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With any Keystone Cougar Half-Ton travel trailer you will be able to camp in any weather with the forced-air heated and enclosed underbelly with enclosed dump valves and astorfoil insulated slide floor. If you need to stay cool or warm, these trailers have you covered. You can even take your bikes and additional totes along with the 225 lb. capacity folding exterior bike/storage rack. Inside you are sure to enjoy the gourmet stainless steel under mount sink with the upgraded chef's faucet with a sprayer when cleaning your fruits and vegetables or washing the dishes. The master bedroom offers a king bed in each model for more sleeping space for the owners. You are sure to appreciate the iN-Command Generation 3 with Global Connect giving owners total control over power, slides, awnings, HVAC and more. Come get your favorite Cougar Half-Ton model today!
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Carol Brown Dances
Carol Brown Dances is a contemporary dance company specialising in the creation of collaborative performance events. Through a visceral poetics arising from the fugitive knowledge of the body, Carol Brown Dances strives to open alternative perspectives and engage audiences in imaginative journeys. The work of the company focuses upon solos and group works for theatre, installation, and site-responsive events. The choreography of Carol Brown is renowned for its conversations with artists in other art forms and collaborations that challenge ideas about the spaces of/for dance. The work is research-driven and develops through an ongoing process of investigation into bodies, their histories and inventions, and how they touch and are touched by the environments we inhabit, both technological and actual. Recent collaborations have created a strongly visual performance language through an emphasis upon architecture, digital interaction and installation. Many of these works offer audiences a choice about how to experience the work through the absence of fixed seating.
The company was formed in London in 1996 with the composer Russell Scoones. Following a residency at the Place Theatre in 1997-98 Carol Brown Dances has had an international presence through residencies, touring, commissions and workshops.
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A top Democrat on the Hill urged President Obama Tuesday to send more troops to Afghanistan to avoid more loss of life in the war-torn region.
Missouri Rep. ike Skelton, the top Democrat of the House Armed Services Committee, wrote in a letter to the Obama administration that it needs to keep its eye on defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan to protect the U.S. from al-Qaida.
"This leads me to urge you to waste no time in providing a clear direction to our commanders and civilian leaders, along with the resources necessary to achieve their mission," Skelton wrote. Skelton also alleged that the Bush administration took its eye off Afghanistan as part of a strategy designed to put more attention on their efforts in Iraq.
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U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal could request thousands of troops to be sent to Afghanistan -- or he could also put in a request for armed drones to replace the human officers, according to senior administration officials. Obama has said he needs more time to decide whether or not to bump troops in the region.
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Oh, sure. Kellie Pickler made it through this week's Dancing With the Stars . But what about next week, when she has to jive? "I'm terrified about next week because it's jive," she told CMT Radio during a Wednesday morning (March 27) interview. She admitted that this week's jazz was easy for her because she was able to show off her flexibility, which she said is one of her strengths. But with the upcoming jive dancing, she's going to be showing off her weaknesses. "It's so different because when you're cheerleading, you don't move that way," she said. "With cheerleading, it's really stiff and it's tight. I tend to look really stiff when I jive. Jive and jazz could not be more opposite." Then again, it sounds like she has faith in her dance partner Derek Hough because he isn't going to make her do anything that he knows she can't do. "Whatever I do is a reflection of him, as well," she said. Pickler added that she was devastated to see fellow contestant Dorothy Hamill leave the show Tuesday night on orders of her spinal surgeon.


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I am laminating 10 ml pp Anigre veneers on 3/4" MDF that will have a slightly profiled edge (Amana 49550 table edge) in a vacuum bag. Both faces will be pressed at the same time for balancing. Edges must be pre-edged on our Holzer EB prior to the edge detail. I've made several sample doors with Titebond II, but would like to know if their "cold press" is more ideally suited here. The cost of these veneers has got me jumpy, as well as bad experiences of checking as cited in other threads, so this also is a concern. Any help and input is greatly appreciated.
Have the samples worked? If so run with it. I personally prefer to use urea in a vacuum bag,never had a problem with it
Thanks, Rich. Although the samples have held up, they really haven't had the test of time. Which UF brand do you prefer and is one easier in application and more effective than another? I know that the resorcinol resins leave a heavy line, so I can't use them on this one.
I'd still like to know about the Titebond Cold Press and why it would be used for veneering, but when I read that it is an "economical" substitute for contact cement I stepped back with questions. I'll use a good UF glue for this project. The reviews on it are hard to contest.
I use the cold press for bag veneering and haven't run into any problems with veneer not holding up. I do leave parts in the bag longer than I would normally clamp in open air. Usually shoot for about 2-1/2 hours. I'm not even sure where and when we came up with the time line, but its worked for years. One of these days I should call TB just to see what they have to say about cure times in a vacuum:>)
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Thanks, Jeff. The longer set time in the bag is really going to extend the job duration, even though I have the smaller and larger bag and two pumps. The samples we made we left in the bag for about an hour, but from what I have been reading the PVA glues will soften with heat. This project could be subjected to interior temperature change as it is inland from LA and in a "pool house" ( a mansion by my standards). I'll run a sample with the cold press TB and see how it performs.
Pool house? If this means it will be exposed to constant warm moisture I would think about moisture resistant mdf and something more water resistant like resin glue. All my work is interior so no experience with pool houses:>0
If you have 2 pumps you can press more than 2 bags if needed. A manifold and a couple extra bags would double your output for fairly small upfront cost;>)
good luck,
One of the pumps is for a solid surface system and has several ports available, so maybe that extra bag would be a good purchase. Good idea!!!
The internal ambient moisture from this huge pool (think Hearst Castle) could be a huge concern. For starters, the UF choice over PVA will help, but the core might indeed be a problem even though the room is on the second floor and some distance away. I just hate call backs...even after 5 years :(
I used to use cascamite by Borden on all my vacuum bagged parts, and they went into boats,never had a problem.I would have to say that's a pretty moist environment. If moisture is that big of a concern, I would go with a good UF and Medex. You won't lose any sleep.
The reality of it is, any moisture problems that happen start from your edges not from your face,ever notice how entry doors to homes always start to rot from the bottom? That's because a lot of people paint the face and back of the door and fail to seal the bottom. put a good 1/8" wood band all the way around the doors with a good quality glue, and I guarantee, you won't have any problems.
if pre band is not an option, then take your e-band pre glue it with titebond, let it 90% dry then iron it on. You'll have a strong as hell, moisture resistant band.
I just veneered crotch mahogany to a Chippendale style bathroom vanity using the iron and it worked great, but there is a tremendous amount of lineal footage in this project.
Do you have any thoughts on Dorus glue cartridges for automatic edgebanders? I've been using this machine and Dorus since 1994 and the bonds have been consistently strong, but you've got me wondering about the longevity in a possibly moist environment. The anigre wood tape is by Framatech (typical 600 ft. rolls).
I personally do not have any experience with that particular e-band system. When it comes to wood,one of the biggest enemies is moisture so no matter how many precautions you take and how well a piece is constructed there is always a slight chance that a problem will arise in a moist environment. The only approach we can take as craftsmen is to inform the customer of the potential problem that the environment in which the piece will be placed in may at some point have problems. It's really the customers responsibility once the piece is installed to care for and protect it. Furniture is just like anything else, cars, TV's,refrigerators,etc, they break down over time, that's what contracts are for. I know I went a little off base here, and I understand everyones concerns when it comes to these issues, but with all the changes that are going on with the materials due to environmental concerns, FSC, LEED,NAF, all we can do is continue to educate ourselves and our customers about what we do and do our best. Only problem is, theres a lot of so called woodworkers out there who take the cheapest, easiest road for a quick buck and give the true craftsmen out there a bad rep.
I'd use 1.5-3mm edgebanding and Dorus HKP 25 (prime the back if using HPK 21).
I'm pretty sure cold press has fillers (e.g. walnut shell powder) to help minimize bleed through on unbacked veneer. Cold press is not as strong as Titebond II (2,508/656 VS 3,750/1,750 psi @ room/150 degrees). Cold press does have a longer open time, but its "Not recommended for exterior use or where moisture is likely."
Thanks, Dave. The EB is probably less than 1.5, but we've used it before on many jobs. I'll go out and check on which Dorus ID it is. My Unibond 600 arrives tomorrow, so we can start with our test run very soon.


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John Morgan "Nemo" Robinson, a retired operator of a Chesapeake Bay summer resort and decorated World War II veteran, died Saturday of a heart attack at Anne Arundel Medical Center after undergoing brain surgery a week earlier. The Severna Park resident was 90.
Born and raised in Catonsville, he was a 1938 graduate of Catonsville High School and spent another year at Polytechnic Institute. He gained the nickname Nemo as a child because he had long blond curls like a lion in the "Little Nemo" comic strip.
He earned a degree at Western Maryland College — now McDaniel College — where he was later inducted into the college's Sports Hall of Fame. He lettered in basketball three years. A top scorer in the state, he was team captain as a senior and was a member of the 1941 Mason-Dixon championship team.
He also played baseball two years and was The Baltimore Sun's 1942 All-Maryland second-team shortstop.
During World War II, he graduated from Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga. Assigned to Europe in late 1944, he fought during the Battle of the Bulge. A lieutenant, he belonged to the 78th "Lightning" Infantry Division.
"One week after he reached Belgium, the Germans attacked," said his son, John M. Robinson of Cockeysville. "He earned three Battle Stars, the Bronze Star with 'V' for valor and the Combat Infantryman Badge 'for heroic action in the Battle of the Bulge.' "
His son said his father's unit fought to break the Siegfried Line. "It was an 80-mile string of mines, tank traps and large concrete pillboxes, each manned by 30 or more SS Panzer soldiers. A battle raged for several days and nights in the freezing Hurtgen Forest in January, where my father crawled back and forth in deep snow and under enemy fire to carry dead and wounded back to the American line. During it, he suffered a severe hernia."
Mr. Robinson, though he was injured, did not receive a Purple Heart. A 2009 Washington Post article detailed the efforts of one of his military associates to gain him more recognition.
The article noted that Mr. Robinson recuperated at a military hospital, where his bed was next to another injured soldier.
"I asked him how his leg was," Mr. Robinson recalled in the Post interview, "and he pulled back the cover, and he didn't have to say anything. His leg was gone."
Mr. Robinson said in the article that a Purple Heart was offered while he was recuperating. He said he "didn't feel that I deserved it after seeing him lying there."
Despite the effort by a man in his unit to upgrade his award, Mr. Robinson was never awarded the Purple Heart, which he maintained he did not deserve. His recollections of the Battle of the Bulge were included in an on-camera History Channel interview.
His son that that when the European war ended in May 1945, his father coached the 78th Division's basketball team to the Army's European Theater finals in Munich.
When discharged in August 1946, he sought an Evening Sun sportswriter job. Sports editor Paul Menton said he had no positions and suggested that he coach.
"He was referred to Gilman School, where there was an opening, and he began teaching math and coaching basketball that September," his son said.
Mr. Robinson taught math and coached at Gilman's Lower School until 1955 and coached the varsity basketball team until 1962. He also returned to military service during the Korean War.
His son said his teams took five Maryland Scholastic Association titles, and he remained Gilman's all-time most-winning basketball coach until 2005.
Author and National Public Radio commentator Frank Deford, who was one of Mr. Robinson's students at Gilman, dedicated his memoir, "Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter," to Mr. Robinson and a fellow Gilman faculty member, Jerry Downs.
Mr. Deford said his book is "about writing and sports, so it's only appropriate that I dedicate it to two good men who were so instrumental to my development in those areas when I was growing up."
Mr. Robinson gave up teaching to run his father's business, a summer resort known as Pinehurst-on-the-Bay. He rented cottages and ran a beach at Pasadena. He later sold real estate at Hammond S. Carr & Associates and retired from O'Conor, Piper & Flynn.
A singer, he belonged to the Severna Park Bums, a group that performed at nursing homes, parades and fundraisers from 1970 to 2012.
A funeral service and interment will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church, 611 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. in Severna Park, where he sang and was a Sunday school teacher and elder.
In addition to his son, survivors include his wife of 41 years, the former Lucia Laten Buchanan; three daughters, Margie J. Robinson of Lochearn, Linda R. Pollack of Pinehurst and Mary B. Selzer of Severna Park; 11 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. His marriage to A. Jane Miles ended in divorce. A son, Dr. James R. Buchanan, died in 1989.


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thenewwin necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 108 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
We need a new logo for our global firm. Show we are experienced globally but at the same time deal with domestic (USA) needs.
We want the logo to include our name: August Law Group, P.C.
our tagline "Because The Right Attorneys Make A World Of Difference"
A symbol representing a globe or continents. Color Scheme is currently open but make it professional and conservative.
Sample of what we have, make this look better:
We want to start a new image for the firm that shows we focus on international matters but we are also work with domestic deals.
We will need a new logo which shows we work globally. We will need new letterheads, business cards, and possibly reports with the new logo. The logo should include our company name with something that represents the globe on it. Look at our current design.
We are an international business law firm. We focus on clients who need work in the United States as well as clients who need to do transactions outside the United States. Because of our experience, 70% of our work is international deals with Canada, China, Australia, UK, Singapore, it is important that we show focus on international matters.
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Parrott Academy has scuffled this season putting together four quarters of football.
Nate Staskelunas made the first two on Friday a pair for the ages.
Parrott Academy has scuffled this season putting together four quarters of football.
Nate Staskelunas made the first two on Friday a pair for the ages.
Staskelunas turned his senior night into Staskelunas Night with six touchdowns and 387 yards of total offense, and the Patriots rolled Merry Hill Lawrence Academy 64-6 during homecoming at Hodges Field.
�There was a little more emotion in it being senior night � and I just really wanted it,� Staskelunas said. �I was feeling good during the pep rally and all week during spirit week, I was ready to go.
�We can put four quarters together and we are a state championship contender.�
Staskelunas carried 10 times for 257 yards and added 130 yards receiving on four catches. He rushed for three TDs and caught three TD offerings from Andrew Davenport for one of the best individual performances in Parrott 8-man football history.
Not only did Staskelunas put on a show by himself, the Patriots (4-4) snapped a two-game losing streak and put together their most complete game of the year heading into the final game of the regular season.
Parrott started its 48-minute blowout with defense, then mixed in its high-octane offense throughout.
The Patriots got a key stop on fourth-and-3 with the Warriors (2-6) at the Parrott 4, then marched 96 yards in four plays � the last a 67-yard power run by Staskelunas all the way to the end zone.
Following the two-point conversion run by Nick McIntosh, the score read 8-0 and was never closer.
�We started off by putting them in the dirt, then scoring right off the bat so that gave us the momentum,� Staskelunas said. �That just helped us push through all four quarters.�
�There wasn�t nobody stopping him,� coach Matt Beaman said of Staskelunas.
While Parrott churned out 552 yards of total offense � Andrew Davenport was a perfect 4-for-4 passing with 130 yards (all to Staskelunas) and ran for 73 yards on nine touches � its defense held Lawrence to 206 yards and only one touchdown.
Jimmy Silver had a 38-yard TD run, Caleb Quinn a 15-yard TD run and James Stroud a 5-yard TD run for the Patriots.
Ryan Lilley scored from 6 yards out midway through the second quarter to cut Parrott�s lead to 28-6 but never scored again.
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A couple of years ago, Apple made the decision to build a critically important new product, the iPhone 5, with a relatively small screen.
This decision, combined with the time it took Apple to release the phone–the iPhone 5 arrived about 15 months after many Apple observers expected it to appear–contributed to Apple losing its lead in the global smartphone market.
By the time pictures of the as-yet-unreleased iPhone 5 began to leak onto the Internet last summer, Apple's biggest competitor, Samsung, had already launched a well-received phone with a much bigger screen: The Galaxy S III.
In comparison to the Galaxy, the early photos of the iPhone 5 made the iPhone 5 look disappointingly small and ordinary.
When Apple officially launched the iPhone 5 last fall, the company argued that the iPhone 5's screen size was the "right size," because it was the only size that allowed the phone to be held comfortably in one hand.
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That argument won over some consumers, but many other buyers decided they preferred Samsung's bigger screen. And that and other feature comparisons led Consumer Reports to rank the iPhone 5 merely the third-best of the top smartphones, behind Samsung's Galaxy and an LG phone based on Google's Android platform.
What this meant was that, after five years of dominating the global smartphone market, Apple had finally lost its lead.
Because the hyper-growth in the smartphone market had already shifted to price-conscious emerging markets, where most consumers cannot afford to pay $600 for a phone (and there are few carrier subsidies)–and because Apple missed much of this growth by not offering a cheaper phone–Apple also rapidly began to lose global smartphone market share.
So that brings us to today.
The iPhone is still Apple's most important product by a mile.
In addition to generating about half of Apple's revenue, the iPhone also likely generates well more than half of Apple's profit.
The iPhone, in other words, is directly responsible for Apple's astoundingly high profit margin and even more astounding ~$40 billion of annual profit.
To regain its mojo in the stock market–and its halo of invincibility and superiority with consumers–Apple needs to regain its mojo in the smartphone market.
Specifically, Apple needs to once again leapfrog competitors that, over the past five years, have finally caught up to it.
There has been hope in some circles that Apple's next iPhone model, a big-screened version described as the "iPhone Maxi," as well as the launch of a cheaper iPhone model, would help it do that.
For those holding on to this hope, one report from earlier this week was not encouraging.
An analyst named Peter Misek of Jefferies reported that Apple had wanted to release a forthcoming big-screened iPhone this year, but that manufacturing problems have forced the company to push back the launch until 2014.
Specifically, reports BI's Jay Yarow, Misek says that Apple wanted to launch the larger model in October. But Apple's screen suppliers were not able to manufacture enough screens in that timeframe:
Apple's iPhone uses a technology called "in-cell," which essentially meshes the touch screen with the glass screen into one thin display. Its partners can't get good enough yields making those displays bigger to launch the iPhone 6 this year.
If Misek's report is accurate (no guarantees, obviously–and given the steady stream of often-inaccurate reports about Apple's future products, it's best to regard it as a rumour), this is a major setback for Apple.
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Samsung is currently gearing up for the launch of its next version of the Galaxy phone, which is expected this spring.
The next-generation Galaxy will likely have a screen that is as big or bigger than the current Galaxy S III. Samsung expects the phone to be so popular that it is reportedly gearing up to make 100 million of them this year. And it is planning to launch the phone with a massive marketing blitz.
If Samsung does launch the new Galaxy this spring, and Apple can't launch its own new phone until next year, Samsung may have as long as 9-12 months to market and sell a new phone that many consumers will consider obviously superior to Apple's iPhone before Apple is even in the market with a big-screened phone.
(Apple fans may cling to the argument that the bigger phones don't fit comfortably in one hand, but lots of consumers don't appear to be bothered by this. Many iPhone 5 owners–including this one–are envious of the size of the Galaxy screen whenever they see one. And even diehard Apple fans have become obsessed with the idea of Apple launching a bigger iPhone, with some creating beautiful renderings of what such a phone might look like.)
If that happens, it will seem to many consumers as though, in the space of a few years, Apple has gone from having a year-long lead over all competitors in the smartphone market, to being a year behind.
For a company that is as dependent on the iPhone and iPhone profits as Apple is, that would be devastating.
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Yesterday I switched from Delphi to C# and I'm very unfamiliar with it's syntax and all. So, I wanted to make a program which produces an array of 100 random integers, and then writes them down in a listbox.
Well I somehow managed to make this code, with lots of googling about how to generate random numbers, delaring arrays, loops etc.
The problem is, my program just generates 2 numbers, and repeats them. Please help me, I know this is a very newb question, but I'm so ........ed off about it, can't find what's wrong.
And the random function really sux in c# :S
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Code:private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { int [] niz = new int[100]; for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { Random m = new Random(); int ZOMG = m.Next(0,100); niz[i] = ZOMG; listBox1.Items.Add(Convert.ToString(ZOMG)); i = i + 1; } }


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Pecan Pie Martinis
- Prep Time
- 4Servings
- 1/2 cup dark corn syrup, plus more for garnishing rim
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1/4 cup pecans, toasted and finely chopped
- Ice cubes
- 4 ounces (1/2 cup) vodka
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
On a small plate, stir together 1 teaspoon corn syrup and the brown sugar. Dip the rims of 4 martini glasses in the mixture, then in the chopped nuts.
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine 1/4 cup vodka, 1/4 cup corn syrup and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Strain into 2 prepared glasses. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.


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Quote:A few skillfull powerfull boxers have been beaten by some one who used fitness to their advantage. .
Quote: I refer to the overall condition of the body, the responsiveness of the muscles used in fight and flight and good reflexes
Quote:That great and I am all for it, but are you going to do when you are 80?
Quote:My point is there is much more to the equation then fitness.
Quote: Who's too small? Isn't that what weight divisions are for?
Quote: Its my opinion that if staying safe means having to fight, it'd probably do a lot for our health if we didn't suffer a heart attack in the middle of it.Who knows.
Quote:In a SD situation at 80, I would also hope that I would not have to fight someone much younger and stronger in an empty hand battle. That would be another answer.
Quote: Quote:In a SD situation at 80, I would also hope that I would not have to fight someone much younger and stronger in an empty hand battle. That would be another answer. I can see your point. To my mind and personaly my goal is to get as far as I can reach at what I train.Should I get mugged at 80 and still survive intact then I more than likely would laugh. Could someone that age successfully defend themselves? I suppose if they keep their condition like the guy below they might have a better chance.http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?doci...h&plindex=4He is about 82 now.I tend to harp on about him, be good to be his age and still capable.Jude,
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Article 122a of the European Capital Requirements Directive is legislation that requires that European credit institutions, whether investing for their own accounts or in a fiduciary capacity, "know what they own" when investing in structured finance transactions. If these credit institutions do not know what they own, then each structured finance position they invest in has a 100% capital requirement.
The critical guideline is paragraph 79 on page 36.
... credit institutions as investors should make their decision to invest only after conducting thorough due diligence. To make such a decision, credit institutions as investors need adequate information about the securitisation; therefore, credit institutions should not invest in securitisations where they determine that they do not have, and will not be able to receive, adequate information to undertake thorough due diligence and satisfy the requirements of the Directive.In the accompanying feedback document, clause 68 on page 24 removes any ambiguity about the credit institution's responsibility as an investor.
Potential investors should decide what information they need to inform their investment decision; if that is not available or provided they should not invest. There is existing text that covers the fact that there is no need to provide information that breaches regulatory or legal requirements; this is deemed to be sufficient.
Please re-read these paragraphs again as they place on credit institutions as investors the obligation to not invest in the absence of adequate information to undertake thorough due diligence both before investing in and while having an investment in a structured finance transaction.
With this obligation comes the need for regulatory compliance and the potential for legal liability. The potential for legal liability arises because as an investor, particularly when the credit institution is acting in a fiduciary capacity, it is holding itself out as 'knowing what it owns'.
In the event of a loss on a structured finance security investment, common sense dictates that the credit institution must be able to defend this representation that it 'knows what it owns' by proving that it had adequate information to undertake thorough due diligence and on-going investment monitoring. This is a far higher standard than bank regulators might choose to enforce.
There are two components to adequate information: when it is disclosed and what is disclosed.
Having data on the underlying collateral performance disclosed at the right frequency is a "material necessity" if credit institutions are going to be able to show that they "know what they own" for both due diligence and portfolio monitoring.
Paragraph 79 addresses 'when' the information is disclosed. For these guidelines, information must be disclosed on an observable event basis otherwise credit institutions will not have, nor will they be able to receive adequate information to undertake due diligence or monitor their structured finance investments.
What is an observable event?
An "observable event" means any of the following: 1) payment (and the amount thereof) by the obligor; 2) failure by the obligor to make payment in full on the due date for such payment; 3) amendment or other modification with respect to such asset; 4) the billing and collecting party becomes aware that such obligor has become subject to a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding; or 5) for a structured finance transaction a repurchase request is asserted, fulfilled or denied.
Observable events should be disclosed on the day the observable event occurs or as promptly thereafter as is possible.
Observable events should be disclosed on the day the observable event occurs or as promptly thereafter as is possible.
Even with relaxed compliance enforcement by regulators, how do we know that structured finance information must be disclosed on an observable event basis?
First, in September 2007, the rating agencies testified before the U.S. Congress that current once-per-month or less frequently reported data was inadequate for monitoring structured finance securities and making timely changes to the ratings of these securities. By itself, this testimony is sufficient to disqualify current once-per-month or less frequently reported data for the purpose of 'knowing what you own' or for its use by credit institutions to make them less dependent on rating agencies.
If the current data reporting frequency is inadequate for 'knowing what you rate', it is also inadequate for 'knowing what you own'.
It is common sense that if it is inadequate for 'knowing what you rate' it is also inadequate for using for due diligence purposes to buy a structured finance security in the secondary market or for monitoring structured finance securities purchased in the primary market.
Second, before the credit crisis, Wall Street found once-per-month or less frequent data inadequate for its own trading operations. Wall Street gained an informational advantage for these trading operations by purchasing firms handling the servicing of the underlying collateral. The information edge provided by the servicing firms was observable event based information on the underlying collateral performance. Wall Street knew what was going to be in the once-per-month or less frequent reports provided to investors before the investors. Since structured finance securities have no insiders, Wall Street could legally use what was effectively "inside information" in the form of observable event based reporting in its trading operations to take advantage of investors who received only once per month or less frequent reports.
Third, The Brown Paper Bag Challenge shows definitively that in the absence of information on an observable event basis, investors are blindly betting when they purchase a structured finance security using once-per-month or less frequent collateral performance reports. Current structured finance disclosure practices are the equivalent of putting the underlying collateral into a brown paper bag. Then asking the investor when the contents have changed, but have not been reported, to guess the value of contents of the brown paper bag.
The Brown Paper Bag Challenge also highlights the fact that while other buy-side firms might be blindly betting when they purchase structured finance securities it does not mean that a credit institution using once-per-month or less frequent collateral performance reports 'knows what it owns' when it buys a structured finance security.
Based on the three facts stated above, it is difficult to see how a credit institution can claim that it 'knows what it owns' for either Article 122a or when it is investing for others in a fiduciary capacity if it uses once-per-month or less frequent collateral performance reports.
Ultimately, the Brown Paper Bag Challenge sets the common sense, legally defendable standard for 'when' asset-level performance data must be disclosed for structured finance so credit institutions can 'know what they own'.
If asset-level data is available on an observable event basis, it is the equivalent of doing due diligence on the contents of a clear plastic bag. If asset-level data is available on a once-per-month or less frequent basis, it is the equivalent of doing due diligence sight unseen on the contents of a brown paper bag. Credit institutions 'know what they own' when buying the contents of a clear plastic bag. Credit institutions do not 'know what they own' when buying sight unseen the contents of a brown paper bag.
Finally, if credit institutions or buy-side firms cannot access asset-level performance data that meets the Brown Paper Bag Challenge standard for 'knowing what they own', do they have to disclose that they are blindly betting? Is it prudent for credit institutions or buy-side firms to buy structured finance securities if they cannot access asset-level performance data that meets the Brown Paper Bag Challenge standard?
Paragraphs 125 and 128 describe 'what' should be disclosed. For these guidelines, what should be disclosed is loan-level performance data for the individual assets that back each security.
125. Originators and sponsors are also required to provide to investors such information as is necessary to conduct comprehensive and well-informed stress tests on the cash flows and collateral values supporting the underlying exposures. To the extent that there are (for example) standardised reporting and disclosure templates, generally accepted by market participants, that fulfil these requirements adequately, they can be used if the information
disclosed therein is sufficient to fulfil these requirements.
128. The term "individual underlying exposures", for which relevant data must be provided by credit institutions as sponsors or originators, will typically mean that such data should be provided on an individual exposure (or "loan-level") basis, as opposed to on a collective basis. However, it is recognised that there may be circumstances in which such loan-level disclosure is not appropriate; for instance, securitisations with a large volume of exposures that are highly granular. On the other hand, in many circumstances loan-level disclosure is a material necessity for the due diligence process; for instance, securitisations with large concentrations of non-granular exposures. In determining whether such information should be provided on an individual or aggregate basis, a credit institution, when acting as originator or sponsor, should consider the information that a credit institution when acting as investor would need in order to fulfil its requirements under Paragraphs 4 and 5.Paragraph 127 addresses 'how' the asset-level data should be made available. For these guidelines, the focus is on minimizing the cost of accessing and using the data by the investor.
127. The term "readily available" means that gaining access to the information should not be overly prohibitive (in terms of search, accessibility, usage, cost and other factors that might impede availability), so that fulfilling their due diligence requirements is not overly burdensome on investors.


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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
AFL Rising Star Game: Brad Boxberger
Overall, I was impressed with the talent on display, even though on paper I didn't think it would be all that impressive outside of Mike Trout and Bryce Harper. Still, there were a few impressive players, including Will Myers. Myers had a down year in 2011 as he struggled through injuries, but looked good at the plate and moved very well in the field for a converted catcher. He looks to be fully back on track.
Most interestingly, at least to Reds fans, was the work of Brad Boxberger. Boxberger worked a 1-2-3 inning, so he worked out of the windup the entire time and featured a fastball that sat in the 94-95 mph range, a change-up with very good late sink, and a power slider in the mid-80s.
Boxberger squared off against S.I. cover boy and uber-prospect Bryce Harper. And, encouragingly, Boxberger made very quick work of him. It took Boxberger just four pitches to strikeout Harper. Boxberger started him off with two change-ups with very good sink, the first of which was off the outside corner. After starting him off down in the strike zone, Boxberger then changed the eye level by elevating the fastball. His third pitch was a 94 mph fastball up, but was too far inside. The fourth pitch was likely a do-over of what the third pitch was supposed to be, but this time with better execution. This time, Boxberger elevated the fastball and hit the target set by the catcher at or a tick above the top of the zone. Harper took a hack, but couldn't catch up to it.
The final line speaks for itself, as Boxberger acquitted himself very well in his appearance, but here are a few observations that won't show up in the box score:
1) Boxberger has some looseness to his delivery, an appearance largely caused by his long arms and the big arm swing he uses in his windup. After breaking his hands, Boxberger uses a large circle to bring his pitching arm up into proper throwing position.
2) Boxberger threw a handful of sliders during his appearance, but I thought it was noticeable from his mechanics when he was throwing it. I'm not entirely sure what it was, but his delivery was different when he threw the slider. First impression was the arm speed was different, but the slider is generally more of a power pitch, so I'm not confident that that's what it was. If it wasn't that, then it had to be either the grip on the pitch or the arm slot. Whatever it was, I thought his mechanics differed on the slider than on the fastball and change-up, which could be a problem against sophisticated hitters at the MLB level.
3) While the slider underwhelmed me, the change-up impressed me a great deal. His change-up had a significant amount of sink to it (almost to the point where it looked like a true sinker), which would play well in Great American Ballpark. Additionally, such heavy sink gives him a nice weapon that most power pitchers do not possess. Power pitchers are typically fly ball pitchers because they utilize their stuff up in the zone. Boxberger has the fastball and strikeout rate of a power pitcher, but if he can continue to generate such significant sink then he should be able to work effectively in both the top and bottom of the strike zone.
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- AnonymousNovember 8, 2011 at 1:33 PM
Hard to belive its almost been a year sence the last top prospects post you did. those were 100%my favoit posts. Just my thoughts thanks.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 8, 2011 at 10:33 PM
Can Boxberger be named the closer heading into 2012 season?ReplyDelete
I'd be content if Boxberger can come in and provide us some solid innings. I'd say it's a bit much to ask for him to step right in and provide high leverage innings.
Once in a while you get a rookie who can fill the closer role right out of the gate, but I think that's more of the exception than the rule. The guys who CAN make that immediate jump seem to have more dominating stuff than Boxberger (Kimbrel, Scott Williamson, etc).
Given that the Reds are in "win now" mode, I don't see how they can rely on Boxberger to fill that role, as he seems unlikely to dominate to the extent necessary to shut the door in the 9th inning.
Thanks for the comment!


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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.100 n.11 Cape Town Nov. 2010
The most accurate spear at Hlabisa - a Goko doctor
Every public hospital, especially a rural one, needs a skonkwane or anchor person who shoulders responsibility, leads by example, initiates or maintains efficient systems and motivates staff. Yet few have one, let alone one who is black, female and a role model.
So when Dr Mmabatho Kekana, 52 years old, the medical manager at Hlabisa Hospital in the remote Umkhanyakude District in the far northern KwaZulu-Natal coastal region, was nominated by her peers for Rural Doctor of the Year, she was the sure-fire favourite. Confirming her victory, the Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa (RuDASA) selection committee member, Dr Alma de Vries, said 'she showed us what can be done to turn a hospital around. She's an example of what our health minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, so often speaks of - good hospital management. Doctors get disgruntled very quickly when management is poor,' she added.
Former Mosvold Hospital veteran and now district family physician for the five hospitals in Umkhanyakude, Dr Harvey Williams, said Hlabisa 'haemorrhaged' doctors after 2003 when regulations governing the local registration of British doctors were changed. What appeared to be the last outpost of the British Empire suddenly lost three-quarters of its doctors and service delivery was decimated - a sad day in the former colony. Williams said the hospital, which serves 250 000 country dwellers who use whatever transport is available, often traversing rough terrain over long distances, was soon in 'serious trouble', with just one resident Cuban doctor and three or four community service doctors working impossible hours for several years.
Then it was identified as a presidential development site and upgraded, and top-grade flats were built to convince professional staff, already tempted by ground-breaking HIV and other work conducted at the nearby Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, to stay.
Added to this in 2005 was a virtually unheard of phenomenon - a dedicated 52-year-old local black woman doctor, fresh out of five years of private practice in her home town of Thembisa. Her initial handson public practice was at Thembisa Hospital. A single mother of one and grandmother to three, she stumbled into private practice 'by accident'. A colleague fell pregnant and asked her to fill in as a locum - and then promptly fell pregnant again. By the time she got to KwaZulu-Natal, Kekana had just begun grappling with an MBA, was passionate about ubuntu and determined to harness all Hlabisa had going for it. She's helped turn the dire staffing shortage around. Hlabisa today has 12 full-time and six sessional doctors, the latter helping out at weekends. The hospital has a patient drainage twice that of its nearest district rival and delivers well over 300 babies each month.
Black women doctors avoid public sector
De Vries says her own qualitative research indicates that few black female doctors end up in the rural public sector, most feeling obliged by their families to 'go private and make money'. Citing other research on women in medicine (by Professor Joss Kane-Berman), she said women also 'tend to be more natural communicators'. 'Mmabatho is a wonderful role model of somebody who's worked in the city and went back rural, deciding that the public sector is where her passion lies,' she added.
Kekana unwittingly illustrated her ability to communicate (and thus motivate her staff) by telling Izindaba how, during the soccer World Cup in mid-July, she was on leave at home in Thembisa preparing for her MBA exams. 'I was sitting at home with my mother and thinking of all the good doctors I have, so I started sending them individual thank you SMS messages.' The catalyst was having just heard how one of her four 'comserves' and one of her three medical officers had just diagnosed two ectopic pregnancies, successfully saving the mothers. 'We have an amazing Swiss chief medical officer, Joerg Michelle, who tutors and instils such confidence in his juniors that they perform incredibly well. His surgical skills outperform any equipment we have, but we're very glad to have him,' she says, neatly shifting the limelight.
Doing ordinary things very well
Kekana has honed up on all that is good. For example, she's kept the daily 08h00 clinical staff meeting, piloted by a British former (female) colleague, during which they share patient complications and status reports and midwives give a brief report on their charges. On Mondays 'this goes on a bit' (often because weekend sessional doctors 'haven't followed local protocols'), and sometimes discussion evolves into invaluable case reports.
The Africa Centre's world-class HIV/ AIDS research and treatment initiatives have helped all five hospitals in the wider district reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission by an average of 75% (92% at Hlabisa), spearheaded a successful circumcision drive and created highly effective databases for TB and HIV patient tracking, enabling clinicians to immediately find 'holes in the data'. 'We have TB/HIV tracing teams that go out twice a week to find people who were due to come in but didn't. Pregnant HIV and/or TB mothers are not falling through the cracks anymore,' Kekana says with a satisfaction only somebody who truly cares about her patients can display. Hlabisa services 17 clinics, the largest at KwaMsane on the road to Empangeni, where Kekana visits weekly and which provides her with one of her favourite anecdotes. A couple fished out a referral letter from the local Ngwelezane Hospital asking Kekana to write the husband a medical certificate for the previous two days because he wanted to return to work the following day. 'The wife says to me, "don't you remember my husband? He was almost dead from meningitis and you saved him at your hospital in 2008. I heard you were at KwaMsane today so I had to come - if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have a husband today".'
Kekane said only then did she 'click'. The man had come into outpatients barely conscious and had subsequently spent two weeks unconscious before a lumbar puncture indicated the diagnosis. Only two months later was he back on his feet. 'It was quite satisfying to come across them two years later, so full of gratitude,' Kekana chuckles.
First woman winner in eight years
Dr Jenny Nash, one of the RuDASA public sector rural veterans (now stationed in East London), who helped judge the rural doctor competition, said it was 'a delight to find someone of her calibre doing the work she's doing in a rural area. She's a very hands-on, humble person who gets involved and helps out, very genuine.'
The award is named after Dr Pierre Jaques, a founder member of RuDASA and a doyen of rural practice in South Africa. He spent most of his working life at Elim Hospital in rural Limpopo province and has been a tireless advocate for rural health and the role of the rural doctor in South Africa. It is the first time in the eight years of the award's existence that it has been won by a woman.
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BOSTON (AP) -- A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation says a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is about to be arrested.
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From the Middle East to domestic affairs, a look at where Senator Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on issues of Jewish concern.
Abortion is an area of sharp disagreement between the two candidates. Obama said during the Oct. 15 presidential debate that he believes Roe v. Wade was rightly decided, although good people on both sides can disagree. He added that women in consultation with their families, their doctors, their religious advisers are in the best position to make this decision, and that the Constitution has a right to privacy in it that shouldn't be subject to state referendum, anymore than our First Amendment rights are subject to state referendum.
At the same debate, McCain called Roe v. Wade a bad decision and said that decisions on abortion should rest in the hands of the states. McCain says on his Web site that the ruling should be overturned. McCain has backed a ban on abortion except in cases of rape, incest or threat to the life of the mother, and he said at a presidential forum in August that his administration will have pro-life policies.
Obama in the same debate said he is completely supportive of a ban on late-term abortions, partial birth or otherwise, as long as there's an exception for the mother's health and life. He voted against a ban in the Illinois state Senate because it did not contain such a clause.
McCain has voted to ban such procedures, and at the debate said that exceptions for the health of the mother had been stretched by the pro-abortion movement in America to mean almost anything. This trend, he said, represented the extreme pro-abortion position.
Obama said at the August presidential forum sponsored by Pastor Rick Warren that the goal right now should be how do we reduce the number of abortions and talked about ways for those on both sides of the aisle to work together to reduce unwanted pregnancies. He said at the Oct. 15 debate that such efforts should include providing appropriate education to our youth, communicating that sexuality is sacred and that they should not be engaged in cavalier activity, and providing options for adoption, and helping single mothers if they want to choose to keep the baby.
McCain says on his Web site that he will seek ways to promote adoption as a first option for women struggling with a crisis pregnancy and that government must help strengthen the armies of compassion — faith-based, community and neighborhood organizations — that provide critical services to pregnant mothers in need.
The Republican nominee has criticized Obama for voting against legislation in the Illinois Senate that requires the state to provide legal protection and medical treatment to any fetus that survives an abortion. At the Oct. 15 debate, Obama said the bill in question would have "helped to undermine" Roe v. Wade and "there was already a law on the books in Illinois that required providing lifesaving treatment, which is why not only myself but pro-choice Republicans and Democrats voted against it."
Obama has said that he does approve of the version of the bill that passed the Illinois Senate in 2005 — after he had gone to Capitol Hill. That legislation had a specific clause stating that nothing in the bill "shall be construed to affect existing federal or state law regarding abortion."
The Obama campaign has run an advertisement claiming that McCain has blocked embryonic stem cell research, but independent fact checkers have deemed the ad untrue. In fact, support for embryonic stem cell research is one issue on which the candidates essentially agree.
McCain and Obama later voted for legislation that would have allowed federal funding to be used for research on stem cell lines obtained from discarded human embryos originally created for fertility treatments. McCain has called his vote on the bill very agonizing and tough and said he went back and forth, back and forth on it. It finally came down to the fact that those embryos will be either discarded or kept in permanent frozen status.
Prior to the 2004 vote, the Arizona senator was one of 14 Republican members of Congress who signed a letter asking President Bush to lift federal restrictions on the research.
In response to a questionnaire from a coalition of scientists and engineers last month, McCain said, While I support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, I believe clear lines should be drawn that reflect a refusal to sacrifice moral values and ethical principles for the sake of scientific progress.
McCain differs from both his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and the Republican Party platform on the issue. The platform, adopted at the GOP convention, calls for an expansion of funding for research into adult stem cells but a ban on the use of human embryos for research.
In response to the same questionnaire from Sciencedebate2008, Obama was more emphatic than McCain on the issue. The Democrat said he will lift the current administration's ban on federal funding of research on embryonic stem cell lines created after August 9, 2001 through executive order, and I will ensure that all research on stem cells is conducted ethically and with rigorous oversight.
Obama and McCain do disagree on the prospects for research on adult and other kinds of stem cells. McCain has expressed hope that advances in adult stem cells could make the debate over embryonic stem cells unnecessary, but Obama said embryonic stem cells are the gold standard and any research on other types of stem cells should be done in parallel.
The presidential candidates demonstrated their contrasting views on the Supreme Court in August when they were asked by Pastor Warren which of the sitting justices they would not have nominated. Obama named two justices from the court's conservative wing, saying Clarence Thomas was not qualified at the time of his nomination and Antonin Scalia because he and I just disagree.
McCain named twice as many justices, citing the four commonly identified as the left wing of the court — Ruth Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, John Paul Stevens and David Souter — because he disapproved of their legislating from the bench. But as a senator McCain voted for Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer — Stevens was nominated before he was elected to the Senate. At the Oct. 15 debate, McCain said he voted for them not because I agreed with their ideology, but because I thought they were qualified and that elections have consequences when presidents are nominated.
Obama as a senator has voted against both Supreme Court nominees, Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito. He said at the Warren forum that one of the most important jobs of the Supreme Court is to guard against the encroachment of the executive branch on the power of the other branches, and Roberts has been a little bit too willing and eager to give an administration more power than I think the Constitution originally intended.
McCain was also a member of the bipartisan Gang of 14 formed to break an impasse over judicial nominations in 2005. The Democratic senators in the group agreed not to filibuster judicial nominees except under extraordinary circumstances, while the Republicans pledged not to vote for the nuclear option — a maneuver that would have allowed a majority of the Senate to change the rules requiring 60 votes to end a filibuster. Obama declined to join the group, and said in a newspaper interview in May that he didn't think it was a particularly good compromise because the Republicans got everything they wanted out of that.
On his Web site, McCain says that he will nominate judges who understand that their role is to faithfully apply the law as written, not impose their opinions through judicial fiat. He also stresses the importance of federalism and separation of powers in his judicial philosophy.
At the Oct. 15 debate, McCain said he believed that we should have nominees to the United States Supreme Court based on their qualifications rather than any litmus test on abortion, although he added that I do not believe that someone who has supported Roe v. Wade would be part of those qualifications.
Obama has said that qualifications for the high court go beyond academic and professional accomplishment.
What makes a great Supreme Court justice, he said in a November 2007 primary debate, is not just the particular issue but it's their conception of the court. And part of the role of the court is that it is going to protect people who may be vulnerable in the political process, the outsider, the minority and those who don't have a lot of clout.
Sometimes, he added, we're only looking at academics or people who've been in the [lower] court. If we can find people who have life experience and they understand what it means to be on the outside, what it means to have the system not work for them, that's the kind of person I want on the Supreme Court.
More recent, during the Oct. 15 debate, Obama said he would look for judges who have an outstanding judicial record, who have the intellect, and who hopefully have a sense of what real-world folks are going through. The Democrat also rejected a strict litmus test on the abortion issue.
Obama and McCain both want to continue President Bush's faith-based initiative providing federal money to religious groups to perform social services. But they differ on one key point: Obama has said he would not allow religious groups receiving government funds to discriminate in hiring, while McCain has concurred with Bush in saying he would.
In a July interview with The New York Times, McCain said, Obviously it's very complicated because if this is an organization that says we want people in our organization that are Baptists or vegetarians or whatever it is, they should not be required to hire someone that they don't want to hire in my view.
And in a response to an American Jewish Committee questionnaire, McCain said, I would permit faith-based organizations to improve their volunteerism numbers by allowing them to hire consistent with the views of the respective organizations without risking federal funding."
Obama in a July speech laid out a vision for his Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships that would include an allocation of $500 million a year specifically for faith- and community-based efforts to bolster summer learning programs for 1 million children. He said in the speech that Bush's version of the faith-based initiative never fulfilled its promise.
A summary of the Obama plan released by his campaign states that recipients of federal funds cannot discriminate with respect to hiring for government-funded social service programs and must comply with federal anti-discrimination laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Obama also said he would undertake a pre-inauguration review of all executive orders related to the faith-based initiative, especially those having to do with hiring. He also said he would consider elevating the director of the initiative to a Cabinet-level post.
Both candidates have expressed support for the principle of the separation of church and state. But McCain sparked controversy in a September 2007 interview with Beliefnet in which he said, I would probably have to say yes, that the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation. He quickly added that all religions are welcomed, but when they come here they know that they are in a nation founded on Christian principles.
A spokeswoman later said that McCain believes people of all faiths are entitled to all the rights protected by the Constitution, including the right to practice their religion freely, but that the values protected by the Constitution are rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition. That is all he intended to say to the question, America is a Christian nation, and it is hardly a controversial claim.
In response to an American Jewish Committee questionnaire, Obama called the separation of church and state critical and said it has caused our democracy and religious practices to thrive. On the same questionnaire, McCain said, choosing one's faith is the most personal of choices, a matter of individual conscience. That is why we cherish it as part of our Bill of Rights. He added that all people must be free to worship as they please, or not to worship at all. It is a simple truth: There is no freedom without the freedom of religion.
Obama told a Christian Broadcasting Network interviewer in July 2007 that whatever we once were, we're no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation and a nation of nonbelievers. We should acknowledge this and realize that when we're formulating policies from the state house to the Senate floor to the White House, we've got to work to translate our reasoning into values that are accessible to every one of our citizens, not just members of our own faith community.
Asked by the AJC whether they would back legislation directed at strengthening the obligation of employers to provide a reasonable accommodation of an employee's religious practice, both candidates expressed support.
I believe firmly that employers have an obligation to reasonably accommodate their employees' religious practices, Obama said. I would support carefully drafted legislation that strengthens Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to further protect religious freedom in the workplace.
I am committed to ensuring that no Americans are discriminated against in employment because of their religious beliefs. I will support any legislation that improves our commitment to a pluralistic society, both inside and outside the workplace.
As to vouchers for private and parochial schools, Obama said he is against them because he believes we need to invest in our public schools and strengthen them, not drain their fiscal support.
McCain supports voucher plans, arguing that it's time to give middle- and lower-income parents the same right wealthier families have — to send their child to the school that best meets their needs.
Obama and McCain both back isolating Iran to bring an end to its suspected nuclear weapons program and have said that the military option should remain on the table. This summer, senior surrogates from both campaigns signed onto a position paper from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy advocating intensified U.S.-Israel dialogue aimed at preventing an Israeli attack on Iran.
The campaigns differ on how to isolate Iran and the degree of engagement with the Iranian government such an effort would prohibit. McCain has criticized Obama for suggesting hed be willing to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In response, Obama has compared McCain to Bush, accusing both of hurting Americas standing in the world by turning their backs on diplomacy.
The Obama campaign has committed itself to the full list of sanctions currently advocated by Israel and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, including targeting Iran's central bank, getting the five major players in the re-insurance industry to boycott Iran and stopping the export of refined petroleum to Iran. The McCain campaign expresses generic support for sanctions but has resisted sharing details. In the Senate, Republicans have blocked sanctions legislation without explaining why. The Bush administration opposes the AIPAC/Israel list in part because, the White House claims, the list would upset sensitive efforts to bring the Europeans, Russia and China on board with the effort to keep nuclear weapons out of Iran.
Obama campaign officials say that after rallying international support for tighter sanctions — a top priority that would take place as soon as February, they say — they would start reaching out to Iranian officials with "carrots." These incentives would be aimed at getting the Iranians to end uranium enrichment. No one says so out loud, but the implication is that one such carrot would be to recognize Iran's preeminence as a regional power, giving it veto power over military decisions in the region. Other incentives would include expanded trade.
McCain's campaign does not speak of such incentives; rather, it emphasizes isolation and sanctions as the means to bring Iran around. It also favors isolating Iran through a "league of democracies." That formula would exclude China and Russia, undercutting a key element to Israel's strategy on Iran, which is to cultivate Russia and China. Overall, McCain's strategy suggests confrontation with Russia, particularly over the expansion of NATO.
Last year, Obama opposed a non-binding amendment that would have designated the Iranian Revolutionary Guards a terrorist entity. Obama was not present at the vote, but 76 senators favored the amendment, sponsored by Sens. John Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), including top Democrats. The amendment was also backed by AIPAC.
McCain favored the amendment, and his campaign has accused Obama of pandering to the Democratic base, noting that his primaries rival Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) voted for the amendment and suffered the consequences.
Obama said that he backed similar language in different legislation but opposed the amendment because it tied Iran to attacks on U.S. soldiers in Iraq — language that he said could be used by the Bush administration as a pretext to launch an attack on Iran. Obama has said he supported Bush's subsequent issuance of the executive order declaring the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist entity and subject to relevant U.S. sanctions.
Both campaigns have endorsed a two-state solution, voiced strong support for Israel, called for U.S. backing of Palestinian Authority leader Mahoud Abbas and signed on to the policy of boycotting Hamas. They have also counseled caution and exuberance when it comes to the Bush administrations late-term push for peace.
In the Obama campaign, Daniel Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and Egypt, favors intensified involvement in the peace process, and has advocated — in the context of his own writing, not as a campaign spokesman — open pressure on Israel and the Palestinians. Dennis Ross, a former top Middle East negotiator and the Obama campaigns top adviser on Israel, says that an Obama administration would be fully engaged in brokering Israeli-Palestinian talks. But, he adds, it would avoid setting any artificial timelines for a deal. Ross says that Palestinian statehood would be impossible as long as Hamas terrorists control the Gaza Strip.
Two top McCain advisers, historian Max Boot and diplomat Rich Williamson, have expressed the same concerns as Ross, but they say the Israeli-Palestinian track will not be a top priority. The GOP running mate, however, has sounded a different note: Gov. Sarah Palin said a McCain government would sustain the Bush administration effort launched by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and said that reaching a two-state solution was a top priority. McCain himself has promised to be the chief negotiator.
Both candidates back an undivided Jerusalem as Israel's capital, while leaving the city's final status to Palestinian and Israeli negotiators.
Obama stumbled when he told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference in May that he would strive to keep the city undivided and Israel's capital. Palestinians, and Arabs in general, were infuriated by Obamas remark, leading to clarifications from Obama's campaign claiming the candidate "misspoke."
What Obama meant, the campaign and the candidate said, was that while Obama doesnt want to see Jerusalem divided, the city may well be shared one day by Palestinians and Israelis and that Jerusalems final status should be left up to negotiators. McCains backers used the clarification to portray Obamas remarks as inconsistent. On substance, however, the campaigns' positions are identical.
McCain, however, has pledged to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem right away; Obama has not. Many candidates-turned-presidents have made such pledges in the past; none have delivered.
Syria is an issue where there are clear differences between the candidates.
Some in the McCain campaign, like the Bush administration, have made clear McCain would discourage the Israeli-Syrian negotiations currently taking place under Turkish auspices. The thinking is that the negotiations allow Syria to maintain some degree of hegemony in Lebanon, which the United States opposes.
The Obama campaign says this opposition to Israeli-Syrian talks preempts Israel in its ambitions for peace. However, Kurtzer, in a private capacity, has warned Syrian officials that they should not expect deep U.S. involvement until the talks truly are at an advanced stage. That would consist of Syria showing a serious effort toward meeting the key Israeli demand that it peel itself away from Iranian influence.


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|April 10, 1999, 11:05 AM
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Belt fed or box/drum magazine fed and why?
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Fixed position, with probably no more than a 90-degree field of fire, belt-fed. Standard loading for .30 was 110-rounds, as I vaguely recall, and .50s were 105-round belts in each can. Shoot longer between reloads than magazine-fed guns.
Mobile, magazine fed is the only way to go. You play hell tripping over belts and all that, aside from the inherent near-impossibility of shooting full-auto on the run. Move, stop, shoot; move, stop, shoot. BAR *good*!!!
As usual, it's situational and tactical...
Contrary to Hollywood crap, the best way to fire machine guns is to say to yourself, "Fire a burst of six"; pause; "Fire a burst of six"...The barrels last a lot longer. It's real embarrassing to shoot at folks 200-400 yards away, and the rounds from a shot-out barrel hit the ground about 50 yards out. That's when your own life-expectancy approaches zero and your insurance agent cringes.
Obviously, if you're being faced with a large and hostile group at close range, barrrel life becomes a lesser priority.
FWIW, Art
|April 10, 1999, 01:59 PM
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I packed the Hog for awhile ther in the service - loose belts... You get used to the dangling end.
But when I switched to the SAW - the belted rounds were contained in an attached box - I think thats the best way to do it.
When we switched to firing from a M16's magazine - well - even the 30 rounder wasn't really worth it - but better than nothing.
"There is no Spoon"
|April 11, 1999, 09:01 AM
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What about the best of both worlds with the FN Minimi, a .223 belt fed or box magazine weapon. Takes standard M-16 mags.
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A special cover plate closes the belt aperture when a magazine is loaded, or closes the magazine aperture when a belt is in place, so that there is no danger of trying to double-feed.[/quote] from Jane's Guns Recognition Guide.
I want a Heckler&Koch MP-5K with the tactical briefcase for my birthday!!!!
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George Strait – 2013 New Album Preview
Superstar George Strait may be retiring from the road, but we expect to see a new album from the 60-year-old entertainer in 2013. Though Strait has announced that his concert dates in 2013 and 2014 will be the last of his career, he is working on songs for a new studio record, and he plans to continue recording an album every year.
"I'm feeling a little antsy about getting back in the studio. I've got some great material already," he said in November. "I'm working on some songs and some original stuff too. I've been doing a little bit of writing, but I need to do a little more."
The Inspiration
Who knows what we can expect from Strait's 2013 album? The King is not exactly given to self-promotion -- for a guy with such a long and successful career, he gives remarkably few interviews, so there's a notable lack of information about his upcoming project. Knowing Strait, he'll finish this thing when he's good and ready, announce it in a press release, and then promote it mostly through touring -- all the while talking to the press as little as possible and revealing as little about himself as he can in the process.
The Songs
Again, who knows? Strait released a single titled 'Give It All We Got Tonight' in 2012, and it's probably safe to assume that would be included in any upcoming record. Strait is essentially an artist to whom the usual rules of country music don't apply; he hasn't been obliged to reinvent himself much over the years, continuing to release songs in that inimitable George Strait signature style and racking up 59 No. 1 hits in the process. Whatever he comes up with, it's likely to be a variation on the same winning formula, since it scarcely seems likely Strait is going to come out with something like 'Truck Yeah' this late in the game.
What to Expect
Strait did give some insight into his new album in November, revealing that he's been working with Nashville songwriter Dean Dillon -- whose previous hits with Strait include 'The Chair' and 'Ocean Front Property,' among others -- as well as his son Bubba, who has contributed to his albums in the past. It's a safe bet that he will work with producer Tony Brown and end up with an album that will be virtually guaranteed to satisfy his legions of fans. And while there's no real firm news to report, we think it's a safe bet that the basic outline for Strait's 2013 project will look something like this:
1. Release new album while calling as little attention to self as possible.
2. Sell millions of copies of said album while placing multiple No. 1 hit singles in charts.
3. Take money from album and go home, again while calling as little attention to self as possible.
4. Repeat next year and every year after that for the foreseeable future.


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The Coloth Edit
Summary::Tall, four-armed amphibious squid-like folk.
Personality Edit
The coloth are generally welcoming and open to other folk, only tending to be openly aggressive when hunting. However, coloth rely on body language as a key component of their communication and as such, find dealing with other races frustrating and difficult. Coloth emotions differ greatly from that of other races as well as their bodily signs, tending to make them appear socially dense and awkward when around non-coloth.
Unremarkably, with these social impediments, coloth have weak familial bonds and rarely form close relationships with others. Trusting is a rare quality in a coloth, treating family members and allies as mere acquaintances. This does lead to self-reliance and a perceptive outlook, occasionally using the measure of others as a measure for their actions, being less trust and more predictability on the part of their companions.
This perception on the actions of others comes into play most often during hunting, an activity most all colothi savor, perhaps due to deep rooted instinctual nature. Though, when in areas where hunting for food isn't required to get by, "the hunt" turns into a challenge for any activity, and a coloth will pursue that end whole-heartedly.
Physical Description Edit
The coloth appear much as if a squid were warped into the vague shape of a humanoid. Whatever great magic or deity allowed them exist is lost to time, as coloth bear lineage to ancient ages.
Standing on rubbery tentacles that serve as legs, a coloth stands roughly seven feet tall, with four, robust arm-like tentacles (two of these such limbs on each side of their body). Their arms each end in broad, elongated hands, each with three-fingers. Small suckers line their palms and fingers, allowing them to easily grasp and manipulate tools. Their legs end in broad, flattened feet with three small toes covered in small suckers. Due to whatever trick of their biology, they have lost the ability to grasp tools with their toes, and use these limbs for motility only.
Lacking joints and bones, colothi are supported by rings of flexible cartilage and strong ligaments.
Colothi heads greatly resemble squids, more so than even mindflayers. Their head is dominated by two, great, bulbous eyes on each side. These eyes are typically brightly colored, ranging from luminous green hues, to sunburst yellows, sky blue and bright orchid. The coloth lack teeth, but not a bite, as they sport a rather powerful, dark beak, occasionally used in combat. Draping down their forehead, extruding from underneath the collar of their mantle, is a jet-like funnel used to syphon water and breathe. Two smaller funnels sit hidden behind each eye, often obscured by the wing-like flaps spreading across their mantle. The mantle itself extends to a point, and is supported by the only "bone" in their body, a calcium rich shell that encases their brain. From their head, dangling down around their beak, are an array of smaller tentacles, typically used to aid swimming and communication as well as to hold food while eating.
Colothi skin has a pronounced rubbery texture, and typically takes a shade of color similar to a sandy brown, light peach or pale gray. However, as part of their means of communication, as well as expression of emotion, colothi subconsciously alter their color mildly, tinting their skin with tiny splotches of pale blues, whites and maroon reds.
Most coloth simply walk about naked, having no external genitalia, even humanoid folk find it hard to place prudish ideals of decency upon them. Those coloth that wear clothing, often do so to carry gear or protect themselves, rather than a need to stay warm, enjoy fashion or not be naked in a public place. They can be seen carrying spears and throwing darts (javelins).
When on land, coloth often don clothing that helps to retain moisture and protect their skin from the sun. Typically cloaks and robes with hoods. Due to the struggle of having to support their body on land, they appear to slump and sag as they walk, giving them a sickly appearance and compressing their height.
Relations Edit
Most land-bound races are simply unaware of the existence of the coloth, as they rarely visit the surface, or even shallow waters. For those races that share their watery environment, such as sahuagin, kuo-toa and locathah, they have no longstanding grudge or alliance with. The coloth, being mostly unsocial, give other races their room so long as they are granted their own. However, there have been numerous instances where hunting parties from either coloth or neighboring races have gone outside their own territory and provoked disputes and savage combat.
Alignment Edit
Living free-form, self reliant lives, the coloth tend toward chaotic alignments, as they have a difficult time conforming themselves to rules and restrictions of law. Lawful coloth are not unheard of, but certainly not the norm of the race. In addition, as wise creatures, some coloth reflect upon this as a means to become more independent, to the point of selfishness and putting others at risk for their own whims, turning to evil alignments. Those that use their wisdom to benefit others, which in turn, benefit themselves, lean towards good. Coloth are a varied bunch, and as such, may be of any alignment.
Lands Edit
Rather than lands, it is waters that the coloth call home, taking readily to deep-sea and clear water ocean bottom. They build fortified cities of stone, often in defensible valleys and stoney outcroppings. Terrain advantage is important in settlement location, as they rarely employ an active guard force, and have little in the form of governmental structure. The coloth use cities as a means of enabling themselves to rest easy at night with safety in numbers.
Religion Edit
Colothi cities are spread far and wide throughout the oceans, and culture ranges greatly between them. Some groups of coloth worship deities, while others may not. Though, when coloth do praise deities, it is typically those that hold value to the ocean, hunting or wisdom. Practices of religion may be merely more than saying a few words before a hunt or before rest at night. Other instances may result in an entire city being built around a deity's temple.
Language Edit
Coloth speak a language known as Colothi, which is spoken with squeaks and clicks of their beaks, accented and completed by either subtle gesticulations of their smaller tentacles or greater movements of their arm tentacles. They have no written language and keep no written records, passing their knowledge down through oral traditions and storytelling.
The colothi also learn languages of those other sea-dwelling languages around them, as well as Aquan.
Names Edit
Coloth are named for the first sound they make, a tradition attributed to the myth of the naming of the first Coloth, Figth. Unfortunately, this makes pronouncing colothi names a troubling annoyance for other races. Thankfully, it has become common for a great number of coloth to simply adopt a common name used for dealing with other races. These names are typically combinations of translatable nouns, typically body parts or actions paired with weapons, deeds or notable traits.
Names: Blackjet, Brunthead, Clingtack, Deatharm, Dragonbeak, Eyefire, Griprasp, Sharkcut, Spearbite, Wavepunch, Whitewrack
Racial Traits Edit
- -2 Constitution: Coloth are unusual creatures, lacking the physical ruggedness of other races.
- Monstrous Humanoid (Aquatic): The Colothi, while squid-like, can survive on land or under water. Coloth armor is calculated by the nonhumanoid cost.
- Medium
- Coloth base land speed is 20 feet.
- Coloth swim speed is 40 feet. A coloth can move through water at his swim speed without making Swim checks. He has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. A coloth can always can choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. He can use the run action while swimming, provided he swims in a straight line.
- Amphibious (Ex): Coloth can survive on land, breathing air, however, such a life is burdensome to their vitals. They do not regain HP while resting when on land. In addition, when on land, a coloth can go without water for 12 hours plus a number of hours equal to his Constitution score. After this time, the coloth must make a Constitution check each hour (DC 10, +1 for each previous check) or take 1d6 points of nonlethal damage.
- Darvision 60 feet. The bottom of the ocean is often pitch-black but colothi eyes are still able to see in this gloom.
- Four Arms: A coloth has four arms, and as such, is eligible to take the Multiweapon Fighting feat. However, he must first take Two-Weapon Fighting as a "prerequisite" feat.
- Endure Chilling Depths (Ex): The icy depths of the ocean provide no discomfort to the colothi. They suffer no ill effects from environmental cold dangers when under water.
- Burdensome Load: Coloth, without bones, find carrying heavy loads a burdensome chore. They are treated as one size smaller for the purposes of their carrying capacity. A medium-sized coloth can haul only 3/4ths the weight of a typical medium bipedal creature.
- Social Confusion: Coloth suffer a -2 racial penalty on Bluff, Diplomacy and Sense Motive checks dealing with members of other races.
- Jet Retreat (Ex): When making a withdrawal from combat while underwater, a coloth may move up to triple his swim speed, instead of double.
- Grappling Bite (Ex): When grappling, a colothi may make a bite attack as a secondary natural attack. This bite deals 1d6 damage with ×3 on a critical hit.
- Automatic Languages: Colothi.
- Bonus Languages: Aquan, Kuo-Toa, Locathah, Sahaugin. See the Speak Language skill.
- Favored Class: Ranger
- Level Adjustment: +Level Adjustment::0
- Effective Character Level: Effective Character Level::1
Vital Statistics Edit
|5 years
|Middle Age1
|Maximum Age
|50 years
|150 years
|250 years
|+2d20 years
|Base Height
|Height Modifier
|Base Weight
|Weight Modifier
|6' 10"
|150 lb.
|× (1d4) lb.
|6' 8"
|140 lb.
|× (1d4) lb.
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