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GWEN IFILL: Next, how economic philosophy defines the presidential campaigns' approach to health care.
NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman has our story, part of his ongoing reporting Making Sense of financial news.
TRACY MORGAN, North Carolina: I was actually on jury duty when I got a call from my husband, and he said, "I have a brain tumor."
PAUL SOLMAN: Tracy and Mark Morgan were married in 1995, bought this house in Charlotte, N.C., four years later. She was creative director at an ad agency. He was a freelance commercial photographer.
TRACY MORGAN: I asked questions. Of course, one of them is, how much time does he have? And they said two months to a year.
PAUL SOLMAN: That was back in October 2009. Ten months later, while nursing him, encouraging him, Tracy lost her job in advertising.
TRACY MORGAN: Our 33-person agency had shrunk down to nine, two of them principals. And one of them came to me and said, "We're closing the doors. We're filing bankruptcy."
PAUL SOLMAN: And that's when your health insurance ends?
TRACY MORGAN: Yes. When you're with a company and they go into bankruptcy, you don't have COBRA, so you don't have health insurance. So, even if you're someone that had insurance your entire life, every job, paid your premiums, it doesn't matter. You don't have health insurance.
PAUL SOLMAN: For the Democrats who assembled in Charlotte last week, Morgan was a prime exhibit in defense of the president's Affordable Care Act.
Because when you have a spouse facing treatments that would, as in this case, cost over a million dollars, just try to buy health insurance in a free market.
TRACY MORGAN: He was on radiation. He had the craniotomy. He had two forms of infusion twice a month. He was going to be declined. Who is going to take a man that has stage four brain cancer, receiving the amount of care that he was requiring?
PAUL SOLMAN: So, then what do you do?
TRACY MORGAN: North Carolina was an early adopter of the Affordable Health Care Act. And because of that, they had a program. It's called Inclusive Health. And they take patients with preexisting conditions.
I didn't believe it. I was incredulous. But it happened. I got the card. He received his treatments. Just unbelievable when I see the costs that were coming in.
PAUL SOLMAN: To Democrats like former President Bill Clinton, the argument is simple.
BILL CLINTON, former president of the U.S.: And the Republicans call it, derisively, Obamacare. They say it's a government takeover, a disaster, and that, if we will just elect them, they will repeal it. Well, are they right?
CROWD: No!
BILL CLINTON: Let's take a look at what's actually happened so far.
PAUL SOLMAN: What's happened, say Clinton and others, is that millions of uninsured Americans are finally covered, or soon will be, in large part because so many of them, like the Morgans, can no longer be rejected for preexisting conditions.
Vice President Joe Biden's former economic adviser, Jared Bernstein:
JARED BERNSTEIN, former chief economist to Vice President Biden: If you repeal the Affordable Care Act, what you just heard is part of what you lose.
PAUL SOLMAN: Now, it may seem unfair to the Republicans to pit them against a heartrending case study. But the unlimited amount spend on Mark Morgan's care illustrates one of their key arguments, that America's health care system costs more than anyone else's, yet gets no better results, because we rely on government, said vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan in Tampa, not on a competitive market.
REP. PAUL RYAN, R-Wis.: Obamacare comes to more than 2,000 pages of rules, mandates, taxes, fees, and fines that have no place in a free country.
PAUL SOLMAN: And that's why, says presidential candidate Mitt Romney:
MITT ROMNEY (R): That we must rein in the skyrocketing costs of health care by repealing and replacing Obamacare.
PAUL SOLMAN: On day one of a Romney presidency, as he's repeatedly said.
But on "Meet the Press" this week, Romney seemed to suggest he would be open to keeping some parts of the Affordable Care Act.
MITT ROMNEY: There are a number of things that I like in health care reform that I am going to put in place. One is to make sure that those with preexisting conditions can get coverage.
PAUL SOLMAN: But Romney's campaign later clarified that he would provide coverage only for the continuously insured.
That would seem to leave out any of the tens of millions of people with preexisting conditions who, if they lost insurance for at least a month, like the Morgans did when Tracy's employer went bankrupt, might not be able to get new insurance.
Moreover, repealing the Affordable Care Act is a cornerstone of the overall Republican economic program. At a spanking new training facility at the University of South Florida in Tampa, John McCain's economic adviser in 2008, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, elaborated.
DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN, former Congressional Budget Office director: There is a lot of evidence that, in health care in general, we misuse, overuse and underuse different treatments. And getting the efficiency in the health care sector is the key.
PAUL SOLMAN: Getting efficiency. In general, says Holtz-Eakin, America spends too much on medical care for what it gets. A competitive market-based system would cut costs and improve service.
The argument is exemplified by this O.R., he says, where surgeons do everything from a catheterization to a bypass in the very same room and operate by remote control.
DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN: Look at this, the power of innovation. We have seen it in the private sector. America has the finest medical science and we need to capture that, get it good incentives. And those incentives are — typically come from winning a contract, winning a bid.
PAUL SOLMAN: And isn't that true, we asked Jared Bernstein. Don't economists like him agree that in general competition works?
JARED BERNSTEIN: It's a good point. And there will be competition in the Affordable Care Act between insurers as they compete within the health care exchanges. It's part of the act.
PAUL SOLMAN: But we need competition within Medicare, Holtz-Eakin insists.
DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN: What the Republicans want to do is start with entitlement reform, because Medicare in particular is a fee-for-service system where doctors are paid for whatever they do, as much as they do it.
Hospitals are paid separately. Some insurance companies are paid in a separate silo. And over here, the drug companies get paid. And there's no coordination of that medicine. There's no patient at the center of it. And they want to fix that.
PAUL SOLMAN: Fix it with health care providers vying for the older Americans' business.
DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN: If you can provide the care cheaper and the quality is sufficiently high, you're going to get that senior's money.
PAUL SOLMAN: The mechanics of the Republican Medicare plan hinge on vouchers, credits you can use to buy medical care at places like this presumably or anywhere elsewhere the costs are lower.
DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN: It's a very close cousin to the prescription drug bill, which brought competitive bidding into the entitlement programs for the first time.
PAUL SOLMAN: So, if you give me, as a senior, a voucher, a certain amount of money, which is capped…
DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN: Yes.
PAUL SOLMAN: … it's only 1 percent more than GDP growth?
DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN: It will grow at GDP plus 1 percent.
PAUL SOLMAN: And then I get to spend the money on insurance or not. If I take a cheaper plan, I get to keep some of the money?
DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN: Yes. But if you want a more expensive plan, you can pay for more as well.
PAUL SOLMAN: Make that a lot more, says Jared Bernstein. Medicare costs have been rising far faster than GDP growth plus 1 percent.
JARED BERNSTEIN: The way the Republicans have set it up, it actually will just shift the cost on to the beneficiaries themselves.
If the voucher doesn't cover their Medicare, they have to reach into their pocket and make up the difference.
And the median income for a Medicare beneficiary is about $22,000-$25,000 a year. And those folks cannot really dig into their pockets to make up the difference between the voucher and what Medicare actually costs.
PAUL SOLMAN: Even with the Affordable Care Act, Tracy Morgan did have to dig deep into her own pocket.
TRACY MORGAN: I paid a premium. And I had a deductible. I went through about $60,000 of our own personal savings, which, you know, I feel fortunate to have. I know a lot of people don't have $60,000 to go through.
PAUL SOLMAN: What would you have done had North Carolina not adopted Affordable Care Act?
TRACY MORGAN: I would have lost everything to keep up with the payments and the treatments. There's no way I would have just stopped them. He probably would have wanted me to.
That was another wonderful thing is, like, I was always able to assure him that this wasn't coming out of my pocket. It's OK, honey, you can — this care is expensive, but you have deserved it. You have deserved it. And you do deserve it.
PAUL SOLMAN: Mark Morgan died last December, having lived nearly two years beyond his initial prognosis. Tracy says the time together was priceless.
But, on the other hand, we all paid for it, and price was no object.


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Under the agreement Zimmer Spine will distribute the flagship of Benvenue Medical, Kiva System processing FTV. Kiva system brings an innovative approach to the treatment of painful phenomenon of vertebral compression fractures (FTV).
Kiva system processing FTV has received CE Mark in 2008 and has treated over 500 cases of FTV worldwide. The system consists of a Kiva cylindrical implant PEEK-OPTIMA introduced percutaneously. It provides structural support to the vertebral body and serves as a conduit for the injection of bone cement.
"The Kiva system is the first product Zimmer Spine treatment FTV we offer to our customers. This system differentiated natural complement our current product portfolio, "said Hubert Piatkowski , vice president of Zimmer Spine.
Zimmer Spine's presence on the international market for spinal health is stable and important in terms of marketing, sales and clinical support. The Kiva system will be offered to customers as part of a broad product portfolio expansion. Kiva system was distributed in Germany and Italy in the first place, and there are plans to extend its availability to the entire EMEA region in the near future. The market for minimally invasive treatment of FTV in the EU reached 185 million USD (135 million) in 2010. The European market for FTV is growing rapidly and now accounts for 25% of the world.
"We look forward to working exclusively with Zimmer to develop the distribution system Kiva outside the United States," said Robert Weigle , CEO of Benvenue Medical. "Zimmer Spine has a strong distribution network, which will accelerate sales, training and clinical support of Kiva."
A comparative evaluation between the Kiva system and balloon kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression bills is also underway in the KAST (Test of efficiency and safety - Kiva ® system for vertebroplasty) in three European centers, a in France and two in Germany. KAST programme is the largest randomized comparative study conducted to date in this area. This is an Investigational Device Exemption study of research in order to support a future 510 (k) on the market with the FDA, the federal agency U.S. Food and Drug.
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by Evan Orensten
on 16 December 2005
This case from Dunhill is one of the hottest we've seen. Carry your PSP in leather-trimmed water resistant canvas, with pockets for your gear and a strap to keep the player angled when you're watching flicks.
Available Online in the UK for £85. Also available at Dunhill stores.
Nyko PSP Charger Case & Theater Experience
by Carol T Chung
Nyko has come out with two accessories for the PSP. First is the Charger Case (left), in which your lovely PSP fits snugly into a neoprene lining. Both items use a lithium-ion battery. The battery works by having the PSP battery charge first. When...
NES Controller Necklace
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Ubiq store. UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who sent in the link for the necklace. The entry has been edited above. You guys rock!
Shure E Series Gaming Edition
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We've been listening to music on our E4g; sound quality and price increase as you move up the line (from around $99 to $299).
Velvet Idole Digital Accessories
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Velvet Idole is a Parisian line of digital accessories specializing in hand-crafted cases your laptop, iPod or PSP. Made from fine calf leather with foam padding and a cotton interior lining, the cases are both high-quality and functional. The laptop...
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Hulger PIP Base
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You may remember the retro-chic Hulger PIP that we covered back in November 2005, and you might have also caught their fresh new Penelope Base over in Spear-land the other day, but what you haven't seen is the PIP Base, the latest Hulgarisation...
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Some of you may remember, last month when I reported on this year's Loco Roco. The official Japanese website has a demo of the game available for download. I wouldn't normally put a post up on CH saying "you gotta try this," but...
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An Arlington man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for using counterfeit bills in several East Texas stores.
Cloyd Ray Knight III, 57, is charged with making and passing counterfeit one-hundred dollar bills. If he's convicted, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
According to the indictment, Knight used counterfeit one hundred dollar bills at the Target and Lowe's stores in both Tyler and Texarkana, on the same day.
Then he used a fifth counterfeit one hundred dollar bill a few days later, again at the Target in Tyler.
Authorities seized nearly two hundred items from him that are related to making counterfeit bills, including ink, paper, more than 30 printers, treasury seals, sheets of watermark security strips, and money plates.
KLTV 7 spoke with agent Robert Caltabiano with the Dallas office of the Secret Service. As part of the U.S. Treasury Department, they handle counterfeit cases.
Caltabiano couldn't offer specifics on this case, because Knight hasn't been tried yet. But, he says as a general rule, criminals aren't counterfeiting the "old" one hundred dollar bills anymore.
Caltabiano says stores put too much faith in the marker used to test large bills. All that marker checks is the paper the money is printed on, and criminals often wash real bills, then use the real paper to print fake money, so the marker won't catch those notes.
He says stores should pay more attention. If someone tries to buy an inexpensive item, or multiple gift cards, with a single one hundred dollar bill, there could be a problem.
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A cyclist friend's gleeful observation about the legendary 12,000-calorie diet of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps didn't help.
Though Phelps now says those 4,000-calorie meals were a myth — most web references can be traced to a 2008 New York Post article with the memorable headline, "Phelps' Pig Secret: He's Boy Gorge" — the truth is only slightly less stunning: During his prime, the 18-time gold medalist told ESPN, he ate 8,000-10,000 calories a day, including "lots of pizza and pasta."
"Phelps' diet was awesome," my friend said. "And mine is very fun when I'm burning through 3extra pounds of calories a week" during cycling season. "I don't go hog wild, but I'm not afraid of seconds if I'm still hungry." (In Jim's case, seconds also applies to fast food; he's been known to follow up an intense club ride with a Burger King Whopper combo meal and a chicken sandwich combo.)
The difficulty, he noted, is cutting consumption in the winter, when his mileage drops considerably.
"Throttling back this year was tough," he admitted. At one point shortly after the holidays, he discovered he'd put on 12 pounds.
Overestimating calorie burn can be a big problem for us ordinary athletes who don't have nutrition coaches or personal chefs to guide us. Running may burn 100 calories per mile, but you can easily wipe out all that hard work simply by misjudging the size and fat content of a post-run chocolate milk.
Though running was a big part of my 90-pound weight loss in 2010, I was surprised to discover that I didn't lose an ounce when I celebrated the one-year anniversary of that feat by running 90 miles in nine days.
One look at my food log from that week, though, solved the mystery.
Though I wasn't downing entire pizzas the way Phelps once did — or scarfing double bacon cheeseburgers like U.S. bobsledder Lolo Jones, who trained for Solchi on a 9,000-calorie diet — I was definitely eating a lot more than usual.
According to an entry on Oct. 25, 2011, I consumed two bananas, two apples, two carrots, two molasses cookies, six chocolate-covered espresso beans, one serving each of cashews and trail mix, a Wendy's baked potato, 2 cups of pasta, six slices of bread and butter, three sandwiches — egg, ham and peanut butter — along with a cup of Fiber One cereal and half a cup of oatmeal.
I was running so much that I was hungry all the time — or thought I was, anyway. On some level, I obviously did have a legitimate need for more calories. But my overly enthusiastic imagination magnified that need, and I pretty much ate like a pig all week long.
Believe it or not, it's not uncommon for runners to gain weight while training for a marathon, writes exercise physiologist Susan Paul in a Jan. 2 post on Runnerworld.com. This can be due to increases in glycogen stored in the muscles and fluid retention tied to carb loading.
But often, she writes, it's simply because appetite outpaces caloric burn — especially if you're so wiped out from a long run that you're a couch potato the rest of the day.
Based on past experience, I'm now much more suspicious of my appetite as I prep for an upcoming indoor marathon. Extra training means I need to monitor my diet more closely, not less.
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The Amazing World Of Gumball – "The Genius" Recap
"When Darwin aces a test, he is labeled a genius and sent off to a government institute for further study. Broken up by the news, Gumball vows to become a genius in order to be sent to the institute as well and reunited with his brother, all the while Nicole and Richard try to fill the new found void in their lives."
In my analysis of the first half of the first season, I called for more consistency. Amongst other things, I hated the fact that Gumball's level of intelligence changed so much between episodes as it seemed inconsistent to change that aspect of a character for one episode and then change it back for the next. I really disliked "The Picnic" because of that, as it portrayed Gumball as being too stupid to live, and this episode made more of the same mistakes. I know that making characters stupid for the sake of jokes is a tried-and-true trope, and I'm not calling on the writers to stop doing that, but there are limits to everything. Gumball knows how to read. We've seen him read before. He knows how to use a computer as well. So why are we supposed to laugh when he is suddenly shown as being incapable of doing either in this episode? We know that he's not that stupid, yet we are supposed to believe that he is despite evidence to the contrary. I know that this episode was written well in advance of my aforementioned analysis, but I sincerely hope that the second season gets its act together.
I didn't really enjoy this episode, but it did have some good things going for it. It was great to see an episode that played around with the natural dynamics of the characters. Darwin wasn't there and we got to see how the Wattersons coped with that. I'm also a huge fan of Nicole, and while I"m surprised that she didn"t just go berserk and bust Darwin out of the institute, we got to see more of her unhinged side during her attempt to make Rocky the new Darwin. I did find it interesting, however, that people seemed shocked that Anais was a genius. I mean, she's a four year old who attends a junior high school. Shouldn't the government have already been aware of her genius status? I also found it interesting that Darwin was registered as a pet fish instead of a child, as even though I know of his origin, the fact that he was never formally adopted raises some interesting questions that will probably never be answered. As for the rest of the episode, it had another great original song and there were some decent jokes. I just wish this episode would have taken after its title and been far smarter than it was.


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Welcome to Training and Development!
Welcome to the ASU Training and Development website, a resource for employee learning. On this page, you will find information regarding required employee training, as well as elective learning and development opportunities.
Required Employee Training
Here is the schedule for employee training required in 2016-17. All courses are online in Blackboard. Employees will be automatically enrolled at least four weeks prior to the due date, unless otherwise indicated.
Fall Semester
- Sexual Harassment Prevention and Protection Training (2016)
Required of all employees of the State of Texas, this training explains the types of sexual harassment, ways to prevent it in the workplace, the ASU Policy OP 52.40, and the process for filing a harassment complaint.
- Equal Employment Opportunity Training (2017)
The purpose of this training is to make employees aware of the Fair Employment Laws, and Angelo State University's EEO Policy and commitment to equal employment opportunities. The training also explains the ASU grievance process, as well as the employee's role in upholding equal employment opportunities. Required of all Angelo State employees, including student employees.
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- Title IX Responsible Employee Training (annually)
Institutions, such as ASU, receiving federal funding are required to train their employees about their role as Responsible Employees. That includes understanding the reporting process of an alleged Title IX incident and knowing how to contact the University Title IX Coordinator. Required of all Angelo State employees, including student employees.
- Campus Carry Training (every 2 years)
This training explores the new Texas Campus Carry Law, responsibilities of licensed gun owners while on campus, areas of campus that prohibit firearms, and the ASU Campus Carry Policy. Required of all Angelo State employees except student employees.
- Child Protection Training (as needed). Required only for faculty and staff who will be working with minors on campus in University events and activities, such as camps, festivals, and competitions. Supervisors can request enrollment for staff by sending a request to firstname.lastname@example.com. This training is most commonly taken for summer work; however, it is available all year, as needed.
- Sexual Harassment Prevention and Protection Training (2016)
Professional Development
Angelo State University offers opportunities for employees to continually learn and develop. Faculty and staff can utilize resources for improving interpersonal communication and customer service skills, running more effective meetings, finding opportunities for collaborative decision-making, and developing leadership skills.
- Employee Learning Library
- CIRCLE Conference
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West Brom's head of academy recruitment Steve Hopcroft has committed his future to the club by signing a new contract.
Manchester United were rumoured to be trying to enlist the help of Hopcroft as they rebuild their own academy structure, but the 50-year-old has decided to stay.
Responsible for discovering and developing a number of high-profile youth players already, Hopcroft believes Baggies fans can look forward to enjoying a host of young talent coming through in the future.
"I'm absolutely delighted to be staying," he said.
"I've had interest to leave in the past and I've always felt that maybe the grass isn't greener on the other side.
"I've been here for 12 years and there has been a great deal of work put in to get the club to the point where it is now playing quality academy graduates in the first team. It's really refreshing and rewarding.
"When you sign a boy at six, seven or eight years of age, it's fantastic to see them come through the age groups and play in the first team.
"There are players in our younger age groups that remind us of Sam Field and Kane Wilson. Their journey is only just beginning and it might be ten years before they play for them to come through and hopefully I'm here to see them through.
"It's our aim to recruit players who can play in our first team that live within an hour of The Hawthorns. We're managing to do that now and I'd imagine we will have continued success because we've got a good model.
"The great thing about this club is that we give opportunities to young players providing they are good enough. Not every club can offer that."


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On May 19, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Keith Worthington wrote: > Jeff Dyke wrote: >> I'm very new to postgres but not to databases. I'm currently working >> on a back end platform of Adaptive Server Anywhere 9.0 (Sybase) and >> would like to move to Postgres. I have a total of 6 production >> databases, so about 24(dev/test/qa etc) dbs that need to be converted >> first, so I'll have plenty of practice for the prod versions. The >> largest of which is ~6G, and the smallest only ~100M. >> I've done some searching on and have not found anything quick and >> easy, and didn't really expect to, but was interested in any pointers >> anyone may have. >> The dbs are currently on a windows platform and will remain so, at >> least for this first conversion. >> I don't mind doing it programatically and that may be my only >> choice...PHP/Perl. Currently i connect to sybase solely over >> odbc....anyway. Any/all comments and welcomed and appreciated. >> Thanks >> Jeff > > Jeff, > > I am not familiar with the utilities that you may have with Sybase. > Do you have one that will output the SQL statements required to build > the database? If so then you could use that file as input to psql to > rebuild the database in PostgreSQL. Of course it will probably choke > but reviewing the error log would point you in the direction of the > required changes. A good scrub with an editor like sed or Perl may > clean up a number of common changes. There is also SQL::Translator, a set of perl modules for doing these types of conversions. It isn't perfect, but does reduce the grunt-work. Sean
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Hatch, Henry Reynolds; retired; born, Grand Isle, Vt., Oct. 3, 1831; son of Abijah and Abigail Lyon Hatch; early education in mercantile lines; married, October, 1857, Miss Lyda Baldwin, deceased in 1886; issue, six children, two living; second marriage, November, 1888, to Mary Cummings Brown of Newark, N. J.; issue, two children, Esther and Henry Reynolds, Jr.; early life spent in mercantile positions in New England; came to Cleveland in 1853, and went to work for E. I. Baldwin & Co., dry goods; later became a member of the firm of E. I. Baldwin, Hatch & Co.; upon the death of Mr. Baldwin, assumed entire management of business with the junior partners, who later assumed control; corporate member and member finance committee of the Society for Savings; prominent in banking interests; formerly vice pres. and trustee Lake View Cemetery Ass'n; at that time the association was bankrupt; got it re-established and built the present fine stone office; has spent much time in travel abroad; elder Euclid Ave. Presbyterian Church; in 1890, erected a home for waifs at a cost of $20,000, known as Lyda Baldwin Infant's Rest; trustee Y. W. C. A. Discover your family's story. Enter a grandparent's name to get started. choose a state: Any AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA...Read More


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After spending the 3rd of July photographing a wedding, it was time to spend the 4th of July taking a short vacation at Plumas Pines Golf Resort. Why is it I go on vacation, and yet I'm still taking pictures? All of these photos were taken with a Canon 24mm f1.4 lens at either f1.6 or f1.8. That's why the depth of field is so shallow in all of the pictures.
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Hey, Scorpio Races fans! I loved the book, just finished reading it. And this is the idea it gave me. A few notes. I've tried to follow the time line of the book and major events, but they may not be completely accurate. But this is fanfiction, right? I don't own Scorpio Races or any character from the book. (but I wish I owned Sean ;) ) Please Review!
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All Bay Fisher has ever wanted is to be accepted. To be admired. So when she declares to her best friend Sean Kendrick that she is going to ride in the Scorpio Races, she thinks she has everything under control. She's captured her own capall uisce and confirmed her intentions to ride. But when Benjamin Malvern makes a claim on her horse, Bay has to decide how far she wants to go to keep him. And just when she thinks she has the reigns once again, she must make a decision between fame and money or an invaluable friendship that she has taken for granted for years. Only when she is on the verge of losing everything she ever treasured does she realize just how blessed she really is…
Chapter One
It's early. Way too early for this. Jonathan Carroll is pounding on my door, loudly demanding that I get up. He's spouting a worried bunch of half-completed sentences. From what I gather it seems that a mainlander has tried to catch one of the capall uisce, but the horse had ended up catching him instead. At least my father isn't home, I think as I shake myself awake. Which is probably just as well for Jonathan, who's still pounding on the door.
"Fisher! Fisher, get up!" he yells. It's the first complete sentence he's managed so far. I can hear the note of panic in his voice.
"I'm coming!" I shout at the door as I roll off of the couch. I'm glad that I fell asleep in my clothes last night. It saves time as I throw on my sweatshirt and boots. The faster I can get to the beach, the more chance the mainlander will have. If he is even still alive. I barge out the door, nearly plowing over Jonathan in the process and head toward the beach with long, hurried strides. Jonathan trots to catch up to me. As we run, I quickly plait my tangled hair into a messy braid and tie it up with a spare piece of twine from my pocket. Reaching back into my pockets I finger the iron bar and the knotted ribbon that I always keep on me.
We get down to the beach just as the first pale fingers of dawn touch the overcast sky. There's already a small crowd of tourists and townsmen gathered on the sand. The tourists are probably all buddies of the idiot who tried to catch the horse. For their sakes I hope the mainlander is alright, but at the moment, they're not my focus.
Kendrick is already down on the beach, in the surf, so I head towards him. He is standing stiff and tense watching a coal black capall uisce drag its thrashing victim out to sea. As I get closer, I can see the mainlander better. He is young, about twenty-three, I'd guess. Probably trying to catch the water horse on a dare to prove his bravado. Maybe even drunk. Either way, it was not a smart move on his part. I step up beside Sean and he gives me a stern glance and a nod. I brush stray strands of hair from my face and dip my head in return. We've done this many times before. I'm ready.
As we step out into the ocean the cold water laps at my legs, soaking into my boots. I'll have to spend hours later drying them out. But that's a small price to pay if we can save the young man. The capall uisce has the man by the shoulder and already blood stains the water. Crimson threads wind their way past me was we walk forward. Even from here I can tell that the young man is in shock, his pupils dilated, his gaze glassy. Beside me Sean stars to murmur, that low, smooth voice he uses on Corr. It's like he's speaking a different language, one only the water horses can understand. The big capall uisce stops toying with his victim and stands still, looking back at us. In the uncertain dawn light the water horse's eyes look blood red. His nostrils are flared, taking in the scent of the prey he's holding. His ears are somewhere between laid back and pricked forward. Every muscle in his broad, powerful chest is trembling.
Sean continues to talk gently. I'm not as good at communicating with the horses so I settle for making gentle shushing sounds with my tongue curled close to the roof of my mouth. I have to be able to feel the horse to calm it. I have to touch it. The capall uisce remains motionless as we advance. I can't tell if it is because of Sean's talking or if it is because it is contemplating trying to kill us too. We're now about three feet away from the big animal. I take a couple of deep breaths, trying to still my racing heart. I'm no coward around the capail uisce, but this one is bigger than most, over five feet at the shoulder. Just then Sean hisses my name and I leap forward in a sudden explosion of action. It all comes down to this. If I miss, we might all three end up as breakfast for the black animal. But I don't miss. Even though my mind is skipping around like a frightened rabbit, my body reacts out of instinct and I grab a fistful of the water horse's mane, just behind his head. In almost the same movement, I shove an iron wedge into the horse's mouth. Flicking a catch with my thumb causes hidden springs in the wedge contraption to spring apart, forcing the horse's mouth open, forcing him to drop the young man. The mainlander tumbles into the choppy water and Sean immediately lunges for him, dragging him upright by the collar of his jacket. The young man staggers, but finds his feet and manages to remain standing. Sean spins him toward the shore and gives him a slight shove. The mainlander doesn't need any more urging. Despite his bloody, disoriented state, he splashes halfway back to the beach before he collapses and by that time he is an indistinct blur in my peripheral vision. I see a second blur detach themselves from the crowd and run toward the mainlander. I turn my focus entirely on the capall uisce.
My fingers still maintain their solid grip on the iron wedge—it's all that's keeping the water horse form ripping the two of us to shreds. Sean is still whispering, but his voice has a hoarse edge to it now. We both know that it is our responsibility to make sure that the capall uisce goes back into the ocean and not to the beach where the crowd still remains. Sean has a red ribbon pressed solidly between the horse's eyes. Slowly, ever so slowly, we begin to turn the animal back out to the open sea. The fingers of my right hand are still tangled in his mane; they feel like they are frozen there. I use the leverage to turn the capall uisce's head. Finally, we get him to face the ocean again. I can feel the powerful horse tremble beneath my hands and I know the water calls him. Sean signals me and I pull the wedge from the horse's mouth. Without restraint, if flings open into what looks something like a horse's bit. I shove it back into my sweatshirt pocket. Sean leans his weight against the horse's neck and talks into its ear, then, signaling me again, we both let go and step back. The horse bounds away then wheels and stares us down. Sean tenses, tighter than a drawn bowstring and I reach into my pockets for my iron and my ribbon, but then the capall uisce flings up its head and with an unearthly scream, it throws itself into the waves and disappears. I breathe a sigh of relief. Beside me Sean relaxes, but there is still a frown in his eyes. I know why. The mainlander was stupid, coming out here like he did, endangering himself, endangering others, endangering us. And all for a terrific shoulder wound and nothing to show for it.
As Kendrick and I slog back through the surf to the beach I clench my hands into fists to still their trembling. Relief and adrenaline course through me in equal amounts, as I'm sure they do Sean, but I'm not as good at hiding all outward signs of my inward feelings as he is. When we reach the crowd someone calls Sean's name. He looks up to see a tourist coming towards us. When the tourist reaches us he shakes Sean's hand and then mine in an attitude of thanks.
"They told me you were good," he says breathlessly. "But I want to thank you. Both of you. If not for you, my friend would have been…well," he clears his throat awkwardly, "you know."
If he was in at all on this little adventure, he is probably feeling very ashamed right about now.
Seeing that Sean won't say anything, I inquire about the young man we rescued.
"Oh, yes," the tourist smiles faintly. "A couple of your village men took him up to the hospital. He seems okay though." The young man's smile fades, as if he's not quite convinced of his own words.
"I'm sure he'll be fine," I say, trying to be encouraging.
"Well, thanks again," the tourist replies. "I'm just glad you two knew what you were doing."
"You're just glad that that capall uisce had eaten well recently, and didn't devour your friend straight off," Sean says matter-of-factly. And with that sobering statement, he brushes past the tourist and strides up the beach. I don't know what else to say so I excuse myself as politely as possible and run to catch up with Sean.
Later that night I'm sitting in Sean's little flat above the Malvern stables. Sean is making tea for both of us, which is an extremely outward show of kindness on his part. He's shuffling around in what could be termed the kitchen of his tiny apartment. The flat is more like one big room actually, partly sectioned off into a kitchen and a cross between Sean's bedroom and a sitting room. Not that Sean ever really has any guests. His kitchen is pretty tidy. Then again, it is pretty easy to keep it clean when there is only one of you and all you own is two plates and two forks. His room on the other hand clearly belongs to a guy. An old pair of boots sits in one corner. The shoes are obviously past use—the laces are knotted in several places where they've broken, the soles are separating from the boot, and there are holes in the toe stuffed with rags—but Sean still hasn't gotten rid of them. Yesterday's clothes are in a dirty heap half-shoved under the bed which is only partially made. But I don't care because the room feels lived in. More so than my house ever feels like.
Just then Sean walks over with two steaming cups of tea. He hands one to me before dropping onto his bed with a sigh. Besides a straight-backed wooden chair, his kitchen table, and a dresser, I'm sitting on the only other piece of furniture in the whole apartment—a worn loveseat. Although Sean stubbornly, emotionlessly refers to it as a couch. I take a sip of my tea and smile. Sean has fixed it just the way I like it, with so much sugar that I'm practically drinking white gritty syrup. As for Sean, I know he's drinking the tea straight and bitter.
Sean is silent so I start a conversation. I say what has been on my mind all day since this morning's incident, "Idiot mainlander."
Sean looks at me with something bordering a smile shadowing his mouth and slides back against the wall behind him, stretching his legs in front of him. He answers me with a sort of non-committal mutter. I can't even tell if it is a literal word or not.
Then, "I'm sorry you got called into it," he says in one of his rare moments of compassion. "But Jonathan had gone to get you before I even got to the beach."
"Don't be silly," I chide, but inside I'm enjoying Sean's concern. "You couldn't have taken that capall uisce all by yourself."
Sean raises his eyebrows but says nothing. In all reality, he probably could have taken that horse all by himself, but I know he is more comfortable with my help. Anyone would want someone by their side when facing those demon horses. We are both silent for a while, just enjoying each other's quiet company.
I watch Sean over the rim of my tea cup, gauging his mood. He's tired, sitting with his head tilted back and his eyes half-closed. He is rarely this comfortable around people, but at the moment he is completely relaxed. There's something I've been thinking about for quite a while and I've finally made my decision. I clear my throat.
"I'm riding in the races," I say.
Sean opens his eyes completely and stares at me entirely without expression. He's not angry or proud or cautious or excited he's just sitting there. "You're a girl," he says. It's not a question, but it's not a statement either.
"There's no rule against it," I answer and I'm surprised to hear a defiant tone in my voice.
Sean purses his lips into a thin, straight line. It's a face he takes on when he's thinking hard or disappointed. I'm not sure which he means at the moment. Maybe both.
"Do you have a horse?" he finally asks.
"Not yet. But I will." I swirl the remaining dregs of tea around the bottom of my cup. "Tomorrow," I add.
"But where are you—" Sean begins, but breaks off as realization dawns on him. "You're going to catch one." Again, it is not a question.
Sean frowns.
"I'm not just going to catch any capaill uisce," I say quietly. "I already have one picked out."
Sean still doesn't say anything, but I know he's waiting on my answer anyway.
"I've been going down to the beach every morning I get the chance and I've found myself a horse," I explain. "I call him Tempest."
I know I've got Sean's full attention now.
"You've ridden him?" This time it is a question and there is a breath of something I can't identify in it. Awe, admiration maybe.
I nod my head. "He's fast as the wind."
Sean narrows his eyes and I know what he is thinking.
"Maybe even as fast as Corr," I can't help bragging just a little even thought I risk turning Sean off.
"We'll see," is all he says.
We're quiet again then I ask, "Do you want to see him? I'm going to catch him tomorrow morning."
Sean puts his tongue in his cheek like he does when he's considering something very carefully. "If you're getting him in the morning then I'm getting some sleep."
I grin as Sean sets his empty tea cup aside and begins unlacing his boots. I know that means yes. Sean slides both his empty cup and his boots under the bed where they won't be stepped on then slips off his shirt and burrows under his blankets, his back to me. I also know that I won't get anything else out of him tonight. But I'm satisfied. Stepping over to the switch on the wall, I turn out the light and proceed to get ready for bed. Sean usually offers me his bed when I stay at his place. It is his quiet gentlemanly side showing through, but tonight he refrained. Not that I mind too much; I've slept on the couch before. I think it is Sean's way of showing me he is irritated. The loveseat is too short to be really comfortable. I have to sleep curled up or let my legs hang over the side and it is even worse for Sean who is taller, but it is warm enough with Sean's extra blankets and a rolled up sweatshirt for a pillow. I lie awake for a long while after I turn out the lights, thinking about tomorrow, thinking about the races. Sean falls asleep quickly, his steady breathing the only sound in the quiet room. Except for the occasional whinny from the horses below us, the outside is pretty quiet too. The rhythm of Sean's breath finally lulls me to sleep. I dream of the sea and the capaill uisce. My capall uisce.


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Two employees of a megachurch are due in a Tulsa courtroom Friday accused of waiting two weeks to report the rape of a 13-year-old girl on ministry grounds.
John and Charica Daugherty - the son and daughter-in-law of the co-founder and pastor at the 17,000-member Victory Christian Center - are expected to appear in district court Friday.
They each face one misdemeanor count of failing to report the abuse in a timely manner. They have pleaded not guilty.
Back at the beginning of November, a motion from Tulsa prosecutors said John and Charica were legally required to report the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl on the ministry's campus the moment they had reason to believe child abuse had occurred.
Three other megachurch employees facing the same charges have hearings Feb. 13. They've also pleaded not guilty.
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We've ooh'd and ahh'd over the Motorola Xoom at CES and MWC so far this year, and now it's finally becoming a real for-sale product. Over the weekend Best Buy began accepting pre-orders for the Xoom at the standard $799 price tag, and will come complete with Verizon's 3G broadband service (with LTE on the way later this year).
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RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., May 8, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ThermoGenesis Corp. (Nasdaq:KOOL), a leading supplier of enabling technologies for the processing and storage of stem cells and other biological tissues, today said it has received registration approval for its AXP ® AutoXpress ® (AXP) product from China's State Food & Drug Administration (SFDA). The product is used to concentrate stem cells from cord blood and, with this approval, the Company will immediately initiate commercial distribution of the product in China, one of the world's fastest growing cord blood markets. "This is a major milestone for the Company as a first mover in China for the automation of cord blood processing and presents a significant catalyst for the growth of our cord blood business. We have established a strong footprint in China with leaders in the regenerative medicine market through our major customer agreements. Offering customers both the AXP System and our BioArchive ® System—which is used for cryopreserving cord blood stem cell units and already has registration approval in China—provides us important competitive advantages in the form of efficient and integrated workflows," noted Matthew Plavan, Chief Executive Officer. In August, ThermoGenesis announced a product purchase and distribution agreement for the AXP with Golden Meditech Holdings Limited, which is a leading developer of blood-related medical devices and affiliated with China Cord Blood Corporation, the first and largest umbilical cord blood bank operator in China. Under this five-year agreement, Golden Meditech has exclusive distribution rights for the AXP System in China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan) and in Singapore, Indonesia, India and the Philippines once relevant approval has been obtained in each respective region. "The Golden Meditech agreement calls for annual minimum AXP bagset purchases, beginning with 60,000 bagsets. We believe distribution into Asia could generate up to $30 million in revenues over the initial five-year period, assuming Golden Meditech achieves its sales objectives and additional country regulatory approvals, as needed. In advance of their efforts to convert new customers to our automated processes and products, Golden Meditech placed their first AXP bagset order for China Cord Blood Corporation in December as part of their initial process qualification for conversion to automation of their own operations," Plavan noted.
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THE Western Warriors are launching the next generation of stars on the greens.
The lawn bowls squad, which is for junior bowlers in the west-metro region, has built a rich history on developing young talent since it was launched in 2006.
After nearly a decade of success, coach Terry Norris is aiming to expand the squad even more in the coming years.
"Basically the idea is to get kids outside and give them something to play," Norris said.
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"We also teach kids how to be respectful to their team-mates, their coaches, the opposition and anyone connected with bowls."
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"From our junior squad, we have a pathway to the bowls Victoria under-18 junior development squad of which we pick kids to represent Victoria," he said.
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Apple have been rumoured to be working on an iPad Mini for some time in response to the success of the Amazon Kindle Fire, which has been selling amazing well in the States. However, they now have another rival to watch out for in the Samsung Galaxy Note (pictured above), which recently hit 5 million sales worldwide.
The latest rumours suggest that the iPad Mini will have a 5 inch touch-screen, which is roughly the same size as Samsung's device. With Samsung being Apple's closest rival in the mobile device market it would make sense for them to react to any success the Korean company has.
The rumours, which originate from Japanese site Macotakara, suggest the iPad Mini's 5 inch touch-screen will run at a resolution of at least 1280*960 pixels and could be as high as 1600x960.
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Rockwell Collins has sent its workhorse Sabreliner 50 business jet to what might be the world's best retirement home, the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Ore. The Sabreliner, a 1964 model, was the flying testbed for many key Rockwell Collins avionics products and logged about 8,000 hours and more than 5,000 landings since the Collins division of Rockwell International bought the jet in 1976. The job of flight-testing new Rockwell Collins systems falls on the shoulders of the company's Challenger 601. The Sabreliner is in good company, sharing space at the Evergreen facility with iconic aircraft such as the Howard Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" and a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Among the technologies that the Sabreliner helped usher in are Rockwell Collins's Tcas II, enhanced vision and MultiScan threat detection radar with wind-shear and turbulence detection. "For any pilot, the process of grounding an aircraft is emotional, especially knowing, in this case, what Rockwell Collins's Sabre contributed to the aviation industry," said Ivan McBride, director of flight operations for RockwellCollins. "At the same time, we're delighted that it will continue to live in a wonderful environment like Evergreen that is dedicated to educating, promoting and preserving aviation history."
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My final thought: I will not purchase any Lenovo products in the future.
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You are incorrect. I am running windows, powermanger, and the latest BIOS. With these prerequsites you claim Lenovo engineering requires, I did send in my laptop, however, as I've said (and never received a reply from a Lenovo Administrator), engineering proceeded to run VERY basic and superficial tests, and they determined that there is no problem with my laptop fan behavior. They ran heavyload for 5 minutes and shut it off and claimed the fan "behaved as it should", and they also started up the system and let it sit idle for 20 minutes and claimed no problems with the fan occured. The bottom line? They sent me back my laptop, and I've been stuck when an incredibly annoying fan that gets stuck at 4000rpm at least 3 times a day.
We have repeatedly said that the problem most often occurs after at least 1-2 hours of use and it is intermittent. It is also more likely to occur when plugged in than on battery. Furthermore, I just discovered while travelling outside the U.S. that when plugged into 220V, it occurs much more often.
The issue is that Lenovo engineering is not willing to spend ample time testing the T420s, they prefer a quick superficial test as they did with mine. 5 minutes running Heavy Load and 20 minutes idle? That's their test? Wow.
Take a look at the thread Mark. This many people cannot be wrong.
i got a T420s with the i7 a week ago. i tried different settings, first i disabled the optimus and switched to the integrated graphic card. after that i set the powermanager for the fan control to maximize performance, the system temperature rises but the fan still running at low speed. the system temp ist between 40 and 50 °C while idle or just surfing, and the fan is not screaming.
this i guess is the best setting for me. can anyone confirm this, or has made the same experience?
At the moment Irun the Intel Grapic and in PM al on balanced. and since one Day I have an other Fan behaviour , ( the fan goes down from 4k to 3.5k at ~50°C and not at ~45°C but I have no Idea wat is the reson for that, the only change was set the Fan setting vrom Maximum to ballanced
Has this problem been resolved? The customer advocate who is replaceing my failed T410s told me that it has ben fixed.
Speaking of disruption of service, how about me, the customer, who chooses not to use his expensive T420s laptop in order to avoid getting a migrane?
By the way, you took a big & unfair leap regarding my post on 3/27. Clearly my message was a GUESS as to why we have not heard anything from you/Lenovo in weeks (months?). My entry was not litigious, nor a rallying cry to organize anything, nor punitive to Lenovo. Just my observation based on the 2-4 upstream posts and your disregard to questions directed to you from the community.
And yes, my system melting down, particularly while unattended, is a concern. I'm not technical, but from the Rabbit post, it hit me that the fan was probably not designed to run constantly at such a high rate.
Now, can we please get back on subject, which is trying to uncover what is causing the fan in my T420s to spin at an accelerated rate under little or not tax from the chip/memory? Opening Outlook really seems to get set things off. Being plugged in & charging the battery is more likely to get the dentist drill whinning.
Can you let us know which possible solutions raised in this community by others have been considered/ruled out, tested/pending test, failed/passed? It would be welcome information, even if it is disappointing in the end.
Finally, I think I have the PC you're looking for: My T420s is "Express", purchased 6/2011, Windows7 Pro, I5 chip, up-to-date BIOS and current PowerMgr. No TPFan or any add-ons; I did load MSOffice 2010, Anti-Virus, PDF reader, and a few others. I am based in the US, well Texas anyway. Would my laptop work for your lab? If so, what is the procedure, timeframe, and cost? Will I get to interact with the testers?
Bottom line - All I'm after is a solution. How about Lenovo?
03-29-2012 07:12 AM - last edited on 04-03-2012 05:35 AM by topmahof
In short, this problem has NOT been resolved by Lenovo!
So, it is a lie that the Customer Relation person told me. Great "Customer Relation" that Lenovo is building here!
Please post here or PM me if this problem is indeed resolve.
Removed a comment that was against forum rules.
I spoke to Lenovo support two days ago and they told me that they "have heard about some issues" with the T420s' fan. Of course I asked wether they could tell me anything helpful. But as expected they "are not allowed to say anything about this on phone or forums".
Yesterday the UPS guy came along and picked up my notebook. Lenovo claims to be trying to return the device within 5 business days. Let's see if at least this is true.
Hi guys
I purchased a T420s on 18th Feb 2012, and 8 days later, I received it! Was happy! But second day, dead, not booting!
I returned it to IBM workshop, and confirmed as DOA, I have waited 1 month till last week, I received my second new T420s, ok, was happy again, but this time, FAN never run in low speed, same as the problem you have here, I even can feel my table was shaking driven by laptop! check bios 1.31, PM 3.61, I gave up, sent back. 2nd DOA!
I am waiting the THIRD one now, Let's see what will happen this time!
OK, questions ignored as forseen.
I have another small feedback. My laptop is going to tech support tomorrow since it has white spots on the display.
Support instructed me to keep my hard drive, so I removed it, and, just out of curiosity, I booted my laptop using only an m-sata SSD.
Without the hard drive, the fan seemed to behave a lot more gently, I even saw 3500 RPM!
Could it be that the sensor reading the temperature of the hard drive (or of the sata SSD, if it matters) is misbehaving? I also thought the the hard drive eats power and hence the fan spins faster, but that still doesn't explain the 4000 RPM overkill.
When I get the laptop back I'll go through a deeper test, since my actual test was without a graphical windows manager, being it installed on the hard drive. Nonetheless I have tried running intensive tasks and doing simple copies and networking from command line, seing a much quiter laptop.
@Mark_Lenovo, could you ask the engineering team to investigate this, and maybe answer the questions that were posted in previous posts. Please, again, this would be very welcomed.
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In a dispute dating back more than a decade, the Federal Housing Administration on March 13 proposed eliminating a rule that has had sellers paying interest on a loan for days or weeks after the principal had been paid in full.
Realtors nationwide have been pushing for elimination of this prepayment penalty since 2003, but it took the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to bring it to an end — sort of.
Before it can take effect, the proposed rule change must go through a comment period.
The National Association of Realtors will submit a letter to HUD on the proposal prior to the due date of May 12.
Even if the rule is ultimately adopted in its current form, the change will not take effect until Jan. 21, 2015. For all FHA loans consummated on or after Jan. 21, 2015, a post-payment interest charge resulting from the monthly interest accrual amortization method will be considered a pre-payment penalty, which is specifically outlawed under new Qualified Mortgage rules issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
That means FHA loans consummated prior to that date—covering about 7.8 million existing and new loans—may still have interest charged through the end of the month in which the mortgage is prepaid, even if the loan is paid in full on the first of the month.
While sellers typically hold sway over the precise date escrow closes, all parties in transactions involving FHA-insured loans would be wise to negotiate to close at the end of the month, not the beginning.
While FHA insists the practice enables them to issue loans with a lower interest rate, Realtors through NAR believe the practice snatches many millions of dollars in unjustified interest charges from sellers.
By some estimations, the primary beneficiaries of this long-standing practice have been loan servicers who could earn interest on the excess payments until they had to pay bond investors.
According to NAR, borrowers shelled out more than $587 million in excess interest charges in 2003 alone.
Since then, efforts to calculate payment on a per diem basis and ban full-month interest charges through legislation failed to garner support.
"FHA's antiquated policy has placed an unreasonable and often unexpected burden on FHA consumers who already face high housing and closing costs," NAR stated in a written comment on the FHA proposal.
The Association has been urging FHA and Ginnie Mae to remove this prepayment penalty for more than ten years.
Conventional loans, including loans from the Veterans Administration's Loan Guaranty Program and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Rural Housing Service loan program, do not have post-payment interest charges.
Even though NAR will submit a letter prior to the deadline, anyone wishing to comment on the change can write by mail or via electronic submission.
Send mail to: Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th St. SW, Room 10276, Washington, D.C. 20310-0500. Electronic submissions may be sent through the federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. Submit comments prior to the deadline of May 12.
Nancy Starczyk is President of the Santa Clarita Valley Division of the Southland Regional Association of Realtors. David Walker, of Walker Associates, co-authors articles for SRAR. The column represents SRAR's views and not necessarily those of The Signal. The column contains general information about the real estate market and is not intended to replace advice from your Realtor or other realty related professionals.


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Habush Habush & Rottier to offer free bike helmets to 50 local children
Milwaukee, Wis. – June 11, 2012 – Habush Habush & Rottier will continue its statewide tour to provide children with free bike helmets at the Milwaukee Community Fair event. Fifty local children will receive a free helmet on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 6:00 p.m. at Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church, located at 1825 W. Hampton Ave. in Milwaukee.
In addition to annual bike helmet donations, 39 Habush Habush & Rottier staff members have been trained by Safe Kids USA, an organization dedicated to preventing accidental childhood injury, to offer specialized fitting services.
Since 1999, the Habush firm's charitable funds have distributed more than 91,500 bicycle helmets to children throughout the State of Wisconsin and plan to donate an additional 8,500 this summer. This year, Habush will donate its 100,000th helmet. Researchers have found that wearing a helmet can reduce the severity of brain injury by as much as 88%. Most of the helmets are distributed at bike safety rodeos and summer safety programs run by police departments and community organizations throughout Wisconsin. In addition, many police officers around the state distribute bicycle helmets to neighborhood children while on patrol, helping to promote positive, open relationships between local authorities and youth.
The Habush Habush & Rottier Charitable Funds allow the law firm to give back to the communities in which its attorneys practice. The Habush Habush & Rottier law firm has been a Wisconsin personal injury law firm for over 75 years. Thirteen offices are located throughout the State of Wisconsin and are located in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Madison, Appleton, Green Bay, Racine, Kenosha, Lake Geneva, Wausau, Rhinelander, Sheboygan, West Bend and Stevens Point. For more information, please call 1-800-2-HABUSH or visit www.Habush.com.


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Receiving national recognition, Irving was recently ranked number three for tech startups per capita in the United States by American Express through research conducted by SizeUp.com. In addition, the City of Irving is the first city in Texas and the second in the nation to earn the Malcom Baldrige Quality Award.
"Irving is a richly diverse city that offers global access, a thriving business community, world-class entertainment and various cultural events. You will not find a more exciting and vibrant place to live or do business than right here in the heart of the Metroplex." – Mayor Beth Van Duyne
"The Chamber works with thousands of professionals in North Texas to create and promote an environment for business opportunities that advance growth for our members and the community. Please join us in that effort and if there is anything the Chamber can do for you or your businesses, please let us know." – Chairman Rodney Phelps
An Eye Opening Experience
Irving continues to boast an impressive list of accomplishments through the Irving Economic Development Partnership (IEDP.) The partnership consists of a group of public and private investors, overseen by the Irving-Las Colinas Chamber, and they work to advance, create and promote economic development in Irving.
In total, economic development in Irving is expected to increase dramatically with the addition of nearly $6 billion in new and planned investments: 5.9 million square-feet of commercial and residential space, 12,000 residential units, 1,000 hotel rooms, 30,000 new residents, 15,000 new jobs and 8 million annual visitors.
On top of a number of economic development wins, the IEDP was instrumental in facilitating several relocations, including the consolidation of multiple branches into one headquarters here in Irving.
Recent Economic Development Highlights
- US Oncology – Texas Oncology, supported by McKesson Specialty Health, and Baylor Health Enterprises, an affiliate of Baylor Health Care System, will begin construction at 1501 W. Royal Lane in Irving of a 50,000 square-foot, $105 million proton therapy facility in 2013. It is anticipated that the first patients will begin treatment in late 2015. The facility will employ about 50 health care professionals
- Irving-based VHA Inc., a national health care network, took a minimum of 292,000 square-feet of office space at 250/290 E. John Carpenter Freeway.
- Irving-based CHRISTUS Health leased 223,000 square-feet in the One MacArthur Ridge office building on Hidden Ridge Drive south of State Highway 114. The Las Colinas building will consolidate about 1,000 workers now located in Irving, San Antonio and Houston in Irving.
- State Farm is expanding operations into a 400,000 square-foot space in Irving at 3950–4000 Regent Boulevard, opening its new National Catastrophic Center to support victims of hurricanes and natural disasters. It is estimated that the facility will create more than 1,000 new jobs.
- Mattito's opened a 6,000 square-foot restaurant at 1001 MacArthur Park Drive in the MacArthur Park Shopping Center.
- Connextions, a division of UnitedHealth Group's Optum health services business, expanded its insurance carrier and exchange business operations into 76,000 square-foot space in Irving at 5150 Regent Boulevard. Connextions is creating upwards of 800 new jobs.
- Flowserve, a leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of flow control products and services for the world's most critical applications, renewed its corporate headquarters location in a 125,000 square-foot facility at 5215 N. O'Connor Boulevard in Irving. The company employs about 360 individuals.
- NationStar Mortgage, one of the nation's leading mortgage lending services and lenders, relocated its headquarters to Irving, leasing approximately 180,000 square-feet at 4000 Horizon Way. The company will create upwards of 800 jobs.
- OneSource Virtual HR provides its clients a wide range of human resources and financial services to fit each individual organization's needs. OneSource Virtual HR relocated its corporate office and operations into 53,000 square-feet in Irving at 5601 N. MacArthur Boulevard and will employ more than 550 individuals.
- Regal Plastic Supply Company has been an industry leader and wholesale supplier since the mid-1950s to the glass, manufacturing and sign industries. Regal Plastic purchased the 50,000-square-foot facility at 9200 Royal Lane in Irving. The company will employ more than 70 individuals.
- Fish City Grill opened a 3,000 square-foot restaurant at 7750 N. MacArthur Boulevard in the MacArthur Crossing Shopping Center.
- HD Vest, a leader in the growing market for comprehensive financial services, offering financial planning through its advisors to millions of individuals and small businesses throughout the United States, expanded its corporate operations into 88,500 square-feet in Irving at 6333 N. SH-161. The company is expanding its employment to more than 450 individuals.
- CHC Helicopter, the world's largest helicopter services company, specializing in transportation to offshore oil and gas platforms and helicopter maintenance repair and overhaul, expanded its global operations into Irving at 6555 N. SH-161, creating upwards of 100 new jobs.
- Berry Family of Nurseries, one of the largest wholesale nurseries in the country, relocated and established its corporate headquarters in Irving. The company is located in approximately 12,000 square-feet at 8700 Freeport Parkway, employing upwards of 65 individuals.
- Michaels Stores relocated its procurement company to 8001 Ridgepoint Drive in Irving, taking approximately 76,000 square-feet and employing more than 270 individuals.
- AMN Healthcare, the nation's leading innovator of health care workforce solutions, provides the highest-quality physicians, nurses and allied health care professionals to hospitals, clinics, medical centers and health care facility clients across the United States. The company renewed its 93,000 square-foot presence at 5001 Statesman Drive in Irving, employing upwards of 685 individuals.
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Occasionally we do actually have to pick up the telephone and call someone. One of my pet peeves is not being able to easily find someone's phone number from their e-mails. You can remedy that by adding an automated signature to your e-mail. An automated signature is a little personalized text at the end (such as your contact information or a favorite quote) that is automatically inserted at the bottom of every message you send. Here's mine:
You can see how I included a link to sign up for my newsletter. You might want to promote an upcoming event or have a special quote. I would suggest not going overboard with the information in your signature. We've all seen people who cannot leave anything off of their business card or their e-mail signature and it is information overload. If there is too much, people will ignore it all.
I am going to tell you how to do this in Gmail but the system is pretty much the same in any e-mail program. To create your signature in Gmail click the gear icon in the upper right corner of your Gmail page and select "Settings." Halfway down the settings page, you will see the box to add your new signature.
If you would like to add an image to your signature like I did, you can read one of my earlier and more popular posts.
You can set up to receive and send mail "from" multiple addresses in Gmail, and you can set a different signature for each e-mail address in the General tab of your settings. Choose the second radio button in the "Signature:" section, use the drop-down menu to choose the appropriate address and set the signature you want.
Hi Judi,
Great tip. Q: How do you get your photograph (gravatar) in your signature area. I have a profile set for visible to everyone but when I tested it, no photo appeared only my signature information.


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The Memphis City Council wasted little time in banning LEGALLY armed citizens in city parks this year, proclaiming them to be "gun free zones"...
Memphis police on Thursday identified the teen who was shot to death Wednesday evening in a Frayser park.
Officers who responded to a shots-fired call at 5:30 p.m. found Alex Bolar, 15, on a ball field in Georgian Hills Park.
Investigators don't know a motive, and no suspects were in custody late Thursday, said Deputy Chief Joe Scott.
Anyone with information that can help investigators should call Crime Stoppers at 528-CASH."


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SANTA CRUZ >> Two city panels are scheduled to evaluate the La Bahia Hotel renovation and expansion project long eyed for beach-area revitalization plans.
During a public hearing Thursday, the Santa Cruz Planning Commission will undertake the proposed transformation of the historic but dilapidated La Bahia Apartments into a 165-room hotel presiding over Main Beach with a restaurant, spa and pool deck. The Historic Preservation Commission will take up the matter Aug. 13 with the City Council slated to make final determinations Sept. 9.
"The beach plan calls for a conference hotel and high-quality full-service hotel," said Planning Director Juliana Rebagliati. "This directly addresses that desire, and the design of the building is an elegant, simple design."
The proposal, drafted by French Resources Group on behalf of the property owner, Santa Cruz Seaside Co., represents the third iteration of plans to remake the 1926 Spanish Colonial Revival landmark from an apartment complex for students and Beach Boardwalk workers into a destination hotel. The first set of plans were dropped in 2003 for financial reasons, and after many years in the making, the state's Coastal Commission denied a proposal from developer Barry Swenson Builder in 2011.
Although its the largest project to date at nearly 200,000 square feet, the latest proposal for 215 Beach St. saves more of the historic structure than ever before, including an iconic bell tower and all of the building in that section of the property. However, the plans still require a slue of permits, most notably a planned development permit to accommodate a height of 43 feet in a few areas of the building, whereas zoning calls for a maximum 36 feet without the permit. Permits for historic demolition, design and proximity to coast also are required.
As part of the approval process, city leaders will be asked to certify a final environmental impact report and its findings, which include what planners determined to be significant impacts and overriding public benefits, namely increased hotel and sales tax revenue and improved visitor-serving accommodations.
The report cites unavoidable losses of a historic resource — the hotel is listed on the city's historic registry — but city planners have suggested requiring the developer to document the current structure with photographs, salvage parts of the building for reuse when possible and protect historic elements during construction. Also, there will be an increase in vehicle traffic in key areas already considered overtaxed by state transportation officials, but the hotel will pay impact fees to fund improvements in those areas.
Don Webber, a First Street resident whose opposition to the Swenson plan strongly influenced its demise, said the current project is an improvement but is calling for less impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. He objects to allowing fewer onsite spaces than required under city rules by offering free employee bus passes and bike parking, and he wants exits from the hotel garage to avoid residential areas.
"I can't stress enough how important the issues of traffic and parking are to Beach Hill residents," Webber wrote the city earlier this year. "As decision makers are undoubtedly aware, this neighborhood suffers intense traffic impacts and parking shortages during the tourist season."
Developer Craig French said he believes the mitigation called for by the city can be accommodated, and noted he can't secure a deal with an operator-investor until the project is approved.
"We hope we can make some serious headway with people who have expressed interest, but we have had nothing to offer them," he said.
What: Recommendation for Santa Cruz City Council necessary permits to build a 165-room hotel at 215 Beach St., where the La Bahia Apartments are currently located.
When: 7 p.m. Thursday (Planning Commission) and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13 (Historic Preservation Commission)
Where: Council Chamber, 809 Center St.
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Children's Writer-in-Residence Reception 2012
Associates of the Boston Public Library
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
Please join the Associates of the Boston Public Library in welcoming the 2012-2013 Children's Writer-in-Residence winner, Hollis Shore. At the welcome reception, you will have the opportunity to hear both Ms. Shore and the 2011-2012 winner, Sarah Winifred Searle, read from their respective manuscripts.
Hollis Shore, of Lancaster, MA, is the Associates of the Boston Public Library's ninth Children's Writer-in-Residence. She will spend her upcoming residency writing Saved – a story about a young artist on a search for the music within. Ms. Shore earned a B.A. in English at the University of Vermont and a MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults at Vermont College. Her first novel, The Curve of the World, a historical story set in a small Vermont town at the end of World War II, won a PEN/New England Discovery award.
Sarah Winifred Searle, of Kennebunk, Maine, was the Associates' 2011-2012 Children's Writer-in-Residence. Ms. Searle's graphic novel, Under the Apple Tree, is a ghost story. Set during World War II, a girl must solve the dark mystery that shrouds her home, while handling the trials and tribulations of adolescence during times of great change in American history. Ms. Searle built her foundation in fine arts at Maine College of Art, graduated from Southern Maine Community College with a degree in New Media, and is currently studying Humanities at Harvard Extension School. She found her professional niche as a game artist – a skill that she uses to create a unique storytelling experience.
Due to space constraints, RSVPs are required for this free event. To learn more about the Children's Writer-in-Residence program, please visit: www.writer-in-residence.org. If you have questions, please contact the Associates of the Boston Public Library office at firstname.lastname@example.com or (617) 536-3886.
The Associates of the Boston Public Library is an independent nonprofit dedicated to conserving the Boston Public Library (BPL)'s Special Collections of rare books, manuscripts, prints, drawings, musical scores, and items of literary, cultural and historic interest. The organization is committed to ensuring continued public access to these irreplaceable treasures by underwriting their cataloging, repair, restoration, digitization, and exhibition.
Over the past 45 years, the Associates has been the creator and underwriter of a wide array of programs, designed to heighten public awareness of the Library's vast free educational resources. These programs include art and architecture tours, readings, lectures, curatorial evenings, exhibitions, music events, and an annual residency for emerging authors. The Associates oversees the David McCullough Conservation Fund and the William O. Taylor Art Preservation Fund.
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"For over 35 years, the Star Wars universe has spoken the universal language of geek. Now the 1977 classic will take on another language. No, not Gungan again, thank goodness.
Rather, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the original 1977 classic Star Wars will be translated and dubbed into Navajo. Manuelito Wheeler, the director of the Navajo Nation Museum, confirmed they are working with Lucasfilm and Deluxe on the project. While Star Wars has been translated into many different languages, this particular translation is a historic one: it will be the first major Hollywood film to be translated for Native Americans."