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By Phil Drake | Montana Watchdog HELENA – The state Board of Horse Racing was ill-equipped to take over horse racing simulcasts as it understaffed the operation, did poor financial accounting and didn't respond quickly to daily challenges, a new study finds. The study, made available late Monday, was written by a consultant looking into why the […]Read More →
Cash-strapped horse racing board discusses getting own accountant
By PHIL DRAKE | Montana Watchdog HELENA – The Board of Horse Racing on Thursday discussed plans to wean itself from using Department of Livestock (DOL) staff and hire their own accountant in the hopes of helping it get a good grasp on its fiscal condition. One major hurdle may be that the board doesn't […]Read More →
Horse racing board didn't heed warnings, state committee told
By PHIL DRAKE | Montana Watchdog HELENA – Much like a Derby favorite wearing blinders and hellbent for the finish line, Montana's Board of Horse Racing ignored repeated warnings from Department of Livestock staff about having a business plan in place before taking over horse-racing simulcasts, a move which put them nearly $670,000 in the […]Read More →
Group still pursuing horse racing simulcast, but won't include Derby
By PHIL DRAKE | Montana Watchdog HELENA – Those hoping to sip mint juleps and bet on the Kentucky Derby through simulcasts in Montana will have to put those thoughts on hold as those trying to return the off-track betting system to the state say they could not meet the deadline because of previous debt […]Read More →
Horse racing board wants loan extended; seeks simulcast return
By PHIL DRAKE HELENA – Within days of receiving a loan from the state, the Montana Board of Horse Racing voted Monday to ask for a one-year extension for its first repayment of about $76,200, saying it needs that much time to get the money together. Also, the board turned the reins over to simulcast […]Read More →
$614,249 deficit from horse race simulcasts likely less, Tucker says
By PHIL DRAKE HELENA – A man hired to determine how the Montana Board of Horse Racing (BOHR) supposedly lost $614,249 in 14 months of horse race simulcasts said this week he had a mix of good and bad news. Tom Tucker, after spending 21/2 days poring over materials, told Montana Watchdog on Wednesday simulcasts did […]Read More →


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Phil was working on his computer the other day when something on the deck caught his eye. He looked out and there was this wild turkey strutting along the railing. What was he doing up there?
Well, our neighbors put out a bird feeder in the winter and frequently there are dozens of wild turkeys digging in the dirt, trying to get the leftovers. They make such a mess of the yard and land.
One of them must have gotten disoriented and flown up on our deck.
Phil didn't have time to get his camera out so he took a few photographs with his iPhone. It was pretty bright out there. The first photograph shows him walking along the railing. The second photograph shows him looking down…which is about 30-40 feet. "Should I jump?"
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September 2011
We investigate two problems in word align-ment for machine translation. First, we com-pare methods for incremental word alignment to save time for large-scale machine transla-tion systems. Various methods of using exist-ing word alignment models trained on a larger, general corpus for incrementally aligning smaller new corpora are compared. In ad-dition, by training separate translation tables, we eliminate the need for any re-processing of the baseline data. Experimental results are comparable or even superior to the baseline batch-mode training. Based on this success, we explore the possibility of sharpening alignment model via incremental training scheme. By first training a general word alignment model on the whole corpus and then dividing the same corpus into domain-specific partitions, followed by applying in-cremental training to each partition, we can improve machine translation quality as meas-ured by BLEU.
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J2X win 5 out of 6!
Following on from the very successful J/80 World Championship held in Dartmouth this June, the J/80 fleet returned to the Solent on the weekend of the 8th September for the The MIQ Logistics 2012 J/80 National Championship.
Hosted by Hamble's Royal Southern Yacht Club, the event was included in the final weekend of their summer series. Sponsors MIQ Logistics, SLAM clothing and Coast Graphics continued their support from the World Championship.
The fleet of 27 boats was just one less than the previous highest total for the UK Championship. There was a very broad speed of ages competing, from the hugely experienced senior statesmen through to a handful of boats being sailed by students and other young teams. The generosity of owners who had loaned their boats had facilitated this.
Day one dawned with a lack of wind in the morning increasing to 8-10 knots in the afternoon. Race officer Dermod O'Malley made the wise decision to postpone ashore for two hours.
The programme got under way just before 1pm in a 6-8 easterly, in flat water conditions and warm sunshine. The hottest helm on day one was Rob Larke sailing J2 X. Rob and his team achieved a perfect score of three bullets which converted into a six point overnight lead. Second best for the day was Nick Haigh sailing Slightly Steamy, a very tidy two seconds and a fifth were the proof that Nick's transition from his last boat, a 46 footer, had been a success.
The late start, combined with a breeze that softened as the ebb tide increased, saw the third race shortened and the fleet sent home at 5 o'clock. Allan Higgs's Juicy completed the podium on the first day.
Saturday night saw the liveliest of the fleet mixing with the rest of the Royal Southern Yacht Club's September regatta sailors, at the appropriately titled Best of the Eighties Party.
A further three races were scheduled for Sunday. With the easterly breeze once again established, the programme got under way on time and finally saw J2 X beaten as Stuart Hawthorn's J'ai Deux Amours struck gold in race four. Second was Mark Baskerville's Mistral, third place went to Jon Powell's Betty.
The race team now signalled a postponement prior to race five, the easterly was waning and intelligence from the West of the race course indicated a new weather system was about to arrive. Sure enough after an hour a nice South Westerly of 10 knots kicked in, which built to a solid 20 throughout the afternoon. Race five saw the fleet in full planing mode and if this was to be the last big event of the summer it truly was a great day to remember. Rob Larke managed to claw back the lead from Patrick Liardet's Aqua J to score his fourth bullet. Aqua J followed home in second with Mark Lees' boats.com in third.
In the sixth and final race J2X achieved an incredible fifth bullet. Boats.com took second and J.A.T took their second bronze of the weekend.
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Rob Larke's J2X was crowned the MIQ Logistics 2012 J/80 National Champion. Nick Haigh's Slightly Steamy took a very solid second, Jon Powell's Betty was third. A stellar performance from the team of 420 sailors on Chris Taylor's J.A.T saw them sweep fourth.
Next year the National Championship is bound for England's East Coast for the first time in the class' 15 year history. The 2012 J/80 World Championship will be held in Marseille in June with a forecast 150 boat entry, this will eclipse the previous record of 131 in Santander.
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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said in March he will step down at the end of 2012, setting the stage for the unique process of government officials appointing the leader of the 77 million member worldwide Anglican Communion.
His surprise announcement stunned the religious world. Williams, 61, has led the Church of England since 2002.
Traditionally, the archbishop is chosen by a committee of Anglican clergy and laity, who then draft a short list of candidates to submit to the British prime minister. While Queen Elizabeth II is the supreme governor of the Church of England and formally appoints the archbishop, the decision is based on the final determination of the prime minister.
The favorite to replace Williams, according to numerous observers, is Ugandan-born John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York and the No. 2 official in the Church of England. Sentamu, the sixth of 13 children, fled his homeland and its dictator, Idi Amin, in 1974.
Williams told reporters his successor will need "the constitution of an ox and the skin of a rhinoceros."
Next January, Williams will serve as master of Magdalene College in Cambridge, returning him to the academic life that defined his early years.
Williams worked to prevent a global schism as the Episcopal Church in the U.S. ordained two openly gay bishops and allowed same-sex unions. Such steps, he warned, tear at the "bonds of affection" that keep the Anglican Communion as one.
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Warning: this post may contain traces of politics, stupidity and truth.
I recently moved house from Burwood to Collingwood. My new house is about 4½ km from Melbourne's CBD and has an existing telephone line.
According to the ADSL2 Exchanges website, I'm about 1.4km from Collingwood telephone exchange and my estimated line speed should be about 13 Mbps.
I've been a customer with iiNet for nearly 4 years, so I figured a relocation (to the new home) would be something they'd handle routinely and competently.
I used a company called connectnow to relocate gas, power and water. This was surprisingly painless and involved one 5-minute call. I could have asked connectnow to relocate telephone as well, but I figured I'd deal with iiNet directly and get them to move my existing service.
So what do gas, power, water and telephone/internet all have in common?
- They're all physically available at the new address, and they're already connected
- They're all products which are metered in some way, for which I'm charged
- Each is available from a range of service providers, and I choose a service provider and become their customer
- Each service provider has a range of plans, and I choose a plan and enter into an agreement
Okay, so what's different? Gas, power and water have been around for years. The internet industry, unfortunately, has only been around for the last 20 years, and sadly, the industry is yet to grasp the concept of a basic account change.
How long did it take for gas, power and water to be connected at my new address? Actually they were never disconnected. A simple account change meant that from the day I took occupancy, I started receiving bills in my name, and THE SERVICES JUST WORKED.
Naively I hoped that internet and telephone relocation would be just as painless. I was wrong.
So what happened with internet? Buckle yourself in, this is gonna get rough.
- 21/07 – I notified iiNet that I'd be moving in a week – could I have my Naked DSL relocated please? – I received an email from iiNet confirming the relocation request, saying I'd "made a good choice (if we do say so ourselves)".
- 22/07 – The application bounced back from Telstra – there was no existing service at the new address. (Wrong.) Nothing happens for 3 days.
- 25/07 – I get an SMS from iiNet asking me to call them – they need more information. I reply back, "What do you need to know?" iiNet wants to know the lease start date, which I provided with the original application. iiNet says there is a phone line there – they even have an existing service number – and they'll be able to action my request once the line is free, i.e. once the current occupant moves out. OK cool. Nothing happens for 6 days.
The Curious Case of Surry Hills Jim
Around this time my iiNet 'Toolbox' gives me access to another customer's account. I can see their name, username, phone number, address… all that good personal information that we're told to protect at all costs. I tweet my concerns to iiNet, like this…
…along with a partial screen-grab:
And then this:
I get a reply from iiNet social media:
This is the last I hear from @iiJessMccallum.
After 24 hours with no explanation or further contact from iiNet, I tweet again:
This time I receive a reply from iiNet's Customer Service Manager, Geoff Searle. Mr Searle reassured me that the complaint had been taken seriously, and said:
"We had two Naked DSL applications for similar services that required intervention by our provisioning team. This involved entering the information within our systems for the application process manually. There was a data entry mistake (human error) by a staff member making this change, resulting in the second application being assigned to the wrong customer account."
But let's not get distracted
All this is very interesting, but back to progress on my application:
- 31/07 – I move in to my new house. There's no phone and no internet. (Gas, power, water are all good of course.) I ring iiNet: "Where's my internet?" They say there's still a 10-day lead time for delivery. Huh? I ordered this 10 days ago. So it takes 20 days for telephone and internet to be relocated ? iiNet confirms this is the case. I am flabbergasted.
- 01/08 – I ring for an update. iiNet says they need a copy of the new lease to verify I actually live there before the application can proceed. WHY WASN'T THIS ASKED FOR 11 DAYS AGO!?!? Scanned, PDF'd and emailed copy of lease to iiNet Voice Activations.
- 02/08 – Telstra says there isn't an existing line in place. (Wrong, they've got the service number in the application notes.) iiNet's system changes the application status to "defer for TWS (Telstra Wholesale) updates". Suddenly, nothing happens for another 3 days.
- 05/08 – Having determined that there's no existing line in place (wrong), Telstra concludes that someone will need to attend to connect a new line. It took Telstra 3 days to work this out. An appointment time is set for 15/08 between 8 am and 12 midday. I arrange to take the morning off work to provide access. Nothing happens for another 3 days.
- 08/08 – iiNet's system changes to "Checking inplace to confirm it's still active … It appears a handback's being done". Nothing happens for another 6 days.
- 14/08 – iiNet's system changes to "Provisioning of the phone service is now complete". Great. No change on my phone line.
- 15/08 – Rise and shine at 7am, expecting a Telstra technician to visit between 8am and midday as per the appointment time. I'm expecting the technician to either install a redundant telephone line, or verify in person that they can use the existing line. No-one shows up. I check the existing line and miraculously it has dialtone sometime around 11am.
I email iiNet and ask for an update. A 'Senior Customer Service Representative' from the 'iiNet Virtual Community' says, "The phone appears to have successfully been connected." When I ask for an expected timeframe, the response is, "Normally 5-7 working days from when the phone is completed".
- 16/08 – I receive an automated system message from iiNet which says, "Your Naked DSL should be ready to use within 48 hours after 2013-08-20." I take this to mean I will probably be waiting another 6 days. Later in the morning, iiNet's system status changes to, "The cutover date for the Naked DSL service … has been updated to 2013-08-20 14:00:00."
- 20/08 – 7pm – Dial tone is gone (good) but there's no ADSL sync. I ring the service from my mobile and I get a "not connected" RVA from Telstra. I ring iiNet Tech Support on 132258, but calls just get no progress. Calls to iiNet Provisioning on 1300634515 just get no progress. Finally I get through to a queue, and after holding for 10 minutes, the customer service rep hangs up on me. On the fifth attempt I get through to Carl. He checks the status of my application with Provisioning and does a port rebuild (the first of many). Despite the cutover date and time above, Carl says that Provisioning says I do indeed have to wait another 48 hours for ADSL sync.
- 20/08 – 8pm – all the obligatory 'welcome' spam arrives: "Your service is now connected!" "Your Naked DSL service is active!" "Hooray! Your iiNet Naked DSL service is now active." "Great news, your new Netphone account is now ready to use." Wrong, no, wrong, wrong, no, no, WRONG.
- 21/08 – 12:30am – I give up staring at the ADSL sync light and go to bed.
- 22/08 – 6.30pm – I get home from work to find… nothing's changed. I tweet angrily at iiNet. The social media person asks if I'd like to call them to discuss? I explain I can't without a telephone, but thanks for the offer. I go out for the evening in IRL to drown my sorrows.
- 22/08 – 10.30pm or thereabouts – WE HAVE SYNC – I SAY AGAIN – WE HAVE SYNC. I tweet, Facebook and post an excited Vine of the blue sync and authentication lights. ADSL2+ speeds are appalling and look like this (right). VoIP service almost works but speech path is flaky, probably due to the slow speed. This service is gonna need a port rebuild.
- 22/08 – 11.30pm or thereabouts – iiNet's social media operator for the evening Luke tells me he's monitoring and will put in a port rebuild (the second that I'm aware of). I get kicked offline, my modem re-syncs and re-authenticates, but there's no improvement in speed.
- 23/08 – 11:45am – I ring Tech Support and speak to Donald. He rebuilds the port (third rebuild), then asks me to switch my modem off and on again. Then he rebuilds the port again (fourth rebuild), and asks me to switch my modem off and on again. This achieves nothing. He suggests leaving it for "another 48 hours, just to see what happens. Maybe it will be okay in a couple of days."
- 23/08 – 1:40pm – Bonnie from Tech Support rings me, and asks me for my full name and date of birth. Huh? YOU RANG ME. Anyway. Bonnie agrees that I'm not experiencing "real" ADSL2+ speeds, and does another port rebuild (number five). Lo and behold the line speed jumps from 1.2 Mbps to 11 Mbps down, and from 200 kbps to 1 Mbps up, according to Bonnie. (I think I needed Bonnie managing my account relocation all along.) The speed test at my end shows an improvement, but still nothing to get excited about (right). Ping times are also appallingly bad (below):
- Weekend 24/08 – 25/08 – Line speed slowly decreases until it eventually settles at about 4 Mbps down. The speedtest above (3.7 Mbps) is about as good as I'm getting. Lots of Sync Loss, dropouts, and I need to reset the modem about four or five times. The internet is generally unusable for more than 15 minutes at a time.
- (Monday) 26/08 – I ring iiNet and now I'm wearing my Dr Ron Crankypants™. I speak to Lackie. He says he will try a port rebuild (number 6). Immediately the line speed improves from 3.5 Mbps to 8.5 Mbps down. Lackie agrees there must be a fault with the port (and confirms I am in fact on an iiNet port, not a Telstra wholesale port). He says there are two ways to change ports: remotely in software, or by a technician attending the exchange. After 30 minutes on the phone Lackie says he can't tell me when the port move will happen, and agrees to call me back.
The Washup
I now have Naked DSL internet, having been without service for twenty two days and THIRTY TWO DAYS after the initial application.
The service, in my opinion, is not usable.
All that had to happen was this:
- iiNet makes an account change, updates my address details
- iiNet creates a work request to put its ADSL codes "on the line"
- iiNet creates a work request for a technician to attend Collingwood exchange
- a technician jumpers the existing phone line to a vacant port on an iiNet DSLAM
This process took 32 days.
The Cost
Apart from the mental anguish, frustration and confusion inflicted on me and Surry Hills Jim, I've inherited a very tangible debt for iiNet's inability to deliver a basic internet service:
I purchased a NextG mobile data dongle (right) to cover me for the three week outage. This cost $119 and included 3GB of data. I also purchased an Aldi mobile SIM for data which uses Telstra's 3G HSDPA network, and I think represents good value-for-money.
I guess with the dongle purchase and data recharges I've spent nearly $300 on internet access in about 3 weeks which I otherwise wouldn't have needed.
How much bandwidth did I get for $300? About 15½ GB. This screen-grab is from my modem's Statistics page:
Remember this next time you hear a politician saying we don't need an NBN because "everything's going mobile anyway". Mobile data, as a standalone technology, is NOT the answer.
Where to from here?
The saga's not over and I don't envisage a happy ending for anyone.
For the same monthly price as I'm paying iiNet I'd get the same download quotas from Telstra Bigpond cable. I'm sure Bigpond cable would be faster than 3 Mbps and have better ping times.
I'm reminded of Adam Turner's experience in 2008 which he chronicled as the Battle of the Incompetents. Adam tried transferring from Optus to Telstra before moving house, which he falsely believed would make things easier to move his phone number from one house to the next. Adam says the farce that followed drove him to the point of tears more than once.
So what's changed in 5 years? Not much it seems.
Adam's experience and my experience aren't isolated examples. The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has recently reported a significant rise in customers complaining about dodgy fixed line services and mobile services, but lacks the resources to address these complaints, according to ZDNet's Josh Taylor. Overall Melbourne registered the highest number of new complaints per population.
I keep asking myself, Would I have expected better service from a different ISP? No, probably not. The convoluted to'ing-and-fro'ing between ISPs and Telstra makes for a messy, unrefined process which the other utilities appear to have resolved many years ago.
iiNet needs to accept responsibility for its part in this fiasco. It wasn't Telstra's fault they sat on the request for so long; that they didn't ask for the required information up front; that they've got faulty exchange equipment; or that they unlawfully gave me access to another customer's personal information.
Australians need a fast, ubiquitous NBN that functions just like any other utility. ADSL is a backwards-who's-responsible-for-which-bit-I-don't know circus that's trying to squeeze the absolute last drop of blood from an outdated 20th century technology.
Internet is now the "fourth utility", and has been for some years. I need it hard-wired to my home. I can't live off mobile data. Despite what one side of Federal politics would have you believe, mobile broadband is exactly that: internet access designed for mobile devices; no more, no less. Mobile broadband is not designed for the rigours of video streaming, always-on home access or the high-bandwidth demands of business, and it's not a substitute for wired technologies like fibre or HFC. Homes and businesses need hard-wired internet for cost-effective and efficient service delivery.
I just live in hope that one day we'll be able to notify Telstra, iiNet, NBNCo or whoever that we're moving house, and when we move in the phone and internet, along with all the other utilities, will just work.
Sadly, in the second decade of the 21st century, that day has yet to arrive.


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This is the nomination letter for Leon Lesicka for Californian of the Year that San Diego Union-Tribune outdoor writer Ed Zieralski sent to the other members of the Outdoor Writers Association of California. The members voted for the best candidate, and Lesicka was the top vote getter.
Leon Lesicka is the most selfless sportsman I have ever met and more than anyone I know truly deserves the award of Californian of the Year that our group, the Outdoor Writers Association of California, bestows every year to a deserving resident and friend of sportsmen, sportswomen and wildlife in our great state.
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HAZLETON - Fire destroyed a pickup truck and damaged a train bay at a pet food manufacturing plant in the Humboldt Industrial Park on Monday morning.
Hazle Township fire Chief Scott Kostician said a pickup truck was trying to pull a train car in the train bay at Vita Line Products Inc., 1111 N. Park Drive, when it experienced a mechanical problem and caught fire.
Employees tried extinguishing the fire but were unsuccessful, he said.
Hazle Township was originally dispatched to the business about 9:30 a.m. for a vehicle fire several feet outside the building, but when firefighters arrived they found the vehicle inside a train bay near the shipping and receiving department, he said. Firefighters requested additional fire departments because the truck was in the building, he said.
Kostician said about 30 firefighters, including 15 from Hazle and others from Harwood, Sugarloaf Township and Sheppton-Oneida, Schuylkill County, assisted. Sugarloaf fire, he said, was dispatched because one of Hazle's engines is out of service.
No injuries were reported.
The truck was destroyed and the train bay of the building sustained some smoke, fire, water and heat damage, Kostician said. He said the business was planning to sanitize the area.
State police at Hazleton and American Patient Transport Systems Inc. also responded. Police, he said, were requested to the scene by firefighters following protocol of vehicles that are in motion when involved in fire.
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Game 22: BlueClaws (12-9) at Kannapolis (9-12)
Welcome back to Kannapolis, NC. Game two after Lakewood beat the K-Dators 4-3 last night in 10 innings.
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LAK: RHP Colby Shreve (0-0, 9.00)
KAN: RHP Justin Collup (0-1, 9.00)
Leading the Way…While the BlueClaws do not have a hitter in the league's top ten in batting average, they lead the league in hitting at .289. Lakewood has five regulars hitting over .300: Barnes .333, Buschini .315, Castro .314, Ruf .314, Villar .306.
On Shreve…Shreve, 22, makes his first professional start and just his second professional appearance after he debuted with Lakewood Monday night in Greensboro…Shreve was a 6th round pick in 2008 a month after having Tommy John Surgery. He was a 7th round pick of the Reds in 2007 but chose not to sign…His TJ Surgery forced him to miss both the 2008 and 2009 seasons and he began 2010 in extended spring training…Shreve had committed to Arkansas before signing with the Phillies after the draft…He was one of the highest ranked JUCO prospects before having surgery.
6:19: A beautiful evening. Just back from the unveiling of a Dale Earnhardt car which will be a permanent fixture here at the Cannon.
7:29: Lakewood gets a run. Ruf single, Buschini gets him in with an RBI 5-3 groundout. Shreve had a 9 pitch 1-2-3 first.
7:39: Shreve gives up a bloop double to score a run in the 2nd. 1-1 to the 3rd.
7:46: That's a 10 game hitting streak for Barnes, RBI single to score James, who had singled earlier in the inning. 2-1 Lakewood.
8:19: Shreve has allowed a hit and a walk through four, with two strikeouts and has thrown 47 pitches.
8:28: Shreve pitches around a leadoff single in the 5th and is through five at just 62 pitches having allowed two hits. Lakewood up 2-1. 6-10 Garrett Johnson is now in for Kannapolis.
8:39: Somehow Leandro Castro, who danced on the grass outside the 3B line while caught in a rundown, was not called out, but Lakewood will take it. They get another run on a Santana FC groundout. 4-1 bottom 6. That's the third inning in the first two games of the series that the BlueClaws have scored in without a hit.
8:44: Lugo replaces Shreve w/ one out in the 6th. 5.1 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K, one run and is responsible for a runner at first.
8:50: Lugo retires his three. Shreve gives up one run in his first professional start and is eligible for the win.
9:27: Zeid on for the save. 4-1 in the 9th.
9:43: No problem for Zeid, who now has three saves. Congrats to Colby Shreve, who earns the win in his first professional start. 4-1 was the final, and that's four in a row for the BlueClaws.


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North Topsail Beach aldermen candidates were sent the following questions by The Daily News in advance of the Nov. 5 municipal election. Candidate profiles were edited for length in The Daily News� print edition. This is the full, unedited written response by one of five candidates vying for three aldermen seats in North Topsail Beach.
Name: Don Harte
Office you are seeking: North Topsail Beach Alderman
Address: 30 Sailview Dr N.Topsail Beach, NC 28460
Date of birth: August 5, 1946
City of birth: Hamlet, NC
County of birth: Richmond County
How voters can contact you: email@example.com
Occupation: Retired
Education: Bachelor of Science from Appalachian State University
Prior publicly elected, appointed or held positions: I was appointed to Planning Board of North Topsail and last year I was appointed Alderman for North Topsail.
Leadership experience: I was in sales management for a major pharmaceutical company for 35 years and held many leadership assignments as a manager and facilitator,
How long have you live in the municipality for which you seek office? I have been a resident of North Topsail Beach for 8 years.
Why are you running for office? I am running for the office of Alderman to insure that our efforts for our beach re-nourishment are continued. If these efforts were allowed to be derailed we would not be able to get federal help to rebuild our beaches in the event of a major catastrophe.
What makes you the best candidate for the position? I would continue to support the Mayor�s and my fellow aldermen�s efforts on beach re-nourishment.
What specific issue would you most like to address while in office? I would like for us to investigate the use of some state owned land and town owned land for some planned events such as Arts and Crafts festivals or musical events. I would also like to look at some of this land for much needed parking on the North end of the beach.
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Having seen reinforcement from North Block, analysts have begun to see the silver lining in the Indian markets. Falling crude oil prices and a weak rupee are beginning to look positive to many. While crude prices well below the $100 per barrel mark are expected to have a favourable impact on inflation, a weak rupee is seen as an opportunity to improve the Balance of Payment scenario.
Yesterday, Deutsche Equities' Ajay Kapur and Ritesh Samadhiya wrote, "Markets and our indicators are implying a world close to recession – there is a flight to the safety of bonds and defensive sectors. We think this despondency is now stretched and we should move toward the opposite stance."
According to them, the growth outlook is not as gloomy as the markets suggest. "Such positive divergences between weak markets and robust leading indicators are rare, and are normally resolved by risk/growth assets doing well. We think investors should take advantage of the current miasma and buy some risk and cyclicality," they added.
Deutsche estimates showed that on an EV/Ebitda (enterprise value to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) and EV/sales basis, the Indian market is close to its cheapest in two decades.
"We think the liquidity environment is about to get easier – the yield curve is no longer negatively sloped, and the weak currency should help the BoP and expand reserves and the monetary base," Kapur and Samadhiya said.
JP Morgan analysts also upgraded India to overweight last Thursday. A Macquarie Securities report said the fall in crude prices will help India and China.
"Key oil price indices have fallen below key levels as concerns over slower economic growth are leading to unwinding of still-elevated speculative positions and in response to the highest inventories and production levels since 1990 and 1999, respectively, in the US. There will be a general positive impact on inflation, leaving room perhaps, where it didn't exist previously, to use monetary policy less guardedly. This is good, especially for China and India," the Macquarie report said.
Barclays, in a report titled 'Mid summer madness', also argued for staying invested. "The overall suggested investment strategy is that investors should continue to hold fully diversified portfolios of different asset classes, with a strong focus on valuation – the latter may serve as a basis for any near-term marginal portfolio adjustments."
While Barclays foresees a risk from the situation unfolding in Spain, where the banks are seeking a recapitalisation bailout, it sees gains down the lane.
"Despite our short-term caution, in the medium term, we maintain a constructive view of global equity markets as valuation, in general, is not excessive and investors' perceptions, which will largely be influenced by recent market volatility, may have underestimated the resilience of the global economy," it said. It even suggested short-term risks could provide bargain hunting opportunities.
Some brokerages like Credit Suisse continue to remain cautious. A Credit Suisse report titled 'Deficits: Stickier than you think', focused on the deficit situation and expressed doubts on the government's ability to handle it. "Government sources of income are constrained by the cyclicality in tax collection, and falling returns on government-owned assets. Moreover, political developments in the past few weeks have sharply increased the possibility of an early general election, thus removing any window the government may have had to take some tough decisions to get out of the fiscal mess," it said.
Kotak Institutional Equities found the fall in crude prices an opportunity, but stayed cautious. "The universe is conspiring for India to do well but the country remains reluctant. The recent sharp correction in global crude oil prices and 'postponement' of unconventional monetary policy actions by the US Fed and ECB will likely ease pressure on India's CAD (curren account deficit) and external finances, leading to some respite on the currency," said Kotak analysts led by Sanjeev Prasad. Adding: "However, we need signs of more sensible governance that will address slowing economic growth and high fiscal deficit in the short term; fuel price rationalisation is the biggest catalyst, in our view. Politics remains quite dysfunctional, stymying India's growth prospects and entrepreneurship culture." The report found positives in the lower current account deficit, weaker currency and progress on the Goods and Services Tax.