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10 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Applying For A Mortgage: Part 1
If you are considering applying for a refinance, it is important to understand the mechanics of your mortgage loan. Before you sit down to speak with your loan officer, you should consider preparing a list of questions you feel may need to be answered.
Typically, your loan officer will be available to assist through the entire mortgage process. Here are some questions that you may need to get answers to before completing your application:
1. What Type Of Loan Is Best For Me?
Your loan officer can discuss the various loan programs available to help you refinance. Some borrowers will benefit greatly from adjustable rate mortgages while others prefer fixed rate. However, other borrowers may find a fixed rate is the best option. Discuss various loan terms such as 30-year or 20-year mortgage loans.
2. What Documents Are Required?
Be prepared to provide your loan officer with several documents. The most common documents include pay stubs, bank statements and tax returns. Loan officers will also need a complete list of debts including auto payments, credit card payments and student loans.
3. What Costs Are Involved?
Prior to a loan closing you will be required to pay some costs up front. These may include appraisal fees, credit report fees and application fees.
Discuss all these costs with the loan officer to determine how much money will be required prior to the loan being approved. In addition, discuss any funds that will be required to complete the loan closing.
4. Can I Select My Own Appraiser?
When you apply for a refinance loan, lenders will require a property appraisal. Lenders typically maintain a list of approved appraisers and supply those lists to the loan officers. Typically, the loan officer will assign an appraiser to review the property. Borrowers generally have no input regarding the choice of appraisers.
5. When Will I Get A Good Faith Estimate?
Good Faith Estimates must be issued after you have completed your loan application. A second GFE is typically presented along with the HUD1 prior to closing. Keep in mind, the GFE is only an estimate of costs and that actual costs may be slightly higher or lower.
Never hesitate to ask your loan officer any questions you may have. The more questions you have addressed during the application process, the less likely you will be to be confused at the time of your mortgage closing.
Keep in mind, your loan officer is there to answer your questions and guide you through the entire loan process. For additional questions you should ask, check out tomorrow's blog post.
Case Shiller Price Index Shows A Spike In Home Prices In The West
According to the S&P Case-Shiller 10-and 20-City Housing Market Indices for September, home prices grew at an average of 13.30 percent year-over-year and achieved the highest growth rate for home prices since February 2006.
On a month-to month basis, home prices are slowing in most areas with 19 cities included in the S&P 20-City Housing Market Index showing lower rates of growth in home prices. September's average month-to-month growth rate was 1.0 percent for the 20-City HMI as compared to 0.90 percent in August, and 1.90 percent posted earlier in 2013.
Home prices increased by 0.70 percent in September for the combined 20-City and 10-City Housing Market Indices tracked by Case-Shiller.
Rapidly Rising Home Prices In The West: Another Housing Bubble On Tap?
Home prices continued rising in the West, with Las Vegas leading the pack with a 29.10 percent gain year-over-year although average home price in Las Vegas, Nevada remains 46 percent than its peak in February of 2006.
California also showed double-digit year-over-year growth for home prices with San Francisco at 25.70 percent, Los Angeles at 21.80 percent and San Diego posting 20.90 percent growth in home prices year-over-year.
Rapidly increasing home prices in the West are largely due to demand exceeding supply, but buyers may be sitting on the sidelines due to concerns over another housing bubble in the making.
Buyers in this scenario are aware of increasing home prices, but aren't buying now to avoid higher prices later. Instead they are waiting to see what happens with current home prices and housing market conditions in the longer term.
Chicago, Illinois posted its highest year-over-year growth rate since 2005 while Cleveland, Ohio posted a growth rate of 5.00 percent for September as compared to a month-to-month growth rate of 3.70 percent.
This was the second lowest month-to-month growth rate for home prices, with New York City posting a month-to-month home price growth rate of 4.00 percent from August to September.
FHFA Reports Slight Gain In Home Prices
The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported stronger gains in home prices for properties financed with mortgages owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. In September, home prices reported by FHFA rose by 0.30 percent as compared to August's growth rate of 0.40 percent.
On a year-over-year basis, FHFA reported a gain of 8.40 percent between the third quarter of 2012 and the third quarter of 2013. Adjusted for inflation, home prices as reported by FHFA have risen approximately 7.20 percent. FHFA noted that home prices are growing at a rate far above the rate of 1.20 percent reported for other "goods and services."
Lower numbers of foreclosed homes are seen as a boost for home prices in general; as mortgage lenders tend to offer foreclosed homes for sale at low prices in order to reduce inventories of real estate owned.
What's Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – December 2, 2013
The short holiday week brought a flurry of economic reports last week. Highlights included pending home sales, the S&P Case-Shiller Housing Market Indices and the FHFA home price index. No reports were released on Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
The NAR released its Pending Home Sales report for October. Although pending home sales dropped by -0.60 percent, the decline was less than September's reading of -4.60 percent.
NAR cited higher home prices and mortgage rates along with concerns over the then-pending government shutdown as factors that contributed to fewer pending sales. Pending sales are determined by signed purchase contracts and are considered an indication of future completed home sales and mortgage loan closings.
Department of Commerce reported that building permits issued increased from 974,000 in September to 1.03 million for October. Permits for multi-family dwellings rose by 17 percent from September, but permits for single-family homes rose by 1.00 percent.
A lagging supply of available single-family homes has been driving home prices up as demand also increases. The multi-family reading reflected the sector's volatile nature and was largely concentrated in the West.
Case-Shiller And FHFA Report Higher Year-Over-Year Average Home Prices
The S&P Case-Shiller 20-City Housing Market Index for September reported its highest year-over-year gain in seven years, but the month-to-month reading was lower. The year-over-year reading was 13.30 percent in September and the month-to-month reading showed lackluster growth at 0.70 percent.
When seasonally adjusted, September's reading was 1.00 percent against the seasonally-adjusted August reading of 1.90 percent.
In addition to the then-looming government shutdown, concerns over rapidly rising home prices in the West may have caused would-be buyers to sit on the sidelines as fears of another "housing bubble" gained traction.
Rising home prices also impact affordability and impact the ability of buyers depending on mortgage loans to compete with cash buyers.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, issued its housing market index report for September. Based on sales of homes financed with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac-owned mortgages, FHFA's report indicated that year-over-year home prices at an annual rate of 8.50 percent in September as compared to August's year-over-year reading of 8.40 percent.
Economists noted that the increase of home prices is slowing due to a number of factors including higher mortgage rates and restrictive lending policies that are making it more difficult for buyers to purchase homes.
Analysts said that next year could bring a more sustainable rate of home appreciation with year-over-year readings averaging between five and eight percent.
Freddie Mac issued its weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey on Wednesday; average mortgage rates for 30 and 15 year mortgages rose to 4.29 percent and 3.30 percent respectively.
Discount points for fixed rate mortgages were unchanged at 0.70 percent. The average rate for a 5/1 adjustable rate mortgage dropped by one basis point to 2.94 percent with discount points unchanged at 0.50 percent.
What's Ahead
This week's scheduled economic reports include Construction Spending, ADP Employment, New Home Sales and the Fed's Beige Book. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Non-farm Payrolls report and the national unemployment rate.
Weekly jobless claims and Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey will be released as usual on Thursday.
Quick Tips To Prepare Your Home For The Winter
The calendar has turned and with that we receive less sunlight, colder temperatures, and shorter days ahead, it's an opportune time to cross those last-minute maintenance items off your homeowner to-do list.
Practicing preventive care – both inside and outside your home – can save thousands of dollars in repairs come later this winter. What follows is a brief checklist to get you started.
For Outside The Home:
- Inspect exterior lights and outlets. Be sure that none of the outlets are cracked or broken, or have exposed wires.
- Clean gutters and clear all blockages. If leaves are falling, redo after leaves are off all trees.
- Inspect and test outdoor railings and stairs.
- Have problem trees trimmed, including those that may damage your home in a storm.
- Protect outdoor water faucets from freezing. Consider using foam cups, sold at hardware stores.
For Inside The Home:
- Change batteries in all smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms, whether they're "dead" or not.
- Vacuum refrigerator condenser coils, plus the front bottom grill. Empty and clean the drip pan.
- Inspect wood stoves and fireplace inserts. Hire a certified chimney sweeper to clean the chimney, if needed.
- Insulate bare water pipes running through your home to prevent freezing and to limit condensation on cold-water lines.
- Inspect automatic garage door opener. Lubricate chains according to manufacturer's instructions. Make sure bolts and screws are properly tightened and secured.
As a constant series of chores, home maintenance is a four-season job and one which should not be taken lightly. The tasks of each season are unique and this month is mostly preparatory in advance of colder weather.
If your routine maintenance uncovers larger issues including a faulty HVAC unit, or a leaking faucet, for example, seek professional help to make the repair.
Get The Low Down On Pending And Existing Home Sales This Month
The National Association of REALTORS reported Monday that pending home sales dropped by -0.60 percent in October after falling at a revised rate of -4.60 percent in September. According to Lawrence Yun, chief economist for NAR, 17 percent of real estate agents reported delays in loan closings due to the government shutdown in early October.
Lenders were unable to verify borrower income through the IRS, which was closed during the shutdown. October was the fifth consecutive month with fewer pending home sales reported.
Homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are waiting to sell, and recent spikes in mortgage rates were cited as factors contributing to fewer pending sales.
Pending home sales are defined as homes for which signed purchase offers have been received and are considered an indicator of future home sales. The NAR notes that most pending sales close within 30 to 60 days of an offer being signed.
High Demand And Low Supply Of Homes Thwarts Buyers
Would-be homebuyers may be including their dream homes on their wish lists for the holidays as many areas continue to experience a short supply of homes against high demand. In desirable areas this can lead to bidding wars and homes being sold before they are listed for sale.
Cash buyers are benefitting from these situations, while first-time and moderate income buyers may be sidelined due to affordability issues and the inability to compete with cash buyers.
Mortgage rates fell last week and the previous week. While a recovering housing market has been causing home prices to rise, economists described current readings for pending sales as a "pause" in the housing market recovery and said that a significant decline in home sales could adversely impact overall economic recovery.
Regional Pending Sales Mixed
Pending sales for the Northeast and Midwestern regions increased slightly and declined in the South and West. This suggested to some economists and analysts that the formerly hot housing market is cooling off along with the weather. Some decline in home sales is expected during fall and winter months.
Sales Of Existing Homes Better Than Expected
October sales of existing homes surpassed expectations of 5.10 million sales with a reading of 5.12 million existing homes sold. Again, the government shutdown and related concerns of consumers and home builders were cited as reasons for sales falling shy of September's reading of 5.29 million existing homes sold.


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Above & Beyond: Milk Run
How a milk run from an aircraft carrier nearly killed me.
- By Chris McKenna
- Air & Space magazine, May 2007
For any Navy pilot flying aircraft carrier operations, the voice of the air boss, the officer in charge of all air operations on deck, is the sound of absolute authority. For this Navy helicopter pilot, the air boss represented trouble. He was a tyrant with a hair trigger.
In 1988 I was flying the Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight, a tandem-rotor helicopter deployed on the USS Niagara Falls, a support ship in the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group. My crew and I delivered "beans and bullets" to the fleet. We hit the Ike every other day, restocking whatever was needed to keep a city at sea afloat. Ammunition, food, machinery, mail—referred to as "pony"—the ships in the battle group relied on us for everything except fuel. It was exciting, challenging flying, and I loved it. But always, just below the surface, was the fear of raising the ire of the air boss.
One morning, flying as Knightrider zero six, we launched before dawn on a replenishing mission. We moved tons of cargo attached as sling loads beneath the helicopter.
By noon we had only a load of internal cargo left to deliver. I radioed the carrier. "Boss, Knightrider zero six, 10 miles out for landing."
"Recoveries in progress. Take Starboard Delta," he replied, directing us into an established holding pattern.
We watched as jets made approaches and "trapped" (caught one of the arresting cables) or "boltered" (missed the wires and went around for another try). We should be next, I thought, once all the jets were aboard. But the voice of authority had other plans. "I've got another cycle 15 minutes out, Knightrider. I'll recover them first, then bring you aboard."
"Haven't got fuel for that, Boss," I said.
"Then go get some," he snapped.
He knew we could get in and out in five minutes, but he was the air boss, so I bit my tongue and turned for the Falls. Then I remembered those orange bags marked U.S. Mail. In a mariner's heart, mail call ranks just below liberty call. Not even an air boss can resist mail call. I keyed the microphone. "We have pony aboard, Boss."
Everyone in the control tower would be staring at him. If he didn't land us, all 6,000 sailors aboard would soon know he had denied them a mail call.
"Knightrider, you're clear to land, spot three," he relented, specifying the forward spot on the angled flight deck.
I flew a shallow approach, careful not to let my rotor wash disrupt his flight deck. As soon as I touched down, my aircrew lowered the ramp and began pushing pallets down the rollers to the forklifts. Minutes after receiving the air boss' grudging clearance, we were empty and ready to go.
"Knightrider zero six, ready to lift, spot three," I transmitted.
"Stand by, Knightrider," he said. "Supply wants you to move a load of milk back to home plate for dispersal. How many gallons can we load, max?"
With our fuel load, we could lift about 7,000 pounds, but I hadn't a clue as to how many gallons of milk that would be. I looked over at Dave, my copilot. "Any idea what milk weighs?"
Dave shrugged and turned his palms upward in what is known in Navy parlance as an ensign's salute.
"I need a number, Knightrider," the air boss growled.
Forklifts began driving off the elevators with pallets of milk. I pulled the calculator out of my helmet bag and typed 7000. Now I just needed to know what to divide it by.
"Knightrider! I need a number—now."
"Milk must weigh about the same as fuel, right Dave?"
Dave gave me another ensign's salute.
I knew that jet fuel weighed about 6.5 pounds per gallon. Even though the voice in my head told me to slow down and think this through, I decided that a liquid was a liquid. I plugged 6.5 into my calculator. Just as the Boss started to growl again, I transmitted, "One zero five zero gallons, Boss," with far more confidence than I actually had. It was meager comfort that I had figured in a 27-gallon cushion, just in case milk was a little heavier than fuel. How much heavier could it be?
"Okay, Knightrider. Here it comes. Be ready to lift as soon as we stuff you."
In minutes the cabin was crammed with hundreds of plastic jugs that I prayed weighed no more than my hasty calculation.
"Knightrider, cleared for takeoff."
I pulled the aircraft into a hover and stabilized it for a ground-effect power check.
Ground effect—the cushion of air that provides extra lift for a helicopter operating within one rotor diameter of the surface—can be a blessing or a curse. With a long hovering run, a pilot can accelerate in the ground effect cushion until reaching flying speed, thereby lifting far more than would be possible from a standard climbing transition. The carrier, however, presented the opposite situation. From our position adjacent to the deck edge, I would take off into a ground-effect hover, then transition over the edge of the flight deck, 90 feet above the water, to an immediate loss of ground effect. The voice in my head warned me as I raised the collective to increase rotor pitch and add engine torque, but the big voice in my headset drowned it out: "I need my deck, Knightrider!"
Normally I would have taken my time to evaluate a takeoff this critical. But this was the air boss' deck, and he wanted it back. "Get that damn helo off my deck, now!"
Without the stabilized torque reading that would tell whether the aircraft would fly at this weight, and against my better judgment, I eased the cyclic stick forward and the aircraft lumbered across the deck edge.
Immediately we were in trouble. The aircraft settled, and I instinctively countered by raising the collective. But instead of slowing its descent, the helicopter settled faster. The steady hum of the rotors changed to a distinct whump whump whump, and the familiar blur of the rotors slowed until I could see each individual blade. A quick glance at the instruments confirmed that both engines were operating normally. I was simply demanding more power than they could produce, and the strain was making the rotor speed decay.
I should have predicted what would happen next. With a jolt, both generators kicked off and we lost everything electrical. Powered by the rotor system, the generators had been designed to "shed," or drop offline, at 88 percent of optimum rotor speed to preserve torque for lift. The jolt was the loss of the flight control stability system. The helicopter was still controllable, but controlling it took far more work without the stability system. Things were starting to go very badly.
As the rotor speed continued to decay, I realized the only chance we had was to get back into ground effect. If I continued wallowing, the helicopter would "run out of turns"—lose lifting rotor speed—and crash, or settle into the ocean and sink. I had to try what the old salts called "scooping it out."
Faced with an undesirable sink rate, it is counterintuitive to decrease either power or pitch, but scooping it out required both. To dive back into ground effect, I lowered the nose, and the windscreen filled with the sight of blue water and white foam. To preserve rapidly deteriorating rotor speed, I lowered the collective. The bottom dropped out and the ocean rushed upward. I blurted "Brace for impact!" Dave immediately understood what I was attempting and began calling altitude and rotor speed.
"Fifteen feet, 84 percent."
I needed airspeed. I had to trade more altitude to get it, so I eased the cyclic forward a little more.
"Five feet, 84 percent."
I checked the descent and stabilized in the ground effect run.
"Three feet, 83 percent."
We were flying, and the rotor speed had stabilized, but I couldn't seem to coax any acceleration out of it. This low, even a rogue wave could bring us down. Milk, I thought. Evil stuff.
With only the speed I had bought with the dive and no sign of acceleration, I despaired. Then the old salts spoke to me again. If you ever need a little something extra, try a 15-degree right yaw. The drag is negligible, but your aft rotors get undisturbed air.
What did I have to lose? I tapped the right pedal and the helicopter yawed.
"Two feet, 84 percent."
Running through ditching procedures in my mind, I suddenly noticed the waves gliding by faster than they had only seconds before. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, we were accelerating.
I glanced at the airspeed indicator and my heart leaped: It was passing 40 knots. Then I felt that beautiful shudder every helicopter pilot knows as translational lift, the point where the aircraft is flying like an airplane more than hovering like a helicopter.
"Five feet, 90 percent."
Then another jolt—the generators were back, bringing the stability system with them. I accelerated through normal climb speed. At 90 knots and with rotor speed back, I finally had the confidence to leave the ground cushion that had saved us. Climbing through 100 feet, and over a mile from the carrier, the voice of authority once more rang in my headphones. "Great to see you flying, Knightrider. We were all holding our breath up here."
So, the air boss had a heart after all.
Turning for home, I passed the controls to Dave, took a deep breath, and noticed that my hands were shaking. I'd made a rookie mistake, and very nearly paid for it with four lives and a helicopter.
I later learned that milk weighs 8.7 pounds per gallon, a far cry from the 6.5 I had estimated. I had taken off from the carrier more than 2,100 pounds overweight, not counting the weight of pallets and packaging.
That was 20 years ago. Now I'm the old salt. Thousands of flight hours later, I still remember what I learned that day. Never allow external pressures to force a decision on any matter of safety. And never ignore the voice in my head that says something isn't right. Frequently it is the only one making sense.
And when the guy at the supermarket asks me how I want to carry my milk, I always tell him to double-bag it.
Comments (8)
I'm not a pilot but your descriptions had me flying that vehicle right alongside you. What an exciting profession. You are fortunate indeed.
Posted by Alex Fernandez on June 3,2008 | 02:35 AM
I'm a former Navy Helicopter crew chief and remember well the sinking feeling that results from this type of human error. I too have viewed the cockpit window filling with angry blue water and white foam. I'm now retired and pastoring a church in Northern California and I must say, "What a great sermon illustration!!!" This story was pounded into our heads year after year during my flying career and I thought of it again this week while preparing a message for Sunday. I just looked it up online to make sure I had my facts strait and it was a great read, thanks! I hope my sermon tomorrow will do the story justice.
Posted by Glen Mustian on October 18,2008 | 06:30 PM
3000 hours plus here(Hc-11 1980-1988) and I know that gut feeling all too well! Job well done. v/r dan
Posted by Dan ruhnau on August 5,2009 | 12:58 AM
Great story.
As an old guy (over 35 years as a helicopter pilot) I've experienced events like that and I have learned that experience is a wonderful thing; it helps you to recognize you mistakes... after you make them the second and third time.
Posted by John Jones on April 3,2010 | 08:03 PM
I was aboard the Falls during this same time and I'm wondering if this author could elaborate on an incident where the HC-5 pilot received the DFC --- that would be another hair raising story right there. Where a HH-46 settled and was filling with water (up to the pilot's knees IIRC) and they lifted the aircraft out, including the extra water weight, on a single engine and set it down on the carrier.
Of course those of us on the response teams only saw the blinkers that had been tossed out by the aircrew and assumed the whole kit and caboodle was gone. We eventually recovered the aircraft from the carrier but it was a write-off for the rest of the deployment and that Det had to function with the one working helo.
Posted by David Watkins on May 6,2010 | 03:38 AM
Thanks for the well-written article. I intend to use it when I re-introduce the concept of (liquid) density to my 8th grade science students.
Posted by Rick Pearson on September 6,2010 | 04:05 PM
EEK! Scary. I'd never have guessed 8.7. I'd have figured somewhere between fuel and water (8lb/gal). That's a huge gap and a tense story to read. Amazing you were able to keep her aloft at all.
The story's very well written, but didn't you leave off the part about changing your pants afterwards?
Posted by Josh Davis on October 18,2010 | 12:55 AM
Great raconteur! Well, the operator's liability is to do his / her job within the bounds of air safety ... but then, the real issue could also relate to the kind of 'authority', or the lack thereof, that people in-charge often forego ...I mean, don't push the operators into tight situations ...wherein, all that one can do is to 'hold onto one's breath' ...
Well recounted story ... my heart goes out to you ... and all of your ilk ...
from a former fighter-jock ...
Posted by sharad sharma on October 30,2010 | 12:25 AM


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Bridgwater is quite possibly the smallest service area on the network, although it just manages to provide all the facilities you'd expect at a service area of the usual size. Until recently it had an unbranded restaurant.
The services were built after similar plans at the same junction from Granada and Welcome Break were both rejected. Granada's plans would have had been on the other side of the link road, with the entrance being on the link road and looping back to the J24 roundabout.
The service station has a multi storey car park as well as a coach and lorry park
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In August 2011, Visit England rated the services as 4 stars. In August 2012, they gave them 3 stars.
In 2006 the services won a four star loo award and were graded 2/5 by Holiday Which?
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Preconize, Acroama, Angor, Dissimulare, More on 'Obol'
1. Patient study of select Latin words in their Ciceronian garb can not only help us remember those words for future reading but can enrich our understanding of English. Let's begin with the English word dissimulate. I think I learned it for the first time in Junior High--to mean "to dissemble." Ah, I had to learn what that meant--and a line from the Edgar Allen Poe short story The Tell-Tale Heart got me started:
"I shrieked, 'dissemble no more! I admit the deed!--tear up the planks! here, here!--It is the beating of his hideous heart!'"
So now I had two pleasant problems on my hand--to figure out both what dissimulate as well as dissemble meant. To dissimulate means to feign or fake or make pretense of. But if we go deeper into the Latin meaning of the term, we see it as two words--dis and simulare. Simulo is a frequently-appearing word in Latin and means "to make like cause to resemble." It can also mean "to make a copy of" or "represent." We have the word "similar" in English to capture the concept. Thus, dissimulare means, in the first instance, "to make unlike." Well, what does it really mean to "make unlike?" It means to alter the appearance of something from its "normal" appearance. Why would you do that? Perhaps to conceal or deceive or simply to disguise. Thus, dissimulare grew to mean "to disguise" or "to conceal" or "to hide." The verb came into English as dissimule and then, a few centuries later, dissimulate. The first definition of dissimule tracks the Latin perfectly: "to alter the semblance of (one's feelings, actions, etc.) so as to conceal or deceive; to disguise under a feigned semblance."
I need a moment to look at that word semblance, since that entered into our definition at two places. It goes immediately back to the French, where semble means "similar" or "like." We also have the obsolete term in English semble, meaning "like" or "similar." From 1584: "A tyrant vile,/ Of name and deed that bare the semble style,/ That did this king." Ah, Auden tried to bring back the word in a 1966 work About House: "Six lenient semble sieges/ None of them perilous/ Is now a Perfect Social Number." Lots of stuff in those lines that I can't get into now.... If we go deeper behind the French we find our trust Latin term similis. So, "altering the semblance of" means to take away the similarity of something to something else. That is what it means to dissimulate or, for that matter, to dissemble.
2. Oops, another word which isn't in the "list." In praising Archias, Cicero says,
"Ceteri non modo post civitatem datam sed etiam post legem Papiam aliquo modo in eorum municipiorum tabulas irrepserunt.."
I am interested in the "irrepserunt," and a translation is, "Others not only after the date of citizenship but also after the law of Papias (was passed) in some manner crept into the records of their cities." So, the notion of "creeping in" through the word irrepere, to "creep in or on" intrigued. And, indeed, we have the words irreption and irreptitious in English. An irreption is a "creeping or stealing in, stealthy entrance." Actually I like the word because it is another word suggesting stealthiness or surreptitiousness or furtiveness and, with all the "creeping around" that people do in our society, we at least ought to have another term to describe their actions. The Episcopal Priest Jeremy Taylor used the term in 1649: "By continuall watchfulnesse, we shall lessen the inclination, and account fewer sudden irreptions." The term was first used in English in 1598 in an "Order for Prayer" in a Liturgical Service for Queen Elizabeth: "The irreption of those undermining vermin the Priests and Jesuits covertly sent in." Can't you imagine giving some kind of prayer with the word irreption in it? "Oh God, we pray you forestall the irreptions of X and Y, who have often secretly tried to enter to foil the liberty we enjoy in Christ..."
3. Let's close this essay with preconize. Actually, the Latin words Cicero used is praeconium, which is ultimately derived from praeco. A praeco is a herald or crier; thus praeconius is a "heralding" or "announcing" or "something belonging to a praeco or crier." Thus, by extension, praeconius can refer to the thing that is "cried"--it is a public commendation or the act of making something known. I am now interested in how this word came into English. First, the "e" was dropped, so that the word came into our language in the 15th century as preconize--to "proclaim or announce publicly." It can also mean "to sing the praises of, to commend or extol publicly." From 1847: "They had all preaconised their accomplishments to us." Here is a particularly stilted use of the term from Africa News in 2004, "The Angolan Minister of Family and Women Promotion...expressed today her optimism on the reach of the objectives and purposes preconized at the solemn declarartion on the gender equality." But the noun preconization still has a meaning in the Roman Catholic Church, to designate the public confirmation of an appointment (as that of a bishop) by the Pope. From 1981: "The tragic martyrdom of Archibishop Romero has now rightly drawn attention to the vigorous work of the Salvadorean Church on behalf of reform since his preconization to the See of San Salvador in 1977."
As is often the case, I think I need one more essay to "finish" some of these Ciceronian terms.


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Clemency Denied: Troy Davis Set to be Murdered
Posted on 20. Sep, 2011 by JohnCByrdIII in Politics
At 8am today,the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles said it had considered all the information in Troy Anthony Davis' case and carefully considered it before denying the condemned inmate clemency.
Davis is scheduled to be murdered tomorrow, Wednesday September 21st at 7:00pm (EST).
The board's decision was released a day after it heard emotional testimony from Davis' supporters and lawyers and then from prosecutors and the relatives of murdered Savannah Police Officer Mark Allen MacPhail, who was shot to death while working a second job in 1989.
Despite all the evidence of Davis' innocence, MacPhail's family expressed pleasure at the decision.
"We are ready to close this book and start our lives" said Anneliese MacPhail, mother of fallen officer. "This has been a long haul."
"He's guilty," MacPhail's widow, Joan MacPhail-Harris, said. "We need to go ahead and execute him."
"What a travesty it would be if they don't uphold the death sentence, MacPhail-Harris said on Monday after the meeting with the board. "It's time for justice today. My family needs justice. He was taken from us too soon, too early."
Their blind faith in the judicial system drives a wedge between the Whites & Blacks in the region. To Davis supporters, the family's stance is equivalent to murder.
The NAACP and Amnesty International have enthusiastically supported the campaign to save Davis' life.
"In moments of immense sadness, moments that shake the foundation of our faith in the justice system and in mankind, there are often no words that can adequately express one's grief and outrage," said NAACP President and CEO Todd Jealous. "Despite overwhelming evidence pointing to his innocence, the execution will proceed and Troy Davis will live his last day on September 21."
Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International AIUSA (AIUSA), said it was "unconscionable" that the board denied Davis relief. "Allowing a man to be sent to death under an enormous cloud of doubt about his guilt is an outrageous affront to justice," he said.
Calls for Davis to be spared execution have been made by numerous dignitaries, including former President Jimmy Carter, Pope Benedict XVI, former FBI Director William Sessions, former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Norman Fletcher and Larry Thompson, the former deputy U.S. attorney general. Davis' advocates, including Amnesty International and the NAACP, have used social media to rally worldwide support. Last week, Davis' supporters presented the parole board with the names of more than 663,000 people asking that Davis be granted clemency.
The Supreme Court is giving Davis an opportunity to challenge his conviction on the grounds that seven of the witnesses against him have since recanted their testimony against him. Yet Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas disagree with the majority decision of their colleagues. Justice Scalia doesn't seem to have a problem with executing innocent people because he believes that it is NOT unconstitutional.
"This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is "actually" innocent. Quite to the contrary, we have repeatedly left that question unresolved, while expressing considerable doubt that any claim based on alleged "actual innocence" is constitutionally cognizable."
What Scalia is basically saying is that it's okay to execute innocent people.


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The quality of peer-to-peer content distribution can suffer when malicious participants intentionally corrupt content. Some systems using simple block-by-block downloading can verify blocks with traditional cryptographic signatures and hashes, but these techniques do not apply well to more elegant systems that use rateless erasure codes for efficient multicast transfers. This paper presents a practical scheme, based on homomorphic hashing, that enables a downloader to perform on-the-fly verification of erasure-encoded blocks.
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Honda, in partnership with the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Tokyo, has developed technology that can detect the potential for traffic congestion caused by acceleration and braking. Optimally, the system would identify congestion and teach the driver to respond to the road conditions in a way that won't cause a back up using alerts and displays.
When using the technology, rather than braking when the vehicle ahead brakes, the system would tell the driver how to create more distance between the two vehicles and potentially absorb the slight change in speed.
Test results have shown that such a system could raise the average driving speed by around 23% and improve fuel consumption by 8%. Not only would this a commuter driver some time, it would also save fuel and lower environment emissions.
Honda plans to begin testing the system this month and next and hopes to patent it soon and begin delivering commercially.
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Spiritual Development
AFE is a ministry of the Amor y Vida church in the Linda Miller community.
Pastor Jeony Ordonez planted this church when he moved from his middle-class home in the city out to a community near the garbage dump. The Linda Miller community is so named because Michael Miller (of Micah Project) helped build this community for families displaced by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, and named the community after his mother, Linda. Since Jeony worked for Micah Project at that time, he was also involved in the building of the community and when he moved out there, found himself in a natural position of leadership. Not only did he help the community to get organized, but he began pastoring the people. Everyone knew that the Ordonez door was always open if someone needed help.
In 2006 Pastor Jeony officially planted the Amor y Vida (Love and Life) church in the Linda Miller community, with the support of his home church, Amor y Vida in the Bosque neighborhood. This turned out by a strategic move for AFE as well. Because AFE's ranks were growing…in 2006 there were nearly seventy students in attendance and Jeony and his wife were running out of friends and family to draft as volunteer teachers. Soon men and women in the community were being reached for Christ and Pastor Jeony was passing on his missionary heart to them. Suyapa, Arturo, Milagros, Claudia, and Vanessa are all from the Miller community and have committed their lives to serving children from the garage dump.
Not only does the church supply leaders to AFE, it somehow fuses too communities together (Linda Miller and the garbage dump) to meet their spiritual needs. It is a requirement that all AFE children attend church, and they do, joyfully, every Sunday. They jump on the school bus that picks them up right in front of the garbage dump and come with their families to Sunday worship and Saturday youth programs. Other leaders from AFE's church help in outreach events to people of the garbage dump (such as our Mother's Day program), and a small-group has been planted in a former garbage-workers home. It is exciting to see how God is working through a local church to reach the children He dearly loves in the Tegucigalpa Garbage dump.


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I not exactly sure how it works but I think that after X posts you will not see the captcha. It might even be as low as 5 like you have now. Dave |
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CORVALLIS — Ryan Kellogg threw a no-hitter Saturday as 20th-ranked Arizona State defeated No. 3 Oregon State, 4-0, Saturday in a Pac-12 baseball game in front of 2,515 at Goss Stadium. Kellogg struck out three in his no-no, the first against the Beavers since March 27, 1994 when Lewis & Clark State defeated OSU, 1-0. The Beavers managed two runners in the game, both via errors. Ryan Barnes reached on an error by shortstop Drew Stankiewicz and Jake Rodriguez reached first in the eighth on a dropped fly by rightfielder Trever Allen. Kellogg improved to 5-0 this season. Jake Peevyhouse …
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O clima de Curitiba é um surto... É bem difícil saber logo de manhã que roupa escolher. Você corre o risco de sair de calça e blusa e morrer de calor... Ou de shorts e morrer de frio.
Acessórios: cordão de penas e folhas + bolsona nike.
Pés: rasteiras.
English: The weather here in Curitiba is crazy… It's very hard to choose the outfit early in the morning. You may choose a shorts + tank and freeze or choose some pants + t-shirt and melt… I thought today I had done the right choice. It was such a beautiful sunny morning (very weird considering the cold weather that has been doing around here) that I decided to wear shorts, as soon as I didn't have to go to any reform buildings today (I'm an architect). Everything was going right until 2:00pm… and suddenly... it started raining… and the sunny day became a cold day… puts… I leave here since I was born, 25 year ago, and I it seems I just can't learn it!!!


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Food & Drink
Eat to live or live to eat? Really, it's summer. Do we have to be faced with existential choices? Can't we just enjoy ourselves?
Well, yes, we can. After all, with so many on-the-go things to do in a summer's day, chances are pretty good you're going to burn way more calories than you imagine. And even if you aren't, sounds like a good excuse, doesn't it?
When it's time to refuel, or when it's simply time to relax, somebody somewhere is getting ready to whip up exactly the dish you're craving.
If you ask some of the best chefs around Whistler what they think the town's greatest contribution to the gastronomic scene is, they'll tell you about using farm-fresh ingredients, sourcing food locally, working with artisan-farmers to put heirloom veggies on plates, reeling in the freshest bounty of the sea and other mouthwatering truths.
And they'd be right… as far as they go.
But you can't talk about food and Whistler and summer without paying tribute to this town's elevation of après — long considered an after-ski repast — to a languorous, slow food, slower livin' art form. Summer après acknowledges longer days, later dinners and your need for something to keep you going until you get around to eating the farm-fresh, local, artisanal, heirloom goodies.
No doubt, fresh and local are watchwords in Whistler cuisine, so think fresh, eat local... and don't forget après.


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He is one sick, sick, person. Poor grandma, she probably took care of him and loved him until the moment he brutally murdered her.
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CDOT has new plan to smooth I-70 traffic where the Eisenhower Tunnel often clogs on ski weekends
New system will move heavy-traffic to 4 lanes
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The Colorado Department of Transportation has a new plan to smooth traffic on Interstate 70, where the Eisenhower Tunnel often clogs on ski weekends.
The Vail Daily reported that CDOT has a new tactic to smooth eastbound traffic on I-70 between Silverthorne and the Eisenhower/Johnson Tunnels.
Near the tunnel, eastbound traffic is funneled from three lanes to just two. At about that spot, the transportation department is working on a system that on heavy-traffic days will move traffic into four lanes. Those lanes will use the highway's existing shoulders, so no widening work will be needed.
CDOT spokeswoman Stacy Stegman said the new system could replace "metering" at the tunnels. That system stopped traffic on the west side of the tunnels but led to long delays.
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Cambodian PM greets opposition party for joining forthcoming national election អាឡេវគៀងប្រវឹក ចូលអង្គប់?
PHNOM PENH, May 11 (Xinhua) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday welcomed the kingdom's opposition party Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) for its final decision to register for July's general election.
"I congratulate the opposition party for having its party and candidates registered with the National Election Committee (NEC) in order to join race in the general election on July 28," the premier said during the inauguration of a praying hall in a Buddhist pagoda in northern Kampong Chhnang province. "Previously, the opposition party threatened to boycott the election, but now, it showed clearly that they joined it."
The opposition party has repeatedly accused the NEC of being biased towards the ruling Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen and failing to accurately register voters for the upcoming election.
Ho Vann, deputy chief of the CNRP's disciplinary committee, said Saturday that the CNRP officially registered with the NEC on Friday to contest in the upcoming poll, but the name of its self- exiled leader Sam Rainsy has been omitted from its registration because the election body has deleted Sam Rainsy's name from the voter registry since November on the grounds that he is a convicted criminal.
Sam Rainsy, 63, fled the country in late 2009 before Cambodian court sentenced him to 11 years in prison in absentia for two charges–removing border poles and publishing a false map of the border with Vietnam and accusing Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong of being a member of the Democratic Kampuchea, or known as Khmer Rouge.
Ho Vann said, "However, the CNRP still keeps the name of Sam Rainsy as the candidate of Prime Minister if the party wins the upcoming election."
The CNRP was formed in September last year by the amalgamation of two opposition parties–the Sam Rainsy Party and the Human Rights Party.
NEC's Secretary General Tep Nytha said Friday that six political parties have registered with the NEC to run in the upcoming election, adding the exact number will be released next Monday, which is the deadline of the registration for political parties.
The country is scheduled to hold a general election for the 123- seat parliament on July 28. Some 9.67 million Cambodians are eligible to cast their ballots.
Analysts predict that the ruling Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen will dominantly win the forthcoming election.
Hun Sen, 61, has been in power for 28 years.
Hun Sen warns internal war if opposition wins July's polls
PHNOM PENH, April 19 (Xinhua) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen warned on Friday that there will be "an internal war" if the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) wins a general election on July 28.
The premier's warning followed the announcement of the self- exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday that he will convict members of Cambodia's current government accused of Khmer Rouge-era killings if his party wins the general election in July.
Via a video from the United States to about 200 supporters gathering at the Choeung Ek Killing Field to mark the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge on April 17, 1975, Sam Rainsy did not name those government members, but references to "ministers and deputy prime ministers" were consistent with his statement on April 17 last year, when he called for legal action against Prime Minister Hun Sen, Senate President Chea Sim and National Assembly President Heng Samrin.
"He (Sam Rainsy) has not come to power, but he dares to use insolent remarks, announcing to convict members of the current government, and Hun Sen," the prime minister said during the inauguration of new achievements at a Buddhist pagoda in western Kampong Speu province.
"An internal war will definitely happen if he (Sam Rainsy) wins the election because no one will let the other arrest easily. There will be fighting back," the premier said. "We have no wish to stage war, but they threaten to do war (with us) first."
However, the premier said he did not believe that the opposition party could win in the forthcoming election.
"Based on previous results, the opposition party needs to seek at least another 3 million votes to win the Cambodian People's Party (CPP)," he said.
On March 25, the premier predicted that his CPP would win at least two-thirds majority in the general election this July.
Hun Sen, 61, has been in power for 28 years and vowed to stay in the office until he is 90.
In the last election in 2008, the CPP won 90 seats out of the 123 parliamentary seats, while the Sam Rainsy Party won 26 seats, the Human Rights Party three seats, the Funcinpec Party two seats and the Norodom Ranariddh Party two seats.
Self-exiled Sam Rainsy is currently the leader of the CNRP, which was a merger between the Sam Rainsy Party and the Human Rights Party.
Sam Rainsy, 63, fled the country in late 2009 before a Cambodian court sentenced him to 11 years in jail in absentia for two charges — removing border poles and publishing a false map of the border with Vietnam and accusing deputy prime minister and foreign minister Hor Namhong of being a member of the Democratic Kampuchea, or known as Khmer Rouge.
In November, the National Election Committee removed his name from the voter list for the July's election on the grounds that he is a convicted criminal, meaning that he will be unable to participate in the upcoming election.
Cambodia's 10 cities, provinces to get new governors: PM
PHNOM PENH, April 18 (Xinhua) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday that 10 cities and provinces out of the kingdom' s 24 cities and provinces will get new governors as current governors get retired, sick and assigned to new work.
Speaking during the inauguration of a new administration building of Kampot province, the premier said eight governors got retired. They are the governors of the provinces of Siem Reap, Kampong Thom, Kampong Cham, Stung Treng, Kandal, Kampong Speu, Mondolkiri, and Phnom Penh Municipality.
The two other outgoing governors are the ill-governor of Oddar Meanchy province and the governor of Banteay Meanchey province, who will run as a lawmaker-candidate in the general election in July.
Hun Sen said he had requested to King Norodom Sihamoni for the replacement and the king had already approved the appointments of new governors.
He said the governor's term is four years and the retired age is 60.
Soccer match heals wounds,Hun (a)Nal declares Thai-Cambodian 'NIGHTMARE' over ..the sucker match
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that "the nightmare era" between Thailand and Cambodia was over as he led his side to a 10-7 victory in a friendly football match involving Thai and Cambodian officials aimed at showcasing the neighbours' improving relations.
"Today is a historic event in the relations between Cambodia and Thailand." Hun Sen said in his pre-match speech yesterday.
The friendly football match was cheered by a 50,000-strong crowd, including thousands of Thai red shirts.
Both teams were a mix of Thai and Cambodian politicians. The Red Peace team was led by Hun Sen, while Cambodian House, in blue, was led by former Thai premier Somchai Wongsawat.
Before the kick-off, Wilaiwan Somkwamkid, mother of jailed activist Veera Somkwamkid, met United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leader Tida Tawornseth and Pheu Thai list MP Weng Tojirakarn in Phnom Penh. Mrs Wilaiwan asked them to help negotiate with Hun Sen to release her son and his secretary Ratree Pipatanapaiboon, who are both held in Phnom Penh for espionage offences.
Veera had written to the Cambodian government, vowing to quit political activities after his release, she said.
Mrs Wilaiwan said she hoped the Thai and Cambodian governments would finalise a prisoner exchange programme soon.
Hun Sen proposed the programme during informal talks with Defence Minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa in Phnom Penh on Friday.
Former foreign minister Kasit Piromya said Hun Sen should not think that he could benefit from close ties with ousted former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra and the ruling Pheu Thai Party.
"Don't think that you will get at our natural resources and territory by be-friending or playing football with the Pheu Thai MPs," Mr Kasit said.
"There are millions of Thais who will not allow the government to give away national assets to Cambodia."
Meanwhile, Democrat spokesman Chavanond Intarakomalyasut yesterday criticised Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul's dismissal of Asda Jayanama as head of the Thai-Cambodian Joint Commission on Land Demarcation. He also disagreed with the dismissal of Virachai Plasai, Thailand's ambassador to the Hague, an adviser to the Thai-Cambodian Joint Boundary Commission.
Mr Asda will be replaced by retired ambassador to India Bundit Sottiplarit.
Mr Asda and Mr Virachai had been appointed to handle Thai-Cambodian issues when the Democrats took power in 2008.
Mr Chavanond said the two had been strong and knowledgeable advocates for the Thai side in the dispute over the 4.6 square kilometre disputed zone around Preah Vihear Temple.
"I wonder if the two diplomats were removed to make it easier for [the Pheu Thai government] to achieve agreements with Cambodia," he said.
Mr Surapong yesterday defended his decision to dismiss Mr Asda, saying the diplomat had made no significant progress on land demarcation between Thailand and Cambodia.
He said Cambodia wanted to see land demarcation between the two countries completed within the Yingluck government's term.
"I believe the new committee members will perform better than the past committee," Mr Surapong said.
The minister insisted he had the right to choose to replace Mr Asda and Mr Asda should give other people a chance to do the job.
Mr Asda said on Friday that he was informed about his dismissal on Sept 13, but was not given a reason.


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The true success of iRetouch comes in its Blend Modes. This is the closest to a Photoshop App (besides the real Photoshop) I've found. There are layman friendly descriptions of each blend mode and quite a bit of control in implementing them. Most of the work I have posted here takes advantage of the blend modes within iRetouch.
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Memorial Day is the time to remember those who risked their lives to protect us and the country.
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Great post and pics! Happy memorial day!
Hi Beverly! You have posted a very lovely tribute today. I hope you hae had a very good day and ou have enjoyed the company of family and friends. Thank you for the beautiful thoughtful post.
Hi Beverly, This video was so touching it made me cry. Our military is awesome and it is so painful to lose the lives of so many Americans when we are at war. We need to remember them with deep and sincere thankfulness as we go about our daily lives. May God bless them and their families.
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