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Bringing home a client list that included the likes of Barbara Streisand, Candice Bergen, Olivia Newton John, Dylan, Cher, Elton John, Bob Hope and Elizabeth Taylor, to name but a few, Sydney was in for a treat, as Anthea had already began weaving the seeds of her creativity in edible sculptures, the scope of which was only ever limited by her imagination.
Originally from Perth, Anthea moved to Sydney to study sculpture and ceramics at East Sydney Art School (now the National Art School), after having majored in art at high school. Following this, Europe beckoned, with the next two years studying art and living in Florence, before heading off for a another few years in New York and Los Angeles. Around this time, Anthea honed her culinary skills, training at Le Notre in ice creams, patisserie, and French chocolate making.
Sweet Art's first Sydney clients evolved around corporate clientele and the entertainment industry, as cakes would be designed to launch theatre plays, films, live music shows and of course vinyl records of the day! Whilst her birthday cakes gave the idea of "spectacular" a whole new meaning.
Popular demand swayed Anthea into the realm of wedding cakes, where she has proved to be a tour de force in taking custom made cakes into a whole new dimension which remains unparalleled. Some of our most recent clients include Princess Mary of Denmark, Nicole Kidman's children, Cate Blanchetts' son, Lady Di and Prince Charles, former Prime Minister John Howard and Michael Caton.
In the last ten years, her contribution to special events has moved beyond the world of cakes to include event styling, stationery design and floristry. Anthea and her team, have designed extraordinary events for major corporate clients (in both event management and promotional work), television networks, worked on movie and advert sets, numerous magazine front covers, National Gallery, M.C.A., Art Gallery of New South Wales, Craft Council of Australia (now Object Gallery), along with private parties for some very well known Sydneysiders!


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March 19, 2004
Arizona Christian SchoolsUpdate: Here is a directory of Christian Schools in Arizona Here are two private Christian schools located in Mesa, Arizona that I can heartily recommend to those interested. First, Faith Christian School (K-12) "is a non-denominational, parent controlled school, founded in 1988 to provide a quality Christian education for Christian...
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Westminster Shorter Catechism
If the Westminster Assembly had done nothing more than produce the Shorter Catechism they would be entitled to the everlasting gratitude of the Christian church ... next to the Bible, it was probably the best book in the world.
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BMX Race Start Epic Fail
We all laugh when one person messes up at the start of a race, but what happens if EVERYONE messes up the start of the race? Check ou this video of a BMX race that goes bad for all the racers right from the start.
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|30 Sep 2011
only thing they told me so far were drivers but the TDR is the problem cause it is a 2 second function for windows on start up
I need a good torturial on how to adjust it i took the card out im hoping maybe if i stick it back in later it will reset
I didn't see one here about TDR and with what the manufacture said about what they'll do etc I m thinking there just going to send my card back to me and not really do anything with it
I also said screw it and was contiplating a 6900 series and putting a sick warrenty on it so next time they will just cough up a card with out all the BS
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Go to someplace like Guru3d .. you'd probably get more technical help there esp with your TDR probs. Good luck!
[Btw when I was reading reviews for the 4870 back then, most people recommended against brands like Diamond & HIS; just for next time you buy a Radeon!]
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Lucky I'm so busy and distracted. I didn't do it yet. Okay. So do you think I should just do a total reinstall of the driver? CCC will remain, because my the video chipset built into my motherboard is -- Okay hold on, Device Manager says that the 6850 is the only 1 installed, but my motherboard has a built in 4850 & now it's disappeared from the list. I'm going to reinstall both of the drivers I had for them beforehand, when I first got the pieces, and then see what happens.
What is TDR?
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Timeout Detection & Recovery .. don't worry about it.
You have onboard video? Can be disabled through the bios, you might have a driver conflict where it is detecting two radeons of different series'. Get that sorted out, then report back ... I think it should be alright then.
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They were playing nice up til this update. Alright then. Clearing my inbox first, so I'll get back to you later. Thank you =)
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In a statement on their Facebook page, Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) on Thursday apologized for the deaths of demonstrators during six days of anti-military protests, Agence France Presse reported.
The apology said:
"The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces presents its regrets and deep apologies for the deaths of martyrs from among Egypt's loyal sons during the recent events in Tahrir Square. The council also offers its condolences to the families of the martyrs
across Egypt."
The statement comes after SCAF head Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi came under criticism for a speech offering concessions to protesters - in which he made no mention of civilians who had been killed by police.
Read more on GlobalPost: Egypt protests continue despite military concessions
At least 30 people have been killed and hundreds injured in six days of clashes.
Reports say security forces in the capital Cairo used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds overnight Wednesday.
Many protesters appear unconvinced by a promise made by Tantawi on Tuesday to speed-up the transition to a civilian government.
Egypt's major political parties are considering asking the SCAF to postpone the first round of parliamentary elections for two weeks, CNN reported, citing the state-owned Ahram Online website.
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to begin on Monday.


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Havarti & Oyster Mushrooms
>> Friday, March 8, 2013
For those of you that have yet to try Daiya's Jalapeno Garlic Havarti... What are you doing with your lives??? It's seriously so, so great. It's the first vegan cheese that I enjoy unmelted (aside from Dr-Cow's). Not to mention, my mom agreed that it tasted like real cheese! So there.
Anyways, I saw this recipe here and decided to try it out. It's a little crazy how awesome this is. BUT the oyster mushrooms and havarti are vital to the success, so don't even bother messing around with substitutes!
I just sauteed some mushrooms (that I grew mahself!) with a little olive oil, s&p, and then topped it on a toast with melty cheese. Sprinkle some fresh or dried basil, and you'll have one of the easiest best damn things you will ever eat. You're welcome!


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Spurs boss admits Paulinho has struggled to adapt
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Tim Sherwood admits Paulinho has struggled to adapt to life in the Premier League after his £17million summer transfer.
And, although the head coach says the Brazil international shows a good attitude in training, he insists he has no intention of giving him unmerited game time to prepare him for this summer's World Cup in his home country.
"He's no different to any other player – it's been a transitional period for him," said Sherwood. "He's come here from another country and the language has been a problem for him.
"Also, settling into the Premier League, it's a different game from what he has been used to. It's very fast with no respite and we play a completely different way to the Brazil team and the team he has come from [Corinthians].
"He won't find any Premier League team similar to what he has been used to – but he trains well and wants to be a success.
"I've said it previously, I pick players on what they are doing in training, not on reputations and price tags.
"I can't be worrying if the Brazil national manager wants him to play every week. I am going to do what is best for Tottenham, not any national manager."
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Nobody makes it alone. We all need teachers, mentors, friends, and community to help us through life. We also need a lot of hard work, passion, and some luck to make it, but all that won't be enough without a little help from our friends, to coin a phrase.
Case in point: I have always worked hard, been passionate in my pursuits, and had more than my share of luck along the way, but more than any of that I have been blessed with knowing some remarkable, talented, and generous people along the way. I have known a number of them; among the most recent have been pianist/composer Evan Mazunik (without whom I never would have gotten anywhere in my improv interests; we've done 2 CDs, many concerts and workshops, and my improv class led to two improv books (with three more soon to be published) – I owe Evan a truly Rushmore-sized debt of gratitude, and Charles Rochester Young, award-winning composer, conductor, saxophonist, and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. I had several very creative horn grad students who hailed from UWSP, and when I asked how they got so creative, they just kept repeating one name over and over. So I called him up and we hit it off immediately. I went to meet him at the next opportunity, and as I remember it, we talked for about three days without stopping. I hadn't written the book yet, but I bounced the ideas for it off him continuously until the manuscript was ready, and then he gave it a thorough reading and made many suggestions for improvement.
Charles Young has won many awards for his work as an educator and composer, but the part of him that interested me the most was his belief that all music students should have experience with composition and improvisation. Since he is head of the Theory/Composition Dept., he put his money where his mouthpiece is and made it a requirement that all students take his Musicianship course, which is about 2/3s composition and 1/3 improvisation. Once or twice a year he sends me CDs of the recorded compositions that these students produce. These are "ordinary" music students, very few of them composition majors, very few of whom ever composed or improvised before. But the music that they create is both beautiful and amazing. Just think of all the voices of music students and musicians everywhere – all silent. Except for the rare few who are lucky enough to have mentors like Charles Young. (as far as I know, UWSP is one of only two schools in the country that require all music students to take an improvisation course – the other is at the University of Northern Florida with Gary Smart (see earlier posts about Prof. Smart)).
What I would like to do in CY's honor today is to pass on a few of his improv games. Enjoy!
Basketball Piece
Materials needed: music paper, pen or pencil, trash can
4+ players. Class forms a circle with chairs around the trash can. Compose as much as possible for 2 minutes. No stopping, no erasing, no crossing out. When the time is up, crumple up the paper and toss in the trash can. Repeat. Repeat again. Do it all with a smile on your face.
Variation: Crumple and toss after each page. Do 3, 4, or 5 pages.
Quantity is King
4+ players. Write as many notes as you can in 1 minute. No stopping, no erasing, no crossing out allowed. Repeat in various keys and scale types.
Write Something You Can Sing
1 player. You have 1 minute. Write a melody that you can easily sight sing. Now you have 30 seconds: write words to the melody. Theme: things you see or do on a farm (or any other topic of your choice). The words do not have to rhyme or make sense together.
Variation Game
4 players. Compose 8 bars (1 or 2 systems). Pass the paper to the composer to the right to you and take the paper of the composer to the left of you. Write a variation of the first 8 bars. Continue for six variations.
Dare to Be Bad
1 player. Write as badly as you can for 2 minutes. Break as many rules as possible. No stopping, keep the pen (preferred) or pencil going at all times. Take the result home and frame it.
Duet for One
1 player. Piano is highly suggested for this one (but it also works for guitar, strings, mallet percussion, etc.) – improvise on the piano and sing exactly the same line in unison. Experiment with leaps, syncopations, repetition of motifs, and other challenges.
Go Wild aka Extreme Improv
2-4 players. Choose an affect. Be extreme – high/low, slow/fast, soft/loud. Nothing halfway! Don't dip your toe in the water – cannonball! Don't be hungry – be starving! Don't light a match – use a flamethrower! Exaggerate to get your point across, to be absolutely clear about what you intend.
Trading Fours
2 players. It is a common procedure in jazz to trade off improvisation every four (or two or eight) bars. With some kind of rhythmic accompaniment, trade fours with a partner. Keep the rhythmic flow going without any gaps or glitches. Variation: trade 2s or 8s.
Also: click here for links to his inspiring articles on improv and composition.


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Streamwood, Illinois (PressExposure) May 02, 2011 -- There is a growing demand of printing products and custom printing services in Australia, which is depicted in the latest industry data showing robust growth in the sales and contracts gained by the online printing companies. Taking benefits of its competitive cost advantages and demand in the market, the leading online printing company has offered cheap sticker printing services to the Australians. There are at least two things, which distinguish PrintingBlue from other service providers. The first and foremost is custom printing services and the other one is quality assurance mechanism. However, from the customers' perspectives, the sticker printing company has one more thing which makes it much more prominent in the industry and that is its consistent customer friendly discounts offers.
Very recently, the company has come up with an exclusive price discount offer for its valued customers in order to gain competitive advantage over its competitors. The move was a welcome initiative from the company and it grabbed the attentions of the customers. The company has been working on the mechanism of lowering down the cost, by adopting many efficient operations management processes. Ultimately, it has achieved the objective by applying the concept of economies of scales and has lowered per unit cost. According to the inside sources of the company, the company has been able to reduce the cost per unit due to the rapid growth in sales and economies of scale mechanism. So, the custom stickers and vinyl stickers are available now on 25% reduced prices.
The company is distinguished in offering wide range of individualized and standard formats in every single product category. Just in stickers, it has a diverse range which includes bumper stickers, vinyl stickers, custom stickers and many other stickers printing solutions. In addition to this, the company offers free online help services, where you can talk to customer friendly CSR about various product offerings. The order placement mechanism for stickers and other products is quite customer friendly as the customer gets all the facilities from the website and he is properly guided by the CSR. Once you tell him about your specifications, your order is passed to the designing department. After the necessary arrangements, you get the initial product sample and you can modify and suggest the necessary changes in that.
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Decongestant nasal sprays can help reduce nasal congestion when you have a cold. But after a few days, the lining of your nose may become less responsive to the medication. You may need more and more nasal spray to control congestion. If you stop using the medication, your congestion may get worse. This is known as rebound congestion. What's the fix? If you have rebound congestion, stop using the spray and wait. Call your doctor if you need help. To prevent rebound congestion, use decongestant spray for no more than a few days in a row.
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LABOUR RACE ROW: Councillor quits after claiming she was 'bullied' for supporting Muslims
A LABOUR councillor in Wales has resigned after allegedly being bullied for speaking out in support for a Muslim organisation.
Sue White has quit Labour Cardiff
Sue White, councillor for Llandaff North in Cardiff, claims she faced "bullying" and "racial discrimination" by her ex-colleagues in the party.
In an explosive statement, she said: "There is a culture of bullying in the Cardiff council Labour group which has been allowed to go unchecked for far too long.
"I myself have experienced it when I was the group secretary and, most recently, when I defended the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (AMA)."
The Labour councillor says she was sickened
I was sickened to the pit of my stomach
Ms White said she has become "extremely concerned at what I see as prejudice" against the group, who have faced decades of violent persecution by religious hardliners across the world.
In Cardiff, the group called for Muslims to "speak out against violence and help spread the peaceful message of the Koran".
She claims colleagues warned her not to attend events hosted by AMA, including an Eid dinner hosted by the group in County Hall, because of unfounded allegations they were linked to the barbaric Islamic State (ISIS).
She told Wales Online: "I told the colleague that it was completely unacceptable to make allegations of that nature and attended the event.
"I met forceful opposition when I proposed a group motion merely stating that I had sought police advice and there was no valid reason for councillors not attending events such as the Eid dinner.
Llandaff North candidate Sue White with fellow Labour councillor Dilwar AliIn
"To put it mildly, I was sickened to the pit of my stomach that I encountered such heated resistance to my motion and that not one fellow member at the meeting supported my defence of a group which has been cruelly persecuted in other parts of the world.
"The motion was not passed. I feel that the treatment I received that night constituted bullying."
Ms White was the only councillor in Cardiff to attend the event, despite the others apparently accepting their invitations.
A spokeswoman for Cardiff Labour Party denied that the party had refused to defend the Ahmadiyya.
Cardiff Council city hall
She said: "In regards to the meeting, Ms White's concerns were listened to and, as a result, the council's approach to the Ahamdiyya Muslim Association was amended. The position of the group was changed to accommodate the views of Sue White and others that spoke in favour of the AMA at that meeting.
"The Lord Mayor, just this weekend, attended The Interfaith Peace Symposium event organised by the Ahamdiyya Muslim Association.
"We take all allegations of bullying seriously, and will work with Welsh Labour to look at the detail of Ms White's statement."
A Welsh Labour spokesman added they would "work with the Labour group to fully investigate these allegations".


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For a long time, we have been working on coping, as a family, with things like sensory overload, sensory meltdowns, frustration, social anxiety, constant hyperactivity and stimming behaviors. When someone suggested to my husband and I that we should prepare ourselves that medication may be in our boys' future, we decided that maybe we weren't doing everything we could for our little guys. It was at that point that my sister pointed me towards attending The Perfect Storm workshop. We decided that night to move forward with getting help from Dr. Tony.
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- 1x Academy Ruins
- 1x Arcane Lighthouse
- 1x Cascade Bluffs
- 1x Command Tower
- 1x Darksteel Citadel
- 1x Evolving Wilds
- 1x Great Furnace
- 1x Highland Lake
- 1x Inventors' Fair
- 7x Island
- 1x Izzet Boilerworks
- 1x Izzet Guildgate
- 5x Mountain
- 1x Reliquary Tower
- 1x Rogue's Passage
- 1x Seat of the Synod
- 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
- 1x Spirebluff Canal
- 1x Steam Vents
- 1x Sulfur Falls
- 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
- 1x Temple of Epiphany
- 1x Terramorphic Expanse
- 1x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
- 1x Wandering Fumarole
Enchantment (7)
- 1x Claustrophobia
- 1x Collective Restraint
- 1x Impact Tremors
- 1x Mystic Restraints
- 1x Propaganda
- 1x Thopter Spy Network
- 1x War Tax
Sorcery (4)
Creature (24)
- 1x Arcbound Crusher
- 1x Arcbound Ravager
- 1x Archetype of Imagination
- 1x Chief of the Foundry
- 1x Consecrated Sphinx
- 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
- 1x Etherium Sculptor
- 1x Foundry Inspector
- 1x Grand Architect
- 1x Hellkite Tyrant
- 1x Master of Etherium
- 1x Mycosynth Golem
- 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
- 1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
- 1x Pili-Pala
- 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
- 1x Reckless Fireweaver
- 1x Sharding Sphinx
- 1x Thopter Assembly
- 1x Thopter Engineer
- 1x Treasure Mage
- 1x Trinket Mage
- 1x Trophy Mage
- 1x Whirler Rogue
Instant (9)
- 1x AEtherize
- 1x AEtherspouts
- 1x Arcane Denial
- 1x Brainstorm
- 1x Counterspell
- 1x Deprive
- 1x Evacuation
- 1x Illusionist's Gambit
- 1x Whir of Invention
Planeswalker (1)
Artifact (19)
- 1x Ashnod's Altar
- 1x Chromatic Lantern
- 1x Crawlspace
- 1x Darksteel Forge
- 1x Darksteel Ingot
- 1x Glaring Spotlight
- 1x Mind's Eye
- 1x Mox Opal
- 1x Neurok Stealthsuit
- 1x Nim Deathmantle
- 1x Sensei's Divining Top
- 1x Sol Ring
- 1x Sword of the Animist
- 1x Thran Dynamo
- 1x Trailblazer's Boots
- 1x Unwinding Clock
- 1x Vedalken Orrery
- 1x Whispersilk Cloak
- 1x Worn Powerstone
Sideboard (11)
Simon_Williamson says... #1
New Argeaux deck. Okay.
Called "Fact". Please be about how Eager Construct is factually useful.
Blue red, artifact colours. Please run Eager Construct.
Actually is artifact! Gotta have Eager Construct.
No Eager Construct. When are you gonna add Eager Construct?
November 21, 2016 2:46 a.m.
Damn, you caught me out!
Don't know HOW ON EARTH I forgot Eager Construct.
Did you notice that in the Kaladesh Pro Tour they had giant Eager Constructs in the main hall?
Wizards is subliminally weaving Eager Construct into all of our lives.
November 21, 2016 2:52 a.m.
Kuldotha Forgemaster , Blightsteel Colossus , Hedron Archive are a few artifacts that come to mind.
November 21, 2016 10:48 p.m.
GoldenDiggle says... #4
I never thought of Jori En, Ruin Diver as an artifact commander. Izzet definitely needs a Legendary to interact with artifacts, Jori doesn't do that, but he draws them.
I see you have a handful of thopter producers, but no Hangarback Walker. Pretty useful, and when it dies it explodes into thopters.
Also, if you don't mind upgrading, Stoic Rebuttal is a cheap alternative to any other counterspell. Also, many other metalcraft cards are really nice, like Kuldotha Phoenix or Concussive Bolt!
Sideboard looks good, I suggest a few more colorless lands, don't want that sideboard to go to waste.
Either way, I was Eager to see how you Constructed this deck.
November 21, 2016 11:03 p.m.
Simon_Williamson says... #5
My my God! You're not running Seat of the Synod & Great Furnace!! Darksteel Citadel isn't the only legal one in this format.
November 21, 2016 11:06 p.m.
Simon_Williamson says... #6
GoldenDiggle Your love of word play does not go unnoticed.
November 21, 2016 11:09 p.m.
Inventors' Fair , Thopter Assembly , Batterskull , Sensei's Divining Top , Pili-Pala + Grand Architect combo
November 21, 2016 11:09 p.m.
Academy Ruins is a solid artifact support card.
November 21, 2016 11:22 p.m.
Nim Deathmantle and Ashnod's Altar along with either Whirler Rogue or Pia and Kiran Nalaar gives you infinite Thopters and/or colorless mana. Mirrorworks and Prototype Portal can be fun. The portal can be abused with Unwinding Clock, Clock of Omens, and/or Dross Scorpion. You can Imprint Great Furnace or Seat of the Synod and produce lands for . A land during each opponents turns with Unwinding Clock.
I see you have Grand Architect but no Pili-Pala? I don't see Daretti, Scrap Savant as well.
November 21, 2016 11:25 p.m.
Reckless Fireweaver, Impact Tremors, and/or Purphoros, God of the Forge could wipe out all of your opponent's. Not really artifact themed though.
November 21, 2016 11:37 p.m.
Maybe some Thopter Pie Network? :-)
Too bad Eager Construct isn't Legendary ...
November 22, 2016 7:01 p.m.
DrukenReaps says... #12
you can drop 3 lands artifact decks do fine with light land counts given the number of rocks they usually have. Trespassing Souleater doesnt feel worthwhile to me, you have some pump but not enough for this to be a consistent threat. Fleetfeather Sandals you have plenty of flight, this feels like another underwhelming card. Metallurgic Summonings with only 8 targets i feel like this can easily be a dead card. Spellbook is nice if you regularly end turns with 8+ cards in hand but if you dont drop it. Ensoul Artifact makes a non creature vulnerable to -X/-X effects, worthwhile if you do something crazy with it otherwise you have 27 creatures already. those are my recommendations for what to drop. hope it helps.
November 27, 2016 1:45 a.m.
WizardLogic says... #13
if you are going all in on a token based win con, why not consider Eldrazi Monument and Akroma's Memorial? Also Feldon of the Third Path seems absurd in a deck that wants to win with Thopters, since he allows you to reuse ETB triggers, as does Panharmonicon.
As for cuts some the worst cards in the board are: Archetype of Imagination, Trespassing Souleater, Al-abara's Carpet, Darksteel Reactor, Trailblazer's Boots, Metallurgic Summonings.
This deck feels a little diluted with the raw quantity of pillowfort cards that are included, and I would definitely reduce the number of defensive spells that are included, you are clearly wanting to be aggressive, and ways to refuel your hand would arguably be better than card filtering or cantripping, and ways to get through damage should have some importance over hiding behind a fort of pillows.
Just my two cents, good luck with tuning this deck to the way you like it!
November 27, 2016 4:41 a.m.
Thanks Bhaal666 and WizardLogic.
You highlighted a lot of cards that I was a bit iffy about.
November 27, 2016 7:45 a.m.
Personally, I'm a big fan of Mystic Speculation for jori decks. Just throwing that out there.
November 28, 2016 1:19 p.m.
Well I've spent all night digging cards out of my collection, making some last minute tweaks, and proxying the shit out of this.
Let's see how it flies tonight.
November 29, 2016 3:47 p.m.
Simon_Williamson says... #17
First of all I find it funny that you need to playtest Tolarian Academy, it's one of the most powerful cards in magic, secondly, I believe it's banned in commander.
Maybe you were joking.
Probably were.
December 14, 2016 8:27 a.m.
Simon_Williamson this is where my inexperience with Commander shows. I did not know that card was banned.
I am kind of glad that it is. I didn't really want to take out one of my basic Lands, as they are great as Sword of the Animist targets.
December 14, 2016 8:33 a.m.
DrukenReaps says... #19
here is the ban list with quick rules reference as well http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Commander_(format) i find it useful. seems like you had a good time glad it went well.
December 14, 2016 1:14 p.m.
Thanks for that, Bhaal666. Most helpful.
I'm still pretty new to this format. Played it on and off for about a year but a lot of that time has been with pre-con decks.
December 14, 2016 1:22 p.m.
Simon_Williamson says... #21
Seems to have be going well. Consider some political cards, like Temple Bell and Spectral Searchlight to make friends.
January 4, 2017 10:20 a.m.
They sound cool Simon_Williamson but I have no idea what I'd take out for them.
Also my play group is really weird in that no one really plays politics.
January 4, 2017 7:01 p.m.
I love the fact that your deck can fly under the radar. But yeah, once folks figure out that Sexxy Shellz Fan Grrrl is actually BA, it may be in for a rough ride. Still, the deck's considerable Draw power and Counterspells will go a long way towards holding folks off. So, how to best survive the early game ... Maybe some pillow-fort cards (i.e., stuff like Propaganda), to help reinforce the idea that your opponents should attack each other instead of you? Or maybe Bounce cards, so their Creatures get bounced any time they attack you?
I think I'd do these for sure:
- Reducing Commander tax, once people find out how dangerous Jori is: Riptide Laboratory, Command Beacon
- Cryptic Command (just because it does EVERYTHING ... sure, it's kinda pricey, but it's a great investment, as it'll likely go in every Blue deck you ever build)
And you might want to sprinkle these in as the pressure ramps up (I would not recommend all of them by any means ... maybe just pick-and-choose based on cards that fit on curve?):
- Pillow-Fort: Dissipation Field, Maze of Ith, anything on MagicalHacker's superb MagicalHacker - List of All Pillow Fort Cards.
- Bounce: Upheaval (as a back-up Cyclonic Rift), Venser, Shaper Savant, Boomerang, Capsize, Repulse, Into the Roil, Wipe Away, Repeal
And here's a few more that may be worth consideration:
- Draw: Think Twice, Fevered Visions (unless there's a bunch of Aggro in your meta)
- General Artifact synergy: Saheeli Rai, Buried Ruin
- Utility: Thought Vessel (if you need some redundancy for Reliquary Tower), Sphinx-Bone Wand (can do a surprising amount of damage).
Sorry to give you all of these with no suggestions on what to pull. It's SO hard to say, as I've never played your deck nor against your meta. But I'll take a look at potential pulls later ...
Draw well!
January 5, 2017 11:05 p.m.
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The sixth season of Game of Thrones is right around the corner, and people are more excited than ever to find out exactly what lies in store for the show's last seasons. After so many cliffhangers and memorable deaths in the show's closing episodes, there is finally an opportunity for us all to get some closure and see where we're heading next. There are loads of Game of Thrones questions to be answered. Who can we expect to see returning for the next season, where will these story arcs be taking place, and how many of our favorite characters will have to mercilessly die to keep Westeros safe?
Leaked casting information, set photos, writer interviews, and leaked script information has given us a pretty good idea of season 6's direction, and now we just have to wait for it to unravel. But what spoilers have us the most excited to see exactly how the next season is going to unravel? Here are the top 10 Game of Thrones season 6 leaks that will make you crazier than the Mad King. You've been warned, there are some serious spoilers past this point, so don't blame me if you lose your head, Ned.


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I've spent alot of time in my car this month. Alot of time thinking, listening to the radio, and worrying about the future of the country. 14 days and 40 hours of driving in any normal circumstance usually brings clarity on life- personal problems, conversations gone wrong, or awkward moments that didn't make sense at the time but now make total sense in hindsight…you get the point.
But I have no answers for you right now. No true clarity. Just opinions and thoughtful concerns that hopefully you'll consider as we move towards November 8th.
Act justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly.
These very words have defined my year. Not just because I finished and released a song about it that took 4 years to write, not just because of the cool media coverage that came from the NPR Tiny Desk contest feature (if you wanna watch the original song and submission, you can check it out here). But more than anything I've found myself hanging my head lower and lower with each news report of a Philando Castile, a Flint, Michigan, or a Wells Fargo incident. Nothing surprises me anymore. If anything I've traded my surprise in for sadness (i hate to admit).
I remember sitting in a lecture at the Summit for Change in D.C. this past June listening to Bryan Stevenson break down the inequities of the criminal justice system. A rigged system with a disproportionate number of minorities involuntarily feeding a corrupt, money-making prison industry. I remember his words clearly:
We have a system of justice in this country that treats
you much better if you're rich and guilty,
than if your'e poor and innocent.
It's true.
Which brings us to November 8th. And for me, it all comes down to Bryan Stevenson's words; because how we filter those words through our worldview determines exactly how we filter this ultimate truth of how we are to live:
Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly.
I'm not naive. I know most of the people reading this aren't Christians and probably don't recognize those words as Biblical text or an ultimate truth. I also realize there are alot of people who don't hold justice, mercy, or humility as top priority…and I'm not faulting anyone for this. Some people are seriously just trying to pay their rent, put food on the table, raise kids who aren't drug addicts, and keep their families together. Some people seriously aren't thinking about saving the world or being Mother Teresa. And y'know I think that's most of us on most days – myself included.
But here's the real problem.
The problem with America isn't that we lack bankers who are competent with money, or people who know how to install lead-free pipes, or cops who can police fairly. It isn't that our judicial systems are understaffed or filled with judges and lawyers who don't know the law or how to use it properly. We don't have a problem with under-educated college graduates who don't know how to use their knowledge (at least I hope we don't if we're dropping 20k a year on tuition). No, the real problem with America is us. It's our hearts. Corrupt hearts, love of money, love of self, pride, self preservation, turning a blind eye to injustice, living and maintaining our perfect little bubbles of normalcy and homogeny. Safe little bubbles where everyone looks like me, talks like me, and thinks like me. Give a sh– only when I'm getting paid to, go to church so I can say I'm a good person, put in my time at work and get paid for doing the maximum when I only did the minimum, give to charity so I can feel better about myself, the list goes on and on.
If you want to know the measure of a man (man used in general terms here) don't look at where he spends his money but how he spends his time. Who is he in public and, more importantly, in private. If you want to know the integrity of a man, listen to what others say about him. His reputation will precede him. Do you find trash or treasurer? If you want to know the character of a man, spend time on his history. Find out where he's been, what he's done, what he cares about and who he associates with. If you want to know the heart of a man, listen to him talk. When he speaks does he encourage others, embody hope, admit fault, or tear down those around him and criticize others' mistakes while diminishing his own?
By now (if you're even still reading) I'm sure it's no secret that I'm not a fan of Donald Trump.
As someone who often finds myself in the in-between about nearly everything, I've looked at this from every angle. I should also add that I do not consider myself a political person and literally left the room every time my sister would turn the news on for the first 8 months of this year. But eventually I gave in. And after giving in, and doing some listening, watching, and evaluating, I settled on something I've known for years:
Leadership has very little to do with competence and everything to do with character.
While knowledge is important, it only requires a very small sacrifice of absorbing information and regurgitating it when necessary. Good character, however, cannot be manufactured overnight. It is a life-long pursuit that demands Wisdom (experiential knowledge), Honesty (not to be confused with blunt cynicism), Respect (not just for those in the same tax bracket), and Inspiration – because the people you are appointed to serve and the people who work under you want to believe in you and to be proud of you. They actually want to see your face on TV and not loath you or have a visceral reaction every time you open your mouth. Believe it or not, your people actually want to like you.
So let me break it down.
Nobody likes Donald Trump. Nobody as in 95% of the population (don't quote me on this. Just a random guess). Alot of people, especially those voting for him would never admit that he might be sexist, racist, xenophobic, and a narcissist (which, believe it or not, is the hardest one for me to deal with). The truth is though, most of the people voting for Donald Trump, are not actually voting for Donald Trump the man. They are voting for Donald Trump the place-holder for the Republican Party. Which means they're voting for the platform, not the person. As someone who comes from a very conservative background, knows a lot of conservatives, and still holds many conservative opinions, I get it. You want a party that shares and enforces many of the convictions you hold. As someone who is unapologetically pro-life, I get it. I really do.
But here's what I don't get.
I don't get the insults, the degradation, the humiliation, the hatred, the sheer disregard and lack of respect for others, the proud, unabashed responses to accusations of wrong-doing. I don't understand a heart that refuses to show respect for those he vows to serve, or empathy (key word) for those he vows to advocate for. Most of all, my heart breaks for a Church that wholeheartedly stands by in support. My heart breaks for a Church that has now embraced a double-standard in our country – quick to call out sin but just as quick to ignore it in the case of Donald Trump. Were he running as a Democrat, this would be a completely different story.
I also find it hilarious, but again not surprising, that a culture that so readily objectifies women through its mass media is so quick to point a finger at Donald Trump because it's convenient. Let's not forget the billion dollar industry of pornography that quietly runs through the veins of our country. And nobody's talking about it. Nobody! A lot of double standards here. This is one big game of convenience and everyone is losing.
Back to the Church.
Forgiveness. As Christians it's what we do (or try to do), but as believers the very call on our lives is to be Christ-like. What does that mean? It means you're washing everyone's crusty feet even though you're the most important person in the room. It means you stop to feed 5000 people when they should be cooking you dinner. It means you might actually be God's gift to mankind but still you sacrifice yourself b/c you'd rather be slaughtered than see your own people suffer. That's leadership.
If we are not a people who can be brought down to our knees in humility, who can be shaken by injustice and compelled to address it, who can extend a hand of grace and mercy to those in need, we are not truly the Church nor should we support those who opportunistically embrace conservative political views for the sake of winning a race. Because that's what going on here. Tell the truth ya'll!
Of course, Donald Trump does not represent all or most Christians. And neither do the major Christian media outlets. Also realize that those voting for Donald Trump aren't 'bad' people or bad Christians and the ones voting for Hilary Clinton aren't the 'good' Christians.
Hillary Clinton?
Again, I'm not naive. I know this woman has as many battle scars and badges of honor as she does bad moves, bad decisions, and bad judgement. She's been in the game a long time and knows how to keep a poker face. There is alot of stuff in Hilary Clinton's history that I don't like. Maybe in another post and another time I will talk about Margaret Sanger, eugenics, compulsory sterilization in ethnic communities through the mid 80s, and the history behind what we now know as the pro-choice movement…because history is everything and there are alot of things we aren't talking about. And maybe just maybe, even if you don't agree with me, you'll see where I'm coming from. If you want a head start, you can read one of Sanger's speeches.
Like I said, until September, I managed to stay apathetic about election season. But when I did begin to pay attention I noticed two very different dialogues within each camp. One offered ambitions for racial justice, gun violence prevention, and tuition-free college, while the other camp repeatedly used its stage-time (and social media presence) to encourage violence, belittle women, condemn the competition, and literally offer no game plan.
The decision seems pretty clear, right? Yet even now and over the past two weeks, the words of 19th century theologian Charles Spurgeon have been ringing constantly in my ear:
Of two evils, chose neither.
So let's talk about what's reaaaally going on here.
I believe writer Isaac Sharp described it best while writing in the voice of a C.S. Lewis character, Screwtape:
For those inclined toward great political concern, your task is slightly more nuanced. You must push them toward two important conclusions. You must first convince them that their preferred candidate is THE ONLY OPTION for true Christians, and that voting for any other candidate is not only wrong but also evil. They will see this binary model on display from the candidates themselves. The tendency away from moderation coupled with the seductive pull of extremism will prove too much for many Christian voters, and they will divide into opposing parties most naturally. Division is inherent in the system, and getting them to the furthest edges will be all too easy… And once they realize that voting is only one small and relatively minor way of bringing about their desired change we, my nephew, are more or less doomed. (The Screwtape Letters)
I am a firm believer that we live in two realities – what we see (with our eyes), and what we sense happening in the bigger picture. Macro level. The aeriel view. The Spiritual realm. You know what I mean – like that funky feeling you get when someone walks in a room and the whole atmosphere changes. That kind of stuff.
You guys, this election has nothing to do with Hillary or Donald, Democrat or Republican, Liberal or Conservative, Black or White. This election has everything to do with chaos and confusion. The enemy, let's call him Screwtape, is fostering an atmosphere of hatred discord, and distraction. The devil is in the details ya'll, and he's doing a really good job with them right now.
BUT, and I'll speak directly to the Church, WAKE UP!!! Vote for whoever you want…even if it's no one (no seriously, you should go vote though). But wake up! We've lived in a nation where the Church has become a country club, existing for its members but largely irrelevant to those outside its 4 walls. And as the Church has sought to become more like the world with flashy stage lights, hipster-looking bearded preachers with lots of hair gel, saavy video-productions, digestible 75-minute services and its own Christian version of literally eeeeverything (especially music), it has lost its relevance. We can't expect to stay at a comfortable distance, create our own subculture of music, books, and entertainment, and still aim to regulate the way others live through a political party. I'm all for a more sacred lifestyle. I think we've lost something very special by removing prayer from schools and making Sundays yet another business day *lifts hands in guilt*. But our country is really changing, and while I'm not blaming the Church for its 'demise', I am saddened because the Church kind of forfeited its spot.
The days of complacency are so over. I don't want to be a good Christian. I want to be a Spirit-filled one! I want to walk in the truth and power of Jesus Christ. Take him everywhere I go. Live him out. Be the Gospel to those around me. Offer hope and healing, whether it be with my words or in my music. I don't want to be a place-holder, warming the pew on Sunday morning, do my time and be on my way. I don't want to go to the homeless shelter down the street, slap a serving of cream-of-corn on some old dude's styrofoam plate and act like I did something for him.
If God is real. If Jesus is real, if I believe it, if I live it, then i take it out into the world every day and give Him to someone else. If I remember that my vote, while important, does not let me off the hook as an active world-changer, hope-bringer, ambassador for Christ, then I don't ultimately place my hope in 'my candidate'. Instead I wake up in the morning and decide not to be apathetic or judgemental, or condemning. Instead I wake up ready to serve others. Instead I wake up and stop being so comfortable in my perfect little bubble.
This year has been craaazy, ya'll! And we're all tired. Tired of black men and cops dying, tired of hustling to find work, tired of ridiculous nightclub shootings, tired of uncertainty. Vote your convictions. Vote for good leadership. Dare I suggest that neither candidate has stellar character and maybe one of them just hides it better. I dunno. But one of them is going to be the President whether we like it or not. Oh yea…there's that 3rd guy too.
At the end of the day, if we don't realize we have sin in our own hearts and that we condemn others while begging for mercy in our own lives, how could we possible expect our leadership to be any different?
Act justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly.
p.s. i really wanted to use this photo up top b/c it looks like they're singing a duet, but i was afraid you wouldn't take this post seriously :)
Are you calling for peace or defiance
Is this darkening counsel or wisdom
Are we all perpetrators or victims?
Is this childlike simple rote history
Is it complex deciphering mystery
Is this blessing or ill gotten wealth
Am I speaking for God or myself?
Is this confidence born of a calling
Is this ego and pride before falling
Are we standing to fight for what's right
Are we angry and hopelessly blind?
Are we companions of Job or prophets of God
Are we not of this world or just painfully odd
Is it time for free grace or tough love
Or a little of all the above?
Sooner or later we'll know more about it
Sooner or later we'll understand why
We'll understand why
It's a hard world for a second guess girl
With one hand and another
I try to take it in and it leaves me spinning
Trying to love my sister and brother
It's a hard hard world for a second guess girl
Trying to love my sister, love my brother


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If I had grown up with Dalessandro's as my go to cheesesteak place I might understand it but, I don't get the hype.
I was on my way to school last night and go by there. It had been at least a year since I went and decided I needed to try it again. While the meat was tender, it was essentially tasteless. I just don't get the heap of steamed meat and how that's good. IMO, Cisco's Bar in Flourtown has a better steak. Next week I'm going to Chubby's before class.


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KBC Group. Financial reporting adjustments in 2006 January 2006. Introduction. This presentation gives an overview of some of our views on our financial reporting formats. It covers some methodological issues regarding segment reporting, reporting on hedging instruments and EPS reporting.
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Financial reporting adjustments in 2006January 2006
Reminder: current segment reporting mix
1. Primary segmentation by business segment
2. Additional breakdown by area of activity
KBC Group NV
Asset Management
European Private Banking
Corporate customers
Capital markets
European private banking
Although KBC's financial reporting is considered to be comprehensive and highly reliable, the performance analysis of the indivdual areas of activity is complicated by, among other things:
the use of different segmentation criteria;
the periodic restatements of previous-year figures in order to to assure consistency for internal management purposes;
the 'normalization' of segment equity levels;
the volatile 'group center' items and unclear reconciliation of individual P/L lines (except the bottom line);
terminology topics (e.g. 'corporate' is largely 'SME');
These problems are mostly related to the fact that the 'area of activity' reporting is primarly set up as a MIS (e.g. with impact on internal remuneration schemes). The methodological approach differs from the financial accounting system.
In order to further increase its financial transparency, KBC will….:
build its segment reporting around the financial accounting databases (separate from the MIS);
discontinue to use its current matrix reporting format and use its new business unit structure as the major segment reporting criterion (i.e.: Retail & PB Belgium, CEE, European private banking, merchant banking, Group Center); 1
no longer have to restate historical time series since the link with the MIS will be cut;
disclose its segment results in a full P&L format (incl. breakdown of income, which previously was not the case);
allocate the results of each subsidiary fully to a single segment (e.g. KBC Lease's activities will be allocated entirely to the merchant banking division, whereas previously part of the results – although predominantly 'corporate' – had been recognized in the 'retail' division); 2
stop imputing the impact of capital 'normalization' adjustments on the segment bottom-line 3 . In return, the funding costs of the equity participations (e.g. in CEE) will be allocated to the relevant segments (recognized as 'NII');
considerably limit the number of 'group center' items.
1 In the annexes to the accounts, sufficient disclosure on KBC Bank and the insurance and asset management activities will be provided in order to, among other things, ensure transparancy towards holders of KBC Bank NV bonds.2 An exception has to be made for KBC Bank NV Belgium's activities.3 However, for calculating the return on allocated capital, the current capital allocation methodology (8% Tier-1 etc.) will be left unchanged.
The 'group center' items will be limited to the following areas:
The results of the holding company and the non-allocated expenses of KBC Bank NV that can be considered holding company overheads (e.g. strategic consultancy fees, BoD expenses, 'group-level' operating provisions, etc.)
The results of the co-sourcing vehicles (such as Fin-Force and Orbay) and special purpose funding vehicles. As a rule, within these entities, expenditure is covered by the services' users and, barring timing differences, the bottom-line therefore tends to be immaterial;
Results of non-core equity holdings, such as Agfa Gevaert (as long as it belongs to the Group) and the equity investment portfolio of KBC Bank NV.
Valuation (volatility impact)
Amortized cost (no impact from volatility)
Fair Value (adjustments in shareholders' equity)
Fair Value (adjustments in P&L)
Asset classes
Mortgages, Consumer & Corporate loans
Loans and Receivables
Held To Maturityinstruments (HTM)
Bonds & Equity
Available For Sale instruments (AFS)
Trading portfolios & hedging derivatives
Held For Trading instruments (HFT)
Financial Instruments at Fair Value (FIFV)
Bonds & Equity
Changes in reporting on hedging instruments (2)
1 Mandatory convertible bonds are considered to be shareholders' equity. As a consequence, the interest charge and related tax are not recognized in P&L and the number of MCBs has to be included in the (adjusted) number of shares for the calculation of earnings per share.
Investor Relations OfficeLuc CoolLuc AlbrechtTamara BollaertsMarina Kanamori Nele KindtWeb: www.kbc.comE-mail: [email protected]


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Modesto City Schools' Board of Education approved the 2017-2018 school calendar at the December 5 board meeting. While minimum days and Collaboration Days are still being set, here is a list of important dates to help our families and staff plan the year ahead.
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Jun 05, 2010 - 8:57 pm
So I just finished getting caught up with all the new postings. It's been a while since I have been to this website.
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That's great news. It always uplifting to hear positive results. I am praying his cancer will be forever in remission.
Jun 24, 2010 - 10:58 am
That is absolutely wonderful news! It is seems like this is the way to go. Now I wonder if it is available in Canada. Did he have TACE or TACEdeb?
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Jun 24, 2010 - 9:08 am
I'm sorry but this is mt first time here and I don't know how to start a new post. A little bit about me.. Dx'd in 2001 with Hep C and Hemochromatosis. Acquired hepatocellular carcinoma, a 5.0 x 4.9cm mass which took up my entire left lobe. Found it by accident. Had a kidney stone, ER did a CT and was much more concerned with the "mass" than the stone. I was totally asymptomatic! Told if it was left undetected, I would have been on a transplant list within 2 months. This was March 6th, 2007. On March 8th of this year I had my yearly f/u CT. They didn't get it all the 1st time. It came back as a grape size tumor attached to the peritoneum(SP?)in front of my liver.Exploratory lap w'excision of tumor on 4/27/10. This time I was put on Chemo which I didn't get the 1st time. Nexavar.400mg/t.i.d. this last Sunday I developed severe mid abdomen pain like a hot knife being twisted if I sneezed, coughed, etc. Called the Company like I was suppose to & told to get to a ER now. They did labs..My lipase, which I think is suppose to be around 250 was in the high 700's. A few other pancreas enzymes were high. I was told I got an acute onset of Pancreatis. Was admitted. Let go last night, enztmes dropped well enough. My BP was also very high..i.e. 186/148..anyone else ever had this problem and if so, did you go back on the Nexavar at a lower dose or a more traditional therapy..i.e.through IV?? I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed at this point..thank you in advanced for any comments...
Jun 26, 2010 - 12:42 am
Jun 27, 2010 - 9:43 pm
Hi John, My husband has been on and off Nexavar since March, kept trying, but too many side effects--high bilerubin most troubling. He got the high bp, high blood sugar, rashes, nausea, etc. (He also had hep C turn into HCC.)
now he is just on one infusion (experimental drug), hoping that the cancer does not spread.
Best wishes to you and I hope you are feeling better today.


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Bank bosses were braced for a particularly frosty meeting with the Chancellor and the Business Secretary and fear that, in the wake of the tuition fees row and the Daily Telegraph's investigation, they would lined up as the LibDem Christmas present.
But they had nothing to fear. The statement reported "work in progress" – or in other words, another fudge.
Even the desperate political need for a populist victory isn't enough to find a way through this thorny problem – mostly because the Coalition isn't at all sure what "victory" they are after any more.
An overall reduction of the City bonus pool? With almost 60pc of bonus packages – say £4bn of the estimated total of £7bn – going to the Treasury, it isn't that desirable to cut it.
More rules? Over the past two weeks alone, we've had 84-pages from CEBS and a major overhaul of the FSA's own comprehensive pay code; the UK is already on a limb.
Greater transparency? The idea of forcing banks to publish pay bands is being resurrected. But even this obvious solution has it's pitfalls: knowing how many bankers are paid multi-million pound bonuses kind of means you have to do something about it. But what... ad infinitum.
Tip-toeing around the dilemma, the discussions have focused on three areas:
• What does the Government want the banks to do?
Bank bosses are impatient for clarity – do Minister want reduced individual bonuses; smaller pools; more tax; disclosure? Do they really want more lending, even if it means bad credit decisions? How about capital and leverage?
• What about 'good' banks compared with 'bad' banks?
How will the Government treat the nationalised banks like RBS compared to 'healthy' ones like HSBC. Also the on-going irritation that retail banks are being clubbed with rules that really should apply only to investment bankers.
• Social responsibility
Should the banks be giving more to charities and projects, like the Big Society bank? The politicians worry the measures are seen as a cop-out by the public; bankers agree but also feel it's PR waste because any giving is drowned out by the noise around bonuses.