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Lawrence Phillips
News about Lawrence Phillips, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Lawrence Phillips, Volatile Football Star, Dies at 40
A gifted running back for Nebraska and the St. Louis Rams, Phillips derailed his career with a series of violent criminal acts off the field.
January 14, 2016, Thursday
Lawrence Phillips Is Dead in Suspected Suicide in Prison
Phillips, 40, a star Nebraska player whose N.F.L. career was derailed by off-field problems, had been serving a 31-year-4-month sentence in Bakersfield, Calif.
January 14, 2016, Thursday
Lawrence Phillips Is Charged With Murder
Phillips, a former N.F.L. running back, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his cellmate at a central California prison.
September 3, 2015, Thursday
Former Football Player Lawrence Phillips Suspected of Killing Cellmate
Phillips, 39, once a star at Nebraska, is serving a sentence of more than 31 years in California.
April 14, 2015, Tuesday
Phillips's Agent Again Severs Ties
The agent for the suspended running back Lawrence Phillips has severed ties with him for the second time this year, while the general manager of the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes said the team would not negotiate a new contract. ...
August 21, 2002, Wednesday
Phillips Arrested on Assault Charges
Lawrence Phillips, the running back whose National Football League career foundered amid repeated disciplinary problems and violent behavior, has been arrested on charges of assaulting his girlfriend. Phillips was arrested last Saturday on a f...
June 1, 2000, Thursday
Phillips Disagrees With Punishment
Lawrence Phillips wants another chance with the San Francisco 49ers and insists he did not deserve to lose his first one. The 49ers disagree. The oft-troubled running back was suspended last Friday for refusing to take part in drills at practi...
November 18, 1999, Thursday
49ers Suspend Phillips and Plan to Waive Him
Lawrence Phillips, the running back who has been suspended, will not play for the San Francisco 49ers again, Coach Steve Mariucci said yesterday. Phillips will be waived as soon as the team finds out from the National Football League how the move ...
November 16, 1999, Tuesday
Phillips Suspended For Behaving Badly
Although the San Francisco 49ers have refused to elaborate on the reason they suspended Lawrence Phillips, a person with the team said the sanctions stemmed from a pattern of insubordinate behavior. The person said Phillips had ignored running bac...
November 14, 1999, Sunday
Lawrence Phillips Is Suspended
SAN FRANCISCO Running back Lawrence Phillips was suspended yesterday by the San Francisco 49ers for what the club said was conduct detrimental to the team. In a terse press release, Coach Steve Mariucci said that Phillips would not make th...
November 13, 1999, Saturday
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sortsamples is a utility that solves the problem of having many sample CD/sample library directories with each having kick, hi-hat, snare, etc. folders (leading to sampledirectorychaosmadness). With many sample directories, you ll be slapped around many directories hunting for kicks/hi-hats etc. This utility creates symbolic links to directories which are similar. This way, you can have all your kick. It was made because external Sample organizing utilities can also become a pain, because usually your DAW also has a sample browser in it. It would be nice to have structure at the source: the filesystem. This is a crazy effort to combine similar folders and categorize automatically.
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Fresh IDE is a visual assembly language IDE with a built-in Flat assembler (FASM) compiler. It is written in Fresh IDE and is a self-compilable application. It is fully compatible with FASM and can be compiled with every version of FASM, as well. The main goal of Fresh is to make programming in assembly as fast and efficient as in high-level languages, without sacrificing the small application size and raw power of assembly language. It is a Windows application, but it runs in Wine very well and can create, compile, debug, and run applications for Windows and Linux on both Windows and Linux host machines.
Triceps is an innovative embeddable Complex Event Processing (CEP) system. It can be thought of as an in-memory database driven by triggers, or a data-flow machine working on a stream of events, or a spreadsheet on steroids. The major architectural advantages of Triceps include the direct use of procedural logic (as opposed to all-SQL systems), support of both compiled and general scripting languages (C++, Perl), light weight, and easy extensibility.
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Fine oil on canvas signed lower right T.L.Hornbrook. War vessel in center with cannons exposed.Original condition. Painting will need professional cleaning and frame restoration. Image size: 21.5" X 14.5". Small puncture to canvas on red sail of far right vessel. Tags on rear include Cooling Gallery London, and Marshall Fields Picture Gallery . Painting was discovered in the Chicago area approx. 25 years ago. Offers considered.


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While at Creation Entertainment's Official Twilight Convention in Chicago this weekend we had the chance to meet our first member of the Volturi guard, Charlie Bewley who plays Demitri. Charlie was on stage for Q&As on Friday and really gave the fans a treat with his British humor and a new way to think of the Volturi. He said that they aren't really "evil" but that they are just making sure someone upholds the law. We found this comment particularly interesting considering that we had printed off tote bags which basically said the exact same thing! We had Charlie sign the bags and will be giving it away on the website at a future time. He also spoke about his audition process and that he was initially called in to audition for Marcus, which he didn't want. He did this hilarious Marcus impersonation several times where he kind of fell over the side of his chair and mumbled dialogue in an exaggerated form of boredom. He told us that Chris Heyerdahl does this very creepy voice for Marcus and that his performance was spot on.
Charlie also spoke about the costuming for the Volturi saying that when he first saw everyone in costume he felt that "we all looked like a bunch of choir boys!" He said that it took the addition of the hand painted contact lenses to really feel the vibe of the characters and that once he saw himself in full make up he stood back and praised the mind of Stephenie Meyer. But probably the funniest moment of the Q&A was when he compared the Cullens to the Volturi. Of course the crowd booed a bit when he said the Volturi were better and cooler, but he made his point to a degree when he suggested showing the two covens gear up for battle. He said the Cullens would be there pumping up their Reeboks while the Volturi would be putting on Armani capes and making sure their medallions were straight. Much laughter followed especially when he started acting it out!
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So much for the push towards greener cars. In automotive terms Australia is about to become the 51st state of the USA.
Australians are moving closer to North Americans in their taste in vehicles. For the first time ever there is now almost an exact 50:50 split between the sales of passenger cars – and utes and SUVs. The same ratio seen for decades in pick-up and SUV-loving USA. Twenty years ago passenger cars accounted for more than 70 per cent of all new vehicles sold in Australia.
Official figures released today confirm January 2013 was the strongest start to a year in Australian automotive history, eclipsing 85,000 deliveries for the first time – and the previous January record set in 2008 before the Global Financial Crisis.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries reports 41,957 passenger cars were delivered in January compared to 41,595 utes, vans and SUVs – a slim gap of 362 sales, or the equivalent of just three days of deliveries for the top-selling car, the Mazda3.
"The trend towards SUVs and away from classic passenger cars is all to do with their style and versatility and mass-acceptability," says David Chalke, a cultural change analyst with AustraliaScan. "Everybody's doing it, there's now a fear of being left out."
Chalke says SUVs are no longer the heathens of the road thanks to their new levels of fuel-efficiency. "The new ones use comparatively so little fuel most people don't think they're driving a 4WD," he said. "In fact in many cases they're not. They are often two-wheel-drive with the appearance of a 4WD."
FCAI chief executive Tony Weber says the mining boom is also driving ute and SUV sales. "Part of [the growth] is the mining boom, part of it is private buyers seeking new levels of flexibility and cars that better suit their needs."
Australia's three local car makers – Toyota, Holden and Ford – failed to cash-in. January is typically a slow month for sales of locally-made cars but they dropped by 28 per cent to an all-new low.
Just 2722 Australian made cars were delivered in January – which means the combined sales of the Holden Commodore, Ford Falcon, Ford Territory, Toyota Camry and Toyota Aurion ranked third -- an unprecedented status. Mazda3 was the top-selling car (3345 sales), followed by the Toyota Corolla (2960), the Toyota Hilux (2747), and the Nissan Navara (2474).
The Ford Focus (2364) had its best month ever -- and helped drive Ford to a 33 per cent sales increase – but it outsold the Falcon by three-to-one. The Falcon (778 deliveries) is now selling at the same rate as the Mitsubishi 380 in the year before the factory closed. Ford's Broadmeadows throughput is topped up by the production of Territory (up 44 per cent) and ute (down 22 per cent), but sales of both models are well down from their peaks.
Holden says it has scaled back production of the Commodore (1650 deliveries) ahead of a new model due in showrooms in June. Toyota sold just 557 Camrys and 227 Aurion V6 sedans (down 57 and 77 per cent respectively). The FCAI's Weber dismissed the weak sales of locally mades cars as "just one bad month, let' see where it goes". "We're going to continue to see more and more market segmentation," Weber said. "We won't see just one car reach the massive volumes of years past."
In other highlights:
- Toyota was down 5 per cent but is set to lead the market for the 11th year in a row;
- Mazda outsold Holden to be second in the market for the fourth time ever (previous monthly second-placings: April, September and Dec 2012);
- Nissan is closing-in on Ford, less than 500 sales behind, threatening to push the Blue Oval brand to sixth;
- Honda had a blinder month, up 141 per cent from a low base – but still well down on its best year;
- Audi outsold BMW for the fourth January (previous wins were in '09, '11, '12) and the sixth time ever (after previous wins in Feb '11, Oct '11) but Mercedes was top luxury brand;
- Sales of passenger cars fell by 1 per cent in a market that grew 11 per cent driven by surges in utes (up 43 per cent) and SUVs (up 20 per cent);
- The delivery of 1878 heavy trucks (up 10 per cent) takes January tally to 85,430.
Top selling cars in January 2013
Mazda3 3345
Toyota Corolla 2960
Toyota HiLux 2747
Nissan Navara 2474
Ford Focus 2364
Hyundai i30 2006
Holden Captiva 2155
Mazda2 1665
Holden Commodore 1650
Holden Cruze 1630
Mazda CX5 1625
Top selling brands in January 2013
Toyota 13,375 down 4.9pc
Mazda 8912 up 5.1pc
Holden 8811 down 2.8pc
Ford 7721 up 32.3pc
Nissan 7248 up 35 pc
Hyundai 6816 up 4.7pc
Mitsubishi 4449 down 2.6pc
Volkswagen 3824 up 13.6pc
Honda 3816 up 141pc
Subaru 3104 down 3.2pc
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PARENTS could save hundreds of pounds and secure a healthier future for their child with the introduction of free school meals for infants.
The Government's Universal Infant Free School Meals programme will be rolled out for the first time when schools return from the summer holidays next week.
The scheme, aimed at boosting children's performance, and avoiding health problems, will see a free cooked meal available to every child in reception class and years one and two.
Switching from packed lunches to school meals will save parents an estimated £400 a year, and education chiefs are urging people to take advantage of the offer.
School meals will be based on Government guidance, ensuring nutritious balance, with meat and vegetarian options.
Parents of infant school children will automatically be offered free school meals, but families who qualify for free meals throughout their child's school career are being asked to register their eligibility.
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Report: Long wait continues for Gordon, Browns
A ProFootballTalk.com report Monday night said that Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon has not had an appeal heard regarding his reported impeding suspension for another violation of the NFL's substance abuse policy.
The report says an appeal has not even been scheduled.
The Browns have been playing the waiting game since the news that Gordon faces a possible indefinite suspension first broke during the NFL Draft in May, and it's at the very least strange — and probably unfair to the Browns — that a verdict has not been handed down.
Gordon is a game-changing playmaker on a team trying to develop an offensive identity. He's also on his third head coach in three years and seems to have a real problem passing drug tests, but his talent is undeniable.
Gordon led the NFL in receiving yards last season despite playing with three different quarterbacks and missing two games due to suspension — a suspension that was cut in half by an appeal.
Per NFL rules, an appeal must be heard before a suspension would be handed down. If Gordon gets an indefinite suspension, he'd be immediately barred from the Browns facility and team activities. Under last year's suspension — and most suspensions shorter than a season — he was able to participate in training camp.
There's still so much uncertainty regarding what's going on, probably because anything involving the league's substance abuse program is confidential. Various reports have also stated that it's possible Gordon could only be suspended six or eight games. An indefinite suspension would be at least a year, and Gordon would have to be reinstated by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
The news that an appeal has not been scheduled should also quell the thought that the longer this process plays out, the better the news could potentially be for Gordon and the Browns. A theory that's gained at least a little traction via Twitter and Cleveland sportstalk radio says that the Browns being more than 10 days past the end of their offseason program with no Gordon ruling could mean the NFL is at least considering his appeal or shortening his potential suspension.
If no appeal is even scheduled, that can't be true.
This saga — and it's definitely that considering Gordon's importance to the Browns and their perpetual quest to climb out of the AFC North's basement — is apparently going to continue.
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Your Views: Stop picking on Janesville companies
There aren't many of us left who are afraid to state our opinions or say what's on our minds. It's a freedom of speech deal. I would like to say—and will—get off the Graffts' backs.
You're just dreaming up stuff—how can I hose these people and their intentions with their property? You make up excuses for permits so you can get them for the almighty dollar. Stop and look at it. Maybe they're dragging their feet just to get even with you. Would like to see it that way. They're tired of the hosing they're getting from you.
Now for July 11 paper regarding Sears, Target, Blain Supply and Menards, wake up there, too. This city would be the size of Footville if they said "sayonara" and moved out of here. That would make the state gripe that unemployment is highest it's ever been in Rock County. The stores employ many people. That doesn't mean diddly. You stick it to them, too.
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SEOUL, South Korea — Pope Francis beatified 124 Korean martyrs Saturday, telling hundreds of thousands of people who turned out for his open-air Mass that their ancestors' willingness to die rather than renounce their faith two centuries ago was a model for Asian missionaries today.
The streets leading up to Seoul's iconic Gwanghwamun Gate were packed with Koreans honoring the lay Catholics who founded the church here in the 18th century.
Korea's church is unique in that it was founded not by foreign missionary priests — as occurred in most of the world — but by members of Korea's own noble classes who learned of Christianity by reading books about it.
These early Catholics were killed in the 18th and 19th centuries by the Joseon Dynasty, which tried to shut the Korean Peninsula off from Western influence.
Police in Seoul declined to give an estimate of the crowd size, but the Vatican said about 800,000 people had turned out. The number was significant given that Catholics represent only about 10 percent of South Korea's 50 million people.
The Mass kicked off a busy day for Francis as he passed the halfway mark of his five-day South Korea visit. In the afternoon, he traveled to a religious community that cares for severely disabled Koreans and prayed briefly at a monument to aborted babies — a strong albeit silent gesture from a pope who prefers to stress other aspects of church teaching rather than emphasize hot-button "culture war" issues such as abortion.
The Mass in Seoul, though, was one of the highlights of his trip, providing Francis with an opportunity to stress how the lessons of Korea's early martyrs were relevant today for Korea's church, which is small but growing and is seen as a model for the rest of the world.
"They were willing to make great sacrifices and let themselves be stripped of whatever kept them from Christ — possessions and land, prestige and honor — for they knew that Christ alone was their true treasure," he said. "They challenge us to think about what, if anything, we ourselves would be willing to die for."
Francis praised, in particular, the fact that laypeople were so crucial to the church's foundation and growth in Korea — a theme he stressed later in the day when he met with leaders of Korean lay movements. The church is counting on such laymen and laywomen to spread the faith in Asia, which the Vatican considers the future of the church.
En route to the altar before Mass, Francis stopped his open-topped car so he could get out and bless a group of families who lost loved ones in the sinking of the Sewol ferry in April, in which more than 300 people, most of them high school students, were killed. On his white cassock, Francis wore a yellow ribbon given to him by the families a day earlier when he met with them privately.


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The blokes over at StarWars.com (gee, I wonder what that site is all about) has a sneak peek at George Lucas' latest entry into his Star Wars universe: an animated "Clone Wars" series for TV. If you're interested in "Star Wars", you should check it out. I'm really not all that plugged into the Star Wars universe, but my guess is that the series takes place somewhere between "The Phantom Menace" and the clone wars storyline of "Revenge of the Sith". Then again, I could be completely off. Anyways, the animation looks good, at least for the robots, androids, and ships, but looks fake for the humans. Then again, you can say the same thing for the live-action Star Wars movies. He-yo!
"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" currently has no home on TV, so no air dates are available.
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"There are people lined up, without going into specifics, that are lined up to come and bring a lot of stuff right here. If that enterprise zone gets approved."
"The enterprise zone abatement was a big incentive in getting this plant financed. Now at the end of the day, if they don't get it, would they build it? Maybe. But I can guarantee you it will never become a 100-million gallon plant, but maybe a 50-million gallon plant. I can also guarantee you that this will be the only thing that will come to this neck of the woods."


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A day out in La Falda, Cordoba, Argentina
Last Monday, my roommates and I had the opportunity to spend the holiday in honour of San Martin in La Falda, a little town in the Sierras of Cordoba and very close to the capital city, around 80 kilometres.
Encircled by mountains, this town offers plenty of opportunities and a lot of things to enjoy and explore nature. La Falda has inspiring mountain scenery. The region shows an irregular land full of hills and has a wonderful microclimate, ideal for outdoor activities.


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Scientific spat over bisphenol A link to heart disease and diabetes
New research finding no link between bisphenol A and heart disease has been challenged by other scientists. They say the work used highly unusual methods
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Commercial insurers are continuing to aggressively invest in technology across functional areas in order to survive in a highly competitive marketplace, according to a report released by Novarica.
The report, Business and Technology Trends: Commercial Lines, includes data on the marketplace and 40 named examples of recent technology investments by commercial lines insurers, in addition to a review of commercial carriers' current business and technology priorities by operational area.
"While growth is a primary objective, commercial carriers are intent on maintaining underwriting discipline while growing the book. More and more carriers are using predictive analytics and business rules to try to more consistently apply underwriting expertise and make better underwriting/pricing decisions by aligning pricing actions with risk quality," said Karlyn Carnahan, a principal with Novarica and co-author of the report with Business and Technology Trends series editor Steven Kaye.
The report also includes an overview of the commercial lines marketplace, a summary of the insurer landscape, and a discussion of the top core application issues with examples of projects insurers have recently initiated in each area.
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Slovak Republic -- 2007 Article IV Consultation Discussions
March 13, 2007
Describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the conclusion of certain missions (official staff visits, in most cases to member countries). Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, in the context of a request to use IMF resources (borrow from the IMF), as part of discussions of staff monitored programs, and as part of other staff reviews of economic developments.
1. Slovakia has become one of Central Europe's strongest economic performers over the past few years. The new government's demonstrated commitment to the continuation of prudent policies aimed at ensuring euro adoption in January 2009 has secured investor confidence and should help sustain this status.
2. Slovakia is well poised to adopt the euro, but challenges lie ahead. The near-term inflation outlook has improved, and the Maastricht inflation criterion seems within reach. The 2007-09 budget framework is aimed at meeting the euro zone entry objective, but there is a risk of slippage in the fiscal performance of local governments. Another key challenge will be to satisfy the test of exchange rate stability under ERM2 as the evolution of the koruna is influenced not only by economic fundamentals but also by swings in investor sentiment toward the region. Also, to ensure a successful experience in the euro area, policies must be suitably oriented toward enhancing the ability of the economy to deal with shocks. In particular, appropriate adjustment mechanisms—wage and labor market flexibility and the capacity to run countercyclical fiscal policy—ought to be in place prior to adopting the euro. A political consensus that recognizes the pay-off from a continued focus on fiscal prudence and structural reforms will remain essential. These aspects are elaborated below.
Recent developments and outlook
3. Economic growth accelerated in 2006 to 8.3 percent, supported by strong productivity gains. Domestic demand growth remained robust, albeit slowing in momentum, while the contribution of net foreign demand rose. Exports increased sharply, as exports of cars and durable consumer goods speeded up, and outpaced imports. However, owing to a deterioration in the terms of trade, the external current account deficit narrowed only slightly to 8¼ percent of GDP from 8½ percent of GDP in 2005. The bulk of the deficit was covered by foreign direct investment inflows. Favorable GDP and export developments together with a rebound of positive investor sentiment toward the region prompted a progressive strengthening of the koruna from October onward.
4. Inflation was on an upward path for much of 2006, but this trend was reversed in the fourth quarter. At end-2006, headline inflation (HICP basis) stood at 3.7 percent, compared with 3.9 percent at end-2005. Inflation developments during the year were heavily influenced by trends in world energy prices, a pick up in food price inflation, and the base effects of the large regulated price increases of October 2005. With real wage increases moderating and lagging productivity gains, wage-push inflationary pressure was absent.
5. The fiscal outturn in 2006 was better than envisaged in the budget, but still the stance was expansionary. The general government deficit, including the cost of the second pension pillar, is officially estimated at 3.4 percent of GDP, compared with 4.2 percent of GDP envisaged in the budget and an outturn of 2.8 percent of GDP in 2005. Accounting for net transfers from the EU, the fiscal stimulus in 2006 amounted to 1½ percent of GDP. Collections of tax and nontax revenues and social insurance contributions exceeded the budgeted levels by about 2½ percent of GDP, owing to stronger-than-expected growth in the underlying bases and one-time special factors. There also was some underspending in co-financing of EU-funded projects because of shortfalls in drawdown of funds from the EU budget. These gains were mostly offset by higher outlays on goods and services, an increase in entitlements for pensions and health benefits, and larger subsidies to the transport sector.
6. There were significant differences between various levels of general government in the fiscal performance relative to the budgeted levels. The fiscal outturn was better than envisaged for the state budget and the Social Insurance Agency. But, the outturn for the other levels of general government in the aggregate was 0.6 percent of GDP worse than budgeted. Most of this slippage occurred in the municipalities.
7. Looking ahead, economic growth prospects appear to have shifted to a higher plateau. The economy is likely to expand at rates above those assumed in the 2007-09 budget framework. Real GDP growth is projected by the mission to rise to 8¾ percent in 2007 and to moderate to 7 percent in 2009. The projected expansion is in line with the mission's estimates of potential growth that takes into account capacity increases. The commencement of production and increasing capacity in several export-oriented projects, especially in the automotive and electronic industries, and increased downstream integration with domestic supply chains will be the main engines of growth. Associated capital deepening and technological enhancements should sustain robust productivity growth and corporate profitability. Investment is expected to be buoyed by strong profits and FDI-financed projects in the pipeline and under negotiation. Private consumption growth should maintain momentum, supported by real wage increases, continuing employment gains, and favorable expectations triggered by prospective euro adoption. In the mission's view, competitiveness remains satisfactory. Accordingly, the contribution of net exports is foreseen to strengthen in 2007 and remain positive in subsequent years, fueled by growing exports of cars and electronic products. Accordingly, the external current account deficit is projected to narrow progressively to about 3½ percent of GDP in 2009. Slovakia's improved economic outlook and favorable prospects for euro adoption may create a tendency for upward pressure on the currency with the potential for overshooting.
8. Barring major shocks, inflation is likely to moderate in the near term and meet the Maastricht criterion. Decreases in regulated utility prices will result in a significant dampening of inflation in 2007. Given the latest World Economic Outlook energy price projections and assuming that wage increases continue to lag productivity gains, the mission considers the NBS's HICP inflation projections for end-2007 (1.6 percent) and end-2008 (1.9 percent) to be achievable. The projections are subject to uncertainties related to developments in world energy prices and their domestic impact and to movements in the nominal exchange rate. There are risks that strong profitability and a tighter labor market could weaken firms' resistance to wage increases, and that increased confidence could generate higher consumer spending. The mission's understanding from the discussions with the authorities is that the impact of the recent downward adjustments in regulated prices is sustainable in that they will not negatively affect cost recovery and the ability of the utility companies to maintain and renew their infrastructure. The mission would recommend that future adjustments in regulated prices are undertaken transparently in accordance with established pricing formulas.
Monetary policy
9. In the mission's view, the current stance of monetary policy is appropriate for the achievement of the inflation objective. Interest rates should only be adjusted to the extent required to maintain an unchanged policy stance. The reliance on rejecting repo bids in open market operations and driving down market interest rates with the aim of discouraging speculative capital inflows should be strictly temporary. When circumstances warrant it, the mission would recommend that the NBS lower its policy interest rates instead of persisting with rejection of repo bids. Also, the NBS should aim to increase Slovakia's resilience to speculative capital inflows by using its policy instruments in a manner that would limit opportunities for one-way bets in the foreign exchange market.
Fiscal policy
10. The 2007-09 budget framework aims at meeting the Maastricht fiscal deficit criterion in 2007 and achieving further fiscal consolidation thereafter, but risks and challenges remain. One concern, as the experience of 2006 shows, is slippage in fiscal performance of municipalities and other levels of non-state budget that could jeopardize the achievement of the Maastricht criterion. Fiscal rules applicable to local governments are based on ceilings on their debt stock, which are currently non-binding. Also, there is no satisfactory mechanism in place for monitoring their fiscal developments. Steps should be taken to improve fiscal management of local governments and other levels of non-state budget and ensure the expenditure control necessary to achieve the fiscal consolidation objective. Fiscal rules for local governments should also be amended to ensure the operation of automatic fiscal stabilizers. In the interim period until these measures are effective, it will be important for the authorities to exercise moral suasion on local governments to avoid any borrowing to finance expenditures beyond the budgeted levels and to save any revenue overperformance.
11. A more ambitious fiscal consolidation than envisaged in the 2007-09 budget framework is desirable, given the strong growth outlook and the challenges in fending off appreciation pressures. A stronger counter-cyclical fiscal policy would ensure that the Maastricht criteria on inflation, the exchange rate, and the budget deficit are met by comfortable margins and in a sustainable manner.
12. The strategy to achieve additional fiscal consolidation would not necessarily require scaling back on expenditure foreseen in the budget. Revenues are likely to exceed the budgeted levels as economic growth is anticipated to be stronger relative to the budget assumptions. The mission would strongly encourage the authorities to save the revenue overperformance and ensure a better fiscal outturn. In other words, the nominal expenditure targets specified in the budget framework should be adhered to even in the face of higher revenues. Any saving on interest payments should also be saved.
13. The expenditure program in the 2007-09 budget framework is sketchy and does not identify how the announced policy priorities will be sustained beyond 2007. The mission understands that this deficiency will be corrected in the 2008-10 budget framework, the preparation for which will start shortly. We are encouraged to learn that the authorities intend to create room for the policy priorities through efficiency gains in government spending and streamlining public administration, and that the necessary background work has already been initiated. It will be important to follow through with these plans in a systematic and decisive manner. As noted above in ¶12, the mission would not recommend any upward revision of the expenditure ceilings for 2008 and 2009 when the 2008-10 budget framework is finalized on the basis of updated macroeconomic projections. The mission also would advise the authorities against reallocating capital expenditure or any underspending in co-financing of EU funded projects (arising from slower-than-envisaged absorption of EU funds) toward socially-oriented current spending and subsidies, as this would increase the rigidity of the public expenditure structure as well as impair the long-term economic growth potential. Capital expenditure also can help achieve social welfare goals. It would be more productive to reduce poverty and income inequalities by channeling resources toward employment promotion and investment in infrastructure in underdeveloped regions.
14. Addressing the financial strains in the healthcare system is a priority. A key challenge is to improve the mix of intermediate resources. Reforms are needed to rationalize excess healthcare facilities, reduce pharmaceutical costs, and contain demand pressures for doctor's consultations and outpatient contacts. The incidence of doctors' consultations and outpatient contacts in per capita terms in Slovakia is more than double that in the EU-15 and more than the average for the new EU-member states. There is a risk that the demand for these services will increase following the recent elimination of co-payments. Another concern is that public hospitals are continuing to accumulate arrears, which the central government will eventually have to absorb. The operational inefficiencies in hospitals and the pricing of health care treatments need to be addressed.
15. Slovakia's simple and efficient tax system has become a hallmark of its recent economic success and an attraction for investors. The changes made to the system in 2007 were marginal, and the mission does not consider them unduly distortionary. The mission would encourage the authorities not to expand the list of items subject to a lower VAT rate (which currently applies only to medicine and medical tools) so as not to create opportunities for tax evasion and not to burden tax administration.
Wage and labor market issues
16. Wage moderation and flexibility in wage setting procedures will be important for containing inflationary pressures as well as for safeguarding competitiveness. In this context, the mission welcomes the authorities' intention to establish a tripartite Social Pact that would include wage issues. An agreement to keep wage increases below productivity growth would be appropriate as productivity gains are resulting from capital deepening and capital augmenting technological change. Expanding enterprise-level wage bargaining and ensuring greater productivity-based wage adjustments would promote wage flexibility. In this regard, recent legislation that extends sectoral wage bargaining agreements as the floor for wage adjustments in non-unionized firms is worrisome.
17. The authorities should adopt a cautious stance on the pace of minimum wage and public sector wage increases, as these influence wage negotiations in the private sector and because certain social benefits are linked to the minimum wage. It would be important to retain discretion for determining the increase in the minimum wage instead of establishing formula-based guidelines. The mission would like to stress that the introduction of an earned income credit for low-income workers would be a better option to guarantee a minimum living standard than further increases in the minimum wage. Implementation of this measure would enhance the incentive to participate in the labor market without having any negative impact on the demand for labor.
18. A more flexible labor market is needed to enhance growth potential and the economy's resilience to shocks, especially when eurozone membership eliminates the ability to use monetary and exchange rate policy. The mission would urge the authorities to incorporate amendments to the labor code, which are now being discussed in a public setting, only after undertaking a thorough analysis of their economic impact. It would be important to ensure that the amendments do not increase labor costs and reduce labor market flexibility.
Financial sector issues
19. According to the recent FSAP Update mission, the financial system is in a healthy state. Banks are well capitalized, profitable, and resilient to a range of possible adverse shocks. However, continued rapid credit growth has increased banks' exposure to credit risk and their vulnerability to swings in the economic cycle; this situation warrants close monitoring. The mission is pleased to learn that the risk-based approach of supervision is now fully operational in the non-bank financial sector as well. The main medium-term challenges are (i) improving coordination with home supervisors, especially regarding Basel II implementation, and (ii) addressing consumer protection concerns while avoiding conflicts with other financial sector policies. The mission would recommend that the responsibility for consumer protection be kept separate from financial sector supervision. The mission also would urge the authorities to implement all the recommendations of the MONEYVAL report to improve the AML/CFT regime in a timely fashion.
Other structural issues
20. Addressing regional inequalities and the high unemployment problem are continuing challenges. The benefits of rapid economic growth appears to have by-passed three regions in central and eastern Slovakia, where the general skill level of working-age population is low, employment growth has been small, unemployment remains sticky around 20 percent or more, and long-term unemployment is much higher than elsewhere in Slovakia. At the same time, there is a potential risk of shortage of skilled labor over the medium term in the other five regions of the country. Besides intensifying active labor market policies and providing investment incentives for underdeveloped regions, it will be important to increase investment in infrastructure in these regions, strengthen the transport and regional communication systems, and improve the quality of tertiary and vocational education. Priority should be given to eliminating the bottlenecks that hinder drawdown of EU funds for infrastructure and transport projects. Receptiveness to migrant labor can alleviate the medium-term shortage of skilled labor.
We would like to thank the Slovak authorities for the close cooperation with the mission, their generous hospitality, and for the stimulating discussions.
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text: Home > Regions Pablo survivors pick up the pieces in New Bataan From a report by Raffy Santos, ABS-CBN News Posted at Dec 20 2012 10:44 PM | Updated as of Dec 21 2012 06:44 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn NEW BATAAN – Residents in New Bataan have started to rebuild their lives by working hand in hand to repair their homes and their community. A group of neighbors started working early on Thursday to repair a house destroyed by Typhoon Pablo in Barangay Andap. "Lahat kami nagtulung-tulungan hanggang sa aming makakaya," said barangay chairman Serge Nabasa. Aside from their destroyed homes, residents are also faced with the problem of lost livelihoods. On Thursday, the local government, the military and the United Nations held a meeting for the start of the cash for work program. Under the program, residents are paid P250 for 4 hours of work, cleaning up the debris left by the storm and repairing roads, bridges, schools and homes. Each family can earn a maximum of P1,000 per day, which the local government hopes will allow them to get back on their feet faster. "'Yung mga biktima kailangan ng pera, kailangan din ng trabaho. Kung may pera na sila, mayroon na silang makakain," said New Bataan Mayor Lorenzo Balbin. But the ongoing repair work is currently hampered by occasional rains. Based on the initial estimate of the local government, Typhoon Pablo caused a total of P150 million in infrastructure damage in New Bataan. -- ANC Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: Pablo New Bataan /life/11/23/17/tips-kontra-agaw-motor-modus/sports/11/23/17/tale-of-the-tape-gilas-pilipinas-vs-japan/sports/11/23/17/psl-iriga-drops-victoria-sports-to-halt-4-game-skid/business/11/23/17/indonesian-startup-wages-war-on-plastic-with-edible-seaweed-cups/news/11/23/17/siraan-sa-trabaho-nauwi-sa-sapakan


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Chicago 2016 is calling for "all hands on deck" this week as the evaluation commission of the International Olympic Committeevisits Chicago and assesses our team spirit, commitment to Olympic ideals, strength of character, and depth of our pocketbooks.
In other words . . . battle stations! Everyone to their posts!
"Volunteers are being enlisted to do everything from facilitate arrivals and departures at the airport to participate in what Volunteer Program Manager Deb McDonald calls a citywide pep rally," Chicago 2016 says.
The team arrives on Thursday and leaves next Tuesday. Here are a few things you can do to help while they are here.
- Fill those potholes! Don't wait around for government to do it for you. Take a trip to Home Depot and learn how to do it yourself. Of course, if the city had been thinking, they would have paid someone to put the Olympic logo on repairs instead of turning to KFC.
- Spread the good news! Join our team as we replace every newspaper on every newsstand and in every news rack and on every front step with RedEye while the commission is here.
- Stay home! We don't want the IOC getting the wrong idea about our stellar traffic management system. In fact, cancel your flights, too, we can't afford to be embarrassed by O'Hare gridlock.
- Dress sharp! If you must go out, wear your interview clothes. And suck in your gut.
- Act warm! In fact, act like it's summer. Volleyball games on North Avenue Beach are now forming.
- Service with a smile! And, just for now, take care of Cook County sales taxes yourself instead of passing them on to commission members. Consider it a down payment on your next inspection.
- Act like you have a job! The good side to rising unemployment is that so many more folks will be available to attend our big pep rally. But act like you are so enthused about the Olympics that you snuck out of work and really should be getting back - but what the heck, this is too much fun!
Steve Rhodes, the proprietor of The Beachwood Reporter, is totally willing to pick up evaluation commission members at the airport, but curiously hasn't heard back from Chicago 2016.


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OCEANSIDE — A 35-year dream took a step closer to reality this week when the Oceanside City Council voted unanimously to sign an agreement with S.D. Malkin to build a beachfront resort hotel.
The council members didn't spray each other with champagne after Wednesday evening's vote, but Councilman Jack Feller said they should.
"I came here to pop the cork tonight," Feller said.
The agreement, called a disposition agreement, gives the developer, San Diego-based S.D. Malkin, 18 months to secure financing for the $209 million project.
The hotel is expected to carry the Westin or Hyatt Regency brand.
Malkin may be given two six-month extensions to begin construction, but it would get the second only if its construction drawings are complete and its financing is nailed down, said Jane McVey, the city's economic and community development director.
The council selected Malkin in April 2005 to develop an eight-story, 289-room beachfront resort hotel, a second 47-unit boutique hotel and 48 time shares on two city-owned blocks at Mission Avenue and Pacific Street.
Negotiations were extended five times while the city addressed California Coastal Commission concerns over the time shares. The commission approved the project in November.
Jeremy Cohen, Malkin's senior vice president, said he was pleased by the council's vote but much work remained.
"We've been in this for a really long time," Cohen said.
He said getting financing for the project is complicated by the current economic recession but not impossible.
"When there are opportunities, we know how to drive them home," Cohen said after the council vote. "It's a large project, and it takes a large bank. It's not something that can be done by a small community bank."
The project will include 18,500 square feet of commercial space; a ballroom for 500 people; and two levels of underground parking in an area bounded by Pacific Street, Pier View Way, Myers Street and Seagaze Drive.
As part of its agreement with Malkin, the city promised to invest $27 million to pay for the $250,000 environmental impact report and such improvements as the parking garage and ballroom. The money also will pay for features that raise the hotel to a resort level.
The city's investment comes from its redevelopment agency, which collects money from the increase in property taxes stemming from new construction in the city's downtown redevelopment district.
"No general fund revenue is used" to pay project costs, McVey said.
She said the city stands to net $35 million in direct proceeds over the 75-year lease period. It also stands to reap indirect benefits from construction investment around the hotel and money tourists lured by the hotel spend at other city businesses.
"This is a golden step on the 'yellow brick road,' " Councilman Rocky Chavez said before casting his vote. "This hotel's going to be a catalyst for that entire corridor" downtown near the beach, he said.
The vote marks a milestone for the city, which saw previous beachfront-hotel proposals collapse. The city identified a beachfront hotel as a goal when it formed its downtown redevelopment district in 1975.
In 2003, the council voted to pay hotel developer Doug Manchester $2.2 million to settle a $15 million lawsuit he filed one year after his proposal for a 12-story project failed to win Coastal Commission approval.
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Pat Dowell was elected to the 3rd Ward in 2007. She beat Dorothy Tillman, the first female alderman in the district.
Pat Dowell's career has focused primarily on civic and community engagement and planning. Over the course of her political career, she has worked as a city and neighborhood planner under three City of Chicago mayors: Harold Washington, Eugene Sawyer and Richard Daley.
Background: Dowell was elected during a runoff election against incumbent Dorothy Tillman. She received her B.A. in development psychology from the University of Rochester and has a master's degree in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago. She served as executive director for many development commissions, including the Chicago Public Allies, a national youth development organization. She was also a former college basketball player for the University of Rochester.
The Ward: Bronzeville makes up a majority of the 3rd Ward. Bronzeville has a vast African American culture and is considered by some to be the "Black Metropolis." The area was populated during the Great Migration, when African Americans moved from the American south to new areas in the north. Bronzeville was home to celebrities Louis Armstrong, Lorranie Hansberry, Ida B. Wells and the Marx Brothers, to name a few.
The Office: Dowell uses her experience as a city planner to focus on issues of affordable housing and cleanup operations. She organized various committees within the ward to connect citizens with city council policies. She was one of five aldermen who insisted former Chicago police commander Jon Burge be prosecuted. Dowell is vice chair of the Housing Committee.
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It's PZ Myers, who has been no friend to the crackers, burying two books of holy scripture and planting daffodils on them. Or, at least, I think it's PZ (I can tell by his nice suit). And it might not be daffodils. Whatever. The point is, if you support the right of a person to make a point by burying the Koran and the Bible (copies they own on their own property we shall assume) then visit this video on YouTube and vote it up.
The original post by PZ is here.
The original video is below the fold.
I do want to point out that when I suggested that no more churches or mosques or religious sites of any kind should be built in New York many of you jumped on my case since by implication I was seen (incorrectly) as supporting that crazy guy in Florida and Glen Beck. I dare you to say the same things you said to me to PZ, on his site.
Or does the ad hominem flow through your post hoc Nazi veins, analogous strawman????


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Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki Climbs into Top 50 on All-Time Hits ListJune 11, 2014
During last Sunday's afternoon contest against the Kansas City Royals, Ichiro Suzuki of the New York Yankees collected two hits, bringing him into sole possession of 50th place on MLB's all-time hits list, per MLB.com's milestone tracker.
Ichiro collected hit No. 2,774 of his career with a second-inning single, which tied him with Andre Dawson for 50th on the list. He saw one more chance in the ninth inning, reaching base with a leadoff single against Royals closer Greg Holland, only to be left stranded at third base on the losing end of a 2-1 ballgame.
Had Ichiro not waited until his age-27 season to make his MLB debut, one can only wonder where he would stand on the all-time list. He logged nine professional seasons for the Orix BlueWave of Japan prior to making his MLB debut for the Seattle Mariners in 2001, when he went on to win AL MVP, Rookie of the Year and Gold Glove honors, along with his first of 10 straight All-Star Game selections.
Ichiro also collected over 200 hits and 25 stolen bases in every single one of those years on his way to arguably one of the best decades by a leadoff hitter in MLB history.
Ichiro was eventually traded to the Yankees in 2012, where he's added 242 hits to his career total. Even in his age-40 campaign, he continues to make solid contact, hitting .308 on the season with a .364 OBP and 14 runs scored entering Wednesday's action.
The outfielder known by one name is set to hit free agency in 2015, and it's currently unclear how long he intends to continue his chase of the elusive 3,000-hit club. Ichiro told ESPN prior to the 2014 season that he plans to play "many" more years, and at least in the short term, he shouldn't have a problem catching on with a team looking for a lefty bat capable of hitting .300.
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After NBA Drops Hammer on Donald Sterling, What's Next?
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Had Pledged to Act Fast on Racist Comments, and He Did
NEW YORK—It had come to this, a Midtown hotel, New York City, early afternoon, four long days since the story broke, a packed ballroom, second floor, stuffed with television cameras, director and superfan Spike Lee in the room, sports world rapt, ugly business to be attended to.
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AMD spin-off Foundry Co. sees no long-term downturn
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DRESDEN, Germany AMD's manufacturing arm which is heading for a spin-off to form a foundry services provider, regards the current downturn as a good anti-cyclical investment opportunity. Nevertheless, the company is aware of the challenges they are approaching, said two top managers of the company.
While in the foundry business currently even top dogs such as TSMC admit that the market situation is very difficult and a shakeout cannot be ruled out, the manufacturing subsidiary of microprocessor vendor Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is deliberately heading for that very market. As reported, Abu Dhabi investment company ATIC plans to take over the majority of the manufacturing company with two production lines in Dresden. On top of the utilization generated by microprocessor orders from AMD, the company will join the foundry fray.
Managers of AMD's still-subsidiary demonstrate optimism. Gerd Teepe, Director of AMDs Dresden Design Center feels confident that the crisis won't last forever and that the electronics industry will emerge from the downturn stronger than ever. "We don't expect long-term market predictions to be reduced significantly," he said in an interview with EE Times Europe. "The prospects for microelectronics remain excellent. After all, microelectronics is a crucial technology for many other industries such as healthcare, automotive, and industry automation. This innovation machine is simply indispensible."
With respect to the investor, everybody at the Dresden production site is confident that he does not plan a short foray but a serious and responsible long-term commitment. For instance David Greenlaw, Director Process Integration. "This is not about a few quarter, but about many years," he said.
Teepe's and Greenlaw's positions are in the focus of what will have to be changed at the 3000-employee subsidiary: Teepe's design center will have to support future customers and Greenlaw will have to integrate their orders into the company's established processes. The challenge they are facing is to adapt the internal processes from current captive microprocessor production to the product mix typical for foundry service providers. In addition, sales and marketing have to be modified to the changed environment.
In the competition to its entrenched rivals in the Far East, the Foundry Company will compete by offering the latest technologies and the smallest geometries, Teepe explained the company's strategy. "Competing in the 65-nm market is competing through price. This is something we don't want to get into," he explained. Instead, the company will differentiate itself by offering leading-edge technologies and follow an aggressive roadmap. Currently, the fab is producing in 45-nm geometries. According to Greenlaw, the company plans to ramp up 32-nm bulk production in the first half of 2010. 32-nm SOI production ramp-up is scheduled for the same time frame with volume production in 2011, explained Greenlaw.
A central part in the Foundry Company's strategy will be volume. "High volumes are very important. It is the only way to get high yields", Teepe said. "Our winning formula is capacity expansion. And we have the funds to expand," he said. In terms of product segments, the foundry is aiming at complex devices with high performance and low power dissipation, such as chips for smartphones, graphic applications and PC-related circuitry. However, x86-related IP probably won't be part of the Foundry Co.'s offerings.
The high salaries in Western countries will lose their significance as a factor for location decisions. As technology progresses to smaller geometries, the capital investments required will be much more of a factor, Teepe said. In such an environment, manufacturing excellence becomes the decisive factor. "If you manage to get your yield up faster than your competitor, you gain much more than a well-trained and motivated crew costs," he said, claiming that the staff in Dresden is extremely well trained and stable.
While the Foundry Company will maintain and expand its production capacity in Dresden and later plans to build a new fab in upstate New York, the headquarters will be placed in the Silicon Valley. The reason is that it seeks a location in close proximity to its future customers. Besides AMD which "will remain our customer number one", the newly-installed sales department will target more or less all major fabless companies, predominantly in the U.S., Greenlaw explained.


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Capital Safety, home of the DBI-SALA, PROTECTA and UNILINE brands of fall protection equipment, has announced the launch of a new range of Rebel™ Self-Retracting Lifelines (SRL's). The new Rebel SRL range from PROTECTA, which offers fall protection equipment at an exceptional value, features an ultra-durable product design, increased weight capacity, high-tech safety features and more product options to meet specific customer needs.
Rebel SRLs feature a top-of-class weight capacity, with the ability to accommodate up to 140 kilograms, and a sturdy, robust design to ensure a longer product life to lower the cost of ownership. With an improved ergonomic design, the Rebel SRL is available in either aluminum or composite housing models. Additionally, the device is equipped with a special carrying handle that makes transportation to and from the job site easy, and is designed to be stackable for simple, space-maximising storage.
The Rebel SRL is also designed with the worker in mind, featuring an impact indicator to ensure the equipment has not been involved in a fall. A top anchorage swivel holds the SRL in line with the worker's motion, allowing for ease of movement and increased mobility. The new models are also sharp edge compliant, making them ideal for use in horizontal applications with an SRL shock absorbing unit.
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SYNCOM III and one of many investors in SYNCOM IV, this is not a done deal. Fairview has already invested more than $40 million in SYNCOM. "It's not that simple," maintains Price. "There is a lot of due diligence we still have to do before we can make a decision."
Fairview's partners will have to engage in lengthy discussions with SYNCOM's portfolio managers and review specific sectors to be held by the new vehicle. (Traditionally, SYNCOM has invested in minority-owned media and communication businesses.) Up-front research is critical in determining a profitable return on investment since it is customary that a fund's limited partners don't weigh heavily on investment decisions once capital is committed. Fairview, however, will probably hold a seat or two on the advisory board, as it has with the other SYNCOM funds. "Were it not for Larry and JoAnn's impact, many [private equity] firms would not have gotten over the hurdles that this business presents. They have advised, coached, counseled, and invested in the broadcloth of the minority-focused private equity industry," says Robert Greene, current NAIC president.
"Focusing on underserved markets is a benefit of working at Fairview Capital," maintains partner Ed Shirley, who joined the firm in 1998 and initiated investments in black-owned Smith Whiley & Co. (No. 4 on the BE PRIVATE EQUITY list with $222 million in capital under management).
Shirley was also brought on to head a direct investment program, an option Fairview offers investors, but it hasn't become popular. "I was to invest directly in companies alongside funds," says Shirley. For instance, the Fairview Capital II fund invested in three operating firms between 1999 and 2000: a cable television system serving West Philadelphia; a New York-based radio station operator; and a New York-based textbook publisher. "Two did well and one didn't."
Although the companies were not in the tech sector, the investment period coincided with the dot-com crash. Says Shirley, "In hindsight, it wasn't a great time to invest in individual companies. But in the next five to six years, we will be out of them and I believe we will end up doing well."
Unlike other private equity funds that folded during the tech downturn, Fairview wasn't zapped because its portfolios weren't heavily weighted in the sector. "The good news from our perspective is that we closed the first such fund [worth $300 million] in late November of 1999," says Morse. By the end of the first quarter of 2000 — just as the NASDAQ imploded and the tech bubble began to burst — the firm had barely committed $20 million of the fund.
As the technology venture capital space has returned to normal valuations, Fairview has placed millions in the sector. Morse says these investments have "attractive results to date." Currently, Fairview has significant exposure to technology companies through
four of its nine existing funds. "There are going to be times when alternative investments are slow and then speed up," explains Morse. "Our job in a lackluster environment is to pinpoint where there are opportunities."


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Here's a trick of the eye that's also a treat for Halloween: the Witch Head nebula, as seen in infrared wavelengths by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. It's just one of the images featured in October's Month in Space slideshow.
The nebula gets its witchy name because of its appearance: There's a long nose that points out toward the right, with a gaping toothless mouth below. The Witch Head, which also carries the designation IC 2118, is actually a cloud of gas and dust associated with the bright star Rigel in the constellation Orion, about 850 light-years from Earth. This wide-angle picture provides a different perspective, making it look as if the witch is staring at the star.
The nebula's glow primarily consists of starlight from Rigel, reflected and scattered by the cloud. In real life, the cloud has a bluish cast to it, but WISE's false-color version adds an appropriately ghoulish green tint. You'll find lots more visual treats in our slideshow selection, including a three-headed astronaut, an ultraviolet view of a violent solar storm, and a 3-D view of the moon that's worth getting red-blue glasses to see. And here's the best part: These Halloween treats are calorie-free.
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At least he did not say Tungsten...
Gross: Stock and bond managers today must be alchemists: turn lead into gold. NOT likely. Too much lead (bubbled assets).
— PIMCO (@PIMCO) October 9, 2012
At least he did not say Tungsten...
Gross: Stock and bond managers today must be alchemists: turn lead into gold. NOT likely. Too much lead (bubbled assets).
— PIMCO (@PIMCO) October 9, 2012
Gross panicking? I don't think so. However, he should have tweeted "hold gold, backed by lead."
Gross panicking?
No worries.....Chuck Munger isn't even breaking a sweat.
Sovereign Debt Is The Lead.
Sell The Lead And Buy The GOLD...
He Must Know Too... GOLD $50K.
AND Remember, NEWTON, who was arguably the greatest Scientist that ever lived, was also an Alchemist !
Zombies don't sweat.
And how come those zombies have stitches?
Who the heck is giving them medical attention???
My advice is to hang on to both your lead & your gold...
Backed by Tungsten?
Even tungsten has industrial applications. What can anyone do with a paper promise these days?
You could make a hat, or a brooch, or a teradactyl...
used as a catalyst, but yes, you could also make one big fucking tungsten hammer, or bullet...
damnn!!! what movie was that - on tip of brain (was it a movie? or am I getting senile)
thanks - was too stubborn to google it - either I was getting the answer here or pulling it off my brain
I find it fascinating watching Bill Gross's growing public acceptance of a future with PMs. Has Bill seen the Golden Cross or is this just him front running again?
I guess the better question is.......does it matter?
Gross is as connected as they come. That is all I am saying on that matter.
Gross' birth name = Grossberg?
Is this the bizarre little Jew-hating drum?
-Mystified Methodist
Follow the leader.
Anyone remember Sam the Snowman in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer? I can't seem to get his rousing rendition of "Silver & Gold" out of my head...
Yukon Cornelius.
Actually, i think you need lead to protect your gold. Thats what I would do if I had any pms. But, Ive been strictly listening to Crap, Nothing But Crap, especially the cue ball guy and the slut that gets all the best interviews with grandpa and whoever. So basically im broke...
Now I dont know, but I been told its hard to run with the weight of gold,
Other hand I have heard it said, its just as hard with the weight of lead.
Try running with a couple of silver monster boxes
....Please don't dominate the rap, jack, if you've got nothing new to say.
If you please, don't back up the track this train's got to run today.
Who can deny, who can deny, it's not just a change in style?
One step down and another begun and I wonder how many miles...
One way or another, one way or another,
One way or another, this darkness got to give.
...interesting choice of words by Gross. Lead. People will at times use the word lead for a bullet.
I think it was more of a Led Zeppelin type comment - anyone who owns paper bullshit will go down like a lead zeppelin.
@PIMPCO Long copper jacketed lead!
Is the jig nearly up? Do i quickly buy more physical, or do i have time still to flip a few juniors before going all in? Timing this motherfucker aint easy
Still have time. Euro will go down first, boosting $US, and therefore moderating paper price of metals. But better be all in before 2014.
The bacteria changes the oxidation state of the gold in the sludge. The gold is already there sheeple, all the bacteria does is suck it up and reduce it, the bacteria does not create any gold. Bloody sheep.
Gee, hoocodanode? Took the assclown long enough to toss in the towel on paper!
I mean really: When you are a "professional fund manager" what's the fucking point of doubling your money not once, but 3 times, anyway.
Eric Sprott 3, Bill Gross & Ray Dalio .01
Nice job "Champs".
I am suprised gold is not up more than it is today.....it seems the whole world is buying it....are they falling for the paper gold myth....where they buy an ETF that says you own gold....how many times can london sell the same bar and to how many people???...I think these new metals vaults will make some of these markets come clean or fail....I believe they have oversold the actual...bankers and thieves do that....lie, cheat and steal.....
The reason is Odumster does not want the currency to look bad prior to erection, and you are correct, there is a shortage now,as the Prems are going up, and the inventories are getting lower.
Both G & S are being held down, with double crosses, no way they are not.I think this is the BTFD time,now.Or wait unti Roulus slides past O, and there will be a dramatic pullback in the paper mkts, and the dummies will think the provlens are solved, or soon will be.
Silver shorts went up 130k contracts v.s 160k longs, almost overnight.Total reversal..................
So, roll the dice, n take yer chances.
Rehypothecation is going to be the new "collateralized debt obligation" next crash. Have to make it sound really fucking complicated, so that it doesn't sound like thievery.
If every country in union took up Lead as a backing then you could do this as gold's value is conceptual - if someone who has something to trade thinks it is worth that much, then it is. Have we not learnt anything from all those housing programs saying, "location, location, location"? that again is conceptual, it could be pea's we're talking about. Ofcourse housing was in a bubble ;)
Just for giggles, and a line of fecal matter, I emailed these dudes, and was told due to any Au coins having raised surfaces they could not make them.Krugs,Phils etc.
I replied funny, your webiste shows that Krugs are Numba 1,so why are you advertisng one thing, and emailing me a totally different line?.
Call me dubious,pawaNoid, but I think the GP may be dealing with a .gooober agency, there.
ZH has been tracking Gross's gold epiphany very well. PIMCO's monthly Insights are also tracking Gross's initial denial that the US economy was in very serious trouble to the 'I don't believe the US economy is going to completely collapse along with its financial markets but yeah we're in deep shit'.
"If the fiscal gap isn't closed even ever so gradually over the next few years, then rating services, dollar reserve holding nations and bond managers embarrassed into being reborn as vigilantes may together force a resolution that ends in tears. It would be a scenario for the storybooks, that's for sure, but one which in this instance, investors would want to forget. The damage would likely be beyond repair."


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Sony previews its PS3 title, Rain, with a six-minute gameplay video
Though it caught people's attention when it was revealed at Gamescom last year, Sony has been surprisingly quiet on Japan Studio's PS3 adventure title Rain. Well, the House of PlayStation has finally rectified this, revealing the first-ever footage of the game in action at GDC in San Francisco.
Rain has intrigued many with its unique premise. The game tells the story of an invisible boy who only becomes visible in the rain and follows him as he dodges monsters and travels wet streets in search of an invisible girl.
And if the footage from the game's first chapter (which you can view via and beneath the source link) is any indication, Rain may truly be something special. But we won't know for certain until the game launches sometime this year.
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Beauty Spotlight: Orange Lipstick Is The New Red For Spring 2014
This spring, the hottest lipstick trend is orange. Yes, you read right, orange.
Orange is a bold color but this newest trend is easily one that many woman can wear since many of the new orange lipsticks for Spring are matte (another spring beauty trend) AND orange is a color that can be mixed with red and take on a shade that looks fabulous.
Mixing lip color is a great way to create a shade that suits your skin tone. On the Spring 2014 runways, many designers were doing this with beautiful results. DKNY's makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury mixed two shades of Maybelline Color Sensational Vivids Lip Color — Electric Orange and Neon Red to create the color below. She blotted the color to create a matte finish. At $7.49 each, you can achieve the same runway look without breaking the bank.
A great example of how versatile a lip color can be is shown below with models from designer Marissa Webb's Soring 2014 runway show. All three models are wearing the same shade of Bobbi Brown's Rich Lip Color in Blazing Red but the way it was blotted and applied showed that color in different shades. The first model had her color applied straight from the tube, the second model's lip color was blotted with a tissue to create a matte look and the third model had hers applies as a barely-there stain applied with fingers, then smudged with a Q-tip.
The same can be done with a shade of orange so you can wear it boldly one day and then in a subtle way the next day.
Here's 5 great orange lip products that will have you ready for spring:
#1: MAC Lipstick in Morange, $36
#2: Maybelline Color Sensational Vivids Lipcolor in Electric Orange, $7.49
#3: NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Morocco, $6
#4: Giorgio Armani Lip Maestro in #300-Flesh, $33
#5: Rimmel London Lasting Finish Lipstick – Kate Moss Collection in 109, $5.49
If you decide to try an orange lip this spring season, just remember, orange is bold on its own so subtle makeup is key. Some mascara and light makeup is enough. If you are tanned/darker, keep it matte and there is no need to mix it too much from the original color. If you're paler, softer coral tones work best and add a gloss to soften the look. Most of all, have fun! Orange is a color that is fun and a great way to mix it up and look different.
Will you be wearing orange lipstick this spring? What are some of your favorite brands? Please leave us a comment below and let us know.


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I want to be very crafty. My mind thinks it's crafty, but... it is not. My grandmother was crafty. She was a seamstress for many years. She hemmed this & that, made dolls, made quilts... My mother is crafty. She's hemmed this & that, made dolls, constructed things from wood, crochets afghans right before your very eyes... not to mention the drawing and painting skills.
I am not very crafty.
Last week, I was only on a mission to finish up my mom's birthday present, which has now turned into a birthday/Mother's Day present. The store was having a sale on Simplicity patterns. Ninety nine cents. Yes, you read that right. All Simplicity patterns... only $0.99. I couldn't stop myself. I felt the crafty-ness take hold of me. I bought four.
Notice the two that are for "Dummies"?? I wasn't completely out of my mind when I bought them! The yoga accessories looked fairly square and easy to make as well.
It's the dolls that will kill me. I think they are the cutest little dolls and I want to sell them in my Etsy shop. I opened up the pattern, took out the instructions, and then sat there scratching my head. I have no idea what half of these words mean. I guess this is how you learn though, right?? Plus, I called my mom and begged for help understanding what it all means. I'm giving myself a time frame of about a month. Do you think that is long enough for a beginner? Or not long enough? While you think about it...
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Pegasus Opera's Production: The Love Potion
The Love Potion
Spring 2003
Love, despair, rejection, and redemption were the ingredients of this potent new adaptation of Donizetti's delightfuly comic opera, The Love Potion (L'Elisir D'Amore).
In a sun drenched and bustling square of colonial Jamaica, lay the heart of village life. People gathered to buy and sell at the market, relax in the bar or pass through on their way to a thriving factory, where the locals made headwraps.
Nemorino, a poor young farmer, falls helplessly in love with Adina, the righ factory owner, who rejects him. In his desperate attempt to win her love, Nemorino spends his last remaining money on an elixir, which according to legend Isolde used to fall in love with Tristan.
The production was a new adaptation at the time transforming Donizetti's masterpieceinfo an intoxicating mixture of colour and vitality. Performed in english by a talented multi-racial cast, The Love Potion captured the true essence of Caribbean life.
National UK Tour venues 2003 included:
The UCL Bloomsbury Theatre, London
The Corn Exchange, Newbury
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
The Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
Theatre Royal, Winchester
The Courtyard Theatre, Hereford
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield


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my sony viao computer windows 7OS home premium,i have an x over the audio in task bar,it says no audio output device installed. in device manager i cannot find realtek.also in control panel there is realtek. i have been battling this for days
now with different troublshooting methods,finally i had to do a system recovery and still the same no out put device.i uninstalled the realtek from control panel downloaded it again from sony sites and still not working.can someone tell me what to do.please
i need help.
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text: Well, one would think that since I am attending one of the top fine arts programs for photography in the country, that I might possibly have access to the darkroom. Apparently this is not the case. Despite posted hours, the darkroom (which is huge) is pretty much inaccessible. Mostly because of 19 year-old darkroom monitors who simply would rather smoke dope than work. Anyway, before I get into a huge rant here, I have realized that I absolutely need to have reliable access to a darkroom. I know, I must be insane in thinking this, I mean why would anyone in a photography program need that. But I am crazy I guess.... So, after cajoling the wife, I have managed to get the spare bathroom for a small darkroom. Apparently pointing out that over 7 attempts at using the darkroom, and having only managed to get 45 minutes of use, manages to get you someplace. Now, I need to do this as cheaply as possible. As usual. But since I shoot mostly MF, and more and more 4x5, I would like to get an enlarger that can handle at least MF, and ideally 4x5. So any hints there would be helpful. Also, I only have a standard tub/shower unit for the trays. I'd like to do 11x14 fiber, but I am not sure I can squeeze all the trays in. Any hints on setting this up would be great.