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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission took a long-awaited step to reduce risk in the $2.6 trillion money-market mutual-fund industry, voting unanimously on Wednesday to move forward with a proposal that could force some money market funds to abandon the fixed value of $1 a share that has made them so popular with many investors.
The SEC's proposal would require "prime" funds held by corporate treasurers and other institutional investors to abandon their fixed $1 share price, allowing the funds' prices to float like those of other mutual funds.
Prime funds invest in short-term corporate debt and are considered more risky than funds that buy only government securities.
The reform is a direct response to what happened in 2008 when the Reserve Primary Fund, one of the largest money funds, suffered losses on Lehman Brother debt and could not maintain its $1 per share price, thus "breaking the buck" and precipitating the rush of withdrawals by institutional investors from the market.
The SEC is also considering giving institutional and retail funds the authority to impose so-called "liquidity fees and redemption gates" during times of stress.
The objective is to stop investor withdrawals from turning into runs, though some regulators say it might trigger runs if investors try to redeem their shares ahead of the anticipated restrictions.
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All five SEC commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday to put the plan out for 90 days of public feedback.
However, many firms, including Fidelity Investments, the largest money-fund sponsor, have warned that floating share prices would not be able to stop runs in a crisis.
The industry also warned that further major reforms could drive away investors and jeopardise the industry.
In November, the Financial Stability Oversight Council issued its own recommendations to overhaul money funds after the SEC, beset by internal disagreements and industry lobbying, failed to agree on a plan.
The renewed action was triggered by heavy pressure from fellow financial regulators – including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner – who threatened to override the SEC if it failed to act.
On Wednesday, the Treasury praised the SEC "for continuing the work to address remaining vulnerabilities to our financial system presented by money market funds".
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Age: 30
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Gender: Mare
Riding Discipline: All Around
Owner: Courtney Clogg
Rider: Georgina Gill
Belle is a one in a million mare. She does EVERYTHING from jumping to running speed events. My daughter planned to show her last year so we pulled her out of "retirement". We thought it would be a good idea to put her on a supportive supplement due to her age. After researching I decided to try SmartFlex Senior. We used it with wonderful results. Belle was used for 4H, Speed Shows (barrels, poles etc), hunters, and trail riding. My daughter rode in 19 classes at the 4H fair and placed in 16! Due to SmartFlex Senior Belle showed no signs of her age, and my daughter had a wonderful season with her.

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Before you head to the store this weekend to buy your eggs and Easter egg dyeing kits, take a look at this fun and eco-friendly way to dye your eggs naturally with foods and spices like cabbage, blueberries, spinach, tumeric, chili powder and more! It's a lot of fun for both the kiddos and adults (trust me). 😉 My kids and I can't wait to do this again soon!
So you want to dye your Easter eggs naturally – without harmful chemicals and artificial colors? While it takes longer than the commercial egg dye kits you buy at the store, dyeing your eggs with natural foods is better for you and your child(ren)'s health, produces much more interesting colors, is better for the environment, and is, quite arguably, more fun!
Why dye with natural colors instead of artificial?
According to Organic.org, "Many food colorings contain color additives such as Red No. 3 and Yellow No. 5, which, according to a 1983 study by the FDA, were found to cause tumors (Red No. 3) and hives (Yellow No. 5)." I wrote about the drawbacks of artificial colors a while back if you'd like to read more on the topic.
It is more time-consuming than using a store-bought conventional egg dye kit (and I highly recommend preparing the egg dye baths a few hours before you plan to dye the eggs with the kiddos), but it is healthier for your kids and the environment. "Dyeing eggs the natural way gives you the opportunity to spend more time with your family, teaching kids to use alternative project methods that are healthier for them and the environment." I think it will be a lot of fun and a great family project.
You Will Need The Following to Get Started:
- Hard boiled eggs (preferably white eggs since they take on the dyes better than brown eggs)
- Ingredients to make your dyes, which I will discuss in more detail below. As a guideline, use up to 4 cups for vegetable solids and 3–4 tablespoons for spices per quart. Mash up fruits.
- White vinegar (2 Tablespoons for every quart of water)
- Several pots and bowls
- Optional: stickers, rubber bands, and crayons for decorating the eggs and making interesting patterns
- Egg cartons for drying the dyed eggs
Creating Your Colors:
Natural egg dyes can be made from a variety of ingredients. Here's a list of what I've used in the past along with comments on the colors that resulted.
- 3 cans of beets in cranberry juice (instead of water) – produced a dark reddish hue
- Frozen cherries – made a very light pink
- 3 tablespoons of chili powder produced a nice reddish-orange color
- 3 Tablespoons of tumeric produced a great yellow
- A mix of canned blueberries and their juice and a few tablespoons of tumeric produced a gorgeous earthy green color
- 3/4 of a head of red cabbage (chopped) made a beautiful blue
- 2 cans of blueberries and their juice made a grey-blueish color
- Frozen cherries mixed with blueberries yielded a grey color (not the purple I was going for).
Egg Dyeing Instructions:
In the past I found a couple great web site with tips on "Natural Easter Egg Dyes" and Natural Dye from Organic.org. The natural dyes come from spices like paprika, tumeric and cumin; vegetables like spinach and red cabbage; fruit juices and even coffee. All of your dye ingredients can (and should) be composted after you are done.
On Organic.org, there is a boil method (which produces darker results) and a cold-dip method, which is suggested for children or if you plan to eat the eggs, which is the method we used last year.
The two methods for creating your egg dyes are:
Method 1—Hot
Place eggs in a single layer in a large, nonaluminum pan. Add the dyeing ingredient of your choice—it's best not to mix until you are comfortable with experimenting. Cover the eggs and other dyeing "agent(s)" with one inch of water. Add 2 tablespoons of white vinegar per quart to help the color adhere to the egg, and bring to a boil. Next, simmer for 20–30 minutes or until the desired shade is achieved. If you cook the eggs longer than 15 minutes, they will become rather tough.
Method 2—Cold
The cold method is the same as the hot method with the following exception. Once ingredients have simmered 20–30 minutes (depending on desired shade), lift or strain the ingredients out of the water and allow the water to cool to room temperature though you may wish to try keeping the ingredients in the colored water to give the egg more texture as the dye will become concentrated in areas where the vegetable touches the egg. Submerge the eggs until the desired color is achieved. You may keep the eggs in the solution overnight as long as it is refrigerated.
The longer the egg stays in the dye, hot or cold, the deeper the hue will be. Using vinegar will also help the color deepen.
Definitely feel free to experiment and try out other foods and spices. For me, that was a big part of what made it so much fun, trying out different things to see what colors would come from them. For example, the dye from the spinach, tumeric, blueberry mix looked orange or brown, but the eggs came out green! And the red cabbage dye was purpley-pink, but the eggs came out blue. It's a fun science experiment that the whole family can get involved in. Happy egg coloring!
Cleaning Up:
Don't forget to compost your food/spices dye mixtures when you are done.
The process of making the dyes:
And the results:
Links to other people's natural egg dyeing results:
- Michelle at What's Cooking Blog tried three different concoctions and got three lovely results
- Phyllis at Ima On and Off the Bima created Passover eggs using cilantro leaves and onion skins
- Shutterbug Mama, who had good luck using turmeric and curry powder, paprika, and blueberries
- Inexplicable Ways tried out a variety of ingredients and got some beautiful results
- Green Baby Guide – Natural Silhouette Easter Egg Dyeing
If you dye your eggs naturally this year or have in the past and have blogged about it, leave me your link and I'll add it to the list! 🙂
I'm all about recycling around here. This recycled post, "Dyeing Easter Eggs Naturally," was originally written for my blog on 4/4/09, and continues to be a popular post year after year.
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Summit.Properties necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 24 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Summit Properties / Summit Hotel Management
We are the developer and hotel operator of a premium hotel / condominium development in Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan. The resort gets 15+ meters of snow a year and the site is located at the top of the village with piste on 3 sides. The resort contains 450 beds plus restaurants, cafe, bar, ski concierge, ski rental, spa (Japanese onsen) and sets a new standard of quality and service across ski resort developments in Asia.
Real estate investors and hotel guests (mainly skiers from Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Taiwan), construction industry, service providers and suppliers to hotels, government regulators.
The hotel itself has already been branded. From this competition we are seeking one logo to use for both the real estate development company Summit Properties as well as for the hotel management company Summit Hotel Management.
The logo should include the word "Summit", should be a solid logo (no gradients) on white background, easily adaptable to use in a variety of stationery such as letterhead, name card, email footers and website. Colors are fine.
The area is famous for a volcano called Mt Yotei, a perfectly formed conical volcano that towers over Niseko. The logo might incorporate this in some way but it is not a requirement at all. There is no need for the logo to have a Japanese flavor.
The logo needs to portray a sense of strength and stability befitting a 5-star hotel developer/operator.
To be provided in a variety of file formats hi-res and low-res.
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The following information explains the Workers Compensation Medical Provider Network. These changes are effective October 8, 2010.
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south american fishcakes
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I learnt this recipe from my friend Santos, who comes from Brazil where they make little fritters of this recipe and deep-fry them – more like glorified canapés than fishcakes really. I've adapted his recipe slightly to make actual fishcakes – probably the nicest I've tasted! In Brazil they're called 'bolinho de bacalau' and are made with salt cod, which is a wonderful fish to use if you can get hold of it. However, for this recipe I've simply used flaked white fish.
Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas 5. Place the haddock in a deep baking tray with the milk and bay leaves, then cover the tray with foil and cook for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, cook the potatoes in salted boiling water for about 15 minutes, until soft. Drain them in a colander to get rid of any excess water, then return to the pan on a low heat and mash.
Flake the cooked fish into a large bowl, picking out any bones and removing the skin. Add the mashed potato, parsley, mint, lemon and lime zest, fennels seeds, eggs and chilli and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Mix well, taste and add more salt if necessary.
Flour your work surface, then take 1 tablespoon of the mix in your hands with a little flour and pat it into a flattened circle, rolling it in the flour. Rough and ready is good, so don't worry about having them all exactly the same!
Pour enough oil into a large heavy-bottomed saucepan to fill the pan about a third of the way up. Heat over a medium heat until a deep-frying thermometer inserted into the oil reaches 185°C/360°F. (If you don't have a thermometer, heat the oil until a cube of bread will brown in about 3 minutes.) Deep-fry the fishcakes for about 5 minutes until brown and crispy. Drain on kitchen paper, sprinkle with sea salt and serve on a large plate with lots of lemon halves.
• from Jamie's Dinners
• 1kg haddock fillets, skin on, scaled and pinboned
• 140ml milk
• 2 bay leaves
• 1kg potatoes, peeled and diced
• a big bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
• a handful of fresh mint, finely chopped
• zest of 2 lemons and 2 limes
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, bashed
• 2 large free-range or organic eggs
• 1 fresh red chilli, finely chopped
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 115g plain flour
sunflower oil, for deep-frying
• lemons, to serve
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Associated Press Calls James Foley 'Assassination' An 'International Crime Of War'
Pruitt called the purported murder of James Foley, the journalist, an international war crime.
"The Associated Press is outraged by the killing of James Foley and condemns the taking of any journalist's life. We believe those who kill journalists or hold them hostage should be brought to justice. Further, we believe the assassination of a journalist in wartime should be considered an international crime of war," Pruitt said in a statement posted on the AP's website.
On Tuesday, the group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL) released a gruesome video claiming to show Foley's beheading. In the video, which has since been deleted from YouTube, an unnamed militant threatened to kill more hostages unless President Barack Obama agrees to ISIS demands in the region.
Pruitt said such actions were a fundamental threat to democracy.
"The murder of a journalist with impunity," he said, "is a threat to a free press and democracy around the world."


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Wisconsin Cemetery Records
This entry was originally written by Dawn M. Knauft and Carol L. Maki in Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Numerous cemeteries have been read and transcribed by local genealogical societies in Wisconsin. The transcriptions are frequently deposited with an Area Research Center, a local library, or the Wisconsin Historical Society. A considerable number have been printed in the Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter.
The Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society, 6100 W. Mequon Rd., Mequon, WI 53092, publishes a newsletter and maintains an archive of tombstone inscriptions from around the state.
A useful volume is Linda Herrick and Wendy Uncapher, Cemetery Locations in Wisconsin (3d ed. Janesville, Wis.: Origins, 2002). It is arranged first by county, then township and section number with a township map for each county.
Many online cemetery transcriptions are organized here: Wisconsin Cemetery Records


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Monday, May 01, 2006
2006 Recruit Star Ratings Pt. 2
Erik Johnson, Defenseman, Minnesota *****
Kyle Okposo, Forward, Minnesota *****
Joe Palmer, Goalie, Ohio State *****
Bill Sweatt, Forward, Colorado College *****
Trevor Lewis, Forward, Michigan *****
Andreas Nodl, Forward, St. Cloud State *****
Matt Butcher, Forward, Northern Michigan ****
Michael Carman, Forward, Minnesota ****
Ryan Lasch, Forward, St. Cloud State ****
Matt Glasser, Forward, Denver ****
Nigel Williams, Defenseman, Wisconsin ****
Kris Fredheim, Defenseman, Colorado College ****
Michael Forney, Forward, North Dakota ****
Ryan Turek, Forward/Defenseman, Michigan State ****
Jim O'Brien, Forward, Minnesota ****
Rhett Rhakshani, Forward, Denver ****
Blake Geoffrion, Forward, Wisconsin ****
Michael Ratchuk, Defenseman, Michigan State ****
Eddie del Grosso, Defenseman, Nebraska-Omaha ****
Steve Kampfer, Defenseman, Michigan ****
Erik Felde, Defenseman, Alaska-Anchorage ****
Cody Brookwell, Defenseman, Denver ****
Jeremie Dupont, Goalie, Nebraska-Omaha ****
Kevin Montgomery, Defenseman, Ohio State ****
Darcy Zajac, Forward, North Dakota ****
Josh Lunden, Forward, Alaska-Anchorage ****
Ryan Flynn, Forward, Minnesota ****
Alex Stalock, Goalie, Minnesota-Duluth ****
Phil Axtell, Forward, Michigan Tech ****
Kai Kantola, Forward, Bowling Green ****
Matt Martello, Forward, Lake Superior ****
Kael Mouillierat, Forward, Minnesota State, Mankato ****
Drew Dobson, Defenseman, Michigan Tech ****
David Fischer, Defenseman, Minnesota ****
Brandon Campos, Forward, Alaska-Fairbanks ****
Kyle Lawson, Defenseman, Notre Dame ****
Jordan Fulton, Forward, Minnesota-Duluth ****
Jamie McBain, Defenseman, Wisconsin ****
Trent Palm, Defenseman, Minnesota-Duluth ****
Zach Harrison, Forward, Minnesota State, Mankato ****
Tony Lucia, Forward, Minnesota ****
Chris Summers, Defenseman, Michigan ****
Chase Ryan, Defenseman, Minnesota-Duluth ****
TJ Miller, Defenseman, Northern Michigan ****
Zach Bearson, Forward, Wisconsin ***
Simon Gysbers, Defenseman, Lake Superior ***
Nick Fanto, Forward, Nebraska-Omaha ***
Chris Vandevelde, Forward, North Dakota ***
James Perkin, Forward, Bowling Green ***
Geoff Irwin, Forward, Minnesota State ***
Mark Bernier, Defenseman, Nebraska-Omaha ***
Brian Gifford, Forward, Denver ***
Dan Quilico, Forward, Colorado College ***
Jacob Cepis, Forward, Bowling Green ***
Aaron Lewicki, Forward, Ferris State ***
Brian Lebler, Forward, Michigan ***
Craig Gaudet, Defenseman, St. Cloud State ***
Ryan Thang, Forward, Notre Dame ***
Riley Gill, Goalie, Western Michigan ***
Todd McIlrath, Forward, Bowling Green ***
Ian Boots, Forward, Ohio State ***
Mark Letestu, Forward, Western Michigan ***
Jared Hummel, Defenseman, St. Cloud State
Matt Overman, Forward, Colorado College ***
Jay Sprague, Forward, Michigan State ***
Ken Selby, Forward, Alaska-Anchorage ***
Nate Prosser, Defenseman, Colorado College ***
Mark Olver, Forward, Northern Michigan ***
Jon Ammerman, Defenseman, St. Cloud State ***
Brian Connelly, Defenseman, Colorado College ***
Jeff Young, Forward, Alaska-Fairbanks ***
Garrett Suter, Defenseman, Wisconsin ***
Steve Jakiel, Goalie, Michigan ***
Mike Davies, Forward, Wisconsin ***
Ray Kaunisto, Forward, Northern Michigan ***
Tyler Ludwig, Defenseman, Western Michigan ***
Brett Blatchford, Defenseman, Notre Dame ***
Paul Crowder, Forward, Alaska-Anchorage ***
Jerad Stewart, Forward, Minnesota State, Mankato ***
Kevin Clark, Forward, Alaska-Anchorage ***
Mark Santorelli, Forward, Northern Michigan ***
John Mitchell, Forward, Wisconsin ***
Logan Gorsalitz, Forward, Minnesota-Duluth ***
Chris Clackson, Forward, Western Michigan ***
Kevin Deeth, Forward, Notre Dame ***
J.J. Koehler, Forward, Nebraska-Omaha ***
A.J. Gale, Forward, St. Cloud State University ***
Matt Schepke, Forward, Michigan State ***
Jarrod Palmer, Forward, Miami ***
Mickey McCrimmon, Defenseman, Northern Michigan ***
John Scrymgeor, Forward, Lake Superior ***
Tommy O'Brien, Goalie, Notre Dame ***
Jeric Agosta, Forward, Nebraska-Omaha ***
Eli Vlaisavljevich, Defenseman, Michigan Tech ***
Mike Testwuide, Forward, Colorado College ***
Chris Berenguer, Defenseman, Northern Michigan ***
Jason Lepine, Forward, Ferris State ***
Julian Zamparo, Defenseman, Western Michigan ***
Dan Kissel, Forward, Notre Dame ***
Jake Marto, Defenseman, North Dakota ***
Trevor Hunt, Defenseman, Alaska-Anchorage ***
Jason Wiley, Forward, Minnesota State, Mankato ***
Michael George, Forward, Lake Superior ***
Alexandre Gagne, Forward, Michigan Tech ***
Chris Minella, Forward, Notre Dame ***
Mitch Ryan, Forward, Minnesota-Duluth ***
Gary Steffes, Forward, Miami-Ohio ***
Cody Chupp, Forward, Ferris State ***
Justin Johnson, Defenseman, Michigan State ***
Blair Riley, Forward, Ferris State ***
Mathieu Picard, Forward, Ohio State ***
Nik Sellers, Forward, Lake Superior ***
Ryan Berry, Defenseman, Alaska-Anchorage ***
Stephen Balint, Forward, Northern Michigan ***
Jon Olthuis, Goalie, Alaska-Anchorage ***
Garrett Raboin, Defenseman, St. Cloud State ***
Nathan Perkovich, Forward, Lake Superior ***
Brian Stewart, Goalie, Northern Michigan **
Chay Genoway, Forward/Defenseman, North Dakota **
Mark Stockdale, Forward, Western Michigan **
Brian Moore, Defenseman, Bowling Green **
Ryan Gunderson, Forward, Minnesota State Mankato **
Aaron Bendrickson, Forward, Wisconsin **
Drew Akins, Forward, Minnesota-Duluth **
Steve Kaunisto, Defenseman, Lake Superior **
Ryan Peckskamp, Forward, St. Cloud State **
Brandon Vossberg, Forward, Denver **
Ben Grotting, Forward, Wisconsin **
Ryan Baird, Defenseman, Lake Superior**
Phil Greer, Goalie, Bowling Green **
Chad Swartzentruber, Defenseman, Lake Superior **
14 comments:
- Donald Dunlop said...
Matt Glasser sure gets a lot of love for 35 points in 58 AJHL games. And don't say "lemme see your list" cause I ain't got one ... I'm just sayin.
IDIOT....There feel better..
- Chris said...
Here's a good article about Glasser that explains his lack of scoring a little more.
Hmmm. 4 stars for Darcy Zajac (never drafted) and 3 Stars for Chris Vandevelde (top 100 draft pick). Curious given niether is more "built" for college hockey. Nice list though...
- Chris said...
There's a difference in stars, but overall, I think the difference is negligible.
Zajac had a very good year this season and his stock rose a lot. Vandevelde got off to a bit of a slow start, but really played great down the stretch. I had Vandevelde higher in this set than I did the last time, but I didn't up him up to 4 stars.
Ryan Lasch of the Pembroke Kings will never be able to play at the college level with out NHLer Keefe and his agent. Word is in Pembroke that they made him a player and they are the resons for the kids point totals. Look for this kid to be a big flop in collge.
- Chris said...
I'm sure Lasch won't forget how to play hockey over the summer.
That said, I think Lasch is the biggest "boom or bust" player in this year's crop. He'll either be very effective and score a ton of points, or he won't be and he'll score very few.
hockey players are not made over night. Pretty sure everyone at one point in their career had a coach that molded them into the player that they are now
Those of you that are commenting negatively on Ryan Lasch obviously did not see this young man play hockey over the last few years in Pembroke, ON. He has the best work ethic on the ice that I have seen over many years of being a hockey fan in Canada. He is small but is quick, strong, fast and is not afraid to take on the "big" guys. If he plays like he did in Pembroke, St Cloud should have a really good player. Good Luck Ryan, we enjoyed you playing for the Kings.
the dude that said ryan will never make it at the college level...one question bud ~ HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HIM PLAY??? if not, shut up..you don't know what yer talkin about...we have watched him play his heart out for Pembroke for the past few years...he's small but fast...having said that...
if you have seen him...do you know anything about the skill required to play the game? he played that way with kevin abrams and keefe as his coaches because they run a very tight and disciplined ship in Pembroke. It was a group effort ~ not just 'cuz of keefe...
have a nice day!! and i will sign my name...Tanya
hey whats up? i LOVE J.J Koehler!!
he used to play for the Lincoln Stars Hockey team in the USHL (last year) he was/still is my favorite hockey player!!!!!! i talked to him at a Stars game early in the season this year!! it was AWSOME!!!!! i was SOOOO happy to see him b/c i was sad b/c i thought that i probably wont see him again (unless i go to a Maverick's game) but i saw him!! i love him b/c he is short and VERY talented!!!!!!
~*Lindsey Osmera*~
Lindsey likes boinking short hockey players that play on crappy teams. Way to set the bar high. Got to love the puck bunnys. LOL
- Marlowe Syn said...
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Jay Barribal. Very solid freshman not on your list.


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N.Y. to get second MLS club in 2015
NEW YORK -- Manchester City and the New York Yankees have joined forces to establish a $100 million Major League Soccer team.
New York City Football Club will be the MLS's 20th team and is set to start playing from the 2015 season.
"This is not a marketing gimmick," City chief executive Ferran Soriano said in a conference call on Tuesday. "This is about developing a team that will play very good football and will have a chance to win."
City, which is owned by Sheik Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, will be the majority owner of the team.
"They'll be running all the soccer. We know our way around New York, how to get things done," said Yankees president Randy Levine, who will be the team's lead person in the launch.
The venture is being launched by City amid difficulties in England after the team failed to win a trophy in the 2012-13 season, leading to manager Roberto Mancini being fired.
Soriano said it wasn't a mistake to award Mancini a new five-year contract after City won the Premier League title in May 2012, ending the team's 44-year English title drought.
"We don't think we are under any instability," Soriano said.
"We are changing the manager as it happens in other clubs. We feel confident that we will have a good manager and a very good team next year. And I don't think anybody made a mistake on this. It's just, as normally as it happens in football, time to change for the good."
City is in need of new revenue streams to help comply with UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules, which are designed to curtail over-spending by wealthy owners and require clubs to eventually break even on football-related activities.
But heavy spending led to City losing 90 million pounds ($137 million) in the 2011-12 financial year with transfer fees since the club entered Abu Dhabi ownership in 2008 went beyond 580 million pounds ($880 million).
"This obviously has nothing to do with Financial Fair Play," Soriano said. "We are building a team in New York that will be sustainable and we will be investing here with the idea of recovering our investment and being a club that will be financially sustainable, the same way that our club in Manchester is becoming sustainable every year more, right?
"So we don't have any problem with the Financial Fair Play rules, and the New York team has nothing to do with it."
There is a chance the New York club will serve as a feeder team for City, while young players unable to break into the Premier League squad could be loaned the other way.
"I think naturally it will happen, that some Manchester players will end up playing in New York," Soriano said. "But the objective and the focus will be to try to find the right players for the New York team. The New York team is a team on its own."
The expansion fee for the new team is $100 million. The Yankees will be responsible for 25 to 30 percent of that, according to sources. The club will compete for attention, and dollars, with 10 other professional major sports teams in the New York market.
NYC FC will start play at an interim venue with one option being the New Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009.
The venue hosted its first two football matches last year and is the site of a friendly on Saturday between City and Chelsea. The original Yankee Stadium was the home of the North American Soccer League's New York Cosmos in 1976.
The MLS has been negotiating with New York to build a stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, near the home of the New York Mets.
"Flushing is still the preferred site," MLS commissioner Don Garber said.
However, some community groups have opposed using city parkland. The new owners will consider other sites.
"We are very aware of the Queens negotiation," Soriano said of the 13-acre plot of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park that has been previously discussed for a stadium. "This is not about finding a stadium. This is about finding a home that will be successful from a commercial, and soccer perspective as well as a community perspective."
Holly Leicht, executive director of New Yorkers for Parks, said the Yankees' involvement "opens the door for the possibility there might be a serious discussion about relocating where the stadium will go."
For a soccer stadium to be built at Flushing Meadows, NYC FC would have to reach an agreement with the Mets to use Citi Field's parking lots. The Mets declined comment on the Yankees' deal.
"It seems to make sense with the Yankees involved that the doorstep of Citi Field would be less enticing perhaps than before," Leicht said.
Yankee Stadium is hosting Manchester City on Saturday for a friendly versus Chelsea FC. The Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will also be shown on the big screen.
"Yankee Stadium is an option, as are many places," Levine said.
The new team is intended to spark a rivalry with the New York Red Bulls, who play in Harrison, New Jersey.
"The Red Bulls now will have a rival here in the market providing them with that derby-like competition that is such a driver of what makes football so successful around the world," said Garber, calling the addition of a second New York team a "big transformational event."
The Yankees have long been exploring football deals. A partnership with Manchester United was announced in 2001, but that turned into a now-expired licensing and broadcasting agreement in which the clubs sold each other's licensed goods and exchanged television programming. The Yankees' YES Network has broadcast Arsenal games on a delayed basis since October 2010.
Legends Hospitality, co-owned by the Yankees, Dallas Cowboys and Checketts Partners Investment Fund, takes over hospitality and catering at Manchester City's Etihad Stadium next season under a partnership with Jamie Oliver's Fabulous Feasts that was announced in January. Legends already has started work on premium seats sales.
Levine downplayed his verbal sparring with Garber four years ago, which followed the MLS commissioner's comments about empty premium seats at the new New York baseball stadiums. Levine said then "if he ever gets Major League Soccer into the same time zone as the Yankees, we might take him seriously."
"Don and I are old friends," Levine said Tuesday. "What's a little fun between friends?"
With the decision completed on team No. 20, MLS can turn attention to No. 21.
Former Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham, who plays his final game this weekend before retiring, has an option to buy an MLS expansion team at below cost. Miami appears to be a possible market.
"It's just premature," Garber said. "Clearly, we've got to finalize a long-term expansion plan for the league."
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War's long-term effects
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War's long-term effects
Soldiers not only suffered on the battlefield. Veterans often needed long-term care owing to the physical and psychological impact of war. The close proximity of people in wartime conditions meant diseases such as tuberculosis could easily spread. The exertion of battle could highlight other health problems including asthma and heart conditions. Some conditions such as trench foot, an infection of the feet caused by cold, wet and unsanitary conditions, were very specific to the water-filled trenches of the First World War (1914-18).
Emotional problems caused by war: shell shock
In addition to physical problems either exacerbated or caused by war, emotional problems could also be brought on by battle. The First World War is often associated with the syndrome called shell shock. This was originally believed to have a physical origin, caused by the impact of loud shelling. However, it became clear that soldiers who had never been exposed to shells were developing the same symptoms. During the horrendous Battle of the Somme in 1916, there was a severe increase in the number of cases.
Little sympathy for shell-shocked soldiers in the First World War
Because of its psychological origins, shell shock was defined as a neurosis, and there was little sympathy for shell-shocked soldiers. Many boys lied about their age to get into the British Army, and many of the fighting forces were ill equipped to deal with the carnage of the western front. Some refused to fight and were shot for cowardice, while others suffered the effects of shell shock for many years afterwards. In the First World War, 306 British soldiers were executed for cowardice - many of these look likely to receive posthumous pardons from the British government.
Psychological testing: assessing the suitability of soldiers
During the Second World War (1939-45) psychiatrists in the United States used psychological testing to determine a recruit's suitability to be a soldier. Despite these tests, the effects of battle were still hard on soldiers. Many demonstrated symptoms of high levels of stress, a condition referred to as battle fatigue. These soldiers were removed from the fighting and rested. More women were closer to the front lines than in previous wars, but the authorities still thought they were less suited to being close to the fighting than men. A number of men and women were discharged from the forces in the Second World War as they were considered unsuitable for the military.
War syndromes: the impact of war on behaviour and the mind
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was the term used after 1980 to explain the effect of war on soldiers and was later used outside the military to describe the impact of a traumatic event on an individual. However, there is a long history of different diagnoses used to try and get to grips with the psychological impact of war. The most recent war syndromes include Gulf War syndrome, experienced mainly by American and British soldiers who fought in the 1991 Gulf War.
Wartime health of populations: radiation in Japan
War can also have a dramatic impact on the health of civilian populations. The hydrogen bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had a horrendous immediate impact, killing thousands. They also had long-term effects on the population. Radiation sickness and birth defects of children were problems experienced long after the buildings destroyed by the bomb were rebuilt.
Children and war
Civilians, particularly children, can also suffer the effects of trauma. Child psychoanalysis emerged during the Second World War from the work of Anna Freud, psychoanalyst and daughter of Sigmund Freud. She set up a centre for young war victims called the Hampstead War Nursery. Here the children separated from their parents were given foster care. After the war this continued at the Bulldogs Bank Home, an orphanage that was run by Freud's colleagues and which took care of children who had survived the concentration camps.
The after effects of war for the population
Civilian populations often have to deal with the after effects of war. They include damage to infrastructure such as hospitals and to medical care, often a result of a shortage of doctors. A number of countries, especially in Asia, have had to deal with the devastating effects of land mines on the local population.
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Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory
Bullying, mugging, dueling, gunfights, looting, mosh pits, soccer hooliganism, snipers, domestic abuse, and on and on. Violence in its many different forms is all around us. Or so it seems.
Like many great studies, Randall Collins's Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory (Princeton University Press, 2008) begins with social phenomenon of great interest and a counter-intuitive insight about that phenomenon. In his words, "if we consider that everyday life unfolds in chains of situations, minute by minute, most of the time there is very little violence." Instead of assuming that violence is prevalent and in need of explanation, Collins begins with the observation that although confrontational situations are common, actual violence is rare. How people avoid violence is at least as important as understanding how they engage in it.
Rather than pursuing violence with fervor, in most cases people do everything they can to avoid it. Therefore, "violence is a set of pathways around confrontational tension and fear." It is, however, the path less traveled. When taken, it is usually done quickly and clumsily. How exactly this is achieved is the empirical focus of this study, and symbolic interactionism is the theoretical lens.
Although "symbolic interactionism" is commonly taught in introductory sociology courses, rigorous and high profile examples of true interactionist studies are rare. Violence is such an exemplary interactionist analysis, grounding larger social processes and outcomes in emergent interactional situations. Violence from this perspective is not a thing, not a property of individuals or organizations. Violence, rather, is a process, that takes place in a great many micro-situations. In seeing violence emerging in and through interactions between concretely situated individuals, Collins reveals his indebtedness to Erving Goffman and his own work on Interaction Ritual Chains (2004).
At the heart of Collins' micro-sociological theory is the concept of "confrontational tension." As people enter into an antagonistic interactional situation, their fear/tension is heightened. These emotions become a roadblock to violence, and so flight and stalemate often result. Actual violence only occurs when pathways around this roadblock can be found that lead people into a "tunnel of violence." Collins identifies several pathways into this tunnel, the most dangerous of which is "forward panic." In these situations, the confrontational tension builds up and is suddenly released so that it spills forward into atrocities ranging from the Rodney King beating to the My Lai massacre, the rape of Nanking, and the Rwandan genocide. Other ways around the stalemate of confrontational tension are to attack a weak victim (e.g., domestic violence) or to be encouraged by an audience (e.g., lynch mobs). Clearly, these pathways can also be combined, as when a schoolyard bully is encouraged by a crowd of classmates or when forward panic is stimulated by a group of bystanders.
How exactly to study the emergent character of violence is a significant challenge that Collins addresses very resourcefully. Although he did observe at first hand some violent situations, the bulk of the data Collins analyzes is not from fieldwork but from underutilized data sources such as videotapes, audio recordings, photographs, memoirs, historical accounts, and diaries.
Although it comprehensively analyzes what it sets out to, this book self-consciously brackets some aspects of violence, including violence institutionalized in meso- and macro-organizations, warfare and geopolitics, torture and rape. Collins promises to take these topics up in a companion volume. Given all that he has offered here, we look forward to the sequel.
Violence is a distinguished book in its own right, but we cannot help but observe that it is written by a very distinguished author. Randall Collins is The Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and the President of the American Sociological Association. With this award, he joins Charles Tilly as a two-time winner of the Distinguished Book Award. Collins' The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change (Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 1998) won the award in 1999.
Violence is being recognized this year alongside Marion Fourcade's Economists and Societies: Discipline and Profession in the United States, Britain, and France, 1890s to 1990s (Princeton University Press, 2009).


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With millions of Americans at risk of default and foreclosure on their mortgages, Simon in Florida has a question that's on a lot of readers' minds. What happens if you can only make a partial mortgage payment?
What will happen if I only make a portion (half) of my monthly payment to the bank during this time of economic crisis? Will the bank foreclose my home? After all, I'm paying not the full amount, but it's the only amount that I can send.
— Simon,Cape Coral, Fla.
Most lenders won't take partial payment — so you'll likely get the check back in the mail.
But you don't go straight to foreclosure by missing one payment. Foreclosure happens in stages: The first is when the bank decides you've officially defaulted on your loan. That usually means you've missed more than one payment.
Even if you've gotten a notice of default, there are steps you can take to avoid foreclosure. One of the most important — and difficult — decisions is whether you think you can handle the mortgage over the long term with help from the lender. In some cases, that may not be possible and the best solution is to sell your home before the foreclosure process gets started. That way you avoid having the foreclosure on your record and damaging your ability to get credit in the future.
If you've got one of those loans that starts at a rate you can afford and then jumps to a level you can't you may qualify for an interest rate freeze. It's very difficult to generalize. There are guidelines for lenders, but they're all voluntary. Each lender is looking at late loans on a case-by-case basis.
The most important thing to do is contact the lender as soon as possible to see if they'll agree to an alternative payment plan. In some cases, they'll offer a plan to make up the payments you've missed. Or they may agree to change the terms of your loan to something more affordable.
With so many people falling behind, lenders are swamped with calls. So you may want get in touch with a housing or credit counselor who can help you through the process.
You can try the Hope Now Alliance at 1-888-995-HOPE. If you'd like to meet with a counselor in person, go to the National Foundation for Credit Counseling's Web site to find an office. You can also call the NFCC's Homeowner Crisis Resource Center at 866-557-2227 or visit their Web site.
Make sure you work with someone who is HUD-approved or accredited by the NFCC. With so many homeowners having trouble, crooks are coming out of the woodwork with a variety of "rescue" scams. (Foreclosure notices are public records, so it's easy enough to find out who's getting into trouble.)
In some cases, these scammers say they're going to help you but are really trying to buy your house on the cheap — or trick you into signing it over to them. Others will charge a big fee to "fix" the problem — by filing bogus documents and showing you fake papers that seem to show you've solved the problem.
Some scammers will offer to buy your house from you and let you rent it back until you can afford to buy it back. If you miss a payment the deal's canceled and you lose everything. If you make the payments, the buyback price may be higher than the house is worth.
For more information on avoiding foreclosure, including contact numbers for lenders, check the Federal Housing Administration's Web site.
I was discharged on my debts in bankruptcy but had a car loan which was my major bill that was always paid on time for two years. Now I need to rebuild my score. I was told that getting a secured credit card that reports to credit bureaus was a good start. Do you agree?
— Mary, Hephzibah, Ga.
Yes. One of the most important parts of a good credit record is a solid payment history on more than one loan or credit card. That can be a problem if you're just starting out — or your credit history is so bad no one will give you a loan or a credit card.
A secured card is an account that includes a deposit you make up front, usually equal to your credit limit, which should pay you interest like a savings account. That may sound like the debit card you use to get money from your checking account, but there are a few important differences.
With a debit card, the money to pay the transaction is taken out of your account immediately. With a secured credit card, the lender extends you credit and you're billed at the end of the month — just like an unsecured card. But because you've paid the lender a deposit up front, there's less risk you won't pay off your balance.
You'll also owe interest on outstanding balances — just like an unsecured credit card. And the terms vary widely from one lender to the next. Shop around: Some of these cards have such high fees they'll take a big bite out of your deposit before you start using the card. Watch out for other onerous terms — like a mandatory a payment "insurance" policy, for example.
You may also want to try opening a credit card with a retailer. Some stores are quicker to give you a credit card to promote their brand; the hope is you'll to shop more at their stores and they'll make a little more money by charging interest on everything you buy.
Of course, signing up for more cards isn't a good idea if you run balances on them — which will soon get you back on the bad credit track you're trying to get avoid. So sign up one at a time, see how it goes and don't take on more cards until you've begun building that solid track record.
For more on how to get and keep a good credit store, check out the Web site for Fair Isaac Corporation, the "FICO" behind the scores.
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The Samarkand observatory, for the construction of which Ulugh Beg was primarily responsible, was left untouched when Samarkand was conquered by Uzbeks in 1500. Samarkans was incorporated into the Bukhara Khanate. This is very important, because the city of Bukhara, even then, was becoming a major repository of Islamic written (and, later, printed) works. It grew into a major trading center and thousands of precious scrolls and books traveled the Silk Road to western centers of Islamic learning. In large measure, that is why we have available to us the works of so many 11th- to 15th-century Islamic scholars. Samarkand declined in importance until, for about 50 years (172[?] to 177[?]) it had no inhabitants. Long before then, virtually every scrap of paper, silk scroll, papyrus, vellum, &c. had been removed to the covered souks in Bukhara. Imperial Russia partially resurrected Samarkand as a rail center during the 19th-Century Great Game.
Over the centuries, the Bukhara souks had developed into the single largest documentary resource in all of Islam. In some respects, it was a marketing center; in some it was a giant library. Sadly, that first-place distinction was annihilated early in the 20th-Century.
In their first attempt to force Bukhara into the new Red USSR empire, the Bolsheviks were repelled by a small patriotic force. As punishment, Moscow named Samarkand the capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic and, simultaneously, sent a modern army against the ancient city. The overwhelming force included heavy artillery, tanks and heavy bombing raids by airplanes. Nothing of the Bukhara archives survived. The canvas covered souks were as ineffective as air against explosives and incendiary devices. Of course, history tends to be written by the conquerors and the USSR, with a penchant for revising history at the drop of a hat, tried to write the barbaric destruction of Bukhara out of history. Western left wing authors occasionally make reference to the ruins of ancient covered bazaars, unwilling as they are to lay the blame where it belongs.
Here are quotations from some paragraphs in David Fromkin's book, A Peace to End All Peace , chapter 56, A Death in Bukhara [of 1918] p. 485
... In the city's seven-mile honeycomb of covered bazaars, ... [t]here was a lively traffic ... A center of the commerce in rare manuscripts and libraries in many oriental languages, Bukhara continued to be the principal book market in Central Asia.
[of 1920] p. 486
In the summer of 1920 the Red Army attacked again, and Russian troops under the command of Mikhail Frunze bombarded Bukhara. . . . the Red Army, with its airplanes and armored vehicles, moved forward on 2 September, bringing Bukhara's medieval rule to an end: the library, containing possibly the greates collections of Moslem [sic] manuscripts in the world, went up in flames.One can only speculate what untold treasures went up in smoke. But all may not be lost. Today, in Lebanon, there are innumerable early Islamic texts lying unscrutinized by scholarly eyes. One such document, translated quite recently, describes and illustrates an ancient concept of a sun-centered solar system.


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Boehner first addressed CUNA's GAC in 2011, and is one of two sitting Speakers of the House to address the conference. Newt Gingrich spoke at GAC in February 1998, which was the same year he introduced H.R. 1151, the Credit Union Membership Access Act.
"We are very honored to again have Speaker Boehner join us at the GAC," said CUNA President/CEO Bill Cheney said. "We know he has a full agenda in the House with debt ceiling, sequestration and government funding measures all coming to the fore near the time of our conference. The Speaker's acceptance of our invitation is indicative of his appreciation for all credit unions do to ably serve their members in Ohio and nationwide."
CUNA's 2013 GAC takes place Feb. 24 – 28 at the Washington Convention Center.
Other confirmed speakers include newly named House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.), House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and House Financial Services Committee senior members Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) and Ed Royce (R-Calif.).
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But do to some unforeseen things outside of CC, RJ will not be able to finish the map. But after some talking, here is what RJ agreed to allow.
RjBeals wrote:Because of other projects that sort of all happened at once, WidowMakers has agreed to finish this map for me. I don't want a second revamp falling into the foundry furnace (Brazil will get done one day). He's already been working on it for over a week. I know he's already taken out at least one of those center lakes and made another mountain range. He's going to complete all the finishing touches (ie. border errors, legend, territory names, map title?)..
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http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7029 ... xmlab1.png
SMALL Version 2
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/6462 ... xmlab4.png
Large Version 7
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6762 ... xmlij1.png
Large Version 6
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9237 ... xmlbl3.png
Large Version 5
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4356 ... v05ot8.png
Large Version 4
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5746 ... v04uq7.png
Large Version 3
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/4071 ... v03mj3.png
Here are the changes I made to RJ's map in the competition:
- 1) Adjusted borders to fit Centerscape GP (I think)
2) Applied Title that RJ had worked on but not finished for the competition
3) Fixed legend colors
4) Fixed bridge colors
5) Added Mountains
6) Names Bonus regions (not final and I know I spelled Fire Mountains wrong)
7) Added lake monster
8) Added Dragon in Purple/Red mountains
9) Added Dragon to legend
10) Moved around some names so they would fit better
LARGE Version 02
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5169 ... v02to3.png
SMALL Version 01
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7499 ... v01oz5.png
To Do:
- 1) Pick appropriate names for territories (only where absolutely needed MUST HAVE GOOD REASON)
2) Colors (specifically orange and red)
3) Legend names?
4) Add RJ sig to map
5) Maybe add more creatures to land and sea/lakes
6) Other suggestion...
My goal is to alter the map as little as possible from RJ's design. Everything you see here was in the original PSD file I got from RJ (except the lake monster and mountain dragon)
P.S. I assume this can be moved to the MAIN Foundry because it has passed the IDEAs right?