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In what could be seen as the biggest spring clean in the world, the redeployment effort will see everything from nuts and bolts to helicopters and armoured vehicles returned to the UK.
The British presence will be almost halved by the end of this year to 5,200 and all combat operations in the country should be over by the end of 2014, leaving Afghan forces in control.
The plan is to leave as little as possible behind.
At Camp Bastion, the main operating base in Helmand which has grown to the size of a town, there are now expanses of dust where canvas villages once stood as empty tents are removed.
From the heavily-armoured trucks to far smaller trailers and buggies, battlefield vehicles sit parked up in a 700-capacity compound.
Used and out-of-date ammunition is collected, ready to be sold for scrap.
Since January some £70m worth of British equipment has left Afghanistan and this is expected to increase rapidly as the withdrawal gathers pace.
Lieutenant Charles Ashington-Pickett explained that as well as ensuring nothing goes to waste, the process should prevent weapons and other potentially lethal equipment going astray.
"We class this material as ACTO, meaning attractive to criminal and terrorist organisations," he said.
"This ranges from weapons and ammunition to radios, cameras and batteries."
Until the beginning of this year roughly £500,000 worth of equipment each month moved through six huge canvas warehouses at Camp Bastion.
They are now handling 60 times as much - about £30m each month. Some is reused within Afghanistan but increasingly it is being flown back to the UK and stored or sold on.
Major Katie Lamont's unit is responsible for sorting and packaging the loads. One of their roles is to handle spent ammunition and live rounds which can no longer be used.
These will be melted down as scrap metal, with the high brass and steel content meaning the decommissioned rounds can be sold for £2,000 per tonne.
Maj Lamont said: "One aircraft can carry 80 tonnes worth about £160,000. The cost of the flight is about £20,000 so it represents good value for money."
Unwanted armoured vehicles will go through an advanced service, similar to an MOT, and a high powered chemical car wash to ensure no insects or contamination are brought back to the UK.
Staff sergeant Paul Dunning, whose team of engineers are coming to the end of a six-month tour, expects to have serviced 370 vehicles ready to return by the time they leave this month.
Those in charge stress that the fight is not over. British troops still import more equipment than they export but this balance is shifting as the 2014 deadline approaches.


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Three of Insider's NFL experts -- Bill Polian, Herm Edwards and Mel Kiper -- provided their picks and analysis for division and wild-card winners in 2012 before the season. With the playoffs set to begin, they are back (along with Ron Jaworski) to give their selections for conference champions and a Super Bowl winner.
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I picked the Falcons at the start of the season and I see no reason to change up now. Atlanta has a complete team and, while the Niners are a great team as well, I think the Falcons will have just enough of a home-field advantage to claim the NFC. Everyone likes to clamor about how Matt Ryan and the Falcons haven't performed in the playoffs and don't have a great track record there. Those people need to realize. No one has success until they have success. Believe me when I say that past letdowns don't determine the future. I think we'll see the Falcons in New Orleans.


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The customer, who had a concealed carry permit, opened fire as the suspect began swinging a hatchet early on Sunday in the convenience store in the Seattle suburb of Burien.
The 58-year-old store clerk, Kuldeep Singh, said the attacker targeted him, inflicting a minor stomach wound.
He told local media a regular customer, who had been drinking his morning coffee, pulled a pistol and shot the attacker dead.
King County Sheriff Sgt Cindi West told Seattle television station KIRO7. "This could have been disastrous.
"Had this guy not shot, who knows what would have happened?
"We might have a dead clerk right now, and instead we have a dead bad guy."
She added of the customer "there's no wrongdoing on his part".
The clerk said the customer who fired his weapon is a 60-year-old Seattle man who visits the store frequently.
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(15, 84 mins) Katie Cassidy, Melissa Kitt, Oliver Hudson
Not, alas, the biopic of Dean Houston McKelvey's seasonal efforts outside St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast, this instead is a totally unecessary remake of the 1974 slasher movie in which one by one a group of sorority sisters meet their grisly ends.
(PG, 103 mins) Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, John Makovich, Robert Carlyle
It's another whole new world, with the first movie from Christopher Paolini's fantasy trilogy in which Eragon and his pet dragon Saphiri take on the forces of darkness. At least you get out in well under the usual three-hour mark.
(PG, 100 mins) Tyler James Williams, Gina Mantegna
Some say a sad commentary on our dysfunctional family-riddled society that audiences believe a group of kids could be stranded and get to spend a snowbound Christmas causing chaos in an airport.
Deja Vu
(12A, 128 mins) Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton
Story takes second place to roller-coaster ride in the latest Tony Scott action and sci-fi movie in which agent Denzel gets to travel just a few days back in time.
The Holiday
(12A, 138 mins) Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslett, Jude Law, Jack Black
Hooray! Hooray! It's a holly, holi-... But even though the stellar cast prove nice company, and there are some good scenes, you will have had whole Twelfth Fortnights that felt shorter than this!
Happy Feet
(PG, 108 mins)
Those movie moguls we were talking about saw the penquin-like queues for last year's March of the Penguins and decided to p-p-pick up the franchise for a perfectly charming, sing-songy but at times boring animated outing.
The Nativity Story
(PG, 87 mins) Shohreh Aghdashloo, Hiam Abbass, Ciaran Hinds
You'll be caught, with our Ciaran Hinds playing Herod, wanting to cheer and boo at the same time in director Catherine Hardwicke's dog-in-the-manger version of the real reason for all the festive fuss.
Deck the Halls
(PG, 95 mins) Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis
In the background of the small town in which DeVito and Broderick live in this movie is a three-screen cinema which is showing Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life and Meet Me in St Louis. Just go to see one of those instead. There are some credit sequences which are better than this turkey.
Flushed Away
(U, 84 mins) Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslett, Shane Richie, Ian McKellan
Made-in-movie-heaven pairing of Aardman and Dreamworks, this rollicking, high energy and incredible-looking adventure is ideal family entertainment for a pre-Christmas outing.
Breaking and Entering
(15, 120 mins) Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright Penn, Ray Winstone
Anthony Minghella's amazing modern morality tale is set amid the hopes and dreams of the clashing bourgeoisie and emigrant underclass of King's Cross, showing that real justice must involve love. And taking a bit long to get there.
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Ethier taking cautious approach with oblique
Ethier taking cautious approach with oblique
Ethier was on the field playing catch before Friday's game, but he remained out of the lineup as Scott Van Slyke continued to replace him in right field.
Manager Don Mattingly said after talking with team trainer Sue Falsone that the team is going to play it by ear.
"Day to day means day to day with him as far as how he is feeling and if he can go side to side," Mattingly said. "How he progresses depends on him."
Mattingly said the team can't afford to have Ethier come back too soon and then have his recovery take a step backward. If that were the case and it becomes seven or eight days of recovering, a trip to the disabled list might need to be considered.
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SAN FRANCISCOLSI Corp. Wednesday (July 28) blamed isolated customer inventory adjustments for modest second quarter revenue growth that resulted in the company coming up short of analysts' expectations for sales.
LSI (Milpitas, Calif.) reported second quarter revenue of $639 million, up slightly from $637 million in the first quarter and up 23 percent compared to the second quarter of 2009. LSI reported a second quarter net income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) of $7 million, or 1 cent per share, compared to a GAAP net loss of $61 million in the year-ago quarter and a GAAP net income of $23 million in the previous quarter.
Abhi Talwalkar, LSI president and CEO, told analysts in a conference call following the earnings report that the company outperformed some of its markets in the first quarter and is seeing inventory adjustments from several customers in the second and third quarters as a result. LSI also saw a softening of demand among hard disk drive customers late in the second quarter, Talwalkar said.
LSI believe those inventory issues "have been worked through in Q2 and what's remaining will work through in Q3," Talwalkar said.
LSI's second quarter GAAP net income included a $64 million net charge for special items, including $40 million in amortization of acquisition-related items and $18 million in stock-based compensation, the company said.
On a pro forma basis, excluding charges, LSI reported a net income of $71 million, or 11 cents per diluted share, down from $92 million in the first quarter but up from $7 million in the second quarter of 2009.
LSI's first quarter GAAP and pro forma net incomes were skewed by a $19 million tax benefit, the company said.
Consensus analyst expectations called for LSI to post revenue of $654 million and a pro forma net income of 11 cents per share, according to Yahoo Finance.
For the third quarter, LSI said it expects revenue to be between $625 million and $665 million. The company said it expects to report a net income for the quarter of about $3 million.
"While improving end market demand for enterprise IT products continues to bode well for us, our outlook for the third quarter is one of tempered optimism as macro-economic conditions appear to be somewhat fluid at the present time," Talwalkar said.


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identify parameters of a first-order with time-delay (FOTD) model using time-domain techniques
Calling Sequence
TimeDomain(sys, opts)
System; a DynamicSystems system object in continuous-time domain; must be single-input single-output (SISO) and stable.
(optional) equation(s) of the form option = value; specify options for the TimeDomain command
method : one of moments, stepPercentage, stepIntegrate or doubletPulse
Specifies the method of parameter identification.
moments uses the values of the transfer function and its first and second derivatives at zero to estimate the parameters. This is the method of moments as described in Astrom et. al. (1995). This method is the default.
stepPercentage uses the points on the system step-response for which the response reaches 1/3 and 2/3 of its final value, as described in O'Dwyer (2006).
stepIntegrate is based on certain areas under the step response plot as described in Nishikawa et. al. (1984).
doubletPulse uses the system response to a doublet pulse input as described in Astrom et. al. (2006). The amplitude and period of the doublet pulse input signal must be specified by the user. This method only applies to systems with no symbolic parameters.
Amp = realcons
Amplitude of the doublet pulse input signal in the doubletPulse method. Must be a positive-real number.
Tp = realcons
The half period of the doublet pulse input signal in the doubletPulse method. Must be a positive-real number.
simplifyOutput = truefalse
In case that the system contains symbolic parameters, specifies whether the symbolic expressions for the identified parameters should be simplified. If true then the identification output is simplified using the simplify command. The default value is true. For details see: simplify.
The TimeDomain command estimates the parameters of an FOTD model for the given system, sys, using the time-domain method specified in the options. The command returns a list containing gain, time constant, and time delay of the identified FOTD model, respectively. In other words, TimeDomain(sys,opts) computes the parameters Kp,T,L for the model Kpⅇ−sLTs+1 that best approximates sys according to the chosen method, with Kp≠0, 0≤T, and 0<L.
When the system has symbolic parameters, the FOTD model parameters are returned as symbolic expressions of the system parameters. The computed results are theoretically valid for the parameter space only when the following conditions hold:
The system is open-loop stable. The parametric stability condition can be obtained using the DynamicSystems[RouthTable] command with the stablecondition option set to true. For details see: DynamicSystems[RouthTable].
The computed algebraic expressions for the FOTD model parameters time-constant (T) and time-delay (L) are positive-real, and that of the FOTD model gain (Kp) is either positive-real (corresponding to systems with positive DC gain) or negative-real (corresponding to systems with negative DC gain).
Basic Usage
Use each of the methods to identify the parameters K,T,L for the following system.
sys ≔ NewSystem1s2+2s+3:
params ≔ TimeDomainsys,method=stepPercentage
params ≔ 13,0.5461468460,0.3747961646
params ≔ TimeDomainsys,method=stepIntegrate
params ≔ 13,0.6721581969,0.2695254684
params ≔ TimeDomainsys,method=doubletPulse,Amp=1,Tp=0.6
params ≔ 13,0.619100864277216,0.492805324230899
params ≔ TimeDomainsys,method=moments
params ≔ 13,132,13
Symbolic System
Identify the parameters for a system with symbolic coefficients.
sys ≔ NewSystems+as3+bs2+35s+c:
params ≔ TimeDomainsys
params ≔ ac,2a2bc−1225a2+c2c4ca,122a2bc−1225a2+c2c4c2−35a+cca+122a2bc−1225a2+c2c4c4+2a2bc−2450a2+70cac2a2a−2a2bc−1225a2+c2c4ca
Use DynamicSystems[RouthTable] to find the domains of b and c that give a stable system.
stable ≔ RouthTabledenomsys:-tf1,1,s,stablecondition=true
stable ≔ 0<band0<cand0<35−cb
Verify that the following values for a, b, and c are within the stable region, then substitute into params to find the corresponding FOTD parameters.
vals ≔ a=1,b=1,c=5
FOTD Approximation
Starting with the FOTD transfer function, use series to generate a second-order polynomial approximation for the delay term, create a DynamicSystems model from the rational polynomial, then use TimeDomain and simplify to extract the original parameters.
fotd ≔ Kpⅇ−sL1+sT
fotd ≔ Kpⅇ−sLTs+1
fotd2 ≔ convertseriesnumerfotd,s,3,polynomdenomfotd
fotd2 ≔ Kp−KpLs+12KpL2s2Ts+1
sys ≔ NewSystemfotd2:
Warning, improper transfer-function, degree(num) > degree(den)
params ≔ Kp,Kp2T2Kp,12KpL+KpT−Kp2T2Kp+12Kp2L2+2Kp2LT+2Kp2T2−Kp2T2Kp2Kp−Kp2T2Kp
Unstable System
Create a system with a zero at −1, poles at −2, 1+I, and 1−I, and a gain of 3.
sys ≔ NewSystem−1,−2,1+I,1−I,3:
Attempt to identify the parameters for this unstable system; doing so raises an error.
Error, (in ControlDesign:-ParameterIdentify:-TimeDomain) model is unstable. Cannot apply parameter identification to unstable models.
[1] K. J. Astrom and T. Hagglund, Automatic Tuning of PID Controllers, ISA, 1995.
[2] K. J. Astrom and T. Hagglund, Advanced PID Control, ISA, 2006.
[3] Y. Nishikawa, N. Sannomiya, T. Ohta and H. Tanaka, A Method for Auto_Tuning of PID Control Parameters, Automatica, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 321-332, 1984.
[4] A. O'Dwyer, Handbook of PI and PID Controller Tuning Rules, 2nd Edition, Imperial College Press, 2006.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Two airline pilots are suing the federal government to stop what they call invasive new airport screening procedures.
The plaintiffs are Michael Roberts of Memphis, a pilot with ExpressJet, and Ann Poe of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a Continental pilot.
On Tuesday, they sued the Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration in federal court in Washington, saying the rules violate Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported.
Roberts and Poe have been grounded since refusing to submit to full body scans or the alternative, enhanced patdowns by TSA officers.
The lawsuit seeks to bar whole body image scanning technology or enhanced patdowns as the main method of screening air passengers. It also seeks damages for Roberts and Poe, saying the policy threatens their livelihood.
Roberts hasn't flown since mid-October, when he refused screening alternatives at the Memphis airport, the newspaper said. He's on unpaid administrative leave, and the lawsuit says his family has lost its health insurance.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and TSA administrator John Pistole have said the screening as vital to safe air travel.
"I think the outrage has reached a point where Napolitano and company had to respond," Roberts said.


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Daughter took a yellow crayon to her black dresser..
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Maybe a hot washcloth? Crayons are wax so you may have to use something hot if its thick. Kindof melt the crayon.
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Bob Dylan was right again! If you're interested in the Rimrock wind power facility, renewable energy & Montana's future, there is going to be an open house this afternoon (Thursday) up at the Comfort Inn here in Shelby. Company big wigs will be on hand from 3 until 7 today to answer your questions & concerns. See you up at the Comfort Inn this afternoon for "The story behind the story." The answer IS "Blowing in the wind."


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I would like to speak to you about where we stand today in the economy at large and the forces and incentives that led us into the current crisis. I would also like to begin a discussion with you on the sweeping set of reforms that the Obama Administration has proposed for our financial sector. In the weeks since the release of those proposals, the Administration has pushed forward this debate in testimony and outreach and continued to make our proposals concrete in legislation and regulation. Later today we will continue our efforts by sending legislation to the Hill that will require registration of all hedge fund advisers.
Where our Economy Stands Today
President Obama inherited an economic and financial crisis more serious than any President since Franklin Roosevelt. Over the last seven months, the President has responded forcefully with a historic economic stimulus package, with a multi-prong effort to stabilize our financial and housing sectors, and, in the past month, with a sweeping set of reforms to make the financial system more stable, more resilient, and safer for consumers and investors.
We cannot be complacent; the history of major financial crises includes many false dawns and periods of optimism even in the midst of the worst downturns. But I think you will agree that the sense of free-fall that surrounded the economic statistics earlier this spring has now abated. Even amidst much continued uncertainty, we must reflect on the extraordinary path our economy and financial system has taken over the past two years, and debate and discuss the path that it can and should take going forward. We cannot afford to wait. We must begin reform now.
Forces Leading to the Crisis
As we consider financial reform, we need to be mindful of the fact that those markets with the most innovation and the fastest growth seemed to be at the center of the current crisis. There is no doubt that taking the long historical view, at many turns we have seen a pattern of tremendous growth that has been supported by financial innovation.
But in this cycle, as in many times in the past, this growth often hid key underlying risks, and innovation often outpaced the capacity of risk managers, boards of directors, regulators and the market as a whole to understand and respond.
Securitization helped banks move credit risk off of their books and supply more capital to housing markets. It also widened the wedge between principals and agents – lowering underwriting standards and the incentives for due diligence.
Tranching of asset-back securities and the assignment of ratings to tranches of structured products by credit rating agencies seemed to give investors more control of the precise risk profile they were taking, but risk managers, corporate directors, and regulators did not account for the tail-risk that this crisis so painfully exposed.
Rapidly expanding markets for hedging and risk protection allowed for better management of corporate balance sheets and freed businesses to focus on their core missions; credit protection allowed financial institutions to provide capital to business and families that needed it, but a lack of transparency hid the movement of exposures. When the downturn suddenly exposed liquidity vulnerabilities and important counter-party risks, uncertainty froze even the most deeply liquid and highly collateralized markets at the center of our financial system.
It may be useful to think about our response to this crisis in terms of cycles of innovation. New products develop slowly while market participants are unsure of their value or their risks. As they grow, however, the excitement and enthusiasm can overwhelm normal risk management systems. Participants assume too soon that they really "know how they work," and more extreme versions, applied widely without thought to the differing contexts, and often carrying more risk, flood the market. The cycle turns, as this one did, with a vengeance, when that lack of understanding and that excess is exposed. But past experience shows that innovation survives and after a time renews once again.
Innovation creates products that serve the needs of consumers and growth brings new players into the system. Businesses and financial institutions have an important and ongoing need to manage their risks. Our financial system must maintain its role as an efficient way to allocate capital.
But innovation demands a system of regulation that protects our financial system from catastrophic failure, protects consumers from widespread harm and ensures that consumers have the information they need to make appropriate choices. Rather than focus on the old, "more regulation" vs. "less regulation" debate, the questions we have asked are why certain types of innovation contributed in certain contexts to outsize risks, and why our system was ill-equipped to monitor, mitigate and respond to those risks.
Our system failed to require transparency in key markets, especially fast developing ones. Rapid growth hid misaligned incentives that people didn't recognize. Throughout our system we had inadequate buffers – as both market participants and regulators failed to account for new risks appropriately. The apparent short-term rewards in new products and rapidly growing markets overwhelmed private sector gatekeepers, and swamped those parts of the system that were supposed to mitigate risk. And households took on risks that they did not fully understand and could ill-afford.
While our proposals identify sweeping reforms to the regulation of our financial system, we must also address an underlying crisis of confidence--for consumers and for market participants. We must create a financial system that is safer and fairer; more stable and more resilient.
Protecting Consumers
To rebuild trust in our markets, we need strong and consistent regulation and supervision of consumer financial services and investment markets. Two weeks ago, we delivered the first major portion of our legislative proposals to the Hill, proposing to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
We all aspire to the same objectives for consumer protection regulation: independence, accountability, effectiveness, and balance -- a system that promotes financial inclusion and preserves choice. The question is how to achieve that. A successful regulatory structure for consumer protection requires mission focus, market-wide coverage, and consolidated authority.
Today's system has none of these qualities. It fragments jurisdiction and authority for consumer protection over many federal regulators, most of which have higher priorities than protecting consumers. Non-banks avoid federal supervision; no federal consumer compliance examiner lands at their doorsteps. Banks can choose the least restrictive supervisor among several different banking agencies. Fragmentation of rule writing, supervision, and enforcement leads to finger-pointing in place of action and makes actions taken less effective.
The President's proposal for one agency for one marketplace with one mission – protecting consumers – will resolve these problems. The Consumer Financial Protection Agency will create a level playing field for all providers, regardless of their charter or corporate form. It will ensure high and uniform standards across the market. It will focus on ensuring financial literacy for all Americans. It will end profits based on misleading sales pitches and hidden traps, but there will be profits made on a level playing field where banks and nonbanks can compete on the basis of price and quality.
If we create one federal regulator with consolidated authority, we will be able to leave behind regulatory arbitrage and inter-agency finger-pointing. And we will be assured of accountability.
Our proposal ensures, not limits, consumer choice; preserves, not stifles, innovation; strengthens, not weakens, depository institutions; reduces, not increases, regulatory costs; empowers, not ignores, consumers; and increases, not reduces, national regulatory uniformity.
Systemic Risk
Much of the discussion of reform over the past two years -- both in our proposals and among other commentators -- has focused on the nature of and proper response to systemic risk.
To address these risks, our proposals focus on three major tasks: 1) providing an effective system for monitoring risks as they arise and coordinating response; 2) creating a single point of accountability for tougher and more consistent supervision of the largest and most interconnected institutions; and 3) tailoring the system of regulation to cover the full range of risks and actors in the financial system, so that risks can no longer build up completely outside of supervision and monitoring.
Many have asked whether we need a "systemic risk regulator" or a "super regulator" that can look out for new risks and immediately take action to address them or order other regulators to do so. We cannot have a system that depends on the foresight of a single institution or a single person to identify and prevent risks. That's why we have proposed that the critical role of monitoring for emerging risks and coordinating policy be vested in a Financial Services Oversight Council.
At the same time, a council of independent regulators does not have operational integrity and cannot be held accountable for actual supervision. That's why we propose an evolution in the Federal Reserve's power to provide consolidated supervision and regulation of any financial firm whose combination of size, leverage, and interconnectedness could pose a threat to financial stability if it failed. The financial crisis has demonstrated the crucial importance of having a consolidated supervisor and regulator for all "Tier 1 Financial Holding Companies," with the regulator having the authority and responsibility to regulate these firms not just to protect their individual safety and soundness but to protect the entire financial system.
This crisis has also clearly demonstrated that risks to the system can emerge from all corners of the financial markets and from any of our financial institutions. Our approach is to bring these institutions and markets into a comprehensive system, where risks are disclosed and can be monitored by regulators as necessary. Last week, Secretary Geithner testified about the need to bring all over the counter derivatives markets into a comprehensive regulatory framework. We have proposed regulatory authority for clearing, payment, and settlement systems; and strengthening the regulation of markets for securitization.
Later today we will send legislative language to the Hill that requires registration of all hedge funds and other private pools of capital over a minimum threshold in size.
Hedge funds do not appear to have been at the center of the current crisis, but de-leveraging by hedge funds contributed to the strain on financial markets and the lack of transparency contributed to market uncertainty and instability. These firms continue to present unknown risks, and that lack of transparency is no longer tenable. We need a system that's flexible enough to adapt to the emergence of other institutions that could pose a risk to the system. And we need a system that lets regulators see risks as they emerge across the financial system.
Registration and disclosure will help to protect investors from fraud or abuse, and to protect the financial system from unacceptable systemic risks building up outside prudentially supervised institutions.
To protect investors, under our proposal, hedge fund advisers will be registered with the SEC for the first time and will be required to disclose to regulators and investors more information about the characteristics of their advised hedge funds--including asset size, borrowings, off-balance sheet exposure and other matters.
To address systemic risk, under our regime, like any other firm, hedge funds that are found to be so large, leveraged, or interconnected that they pose a threat to financial stability will be regulated as Tier 1 FHCs. These firms will face appropriate prudential requirements regarding capital, liquidity, and risk management.
This legislation will require investment advisors with more than $30 million under management to register with the SEC. It will provide for both periodic reporting requirements, as well as authority for regulators to gain access to additional information to assess potential systemic risks posed by these firms.
Basic Reform of Capital, Supervision, and Resolution Authority
As Secretary Geithner has said, the three most important things to lower risk in the financial system are "capital, capital, capital." We need to make our financial system safer for failure. We cannot rely on perfect foresight--whether of regulators or firms. While some have criticized our proposals for failing to place limits on the activities of banking organizations, especially proprietary trading, our response is not to limit the activities in the system but to limit the risk that those activities can pose. Higher capital charges can insulate the system from the build-up of risk without limiting activities in the markets. That's why we have launched a review of the capital regime and have proposed raising capital standards across the board, including higher standards for financial holding companies, and even higher standards for Tier 1 Financial Holding Companies – to account for the additional risk that the largest and most interconnected firms could pose to our system.
Making the system safe for innovation means raising the buffers for financial firms against loss. It also means creating a more uniform system of regulation so that risks cannot build up without adequate regulatory oversight. For banking regulation, we propose addressing the central source of arbitrage among depository institutions by creating the National Bank Supervisor, through the consolidation of the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Fragmentation and loopholes in the Bank Holding Company Act allowed firms to pursue the most lenient regulatory regime, or manipulate their corporate form to avoid tough regulation and supervision. We will end those loopholes.
Financial activity involves risk, and that we will not be able to identify all risks or prevent all future crises. We learned through painful experience that when the financial system is fragile, the failure of a large, interconnected institution can threaten the stability of the financial system. While we have a tested and effective system for banks, there is still no effective legal mechanism to resolve a non-bank financial institution or bank holding company. We have proposed to fill this gap in our legal framework with a mechanism modeled on our existing system under the FDIC.
Finally, both our financial system and this crisis have been global in scope. So our solutions have been and must continue to be global. International reforms must support our efforts at home, including strengthening the capital framework; improving oversight of global financial markets; coordinating supervision of internationally active firms; and enhancing crisis management tools. We will not wait for the international community to act before we reform at home, but nor will we be satisfied with an international race to the bottom on regulatory standards.
As we have discussed and debated our proposals in the weeks since its release, we have been criticized by some for going too far and by some for not going far enough. This distinction is stuck in a debate that presumes that regulation--and efficient and innovative markets--are at odds. In fact, the opposite is true. Markets rely on faith and trust. We must restore honesty and integrity to our financial system. These proposals maintain space for growth, innovation and change, but require that regulation and oversight can adapt as well. Markets require clear rules of the road, consumers rely on the trust and fair dealing of financial institutions, and regulation must be consistent, comprehensive and accountable. The President's plan lays a new foundation for financial regulation that will once again help to make our markets vital and strong.
Thank you very much.
Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew delivered remarks on currency redesign at the National Archives Thursday, June 18, 2015. Secretary Lew's remarks expanded on his decision to redesign the $10 note.
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I keep hearing that aspirin protects you from a lot of serious health problems AND that it can tear up your guts. Is it safe, and should I take it?
— Nancy H., Chicago
All the info about aspirin that's swirling around is enough to give you a headache! But we've been advocates of preventive aspirin therapy for a long time, and there is ever more evidence that DONE RIGHT (and with your doctor's OK) it can be mild on your gut and a very smart choice.
Some basic facts:
1. Aspirin may irritate the gastrointestinal tract, especially in high doses over a long period of time.
Solution: If you're already prescribed a daily dose of aspirin, follow your doc's advice! Otherwise, take two low-dose aspirins (81 mg): We do one in the morning and one in the evening, but you can take both at once if that's easier for you. And ALWAYS drink half a glass of warm water before and after you take the pill(s).
Two, instead of one, low-dose aspirins doesn't appreciably raise your risk of complication, and it more than doubles the heart benefits and anti-cancer protection.
2. Aspirin is an anticoagulant (that's part of its benefit in preventing stroke).
Solution: Find out from your doc how it interacts with medications, supplements and herbs you're taking and if you're at risk for bleeding-related problems.
3. A small percentage of folks seem aspirin-resistant. The more likely reason they don't benefit from aspirin therapy? They take just one coated (enteric) aspirin, which seems to decrease absorption in some people!
Solution: Aspirin-resistant? Never coated and always with those glasses of warm water!
What else can aspirin do? Two large meta-studies concluded that low-dose aspirin reduces the incidence of colon, esophageal, prostate, ovarian and breast cancers by almost 40 percent, and for some folks with a particular genetic mutation, it slashes the risk of colon cancer by 82 percent (it starts protecting in 90 days). If taken for five years, it cuts the risk of melanoma 30 percent in Caucasian women. Low-dose aspirin also cuts the risk of all those cancers spreading by 35 percent to 40 percent. And it reduces the risk of cognitive decline related to cardiovascular problems, and at the same time quells bodywide inflammation. That reduces your risk for impotence and wrinkles!
My husband and I are in our early 40s and very healthy. He does triathlons, and I run between six and eight 10K's a year. We've been trying to conceive for two years, but no go. Will in-vitro fertilization work for us?
— Gracie J., Portland, Ore.
Well, the National Institutes of Health says the chances you'll conceive with just one round of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is 12 percent between ages 41 and 43, and a little better than 3 percent after age 45. So before you try IVF, consider this: Getting pregnant could be hindered by the high temperatures your husband's sperm experience during or after a run. You could get a lab exam of his current sperm quality. If it's compromised, consider having him do shorter, less temperature-increasing workouts for a couple of months. Then have his sperm re-examined. In the meantime, relax and enjoy sex! Many times, that will do the trick.
If you do opt for IVF, there have been a lot of advances in fertility treatments. The science of choosing the healthiest sperm to implant into the healthiest egg is improving, so while success percentages based on old technology don't look so good, some fertility experts believe that with the latest advances, your chances can be high as 66 percent.
There's also a fairly new approach called mini IVF that minimizes the amount of chemicals and drugs used in fertility treatments; some claim that it also increases the chances of pregnancy.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention keeps a data base of fertility-clinic success rates. Start there, and then talk to docs and other women who have gone through the process before deciding what's right for you and your husband.
Getting up close and personal with Mother Nature yields big mind-body benefits. A walk in the park is a great lunchtime activity, but new reports reveal that even desk jockeys and folks with little time (or no great love for the great outdoors) can reap the rewards of a green environment with only a few plants around their workplace and in their home. But you can't pack all your green-time into a one-week vacation or a weekend excursion to the mountains; that's like having seven drinks on Saturday night. No way it's the same as having one glass of beer or wine per day! You need a little green-time every — or almost every — day to reap its amazing benefits for your brain and body.
Stronger immunity: In a Japanese study, levels of protective natural killer cells that battle viruses and some forms of cancer rose 40 percent when businessmen spent time walking in the woods. But you can get a similar immune boost from sniffing forest scents indoors. Who says you can't fool Mother Nature? (Well, really, your brain or your immune system!)
A break from worry: Getting outside when you're feeling stressed improves mood and boosts short-term memory. And if you're depressed, getting out and about makes it five times more likely you'll feel better than if you stay indoors. Combine natural scenery with exercise and you're really going to amp up your mood boosters.
More energy: Office workers feel more energetic with a green plant or two nearby, and they become more productive. Your smart move: Place some greenery where you can see it when you look up from your computer.
Higher creativity: Brain scans suggest immersing yourself in a natural scene, whether 3-D or in a picture, turns up brain activity in areas that govern pleasure and emotion. You'll feel more relaxed and balanced and improve your creativity by as much as 50 percent.
Ready to go green? Here's how:
Got a minute? Stand under a tree. Or park yourself next to one. Even better, walk around a bush or beside a blooming garden. The more greenery you're exposed to, the better the brain benefits.
Don't feel like exercising outdoors? Go anyway. Compared with slogging on that treadmill in the basement, doing the same stroll or jog under blue skies and leafy, green tree boughs can add a 12 percent mood boost to your exercise. And don't let rain stop you: Even getting outside in bad weather boosts mood more than an indoor workout.
Stuck at your desk? Call up images of nature on your computer. Simply looking at pictures of the outdoors can make you feel friendlier. While you're at it, listening to soothing water and tweeting birds helps you rebound from a stressful experience 33 percent faster. (Check out archive.org's free "Sounds of Nature Collection.")
Take time to smell the pine trees. Japanese scientists say sniffing scents like pine and cypress is one reason nature walks strengthen immunity — a new reason to enjoy these smells. If you're a fan of aromatherapy, you know what we're talking about.
Create an indoor nature retreat. Although we are big fans of the benefits of outdoor physical activity, you can reap green benefits if you get on a treadmill with a view out the gym window! And position your home exercise equipment and a comfy chair so you have a view of outdoor greenery. There's plenty of evidence that simply seeing greenery reduces stress, increases mental focus, and fuels good moods. But don't stop there. Invite beneficial houseplants into your home. Live plants can help keep your home humidified, remove carbon dioxide from the air and send out revitalizing oxygen. Most do this by day, as they convert sunlight into energy. But orchids, "air plants" (a type of bromeliad), and many types of succulents exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide at night, making them perfect for your bedroom or your work station if you're on the night shift.
• Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of "The Dr. Oz Show," and Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, visit sharecare.com.
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Three cast members of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" reality show will face charges following an altercation at a clothing boutique. A Paramus man claims Jacqueline and Christopher Laurita and Giuseppe "Joe" Gorga attacked him as cameras rolled in Ridgewood on Saturday. A judge on Thursday determined there was sufficient probable cause to charge them with assault and making terroristic threats. John Karagiorgis filed the complaint and the reality stars responded with their own, which will be heard next week. Karagiorgis tells The Record newspaper he still has a mark on his forehead from a stiletto heel. The case will be forwarded to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.
A South Carolina man's problems with his wife probably aren't going to get any better after he was caught pawning his wedding ring to pay for a prostitute. According to WYFF4.com, Marvin Holmes supposedly told Greenwood police that marital issues led him to look for a different kind of female companionship in a seedier part of town. But he didn't have any money, so he told the alleged prostitute he met to take his wedding ring and use it to get some cash. After visiting a local pawn shop, the woman reportedly got 20 dollars for the jewelry. But Holmes eventually started to feel uncomfortable with the situation and drove away. That's when the cops pulled him over and charged him with solicitation.
Stealing To Play FrontierVille…
A woman convicted of stealing money from her employer to feed her computer-game habit won't be going to jail. Forty-eight-year-old Rebecca Riley Terry of Arlington completed 240 hours of community service prior to her sentencing yesterday to 30 days in jail. The judge converted that time to community service. Terry admitted making unauthorized charges on her employer's credit card to improve the virtual homestead she was building on the Facebook game FrontierVille.
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An Iowa couple has become the first to get married at the Denny's wedding chapel in Las Vegas. Nancy Levandowski and Steve Keller tied the knot Wednesday evening, while some well-wishers sat in booths and restaurant patrons ate dinner nearby. The 53-year-old bride is the food service director at Iowa State University in Ames, while her 54-year-old husband is a salesman for a food company. Nancy Levandowski says she often ate at Denny's restaurants during college, while Keller says he frequents the 24-hour pancake house while traveling. The couple was selected from a pool of applicants vying to be the first married at the chapel inside the new restaurant. Ceremonies at the chapel start at $95, which includes Denny's T-shirts and a Pancake Puppies wedding cake.


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Haupt Garden, Ripley Center's Concourse and Rotunda
Some 28 sculptures ranging from figuration to abstraction by Swedish artists Ulla and Gustav Kraitz are on view. To create in their works a luster and purity found in nature, the artists used kilns based on ancient Chinese models and followed the traditional art of Chinese glazing. Three classic glazes -- temmoku (brownish black), celadon, and oxblood -- comprise the Kraitzes' primary colors, along with an intense cobalt blue.
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Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Otello, with Vinay, Steber, Warren, Lipton.
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New York Philharmonic (Sun. 2:30 p.m., CBS). Guest soloist: Pianist Myra Hess; Mitropoulos conducting.
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Suspense (Mon. 8 p.m., CBS). Odd Man Out, with James Mason and Pamela Kellino.
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Breaking more than a year of silence, Joe Paterno's widow said he was a "moral, disciplined" man whose reputation has been unfairly trashed by a probe of the Jerry Sandusky child-sex-abuse scandal.
Sue Paterno wrote former Penn State players yesterday, saying she was "shocked" by former FBI director Louis Freeh's "extraordinary attack on Joe's character and integrity. I did not recognize the man Mr. Freeh described."


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disturbing little ditty up there guys, maybe more of a limerick next time?
There once was a guy from nantucket....
and to get back to the spirit of the thread, maybe it can end
UFO's in the bible:
One of the first examples of God's use of cloud-covered UFO's in the Bible can be found in Exodus 13:21. In this passage, God is leading Moses and the Hebrews away from Egypt.
Exodus 13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: 13:22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
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So this must be the ad Wayne responded to for his job:
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Wayne hates dinosaurs.
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Shares of Itau Unibanco Holding (ITUB), Banco Bradesco (BDD) and Banco Santander Brasil (BSBR) rose today on speculation that Brazil's central bank would boost interest rates to fight inflation. The Bovespa stock index fell 0.3% today.
Is Mexico's reform push in danger? Perhaps, Reuters says. Mexico's IPC stock index rose 0.6%.
The yields on Colombia's local bonds fell to a record low on speculation its central bank would cut interest rates next week. Colombia's IGBC stock index fell 0.5%
Chile may be forced to enter the so-called currency wars with an intervention of its own to weaken its peso. The Santiago Stock Exchange IPSA Index fell 0.3%.
A meteorite exploded over Russia, injuring more than 1000 people. Russia's Micex stock index dropped 0.05%.
China's Jinko Solar (JKS) was the week's big winner among emerging market ADRs after gaining 17% to $9.37, while Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's America Movil (AMX) lost 10.8% after reporting disappointing earnings–making it the week's biggest loser.
Emerging markets have been synonymous with growth, but the outlook for individual nations is constantly changing. Countries from Brazil and Russia to Turkey face challenges including infrastructure bottlenecks, credit issues and political shifts. The Barrons.com Emerging Markets Daily blog analyzes news, data and research out of emerging markets beyond Asia to help readers navigate the investment landscape.
Barron's veteran Dimitra DeFotis has been blogging about emerging market investing since traveling to India and Turkey. Based in New York, she previously wrote for Barron's about U.S. equity investing, including cover stories and roundtables on energy themes. Dimitra was among the first digital journalists at the Chicago Tribune and started her career as a police reporter at the Daily Herald in the Chicago suburbs. Dimitra holds degrees from the University of Illinois and Columbia University, where she was a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in the business and journalism schools.
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Salman Khan has shared a new still from his upcoming movie "Sultan" and the actor looks amazing in his wrestler avatar. Salman is seen marching ahead inside a wrestling arena, leaving behind a knocked out opponent on the ground.
Salman shows off his chiselled body in the picture as he is seen wearing just the essential. Salman certainly has worked hard for the role in "Sultan" as he looks fitter and robust in the movie. The makers of the film have been teasing fans by releasing new stills and photos from the film, while there are some other pictures that were leaked from the sets during shooting.
Meanwhile, director Ali Abbas Zafar has shared a picture on Twitter that shows Salman's well-built physique during a gym session. The picture shows the superstar flaunting his abs and biceps, standing in front of a mirror.
The teaser of "Sultan" was released recently and it was liked by the audience. Salman's new look with moustache has made fans more eager for the release of the film. The teaser of the film showed Salman entering the ring and knocking down his opponent in no time.
Salman's fans love to see the superstar shirtless, but "Sultan" will be an extra treat for them as the "Bajrangi Bhaijaan"star will be seen completely bare-bodied, except an essential. Salman, whose last action movie was "Kick" (2014), is now ready to appear in a sturdier avatar.
Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, "Sultan" will present Salman as a wrestler from Haryana. The film also features Anushka Sharma and this is the first time the duo will share screen space. While "Sultan" is slated to be released on Eid, fans are eagerly waiting for the film's trailer.
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Home made biscuits are always better than the ones you buy at the store. The best part about this recipe is that you don't have to be an expert in the kitchen to be able to make them. Gather your ingredients, fire up the oven, and lets get started!
- 100 grams of sugar
- 100 grams unsalted butter
- 175 grams plain flour
- 1 medium free range egg
1Preheat your oven to 190*c.
2Mix the butter and sugar in a bowl. Do this until the mixture is light and fluffy.
3Crack your egg into your mix and slowly begin to beat it in, making sure it is all mixed together.
4Add in the flour using a sieve. Place the sieve above the bowl and hold in place while you shake the flour through it, removing any lumps.
5Mix the flour into the paste. Slowly but surely your mix will become a dough. Add more flour if the mix is too soggy. Your mix should be a dough.
6Dust the worktop with flour, so that when you roll the dough it doesn't stick.
7Flour the rolling pin and then place the dough on the worktop. Begin to roll the dough until it's as thick as cardboard. Once rolled out, begin to cut out the circles. Any left over dough can be reclustered to repeat the procedure.
8Grease your cooking tray with butter and place the biscuits on top.
9Cook the biscuits for 15min-25min.
10Let the biscuits cool off before adding any kind of decoration.
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Salesforce.com signs massive lease in S.F.
Published 4:00 am, Saturday, January 7, 2012
Salesforce.com has signed a 400,000-square-foot lease in San Francisco, striking what Mayor Ed Lee's office says is the largest office deal in the city in a decade.
The transaction at 50 Fremont St. doubles the fast growing company's downtown presence, providing enough space for around 2,000 workers. The cloud computing pioneer is continuing to move forward on its plan to build a new Mission Bay campus.
In an SEC filing today, the company said the cost of the lease, which it signed with Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, was around $339 million over an 18-year term. The company also retained two five-year options to extend the lease.
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The lengthy lease means the company plans to stay there, even after it builds out its 14- acre campus in the fast-emerging neighborhood around AT&T Park. Salesforce paid $278 million in late 2010 land deal to buy up enough land to build a 2 million-square-foot headquarters over the next decade, as the Chronicle first reported.
Salesforce could begin moving in as early as April 1 (no joke). The company also reserved the right to buy the building under certain conditions.
"Salesforce.com's decision to continue their expansion in San Francisco is positive proof that our city and its workforce are perfect for growing technology and innovation companies," said Mayor Ed Lee in a statement. "I look forward to watching Salesforce.com's continued success as we work together to continue to create jobs right here in San Francisco."
Salesforce Chief Operating Officer George Hu added in a statement: "This expansion is critical to fuel Salesforce.com's ongoing growth and ability to attract the best talent in the industry."


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- -----As reported in the media throughout the day, the election fared well for the Republican party but was hardly a referendum by the "majority" of Americans since the majority of the voters stayed away from the polls. Commentators pointed out that apathy and long felt cynicism created the greatest number of non voters in 42 years. That over 50% of the voting public refused to participate is telling of a deeper malaise in our system (and it wasn't due to lack of political will- just hopelessness and futility that things will remain the same no matter who is in office.Jeff
******** This election was a referendum by the American people on whether they support President Bush in counterattacking against Islamic fundamentalism. Now they can be no mistake about how Americans feel. Wherever the killers are, from Bali to Yemen, they'd better be prepared to face justice, because it's going to find them.
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Can you be better than your parents?
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Or are you destined to be just like them?
Yes, my husband did. Which is why he has a hard time feeling sorry for any kind of sob stories. I have only heard of a few stories that beat out my husbands.
Yes, you can. You just make different choices.
"Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification" Romans 14:19
I AM BETTER THEN MY MOM! Heck I raised my siblings while she ran after the latest cock-dope-feind of the week asshole!
Yes you can it is a matter of not wanting to be like them and making life better for yourself.
Look at it this way Jack Nicolson and Ted Bundy both raised by grandparents found out later their big sister was really bio mom one became a killer and one became an actor! Depends on how you look at life!
You can, and have an obligation to yourself to rise above that. You can only use them as an excuse as a child. After you are an adult, you are responsible for your poor choices.
How a chid is raised is down to YOUR choices not the choices made by others when you were a child.
If you truly don't want to be like your parents than you won't be :-)
Yes, I did.....I grew up in an abusive home with a mentally ill father and a drug addict mother. I do everything the opposite of what they did and I've married a wonderful man, and I'm raising a wonderful little boy who will be a big brother soon. I have no sympathy for people who repeat the abuse cycle....it's a choice and everyone can choose to change and do differently.
Yes, of course you can be better. You just have to want to be better than that. I have several people in my life who have come from horrid situations. My best friend's mother was a crack head for the majority of her younger years, then she managed to get clean but hurt her back and became addicted to pain killers and smoked weed all the time. Her father was physically abusive to her and her brothers and even nearly killed the brother who is just older than her and left him with permanent brain damage. He was also a raging alcoholic to the day he died. My best friend put herself through school and is raising her daughter alone because the father was on drugs and she wouldn't let that be around her daughter. She is now a teacher, bought her own home, and is one of the most self-reliant people I know.
I came from a house hold with a drug addicted mother and an absent alcoholic father. I have most definitely risen above that and i believe i am a much better parent. i am by no means perfect but my children come first and have all they need and most of what they want. i feel like my childhood made me a stronger, better person, i refuse to use it as a crutch.


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DAVIE -- The Miami Dolphins clung to a one-point lead early in the fourth quarter when quarterback Chad Pennington took the field for a series he expected to be pivotal.
"In the huddle I said, 'This is the drive to win the game,"' Pennington recalled later.
Thus began a 16-play, 79-yard touchdown march that took nine minutes and helped the Dolphins beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-19 Sunday.
The strong finish is part of a pattern for the rejuvenated Dolphins (5-4). They have a winning record for the first time since the end of the 2005 season, and in the past four victories they've preserved a lead of a touchdown or less at the start of the fourth quarter.
"The first time it happened, you wonder if it's a real good sign or -- I don't want to say a fluke, but ..." coach Tony Sparano said Monday. "And then it happens again. And then it happens again.
"And you start to figure out these guys really are pretty resilient, and I do think there's good character out there."
Last year the Dolphins were rarely ahead, which may be why they now guard a lead so stubbornly. Whatever the explanation, they're good closers.
Miami has outscored opponents 56-29 in fourth quarter. In the other quarters, the Dolphins have been outscored 153-136.
"I think we are building confidence in ourselves and the ability to win," Pennington said. "Instead of having a feeling of 'here we go again' when things don't go our way, we focus on switching the vibe and switching the momentum."
Even after the long drive against Seattle that put the Dolphins ahead 21-13, they flirted with overtime -- or even defeat.
The Seahawks drove 55 yards to score a touchdown with three minutes left, but Yeremiah Bell knocked down a pass on a two-point conversion attempt.
Seattle forced a punt and moved to the Miami 49 before Seneca Wallace threw four consecutive incomplete passes, the last with 24 seconds left.
"I guess we wanted to make it exciting," defensive end Vonnie Holliday said.
The Dolphins' wins tend to be decided late. They mounted a 15-play, 80-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter a week ago to put away Denver. The week before that, they scored twice in the fourth quarter to hold off Buffalo. And against San Diego, Miami controlled the ball for 12 minutes in the final period to preserve a 17-10 lead.
"We're learning how to finish people and put people away," guard Justin Smiley said.
With a game on the line, Sparano said, it helps to be able to put the ball in the hands of experienced, talented players. He said Pennington and running backs Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams are all good in the clutch.
"I have trust in those players," Sparano said.
Still, the Dolphins would prefer to seal the deal earlier. They had a chance against Seattle, scoring on their first two possessions for a 14-0 lead.
But the offense then began to sputter, and an interception return for a touchdown let the Seahawks back into the game.
"It seems like we wait until the game gets close to turn on our real game," cornerback Will Allen said. "That's something that we have to fix and we have to stop. When we have a team down, we have to keep moving."
Also keeping the game close was Miami's kick coverage, the NFL's worst. Seattle had a 29-yard punt return and kickoff returns of 50 and 32 yards. The Dolphins missed 10 tackles on the three runbacks, and 72 yards came after first contact, Sparano said.
"If we have people here who are on the coverage units, and their only job is to be on the coverage units, and they're not getting it done, then we need to find other people," Sparano said.
But if kick coverage and narrow margins of victory are the biggest complaints, that's more evidence of progress for the once-woeful Dolphins.
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CHICAGO, July 29 (UPI) -- Republican Jack Ryan has filed a withdrawal of candidacy form with the Illinois State Board of Elections officially ending his campaign for the U.S. Senate.
The board received the half-page official withdrawal paperwork Thursday morning, five weeks after Ryan abandoned the race because of sex club allegations in his divorce from television actress Jeri Ryan, star of "Boston Public" and "Star Trek: Voyager."
Ryan's withdrawal clears the way for the Illinois Republican Party to name a replacement candidate to face Democratic state Sen. Barack Obama. The state GOP could not have forced Ryan off the November ballot for the open seat of retiring Republican Sen. Peter Fitzgerald.
Some backers said Ryan got bad advice and should not have dropped out.
Dairy owner Jim Oberweis, runner-up in the March primary, retired Air Force Gen. John Borling and Cook County Commissioner Liz Dooty Gorman are being mentioned as likely candidates, WLS-TV, Chicago, said.