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U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks - Gravely Mistreated & Far Undervalued (Part 1) 17 comments
Preamble: Despite the fact that Seeking Alpha has recently published many articles from short-side authors that were obviously biased and shoddily researched (and did a lot of unjustified damage to the portfolio value of long-side investors and some unjustified damage to the companies being unfairly criticized), they declined to publish this article—in its current state at least. I believe that Seeking Alpha, and/or its editors, are a part of the problem which I describe within this article under Part 1, point [4]. In addition, I am concerned that people within Seeking Alpha and/or people affiliated with Seeking Alpha personnel may be shorting the stocks that are being unfairly criticized within published articles prior to article publication. I am posting this article as an Instablog. If you have any suggestions as to another place(s), other than Seeking Alpha, where I can post this article, please share them with me. Also, I join with those who advise others to be very skeptical about the information published by Seeking Alpha, especially if the information is short-side stock information.
More-and-more, we are seeing written articles, web blogs, message board postings, and television segments in which U.S.-listed Chinese stocks, especially the ones that came into being via a reverse merger, are characterized as far more risky and/or frauds. These characterizations have occurred ad nauseam. Sometimes these characterizations have been made regarding the stock segment as a whole, sometimes they have been made in regard to individual stocks within the segment, and sometimes they have been made in regard to the segment as a whole and an individual stock(s) in conjunction.In brief, these characterizations are almost entirely false. Like in any stock segment, occasionally, a stock like RINO International is found. (RINO International appears to have overstated their past revenue since two contracts for which they reported receiving revenue were never finalized.) Despite the very bright spotlight thrown on this stock segment for an extended period, there is not reliable evidence that these stocks are far riskier; and it is becoming clearer and clearer over time that, entirely or almost entirely, the underlying companies are not frauds.
In fact, since the prices of these stocks have been beaten down to such a ridiculously low level based upon almost-entirely-false information, they represent a fantastic buying opportunity for individual investors. Normally, this kind of buying opportunity is limited to venture capitalists and the like. In this segment, individuals have a venture-capitalist-like opportunity. Like a venture capitalist, though, you need to do your due diligence to separate the truly great opportunities from the overstated opportunities and the occasional fraud. In this way, it is just like investing in U.S.-or-Western-European-based companies; but it has far greater upside potential.
What has been happening is this: People know that they can easily make money in this segment by shorting the stocks and, then, often with or via collaborators, communicating a series of lies, exaggerations, and/or misrepresentations that will drag the stock price down. One of these many lies, exaggerations, and/or misrepresentations may hit on what proves to be, in part if not in whole, a true flaw regarding the investment. Almost always, they hit on nothing or nothing significant. It doesn't matter much, if at all, to the shorter if any of the lies, exaggerations, and/or misrepresentations hit. The stock price still goes down, at least for a while.
Is this unethical? Yes, of course it is. Will this continue? Yes. How can it be stopped? Via multiple measures.
(1) The impacted companies are just now starting to speak out well in response to these attacks. This trend must continue and strengthen. Generally, they should not be silent regarding any unfair criticisms that largely affect the stock price, even if the affect on the stock price is temporary. Also, if when a legitimate, significant question is raised that the company has not answered or answered well enough before, they should always answer the question publically. (A criticism can, potentially, be valid.)
(2) The companies should always consider legal action as a potential course of responsive action.
(3) U.S. regulatory authorities need to address the situation. It is an outright embarrassment that we have done nothing regarding the grave mistreatment of the companies in this stock sector. It is also rather humorous that we have done nothing, in the context of all the unfounded or exaggerated claims about how relatively untrustworthy these companies are because they are Chinese. It appears that they can't trust us, not the other way around.
(4) The more-reputable, and supposedly more-reputable, U.S. news sources should stop covering this story in a biased and/or unprofessional manner. Barron's and CNBC seem unlikely to do this. All of us who are knowledgeable regarding the news realm know that, often, what passes for news is simply a part of someone's and/or some institution's agenda. It is clear that, for the time being at least, people at these institutions want to get us to invest in U.S. companies, even though these investments are relatively much less attractive. Expectations are higher for places like Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal; yet Bloomberg recently published an article on Waldo Mushman without doing proper investigation. If they had investigated properly, they would have readily seen that the Mushman, as is standard for short proponents in this stock space, is regularly inaccurate in his criticisms and does not issue retractions. In fact, they would have found things like this: "The management of China Sky One Medical reminded investors that Waldo Mushman was misleading investors by counterfeiting SAIC documents and posting them on its website and other blogs." (Source: http://www.skyonemedical.com/English/newsshow.asp?hid=848) I hereby challenge the U.S. and other business news services to do unbiased, high-quality investigative journalism regarding the point-by-point accuracy and integrity of the short proponents in this space. If and when they do, the results will be shockingly (to many people) unflattering.
(5) The many well-known and reputable individuals and institutions in this space as long-side investors should be more involved. It may be too difficult or time-consuming for a news service like Bloomberg to go through all of the more-recent major SEC filings, visit locations in China, et cetera, related to a company(s) that has been unfairly criticized. These bigger investors have already strongly vetted these investments. They are a resource via which the many unfair short-side contentions can be more-readily debunked. They should also consider legal action as a potential course of responsive action.
(6) The bigger, more-renowned brokerages, et cetera, should initiate coverage on some of these stocks—and not simply for newer issues for which they may have helped with the financing and/or listing. Some of them are far better investments than the vast majority of stocks that are currently covered.
If/when any of the many short-side people who lie, exaggerate, or misrepresent respond to this article, I may simply ignore them. It is only worth spending a limited amount of time responding to falsehood after falsehood after falsehood. If, on the other hand, you are not one of these people, and you think I was significantly inaccurate with something I wrote above, you think that something I wrote above should be enhanced, or the like, please do point this out to me.
Disclosures: I am long YONG and HRBN. Otherwise, I do not have a position regarding any of the companies mentioned in this article.
Disclosure: I am long YONG, HRBN.
Themes: U.S.-Listed Chinese Stocks, Reverse Merger Stocks Stocks: YONG, HRBN, ONP, CSKI, CCME, NIVS, ABAT, ALN, BEST, BORN, CADC, CAGC, CGA, CHBT, CELM, CEAI, CHOP, CILE, CMFO, CNIT, CSR, CTFO, CVVT, HEAT, LIWA, DQ, MY, NEWN, SKBI, SPU, SUTR, TPI, TRIT, TSTC, UTRA, WATG, YUII, ZOOM, ZSTN, XIN, SORLBack To Kurt Shrout's Instablog HomePage »Instablogs are blogs which are instantly set up and networked within the Seeking Alpha community. Instablog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors, in contrast to contributors' articles.
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This is a great article.
It describes grand injustice inflicted upon great Chinese companies and upon many investors from around the globe who trustfully believe these companies have extraordinary growth potential.
The damage is counted by the billions of dollars!
This wild and unregulated behavior by ill intentioned bodies must be uprooted altogether and brought to justice.
The issue must be brought under a powerful spot light on the center stage provided by the leading media outlets, such as WSJ, Bloomberg, CNBC and the like.
And top tier law firms that are of the required expertise must be briefed and urged to take initiative and file the necessary documents with the relevant legal authorities.
My greatest fear is that these best of breed Chinese entrepreneurs, who believed the great effort to overcome the many obstacles and succeed in being publicly traded in the leading stock exchange of the free world would serve them profoundly, will become collectively gravely disappointed and take their business elsewhere!
This possible outcome could prove to be no less of a world class scandal and a colossal loss for many investors who will loose both a substantial part of their already invested capital as well as a once in a generation investment opportunity to take part in THE growth story of this century.
EVERYONE with a sound mind and a strong sense of justice must act the best he can on all fronts in this pivotal fight of restoring the faith, honor and value of these fine and unique Chinese companies! -
Great article !
Except RINO case, ALL the other are clueless allegations serving the shorters pockets.
All claims against ONP, UTA, CEU etc. have been proven wrong.
Some minor issues exist EVERYWHERE even in the most reputable AMERICAN companies .
Let's not search the numerous small cap AMERICAN companies where the potential fraud is almost certain if sb investigates them meticulously.
SEC must decide seriously and prosecute them .
The IP addresses are there although most of them are known in the investing community.So it is easy to find.
Jim Chanos is shorting chinese stocks. This is a fact.
Who knows whom (shorters/bloggers) he is affiliated with?
Has SEC ever investigated the affiliates of Jim Chanos and other shorters for instance? -
i think this article should NOT be in instantblog.
I believe you should contact seeking alpha to release this article at the headlines of Yahoo as it happens with other similar seeking alpha articles .
Hopefully the seeking alpha folks are objective and they will agree with your request. If not, they are shady too.....
Things are simple. -
just fyi, Look below the PROVEN AMERICAN accounting frauds. They are PROVEN and the companies have ACCEPTED it, it is not just clueless allegations released by some shorters or bloggers affiliated with hedge funds.
The latest one is GMCR of course. Nevertheless we did not see any negative impact on the stock price just because it is AMERICAN ! These unethical clueless shorters HID the case too.
This is a list with a SAMPLE of the PROVEN AMERICAN frauds. Those who doubt it , they can ask the companies or google to find the details of the FRAUD.
GMCR (green mountain)
Brystol Myers Squibb
Chiquita Brands (CQB)
ImClone Systems
Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR)
Peregrine Systems
and some more PROVEN AMERICAN fraud
and some more PROVEN AMERICAN fraud
Let me know, i can post much more PROVEN AMERICAN fraud if this does not suffice you. -
When the criminal indictments come down for the recent tidal wave of fraud associated with the short attacks on China many folks think that associates or employees of SeekingAlpha will be indicted as well.
CLEARLY, there is front running ahead of these articles and part of the investigative process will include deposing some folks from SeekingAlpha under oath.
Note: Many are also waiting for the next shoe to drop concerning Mr. Chimin and the allegedly forged CCME documents. If indeed they were forged then it is certain that SeekingAlpha and the author will be getting a letter from the Rosen Law Firm and a host of others as well. -
" RINO International appears to have overstated their past revenue since two contracts for which they reported receiving revenue were never finalized. "
This is what the CEO said. However, read RINO's last 10K and see that was not deceptive behavior but allowed by RINO's revenue recognition methodology. Whether this methodology was overly aggressive can be legitimately debated but there was nothing surreptitious about it as shorts would like everyone to believe. -
Can you provide a relatively brief description of the revenue recognition policy that allowed RINO to recognize revenue for contracts that were never finalized? I've never heard of any revenue recognition policy that would allow this for the kind of work that RINO does. In so doing, if you can give us a quote and/or page number from the 10K, it would be good.
Bottom of pg37 in Rino's 3/31/10 10K :
Revenue Recognition
Contracts. The Company enters into long-term fixed-price contracts with customers to manufacture and install industrial equipment.
Revenue on long-term fixed-price contracts is recognized under the percentage-of-completion method. Under the
percentage-of-completion method, management estimates the percentage-of-completion based upon costs incurred to date as a
percentage of the total estimated costs to the customer. When total cost estimates exceed revenues, the Company accrues for the
estimated losses immediately. The use of the percentage-of-completion method requires significant judgment to estimating total
contract revenues and costs, including assumptions relative concerning the length of time to complete the project, the nature and
complexity of the work to be performed, and anticipated changes in estimated costs. Estimates of total contract revenues and costs are
continuously monitored during the term of the contract, and recorded revenues and costs are subject to revision as the contract
progresses. When revisions in estimated contract revenues and costs are determined, such adjustments are recorded in the period in which they are first identified.
A controversial policy but not undisclosed. -
" The use of the percentage-of-completion method requires significant judgment to estimating total contract revenues and costs "
Rino did business with state owned steel companies that were ordered to clean up or shut down. Rino could assume it was inevitably going to get a contract and begin fabricating in anticipation of eventually signing. The importance of personal relationships in a controlled economy could lead the CEO to make what would be an unexceptably aggressive judgment in a free western country. I'm not saying it's right or defensible but that judgment is understandable under the particular circumstances.
One other thought on your article. Are investment banks, who were denied possible income by chinese companies choosing the reverse merger process instead of a traditional IPO, tacitly or overtly complicit in a campaign to see the companies fail as investment vehicles ? It is in the investment banks' financial interests to see the reverse merger route sabotaged. -
Thanks for the RINO revenue recognition, et cetera, explanation.
Yet another thought on the article is: Are big-money investors and institutions trying to get and keep these stocks ridiculously undervalued so they can, potentially, buy the best of the underlying companies extremely cheaply? The stock prices are so low that they could swallow the loss on their shorting, if they themselves did short, and still make a vast amount of money via a privatization deal. A key to this strategy is screwing the other short sellers of the stock, something which is rather humorous when you think about it. I suspect someone(s) is currently trying to do this in regard to YONG, which is making me think that, maybe, this is what happened with HRBN. -
It's hard to see how the initial shorts will lose money. For the " me too " or late to the party shorts it's an entirely different situation as you suggest.
In order for initial shorters to cover cheaply, they need late-comers to keep the price down. Late-comer shorts will discover the initial shorters are no more bothered by screwing them as they are by screwing longs. It's all about timing and making money. Whose pocket it comes from is totally irrelevant. -
Thanks for your article, I enjoyed reading it. I have been investigating the arguments of the shorts and I think you are right. I have written a similar article on CSKI that has been rejected by SeekingAlpha as well. Instead I posted it on my own smallcapvalue.info blog.
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Microsoft Office for Ipad Mini?
I want to get an Ipad Mini, just basically to use as I use my laptop but more portable. The thing I use the most on my laptop is Microsoft Office. I realise that is Windows Operating System software, so would I be able to use it on the Ipad Mini?
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There are several office apps on the iPad like Apple's iWork, QuickOffice, DocstoGo. They cost between $10 - $20. There are some free apps too but dont have the editing features of a MS Office suite and mostly don't open MS office documents properly. Also I found them very difficult to use on the iPad. AstralPad is the best Office app in terms of editing features, MS office document fidelity and UX. It is definitely worth trying and it is FREE.
- Answered by Mita S from St Davids
- 7/06/2013
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QuickOffice is an app for iPad. With QuickOffice you can work in a version of Word, Excel, and Power Point in your iPad. I have QuickOffice in my iPad and I imagine QuickOffice works in iPad Mini, too.
- Answered by Henry M from Miami
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Do a search in the App Store for "Remote Desktop" and select from several apps that will allow you to "remote in" to your PC and do anything on your iPad that you can do on your desktop PC. I take my iPad into meetings and can access everything on my computer down the hall in case I need something I didn't bring with me. I can access all the remote shares connected to the PC and edit and send files. Getting used to the controls took a little time, but it's a very feasible way to do what you want.
If you don't know anything about Remote Desktop applications, it's worth reading up on.- Answered by James G from Bentonville
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The Open Offiec App will allow the iphone or ipad modify microsoft office files.
- Answered by Brian M from Pittsburgh
- 9/06/2013
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Yes, you can. With the new Office Mobile app. You must have a subscription to Office Mobile but you can buy them online. This app only allows you to use Word and Excel though. However, you are allowed to view and make notes on your Power-point using Sky Drive. All in all, it seems that office mobile is looking like your best bet.
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cloudon is an amazing free app. it has word and powerpoint and allows you to access them from any computer using dropbox or others such as google drive, skydrive, and box
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I have been using "Office 2 HD" for over a year. Word, Excel, and Power Point support is great. It also opens pdf documents. The price was also very low.
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Yes there is a way to run a version of Microsoft Office on all Ipads. Not very publicized but available. Here is how it works: You need to have a Office 365 account and the Chrome browser app installed. Open Chrome and type in the URL skydrive.live.com Form there open a spreadsheet, word document or powerpoint. You will see the MS office web app opening. Voila you have Microsoft office on your iPad. Granted the web apps from office 365 have limited functionality compare to the desktop version but they do the trick for most of the editing you would do on a tablet. No compatibility problems all native Office files and apps.
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You CAN use Microsoft Office on the iPad Mini, if you currently subscribe to Office 365.
There ARE apps in the app store to use Office on the iPad Mini.
This would normally be a corporate option.- Answered by David S
- 29/10/2013
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Look into smart office 2 as well for iPad.. that's one that I would use...but you can use Pages, numbers and keynote for iPad as well, and they will be free for iOS 7
- Answered by Scott A from Sanford
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I have used CloudOn on both iPad and iPhone and I think it works great. However, what I use most is Pages, Numbers and Keynote. All these apps open MS Office documents and can export them too! The Share button even allows you to directly share them in native format, PDF or Word/Excel. The import works flawlessly, the export is very, very good (but not always perfect).
The reason I use iWork is that the apps are just sooo much better than Office. I've been able to create much richer documents a whole lot faster. I still (have to) use a PC at work, with Office, but even there sometimes prefer to use iWork online in iCloud.
It may take you a little effort to learn to use all the features in iWork, but unless you use tons of macros, you will learn to love iWork. I suggest you give iWork a shot. Best of all: it's free!- Answered by Bart V from Cranston
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Microsoft office 2013 works on tablets, smartphones, and in the cloud. I can't post a link so look it up it sounds cool.
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I can't install ms office for my iPad
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you can get Microsoft but it doesn't work that well
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MS Office 2013 will not run on other OS's Still, you may be able to use applications that are based in the cloud such as MS Office 365.HTH
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I use the Polaris Office app and it works great to do any Microsoft Office programs. Works really well. I had a different app that I used but this one works way better.
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Microsoft Office is not available on iPads however, keynote, pages, and numbers are the Microsoft office alternative. These apps are absolutely fabulous.
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There is an app (see previous answers) but it is not yet offered in Canada.
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The fellow leading that food drive effort.
Wall Street to legend in his own mind a kid John tobacco but he loves that violence is a home.
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Milbank just mean on bench again the word I don't what's going on here and now I gotta tell you I appreciate the -- -- -- -- leading acting.
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Story | Dec 15, 2010 | 4:37 PMA formidable character actor, Ving Rhames is as at home in comedies (playing comically tough guys) as he is in action pictures. A "Piranha" here, a a Living Dead movie there — authority figures on TV, a funny voice in "Lilo &... -
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Story | Jan 8, 2011 | 4:35 PMOn screen, Ving Rhames is menacing, from the top of his big, muscular head to the bottom of his deep, scary bass voice. But the real Rhames doesn't necessarily fit that image. Yeah, he grew up in Harlem, and "my urban thug experiences gave me a l... -
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Story | Oct 24, 2011 | 4:39 AMOK, maybe two laughs in this "Piranha" sequel teaser. First, that Ving Rhames survived the first film and now has "Grind House" Rose McGowan legs. High caliber. And the whole "3DD" explanation, which, um, we had all... -
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Story | Oct 21, 2011 | 4:35 PMClick here to download TV listings for the week of Oct. 23 - 29 in PDF format TV listings for the week of Oct. 23 - 29 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found...... -
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Story | Aug 19, 2010 | 4:33 PMFrench writer-director Alexandre Aja has a succinct and pithy way to describe his new horror movie, "Piranha 3D": " 'Gremlins' for adults." That might surprise anyone who has seen the 10 minutes of leaked footage from Aja's movie making the...... -
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Story | Aug 20, 2010 | 4:34 PMNubile "Playboy" bunnies do an underwater ballet pas de deux in 3D. "Piranha 3D" sells itself. It's not as scary as it needs to be or as clever as it thinks it is, but the new 3D version of "Piranha" is at least as... -
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I can only go for 3 days due to the project I am working on and I am trying to decide which days would be the best to go. I know the day of conferences is shorter on the last day, so I am leaning with the first 3 days, but my work is more interested in me sticking around that Wednesday figuring there might be more networking opportunities that evening.
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Brazos Valley This Morning hosted the Bryan mayoral candidates for a forum Tuesday. The entire event can be viewed by clicking here.
Thursday on BVTM, the College Station candidates will be live in studio to discuss their takes on the issues.
Through two days of early voting in the Twin Cities, less than one percent of each city's registered voters have turned out.
In Bryan, 322 voters have cast ballots at the Municipal Building during the early voting period, which runs until Tuesday. That's 0.9 percent of the 35,575 registered voters.
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Four seats on the Bryan city council will be decided this election cycle, including the mayor. One school board race is also being contested.
The highest elected office in College Station is also up for grabs, along with another council seat. In that city, 354 of the city's 38,587 registered voters have cast ballots at City Hall and the school district's administration building in the first two days of early voting, also 0.9 percent.
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Tara Ingram says she and her mother spent thousands of dollars installing sprinklers and making other improvements to ensure their house would qualify for a Veterans Affairs contract to shelter homeless veterans.
But two weeks after notifying Ingram that she had won the contract, the VA backed out.
"They had us to spend all this money, and then they renege at the very end," Ingram said. "They just led us on, one thing after another."
She's not alone. Sheryl Lyons, whose business operates two other local group homes, says the VA strung her along with the promise of a contract in Fayetteville. The deal, she says, was canceled in a phone call after she had already spent about $20,000 to make VA-required improvements.
The women say the VA encouraged them to have all their renovations completed in time for a VA inspector to sign off on them.
In a written response to the Observer's questions about Ingram's contract, the VA's regional contracting office said the government is not allowed to tell potential contractors what work needs to be done to ensure the bidding process remains fair.
But Ingram and Lyons say that's not what happened, and the VA's months-long wrangling over sprinklers at Jubilee House also suggests the VA may have violated its own policies.
The VA pays shelter operators for every bed they provide to homeless veterans, and people who have the contracts say they depend on the money for the survival of their programs. But to qualify for contracts, shelters must meet federal safety standards.
Ingram and her mother, Gloria Daniels, thought the contract was a sure thing as they racked up an estimated $40,000 in bills for renovations to the house they leased in the Arran Lakes neighborhood in 2010. They also underwent VA background checks, which the VA confirmed are required only of people who are awarded a contract.
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Ingram participated in a conference call with Ortega and Fayetteville VA representatives on Oct. 21. The VA's response to the Observer acknowledges that the contract was awarded but says issues were raised during the phone call that were never addressed. An Ortega email after the call, however, says "all parties' objectives and concerns were met and agreed upon."
Ingram was given two days to respond to the new questions.
Ortega on Oct. 28 sent another email that said the Fayetteville VA "has decided to cancel this contract for convenience to the government."
The email says the VA would be accepting bids for a new contract with more requirements than Ingram's previous deal and encourages her to apply for it.
Ingram and Daniels, who had dipped into her retirement savings, said they could not afford to keep jumping through hoops for the VA. They say the VA wanted them to apply for a new contract offering more services for less than it would have cost to operate the shelter.
A VA regional spokesman said Friday that the VA would continue to look into the issues after being told of the inconsistencies in the VA's answers.
"It is possible that there was a gap in the communications behind this contracting effort, but it is hard to piece together what actually occurred nearly two years ago," Bruce Sprecher said. "VA needs community support to ensure these programs are successful, and anything we can do to better the process will be in the best interest of the veterans we serve."
Lyons, whose business operates two other homes for the mentally ill and mentally disabled, had renovated two houses to provide 14 beds for homeless veterans. Lyons planned to provide 24-hour supervision, food, transportation to medical appointments and other services for her tenants as part of her $711,000 contract proposal.
She said Ortega, the same contract specialist who worked with Ingram, repeatedly made her believe last summer that the contract was hers. But near the end of July, Lyons said, Ortega called and said, "We're not doing it anymore." Lyons said Ortega promised to send a written explanation, but she hasn't received one a year later.
Lyons said she had to pay her employees late for a few months because she had put so much money into the homes.
"It was wrong, the way they did us," said Daniels, who owns a day care center in Spring Lake. "They didn't care about us."
The VA said it told Ingram she could be reimbursed for any expenses she made in the small window between when the contract was officially awarded and when it was canceled.
Ingram said she has kept her receipts but was never told about reimbursements. She estimates that in the final push to prepare the house for the veterans' arrival, she spent about $15,000 on the sprinklers, labor, paint and a van for taking veterans to medical appointments.
Ingram and Daniels said they hired a lawyer to try to recoup the money they spent but could not afford to go forward with a costly lawsuit.
Lyons said she doesn't want her money back. She wants the VA to give her a chance to work together to help with an important cause.
"I have 14 beds, and I see homeless veterans walking the streets," Lyons said. "It breaks my heart not to be able to put someone in them because I can't afford to."
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Agreed, this is definitely making NSAL look bad and they can't be happy about it. It's hard to know exactly how they're getting these kittens - Beth makes it sound like she's personally scouring municipal shelters for "death-row" cases but she doesn't even have the back-stories straight. She keeps babbling about rescuing a blind pregnant cat (Kitna/renamed Bella) but that cat wasn't pregnant when she was found - the kittens had already been born according to NSAL's website. Wouldn't Beth have known that if she was really involved in the process?
Beth wasn't counting on this kind of publicity - the foster kittens were only supposed to bring her praise for being such an animal lover. Buchwald will have to get these sick kitten stories scrubbed from the interwebs if Beth decides to have a "write" a book on how to take care of kittens.
"Oh My Corpse" to be released in time for the holidays.
Do we need to start a foster kitty death pool??
Wouldn't it be funny if Howard got Cat Scratch Fever?
When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." ~Frederic Bastiat
as someone already mentioned, the good thing about all of this is that howard is definitely freaking out. i wouldn't be surprised if he's more of a basket case than beth.


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In the NHL, there are things you can do when you have a six-goal lead — like try a spin-o-rama. But there also are things you can never do — like watching your own highlights when your teammates are around. So Patrick Kane resigned himself to the fact that he'd have to wait until he was safely tucked away in his hotel room in Denver late Saturday night to watch the clip of him spinning around Dallas defenseman Brenden Dillon and flipping a backhander into the net, a spectacular score that capped the Blackhawks' 8-1 obliteration of the Stars at American Airlines Center.
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Hi, I'm now trying to make a switch work on my panel. My switch is attached to a sensor and I know that this sensor works because I've placed a label attached to this sensor and it's showing the correct value. However, the panel switch always displays "OFF". What is this switch expecting to get as a value? I've tried with "ON", "on", "1" but nothing works. As result, each time I press the switch an ON command is sent.
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Apr 19, 2012
In general for a switch you need a "on" command to turn device on, a "off" command to turn device off and a "status" command which returns the active states as string "on" or "off". The status command has to be used for the switch sensor.
If you can only turn the switch on and it does not reflect the new state, the device does not update the sensor. You will probably have to configure your status command with a fast polling interval (mayve 1 second) to have a quick feedback.
Thanks Marcus.
That's exactly what I've done but the switch sensor never displays the correct value. On the other hand, I have a label that reflects the value correctly. I'm using a "custom" sensor for both the switch and the label. No mapping.
For the switch to work properly you have to use a "switch" sensor.
Apr 20, 2012
I tried that too... without success.
A label attached to a custom sensor is displaying ON/OFF values correctly. However, a switch sensor (switch or custom) always displays OFF... I've tried with sending on/off in both lower case and upper case... just in case
I've also tried to bind an image to each state of the button but same result. The off image stays forever there, regardless of the value returned by the HTTP request.
Thanks again.
If your status command returns "on" or "off" and you use that inside a switch sensor it should work. No custom sensor needed at all. Also for a label you can use switch sensor.
... Also for a label you can use switch sensor...
Tested that too but "N/A" is always displayed. The following are my settings:
Switch Sensor: Name: SWITCH_SENSOR Command: Get_state Type: switch
Custom Sensor: Name: CUSTOM_SENSOR Command: Get_state Type: custom
Command: Name: Get_state Protocol: HTTP URL: http://localhost:8001/state.txt Polling interval: 1s
Attaching CUSTOM_SENSOR to a label works well. However, attaching SWITCH_SENSOR makes the label display "N/A" all the time.
Sorry to bother you again
When you assign a switch sensor to a label you have to define text for "on" and "off". Did you do that? Also try to only have switch sensor and remove custom sensor completely.
Yes, I've assigned a text for each state. I've also deleted the custom sensor as you suggest but the problem persists.
FYI, I have a screen displaying temperatures and humidities, using custom sensors attached to labels. Should I remove them too?
Thanks again for the great support!!
Hmm, weird, it should work. You can try with a new configuration and only the command and sensor that has the problem. You can also email me your openremote.zip file. marcus (at) openremote (dot) org
Apr 21, 2012
Thanks a lot Marcus.
Noob question: how can I create a new config without loosing my current one? I know I can save it in form of zip file but then, how can I reopen it from the online designer?
We don't have a re-import yet, but it's on the todo list The easiest way would be to create yourself a new account and just add the on/off/status commands and the switch sensor and the switch.
Apr 24, 2012
Problem solved.
My first tries were sending "1" and "0" instead of "on" and "off" so that could never work. Then, I used a static file to supply on/off strings but, for some reason, that doesn't work for switches (it works for labels though). I've modified my application to reply with "on"/"off" strings instead and it works.
Thank you very much Marcus!
Jun 20
I am trying to operate an Advantech ADAM-6050 using ASCII and HTTP commands. I am new to this issue. I am missing somethigs. I have created On and Off (POST) & Status (GET) HTTP commands that uses:
Off & On Commands: URL: http://10.0.0.55 HTTP Method: Post Off Command - Workload: #011000 On Command - Workload: #011001 Password: 00000000
Read Status: URL: http://10.0.0.55 HTTP Method: get Workload: $016 Password: 00000000
They carry the proper ASCII string to perform the job as I have tested it with Advantech's tools. I have created a Sensor (Custom State) and a Switch. I get lots of errors (Error polling thread for ADAM Get. Client Protocol exception when executing HTTP method). The switch status is stuck and does no do anything. The labe I have set to the sensor does not show anything (the respond should be !0100FFF or so). I am probably missing something here. Need help.
A GET command cannot have a workload. That is only for POST. GET usually encodes all paramter into the URL.
Thanks. Do not know the syntax. I will check it out since it is new to me. BTW I have upgraded to the June 17 snapshot so GET and POST should work fine.


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The reading of the bill [S. 351] concerning the settlement of decedent estates was resumed, commencing with Section 197.
Mr. CAUTHORNE moved to amend Section 189, line one, by striking out the word "some," and insert in lieu thereof, the word "the," and by striking out in line two the words, "of the country," and insert in lieu thereof the words, "that settled said estate." He said, as this bill was originally defeated, there was a provision made for a public administrator for each County. That was stricken out in the Senate, and this is one section in which they failed to strike out that word, public administrator, and this amendment simply harmonizes the bill.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. MITCHELL moved to amend Section 172, line 2, by striking out"or may refer the same to the Master Commissioner of the Court for hearing." He said: I have examined the bill carefully, and find that there is an apposition of terms "Master Commissioner" as used in connection with the settlement of decedent estatates. I can not see the use of this Master Commissioner. We have our Circuit Courts and Judges, and I do not believe they are so loaded down with work but what they can attend to this. I can see this feature in this measure: To take as much as possible of these estates--to eat up as much as possible. If I understand this matter now, an admintstrator or executor who has property to settle goes and employs an attorney--he chooses an attorney--he pleases, and the money come out of the decedent's estate. I do not see the necessity of this Master Commissioner, who gets $5 per day, and the chances are that he would put in every day in the year.
Mr. CAUTHORNE--I don't think the amendment ought to prevail. The object of that provision is this: If the business of the County so demand it the Judge shall employ an attorney to assist him, and the Court may allow him a reasonable fee for his services. It is as the law stands now. It does work injustice to anybody. I move to lay the amendment on the table.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. BENHAM moved to strike out Section 53 of the printed bill. He said: It occurs to me that this matter of referring everything to a Master Commissioner is a great outrage on the descendents' estate. In the County officers bill we have a Master Commissioner appointed by the Circuit Court--we have a Commission for each County. That Master Commissioner is allowed $5 per day for every day's services. The law provides that the Judges or Master Commissioner shall examine all inventories, etc., etc., of the administrator, and indorse the same. Anyone knows than neither a clerk, Judge, or anyone else, can tell whether the inventory is correct or not except the administrator himself, and I would like to know what sense there is to submit an inventory to a Master Commissioner or the Judge before it is filed. I think the section is an outrage. The cost of the Commissioner, the costs of the Court and the cost of the administrator would consume half the estate.
Mr. CAUTHORNE said: I do not think the amendment ought to prevail. Everyone who has had any experience in the County Clerk's office knows that perhaps one-half of the inventories filed are imperfect; that they are a disgrace to the State of Indiana, having such an immense school fund, and they are not gotten up in propr form, not spelled right, not added up right, and never ought to be filed. The Judge gets no fee; there is no fee provided for this. It does not add one single cent's expense to the estate. This is a part of the Judge's duty, and, in case he is away, the matter is referred to the Master Commissioner. There is no expense connected with this matter. It simply requires this inventory to be presented to the Judge for examination, to see if it is drawn up in proper form, and whether it ought to be filed at all.
Mr. RYAN--I do not suppose there is a County in the State where there ha not been a large amount of money lost to the State on account of the insufficient and bad condition of the inventories, and no man could take the files and tell anything about what there was. I do not know what the gentleman means by saying that it will entail a great deal of expense upon the State. There is nothing in the bill that provides any such expense as was spoken of. The law regulates the payment of the Master Commissioner--provides that the Court shall have control of the Master Commissioner and what ahall be paid him. Now, something of this kind in absolutely necessary in every County of the State of Indiana. I think the section ought not to be interfered with.
Mr. STEWART thought everything in this bill relating to Master Commissioner ought to be page: 165[View Page 165] stricken out; that a Commissioner could affix his indorsement to an inventory once a day, and charge the estate $5 for it. He was opposed to this office in connection with the Judge.
Mr. KENNER said the civil code just passed compells every Circuit Judge to appoint at least one Commissioner in his County, and he is paid out of the County Treasury just what the Judge can get for him. If you will act as Master Commissioners, the Judge will hire you for $2 or $3 or $4 a day, or whatever you agree upon. It is necessary to have a Master Commissioner to act in the absence of the Judge, to issue habeus corpus, etc. We have got him and must pay him.
Mr. CAUTHORNE said it was not the duty of the Clerk of the Court to examine the inventories filed. He has not the power to charge a single thing. It is his duty to receive and file them. That is his whole duty. The object of this provision is to relieve the Judge of this task during the term of Court, and not impose upon him an over amount of duties. This is nothing new. The law has been in force since 1852. The Judge allows whatever he thinks is right, and I am willing to trust the Judges of the State of Indiana, and I hope the Section will remain as it is.
Mr. LINDLEY moved to strike out the words, "Master Commissioner," where it occurs in this bill, and insert, instead, the words, "Clerk of the Circuit Court."
The motion was ruled out of order.
Mr. LINDLEY--This portion of the bill ought to be stricken out. I can not see why the Clerk should be required to hand over a paper to the Master Commissioner before he is allowed to file it. I ask what can the Judge or Commissioner tell in relation to an inventory that has been made if he can not appoint two appraisers and go over the whole list to seee whether it is correct or not?
Mr. CARR, of White, made an ineffectual motion--yeas, 32; nays, 40--to lay the amendment on table.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. MURRAY moved to amend Section 241 by striking out of line three the words "Or common pleas," and insert in lieu thereof the words, "Having probate jurisdiction."
The amendment was adopted.
Mr. STEWART made an ineffectual motion--yeas, 31; nays, 43--to recommit the bill to a Committee of three, with instructions to strike out all relating to "Master Commissioners."
Mr. COLE moved to indefinitely postpone the bill with the amendments.
Mr. MILES thought the motion should prevail.
Mr. CAUTHORNE moved to lay the motion on the table.
It was so agreed--yeas, 43; nays, 33.
The amendment were considered, engrossed, and the bill passed--yeas, 57; nays, 15.


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Tai Ping Hou Kui is one of China's Ten Famous tea. This tea has won many awards, the most recent being the "King of Tea" award in China Tea Exhibition 2010. Our Tai Ping Hou Kui is from Hou Keng village, located at the foothill of Tai Ping county. In the same way that Xihu area is known to produce the best Long Jing, Hou Keng village is where the highest grade of Hou Kui is produced.
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The food is good, but TOO EXPENSIVE for what you get. $8 for a bacon, egg, & cheese bagel with coffee is absurd.
so accommodating and friendly! the bagels are small but tasty, and they make the bagel sandwiches fresh to order (and add ingredients specially for you, if you want). the cold-pressed coffee is a nice treat as well! I definitely recommend this, such a nice atmosphere.. and take your order to the college's sculpture garden for a nice quiet setting!
Three of us had lunch there Sat, Apr 10, while visiting the Charleston area. Two of three had great food, one said "it was OK". We're from the DC area and really appreciated the fast service, hot food, and friendly atmosphere. We were in and out in less than 45 min yet we did not rush nor feel rushed.
I had the pleasure of dining at Lazo's on Tuesday of this week, and am about to go back today. Some of the many parts of a great meal at a restaurant include the ingredients, the preparation, the service, and the atmosphere. So, the ingredients can't be beat at Lazo's. I had shrimp and grits for breakfast--organic shrimp produced by the restaurant's own team, on the best hominy I've ever had. I could eat this every day for a month. Then put together so well, cooked just right. Delivered with love for the customer to a table outdoors under the most amazing blue sky with the sounds of surf, birds, and happy Folly Beach revelers. This meal was elegant in all these respects, yet in a totally casual, typically Folly Beach kinda place. (My wife and two young sons enjoyed theirs as much as I did!)
A friend and I recently went to the Blue Rose Cafe. We were there for breakfast. The server made us feel very welcome and was attentive. The blueberry pancakes were delicious. The server informed us that the owner made all the desserts and specialty breads. The atmosphere was casual and relaxed. It was a total delight and I will return for a visit. West Ashley has a true treasure.
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Overall great experience, the Wife and I had lunch here a couple weeks ago. We sat out on the patio and soaked in the atmosphere. Service was prompt and friendly. I had the Chili-burger and it was gianormous and spicetastic! Really enjoyed the fries too, they had a unique sweet & salty flavor. Great beer on tap - no Guinness though :( Almost had to drop it a star for that, but since I loved everything else about it I figured I'd still give it a five. We plan to visit often.
Had a plain bagel with cream cheese today. I was informed not to toast it since they were "still warm". Not only was it not still warm, it tasted old. While crispy, it was quite dense and tough, small, and much too much cream cheese for the bagel's size. The cream cheese also wasn't salted enough or flavorful. For $2.65, that's the last one I'll be having.
I love Mozzo! Huge menu with lots of options for everyone, even my vegetarian husband. We love to grab a sandwich before heading out on the boat since it is nearby Shem Creek. Though the prices are a little on the high end for a deli, the taste and quick service make it worth while!
my family and i visited the restaurant, and boy were we completely surprised. our server AJ was the cutest and most polite, the food was awesome!the pastrami reuben is the bomb.
The service was friendly and attentive. The food (especially the SIDES) ranged from very good to JAW DROPPING. I will never look at lima beans the same way again.
My dad loves this place. We come in once a month or so for him to have pancakes and me to have the corned beef hash omelet. The staff is always friendly and I love watching the cooks in the open kitchen.
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The Bagel Shop is a great addition to the Charleston Market. Now I'm from the South, but bottom line this is good food. Cinnamon raisin bagels with some cream cheese is awesome. It's not just the bagels, the sandwiches are sooo good as well. I will be a frequent customer.
I was in town from NYC for 3 days. I dropped into the Bagel Shop on my first mornng in Charleston and was back for 3 more meals. Their bagels and sandwiches were as good, if not better than any plave I frequent at home. I'll be back!!
YAY! A bagel shop in Charleston that is actually open on a Sunday! The bagels were awesome and I LOVE LOVE LOVE their homemade olive cream cheese. The Everything bagel I had definately had everything on it - garlic, poppy seeds, sesame, a littel salt - just like I like it!
I haven't been able to get by for lunch but the sandwich menu was very appealing with a broad variety of sandwiches. I even noticed a couple of vegetarian options which means ALL of my friends would have a choice if we ate lunch there.
The owners were there when I stoppped by and they were so friendly and welcoming.
I am so thankful for a local, family owned business that I can support. I'd definately give them a try ( or two, or three...)
Ran in to grab some lunch on opening day, had the veggie wrap which was outstanding, my husband had the portobella caprese which was also terrific. We are both vegetarians and were expecting a struggle to find fresh, healthy choices for our lunch, but we were very pleasantly surprised by the options. Looking forward to our next opportunity to dine there.
I love the Bagel Shop. The quality of the food and coffee speaks for itself, delicious. I agree with previous reviewer about ordering kinks and lack of menus but attribute that to it being new. I went opening week and have been back since and have seen improvement. The staff has been friendly and helpful in my experience. I work on King St. and am thrilled to have a new breakfast and lunch spot.
I'm so happy the Bagel Shop is finally open, I've been in almost everyday. The bagels are outstanding, crisp outside and chewy inside, definitely the best around by far. I've had the everything, multigrain, and cinnamon raisin bagels and the blueberry and sundried tomato cream cheese and have loved it all. The sandwiches I've tried have also been exceptional, the turkey panini, shrimp wrap and chicken salad have been excellent and I'm looking forward to trying others. The Bagel Shop was much needed in Charleston and I will be a frequent customer.
When I first viewed this diner from the outside I was a little reluctant to go in. My wife and I said let's give it a try. Boy were we surprised. The food was nothing short of excellent, the wait staff was great and so was the service. In fact I asked our waitress who the owner was and as it happened he was sitting in the booth behind us. As we left I stopped by and let him know what a great place this was.


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Televisions come with premium cable channels. Guestrooms also feature refrigerators, microwaves, and air conditioning.
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