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Needle moving action has been spotted in Kopran Limited (KOPRAN.NS) as shares are moving today on volatility 2.04% or 1.55 from the open. The NSE listed company saw a recent bid of 77.70 and 112871 shares have traded hands in the session.
There is no easy answer when attempting to address the tough question of how to best approach the equity market, especially when facing a turbulent investing climate. There are many different schools of thought when it comes to stock trading. Investors may have to first gauge their appetite for risk in order to build a solid platform on which to construct a legitimate strategy. The wealth of available information has made the road a bit smoother to travel for amateur investors. Making the transition to the next level is most likely on the minds of many dedicated investors. Tracking technicals and fundamentals may also help provide a roadmap to help separate the contenders from the pretenders. As we head into the second half of the year, it remains to be seen which way the market will lean. Investors may have to do all the necessary homework in order to find stocks that will thrive under any market conditions.
Digging deeping into the Kopran Limited (KOPRAN.NS) 's technical indicators, we note that the Williams Percent Range or 14 day Williams %R currently sits at -18.45. The Williams %R oscillates in a range from 0 to -100. A reading between 0 and -20 would point to an overbought situation. A reading from -80 to -100 would signal an oversold situation. The Williams %R was developed by Larry Williams. This is a momentum indicator that is the inverse of the Fast Stochastic Oscillator.
Investors are paying close attention to shares of Kopran Limited (KOPRAN.NS). A popular tool among technical stock analysts is the moving average. Moving averages are considered to be lagging indicators that simply take the average price of a stock over a specific period of time. Moving averages can be very useful for identifying peaks and troughs. They may also be used to help the trader figure out proper support and resistance levels for the stock. Currently, the 200-day MA is sitting at 75.70, and the 50-day is 71.31.
Kopran Limited (KOPRAN.NS) currently has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of 72.52. Active investors may choose to use this technical indicator as a stock evaluation tool. Used as a coincident indicator, the CCI reading above +100 would reflect strong price action which may signal an uptrend. On the flip side, a reading below -100 may signal a downtrend reflecting weak price action. Using the CCI as a leading indicator, technical analysts may use a +100 reading as an overbought signal and a -100 reading as an oversold indicator, suggesting a trend reversal.
The RSI, or Relative Strength Index, is a widely used technical momentum indicator that compares price movement over time. The RSI was created by J. Welles Wilder who was striving to measure whether or not a stock was overbought or oversold. The RSI may be useful for spotting abnormal price activity and volatility. The RSI oscillates on a scale from 0 to 100. The normal reading of a stock will fall in the range of 30 to 70. A reading over 70 would indicate that the stock is overbought, and possibly overvalued. A reading under 30 may indicate that the stock is oversold, and possibly undervalued. After a recent check, the 14-day RSI for Kopran Limited is currently at 57.80, the 7-day stands at 62.51, and the 3-day is sitting at 74.41.
Another technical indicator that may be a powerful resource for determining trend strength is the Average Directional Index or ADX. The ADX was introduced by J. Welles Wilder in the late 1970's and it has stood the test of time. The ADX is typically used in conjunction with the Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI) to help spot trend direction as well as trend strength. At the time of writing, the 14-day ADX for Kopran Limited (KOPRAN.NS) is noted at 25.67. Many technical analysts believe that an ADX value over 25 would suggest a strong trend. A reading under 20 would indicate no trend, and a reading from 20-25 would suggest that there is no clear trend signal.
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Jack's Cool Clean London Kitchen
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- Name:
- Jack
- Location:
- London United Kingdom
- Square Feet:
- 55
- Division:
- International
- What makes your small kitchen so cool:
- Cool clean lines concealing lots of space (extra tall cupboards & three appliances stacked over floor space of one). Plus beautiful wood surfaces to give it warmth!
- Describe a challenge you've overcome or a smart resource you've found for your kitchen.:
- We were tight on space and money, so we reused what wood we could salvage from the old kitchen (see photo 5!) to make accessories like cutlery trays (our tray sits on recycled dowel inside the drawers giving space for storing napkins underneath in the same drawer - see photo 4).
- What's your favorite meal to cook here?:
- Anything by Yotam Ottolenghi - probably his roasted aubergine with saffron dressing and pomegranate seeds, cauliflower with tahini dressing and a cast iron skillet corn bread on the side!

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Flood: River levels, rainfall totals, road closures
River levels
• The Des Plaines River near Des Plaines crested at 10.92 feet Friday afternoon, just breaking the all-time high of 10.9 feet. It should recede to 10 feet by Saturday night. It isn't expected to drop below the flood stage of 5 feet until Wednesday.
• The Des Plaines River near Gurnee crested at 11.15 feet Friday night and should begin receding by Saturday morning. It isn't expected to drop below the flood stage of 7 feet until Wednesday night.
• The Des Plaines River near Lincolnshire hit 16.33 feet Friday morning, but is now starting to recede. It isn't expected to drop below the flood stage of 12.5 feet until Wednesday.
• The West Branch of the DuPage River near Warrenville crested at 17 feet late Thursday and dropped a foot and a half on Friday. It is expected to drop below the flood stage of 11.5 feet sometime Saturday morning.
• The Fox River at Algonquin was at 12.29 feet Friday evening and is expected to crest at 12.8 feet from late Saturday through Monday morning. It is expected to remain above the flood stage of 9.5 feet for all of next week.
Rainfall totals
Rainfall totals for Wednesday and Thursday:
Naperville: 7.34 inches
Elmhurst: 7.26
Aurora: 7.12
Lisle: 7.01
Oak Brook: 6.98
Wheaton: 6.91
Glen Ellyn: 6.86
Winfield: 6.13
Chicago O'Hare: 5.55
West Chicago: 5.48
Sugar Grove: 5.47
Bolingbrook: 5.40
Algonquin: 5.34
North Aurora: 5.33
Sugar Grove: 5.24
Bloomingdale: 5.16
Carol Stream: 5.14
Batavia: 5.13
Elk Grove Village: 5.06
Schaumburg: 4.98
Cary: 4.92
Roselle: 4.84
Hawthorn Woods: 4.63
Geneva: 4.54
Mundelein: 4.50
Bannockburn: 4.47
Fox Lake: 4.41
Gurnee: 4.40
Elgin: 4.36
Riverwoods: 4.36
Lakemoor: 4.35
St. Charles: 4.34
Elburn: 4.25
Wadsworth: 4.17
McHenry: 4.16
Lake Zurich: 4.15
Barrington: 4.08
Lake Villa: 3.96
Antioch: 3.94
Hoffman Estates: 3.86
Buffalo Grove: 3.66
Arlington Heights: 2.06
At O'Hare
Flights are running under normal operations except to and from LaGuardia Airport in New York that may experience delays of a half-hour or more.
Road closures:
Still closed Friday night:
Route 20 at Greenbrook in Hanover Park.
US-41 at IL-176, and both directions between Delaney and IL-21
I-55 south of I-80 to IL 6
I-55 southbound exit to Harlem northbound
I-94 northbound at Beaubien Woods
I-290 northbound and southbound ramps at Mannheim
I-290 at I-355
I-290 eastbound to Mannheim northbound and southbound
I-290 between York Avenue and North Avenue at Emory Road
I-290 at eastbound IL-83 and westbound at St. Charles exit
IL-21 between Grand Avenue and 1st Avenue
IL-25 between Gilbert and Stearns
IL-53 Park Blvd. to 56th Street
IL-53 southbound on Hoff
IL-53 between Warrenville Road and Short Street in Lisle
IL-56 west of IL-59
IL-59 from North Aurora to Quincy
IL-64 at Harlem west of I-290 viaducts
IL-64 between Harlem and Betrau Streets
IL-83 at Riverside and St. Charles
IL-83 between Palatine and Camp McDonald roads
IL-132 between 1st Avenue & O'Plaine Avenue
IL-132 at Old Grand
IL-137 from 83rd to Casey Avenue
IL-394 at 111th Street and Beaubien ramps in Cook County
Irving Park at Mannheim
Lawrence at Mannheim
Mannheim Road between Grand & Fullerton
Mannheim Road southbound between St. Charles and Butterfield
Palatine at Milwaukee
River Road between Kensington and Golf
Roosevelt Road between Westchester & Wolf Road
Wolf Road between Manchester and Dundee
Go to gettingaroundillinois.com for more details.
Source: Illinois Department of Transportation, FAA, National Weather Service.
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Date and Time:
April 11, 2012 - 6:00PM to 8:30PM
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6 Wednesdays, April 11–May 16, 6:00–8:30PM
This workshop considers ways into your "memory palace," with its stored treasure of objects and events. Students will be encouraged to create "from the heart to the breath to the line," with attention to "how you sound."
Hettie Jones is the author of twenty-three books for children and adults, including three poetry collections. Her first, Drive, won the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber Award. Jones is on the faculties of the New School's MFA Writing Program and the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center.
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Freshman Nick Tausch wins Notre Dame kicking job, other notes from Charlie Weis
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- It stands to reason that competing for a placekicking job is perhaps the least subjective situation for any football player to be in. Make more than the other guy is a standard maybe even a little comforting in its clarity.
And when Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis consulted the numbers at the end of training camp, the decision in the placekicking competition evidently was as clear as Caribbean ocean water. Freshman Nick Tausch won the job over incumbent Brandon Walker, and it wasn't close.
"Actually, (Tausch) won the competition rather significantly," Weis said Monday. "We just tracked every kick. Every competitive kick. He won it fairly convincingly."
And thanks to some impressive hang time to go along with what Weis said is a "strong leg and good pop," the freshman from Plano, Texas, will also handle kickoff duties. These were two of several areas of question that Weis clarified Monday -- though no thorough, official two-deep will be made available until next week, leaving some other down-the-depth-chart issues unanswered.
Other positions staked out: Eric Maust is the Irish punter. Darius Fleming is the starting Sam linebacker. Freshman Jordan Cowart is the long-snapper. Sophomore Braxston Cave is the short-snapper. At first, Golden Tate and Armando Allen will combine to handle punt returns, with kickoff returns still undecided.
In injury news, Weis said freshman linebacker Manti Te'o and senior cornerback Darrin Walls will be full-strength when the team returns to practice Tuesday evening. Here are some other significant Weis words from Monday:
On Duval Kamara's return from a right knee scope:"Duval is going to be able to run straight this week and be able to practice the following week. That means he's not going to be practicing full-speed this week. So now I gotta prepare the team with him and without him. Where I anticipate having him play, I really don't know if he's going to be 1-A or 2 going into that first game."
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A New Record
A New Record
As we thought, the temperatures around NW Arkansas and the River Valley got to, and even dipped below freezing this morning. The picture is of the readings between 4 and 5 this morning.
It was actually between 6 and 7 that most people got the coldest, including Fayetteville which dropped to a new record low this morning of 27 degrees according to the National Weather Service in Little Rock.
Whew! The good news is, clouds will be moving in later tonight and will save us tomorrow morning - keeping today's warmer temperatures a little closer to the surface and prevent us from getting so chilly.
Watch for showers on Friday afternoon and evening.
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Oscar's in Kansas City today!
Visit Oscar at Hen House from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Oscar's in Kansas City today!
Visit Oscar at Hen House from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
The first-ever Oscar Roadtrip comes to Kansas City today, and that means you can have your picture taken with the famous statuette!
The Oscar statuette will be at the Hen House at 6238 N. Chatham Avenue in Kansas City, Mo., from 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. You can go to the store and see Oscar for yourself, as well as take pictures.
Oscar will then move to Halls on the Plaza at 2 p.m. To track Oscar you'll want to follow @KMBC and @OscarRoadTrip on Twitter. We'll be Tweeting Oscar's locations and events all day long.
You can also "like" KMBC on Facebook and The Academy for Oscar updates.
This is the REAL Oscar statuette, so don't miss your chance to see it in person!
You can watch the Academy Awards on KMBC-TV on Sun. Feb. 24.


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Iowa-NU Hoops Game Moved to Saturday at 1 p.m.
Lincoln - The University of Nebraska and University of Iowa athletic departments, in conjunction with the Big Ten Conference, announced Tuesday afternoon that the men's basketball game between Iowa and Nebraska scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 21, has been moved to Saturday, Feb. 23, at 1 p.m. (Central) at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
The move was prompted by the winter storm expected to hit the upper Midwest on Wednesday and Thursday, and was announced in advance for the safety of student-athletes, fans and game-day personnel. Saturday's date was available for both teams, as Thursday's scheduled matchup was the only game of the week for both Iowa and Nebraska.
Fans who had purchased tickets for the originally scheduled Thursday game can use those tickets for Saturday's contest. As a reminder, all ticket backs note that days and times are subject to change. In addition, tickets remain for Saturday's rescheduled game with prices at $10 and $15 by visiting Huskers.com or can be purchased at the Devaney Center beginning 90 minutes prior to tip-off.
The game was originally scheduled to be on ESPN2, and television information for Saturday's rescheduled game will be announced as soon as it becomes available.


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Sunday, July 20, 2008
Everyone's a Critic
6 comments:
Road Runner's comment: " Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep -why you are looking at me?- Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep! Go to see this beep movie!"
- July 21, 2008 at 1:35 AM
- Nick said...
I thought everyone had forgotten that this film even existed! Probably the biggest animated flop before "Treasure Planet".
- July 21, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- Thad said...
Daffy: Ouch... my pride.
- July 21, 2008 at 2:31 PM
This is one of the few animated movies that puts Warner Bros. Animation out of business due to poor box office performance. Shame! Shame! Shame!
- July 21, 2008 at 3:34 PM
- Brandon said...
This movie isn't too long forgotten. As far as I know, it will soon be recapped at agonybooth.com in a few weeks.
- July 22, 2008 at 9:41 AM
- ramapith said...
Too many execs spoil the pot. The story outdoes Eisner-era Disney in mixing period drama that we're supposed to take seriously with anachronistic modern comedy and 4th-wall breaking.
Apparently, one suit even demanded that the heroine be renamed after his or her daughter. That's right; screw whatever the character was called in the book. Tell me why they bought the rights to a book, again?
- July 22, 2008 at 2:23 PM


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Chicken in "Tomato Sugar"
Makes 4 servings
Every cook needs a good repertoire of chicken recipes, and this good-looking, great-tasting chicken dish is one you'll be glad to add to your list.
Find this recipe and more in Chef Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Tastes.
2 tablespoons plus 2-1/2 teaspoons Chef Paul Prudhomme's Meat Magic® OR
1 4-5 pound chicken, cut into 8 pieces
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1½ cups chopped green bell peppers
1½ cups chopped red bell peppers
1½ cups chopped yellow bell peppers
1½ cups turnipps, diced into ½-inch cubes or other mild white root vegetable
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce, in all
1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme
2 teaspoons minced fresh garlic
1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes
2 cups vegetable stock or chicken stock or turkey stock
how to prepare
Combine the first 2 ingredients in a small bowl to make the Seasoning Mix.
Sprinkle the chicken evenly with 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon of the Seasoning Mix and rub it in well. In a heavy 4-quart pot, heat the oil over high heat just until it begins to smoke, about 3 or 4 minutes. Add the chicken in batches, large pieces first and skin sides down first. Cook, turning several times, until the chicken is browned, but not cooked through, about 8 minutes per batch. Remove the chicken from the pot and set it aside.
To the pot add the bell peppers, turnips, and the remaining Seasoning Mix. Cook, stirring every 2-3 minutes, until the vegetables wilt and start to brown, about 12 minutes. At this point, the vegetables will have lost their "raw" taste, and be slightly sweet. You'll also notice a some of the heat of the chile peppers, but this will subside as other ingredients are added. Add 1 cup of the tomato sauce and cook until the sauce is dark and thick, the vegetables are soft and brown, and the mixture begins to stick, about 7 minutes. Reducing the tomato sauce with dry heat and allowing it to brown gives it color and depth, and the sweetness that we call "tomato sugar." You'll experience a wonderful flavor and aroma unlike anything else-your nose will tell you when you reach this stage! This process also gives the vegetables a fire-roasted taste. Now add the fresh thyme and garlic, and continue cooking. When the mixture is dry and sizzling (watch the pot, not the clock, especially here), stir in the remaining tomato sauce, the diced tomatoes, and stock. Return the chicken and the accumulated juices to the pot and bring just to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about 20-25 minutes. Remove from the heat and serve over rice or pasta.
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Today's Meditation
Read Matthew 7:13-14
Walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just. For the upright will abide in the land, and the innocent will remain in it.
-Proverbs 2:20-21 (NRSV)
Several weeks ago, my wife and I were traveling on a threelane highway at 65 miles per hour. We noticed what appeared to be a ribbon of rubbish blowing across the lane just ahead of us. But as we came closer, we saw that it was not wind-driven trash but a duck with ducklings waddling behind. I swerved past them, painfully aware that ours was the first in a line of cars coming their way. After my racing heart slowed down, I said, "Is that duck crazy? Crossing a busy super-highway?"
As soon as the words left my mouth, memories of some of my past choices flashed before me. Like a duck walking across a freeway, I have set out across moral boundaries. I engaged in promiscuous behavior that resulted in depression, fear, guilt, and shame.
In my distress, I asked God to show me a better way. And God did — leading me off the road of self-destructive thinking and living toward freedom in Christ. As I prayed and read God's word, my heart opened to walking a spiritual path that quieted my restless soul. The more we prayerfully seek God's will, the less we are inclined to wander into dangerous behavior.
Michael Lewis
(Virginia, USA)
Prayer: Dear God of freedom and right, thank you for leading us out of trouble when we place our trust in you. Amen.
Thought for the Day: God can lead us from death and destruction to life and hope.
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Growing up 17 was my favourite number. I really don't know why. Jari Kurri wasn't my favourite Oiler; Glenn Anderson was, but I never liked the look of single digits on a jersey. And very few scorers wore single digits so I didn't.
I tried to get 17 on every team I played for, thinking that I would play better if I had that number. Since I never went on to the NHL or anywhere close, clearly that wasn't the case.
Some guys are really superstitious about their number, while others happily take whatever they get when they get to the next level. Some players like Visnosky just reverse the number when they go to a new team. He couldn't wear #17 with the Oilers, so he just switched to #71.
A recent trend has offensive guys wearing their birth year like Hemsky and Gagner, but that trend will clearly stop in 2018, because I doubt offensive guys will be wearing 00, or 01. You might see it in 2022, if a forward wants to emulate Jean Beliveau or Vinny Lecavlier and wear #4. And again in 2025 when #7 is an acceptable number for an offensive guy considering Hall of Famer and three-time Hart Trophy winner Howie Morenz wore it.
My oldest nephew, Liam, is entering bantam and his favourite player is Patrick Kane, so he tries to get 88 whenever possible. It isn't just kids who wear their favourite player's number. Marty Reasoner wore 19 because of Joe Sakic…Okay that isn't true, but I bet he liked the comparison.
Numbers are an intriguing part of sport. How many of you remember that Paul Coffey wore 74 when he played for the Bruins because both 7 and 77 were already retired? Or that Glenn Anderson wore 36 because it was a multiple of nine and when added together they equaled nine?
Or that Dustin Penner broke in to the NHL wearing #76. When you get a random high number like that at camp you normally aren't expected to be a mainstay.
Number 15 has been worn by 28 different Oilers, the most in their history, and it is easy to see why since none of them lasted very long in Edmonton. Kent Nilsson was the best out of the group, but Kurt Brackenbury was the most memorable in my mind. I got the numbers from the Oilers media guide and I did find this link online.
** I should point out that the online link has a few that the Oilers media guide doesn't so I'll go with the Oiler media guide. They have Buchberger wearing #15, but he only wore #16. When he got called up Steve Graves was wearing #15. Kyle Brodziak also never wore #22, but the online list is still fairly accurate.***
There are 17 days left until the draft, and in that time we will probably hear 1700 different scenarios in how the first ten picks will pan out.
It doesn't sound like the Oilers will get into the top three, which shouldn't surprise anyone, but the possibility exists to move up from the ten slot. Most think the top three will be Tavares, Hedman and Duchene and they are probably right, but I spoke with a scout from Colorado and he was raving about hulking D-man Jared Cowan. I got the impression that they will at least entertain him, but considering the Avs took two D-men and a goalie with their first three picks in 2007 and a D-man and goalie with their first two picks in 2008 the good money is that they'll take the forward Duchene.
All the speculation about which team will move up or down won't happen until the morning of the draft. Very rarely do trades happen a week in advance of the draft. Why would you try to move up now when no one knows how the draft will play out? The deals will come the morning and afternoon of the 26th.
Currently none of the top five teams are willing to part with their picks, but that could change on the 26th. Brian Burke is telling every one in The Leafs Nation that he wants to move up, and when it doesn't happen he can say, "I tried." The cost to move into the top three, if you aren't NYI, TB or COL will be a lot, and the risk doesn't match the reward. If Burke wants in the top two it will cost him Luke Schenn and the #7, why would he even consider that?
A keeping with 17 it is nice to see that two of the best sharp shooters, Kovalchuk and Carter are wearing it. Outside of Brind'Amour, Kesler, Dubinsky, Lucic, and Mike Rupp I can't think of any others. Nope, just remembered Laraque wore it in Montreal this year. I'm sure there are others, but without looking I can't recall them. When Kovalchuk is done playing he'll be close to Kurri's 601 goals, but I don't think he'll be in the same category as overall player. But it's nice to see a sniper pulling on #17.
Oil droppings
- Expect an announcement on who the Springfield coach will be next week, and I'll be shocked if it isn't Rob Daum. He deserves it, and many of the players liked what he brought for the final two months last year.
- I can't see the Oilers offering Matt Roy, Glenn Fisher, Stephane Goulet, Carl Corazzini, David Rohlfs or Sebastion Bisaillon contracts this summer. They really want Ryan Stone and Ryan Potulny back. Look for them to go after guys with size and skill this summer.
- Expect Rob Schremp to sign a one-year deal. After that he would have to clear waivers, and he can force them to keep him. I would expect a one-year deal for Brule as well.
- Jason Krog's name keeps coming up as a guy they should go after because he is a scoring stud in the AHL, but look for him to sign a contract in Russia similar to what Omark received; $1.2 million a year.
- All of the speculation about an Oilers/Kings deal is just that right now. A source within the Oilers said there hasn't been any discussion to this point, and in fact he be surprised if the Kings moved their 5th pick.
- I still have no clue on who the second assistant coach will be for the Oilers, if they sign one, but Perry Pearn won't be the guy. Look for a younger guy, who is good at breaking down film to get the nod.
- The Panthers are looking to move the rights to Jay Bouwmeester, similar to what Nashville did with Hartnell and Timonen a few years back, and they'll settle for a 2nd rounder even though they would love a 1st. They might have to take some salary in return to make it happen, but Bill Torrey has the green light to make something happen if he can.


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Jewish World Review Feb 29, 2012/ 6 Adar, 5772
Mr. Bumble vs. Mr. Scary
By Roger Simon
Certainly. And Mitt Romney is determined to prove it.
Romney's verbal gaffes are plentiful. And often hilarious. If you really wanted to make the case that they show how "out of touch" Romney is with the average American, I wouldn't dispute it.
I would say only that all these guys running for president are out of touch. Even though most brag about their humble beginnings, all now lead lives of privilege and comfort, and come in contact with average Americans only when their water heaters give out. (And their spouses usually handle that.)
Sure, they grip and grin on the rope lines with average Americans, but that lasts for about two seconds or however long it take somebody to snap a cell-phone picture.
If these guys did not live in a bubble before they entered politics, they certainly live in one now. And they have large staffs whose job it is to keep the candidate away from the public (and press) as much as possible unless the situation is highly controlled.
Still, Romney manages to screw up.
In December, at one of the innumerable Republican debates, Rick Perry accused Romney of having changed his position on something or other. Perry had about as much chance of getting the Republican nomination as getting Texas to secede from the Union and naming him king, but he got Romney's goat nonetheless.
Romney angrily stuck out his hand and said: "Rick, I'll tell you what, ten thousand bucks? $10,000 bet?"
Grand, Mitt. Just grand. Remind everybody that $10,000 is chump change to you.
And who can forget Romney telling us that, "Corporations are people," or that he made "not very much" money in speaking fees in year in which he made $374,000 in speaking fees. He wasn't lying. It's just that $374,000 wasn't very much to him.
What all this shows is a man totally sincere in his isolation from average Americans. Except for his blue jeans — which one comic says that he wears over his suit pants — Romney doesn't pretend to be average. He is a highly successful businessman, and he is proud of it.
So when he recently listed some of the American-nameplate cars he has owned — a Ford, a Chevy, a Dodge — it was only natural that he include his wife's vehicles. "Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs, actually," he said.
Actually, she doesn't do so simultaneously. One is at their La Jolla, Calif., home and one is at their Belmont, Mass., home.
But Romney is a car lover, and so he goes down to the Daytona International Speedway on Sunday, and he gets asked if he is a NASCAR fan — note to Romney team: At least try to prep the guy for the obvious questions — and Romney replies honestly.
"Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans," Romney says. "But I have some great friends that are NASCAR team owners."
Doh! Just in case you were wondering, it costs about $15 million a year to maintain a NASCAR team, which allows you to buy really nice blue jeans and rub elbows with Mitt at country clubs.
But even with all this, Romney has one great thing going for him: Rick Santorum.
Rick Santorum doesn't flub. He speaks from his deeply held convictions. Some of which are very scary.
Speaking in Troy, Mich., on Saturday, Santorum said: "President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob."
Had Santorum gone on to say that not everyone in America wants to go to college and that there is nothing shameful about manual labor, he may have had a point.
But that's not all Santorum was saying. He added that he doesn't want kids to go to college because if they do they are going to be "taught by some liberal college professor trying to indoctrinate them."
Then on ABC's "This Week With George Stephanopoulos," Santorum opened up like he was on a psychiatrist's couch.
"You talk to most kids who go to college who are conservatives, and you are singled out, you are ridiculed, you are — I can tell you personally," Santorum said. "I went through a process where I was docked for my conservative views. This is sort of a regular routine. You know the statistic ... that 62 percent of kids who enter college with some sort of faith commitment leave without it. This is not a neutral setting."
I am not entirely sure what Santorum was venting about or what Satanic ritual he was made to undergo in college — paddling? beer pong? — but it obviously affected him deeply.
So much so that he left college convinced that the First Amendment was not only hooey, but stomach-turning. Literally.
Santorum says that John F. Kennedy's famous 1960 speech stating there should be an "absolute separation"of church and state in America "makes me throw up and it should make every American."
Santorum went on: "I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country."
That is not a flub or a gaffe or an off-the-cuff remark. That is what Rick Santorum deeply believes and, moreover, what he believes "every American" should believe.
So you listen to Santorum. And you listen to Romney. And it sort of makes you not care how many Cadillacs Romney owns.
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More than 65 years after his death, Korean War veteran buried in Boulder City
Quintana died 67 years ago. That's when he went to war and never came back.
More than six decades after his death, a U.S. military veteran who served in the Korean War was finally buried in Boulder City.
The body of Army Private First Class Manuel Quintana was laid to rest Friday with full military honors at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial.
"He's home. He's in peace and now we can be in peace and just know where he is," said Isabella McGruff, Quintana's great niece.
Quintana died 67 years ago. That's when he went to war and never came back.
For his family, his death was a painful mystery for decades.
"I'm really glad and happy that he's home in peace," said Mary Moreno, Quintana's sister.
Since 1950, Moreno has had to wonder what happened to her brother.
Quintana was just 19 when he left home to serve in the war.
He went missing during the first three days of fighting.
"There was a lot of hope that he's alive. He's just lost. But then when there's closure and he's going to be taken care of very well here. He's never going to be forgotten," said McGruff.
It would take more than a half century before a DNA test linked the soldier to his sister.
"It's been such a long time," said Moreno.
But well worth the wait for a sister who never gave up, even though it seemed the country had.
"It means so much. I am so happy and peaceful," said Moreno.


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Campbell High names football coachBy IAN CLARK
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 21. 2013 9:36PM
Campbell High of Litchfield assistant athletics director Dawn Miller announced Friday that Greg Gush will be the school's head football coach.
Gush replaces Marc Prindiville, who led the team through its first six seasons. Gush has been coaching in the Hudson-Litchfield Bears youth program for the past nine years.
"I'm incredibly humbled to have this opportunity with this great program," Gush said. "The coaches that have been there have done a great job starting a team from scratch."
Originally from Pennsylvania, the 48-year-old Gush has lived in New Hampshire since 1995, coaching football, baseball, basketball and soccer in the area.
With the Hudson-Litchfield youth football organization, Gush worked with kids from grades three to eight, and some of them will be on his Cougars team in the fall.
"Most of the sophomore class are kids I coached, probably about a dozen," Gush said. "Our youth program has been amazing. A lot of talented players have gone on to play at Campbell."
Gush will be introduced to the team Monday at 6 p.m. in the Campbell gym prior to the first summer weight training session. Gush said training and conditioning will be major points of emphasis for him.
"Our football team is going to be in good shape," he said. "We're going to win a lot of football games in the fourth quarter because of that."
Gush served in the Air Force and played high school football at North Pocono High in Moscow, Pa., under Nick Donato. Gush said that he will lean on Donato, who now coaches at Scranton (Pa.) Prep, for advice.
Campbell athletics director John Patterson, himself a longtime football coach, will also be someone Gush said he will rely on for counsel.
The Cougars will return one of the top running backs in the state from last season in senior Jesiah Wade. Gush said he will look for balance on offense and the defensive emphasis will be on all 11 players being accountable as individuals to make the whole of the defense stronger.
Gush said he hopes to be a mentor for his players in football and in life.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union negotiators have struck a deal on the outlines of a new regulation covering a wide array of financial instruments and markets, including provisions to curb food speculation and tighter controls on the power of computers to make trading decisions.
The regulation agreed to late Tuesday after more than three years of negotiations includes limits to cap trading of some commodity derivatives that has been blamed for driving up food prices.
The EU Commission, the bloc's executive arm, said the rules on agricultural derivatives will "contribute to orderly pricing and prevent market abuse, thus curbing speculation on commodities and the disastrous impacts it can have on the world's poorest populations."
The rules also seek to ban unregulated trading and establish tighter rules for high-frequency trading, which some blame for increasing volatility to a point that threatens the stability of financial markets. High-frequency trading, which involves computers making split-second decisions based on mathematical models, has become an increasingly important driver in financial markets in the past few years.
"The new rules will for the first time slow down the pace of trading, increase transparency and ensure prices reflect current market conditions and ensure proper supervision," said center-left European Parliament lawmaker Arlene McCarthy.
Representatives of the EU's 28 governments and EU lawmakers struck the deal on the outlines of the so-called Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, or MiFiD, in a late-night session in Strasbourg.
The legislation is part of the overhaul of financial regulation after the financial crisis, following up on commitments made at the level of the G-20 leading economies. Many similar measures have already been put in place by American lawmakers and regulators, most notably with the sweeping Dodd-Frank Act in 2010.
Michel Barnier, the EU commissioner responsible for financial regulation, said the new rules "are a key step toward establishing a safer, more open and more responsible financial system and restoring investor confidence."
The Commission said the rules will also introduce new structures to "close loopholes and ensure that trading, wherever appropriate, takes place on regulated platforms." The hope is that the new rules will curb the so-called shadow trading that is currently taking place beyond the oversight or regulators.
The fine print of the legislation still has to be finalized. A plenary vote in the European Parliament is expected to be held by April, but experts estimate it could take two years before the rules take effect.
The 28-nation EU is the world's largest economy and home to London and Frankfurt, two of the world's most important financial hubs.
Organizations seeking to fight global hunger welcomed the agreement.
Marc Olivier Herman of Oxfam, an international aid agency, said the "decision marks a good start in tackling 'gambling' on food prices which are a matter of life and death to millions in the developing world."
He added that the limits have come in spite of "attempts by the (British) and other governments to block any meaningful reform."
Herman cautioned, however, that the implementation will be crucial since some trading limits will still be set by national authorities rather than at the common European level.
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Marseille midfielder Joey Barton is unconcerned by the prospect of facing David Beckham in Ligue 1 this weekend.
The former England captain is set to make his long-awaited debut for Paris Saint-Germain in the clash which sees Barton's third-placed side take on table-topping PSG.
Barton, on a season-long loan from QPR, says it would be foolish to concentrate on the threat of the former England captain, claiming there are bigger threats to plan for.
"Paris have a lot of big names and big players," he said. "Beckham is a big star off the pitch but on the pitch it's not a big worry.
"He causes a lot less fear compared to when he played in the Premier League. It would be naive to concentrate on David Beckham."
Barton, 30, also insists he will not be phased by a game traditionally seen as the most fiercely contested match in France, and also as one of significant importance in the title race.
He said: "I've experienced Manchester City-Manchester United, Sunderland-Newcastle and QPR-Chelsea. The electric atmosphere doesn't worry me, it's even the norm for me. I am experienced, I know the score. There's nothing new for me in a derby.
"The season has already given a lot of surprises and twists. And we're not the types to give up. Nor are (second-placed) Lyon.
"We remain motivated and concentrated even if we haven't been very strong in recent matches. This week could change our season."
PSG and Marseille meet again in the Coupe de France quarter-finals on Wednesday week, February 27.
"If we win on Sunday and go through on Wednesday, everything changes," Barton added.
"The pressure will be on Paris. Even without superstars like at PSG, we are solid and when we play like a team, we play well."


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I have this problem I usually surf the net at school from behind a firewall, well the other day i was looking at something at home when a window from my Symtec Antivirus pops up saying they found a virus and could not delete or quarentine it. When i got back to school i ran a scan on my computer and it could not find anything, but when i looked at the history it found the above mentioned virus but it said it could not be cleaned because the files have been moved or deleted, the computer it is located on is turned off, or it is in an e-mail message. Its not in an e-mail because i wasnt doing anything with e-mail when it popped up i was going into a web page. Now im not sure if its still on my system or not, I was browsing the web today and clicked a link and like 30 pages popped up in Internet Explorer and I thought that may be because of the virus and plus now when i try to scan my comp it says it cant because of an error. Does anyone know what is happening to my computer or any ways of fixing it??
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CHICAGO (AP) — Vernita Gray, a gay rights activist who wed her partner in Illinois' first same-sex marriage, has died at age 65.
Gray died late Tuesday of cancer at the same Chicago home where she married Patricia Ewert in late November, family friend Jim Bennett told The Associated Press. Bennett was among friends who were gathered at the home when Gray died.
Gray's failing health and her wish to marry persuaded a federal judge to order that an expedited marriage license be granted to the couple ahead of the June 1 effective date of the state's gay marriage law. A subsequent judge's ruling then paved the way for more same-sex couples to marry early in some Illinois counties.
Gray worked for gay rights for decades, advocating for same-sex marriage long before many other activists saw it as a possibility, Bennett said. To win over conservatives, she made the case that her Social Security survivor benefits should go to her partner, and her knack for working with people across the political spectrum "made everyone feel that they had a unique contribution to move us forward," Bennett said.
A former restaurant owner, Gray worked for the Cook County state's attorney's office for 18 years, assisting crime victims and witnesses.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel praised Gray's work for equality and civil rights in a statement Wednesday.
"Vernita Gray was an inspiration to all who crossed her path, from President (Barack) Obama, who knew her by name, to the victims of violence she comforted and the young people for whom she was a fierce advocate," Emanuel said. "Her legacy can be felt in the many institutions she supported and by every LGBT couple in Illinois who is now free to marry the person they love."
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, in a separate statement, commended Gray as "a passionate and driven advocate for equality in Illinois."


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When the Microsoft Certified DBA (MCDBA) program began a few years ago, I cut the program some slack. It provided a reasonable method of evaluating basic SQL Server competence and gave IT professionals a way to show that they knew at least a little bit about SQL Server. I thought back then that some level of certification was better than nothing. Now, I'm not so sure.
Microsoft recently updated the MCDBA certification to let participants use the Windows 2003 Server exams to satisfy certain core OS-level requirements. (You can visit http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcp/mcdba/default.asp for a current list of MCDBA requirements.) But from what I've seen, an MCDBA certification still doesn't prove much—and that's a shame.
Microsoft's MCDBA program would best serve customers by providing a certification that helps SQL Server professionals expand and hone their database skills, that gives certification holders a strong boost in the job market, and that employers can use to help find competent SQL Server talent. I'd like to see a certification that experienced SQL Server professionals would boast about passing—a certification that they would be proud of having.
Since launching the MCDBA program, Microsoft has had plenty of time to improve the program by, for example, offering a second-tier certification that goes beyond the simple requirements necessary for an MCDBA. The failure of Microsoft to find a way to certify business intelligence (BI) and OLAP-trained SQL Server professionals is especially disappointing. Microsoft knows that SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services is a driving force in SQL Server's growth, yet the company has no advanced certification for this space. When you look at how few significant changes Microsoft has made to the MCDBA program, you have to assume that, for marketing purposes, Microsoft prefers a certification program that boasts a large number of minimally trained, certified individuals rather than a lower number of highly skilled professionals. Although my criticisms focus on the MCDBA program, which I'm most familiar with, the same general criticisms apply to most premier Microsoft certification programs.
Granted, creating a certification process that truly demonstrates SQL Server mastery is difficult. Microsoft would have to overcome, for example, the inherent difficulties in standardized-testing techniques and other problems. But if the company decided that a meaningful certification was a worthwhile goal, it could find the resources and solutions to build a quality program.
I'm interested in what you think about the MCDBA certification in particular and Microsoft certifications in general. Which, if any, certifications do you hold? Do you think a masters-level certification program for SQL Server would be valuable? Do you have any ideas about how to solve the certification problems? Let me know, and I'll share the best of your ideas here and pass them along to Microsoft.


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I recently was talking with an EHR vendor and they made the comment that having their EHR all on one database was a distinct advantage over the EHR vendors who install a new database with every new EHR install. I was intrigued by the idea and could easily see some of the benefits of an EHR vendor having all of the EHR data in one database. When you think some of the future quality programs that could come out, I think there could be some advantages there as well.
Considering this advantage, I started to think about ways that multiple database EHR vendors could level the playing field with their single EHR database comrades. One idea I had was using interoperability to level the playing field. If all the EHR vendors have access to all of the data, then not only will single database EHR vendors not have an advantage, but they'll be at a disadvantage if they don't work to exchange the EHR data as well.
When I think about this, it makes me wonder why multiple database EHR vendors aren't accelerating the exchange of health information. This seems like it would be to their strategic advantage to exchange information.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of U.S. lawmakers are welcoming Iran's new president to the United States with a simple message: "Free Amir."
Holding aloft the two-word sign, more than 60 Republican and Democratic lawmakers have contributed photographs to a collection they hope President Hasan Rouhani will see after arriving for the U.N. General Assembly. Their goal is for Rouhani to order the release of Amir Hekmati, a former U.S. Marine who has been imprisoned in Iran for more than two years.
Hekmati's family, who live in Michigan, may have cause for optimism. Rouhani's moderate tone has raised hopes for the first time in years of a significant thawing of relations between Iran and the United States. Rouhani and President Barack Obama will both address the U.N. on Tuesday.
American officials also haven't ruled out meeting face-to-face with their Iranian counterparts to discuss disputes ranging from Iran's nuclear program to human rights and Syria's civil war. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iran's foreign minister will participate in a seven-nation meeting later this week about Iran's uranium enrichment activity. The U.S. and its allies fear Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons, but the Islamic republic says its program is for peaceful energy production.
Hekmati's supporters are trying to ensure the 30-year-old's ordeal is included in the agenda of any potential U.S.-Iran contacts held this week in New York.
"We're just trying to do everything we can," Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., the leader of the campaign, told The Associated Press. "If Rouhani is looking for a tangible step to demonstrate to the world his seriousness, this would be one."
Just hours after Rouhani's departure for New York, Iran declared Monday it freed 80 prisoners arrested in political crackdowns. The announcement appeared timed to boost the diplomatic potential of Rouhani's trip and promote his talk of outreach with the West.
But there was no news about Hekmati, or about two other Americans believed detained in Iran: Retired FBI agent Robert Levinson and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini.
Earlier this month, Hekmati wrote a letter to Kerry describing his "miserable prison conditions" and his belief that Tehran wanted to use him in a possible prisoner exchange.
Hekmati's letter was smuggled out of prison. His sister authenticated the handwriting. The State Department said it was trying to determine Hekmati's condition through Swiss diplomats in Tehran. No U.S. officials are based in the Iranian capital because the two countries don't have diplomatic relations.
Hekmati was born in Arizona and grew up in Michigan. He carries U.S. and Iranian passports.
His family says he traveled to Iran to visit his grandmothers when he was arrested in 2011.
Iran accused him of being a CIA spy, then tried, convicted and sentenced him to death. Iran's Supreme Court ordered a retrial last year, but he remains imprisoned.
Associated Press writer Jeff Karoub in Detroit contributed to this report.
"Free Amir" photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/repdankildee/sets/72157635730210343/


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more tentacle thing..... chthullu myth really love lots of tentacle but let's do that on touma's thread.
The current accelerator takes another step on becoming a la persona diore or higher than god. I wonder what would Aleister plans for Accelerator. His plans involving him growing stronger than ever. But if it just grows more and more. it would ended up hindering his plans.
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The more i am thinking of accelerator, the more one thing comes to my mind - accelerator had to kill 20k misaka clones in order to advance to lv 6. If Aleister can so well predict future events, why he let Touma beat accelerator? If Aleister plan was really to make accel lv 6, why he allowed it to be cancelled? Or better said, was it even cancelled? No one said HOW or WHEN accel should kill them.
Thus my theory : There has been some rumors saying that accel has to absorb Hyoka in order to get to lv 6, but when Hyoka manifests in real world, the ones that maintain her existence are Misaka clones. But what will happen to them if Hyoka is absorbed? Well, the only thing i can think of is that their brains would overload and ... So probably Aleister really plans for accel to finish off the remaining Misaka clones in order for him to advance to lv 6. And something like this would completly break Accel and not even falcon punch will be able to help him.
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I don't think so, just like Fiamma despite becoming la Persona Superiore a Dio, Touma end stepping on the top above him.
My guess is the stronger becomes a character the more higher Touma will be. This is the real meaning of being "A person higher than God".
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you know the lapersonasurioreadio is hard for me to type and remember...... I would just called it ubber god unless someone would come up with a better one.
And the clone project is meant to be stopped anyway. It's just a matter of time on when to stop or the way to stop it. Aleister wants Accelerator to further evolve but he needs to network and a good thing the server of the network gets close to Accel too. If you look at it a well planned matter. Accel meets Touma. Touma beats up Accel. Accel meets LO. Accel starts to change. Accel meets Kihara. Accel meets Kakine. Accel backs to the depths of darkness. Accel meets Touma. Accel backs on track. Accel goes to Russia. Accel get's Lambskin. Accel beats up the angel of Science. Accel saves LO. Accel further evolves after saving LO. From the age of Isis - Osiris and finally Horus. Now if he further evolves and reaching new heights then he would become ubbergod. but what's the use of it if Aleister is also ubberhaxgod?
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But the Misaka Network...that one is important no? After all, all AIM Angels so far are sustained by their psychic field....even Aiwass too no?
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The network is important. It wouldn't end up destroyed because it would sustain all the artificial angels and it's the artificial heaven of Aleister. It's his core plan but even if someone would destroy it. it would lead into all the imouto and LO's which would lead into further break down of Accelerator and that wouldn't be good because it would just revert back.
If Accel is Aleister's war dog then Aleister should be pretty confident that Accel wouldn't reach his state. Because the moment Accel reach Aleister state then his dead.
I can see the ending..... and the ending would be the end of the network. I wonder what would happen if that ending did happen.
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His entire heaven is based on flesh....the Misaka Network is a very vulnerable thing...
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Seriously, he has set up Accelerator to be the ultimate deterrence that can protect his Network.
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A bunch of Archangels coming down as a death squad.....not even Accelerator can fend that off...
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if a bunch of angels and archangels just suddenly come down. That would destroy the balance of this world and probably ruin it. I doubt the GOD would allow it. And even if a bunch of angel comes forth. I think Aleister would take the center stage himself.
So worst belong on another set of network and full tuning as admin.
Now I wonder if there are only 2 sets of network -_- if Aleister can just create 3rd generation out of no where and they are a level above the 2nd generation. Wouldn't a 4th or 5th generation network which would also be stronger than before not far fetched from the truth?
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About that... though it's called the 'Third Production Plan' it doesn't necessarily mean '3rd generation', but could also mean 'Production plan based on the Third ranked esper of Academy City' - At least that's the impression I'm getting from the Chinese LN version.
Hmm... Accel kills off the network, and then in his giref acsends to Level 6 and curbstomps Aleister for planning that... I think that's actually possible.
And then when Aleister activates a back-up plan to escape Touma's there waiting for him and give him a beatdown to eliminate that illusion for good.
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It seems the current network is completely expandable. Last Ordser is not good enough to process it as we have seen already, and Aleister has no interest in keeping her either. Even the current Misakas are worn out. he can just use new ones. Most of all, I think he keep Mikoto, the original, around for a reason. It would surprise me the net work, LO, are just a series of test runs before Mikoto is put into action.
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Accel would surely pawn either Aiwass or Aleister but with his current level. I don't know.
kidnapped... nice I bet it's inside of someone we know. No wonder his on bad luck straight because no one is giving luck to begin with.
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Eden Valley Woman Pleads Guilty to Killing Ex-Boyfriend
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman accused of stalking and killing her ex-boyfriend had pleaded guilty to murdering him.
Thirty-nine-year-old Rochelle Inselman of Eden Valley pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree intentional murder.
The Hennepin County attorney's office says Inselman is set to be sentenced to 40 years in prison Tuesday. She had been indicted for first-degree murder and would have faced life in prison without parole if convicted on that charge.
Inselman pleaded guilty to killing Bret Struck in his Brooklyn Center home on Feb. 12. He was shot eight times.
Authorities say after the two broke up in 2004, she continued to harass him.
Police got the evidence they were looking for when a gun box found in the trash at an area rest stop was traced to Inselman.
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OpenWorld Lack of training and information on Oracle's Exadata platform is proving a headache among some users, and the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) is moving to address concerns over the next 18 months.
Speaking to The Register, IOUG president Andy Flower explained that while the industry was certainly interested in the platform, there was a lack for information of potential customers that needed addressing.
"There's still a lack of transparency, but that's a problem across the industry - not just with Oracle," he says. "When you have things like Exadata where unless you're a customer there's no documentation available and very little to learn. That's why we're adding Exadata certification and training so there's a little more transparency and sharing of knowledge."
The IOUG will begin rolling out its programs in the next six to 18 months, although it is already hosting webinars on the topic. This spring the Collaborate conference will feature Exadata training, and will then roll out one-off training sessions across the US. The IOUG has a member of Oracle on the board, he said, and the company has been very useful at sharing information, albeit under a nondisclosure agreement.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (Jan. 23, 2009) — Greenville has a new way to learn the latest accomplishments of faculty, staff and students at East Carolina University.
"Inside ECU" is a 15-minute news magazine airing on Suddenlink Cable Channel 99, also known as ECU-TV.
The first episode airs Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. Monthly episodes will air the fourth Monday of each month at 8 p.m. and be rebroadcast during the following weeks at various times.
The show's host is Chris Stansbury, communications coordinator in the ECU College of Technology and Computer Science and an experienced broadcaster.
"This is a university-wide show with buy-in from both campuses, the academic deans and directors, the provost's office and, of course, Chancellor Steve Ballard," Stansbury said. "We have committee and subcommittee members from just about every unit at ECU submitting story ideas, setting up interviews and executing the project plan. This is a complete collaborative effort, and it's wonderful to see this kind of interdisciplinary partnership."
Stansbury, a 1993 ECU graduate, spent 11 years as an award-winning sports reporter for WNCT Channel 9 in Greenville and in Nashville, Tenn. He also hosts an ECU football postgame call-in show on WGHB-AM 1250.
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We strive to be techno-babble-free, so it's nice to hear we succeeded last week during Richard Millington's first webinar with Ning, How to Increase Activity in Your Community.
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Ian Clark's On Hockey: Bruins need to slow it down
Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final turned into exactly what the Boston Bruins don't want: a track meet.
Just as in Game 1, the Bruins were able to keep pace with a high-powered Chicago offense. But also as in Game 1, when the final goal was scored, it was against the Bruins and tied the series at 2-2.
"It wasn't a Bruins' type of game, but at the same time you have to get yourself back into it," Bruins coach
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If the Bruins want to win Game 5 Saturday night and head back to Boston with a chance to clinch the Cup on home ice, they must force Chicago back into the slow grind type of game that helped the Bruins win Game 2 by a 2-1 score and Game 3 by a 2-0 score.
And even in a tight-checking, low-scoring game a win isn't guaranteed for Boston. Chicago can let the dogs loose on offense, but the Blackhawks can also be a stingy defensive team and finished the regular season with the fewest goals allowed at 102. Boston was third with 109.
"We've had frantic paces and we've pushed the pace in other games, and we didn't end up scoring goals," said Blackhawks defenseman
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With the Stanley Cup Final now a best-of-three series, the theme to watch for going forward is "what did they learn?"
The Game 1 slugfest was two teams that did not know each other. But the Game 4 offensive fireworks had lessons to impart. The question will be, can the teams take advantage of those lessons before the opposition adjusts?
For the Bruins, the takeaway from Game 4 is that Chicago goalie
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Still, the area was certainly giving Crawford problems and he's not known to have a good glove hand like some cherry-pickers in the NHL like Nashville's
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Guarding the "seven hole" space between the glove and body is one of the toughest for a goaltender and the best at doing so rely more on positioning than a quick hand, squeezing off that area with the arms glued to the body rather than trying to catch the puck.
How does Boston attack that area now and how does Crawford, who certainly was aware of it, adjust?
"Well, 99 percent of the shots are going glove side. I can't start thinking about that, that's when you get in trouble when you start thinking everything is going to go glove," Crawford said. "I'm just going to play the way I've been playing and stick with that."
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"They were doing a good job of getting some traffic, but also pouncing on the rebounds and on the loose pucks," Bruins forward
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So now, it's two wins to hoist the Cup. One elite team will live forever, names etched in silver, and one will endure a long summer of what if.
In what has already been an entertaining and memorable series, two (and quite likely three) games remain.
"We knew it was going to a tough series, an even series. That's what we're having. We never said it was going to be easy," Bergeron said. "They're a great team out there and so are we, so we just go to go out there — it's a best of three now — and regroup and get ready for Game 5."
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MILAN (Reuters) - The European Commission has questioned the way Italian telecoms watchdog AGCOM arrived at changes planned to wholesale broadband prices, claiming the move could cramp the ability of market players to decide on prices in Italy.
In a statement on Monday, the Commission said it had invoked the EU review mechanism over the move, adding it would discuss with AGCOM how to amend its proposal over the next three months.
In July, the Italian watchdog tentatively approved lower fees for rivals who rent space on the fixed-line copper network of former monopolist Telecom Italia.
That move was cheered by Telecom's rivals but drew criticism from the incumbent which said it would reduce its annual income by 110 million euros ($146.23 million).
Following the decision, Telecom Italia said it wanted to secure favorable regulatory conditions before taking any steps forward in its plan to spin off its fixed-line network.
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Access prices to broadband services should reflect the most recent cost information, it said.
"In departing from the approach announced last year for setting access prices in the Italian broadband markets, AGCOM undermines the required regulatory certainty for all market players," EU telecoms chief Neelie Kroes said.
AGCOM was not immediately available for a comment.
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Canadian non-standard mortgages: a state of play
The gossip is that the regulators in Canada are also putting some pressure on lenders to improve underwriting standards. There is similar gossip in Australia, however Australia has not had the collapse or near collapse of any lenders.
Canada Mortgage & Finance Group (CFMG) is a broker in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The CEO of CFMG (Ameera Ameerullah) writes a blog on LinkedIn which I have been reading for some time.
She has recently posted about the state of play for even slightly non-standard mortgages in the Greater Toronto Area.
Below (and without further comment but with her permission) I reprint her latest post.
Private lending rates increased and lending fees increased with LTV being decreased! Clients are stuck and brokers are scrambling to find options for their clients. Clients are placed in a very bad situation as they are in position of being sued since they cannot come up with the extra capital to close on alternative mortgages.
THE GOVERNMENT has caused tremendous issue for clients and the brokers community. We need Home trust back in the market. Presently no one is qualifying with the banks due to increased CMHC premium, lending restrictions and lenders requirement...it's killing clients not helping them!
Clients been saving for their down payment and closing cost but now they cannot close on their purchase due to down payment requirement and lending restrictions. Qualifying rate and amortization cut back on insured deals is causing greater concern. Most B lenders are affected with what's happening with Home Capital. Both the residential and commercial market is affected.
Private first residential mortgage in the GTA is now at 8.99 to 9.99% RATE - 65% LTV to 75% LTV. You'll obtain 80% if you're lucky and be prepared to pay higher rate and fees. Fees are 3 to 4% on a first now on private - This is INSANE. In fact many private lenders are out of capital. Options are minimum! These changes only affects clients and everyone having a tough time to close. Brokers are scrambling now to find alternative option for their clients since Home Trust is not funding and many other lenders who depended on Home trust money are stuck as well. How can a broker get by when they have to place their clients in an expensive private mortgage? There's no room for us to charge a fee so pretty much we are all affected. Only the big banks are benefiting from the Government change and yet they themselves are loosing business as no one can fit their qualifying requirements. Banks are pressuring their BDM to originate business - how can they when the Government ridiculous change affects the entire mortgage industry? Originating business is easy but closing deals have become horrid and clients pocket is feeling it.
The Government really need to make some immediate change as they have in the past year because with this trend home buyers are being placed in more debt as cost of borrowing on private capital is expensive. These changes are hurting clients and will hurt the economy. AWFUL STATE THE INDUSTRY IS IN. If one doesn't have about $1600 - they cannot live in a decent one bedroom apartment even by renting. Clients that purchased from builders and are set to close are having a difficult time to close in allocating extra funds.
Brokers should start to voice their opinion as this is our industry and if you don't speak up then we are all doomed with our clients!
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Thanks for another interesting post, John.
I recently listened to a segment from the radio show This American Life about regulators at the NY Fed, which highlights the problems with the culture in some of these places. (The story includes secret recordings from a woman who was fired for essentially carrying out her assigned duties.) You can listen to it here:
It made me wonder about our regulators back here in Australia — it seems it really doesn't pay to rock the boat if you work at APRA or ASIC. The fact that interest-only loans have been allowed to grow to the extent they have is damning in itself, in my view.
- June 13, 2017 at 2:34 PM
It's surprising to this Canadian that any clients are stuck because they agreed to buy a house but now can't get financing. It used to be standard mortgage lender/broker advice to get pre-approved before making an offer on a property. It was when I was a buyer a decade ago. May be a sign of how loose the market has become.
- June 13, 2017 at 8:42 PM
Have you ever looked at Canadian Western Bank?
A lot of lending to residential homebuilders, and subprime mortgages, and a heavy loan concentration in Alberta which is in recession due to low oil prices.
- June 14, 2017 at 4:10 AM
- Unknown said...
This is comical. This what happens when the is a complete lack of regulation or over site. Realtors and Brokers here in Canada have become the equivalent of a shady used car salesman. Now they are complaining that the government isn't doing enough to allow it to continue. Lol. Who drops a deposit and then goes to look for financing. Secondary lending practices here in Canada are a disaster and I would bet my paycheck that it is a serious problem with our big 6 banks also. 3 days ago I bought a car. $45k loan approved by the largest bank in Canada in less than 10 minutes with zero income verification. WTF. Great for me but if practices like that are running through the mortgage lending we are in serious trouble. We are almost 10 years past the implosion of housing in the US with values ballooning more than 50% since 2012. Canada is in for a world of hurt. People here use their houses like banks and seem to feel like values will go up forever. The timing may make it even worse if something happens with the amount of baby boomers at or coming up on retirement age expecting their house to pay for retirement. I think we are in for a wild ride in the next few years.
- June 14, 2017 at 5:57 AM
- Unknown said...
John, do you understand the relationship between home capitals deposits and their liquidity. I've been watching the deposits for down everyday, but over the last few weeks liquidity has gone up.
- June 14, 2017 at 7:57 AM
Trouble taking this seriously when the english is so poorly written - fractured sentences, wanders on and off topic, struggles to make an argument.
It's written like some strange stream of consciousness explosion of stuff. And finally, "loosing" instead of "losing" really gets my goat.
I know I should look through for the message, however, my feeling is that if the author can't properly express themselves, then their business may be in all kinds of other mess too.
- June 14, 2017 at 11:19 AM
- G. Sylvie Davies said...
Really interesting to contrast this with her June 1st 2017 blog post (on linkedin):
> On first mortgages, approximate rates are 3.75 to 4.99% and 9 to 11.99% on seconds ( depends on the overall deal). Lending fee depends on the deal but approximately 2.50% on a first and up to 4% on seconds. Again loan amount is up to 85% LTV.
Whereas in this June 8th post you've reposted here in your blog:
> Private first residential mortgage in the GTA [Greater Toronto Area] is now at 8.99 to 9.99% RATE - 65% LTV to 75% LTV. You'll obtain 80% if you're lucky and be prepared to pay higher rate and fees. Fees are 3 to 4% on a first now on private
- June 14, 2017 at 2:23 PM
- G. Sylvie Davies said...
I'm astonished an insider would publish a blog post like that.
- June 14, 2017 at 2:29 PM
- abee crombie said...
interesting post John
yes the private lending space is in a state of upheaval, but lets remember that this is for ppl who do not qualify under traditional underwriting. Do I really feel so bad for the guy who has 2 houses, 1.5M in mortgages (but also 1M in equity) but only 45K in verified income. These are the ppl using private lenders and their homes as piggy banks. He was playing with fire.
- June 14, 2017 at 10:27 PM
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