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Ohios Division of Securities is threatening to shut down SoMoLend Holdings LLC, the local startup that connects small businesses seeking loans with individual lenders and institutions.
In a notice dated June 14 but not previously reported, the state alleges that SoMoLend and its CEO, Candace Klein, made statements and engaged in activity that included making fraudulent financial projections; false and misleading statements regarding current and past performance; and false and misleading statements about SoMoLends relationships with banks and other institutions.
The notice also says SoMoLend which stands for Social Mobile Local Lending did not obtain the necessary state and federal licenses to run its peer-to-peer lending business, which allows small businesses to borrow money in exchange for making principal payments plus interest.
Investors lend money to borrowers through SoMoLend, which packages the loans and sells them as notes. SoMoLend receives a fee or commission for facilitating the loans.
Klein said Sunday that SoMoLend is in discussions with the state, and stressed that that state will not issue a final order until after a hearing scheduled in October. She said she could not respond to the states specific allegations.
Rahul Bawa, a SoMoLend board member, confirmed the ongoing discussions with the state, and said SoMoLend has stopped making loans in Ohio.
SoMoLend, which launched in 2011, had raised $2.18 million from 31 investors through Feb. 27 of this year to build its business, according to the state. Those investors include CincyTech, the downtown-based public-private seed-stage fund, and the Queen City Angels, a group of experienced, accredited investors. Bawa is the director of digital and software investments at CincyTech, which typically takes a seat on the board of its portfolio companies.
Klein has received considerable local and national attention for advocating crowdfunding, both in the form of loans such as the ones SoMoLend facilitates and in the form of equity investments, which are currently restricted to accredited investors with an income of at least $200,000 a year or a net worth of at least $1 million.
She was the subject of a New York Times profile in January and has been featured in other national publications for her advocacy on relaxing rules around crowdfunding equity investments. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering rules for allowing such solicitations of public investment following the passage of last years JOBS Act.
The states investigation could threaten Kleins ability to effectively advocate for equity-based crowdfunding. Among the states allegations are that SoMoLend and Klein:
Repeatedly and publically cited significantly higher, false performance figures in presentations to potential investors and in interviews. In a March 2013 interview, Klein told Entrepreneur Magazine that SoMoLend had raised $15 million for 100 businesses. The state says that at the time, SoMoLend had closed 25 loans for 18 businesses, totaling $234,000.
Failed to disclose to potential investors that SoMoLends intended business activity was not legal without proper state and federal licenses, and that SoMoLend had not obtained those necessary licenses.
Routinely projected millions of dollars in annual revenues and profits without including cautionary language or risk factors. The state noted several examples, including a presentation slide deck for investors and potential investors that showed SoMoLend revenues climbing from $44,798 in 2012 to $71 million in 2016. The presentation showed profitability projections trending from a loss of $1.1 million in 2012 to a profit of $35.8 million in 2016. As of June 14, the state says SoMoLend had generated $3,404 of revenue.
Made false and misleading statements to investors about the nature of its various business relationships with banks and other financial institutions. In a public webinar in April, Klein said SoMoLend had about 43 banks lending on its platform. At the time, the state says, only one bank had made a loan through SoMoLends crowdfunding platform.
Failed to ensure that the businesses seeking loans on SoMoLends platform were registered with the states Division of Securities or had obtained an exemption. As of June, the state says just three out of approximately 198 borrowers made any filings with the division, exposing approximately 200 businesses to potential liability.
Bawa, citing SoMoLends ongoing discussions with the state, said he also could not comment on the states specific allegations. Another SoMoLend board member, Madeleine Ludlow, declined to comment Sunday. A QCA Angels representative also said he could not comment.
SoMoLends model was in part designed to help small, non-traditional businesses that struggle to obtain financing from banks access credit. Banks have largely shifted their focus to serving larger, more established businesses.
The January New York Times story on Klein included comments from a Cincinnati store owner who said she obtained a $15,000 loan from KeyBank through SoMoLend, which eventually allowed her to obtain a $50,000 line of credit.
Its hard to open a small business, and SoMoLend has made it a little easier for us, Stacey Shiring told the New York Times.


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Houston police officer R.C. Hesseldahl works in the department's financial crimes division and says about a half dozen officers work an increasing number of idenity theft crimes, from e-mail scams to stolen mail and forgery cases. "Identity theft is the biggest growing crime out there," says Hesseldahl. "Everybody's doing it and I think the reason they do it is because it's a crime against an unknown entity. They steal your identity, but they're not stealing money from you, they're stealing it from a company."
One of the most popular scams is called phishing, where crooks send out e-mails, purportedly from banks and popular web sites, like E-bay, asking for updated password and account information.
Criminals send out millions of these scam e-mails, and a percentage of consumers respond to them, making them targets for identity theft. AOL consumer advisor Regina Lewis says the worst thing to do is respond to phishers. "The number one thing is you don't want to respond to it, even if it's take me off your list because in doing so, you do a couple of things. One, you confirm that you're a legitimate e-mail and two that you're responsive and so you're only going to make yourself a bigger target," says Lewis.
Criminals typically use the information they get from internet phishing to create new identities in order to apply for credit cards and loans. Former FBI computer forensics agent and owner of Houston-based Acquisition Data William Odem says common sense is the best weapon against internet phishing.
He says following a link provided in an e-mail is dangerous and that it's better to log into your accounts from a known and legitimate website. He says web site mock-ups created by crooks look authentic, but are simply ways for the criminals to steal personal information.

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Cautiously optimistic may best describe the outlook six-year Bellevue coach Andy Dennings has for his baseball Redmen.
"We have a good group of returning players, along with our newcomers, that we think gives us an opportunity to compete for a (Northern Ohio League) league title," Dennings said. "But it will be a good challenge. We lost a lot of offensive production from last year. We have some very capable pitchers but we are unproven at the varsity level so we will need to show continued improvement throughout the season."
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If you forced me to pick one, I'd say Khloe Kardashian is my favorite Kardashian. I liked her in Celebrity Apprentice and she clearly is the most independent of the brood. When I set out to do the parody As The Kardashian Turns, it was not because I dislike the Kardashians. Frankly, I have only seen Keeping Up With The Kardashians a few times. But enough to know that a parody was a must. Anyhoo, TMZ last week posted a before and after picture of Khloe and I wanted to share the before and after of Mackenzie John Miller who… Read More »
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Joe Mauer placed on DL with leg weakness, will see specialist Friday
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The Minnesota Twins blew two saves in Thursday's 4-3 loss at Tampa Bay, and that was the least of their problems.
After the game, the team announced Joe Mauer has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with "bilateral leg weakness," and manager Ron Gardenhire told reporters the All-Star catcher will travel to Baltimore on Friday to meet with a specialist.
Catcher Steve Holm has been recalled from Class-AAA Rochester to take Mauer's place.
Mauer -- who had offseason knee surgery and missed a large chunk of spring training -- was off to a slow start offensively, hitting just .235/.289/.265 with one extra-base hit in 38 plate appearances. The Twins were mildly concerned about whether Mauer had enough time to get his legs underneath him with a shortened spring.
As a result of the leg weakness, Mauer has experienced soreness in his hips, shoulder and elbow, due to overcompensation, Gardenhire told reporters. He originally was scheduled to see the specialist on Tuesday, during the Twins' series against the Orioles, but the appointment was moved up after Mauer was scratched from Thursday's lineup.
It's worth noting that Mauer has history with the specialist in Baltimore that dates back to March 2009 -- the year he missed all of April with back issues before eventually winning the American League MVP Award.
Mauer was diagnosed that spring with inflammation in the sacroiliac joint, the area between his spine and pelvis.


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Hi everyone, hello my highly-valued league members.
After a meeting with 4n0th1n9, where the main topic was the occuring (communication) problems regarding our league, we decided to make some changes.
Here it is, summarized to 3 easy articles. Enjoy.
1) READ THE DAMN RULEBOOK!!! At least the valuation of matches and which team is responsible for what, should become ingrained to everyone!!!
2) All email addresses will be banned from this book. Scheduling, Resulting, reporting, investigation will be discussed HERE from NOW on.
3) Please read this summary of league milestones, kindly written by 4n0th1n9:
Syphor's 2hg league on steam!
This thread will be used to keep track of matches and schedule matches. All the participants please feel free to report your match outcomes here. More information: steamcommunity.com/groups/2hgol
Rules: magic.keiler-land.de/rulebook/SyphorsLea...
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1) h3xagon & Collinwood2k - team: Simply 'cause we can.
2) napha2827 & Maho - team: thai fighters
3) dh50 & Lazy Lout - team: Twincast
4) ralph.seymour.jachson & Coite - team: Transatlantic Alliance
5) 4n0th1n9 & Drogo - team: Big Bada Boom
6) Kn1ghtmare & <<{bls}>>BloodBath - team: TBA
7) Bondzour & irmaio - team: Team corn flakes
8) steveska & Xeper - team: Skalocalypse
Replacement team: alphagia & soko - team: TBA
Games must be played as best 3 out of 5 if a tie occurs (2-2) then a "tie breaker rule" applies see here: www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=50bab208e4...
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We start our Monday Morning Mop Up in Fort Worth TX where the hometown Fort Worth Kennel Club drew the largest entries of the week, with better than 2100 dogs entered on both Saturday and Sunday. more
Three locations had shows with nice-sized entries this past weekend. The Tar Heel circuit in Raleigh, N.C., opened on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, with 1,121 entries, and with a high for the five days of 1,892 on Saturday. Three days in Vallejo, in California's Bay Area, had entries of 1,606, 1,880 and 1,794. But the biggest shows of the weekend were two all-breeds at the Fort Worth Kennel Club shows in Texas. more
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We must live on a fixed income and make that income go as far as we possibly can. We must budget our resources so we run out of life before we run out of money. That is a blunt way of stating our goal, but that is reality.
The Social Security Administration announced on October 15, 2012 that the cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2013 will be 1.7%. This is the same as 2012.
The cost of living adjustment per cent (COLA) for Social Security has not been very high in the past few years. Here is the recent COLA data:
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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Supporters of a plan to hand out clean crack pipes to San Francisco drug users say they're not swayed by city opposition and plan to hand them out anyway.
Activists claim that such a program would have many of the same benefits of needle exchanges, essentially connecting users with services that could help them turn their lives around.
The city of San Francisco hands out 2.7 million clean needles a year to IV drug users. Advocates said clean glass pipes to crack users could also cut HIV and Hepatitis C cases.
Laura Thomas of the HIV Prevention and Planning Council has made a formal recommendation to the city's health department. As KPIX 5 reported last week, city leaders have balked at the proposal.
"It may seem counter-intuitive, but it's a great program. Once you can get people into your program, make them feel respected, taken care of them, they're more likely to want to come back and want to get on HIV meds," Thomas said.
Last week's report set of a flurry of opposition sentiment from government officials, including the mayor's office. Mayor Ed Lee was first with a statement, via an email from his spokesperson, Christine Falvey: "Mayor Lee is not aware of this exploration and is not supportive. There are many other HIV interventions that could and should be explored before ever considering this."
However Isaac Jackson, a Tenderloin resident and founder of what he calls a "tiny" drug user advocate group called the Urban Survivors Network told the San Francisco Examiner "we decided that we would just begin doing it."
Jackson said his group plans to hand out 25 to 50 clean pipes at an exchange event in march. That would violate both state and federal drug paraphernalia laws. It's not clear if those laws would be enforced in this case.
Advocates said needle exchange faced similar controversy when it got started but was accepted after supporters pressed forward anyway.


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High-tech device bombards brain with electrical current, kills cancer cells
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – August 2012 - A new electrical approach to serious brain tumors is giving patients hope when they might be out of other options. Doctors at The James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University are using a kind of electrical "helmet" to help control brain tumors that might otherwise be untreatable.
The device, called NovoTTF, is used to treat tumors known as glioblastomas. A patient with this type of tumor wears a cap, which has a series of electrodes that are taped to the patient's shaved head.
"The currents then interrupt the ability of cells to divide, thereby leading to cellular death, and then leading to tumor death" said Robert Cavaliere, MD, a neurologist at The Ohio State James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute. "This is a novel approach that is less risky and has fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapies that we have been using up until now to treat these tumors."
The electrical field created by the NovoTTF device covers the entire brain and is designed to reach even the smallest branches of the tumors, without harming healthy brain tissue. The Food and Drug Administration has approved this device for the treatment of glioblastomas, after patients have exhausted standard radiation and chemotherapy treatments.
Cavaliere said "As of 2012 we do not have a standard approach of treating these tumors, but the studies that have been performed suggest that, in terms of outcomes, this approach is equivalent to chemotherapies we typically use."
The goal is to wear the device 18 hours a day, so most patients plug it into a wall at night and sleep with it on their heads. During the day, they power the device using batteries that are stored in bags or backpacks, which allow them to remain mobile and active. "It's a quiet device, and very well tolerated," said Cavaliere, "in fact, it doesn't generate any noise at all."
For patients like Elaine Kiourtsis, it gives her the freedom to do things that traditional therapies may prevent her from doing. Just by looking at her you would never know she is undergoing almost constant treatment for a serious brain tumor.
"It's just like a little cap you're wearing and you don't feel a thing" said Kiourtsis "It allows me to do everything. We go to church and other places and it doesn't interfere."
"Interestingly patients are enthusiastic about treatments," said Cavaliere. "Unlike chemotherapies that people are not generally enthusiastic about, people are enthusiastic about this device," he said.
Another benefit of using NovoTTF is fewer side effects.
"Patients treated with chemotherapy frequently experience some nausea or vomiting, and they have problems with their blood counts, which are things that control bleeding and stop infections. We don't see those kinds of problems with this device," said Dr. Cavaliere.
Kiourtsis says the device can get slightly warm at times, but she often forgets its even there.
"I think it's fabulous, I think it's in the future. It's just unbelievable what's going on" said Kiourtsis.
Right now the device is only being used on the most serious cases of brain cancer, but studies are underway to see if it might work as an option immediately after diagnosis.


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Ultimately, I wouldn't ride by myself, especially on a horse that isn't sure of itself. But that's just me.
Horses are herd animals ... going out alone somewhere unfamiliar only provokes the instincts and they will act to protect themselves ; I don't think your horse is trying to behave badly, only looking for leadership. If you hesitate even for a moment, they will take over and try to lead themselves. So, if you get anxious, your horse knows it, and will take it upon herself to keep herself safe (which is where the anxious/alert behavior surfaces). The horses that are fine on the trail alone are the ones that don't mind being the leader. Some horses just aren't like that. Just be calm and don't EXPECT anything to go wrong - never get on a horse and expect it to do something bad, even if they do it every single time you ride. Get on and expect it to be the best behaved horse in the world and when something arises, correct it the best you can. Be prepared, but not expectant... if that makes sense.
Let her use her feelers and observe what's around her at her own pace; don't rush her or ask her for things she isn't ready for.
Also, if you want to "practice", go out with another horse in a single file line and keep your horse up front (don't pass sides). See how she acts. Is she equally alert and anxious, or is she more calm with another horse there? If she is anxious, move her behind the other horse and see if she relaxes. If she's not, the problem is the rider.


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Belly Up to Wilson Braswell at the Dugout in Anderson
Alabama native Wilson Braswell has had an on-again-off-again relationship with music over the years, but the off-again part of things hasn't always been voluntary on his part. After performing for a living in Panama City, Fla., during his early '20s, Braswell decided to take a hiatus to get married and start a family.
He returned to music in 1990 after 12 years off and spent the next two decades performing in and around his home base of Buford, Ga. However, a slip on some ice in December 2010 meant a separated quadricep and pinched nerve that took Braswell out of commission for more than a year. However, Braswell, along with his frequent backing band Jocassee, will prove to the Dugout crowd this weekend that he's back — again — to stay for a while.
"My calluses went away and my hands got a little slow and I got a little rusty," Braswell said, "but I'm finally getting the chance to ease back in to things."
Although Braswell has performed in duos in the past, he prefers the feel of a full band during live shows because of the interaction with band mates and the increased opportunity to take risks. He said he usually is joined in the Upstate by Jocassee, which combines keyboardist Kenny Head with the Stone Echo rhythm section of drummer Phil Parker and bassist Mark Medlin.
Braswell said the band sticks with classic rock in the vein of the Allman Brothers and Steely Dan, but it will venture into a little country or funk to change things up. Braswell said he leans toward the sound of the Allman Brothers because he spent a large chunk of his time at the Guitar Clinic in Sarasota, Fla., where he met Dan Toler, guitarist and co-writer on Gregg Allman's "I'm No Angel" and "Just Before the Bullets Fly" albums. The two performed often, and Braswell said the experience had a lasting impression on his sound. "My vocal style just lends itself to that music," Braswell said. "I grew up with it and I have the accent for it so it comes naturally to me."
Allman Brothers classics like "Whipping Post" and "One Way Out" are par for the course at Braswell's shows, but Steely Dan's "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" and "Pretzel Logic" almost always find their way into sets. Although Braswell is sticking mostly to covers at live shows, he is in the writing phase on an album of originals he would like to complete by the end of the year. He said it is all part of his strategy to return to the consistent performing he enjoyed years ago.
"I gave up some regular spots due to injury," Braswell said. "I want to get into a regular rotation with different venues again."
Wilson Braswell and Jocassee will appear at the Dugout starting at 9 p.m. Friday. The Dugout is located at 4016 Clemson Blvd. in Anderson.
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Konica Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc. (KMSA), the worldwide leader in the industrial measurement of color, light and 3D shape, announces its participation at the 2012 Photonics West show at the Moscone Center in San Fransisco, CA Jan. 24-26, 2012.
At this year's show, KMSA will debut a full line of spectrometers and accessories used in a variety of UV (ultraviolet) to NIR (near infrared) applications. Optical spectrometers are the latest offerings from KMSA and provide a unique opportunity for servicing existing and new customers.
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Celebrating the spirit of the Holy month of Ramadan, Gulf Air the national carrier of the kingdom of Bahrain recently hosted a Ramadan Iftar for travel agents and trade members at the Islamabad Serena Hotel.
The event was attended by Gulf Air's General Sales Agency representatives, Mr. Tahzeeb Zaidi, District Sales Manager for North Pakistan and Mr. Salman Ahmed, Assistant Sales Manager of Genesis Aviation Services who both welcomed the guests and exchanged Ramadan greetings and best wishes of the Holy month.
Gulf Air has been flying to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan since 1960, signifying the importance of the Pakistani market for the airline. Currently, Gulf Air operates a total of 14 weekly flights from Islamabad, Peshawar, Lahore and Karachi providing excellent connectivity via Bahrain to key destinations in the Middle East and Europe.


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Your artwork is amazing. You must be so proud of your gallery. Each item brings forth a different emotion. Thanks for sharing!
I make tags for a forum on aimoo and would love to use some of your artwork (all © to you of course) All tags are free and family rated. I would be so honored if you would allow me to use them.
Thanks for looking
thank you, nice gallery
Wow...my dear,u ve amazing gallery and ur artworks are just stunning and very beautiful..i love them all..i ve seen ur artworks before..but dnt know its urs..really u r awesome.wow.
Love your art--
Why do so many of your pictures have the comments disabled?
Dear Elina ,
We both had contact if you remember and I love your beautiful artworks. I`m a private webdesigner/graphicdesigner from Germany.
You can find me on DA [link]
And now I have a question to you:
May I (also my Forum [link]) please use your pictures
to create frames, Tubes, Tutorials, Buttons etc. and other things like that?
I will surely respect your copyright.
You can visit my private tutorial website under [link]
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I have to say I looked at most of your art and I love it,,the colors are so bright,, I love it,,never got bored with any of the pics,, they kept my eyes looking for more and more,, keep up your talent!!!!!


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Twins' reliever Alex Burnett is a travelin' man
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Burnett, a 12th-round pick in the 2005 draft and a converted starter, is one of the Twins' top relief pitching prospects. The right-hander began the season on the 25-man roster because of injuries to relievers Joe Nathan and Clay Condrey.
Burnett made his major league debut on April 8 in Los Angeles against the Angels. He pitched a clean inning, striking out one and inducing two fly outs. Burnett pitched again at Target Field on April 14 against the Red Sox, allowing two hits while striking out two in 1 1/3 innings.
After that game, the Twins recalled left-hander Ron Mahay and optioned Burnett down to class-AAA Rochester, where he spent three days with the minor league affiliate, but never had the opportunity to pitch. Friday night's game between Rochester and Lehigh Valley in Allentown, Pennsylvania was rained out, and Burnett did not pitch in Saturday night's contest against Pawtucket in Rochester, New York.
Burnett still has never pitched at class-AAA. He has, however, done a ridiculous amount of traveling.
Since the spring of 2009, Burnett has spent time with four different teams in the Twins organization -- class-A Fort Myers, class-AA New Britain, class-AAA Rochester, and the big league squad.
"All airplane, all the time," Burnett said, as he took time before today's game to relax in the Twins clubhouse. "My bags are like the most unorganized things I've ever seen. I'm just getting stuff [packed], and saying, 'alright, now I have to hurry up and go.' I throw everything in bags. I don't even know where all my stuff is."
Burnett arrived back in Minneapolis this morning, and he's essentially been living out of a suitcase for months.
"I haven't been anywhere long enough to actually get a place to live."
The Twins have temporarily put Burnett in a downtown, Minneapolis hotel. He doesn't have a car, and it probably doesn't make much sense for him to settle in because he isn't guaranteed to be on the 25-man roster all season.
"I don't have time to do anything, settle down anywhere," Burnett said. "I'm just taking a cab from where I'm at, come [into the clubhouse], then when I go back I get a ride from somebody here."
It's probably a good thing Burnett doesn't have time to settle down. Maybe that'll make things easier as he's being thrown back into the MLB fire.
Update (3:19 p.m.): Burnett relieved Carl Pavano in the fourth inning today, and he pitched 2 2/3 innings, striking out two while allowing zero runs and two hits.


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Qualcomm has sought shelter in many avenues, though they are finding themselves with no allies. Now, today, the Bush administration has ruled that it will not intervene on the case, nor overturn the decision made by the ITC not long ago that set all of this in motion.
Qualcomm's deadline looms, and it looks like they will be in serious trouble once the ban goes into effect. Qualcomm has not yet stated what they plan to do should this occur. This all began a little over two years ago, when Broadcom filed a claim against them for copyright infringement.


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Restoran Dandito
Jl Iswahyudi 72, Balikpapan, Indonesia
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Restoran Dandito Balikpapan Reviews
388 reviews
Yummy crab - enough said! Dec 31, 2009
One of Balikpapan specialty dish is crab dish. The crab here is larger than normal Indonesian crab as it is specifically cultivated in farms. There are a few of famous crab restaurants in the towna nd one of this restaurant is DAndito, located only 1-2km from the airport along Balikpapan main street. This place is quite asy to reach.
The food is of course - suberb! If I don't have amy stomach space limitation, I would probably keep going and licking the plates clean:).
The crab is cooked in special sweet and hot sauce as well as black pepper sauce which is very hot. They also have other seafood dish - such as fish cooked in several ways, fresh waterlily (kangkung), squid andprawns. And there is no better option for the drink other than fresh young coconut, drank from the shell:).
I went here with 4 colleagues, 5 of us ordered 2 portions of crab, 1 fish cooked in sour sauce and 1 squid and 1 vegetables, all of the food we spent 600k Rp ( 60 USD). Not really cheap for normal Indonesian food.. but don't we deserve treat once while:)
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- No more always-online requirement
- No mandatory check-ins every 24 hours
- Authentication will no longer be needed for game discs
- You'll only need Internet when setting up the console
- No restrictions on loaning or renting games
- No more region locks
If this all turns out to be true.
If it is, and Microsoft does reverse on these rather controversial policies, does that change your buying decisions? If you decided on a PS4 because of these restrictive policies, would you consider going back to Microsoft? Were you waiting for these changes? Or has your buying decision just become a lot harder?
EDIT: It's true: news.xbox.com/2013/06/update
EDIT: Some features are being removed kotaku.com/surprise-xbox-one-drm-reversal-requires...


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My acoustic version of Dogs Eating Dogs by Blink-182
Blink-182's 'Dogs Eating Dogs' Streaming
Blink-182's new EP Dogs Eating Dogs has hit the web. The EP will offically be avalible tomorow via the band's official site -- but today
Tom DeLonge Warns 'Prepare For The Return Of Blink -182'
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Lucrece (Quarto, 1594)
1156To kill my selfe, quoth shee, alacke what were it,
1157But with my body my poore soules pollusion?
1158They that loose halfe with greater patience beare it,
1159Then they whose whole is swallowed in confusion.
1160That mother tries a mercilesse conclusion,
1161_VVho hauing two sweet babes, when death takes
1162_VVill slay the other, and be nurse to none.
1163My bodie or my soule which was the dearer?
1164VVhen the one pure, the other made deuine,
1165VVhose loue of eyther to my selfe was nearer?
1166VVhen both were kept for Heauen and COLATINE:
1167Ay me, the Barke pild from the loftie Pine,
1168_His leaues will wither, and his sap decay,
1169_So must my soule her barke being pild away.
1170Her house is sackt, her quiet interrupted,
1171Her mansion batterd by the enemie,
1172Her sacred temple spotted, spoild, corrupted,
1173Groslie ingirt with daring infamie.
1174Then let it not be cald impietie,
1175_If in this blemisht fort I make some hole,
1176_Through which I may conuay this troubled soule.
1177Yet die I will not, till my COLATINE
1178Haue heard the cause of my vntimelie death,
1179That he may vow in that sad houre of mine,
1180Reuenge on him that made me stop my breath,
1181My stained bloud to TARQVIN ile bequeath,
1182_VVhich by him tainted, shall for him be spent,
1183_And as his due writ in my testament.
1184My Honor ile bequeath vnto the knife
1185That wounds my bodie so dishonored,
1186Tis Honor to depriue dishonord life,
1187The one will liue, the other being dead.
1188So of shames ashes shall my Fame be bred,
1189_For in my death I murther shamefull scorne,
1190_My shame so dead, mine honor is new borne.


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UFC President Dana White shares his thoughts on Rich Franklin, former UFC middleweight champion, who announced his retirement on Monday.
He may not want to call it a retirement, but former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin officially retired from fighting on Monday.
ONE Championship on Tuesday announced two more bouts for the Ben Askren-headlined "Valor of Champions" fight card set for April 24.
Anderson Silva pits his brilliant Muay Thai skills against then-UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin in the fight that changed the course of MMA history.
Former UFC champion Rich Franklin joins The Great MMA Debate to talk about his final fight and when it might happen, and handing over his
Former Strikeforce middleweight champ Cung Le made history when he faced Rich Franklin in the first UFC event ever held in China.
Following UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier's fight during the UFC 178 Media Tour on Monday, fighters and industry personalities reacted to
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin is ready to put fighting behind him and move on to the next phase of his life, as a
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin is in Singapore this week for ONE FC: Honor & Glory in his official capacity as Vice President of
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin does believe that it does matter whether you win or lose, but he also believes that losing is inevitable,
UFC president Dana White says that he is happy for Rich Franklin and his opportunity to become a vice president at ONE FC... unlike other
UFC president Dana White fielded questions from the media following the UFC on FOX 11 post-fight press conference on Saturday.
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin has retired from MMA with immediate effect in order to take up a role as Vice President of ONE
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin recently turned down a fight with Rogerio Nogueira so he could focus on his growing juice bar company.
The UFC will return to Cincinnati on May 10 with a fight card at the U.S. Bank Arena, the company announced on Wednesday.
Fighters take to Twitter and Instagram to send New Year's Eve messages and post photos of how they celebrated the ringing in of 2014.
Having once ruled the UFC middleweight division, Rich Franklin now says that he is on the cusp of retirement. In fact, Franklin expects to fight
In celebration of the Ultimate Fighting Championships 20th anniversary, we look back at the top 20 knockouts in UFC history.
UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva defends his title on July 6 at UFC 162 against challenger Chris Weidman. Watch where his title reign began
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin hopes to fight by year's end, but says it could be the final fight of his career.
MMA's Great Debate Radio is back with former Strikeforce champion Gilbert Melendez, top featherweight prospect Lance Palmer, and the best debate in MMA.
One FC has quickly grown from a fledgling promotion to the premier mixed martial arts promotion in Asia. Part of their success is due to
The UFC on Fuel TV 6: Franklin vs. Le medical suspensions were released by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Thursday.
Jon Anik and Kenny Florian provide a full recap and fight highlights from Cung Le's stunning knockout victory over Rich Franklin at UFC on Fuel
At 40-years of age, Cung Le knows that father time is bearing down on him, but following a huge knockout over Rich Franklin will he
Just a week before Cung Le traveled to China to battle Rich Franklin at UFC on Fuel 6, his movie "The Man with the Iron
UFC on Fuel TV 6: Franklin vs. Le live results and play-by-play on Saturday, November 10, in Macao, China. The main event features Rich Franklin
UFC on Fuel TV 6: Franklin vs. Le quick results on Saturday, November 10, in Macao, China. The main event features Rich Franklin vs. Cung
Cung Le did everything under the sun, including bloodletting, to make sure that his foot would be ready so that he could face Rich Franklin
Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin talks about fighting former Strikeforce champion Cung Le at UFC on Fuel TV 6 and the dangers that he


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The New York Academy of Medicine is pleased to announce the competition for The Ferdinand C. Valentine Medical Student Research Grants in Urology.
Competition is open to M.D. candidates attending medical school or conducting research in the greater New York area (New York City, Long Island, Westchester County, or New Jersey). Funding will be provided for research projects lasting between ten (10) and twelve (12) weeks in the summer of the upcoming year, preferably between the first and second years of medical school, but medical students in any year of their education may apply. Students are encouraged to pursue research projects that extend beyond the startup period. Students enrolled in combined MD/PhD programs are not eligible for this program. Additionally, eligible candidates are required to be a US citizen, permanent resident of the US, or authorized to work in the US for the period of time covered by this proposed award.
Applicants must provide the following as part of their application:
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Muskegon, Mich. (WZZM) A national burger chain is expanding into Muskegon County.
Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries will move into the former Perkins Restaurant on Harvey Street across from the Lakes Mall.
The Norton Shores restaurant will open sometime in 2014.
Other Five Guys location are now open in Holland and Grandville.
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1913-07-04 (134lbs) Willie Ritchie w co 11 (20) Mexican Joe Rivers, Eighth Street Arena, San Francisco, California, USA
1913-07-04 (134lbs) Willie Ritchie w co 11 (20) Mexican Joe Rivers, Eighth Street Arena, San Francisco, California, USA. Referee: Ed Graney. Ritchie, who was already struggling to make the recognised American lightweight limit of 133lbs, arbitrarily raised the poundage to 134lbs for this one, with both men inside. Viciously contested, at an early stage it seemed that Rivers might win on pressure alone, but after Ritchie had settled down he began to outbox the Mexican and by the sixth he was getting on top. Rivers, however, was still dangerous and Ritchie was unable to rush things along until the 11th when he finally began to get through with heavy punches. After scoring twice with heavy rights to jaw, Ritchie put Rivers down and on getting up at 'nine, gasping, a left uppercut and right cross to the jaw saw the latter blasted to the canvas where he was counted out.
For his forthcoming fight against Leach Cross, Ritchie, the 133/134lbs champion, raised the American version of the world title up by one further pound to 135lbs, which then fell into line with Britain and the rest of the world where it remains to this day. A day later, the recently formed French-based International Boxing Union stated that it recognised Ritchie as world champion.


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The Christmas Vampireby Hector Mansilla
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If you've been a bad boy or girl he will suck your blood.
If you've been a good boy or girl he will suck your blood, and leave you gifts under your tree.
I want to do a things about this little guy, ivite people to do their own rendition of him and spread the word of vampire christmas. I'll do a separate post about it once I hammer out the details, hopefully people will want to come and play.
and i totally want to do a rendition of him :D
And I already got the ball raolling at threadless if you're interested (Lili, I'm looking at you):
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Yes. Actually, they say both "Product of France" AND "Produit de France" on the bottle. But thanks to all who have weighed in. So there's a "regular" and a "super-duper" NP in France? I'll have to check that out next time I'm over there. I don't know if I'd be up for using up my alcohol allowance bringing vermouth back, though.
As well as I can recall, bottles of Noilly Pratt say "Product of France" on the side.
As to Vya, if it really tastes strongly of cassia, I'm pretty sure I won't like it, although I'll keep an open mind until I finally taste it.


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)- Families, friends, "Bigs" and "Littles" from Big Brothers and Big Sisters gathered for a first time event.
Big Brothers Big Sisters had what they call a "June Picnic" outside the Brown vs. Board Education site from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday.
Lunch was provided along with yard games, basketball shooting, football toss, snow cones and a bounce house!
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YIELD: Makes 4 servings
IngredientsChili Paste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 medium garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds, finely ground
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, finely ground
- 3 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon thinly sliced fresh sage leaves
- 1/2 cup verjus, apple cider, or 8 tablespoons white grape juice mixed with 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 4 (6-ounce) skinless salmon fillets
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Kosher salt
1. Make the paste: Combine the oil and garlic in a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan. Place over low heat and cook until the garlic just barely begins to brown around the edges, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the ground coriander and cumin, and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir in the chili powder and black pepper and cook, stirring, 2 minutes longer. Add the sage and verjus, bring to a simmer, and cook until reduced and thickened to a paste, 1 to 2 more minutes. Remove from the heat, transfer to a bowl, and cool completely before using.
2. Use your fingers to coat the salmon with the cooled chili paste. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours.
3. Wipe the paste from the salmon.
4. Heat the oil over medium heat in a skillet large enough to hold all the salmon fillets. Sprinkle the salmon fillets with salt, place them in the pan, and cook gently until well browned and just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer the salmon to warm plates and serve immediately.
Wine Suggestions: Champagne or any good sparkling wine would be ideal here. The bubbles and acidity will put out the chili paste fire and cut right through the richness of the salmon. Youd also do well with a young, fruity rosé.
Second Helpings from Union Square Cafe
my notes
Nutritional Info
- Calories478
- Carbohydrates5 g (2%)
- Fat34 g (53%)
- Protein36 g (72%)
- Saturated Fat7 g (34%)
- Sodium514 mg (21%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat8 g
- Fiber3 g (13%)
- Monounsaturated Fat14 g
- Cholesterol94 mg (31%)


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4 Reasons why Oasis of Hope is your best cancer treatment option.
1. Oasis of Hope has better survival rates than any other cancer treatment center in the world.
In September of 2012, the Townsend Letter to physicians published the results of a 5-year clinical study conducted by Dr. Francisco Contreras at Oasis of Hope with patients who had different types of stage 4 cancers. When comparing the survival rates with those published by the NCI and other treatment facilities, it is evident that Oasis of Hope's objective clinical responses are second to none.
It must be noted however, that no two cases of cancer are the same and the positive report does not guarantee that all cancer patients at Oasis of Hope will experience favorable tumor reduction and increased survival rates. What the statistics suggest is that no other treatment center in the world offers a better probability of helping a patient beat cancer.
2. Dr. Contreras is the world's leading authority in integrative and alternative cancer treatment.
Dr. Francisco Contreras was trained by his father, the late Dr. Ernesto Contreras, Sr. who was the father of alternative cancer treatment in the 1960's. Dr. Francisco Contreras completed his specialty in oncology in Vienna, Austria and has been the director of Oasis of Hope Hospital for the last 30 years. He has treated tens of thousands of cancer patients, conducts numerous clinical trials and reviewed hundreds of potential cancer therapies and treatment protocols over the last 3 decades.
It would be difficult to find another oncologist with as much knowledge and experience with integrating alternative and conventional cancer therapies. He has the credentials and the compassion. When you meet him, you will know he is the right doctor for you.
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Update: I'd like to clarify and stress one point. The challenges I describe here are largely financial in nature and the result of macro trends. They are not the product of poor management or bad artistry. Thanks.
One thing the Midwest could always claim it had on the South and other up and coming areas is that its cities, person for person, had vastly better cultural institutions than their boomtown brethren. Most Midwest cities boast a full complement of traditional arts organizations – symphony, orchestra, ballet, art museum – as well as numerous theater groups and other indie arts. Many of these were built up in an era when the Midwest was top dog and it is difficult if not impossible for the newcomers to replicate them, particularly art museums, where the price of major works has soared off the charts.
But of late we're starting to see signs that this is changing. First, the newer cities are coming on strong. Charlotte knows it is a straggler in the arts and its spending big money on facilities and organizations to upgrade its game. Similarly, Nashville is trying to do the same, building the lavish Schermerhorn Center as a home to its symphony, and also dramatically increasing the symphony's budget and level of artistic achievement.
The Midwest, by contrast, is seeing big cracks in the facades of its organizations. Apart from Chicago, which is so big it can fund everything at world class levels, the rest of the Midwest is seeing any number of institutions suffering financial and attendance problems. I've covered many of these stories here. The Detroit Institute of the Arts has a massive structural deficit. The Louisville Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony nearly went bankrupt. The Columbus Symphony was more or less gutted. The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis may have a Jean Nouvel inspired new home, but they also had a big operating deficit to close last year.
The fact that it is symphony orchestras that have shown the biggest challenges is to be expected as they occupy what is arguably the most indefensible niche in the arts. I say this as someone who is actually a big classical music fan, especially opera. I'm actually the guy that all these organizations are falling over themselves to attract: a 30-something who is passionate about classical music and is willing to pay top dollar to attend. So it's not like I think classical music is irrelevant or that I hate it. Quite the contrary.
The downsides of orchestras are numerous:
- They require a large (and therefore expensive to maintain) complement of musicians.
- They lend themselves to conducting and performance stars who command high fees. (Opera suffers from this as well)
- They perform the genres, concertos and symphonies, that I would argue benefit least from live performance versus a recording. I can pay $80+ to see a major symphony perform Beethoven's 5th yet again, or I can stay home and listen to Carlos Kleiber's legendary recording (original price $12) on my iPod for free anytime I want. (Yes, I know you can get tickets cheaper than that, but in the nosebleed section the comparison is even worse, IMO).
- They have the most fossilized repertoire. This creates an amazing challenge. Newbies probably want to hear Beethoven's 5th for the first time. Oldtimers may get turned off by hearing it the 50th. On the other hand, they are sick and tired (or at least I am) of having tuneless modern crap shoved down their throats. And it to repeat my last point, it almost goes without saying that all of the core repertoire is available in numerous high quality CD editions at reasonable prices far below symphony tickets.
These are structural problems quite apart from execution and it is difficult to see how they can be addressed.
Consider the differences in comparison with other art forms.
The chamber ensemble is small, a lean, mean machine. It doesn't have a $30 million/year mouth to feed. There is something magical about seeing a chamber performance. There's a certain intimacy with the music and connection with the performers (often literally – as you can frequently chat with them after the show) you don't get with the symphony.
An opera is the original multi-media art form. While you can listen to an opera CD, there's nothing quite like seeing the theater on stage and every performance you see of an opera can be radically different in its production. (DVD and the Met high def broadcasts, the latter arguably better than being there, may yet do opera in, however).
The vocal works of the renaissance and baroque likewise lend themselves to more intimate performances in churches and the like, where the ambiance and resonance of the venue are difficult to duplicate in a home sound system. I also find that the uniqueness of the human voice across performers and performances is vastly greater than that of the various instrumental interpretations of the symphony repertoire.
Given that the symphony repertoire is not expanding, it is reasonable for a classical music fan to simply acquire a nearly complete CD collection at a fraction of the cost of what it would take to see them by an orchestra live. And in most cases available CD's contain some of the greatest performance of all time by the greatest orchestras and conductors of all time. So you have a good chance of getting a better product to boot, as in my Carlos Kleiber example.
As the Autoextremist might put it, this adds up to a whole heaping bowl of Not Good for orchestras.
I believe the divergent fortunes of the Midwest and much of the rest of America will force communities to engage in painful soul searching and discussions about what they can realistically afford to support as cities.
I'll use the case study of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. This is a good example because Indianapolis is one of the healthier Midwest cities and its orchestra has traditionally been artistically and financially strong as well. I noted recently an Indianapolis Business Journal article on the orchestra's financial challenges. The endowment has been slumping in a bad market, and the orchestra has been drawing down the principal for at least three years to help balance its $27 million budget. This is a collision course with disaster.
There's a question Indianapolis is going to have to ask: What does it want its orchestra to be? Interestingly, a while back I wrote to the ISO asking if they would send me their strategic plan. I never heard back from them, so I don't know the plan, beyond what orchestra CEO Simon Crookall said in the article, which is that he wants to boost the endowment to $200 million. But I can offer a few thoughts.
The Indianapolis Symphony falls into a niche shared with several other Midwest orchestras. It's a full time 52 week orchestra with a sizeable budget and high levels of artistic achievement, but it is not a nationally or globally elite orchestra and it functions primarily as a local ensemble. It does not, with limited exceptions, serve as an ambassador to the city or a major brand builder in the way that the Chicago Symphony or Cleveland Orchestra do. Arguably the Cleveland Orchestra, which you may recall just made Grammophone Magazine's list as the #7 orchestra in the world, is the most important branding mechanism that city has. Probably many people overseas only know Cleveland by its orchestra. In my view, this is an asset the city of Cleveland simply can't afford to downgrade, despite that institution's financial challenges. Similarly, the Cincinnati Symphony is fairly well known, tours internationally on a regular basis, has had a popular and long running series of pops recordings, and has an internationally known music director who is a regular guest conductor at major world orchestras.
Again, the ISO is does not serve this branding function, with the notable exception of its broadcast series. It is simply another artistically solid but reputationally undistinguished American orchestra. It's function, again, is basically as a regional orchestra. The problem is that it a very expensive regional orchestra. There are other regional orchestras in America with budgets in the $10-15 million range. Also, much of its season is made up of pops concerts and other events that sell tickets, but don't contribute to the core mission of playing the classics. The entire month of December is dedicated to a Yuletide Celebration, for example.
Perhaps it is time for Indianapolis to think the unthinkable. Should it downgrade the ISO to a part time orchestra that operates on half the budget, more focused on a core classical repertoire, that is sustainable in the long term? Because the way things are going is a collision course with financial disaster at some point once the precious endowment is clobbered by a combination of market declines and principal draws.
I will confess to being a "go big or go home" type of guy, and a very expensive orchestra that serves mostly as a local ensemble is not something I would personally go for. The community at large and symphony supporters may feel differently. But if so, they'll need to significantly increase contribution levels and boost the endowment in order to put the ISO back on a solid base.
In my view, there are three primary options:
- Downgrade the orchestra
- Maintain the status quo, which requires some level of increased community support
- Upgrade the orchestra to serve a significant civic branding function
The downgrade scenario involves what I laid out before: reduce the budget to $10-15 million, reduce the number of full time musicians, go to a part time schedule (which would reduce salaries), limit the number of high priced soloists scheduled, and get to where the endowment draw maintains an inflation adjusted constant principal. Frankly, I doubt most people would be able to tell the difference aurally, just as most people probably can't tell the difference between the ISO and the Boston Symphony.
The status quo option means that, at a minimum, the endowment needs to be boosted to enable the symphony to support its budgets without bridge funding or principal draws. This also means coming to terms with what we have in fact observed of late, which is the plateauing of the artistic level of the orchestra. Landing Raymond Leppard, of whom I will admit to being a HUGE fan, was a major coup. But recently the orchestra has been in maintain, not grow mode.
The upgrade option involves probably boosting the orchestra's budget somewhat, though not necessarily a lot, and adding a significant branding dimension to the orchestra's role. The cornerstone of how I would approach this would involve a restructured contract with the musicians that significantly boosted base pay – perhaps to as much as $100,000 per year, which I estimate would boost the budget by about $3.5 million, in return for elimination of broadcast and recording fees, as well as restrictive rules of other sorts. Basically it is a flat salary. Plus the musicians would agree to be supportive of upgrading the artistic talent base of the ensemble over time, including making changes to existing members if necessary (not that I'm saying it is). With this, the orchestra would start digitally recording everything and making it available for more or less free downtown, free broadcast, and more. Anything to turn the music the orchestra produces into a brand booster. The second facet would involve regular tours. If the community won't support one major orchestra tour per year or so, this option probably isn't a good one. This probably involves boosting the endowment to at least $300 million.
In any scenario, the ISO and Indianapolis need to forge a much closer relationship with the IU School of Music and Bloomington. Bridging the gulf between Indy and Bloomington generally is key to regional cultural and economic growth, and it seems to me that when you've got what is the #1 or #2 best music school in the country next to the 15th or so largest orchestra by budget, there's an opportunity for something a lot more special than what exists now.
Cities like Indianapolis can't support everything. They've got to pick and choose. The city has decided, for example, to focus on sports and conventions, and has sunk large amounts of money into facilities for those things. Where does the orchestra fall on the list? It is a must-have or a nice to have? People like Richard Florida (Mr. Creative Class) might suggest the traditional high arts are an anachronism and that indie arts are a better focus. Others take a different view. Whatever the case, Indy is going to have to make a decision. The current course only leads to a financial crisis and likely downgraded orchestra by default some time down the road. There is no easy answer and if the community wants to preserve or even continue to elevate the ISO it is going to have to significantly increase financial its financial support.
Like I said, I'm an opera guy (I usually attend about 12-15 a year) and have never actually subscribed to any symphony. So perhaps my advice is suspect. Nevertheless, facing up to the challenges that the Midwest will have in financially supporting its cultural institutions in the modern era is something every city is going to have to do. Because of their particular challenges, orchestras represent the canary in the coal mine here. I expect most cities are going to go through one or more financial crises related to their symphony. Other organizations will follow unless the Midwest turns it around economy radically.


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General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / 1Ls @ W&M next year?« on: April 28, 2005, 09:27:35 AM »
It looks like there are only about 5 people listed as "attending" on LSN, so I thought I'd give this a try. W&M anyone?
Wait List / Re: Accepted from William & Mary waitlist!!« on: April 26, 2005, 04:23:37 PM »
Could you tell us a little about your visit and what you liked about it?
The staff there is just phenomenal. I met with Assoc. Dean Wixson for 30 mins, then he took me to meet with the Career Servics Dir Ramona Sein, who was fabulous. She had 5 students who came up to talk to me, specifically students working in DC after graduation or after their first summer like I hope to do. I was with them for over an hour before I met with Dean Shealy again. Overall, the students really sold me. They were excited (even in the middle of exams) and gave me a million good reasons why W&M was the place for me - mostly the strong community.
HTH. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Wait List / Re: Accepted from William & Mary waitlist!!« on: April 26, 2005, 10:09:37 AM »
I had (another) fabulous visit yesterday and will be attending next year. If anyone is visiting and happens to be in the bookstore (buying every W&M law apparel item they have, like I did) tell them you've just been accepted - they gave me a 30% discount
Wait List / Re: Accepted from William & Mary waitlist!!« on: April 21, 2005, 09:14:35 AM »
I received a phone call as well, just returned Dean Shealy's message and now I anxiously wait. W&M has been my first choice throughout this process and just last week I went down to Emory and really loved it and committed. I honestly don't know what I'm going to say when she calls back - both schools have a ton to offer me but they are incredibly different and I don't know which is best for me. Help!
Acceptances / Re: Emory Law Day/ Admit Wekend« on: April 14, 2005, 04:16:20 PM »
I went down there dead set on hating it, and low and behold I fell in love with the place (so much so that I'm reconsidering even sending in my W&M WL paperwork - which was my first choice up until last weekend).
The next big challenge: finding a roomate! If anyone is thinking about living in the Post Briarcliff and is looking for a female apartment-mate, PM me!
Reviews, Visits, and Rankings / Re: Who went to the Emory Admit Event this Weekend?« on: April 12, 2005, 10:15:42 AM »
You put an offer down? Damn.
I couldn't have summarized the weekend better myself. I went in not really wanting to like Emory and being a tad bitter than I was on so many waitlists, and left absolutely in love with Atlanta and Emory! Mailed my deposit yesterday
Acceptances / Re: UNC- ALL acceptance phone calls have been made as of 3pm est today....« on: April 01, 2005, 04:19:05 PM »
I hate UNC. I think this goes beyond being bitter that I didn't get in - frankly, they have treated their applicants horribly and when this is all said and done I am going to write them a letter that says just that. Not that they care much about my opinion since apparently they haven't selected me to attend their school, but at least it will make me feel better..
Acceptances / Re: UNC- ALL acceptance phone calls have been made as of 3pm est today....« on: April 01, 2005, 03:27:23 PM »
It's so bizarre that there have been like no updates on LSN or on these boards from people that heard - how many phone calls could they possibly have made???
Acceptances / Re: UNC is calling ALL accepted students on Friday...« on: April 01, 2005, 03:14:59 PM »
I cannot believe there have been only 2 reported phone calls so far today - this is ridiculous!


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Indy-pacing 1941 Chrysler Newport dual-cowl phaeton restored for another trip across the block
Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Auctions
A hammer price of almost $700,000 is certainly nothing to sneeze at for most cars, but when it's for a car with cracked and peeling paint, dinged bodywork and incorrect colors, one has to wonder how much the car would be worth in restored condition. Admirers of the 1941 Chrysler Newport dual-cowl phaeton that paced that year's Indianapolis 500 will find out this weekend when the restored car goes up for sale at RM's Amelia Island auction.
Last offered by RM at Amelia Island in 2009, the phaeton is one of six commissioned from LeBaron by Chrysler president K.T. Keller alongside the Thunderbolt concept cars "to prove Chrysler was still in the game." (Only five were delivered, however.) The only one of the five built with exposed headlamps, the phaeton rides a 145.5-inch wheelbase and according to its designer, Ralph Roberts, it and the other phaetons were meant to suggest what Duesenberg could have been capable of had it still been building cars in 1941. After the Indy 500, it made its way into the hands of Walter P. Chrysler Jr., who repainted it green and fitted it with a green interior, then cruised the streets of Detroit in it. At the time of its last sale, it looked rather worse for wear. Still green, it remained all together and rather well preserved, but still needed quite a bit of attention. On a pre-auction estimate of $800,000 to $1.2 million, it sold for $687,500; given the economic climate of early 2009, the seller was probably happy to get even that amount.
Since then, the phaeton has been treated to a full restoration, including a return to the champagne-over-maroon paint and interior combination that it wore when it paced the Indy 500. The engine bay – where a specially massaged 143hp, 322-cu.in. Spitfire flathead straight-eight engine resides – has been vastly improved as well.
When it crosses the block this weekend at RM's Amelia Island auction, it will do so with an estimate of $1.5 million to $2 million. The final bid on such a unique car, however, is anybody's guess. For more information, visit RMAuctions.com.
Customs and hot rods, circa 1951
If, after breathing in the mold accumulated on the pages of these musty magazines, there's something to take away from collecting old issues of Mechanix Illustrated, it's the insight into half-formed and unformed ideas that we take for granted today. For example, when we use the word "custom," it usually means something George Barris or Dean Jeffries or Ed Roth built in the 1950s or 1960s. But before then, the word was applied to what we'd today call "coachbuilt" cars, as we can see from this four-page article from the January 1951 issue of Mechanix Illustrated. In it, no mention is made of frenching headlamps or kandy paint; instead, we see a Figoni et Falaschi Delahaye, Ol' Chrome Dome on the cover with a Saoutchik Cadillac (which may be the one we saw earlier this year in Vegas), and a Brunn dual-cowl Duesenberg.
The notion of a hot rod, on the other hand, had formed, but the exact formula had yet to be hammered out. In fact, we see an incredible variety of rods, from the Pierson Brothers' coupe, to the Schenck streamliner (the same picture we saw much earlier), to a J.A.P.-powered three-quarter midget.
And a bonus – the back cover had a full-page Studebaker ad. Likely because McCahill tested a Studebaker in that issue.
UPDATE (4.January 2010): I'm going to guess that Saoutchik Cadillac that McCahill's standing next to is not the one I saw (and Sam.Joe saw) at the Imperial Palace. Instead, it's probably the one that Gooding will be selling at its Scottsdale auction Jan. 22-23.
I say that because Saoutchik only built two such Cadillacs, so it's one or the other. Then again, neither has the exact same paint scheme, so it's a big wild guess until I know more about each car's history.
BTW, it looks like this one comes from the O'Quinn Classic Car Collection, if my backwards-reading skills are any good. And indeed, we see in DarthMaltball's Flickr photostream that O'Quinn took the Saoutchik out to the 2007 Houston Classy Chassy car show, where he took a first place in the Post-War Cadillac class.


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On Wednesday, White House officials summoned dozens of leaders of nonprofit organizations that strongly back the health law to help them coordinate plans for a prayer vigil, press conferences and other events outside the court when justices hear arguments for three days beginning March 26.
Yuval Levin notes the stunning irony:
The Obama administration has just put into force a new regulation under Obamacare that amounts to the most far-reaching instance of governmental religious intolerance since the Blaine Amendments. There is no other word but intolerance to describe what the rule aims to do: It doesn't say that people should have the freedom to use contraceptive or abortive drugs—which of course they do have in our country. It doesn't even say that the government should facilitate people's access to these drugs—which of course it does today and has for many years, at great public expense. It says, rather, that the Catholic Church and others who have religious objections to the use of such drugs should facilitate people's access to them. It says that we will not tolerate an institution in our society that, for religious reasons, is not willing to actively put into effect the views of those in power regarding contraception, abortion, and sterilization—that we won't just let it be and find other ways to put those views into effect but will compel the dissenting institution itself to participate in the facilitation of access to these things on behalf of the people it employs, or else we will levy a heavy fine against it.


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...I will check in with you daily and we can review how the Koran teaches us to think spiritually, etc. Make sure your islamic spiritual thinking is in order...
...I will check in with you daily and we can review how the Koran teaches us to think spiritually, etc. Make sure your islamic spiritual thinking is in order...
take the religious stuff somewhere else......it always leads to bickering.
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People with differing religious views should be able to accept good wishes from each other. When people say "God bless you" in response to your sneeze, usually they are not trying to convert you.
P.S. I'm sorry you deleted your post, it was excellent, rational, and to the point.
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One thing you might wanna do just for giggles is go back to the first post of this thread, look for a drop bar on the far upper right shown as "Display Modes", as an experiment select "Hybrid Mode", and see what's what then.
I hard select Hybrid mode in the account profile. Others go their own way.
Good Luck Southseasbear!
PS: Seems to me, just between us now, Tommie is playing a Troll game.. and most always bags his limit of responders. YMMV.
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With Linear Mode I can see all the posts I haven't yet read together in one place. Hybrid [though I like the concept in a car ] intersperses them throughout the thread, making it all too confusing for this Old Blue.
Telling someone they shouldn't have written something is not trying to censor them. Period.To even TRY to censor KAB religious views smacks of the worst part of human nature. You might not know it, but your intolerant views flow nicely with some of the most extreme groups in the world and throughout history. THAT insults me to a very high degree and in a very basic way.
lol.. if anyone were trying to censor anyone's words you might be able to argue that you're not a hypocrite. his "right to say them publicly"? maybe you mean to reply to a different post, but tommie317 clearly said nothing of the sort.(In case you are unaware, The difference between me attacking you, and you attacking KAB is that you attacked his beliefs and his right to say them publicly. I am attacking your right to ATTEMPT to censor a person in our community because of his race, religion or creed.)
I don't have a problem with KAB's original post -- for me, it was a subtle way of saying that Jobs' time is running out -- but the idea that he's being criticized for practicing his religion in public is a little tricky. It's like the legal saying, "your right to swing your fist ends at my face." Everyone is free to have their own beliefs and practice them in public; in fact, I like it, I find it interesting and illuminating to read. Projecting those beliefs on others, though, gets away from the idea of "your own" beliefs and "your own" practice. I say it's tricky because many religions encourage proselytizing, so perhaps this can be considered part of "practicing". Personally I'd be reluctant to wish that a famously Buddhist person did what it takes to get into a Christian heaven, but that's just me. (I was thinking that KAB's post could generally apply to Nirvana, but he did mention heaven in his clarifying post.)
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I agree with td43. Better to screen out most of the religious sentiment and political sentiment. This forum is meant to discuss and sometimes argue about sports, not to debate the relative merits of Christianity vs. atheism or Obama's policies versus the Tea Party's. That never turns out well.
I was proud of my 14 year old son. He saw me looking at that picture and he said there is no way that some gossip site should have published it. When someone like Kim Kardashian, who got famous through a sex tape or stupid reality TV show, has her privacy compromised by these scumbag tabloid photographers I don't really care but Jobs is entitled to some privacy.


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Its the unexpected that changes our life.
Can you add me to the maybe list?
The type of fierce loyalty that I possess made me incapable of comprehending the level of disloyalty that he possessed
As for pedis- well that is up to Moo!
If this isn't what I consider soulmate crap, I don't know what is.
*Somewhere, far away from here, I saw stars. Stars that I could reach.*
Unfortunately, we can't make it on the 20th because we will be fasting for 30 hours with the youth group at our church.
I hope you all have fun!
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