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CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (CIBC FirstCaribbean) has committed additional funds to the development of youth business in T&T by providing financial support to Youth Business T&T (YBTT), the local affiliate of Youth Business International. The organisation offers programmes to encourage entrepreneurship among young people to combat poverty and unemployment. CIBC FirstCaribbean director of corporate sales, Anthony Seeraj, presented a cheque to YBTT on behalf of the bank that represents the first-year funds of the bank's new three-year commitment to the development of entrepreneurship among the region's young people. During the cheque presentation, Seeraj conveyed the bank's appreciation for the continued opportunity to lend assistance where it is so greatly needed.
"Our involvement with the Caribbean Association of Youth Business Programmes continues to be highly rewarding," Seeraj said. "At CIBC FirstCaribbean, we are committed to our mission of being 'First for Communities' in which we operate. Through our association with youth business, and more specifically YBTT, we have been able to help foster the development of entrepreneurship among youth in our country." With the support of the business community, YBTT helps young people between the ages of 18-35 years to work for themselves by providing access to business loans and business mentoring. The organisation funds most types of businesses, ranging from web design to agriculture production to day care centres.
In accepting the donation, vice chairman of YBTT, Dale Laughlin, thanked the bank, explaining they would use the funds for mentorship, loan financing, networking and training programmes. "YBTT is extremely pleased to partner with CIBC FirstCaribbean once again. The funding and general support from the bank will help us drive youth entrepreneurship, reduce youth unemployment and thereby play a vital role in the development of the economy." A memorandum of understanding MOU details collaboration between the organisations until the year 2016. In addition to funding for the programme, CIBC FirstCaribbean also commits to providing business mentors to selected young entrepreneurs, a business mentoring day and experts who will offer training.


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Release Date: 2009 |
Album Rating: 3.5This is my first review, please be nice and let me know if there's anything I need to fix.
Album Rating: 3.0Some moments are absolutely BTBAM ripoffs, the vocals especially.
Digging: Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
my interest has been piqued, i will check this out.
Digging: Beastmilk - Climax
Decent first review, try to avoid track by track reviews though.
This doesn't sound too promising in the me liking it department.
you never like anything i like =[
I'm sure I do, we should compare notes.
Album Rating: 3.0I'm not sure about it yet. I'll think "I hate this" one moment and then "I love this" the next. Hmmmmmmmm
we should do lunch, i'll have my people call your people.
I'll free up my schedule.
I do like lego.
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wonderful, it's a date ;)
Album Rating: 3.0Yeah, it's like a fusion of The Faceless and BTBAM's older stuff. Some parts are just blatant plagiarism of BTBAM imo. It's worth a listen though.
these guys certainly lack the wank that BTBAM has, that's for sure. it might be a good thing for some listeners.
Album Rating: 3.0Well, early BTBAM didn't have wank. It's a solid starting ground for this band, but they're trying too hard. I'll keep an eye on them though.
Album Rating: 3.5Through Metalsucks.net you can download the album for 5 bucks or get a choice of 4 shirts and the download for 15. Hopefully with later releases they start to develop their own sound.
Good review man, i'll def be checking this out
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Album Rating: 4.0pretty good id say.
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THE FRIDAY SIX: Q&As with Your Favorite Broadway Stars- Mitchell Sink
Welcome to THE FRIDAY SIX: Q&As With Your Favorite Broadway Stars. Want to know what hooked them to a career in the theater? Their dream roles? Their Broadway crushes? Read on!
In this week's edition, we caught up with Mitchell Sink, who is starring as 'Michael' in ELF- currently playing at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
What is the first Broadway show you ever saw?
Mary Poppins
What is your most unique pre-show ritual?
After my hairdresser puts on my mic, I say thank you, and on my way out I yell "goodbye!" in several different languages.
What is your most memorable "the show must go on" moment?
One night, at the end of Elf, the scrim did not go up for the finale. We were shoulder to shoulder in our Elf costumes, tapping in a limited amount of space. The tips of our curly, pointed elf shoes were hooking on to each others. A very memorable moment!
What is the one role you want to play before you die?
I definitely want to play 'Crutchie' in Newsies someday.
Who is your Broadway crush?
Sutton Foster. She was INCREDIBLE in Shrek!
Where can people stalk you online?
Not online, but come check us out at the Hirschfeld Theatre!


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"MT. ADAMS from Horseshoe Meadow" by Darryl G. Lloyd, shows some of the spectacular scenery that will be on display during the annual Mt. Adams Hiking Day, Saturday, Aug. 9, sponsored by the nonprofit Friends of Mount Adams.
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Mt. Adams hiking day set for Aug. 9
The annual Mt. Adams Hiking Day, sponsored by the non-profit Friends of Mount Adams, is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 9, featuring five hikes following trails of varying difficulty on four sides of the 235 square-mile mountain.
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What's going on around CFB….
Why does the SEC do it?
Why can't it just shut up and play?
Answer: It can't help itself.
The SEC still can't get over Auburn going undefeated in 2004 and having to watch USC and Oklahoma play for the BCS title.
It still can't stand the fact LSU had to share the national title with USC in 2003.
The SEC's status as the nation's preeminent college football conference — rarely argued by anyone — is only demeaned by the league's seemingly insatiable need to tell everyone about it.
"They're fanatics," first-year Arizona State Coach Dennis Erickson said. "Sometimes you're so isolated, with tunnel vision, you think that nothing else exists. There is no other football. Do they even play out west?"
Erickson to the SEC: Drop dead
No one can deny it's the best conference going at the moment. No one can deny that the overall speed and talent level is tremendous. The weekly drama is unparalleled, thanks to so many good match-ups, and the overall competition is so tough that it's just about impossible to get through unscathed. So after the way Florida blew up Ohio State to win the national title, will the conference start to get every benefit of the doubt? It should.
Yeah, because, ya know, there is sooooo much talk out there in the media about how the SEC sucks and is overrated. How the heck did Florida manage to win a title, anyway, playing in such a little-hyped league? My favorite bromide is about how impossible it is to get through the league unscathed. I mean, if that were the case, we would surely see fewer undefeated SEC teams over time than every other conference, right?
Wrong. Check it out:
Undefeated Teams Per Conference Since 1992
(the first year of the SEC title game)
Big 12–5
Big Ten–4
Big East–1
As you can see, the Big 12 has had the most undefeated teams since 1992, but the Big Ten and SEC are not far behind. In fact, SEC teams go undefeated more often than Pac-10, ACC or Big East teams.
Undefeated, Untied Conference Champions since 1992
Big East–8
Big Ten–6
Big 12–4 (since its inception in 1996)
As you can see, the SEC is in the middle of the pack on this list, too. The Big East and ACC are skewed slightly by the dominance of FSU and Miami. Otherwise, it appears that going undefeated in the SEC is about as likely as in any other conference.
Sorry fellas.
Vince Dooley, one of several coaches to lead his team to an unscathed season in the SEC
More from Fiutak:
Maybe it's time to start weighing the strength of schedule more when it comes to the SEC, and to realize that a one-loss team here could be the equivalent of an unbeaten team from another conference. That might especially be the case this season.
Well, which conference? The Sun Belt? If only the SEC actually played schedules that were ranked the toughest in the nation, you might have something there, Pete.
As it stands, a quick glance at Phil Steele's schedule rankings for 2007 reveals that the top eight schedules belong to Pac-10 teams. So maybe the Pac-10 should get the one-loss mulligan. The SEC? It manages to place one team (Tennessee at No. 18) in the top 20 in schedule strength.
And we all know that, when it comes to schedule rankings, Phil knows his stuff.
Generally speaking, players who've returned to school recently after a Heisman-finalist season have succeeded in returning to New York. Witness Jason White (2003 winner, 2004 finalist), Matt Leinart (2004 winner, 2005 finalist) and Reggie Bush (2004 finalist, 2005 winner). Injuries prevented Adrian Peterson from duplicating his runner-up finish as a freshman.
This note is the one problematic issue with crowning McFadden as the front runner for 2007 (and trust me, Darren, you don't want that moniker). While he was last year's Heisman runner up, he was a zillion votes behind Troy Smith. Someone had to finish second in that landslide and it was McFadden, who did not win a single region. Compared to other Heisman runner ups who returned to win (OJ Simpson in 1968, Herschel Walker in 1982), his point total was fairly weak. It remains to be seen if his name recognition is really any better than, say, Steve Slaton's or Mike Hart's at this point. One thing is for sure–it will improve as the season progresses.


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He does have natural ability, the ability that obviously made him a dancer in his youth. The technique that is within him will come to his aid in the same way that it did with Nicole, Mya, and to a lesser degree Melissa even though the dance experience is not in the same field as ballroom.
Just to make a point, we see this very thing all the time on So You Think You Can Dance. Those kids excel in one area of dance, and then turn around and blow it out in a totally different area of dance (even Ballroom occasionally) simply because they have dance technique and so much natural ability.


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Why Apple's law suit against Samsung is risky
New iPad 3 was supposed to ship with its latest chip
18 April 2011
iPad responsible for thousands of lost US jobs
Claims representative Jesse Jackson Jr.
12 April 2011
iPad will rule the Tablet market claims Gartner
No serious challenges
11 April 2011
Tablets mainly used for gaming
Not pointless after all
08 April 2011
iPad responsible for PlayBook delays?
Touch panel supplier can't meet the demand
29 March 2011
iPad 2 sold out in Euroland
Gone in a matter of hours
28 March 2011
Is tablet fad killing PC sales?
Acer warning might be trying to say something else
23 March 2011
Apple does not take no for an answer
You will have an iPad
16 March 2011
Apple delays launch of iPad 2 in Japan
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iPhone 5 to get A5 Chip
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Wild Nothing
Twin Tigers, The Human Eyes
Local 506
506 W. Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC, 27516
Doors 8:30 PM / Show 9:00 PM
This event is all ages
Ask Jack Tatum what 'Wild Nothing' means and he'll answer: 'a contradiction'. In 2010, 21 year old Tatum released one of the finest cult pop records of the summer whilst ensconced in his senior year of college in Blacksburg, VA, a small mid-atlantic town better known for producing football fans and engineers than musicians. Tatum lives in contradictions. You'll often hear Wild Nothing referred to as a 'one man pop band'. Jack creates in the studio, alone. On the road, he's with a band. There are two Wild Nothings.
The critically acclaimed debut 'Gemini' was underpinned with summery childhood longings, and shot through with the instant dichotomy of anxiety and almost whimsical paranoia. The album, which was home recorded by Tatum and rooted heavily in 80's indie-pop, quickly gained popularity throughout the internet. Tatum assembled a band of Virginia friends and hit the road for the first time. 'Gemini' showed a promising future for a songwriter who wore his influences on his sleeve while still approaching pop craftsmanship in his own way. When asked about it in regards to 'Nocturne', Jack states:
I don't think it's going to be a secret to anyone that I care about pop music, but it's definitely more my sense of what pop music used to be or even what pop music would be in my ideal world.
The new album 'Nocturne', is a window into Tatum's "ideal world" of pop music. Written largely while living in Savannah, GA during 2011, the songs that became 'Nocturne' speak to a new Wild Nothing where the lines between Jack's influences and personality have been further blurred. The album features some open references to past music just as 'Gemini' did, but it's also an album that feels much less rooted in anything in particular and, well, more adult.
'Gemini' was written before there were Wild Nothing fans or even a live band; 'Nocturne' is different. With an unexpected fan base to turn to, Jack spent more time perfecting his craft. The obsessiveness of 'Nocturne' is inherent in it's gentle harmonies, orchestrated synths, wandering voice, and songs that speak of his post-Gemini experiences as he explores new paradoxes of pop.
And yet Nocturne' isn't obvious, it is a strange and distinctive musical beast, the product of an obsessive pop vision that creates its own reality.
Twin Tigers formed in fall 2007. Following the buzz of their first release Curious Faces/Violet Future EP, the band signed with Brooklyn-based Old Flame Records. Since releasing their debut LP Gray Waves in 2010, Twin Tigers have done full US tours with Interpol and Minus the Bear; as well as runs with The Hold Steady, Deerhunter, Les Savy Fav, We Are Scientists, and the Antlers. Recently, Twin Tigers finished working on their second LP, writing and recording Death Wish at a studio on loan from Interpol.
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Are You Lonely Tonight?
Until I find my lasting love, I'm learning to be satisfied with a party of one.
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I've met many lonely people in my dating experiences -- women and men who are single like me and hoping for lasting love they're not sure they'll find. We're middle-aged and starting over after two-digit marriages, and we struggle with bouts of loneliness that can hit hard in the wee hours and drive you to do things like text old flames or watch the Obamas dance to "At Last" all night on YouTube. (I've done that, I swear.)
Loneliness affects your "executive brain," William Patrick tells me when we speak recently. He's the Ipswich-based coauthor, with John Cacioppo, of Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection. "It diminishes your willpower, your judgment, your perseverance. When loneliness really settles in for too long, it can make us a little nutty and lead to bad things" -- like unhealthy relationships, binge eating, smoking, drinking, and sex with strangers. He says chronic loneliness is bad for your physical health and "shows on your face and every cell in your body."
We all deal with our loneliness differently. When my guy friends are feeling lonesome, they go online to find dates and distractions or escape into sports, the gym, and sci-fi. (I read that Steven Spielberg based E.T. on an imaginary friend he invented after his parents' divorce when he was young.) I do many of the same things, though space fantasies aren't the cure for me or most women I know. In the lonely hours, which for me tend to be after dark, I lie on the couch and reach for my people Prozac -- the phone. I call my children, cousins, siblings, and friends.
Having been both single and married, I know you're bound to have Eleanor Rigby kinds of days whether you're 15 or 50, in a couple or not. I don't pretend to know what it's like to lose a partner to death, which has to be the worst kind of loneliness of all. People talk about how it's better to be alone than lonely in a relationship, and I know that's true. I also know that loneliness feels like the opposite of love -- it feels empty and disconnected -- and when you're single, it takes work to keep that feeling at bay. You have to stay active, expand your world, and invest in others. One single friend who's been alone for some time is pursuing a lifelong dream and getting her doctorate at age 53. Another, so down in the dumps after her divorce that she wore black every day for a year (including black underwear), now fills up her life running a volunteer arts program for kids.
I had never lived alone a day in my life until after my divorce, and now, with the empty nest, I'm slowly mastering the art of aloneness -- and learning to distinguish between being alone and feeling alone. I've learned to protect myself in places that trigger loneliness attacks, like the airport, where it's easy to feel like some kind of off-screen loser in Love Actually. I ask a friend to pick me up after a trip. I treasure that I have people like that in my life.
What's the best cure for loneliness? "Simple acts of generosity," Patrick tells me. "They call it the 'helper's high.' " He says that when we're lonely, we feel this overwhelming need to be taken care of. "The key is to find simple ways to take care of others. It gets us out of ourselves, opens us up, and that's usually all it takes for human connection to begin."
Connection -- it's what helps us cope with the existential aloneness we all feel at times, both in and out of love. It's what my little girl felt that day many years ago watching E.T. It's the lesson I'm still working on here in my life on earth. Get out of yourself. You'll feel better. You'll feel less alone.
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Sounds like a G3 to me... pic.twitter.com/zbgex3xKr0
— @evleaks (@evleaks) March 13, 2014
The LG G2 is now around 7 months old, and while that may sound young, the fact that the smartphone world has become all about the yearly refresh means that it's about time for details on the G2's successor to begin flowing.
A new image tweeted by @evleaks has revealed what may be one of the first tidbits of information about the LG G3. The shot shows the user agent profile for an LG device with the model number "LG-D850" and a screen resolution of 2560x1440. A previous leak also suggested that the D850 could be released on AT&T in the U.S.
The LG G2 has a few different model numbers depending on which variant you're looking at: the D800 is the AT&T model, the D801 is T-Mobile's variant and the D805 is the global version. Meanwhile, the Nexus 5's model number is D820 and the new G Pro 2's is D830. While there's no guarantee that the D850 is indeed the G3, a screen resolution of 2560x1440 is definitely a feature that you'd expect to find in a flagship handset, which is what the Optimus G, G2 and likely the G3 are for LG.
Is a 2560x1440 display a feature you want for your next smartphone?
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Residents of Hardwick Road East are in shock after the deaths of two people.
The bodies of a man and a woman were found by police just before 7am on Monday morning.
They have since been named locally as Leszek Dantes and his wife Malgorzata.
The couple are originally from Poland.
A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Neighbour Fay Peacock, who has lived on the street for 18 years, said: "They were very nice people, great people."
"When the lady first moved in she brought me a cake as a present."
"She would always say 'hello' in a morning. I am very sad."
"This is a good street and they are nice people, it is a shame."
"My husband told me when I was in bed that the police were next door and that they had taped the house up."
Police forensic teams wearing overalls were inside the property all day and will continue their investigations today.
Fay's husband Terence said: "This is one of the best streets in Worksop."
"It is very community orientated."
"I am in shock."
Fellow resident Maria Pettinger said: "They were always polite."
One woman who did not want to be named said: "It is a bit worrying because there are a lot of children who live on this road."


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I feel like the last person to make one of these Ice Cream Dresses from Oliver + S. I meant to make one a few years ago when the sewalong was on, but never got around to it. I keep seeing lovely versions pop up, and Milla has actually been lucky enough to have some gorgeous hand-me-down dresses that Kate made that will fit her next summer, so that inspired me to finally get cracking and sew one myself.
This is a size 3, it's a little roomy but should fit Milla all summer. Because it's gathered and bright it does look a tiny bit like a muu-muu but I love the print anyway, and I'm very proud of myself for matching the pockets to the fabric, so the vertical stripes line up. I think it will be really comfortable and practical to wear on warm days.
The fabrics are Michael Miller Broken Herringbone in pink and Cotton Couture in orange from Hawthorne Threads. The button is one that's been in the button jar for ages, I think it came from my grandmother and I love it. I do like projects like this that only use one or two buttons, it's a good chance to use up the stray ones.


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Bleh, too much hibiscus – and that pretty much says it all. It's just too tart for my tastes and there's no actual acai flavour that I can taste (and yes I have eaten actual acai berries before). This one is looking like a good candidate to put on the trading block.
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Question: What do you suggest is the best way for middle-income baby boomers to support their children's post-bachelor's degree educations? Anne, Burlington, VT
Answer: For most parents, my answer is not to support the cost of a graduate school education. Undergraduate, yes. Graduate school, no.
The best support you can give is to use your experience and insight to help your student come up with a realistic plan for achieving their graduate degree. I think the talks my older son and I had about the risks and rewards of his graduate education and the financing of it was still the most valuable contribution I could make. Since most graduate students don't have much money, you can always help out with some expenses such as a work suit, travel money and some fun money -- things that are a huge financial help but really don't cost all that much. Most importantly, you're their financial and emotional safety net.
However, I would not be on the hook for any graduate school loans. You need to focus on financing your retirement.
By the way, this approach is a perspective. You may look at it and say it doesn't work for you. That's more than fine.
My perspective is shaped by what I see as an important gulf between undergraduate and graduate education. On the undergraduate level, you're supporting your student, and you should to the extent that's practical.
One reason is that few of the millions of freshmen about to enter college in the fall have a real clue about what they want to do when they graduate. Parents encourage students to explore, learn and take risks. A son or daughter may like the idea of becoming an electrical engineer or a biophysicist, yet they embrace the humanities after an inspiring course on 19th century Latin American history or modern European literature -- and vice versa. Even without taking into account the ups and downs of the economy, many parents and their students really don't know what kind of job or career they will pursue as they head off to college. And the income and job uncertainty is a major reason for keeping student loans low.
The riskiness inherent in the undergraduate enterprise is why the loan-based financing system we now have is deeply wrong. It is bad public policy and bad economics. But it's the system we have for now, so the main parental goal is to keep down the amount borrowed as much as possible.
Graduate school is different. Yes, in many professions, students are taking on too much debt. Again, I think there are better ways to finance a graduate education. The April 6 show of Marketplace Money dealt with the difficulties of graduate school debt.
Nevertheless, students are investing in a profession, a career and a lifetime of earnings when they go to graduate school. They can look at salaries in their chosen field or profession. They can make a reasonable guesstimate of how much the education will cost and how much they might earn once they have their graduate degree in hand. There is still a great deal of uncertainty, but not as much as with an undergraduate degree.
It's a cost for the student to bear -- not the parents. I'm wary of parents co-signing on graduate school loans, too. For most parents, the greater need is to focus on building up their savings -- especially retirement savings. Time is running short.
That said, you're going to help out your student in graduate school when and where you can. Depending on how old they are in graduate school, their family circumstances, and your finances, you can help out in a number of ways (from buying clothes for a job interview to helping out with child care costs). You're part of the student's safety net. That safety net is incredibly valuable. Being their safety net is the best way to support their graduate education.


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There are many factors I screen for prior to making a stock purchase. I'm a strong advocate of the time-tested strategy of valuing investing. That means looking for stocks trading at a discount to its peers in terms of book value, earnings, sales, free cash flow, and/or other valuation metrics. Unfortunately, the market a lot of times is rather efficient and makes it hard for us to find securities that meet this strict test. However, I've found over my close to fifteen years of investing, that insider buying from well-known investors and strong management teams is a great starting ground to screen for the next potential winners.
1. Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) is the global leader in cleaning, sanitizing, food safety, and infection control products and services with almost $6.5 billion in global sales. None other than Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and one of the richest men in the world the last two decades, has been acquiring this stock at a feverish pace. It was reported on August 23, that he and his namesake foundation owned over 23 million shares or approximately 10% of the total shares outstanding. Over just the last week he has acquired an additional 7 million shares, bringing the total of both entities to approximately 30 million, and likely more acquisitions in the near future as he has the deep pockets to make that happen.
Looking at the fundamentals, the management team looks strong as demonstrated by the very nice 25% return on equity, almost 11% return on assets, and among the top of its competitors regarding operating and profit margins. Moreover, the company has been excellent at giving back to shareholders through consistent dividend raises. However, it has quite a bit of debt, over a 5x price/book, and a rather small 1.3% dividend yield. I don't like it at these levels, but I think this high quality stock is safe at the $46 range when the dividend yield moves up to 1.5% area, and has been showing strong support by most likely none other than Mr. Gates.
2. Ladenburg Thalmann (NYSEMKT:LTS) continues to show very strong insider support as its CEO and largest shareholder continues to add to his already large holdings. The company's recent acquisition of Securities America looks to be very accretive and hence the optimism. At its current share price of $1.58, it still may be cheap in the long-run, but I'm not in a rush to buy so I'd look to pick up shares in this volatile stock if it hits 1x price/sales translating to $1.20/share. If it explodes higher, I'm perfectly fine foregoing profits for the sake of protecting capital.
3. Chimera Investment (NYSE:CIM) had some considerable insider buying for the month of August, with almost 250,000 shares purchased at levels considerably higher than it is today. I've written in a previous article how I believe this is a cheap stock trading at .85x price/book of its most recent quarter, under 5x price/earnings, and most tempting, its steady 18%+ dividend yield. I think this is a buy at $2.85/share.
4. Invesco Mortgage (NYSE:IVR) had collectively over 30,000 shares bought on the open market in the month of August by various insiders-- which is always a positive. Moreover, the valuations look nice how it's trading at .85x price/book, just over 4x price/earnings, and until this last reported quarter an almost 25% dividend yield. However, as is usually the case when a dividend yield gets too abnormally large, there's a reason. On September 8 we learned that Invesco cut its dividend a rather large 17.5%, to a $3.20 annual dividend. If it's able to maintain that, the company still sports a nearly 20% dividend yield, but I have to wait until the company's late October conference call, as I need more clarity before initiating a buy. Moreover, Chimera has much of the same metrics and a more experienced management team, so I see no reason not to just get a great dividend REIT through the company as this uncertainty is worked through.
5. Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ:ATSG) has had some impressive insider buying, most notably by the managing partner of Red Mountain Capital Partners Willem Mesdag, collectively purchasing almost 1.2 million shares just since August 25 on the open market. According to Red Mountain's last SEC filing, it was the largest holder of Air Transport, owning over 13%. The valuation metrics look good as the stock trades right near 1x price/book, under an 8.5x price/earnings, and under .5x price/sales. I think this stock is just being hammered along with the general market slide for no good reason as the company operationally has still been performing relatively well. This is a buy under $5/share, and as an interesting side note, this is a holding of a value investor I greatly admire-- Mohnish Pabrai-- and whose namesake hedge fund has performed among the top 5% of all hedge funds in the last ten years.
6. Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF) has been in the news in the last year as billionaire shareholder activist Carl Icahn has tried a few times to take it over. He finally threw in the towel at the end of August, selling half his 22 million shares at $7/share back to the company and the other half now to the new largest shareholder, Dr. Mark Rachesky, at the same price. The company's valuation metrics look compelling trading at just 3.5x price/free-cash-flow and just over .6x price/sales. I think with the company fully focused now on its business operations, both the company and largest shareholder finding great value at $7/share, it's a buy here at $6.86/share.
7. Leap Wireless (LEAP) got absolutely hammered in early August when it reported disappointing earnings. After the nearly 60% drop, it has recovered some-- thanks in part to Dr. Rachesky, who purchased over 8 million shares since that time giving him close to 14% ownership of the company. The valuation metrics look nice as it trades below .9x price/book and less than .25x price/sales, considerably less than the company's direct competitors, Sprint (NYSE:S) and MetroPCS (PCS) who also reported lousy quarters. However, I have to shy away from this company as it's simply bleeding too much cash, and with over $3 billion in debt, does not have much room for error. I'd rather own AT&T (NYSE:T) or Verizon (NYSE:VZ) if I want to invest in the cell phone space and receive their approximate 6% dividend yields.
Disclosure: I am long CIM.


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Before Nicole Parmenter arrived at San Marcos High, the Knights had never had an individual section champion nor a team place in the top 10 in girls swimming.
This spring, Parmenter is closing out her high school career with a chance to set a San Diego Section record in the 100-yard backstroke and win the Division II title in the 100-yard butterfly — both for the third straight year.
In team competition, the San Marcos girls are coming off a 10th-place showing in the section meet. From 20 swimmers overall on the boys and girls teams in Parmenter's freshman year, the ranks have grown to 70.
"It's definitely been really awesome to watch the team and program progress," said Parmenter, who will attend the University of California Berkeley. "I hope that I can take some credit for helping the program grow. It's pretty neat to be able to help out and have other swimmers ask for my input."
Chris Baker, who became the San Marcos coach the same year Parmenter joined the Knights, calls the senior standout the program's cornerstone.
"As a worker, Nicole is a team player," said Baker, a former swimmer at the school. "She's always helping others. Also, when the other swimmers watch her, it gives them goals as well. Everything just works with her in the water."
Teammates can gain from the example Parmenter set in overcoming a plateau that lasted nearly her first two years in high school. The swimmer who had impressively broke the one-minute milestone in the 100 backstroke when she was 12 years old wasn't seeing her times drop as she wanted.
Parmenter had high hopes at the section meet as a freshman, but a high fever prevented a top performance. She persevered the next year until seeing a breakthrough in the league meet and then further improvement in the section finals, setting a record of 55.12 seconds in the 100 back and winning her division in the 100 butterfly in 55.57.
"I just had tears like no other, just because it felt so good," Parmenter said. "It was like I stuck with it for a reason."
Parmenter lowered her record time in the 100 back by a half second last year to 54.55. She also set a mark in the 100 fly at 55.21, which lasted only hours until she cheered on La Costa Canyon freshman and club teammate Kendyl Stewart to a record 53:44 in the Division I meet that followed.
Even with her success in the fly, Parmenter has considered the backstroke her signature event since the early days when she said it felt most natural to her. That aspect only adds to the appeal of UC Berkeley, where she will be able to train with alum Natalie Coughlin, who became the first woman to win back-to-back gold medals in the 100 back at the 2008 Olympics.
But first there's Parmenter's farewell season at San Marcos along with such fellow senior leaders as Jasmine Schmidt and Deanna Leslie.
"It definitely gets me ready for the whole college feeling," Parmenter said. "You're doing this for your team, not just for yourself."
That is her Knights legacy.


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Milking it in Harvard
Harvard Milk Days is just around the corner — June 6-8.
The events include a carnival, a parade, dairy exhibits, a tractor display and vent some enjoyable exercise. You can get in on the Milk Run, taking place Saturday, June 7. Courses include the 2-mile walk and run, 10K run, Kid's Dash 50M and the 100M dash.
Also on Saturday, June 7, the popular Orion Samuelson once again will be the emcee at the brunch, which begins at 10 a.m. at the Harvard Moose Lodge. Make your reservation at the Milk Days office at (815) 943-4614.
The Community Church service will be held Sunday, June 8, in the entertainment tent on the Milk Days grounds. The public is invited to attend the 10 a.m. service.
The grand marshal for this year's parade will be Jan Comer, who has served the Harvard and Hebron area for more than 35 years as a rescue and fire personnel. Be sure to wave at Jan as she and her grandsons ride by in Harvard's Model A fire truck during Saturday's parade.
During Milk Days, the carnival and midway, held at the Milk Days grounds, is always a big draw, and, if you act fast, you can save some bucks by buying wristband tickets in advance. They will be on sale through June 5, during the Big Wheel races and bed race finals on June 4. The final sales will be held till 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 5, during the youth parade.���
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Of course, there will be dairy cows at this event; the Milk Days junior dairy cattle show will take place on Sunday, June 8, beginning at noon at Milky Way Park. For an entry form, visit MilkDays.com.
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Lost Spirits of Kael - Interview @ DualShockers
DualShockers has an interview with Pablo Coma on his new Indie RPG title Lost Spirits of Kael.
Chad: It was mentioned in the press materials that Lost Spirits of Kael is a very atmospheric game with an emphasis on the themes of loneliness and finding one's way into the unknown. What was the inspiration for these themes and the direction you're taking with the game?
Pablo Coma : As funny as it may sound, Lost Spirits of Kael was born from music. The songs featured in the trailer were composed before I did even think about making a game. At that time I was considering myself just as a composer. As there were not so many games out there that really match what I like to compose, one day I decided to create the game myself, tailored to my music. I took my inspiration in a trip to Ireland that I made just one month before starting development. I really liked this country, its legends, its forests, the Celtic crosses in graveyards, the sound of the Celtic harp…
Now to talk more precisely about Lost Spirits of Kael's gameplay, I consider Dark Souls and Shadow of the Colossus as being my main inspiration sources in the video game area.
C: The game takes place entirely within the Forest of Kael. How did you approach the visual aspect of the game? Does the game provide a change in scenery even though it takes place entirely within this forest?
PC: Something I really like is to work on color ambiances. When you learn to colorize at school, people ask you to make the trees brown. But they could tend to be purple, blue, or green. I also tried to give a kind of surrealistic tone to the art by working without any stroke. I work directly with colors, in a style that could be described as "painted sketch". This results in the border of every element being somewhat murky, which is done on purpose of course. Why should video games be realistic, anyway?
When playing Ico, I really enjoyed the fact that the whole game consisted of exiting in just one place, and I wanted to make something close to this idea. However, I also wanted to have variety in environments, so while "normal" forest backgrounds will predominate, you will have to wander in places such as undergrounds, swamps, graveyards and snowy forest [areas], to name just those who appears in the trailer. There are more, but I'd like to keep the surprise on this point.
C: Is there anything else you'd like to tell our readers about Lost Spirits of Kael?
PC: Sure! I'd like to talk a little bit about how labyrinthine the game will be. The entire game is designed to make the player feel completely lost. I wanted to do the opposite of games where locating oneself is made too easy with auto-maps and such things. If you ever wandered in the Lost Woods of Zelda III, you've got a basic idea of what is going to happen in the Forest of Kael.
But here I'll give you a few tools to help you finding your way:You have the ability to mark your way in the forest. As you don't have paint, you'll have to use your blood, making you lose a few HP when using this ability. So use it carefully.
Secondly, as the view of the game is more horizontal than in most action-RPGs, you can see where you will go in the background before actually walking to it. Look carefully around you and try to remember the places you already went, because nobody will come to rescue you… You will be all alone.
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International Journal of Photoenergy
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 807931, 6 pages
Integration of High-Performance Nanocrystalline TiO2 Photoelectrodes for N719-Sensitized Solar Cells
1Laboratory of New Materials, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
2Graduate School of Engineering, Environmental and Renewable Energy System (ERES) Division, Gifu University, 1-1, Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
3ISIR, Osaka University, 2-1, Mihoga-oka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
Received 12 February 2013; Accepted 21 April 2013
Academic Editor: Theodoros Dimopoulos
Copyright © 2013 Ke-Jian Jiang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We report on enhanced performance of N719-sensitized TiO2 solar cells (DSCs) incorporating size and photoelectron diffusion-controlled TiO2 as sensitizer-matched light-scatter layers on conventional nanocrystalline TiO2 electrodes. The double-layered N719/TiO2 composite electrode with a high dye-loading capacity exhibits the diffused reflectance of more than 50% in the range of = 650–800 nm, even when the films are coupled with the titania nanocrystalline underlayer in the device. As a result, the increased near-infrared light-harvesting produces a high light-to-electricity conversion efficiency of over 9% mainly due to the significant increase of . Such an optical effect of the NIR-light scattering TiO2 electrodes will be beneficial when the sensitizers with low molar extinction coefficients, such as N719, are introduced in the device.
1. Introduction
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have been explored from both academic and industry world as a promising alternative to the conventional silicon-based photovoltaic devices [1–3], and efficiencies of over 12% have been achieved [4]. In this cell, a wide band-gap nanostructured semiconductor electrode (typically, TiO2) is employed to support a large surface area, on which dye molecules are assembled to improve the light harvesting of the dyed electrode. A great deal of effort has been focused on the development of effective panchromatic sensitizers or cosensitizers for efficient solar light harvesting in DSC devices. On the other hand, the light-harvesting efficiency of DSC can be promoted by introducing a sophisticated structure in the photoelectrode, in which the photon path length is increased by the confinement of incident solar energy light. Usami made the theoretical finding that lightscattering in DSCs will be optimized if the diameter of TiO2 nanocrystals is twice the size of the wavelength of incident light [5]. The effect has been verified in the DSCs, in which a TiO2 layer built from submicrometer-sized TiO2 particles was employed in combination with a transparent nanostructured TiO2 layer [6–8]. In addition, TiO2 (or ZnO) photoelectrodes with submicrometer-sized beads, hollow spheres, and tubes have been widely investigated [9–15].
As an alternative to such a large particle light-scattering material, TiO2 layers with periodic pore structures exhibiting photonic band gaps have been applied for DSCs to enhance light harvesting efficiency [16–21]. Such light scattering TiO2 layers, however, required an elaborate multistep synthesis. On the other hand, Hore et al. reported scattering of light on disordered spherical voids in TiO2 electrodes for enhanced DSC performance. The DSC with 400 nm void layers gave a higher efficiency (6.7%) as compared to the cavity-free layer (5.4%) [22]. While the overall efficiency was improved, a slight increase of was observed and the appreciable increase of fill factors resulted in the 18% increment of conversion efficiency. Despite a number of nanostructured TiO2 photoelectrodes reported as mentioned previously, the cell performance originated from spherical void-centered TiO2 has still been poorly understood. Most importantly, little has been reported on an enhancement of near-infrared-(NIR-) light response in IPCE [22, 23]. As organic dye molecules with large extinction coefficients even in the red region were used, the results represent a compromise between slight light scattering and enhanced mobility of viscous electrolytes in the large hollow cavities [23]. In this paper we demonstrate optimized effects of scattering on submicron TiO2 particles with spherical cavities on quantum efficiencies of light-to-electricity conversion of N719-sensitized solar cells at a NIR region, where the N719 dye has a low extinction coefficient. Accordingly, we prepared a TiO2 layer containing 600 nm large spherical cavities and combined successively with the conventional nanocrystalline TiO2 layer. We then applied the hollow-cavity-based TiO2/nanocrystalline TiO2 double composite electrodes to N719-sensitized DSC. The DSC exhibited a maximum conversion efficiency of 9.25% versus 6.38% for the reference cell with single conventional TiO2 electrodes. We demonstrated that the hollow-cavity-based TiO2 contributes not only to the enhanced absorption of near-infrared photons but also to effective dye sensitization as evidenced by the remarkable enhancement of in the performance. It should be noted that the effective electron diffusion coefficient of the dye-coated light-scattering TiO2 layer also plays a crucial role in the improved DSC performance.
2. Materials and Methods
Polyethyleneglycol (PEG, ) was purchased from Fluka Co. The Ru dye, N719 (cis-bis(isothiocyanato) bis(2,2′-bipyridyl-4,4′-dicarboxylato)-ruthenium (II) bis-tetrabutylammonium) was purchased from Solaronix S.A. Iodine, 1-propyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide, valeronitrile, lithium iodide, and tert-butylpyridine were purchased from Aldrich without purification.
2.1. Preparation of DSCs
A 60 nm dense TiO2 layer was deposited on a patterned ITO-coated glass substrates (10 Ω/□, Nippon Sheet Glass) by spin coating technique with tetraisopropyl orthotitanate in ethanol, as reported previously [24]. The TiO2 films, served as a blocking layer in DSCs, were annealed in air at 500°C for 30 minutes. Following this, a TiO2 paste with 20 nm particle size was deposited by doctor blade technique on the blocking layer, where the TiO2 paste was prepared according to the previous report [25]. A transparent TiO2 underlayer was achieved after the calcination at 500°C for 30 minutes. Functional polystyrene spheres (PS) (560 nm in size) were synthesized according to our previous method [26]. The resulting latex spheres were used directly without purification. The polystyrene spheres (PS) were fabricated via batch emulsion polymerization, where styrene was mixed with methyl methacrylate (MMA) and acrylic acid (AA). For the preparation of the spherical cavity-based light-scattering TiO2 layer, as prepared spheres were dispersed in the TiO2 colloid with the particle size of about 20 nm as a coating paste for the preparation of the overlayer. The PS sphere, the previously mentioned TiO2 colloid, and PEG were mixed in water with ratio of 1/0.5/0.3 (TiO2/PS/PEG, by weight) and homogenized with a stirring bar and ultrasonication. The resulting paste was deposited as a light-scattering layer on the underlayer, followed by the same calcination procedure mentioned previously. Finally, the double-layered TiO2 film was impregnated with 0.2 M TiCl4 aqueous solution at room temperature overnight and then calcinated again at 500°C for 30 minutes. After cooling to about 120°C, the films were emerged overnight in 1 : 1 v/v acetonitrile and tert-butyl alcohol solvent mixture containing N719 dye at a concentration of 0.3 mM. A Pt-sputtered FTO glass was used as a counter electrode. The electrolyte was composed of 0.6 M 1-propyl-3-methylimidazolium iodide, 0.1 M LiI, 0.04 M I2, and 0.5 M tert-butylpyridine in the mixture of acetonitrile and valeronitrile (1 : 1, by volume).
2.2. Characterization and Photoelectric Measurements
The SEM images of titania films were obtained with a field-emission SEM (JEOL JSM-4800, Japan). The optical reflection measurement was performed using an UV-vis spectrophotometer (U-3010, HITACHI) equipped with an integrating sphere.
The incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency (IPCE) for solar cells was measured by using a commercial setup (PV-25 DYE, JASCO) equipped with a monochromator. A 300 W Xenon lamp was employed as a light source for the generation of a monochromatic beam. Calibrations were performed with a standard silicon photodiode. IPCE is defined by , where is Planck's constant, is the speed of light in a vacuum, is the electronic charge, is the wavelength in meters (m), is the short-circuit photocurrent density (A m−2), and is the incident radiation flux (W m−2). The photocurrent-voltage (I-V) characteristics were recorded using a computer-controlled Keithley 2400 source meter under air mass (AM) 1.5 simulated illumination (100 mw cm−2, Oriel, 67005). The active area of the samples was about 0.2 cm2, controlled by an aperture mask to prevent extra light from coming through the lateral space. I-V data were well within experimental error.
3. Results and Discussion
As shown in Figure 1(a), the latex PS sphere holds a hard PS core with an elastomeric PMMA/PAA shell and presents a monodispersity with the size of about 560 nm (Figure 1(b)). The TiO2 overlayer was prepared through a simple mixing of submicrometer-size polystyrene (PS) spheres and nano sized TiO2 particles, followed by subsequent coating and calcinations on a transparent TiO2 underlayer. The PS spheres vanish during the calcination process.
The SEM image in Figure 2(a) shows a top surface image of the TiO2 overlayer. It is very clear that homogeneous spherical voids spread on the whole surface with the size of around 600 nm. Figure 2(b) shows a top surface image of the TiO2 transparent layer, which presents a porous structure comprised of 20 nm sized TiO2 particles. The cross-sectional image of the corresponding double-layer electrode is shown in Figure 2(c), where the 8 µm thick transparent nanoporous TiO2 underlayer and the 6 µm thick TiO2 overlayer are formed without cracks.
In order to investigate the light-scattering ability of the overlayer, UV-vis reflectance spectra were recorded for a 6 µm thick spherical-cavity-based TiO2 film with and without sensitization by using a standard N719 dye, and an 8 µm-thick nanostructured TiO2 film was employed for comparison, as shown in Figure 3. For the film without the dye loading, the reflectance of the overlayer is more than 70% in the whole UV-vis region, indicating that more than 90% of the light reflecting efficiency can be achieved by the overlayer when considering the absorption and reflection by the FTO glass substrate. By contrast the reflectance of the transparent nanostructured TiO2 underlayer is less than 30%. After the dye adsorption, the reflectance was significantly decreased in the spectral range by around 535 nm for both the layers, where N719 dye has the maximum absorption, indicating that the reduction is mainly ascribed to the light absorption by the dye. Most importantly, the diffused reflectance of the TiO2/dye composite film is found to be more than 50% in the range of = 650–800 nm after the dye loading for the overlayer.
We tested the double composite films as DSC photoelectrodes (denoted as sample 1) consisting of a 8 µm thick nanostructured TiO2 underlayer and a 6 µm thick overlayer, in which a single-layer TiO2 electrode only with the 8 µm thick TiO2 underlayer (sample 2) was used for comparison. The current-voltage characteristics are shown in Figure 4 and Table 1. The conversion efficiency () was improved from 6.38% for sample 2 to 9.25% for sample 1, corresponding to the 45% increment. The improved efficiency was mainly caused by the increase of the short-circuit current density () from 13.04 mA cm−2 to 18.40 mA cm−2, while the and fill factors are the same or comparable for the two samples. It should be noted that, in the overlayer, the submicro-meter sized voids are surrounded by the nanostructured TiO2 film with the TiO2 particles of 20 nm. The dye molecules can be absorbed on the overlayer to contribute to the increment of in the double layer. In order to evaluate the effect of dye absorption in the overlayer on , the one-layer nanostructured TiO2 electrode with a thickness of 10 µm was prepared (sample 3), by considering the amount of the dye loading for fair comparison (the porosity of TiO2 overlayer : ~80%). The amounts of the absorbed dyes were determined for the three different electrodes by measuring the eluted dye concentration from the TiO2 electrodes as shown in Table 1. The dye adsorption capacity was comparable for samples 1 and 3, suggesting that the scattering layer maintains a high dye-adsorption capacity. As shown in Table 1, sample 3 with the 10 µm thick TiO2 electrode gave 14.86 mA cm−2 of , which was much lower than that of sample 1. A further comparison between sample 2 and sample 3 showed only a slight increase (1.82 mA cm−2) in . On the other hand, the reflectance for sample 1 was significantly higher across the visible part of the spectrum than that of a single-layer TiO2 cell as mentioned previously. Therefore, these results indicated that the marked increment in for sample 1 as compared to 3 is ascribed to the stronger light scattering, particularly at a red to near-infrared light region. It is thus postulated that both the light-scattering property and high dye-loading capacity from the integrated nanocrystalline composite electrodes resulted in the significant increase of IPCE as shown in Figure 5. In addition, it should be noted that the unaffected and effective electron diffusion coefficient in the double-layered TiO2 is essential for the improved IPCE in sample 1.
4. Conclusions
We applied a facile colloidal template method for the preparation of spherical-cavity-based TiO2/nanocrystalline TiO2 double composite layers as a strong near-infrared light-scattering layer for N719-sensitized solar cells, which is particularly useful for the significant gain of photocurrents. The DSC fabricated by using double-layered electrodes composed of the scattering layer and the nanocrystalline TiO2 layer produced a higher conversion efficiency of 9.25% versus 6.38% for the reference cell with a single TiO2 electrode with the comparable thickness. The results obtained from our facile photon capture approach could open up new perspectives of exploiting low-cost and high-efficiency DSCs with a wide range of newly developed dye molecules and electrolytes.
Conflict of Interests
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.
The authors would like to acknowledge the National 863 Program (no. 2011AA050521) and 973 Program (no. 2006CB806200), National Science Foundation of China (nos. 20774103, 50625312, 60601027, 20421101, and U0634004), (No. 50973105), and the Koshiyama Research Grant in Japan for financial support.
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Last week my nagging finally paid off and my dear old father succumbed to the lure of wirelessly networking his house - the part which pursuaded him was the idea that I might not spend all day indoors on the internet instead I could sit out and make use of the ridiculously expensive garden furniture he bought a few months ago (what has actually happened is that I get out of bed less often but he is yet to know this).
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Let's set something straight, the far better comparison to make to describe Stormwarrior is between Running Wild. The same heavy production and riffage, and Vikings elicit similar imagery to pirates. This really bears few congruencies with the happy and exuberant speed metal offered up on Walls of Jericho, which actually broke quite drastically from the normal German speed metal sound of the 80s. However, I will agree that they must have worshipped at the altar of German speed metal when they were young, because this recalls the explosion of bands forming that genre in the 80s.
Unfortunately, Stormwarrior's debut also falls in line with most bands of that era in terms of quality. Nothing about this album really differentiates itself or adds even incrementally to the genre. The foremost among these problems resides in that particular bugbear I spend so much time upon: production. Having listened to pretty much everything by Kai Hansen, this doesn't sound like something he would produce. I would almost call this brutal speed metal, similar to Running Wild, except Running Wild softens their sound with melody, catchiness and superb songwriting. Stormwarrior neglects these important qualities and instead displays an almost thrash-like mentality, as if this were their attack on the glut of "flower metal" bands infesting Europe. A valiant though misguided effort.
The other flaw marring this album is the vocalist, who when not drowned out by the riffs fails to exude any of the requisite ability of a speed metal singer. Where are the insistent choruses and epic melodies? You are singing about Vikings and yet I never feel the need to howl with glory or at least pillage the fridge. It is pretty hard to ruin such an exquisite theme, but Stormwarrior manages.
Of course, the riffs do kick copious amounts of ass, especially because good speed metal of this strain appears increasingly rarely in modern metal, particularly with Running Wild running on empty lately. Consequently, while nothing even remotely original graces this album, at least you can give Stormwarrior credit for reviving a genre from its inglorious death in the 90s.