and check the output in Konsole, one of the output lines should show something like "sda: sda1" or "sda: unknown partition table" or "sdb: sdb1" or something similar depending on your driver configuration.
- depending on the result add one of the following lines in /etc/fstab (open the /etc/fstab file in a text editor as root) add the line into the static entries portion (that's the top part of file).
- for "sda: sda1" add: /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=0000 0 0
- for "sda: unknown partition table" add: /dev/sda /mnt/flash vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=0000 0 0
- for "sdb: sdb1" add: /dev/sdb1 /mnt/flash vfat noauto,users,exec,umask=0000 0 0
- Save the /etc/fstab file
- As root, create the mount point folder by typing the command: mkdir /mnt/flash
- Open Konqueror and mount the device.


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Jimmy Choo: Large Odetta Pony skin Bag
I absolutely LOVE purple and leopard print, and when I saw this amazing bag, I knew I found love. The purple is vibrant and with the illumination of the fur just makes the color shine with elegance. :) It would go great with any outfit that consists of black, white, or any cool colors.


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Now on Fourth phone replacement. Fed the same bull. Anyone else deal with this?Jdunn Mar 26, 2012 7:27 PM
I'm just curious how many people out there are going through or have gone through the current issue I'm having with Verizon Wireless. I upgraded my cell phone to the HTC Droid Inc 2 a little while back. I had informed the in-store customer service rep that I was in need of a very reliable phone but would like to have all the "bells and whistles". I also informed him of my line of work (I work on an ambulance as an EMT) and that my phone was critical for my job, and that I was also expecting a newborn. He then proceeded to pitch this phone to me as one of the top selling and that there have been "barely any known issues reported". I bought it. That day, had to replace the phone TWICE due to (the first phone) not having any signal, and (the second phone) not having any signal AND screen not responding. Then after a couple months of use (phone has a protective case, screen protector, no water damage) the screen suddenly stopped responding again. Was assured by customer service that this is a very rare occasion and almost "unheard" of. Was sent a new phone in the mail a few days later. Was told that all new phones are "guaranteed" to work fully as expected. Now, that phone's screen has also STOPPED working. Being a dedicated Verizon Wireless customer for many years with multiple lines on my account and having always paid my bill on time and never having a complaint before, I called customer service to explain to them how I could no longer take the risks of having this cell phone due to the possibility of its malfunction either during a critical moment at work, or if anything was to happen while my newborn daughter was in my care. I was pitched the same "this is a rare occasion" and "your new phone is guaranteed to work" lines from the customer service rep. Now I understand phones malfunction. But I would rather take my chances with a new model phone, due to the fact this is the ONLY phone I'v EVER had ANY issues with. And it's not like I was asking for the newest and greatest, just something of equal value, or even less of a value, as long as it had relatively the same functions. For a bill of roughly $200 a month that I give Verizon, I honestly didn't think this was to much to ask for. Does anyone else have anything similar that has happened to them like this? I would love to hear it and find out your outcome.
Thanks and sorry if I rambled, just really frustrated and wanted to get my point across.


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CINCINNATI — Crest Oral-B launched a partnership with dental hygienists this week at CareerFusion, a dental professional career retreat, to gain a better understanding of the current needs and preferences of dental professionals nationwide, the manufacturer announced.
During the meeting, Crest Oral-B celebrated the anniversary of 100 years of dental hygiene by thanking CareerFusion hygienists and revealing its plans to show its gratitude throughout the year at dental conventions, in trades and through promotions on the Crest Oral-B Dental Professional Facebook page.
Hosted from Jan. 5 to 9 in Daytona, FL, CareerFusion is a professional retreat and learning continuum for healthcare professionals seeking growth and development to enhance their career.
Throughout the four-day conference, Crest Oral-B hosted several round-table and one-on-one discussions with the attending dental professionals to better understand their needs, how the brands could support them and what tools enable them to succeed in their profession. Furthermore, these attendees received several products to try in the weeks leading up to the event, as well as a preview of a new power technology.


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Serves 12.
Bake 2 layers of your favorite firm-textured cake recipe (pound cake works well) in 10.25 x 7.4 in. diamond pan; cool completely. Stack cooled cake layers on foil-wrapped cake boards cut to size using buttercream icing or other favorite filling. Prepare cake for fondant with buttercream icing.
Tint white fondant light blue; roll out to slightly more than1/4 in. thick. Cover with plastic wrap. Marble some of the pre-colored fondant. Roll out marbled and other pre-colored fondant to 1/8 in. thick; cut out butterfly shapes. Lightly brush butterflies with damp brush and arrange over blue fondant. Using rolling pin in varying directions, roll butterflies into blue fondant (shapes should distort) until surface is even; carefully move fondant onto cake. Smooth over cake and cut off excess.
Cut additional fondant butterflies; arrange around bottom of cake for border. Tint small amounts of royal icing to match fondant butterflies. Pipe tip 6 elongated bead butterfly body and dot head; add tip 2 outline antennae.


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Once upon a time, people in Louisiana couldn't wait for their governor to hit the road.
That's not a fairy tale, but a relatively recent chapter in state history.
Former Gov. Mike Foster's two terms, which ran from 1996 to 2004, were marked by big changes in school accountability and investment in higher education, among other accomplishments. He also had a much-discussed shortcoming: While other governors traveled the world to lure industrial investment to their states, Foster confined his hunting excursions to nearby duck blinds.
So, it was no coincidence that the candidates' eagerness to venture beyond the state's borders emerged as a top-shelf issue in the campaign to replace him. Kathleen Blanco's traveling shoes were prominently featured in her campaign ads, and she kept them handy during her term in office, when she often jetted off in search of economic development before hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and disaster aid afterward.
If Blanco proved willing to hit the road, Gov. Bobby Jindal's got downright itchy feet.
He can't seem to stay home for more than a few days at a time. And his trips, of course, have little to do with promoting Louisiana and a whole lot to do with selling himself.
This is not a recent development. Since he's been in office, Jindal's been traveling to other states to raise money for or appear with Republican candidates in state races, a tried-and-true way to test the waters and collect chits. When the 2012 national election came around, he campaigned in Iowa with Texas Gov. Rick Perry, then happily signed on as a surrogate for GOP nominee Mitt Romney.
With a possible run of his own looming, though, Jindal's schedule has become positively dizzying. He spent last weekend in Iowa, the first caucus state. Next month he's planning a road trip to New Hampshire, home of the first primary. And he's constantly heading out to hold meetings for his think tank, which is staffed by operatives with national experience but no local ties, or to give speeches or appear on national talk shows.
It's worth noting that the state's economic development climate doesn't seem to have suffered from Jindal's more personal focus. For a long list of reasons, including but not at all limited to incentives and recruiting by his administration, the business climate is good — so good that complaints over Louisiana's litigious environment and tax structure ring pretty hollow. In fact, one way to spot Jindal in person, if you don't feel like hopping a plane to Des Moines and checking out the Iowa State Fair, is to drop in on some announcement or ribbon-cutting for a new facility.
That doesn't mean the state's not worse off for Jindal's efforts to make an impression around the country. Time and again, he's taken policy positions that make sense only if viewed through the lens of national politics. Jindal's rejection of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, which would net piles of federal money to insure Louisiana's working poor, is one obvious example. So is his flip-flop on the Common Core, which he backed until conservative activists around the country decided to make it a states' rights issue.
On taxes, Jindal's cast his lot with absolutists like Americans for Tax Reform's Grover Norquist, to the point where he vetoed a paltry 4-cent cigarette tax renewal on the grounds that it could be construed as a tax hike (the Legislature got around him by attaching the measure to a constitutional amendment that didn't require the governor's signature). Two years later, he proposed eliminating the state income tax, an idea he'd previously opposed, without testing local support or even seeming to consider the side effect of higher sales taxes. The idea was such a dud that Jindal wound up shelving it on the 2013 legislative session's opening day.
Decisions like these, just as much as Jindal's incessant wandering, are fueling the backlash that's already evident in the early campaign to succeed him. Like most political races, this one likely will focus on how the candidates will differ from the prior regime.
They may well talk about travel. But unlike 12 years ago, this time they'll really be talking about all that the travel symbolizes.
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Washington : Government Printing Office
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding any other provisions of law, with the consent in writing of the individual Indian, association of Indians, or Indian tribe concerned, any restricted Indian lands situated within the State of Washington may be leased for religious, educational, recreational, business, or public purposes, including, but not limited to, airports, experimental station, stockyards, warehouses, and grain elevators, for periods not to exceed twenty-five years under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be deemed to authorize such leases for the exploitation of any natural resources.
Such leases may be made only by the individual Indian owner of the land or by the authorized representatives of the tribe or group of Indians to whom the land belongs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representative. Restricted allotments of deceased Indians, when the heirs or devisees cannot agree on a lease, may be leased for them in the manner prescribed by the Act of July 8, 1940 (54 Stat. 745, ch. 554). No lease shall be made by or on behalf of any tribe for a longer period than is or may be authorized by the tribal constitution, charter, or ordinances. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to repeal any authority to lease restricted lands which any Indian, Indian tribe, or official of the Department of the Interior would have in the absence of this Act.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate has passed a bill naming a Post Office in Thomaston after a Georgia National Guardsman and former postal carrier who was killed last year while on patrol in Iraq.
The post office at 103 East Thompson Street in Thomaston, would be renamed the "Sgt. 1st Class Robert Lee 'Bobby' Hollar Jr. Post. Office Building" under the bill.
The House is expected to pass the bill Friday, according to a spokesman for Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, who sponsored the measure.
Hollar was deployed in May 2005 and killed on Sept. 1 when an improvised explosive struck his vehicle outside Baghdad.
After his death, he was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
He is survived by his wife, Amanda, and two sons, who live in Thomaston.
Hollar served in the National Guard as a tank commander, served in the 108th Calvary Division, served seven years with the 82nd Airborne, and also was a military scout.
During his deployment, Hollar acted as a pen pal to students at Crescent Middle School in Griffin.
Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson said the dedication was a fitting tribute to Hollar's sacrifice.
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