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Poignant. Look below the line. Look at the question. The pointing, the critique, the senseless babble of quasi-answers below. And look above the line. Emptiness. Fullness. The void.
a finite segment with an infinite number of points within, but absolutely no presumptions about anything else.
It's that tricksy tool for the technique the nasty cops use to see if I can walk it when I've had a vodka. Nasty tricksy thing, we hates it.
It is the line I refuse to cross, beyond which lies madness.
The projection of a 3D object, with 'z' set to zero?
Twiggy post 9/11?
Romney's election results?
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Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly has welcomed an adorable baby boy.
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"We just got details about Megyn Kelly's big baby news," Kelly's Fox News pal Shannon Beam announced today on America Live, before revealing the first photo of the newborn. "Here is the picture. Say hello to Thatcher Bray Brunt."
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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - With no tickets being available on sale for the public and two undefeated SEC rivals set to face off, the demand in the secondary ticket market for No. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 5 Georgia steadily climbed in the past few weeks, according to the university.
One such secondary website has tickets listed anywhere from $168 to as much $5,500 and people are posting all over the internet looking for tickets to the game. Face value on the single game Georgia ticket is $70. While such demand for a game is exciting, it also poses risks, the university said.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - euphemisms used in elt recruitment. Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in euphemisms used in elt recruitment. Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message biffinbridgeJoined: 05 May 2003Posts: 701Location: Frank's Wild Years Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 9:46 am Post subject: euphemisms used in elt recruitment. I once worked in a dump called Decin located in the'Little Switzerland' of Bohemia...yeah right.Similarly,Bydgoszcz was not the 'Venice' of Wielka Polska,as promised. Can anyone ad to this list of HR chodspeak. Back to top gerardJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 581Location: Internet Cafe Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 11:36 am Post subject: I hear ya. My present gig in China was advertised as a "seaside resort with a magnificent view of..." View my ass. If there was anything to see you wouldnt see it due to the freakin pollution anyway. And fish could not survive in that water let alone swim. But I guess it is the same everywhere. Ahhhh....such is life. (Did you notice me waxing philisophical there.) Back to top Stephen JonesJoined: 21 Feb 2003Posts: 4124 Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 11:43 am Post subject: My favorite ad was for jobs in "Sunny Dubai". Couldn't fault it for accuracy though. Actually it's a general rule on Dave's cafe that the quality of the job is in inverse proportion to the length and poetry of the ad. "Come live the real life in idyllic surroundings in the cradle of the Ming dynasty" means come and get ripped off, living in a hovel, eaten by mosquitos, twelve hours from anywhere, in a place where the last thing of note happened two thousand years ago. Back to top J.D.Guest Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 11:44 am Post subject: Have you heard about the Aeronautical University in Guilin? No they do not learn how to design, build or fly airplanes. What about the Shanghai University of International Exchange? They have no foreign exchange students, teachers, programs, or class instruction in foreign trade etc. And of course there are the TV Universities that have nothing to do with the television industry whatsoever. What about the Wuhan Railroad University? The closest they come to a train is a picture on the wall. And the beat goes on and on and on......... Back to top StephenJoined: 02 Feb 2003Posts: 101 Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 12:26 pm Post subject: Then of course you have: a good salary by local standards Translated into accurate English this means: a good opportunity to experience genuine poverty A timeless classic of EFL job advertisement. Back to top Kent F. KruhoefferJoined: 22 Jan 2003Posts: 2129Location: 中国 Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 12:59 pm Post subject: tee hee You guys are really cracking me up. I love the 'competitive local salary' ads too. You always know what that means. Stephen Jones wins the prize with this one, though: "Come live the real life in idyllic surroundings in the cradle of the Ming dynasty" means come and get ripped off, living in a hovel, eaten by mosquitos, twelve hours from anywhere, in a place where the last thing of note happened two thousand years ago." I'm still laughin ... God, that's funny. I give it BestWishes, keNt Back to top J.D.Guest Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 1:17 pm Post subject: Work in the most beautiful City in China. There are no beautiful Cities in China. One of China's best tourist places. China has no tourist places, except maybe Guilin. Enjoy the culture and history of China travelling while you work as a teacher. This implies that your vacation will be intermittently interupted by the necessity of a little work. Back to top RogerJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 9138 Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 1:57 pm Post subject: Guan Ya regularly advertise: "...cradle of Manchuria..." whatever that means. (Manchuria is not politically correct in Mao-Deng Chinglish). Besides if you work in "Manchuria" you got to have pullovers (sweaters to you Usanians) grown on your skin as heating always is insufficent in that Siberian part of CHina. Back to top David BowlesJoined: 30 Jan 2003Posts: 249 Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 4:30 pm Post subject: The best one I've seen probably wasn't misleading, unless they had a funny idea about what attracts foreign teachers- a school called 'Shenyang Oilfield No.44 Middle School'. Enticing huh? All the best seem to be in China though. I saw a lengthy school description that repeatedly emphasised its 'military discipline' standards. Back to top Stephen JonesJoined: 21 Feb 2003Posts: 4124 Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 6:06 pm Post subject: English First seem to have trademarked the long "descriptive" ad heading, so you'll see it for their Indonesian outfits as well as their China ones. In the body of the ads there was the school in Mongolia that offered $100 a month but you did have the perks of unlimited internet access and a free overcoat given to you when you got off the plane! Incidentally we could do another thread of euphemisms found in teachers CV's. It does seem a general rule that the length of the CV is in inverse proportion to the amount of experience it describes. Back to top StephenJoined: 02 Feb 2003Posts: 101 Posted: Sat May 10, 2003 5:24 am Post subject: Then of course there is: a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the real China Translated into accurate English: this school is located in an area quarantined because of SARS, and even if you survive your contract [the last teacher didn't], you will never be let out before retirement age, anyway And: an excellent opportunity to learn the language Translated: the nearest person who can speak two words of English lives 500 miles away, so if you plan on eating, learn fast Back to top StephenJoined: 02 Feb 2003Posts: 101 Posted: Sat May 10, 2003 9:32 am Post subject: Then we have: a friendly boss Translated: a crook, don't expect to get paid Then the classic: a friendly boss with great English Translated: a crook who doesn't see why running a business teaching English would necessitate him/her learning any; don't expect to get paid As well as: a warm, caring and friendly boss Translated: a gangster And even: a warm, caring and friendly boss with great English Translated: a gangster who doesn't see why running a business teaching English would necessitate him learning any; don't even ask to get paid Back to top Ben Round de BlocJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 1946 Posted: Sat May 10, 2003 2:18 pm Post subject: Yucatecan style Director says: Your hourly wage is based on your credentials and experience. Translation: With your MA in TESOL and 15 years of EFL teaching experience, you'll earn half as much per hour as my nephew who teaches for us and who almost completed upper-intermediate level at Happy Time English Institute. Director says: We're currently paying our teachers 80 pesos per hour. Translation: Since you aren't currently working for us yet, we'll pay you 60 pesos per hour. After we withhold taxes and deductions for our tax filing services, you'll end up with about 30 pesos per hour if you're lucky. Director says: We don't provide housing, but we'll assist you in finding a nice apartment. Translation: My brother-in-law is a landlord. He has some really over-priced, dumpy apartments that he rents to foreigners, because they're new to the city and don't know any better. Director says: Our north site location where you'll be teaching is easy to get to using the Circuito bus. The site is only about 10 minutes from downtown. Translation: If they're running behind schedule, Circuito bus drivers don't stop to pick up passengers. During rush hour, when you most likely need to catch a bus, Circuito buses with capacity for 40 passengers usually have about 80 people on them. By the way, Circuito buses don't go downtown. You have to catch another bus from downtown, which goes nowhere near our north site, and then transfer to a Circuito bus. It's 10 minutes from downtown in your own car. Best wishes! Back to top biffinbridgeJoined: 05 May 2003Posts: 701Location: Frank's Wild Years Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 9:03 am Post subject: another one A bonus will be paid on completion of contract...really? Back to top WolfJoined: 10 May 2003Posts: 1245Location: Middle Earth Posted: Wed May 14, 2003 3:02 am Post subject: Okay, not strictly on topic, but here's a general rule: The degree of professionalism you will experience at the job is inversely proportional to the strictness of the dress code. Oh, and this is on topic: We here at Euphorically Happy Engish have no dress code. (In the contract.) Instead read: You must wear the monkey suit in 40 degree heat even though the air conditioner is broken. We will of course fine you for all violatins of our unwritten dress code. Another one: Seeking a cheerful instructor who is a team player. Read: Looking for a fresh - off - the boat sucker who will take all of our abuse in the name of "cultural expereince." And finally, my all time favorite: Competative salry. Which means I'm sure many amoung us know: You'll be hard pressed fo find a company who will demand more and offer less. 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Here's my Review for Evangelion 2.0:
In a few words: Lame High Definition Recap (LHDR)
In more words: Evangelion 2.0 had more recap percentage than 1.0 what makes it more like a cloned trim from the series. There are very few anime titles that can match original NGE TV series (1-24) and this "2.0" surely is not one of them.
I really was anxious to see this but now i can see it was a completer loss of time and resources.
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I think this was because of some Evangelion game though that this theory popped up... So take it as you will
Personally, I'm hoping it's not a sequel because that was already sort of done I think pretty darn well in the EVA RE-TAKE doujin... Although that's only if you are a Shinji x Asuka shipper.
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There's too much of the same plot with slight changes, even if the quality is high it cannot save the plot's ass, sufficiently annoying, looks like amateur's work
Its a good moneymaker for the studios, apart from that...nada
I believe the people who rated this as "The best movie ever" or never seen evangelion or are really hard-core fans and thus too much influenced to give a neutral opinion
My 2 cents, if you're a hardcore fan, don't take it personal...
|2010-05-31, 18:08
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Funny you mentioned hardcore fans, when it's the 'Moderates' that liked the movie, whereas the hardcore fans didn't like it at all.
And I think we WERE watching different movies: we all watched 2.22. :P
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There are some suspicious similarities in the way the characters act in the movies and the way they behaved in Re-take. Except Re-take gave the reader access to the internal dialog of the characters so the changed behavior made sense. The events in the movies so far exclude an exact copy of events, but a variation on the Re-take idea is still an option.
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But yeah, I'm not quite sure if we can take that seriously or not.
@Bri, Sorry I didn't mean to say only if you are an Asuka x Shinji shipper, I think I ment it's easier to like if you are. It doesn't exclude other fans though.
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I'm curious to see where things are going to go with the next movies. The changes really leave you wondering what will happen. Some pretty impressive fights since they do make the Angels pretty spectacular in these movies. A lot happened in the movie, but wouldn't try to just hit everything in one post.
Do wonder about Asuka's future. Obviously we saw her in the preview which was a relief. Didn't think they would outright kill her, but her condition hardly looked good. It was amazing to just survive what happened and then being stored away like that was just rough. She tries to do a positive thing by taking a spot in the test and in the end it costs her dearly. Had to be a nightmare for Shinji to be stuck in the Eva while his unit was just going wild.
Also curious what will happen when she does make her return. Obviously things can't just return to normal like in the classroom when Shinji didn't make any lunch. Wonder about Shinji's feelings since there wasn't as much time to bond in the movie. Her feelings were pretty clear though.
Anyways it'll be a tough wait for the next movie since I really want to see what happens next.
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I like the new less emo approach of the new movies. Angels look better, action is faster but it's lacking the overall development of the series which is good and bad I guess.
Shinji isn't such a whining little bitch. Still cry's and whines but not to the extent where his pathetic. I know that his supposed to be an allegory for Jesus and sacrificed for man kind's survival. Yet this time around his actually likable to a point and stronger in character with just small hints of a father complex. Not a overall pathetic complex as in the series.
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well, I quite enjoyed 2.0/2.22. Even though I have to say I fully agree with Reckoner and everything he said. You're NOT alone, buddy. <-- lol pun
Major changes I disliked: Tsundere Asuka, and happy Rei... 'nuff said.
anyway, I wonder what will happen next, since:
Spoiler for from wiki, and to make my post shorter:
so, with only 2 (or at least 1) angels remaining, Adam and Lilith are going to play a major role, uh? mmhh... interesting, I'm curious to see how this will turn out. let's wait and see.
ah, and I was wondering, who will pilot Unit-08... Kaworu, Mari? any idea?
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This theard is interesting to read.
I remember, when i was watching Evangelion the first time, in 1996 or 1997(dont exactly recall). I still have the video tapes, i recorded from the german tv channel, called Vox with german subtitles.
Since then, i have always been in the Evangelion fever. Sometimes more, sometimes less.
When i heart, that there will be four brand new movies about Evangelion, the first thought, that crossed my mind was "OMG, finaly something new, i havent seen plenty of times already."
Im realy glad, that the same creator and all voice actors team up again, to make new films, 15 years after the anime release. Many people dont like, that the new films are not as close to the 26 episodes anime and the EoE movie, cause the characters may not be "themself" cause for example, Rei is getting more emotions, Asuka seems to show her love for Shinji even more, and Shinji... He realy tries to save people, he likes, even if that would cost the lives of many other people.
What i realy liked in the old series and also in the new films is the quality and precision in every scene. So many details, that i dont get bored, if i rewatch the movie servai times, so high quality, that its always an eyecandy to watch the films in 1080p HD quality, and sure not forget to mention, the effects. Realy a big ThumbsUP for the first two movies.
I think, who's a bigger fan, and who not, is not measurable.
The only articels from Evangelion, i own. are the DVD's of the anime, the movie and some mangas. I dont have that many fan articles, like many people here do, but why is that a reason, that im not such a big Evangelion fanatic(almost lover), like all other(?).
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Joseph (Peter Mullan), an unemployed widower with regular outbursts of rage befriends charity shop worker Hannah (Olivia Colman). Discovering Hannah's husband regularly beats Hannah up, Joseph take her into his home until she finds her feet but with Joseph struggling to hold in his anger at the world around him, he might not be the help Hannah needs.
Paddy Considine is an actor whose work I am a big fan of. All of his roles, whether comedic or dramatic have been pretty fantastic and there's nothing I like more than when an actor I like takes the step into directing and it works this well. With the story also written by Considine (is there anything this man can't do?), we receive a fully realised drama with absolutely pitch perfect dialogue and characters that come with a whole lot of weight.
Peter Mullan's lead performance is a full on nasty man in a film with its fair share of nasty men. 'Joseph' is immediately presented as a force to be reckoned with. A man full of venom with his words and enough clout to back it up with his actions. We are not meant to like this man at all but through the course of the film he becomes Hannah's protector of sorts and along with the watchful eye he keeps on his young neighbour and the boy's pitbull loving stepfather, Joseph's view of the world and his actions towards it almost become the only way to go.
For those who have seen the trailer, there's a distinct mood that this film is about violence and of course it is but how the responses to these violent acts are handled is extremely human. Olivia Coleman's performance is at times absolutely mesmerising especially in the small moments involving her abusive husband and the growth of Joesph through the movie has moments of pure genius from Peter Mullan. These are two very, very strong performances for two characters who have a devastating realism to them.
Of course it helps having great actors but it's also the screenplay that elevates the story even more. It's well structured, it hits all the right nerves, even with the fairly well trodden plot and in all the right moments the dialogue can be tender or devastating or both. You can see Considine knows his cast and there's a real sense that he knows the story he's out to tell. The UK film scene has quite a reputation for these story next door tales of downtrodden suburban life but Tyrannosaur gets everything right and Considine's steady hand behind the camera shows what British filmaking can provide at its best.
Tyrannosaur comes with a crisp modern looking presentation, with rich detail and natural lighting. Colours are generally darker in tone and blacks are always inky but that doesn't make the film a dark affair. Natural lighting gives everything a nice look and it really sells the textures but despite the Britishness of the movie, it's incredibly cinematic and very pleasing to look at.
Peter Mullan's wrinkled, stubbled face in close up looks incredibly textured as does much of the clothing and settings in the film. Skin tones are slightly bronzed, a trait Britsh films tend to avoid, and colours within the drab home-lives of the characters are strong even with the darker pallette. Tyrannosaur really does a fine job of walking the line between presenting visuals of everyday Britain and still managing to look like a film and a very nice looking one at that.
Tyrannosaur is a largely quiet film with small moments of atmospheric music as well as stronger score elements from time to time. There's good, strong dialogue with a bit of ambience underpinning the uneasy feeling throughout and the growl in Peter Mullan's voice adds so much more power to his abusive dialogue it's hard not to be impressed with the Scottish gravel in his words. Most of the the time dialogue is the strongest element in the mix with backgrounds taking a backseat as a distant ambience to fill out scenes in the street or pub. The short nightclub scene offers up more bass and pounding music, as well as multilayered drinkers filing everything out. The track is subtle one but it's an effective one for the mood of the film.
The disc opens with trailers for Carnage, Awakening and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
The audio commentary with writer/director Paddy Considine and producer Diarmid Scrimshaw is strongly led by Considine and he gives a good insight into his story and the making of the film (as well as a few chuckles). We begin with a brief history of the short film and how it developed into a feature. We're led through his characters with a real depth and Considine shows a real admiration for the performances and how the characters developed to how we see them on screen. To make the track even better, Considine airs a lot of passion for what he didn't want his movie to do. How he seemed to be striving for honesty in many of his scenes and how there was no room for the old clichés. This track really is a fine companion to the film and a real show of Considine's attention to small crucial moments to sell his story as well as his love of cinema and storytelling. This is a very strong track and by far one of the best I've heard in a good while. It really is well worth a listen.
'Dog Altogether' (16:34 HD) is the short film Considine made a while back (2007)and it's essentially a short film version of Tyrannosaur. Much like the first half of the full length film the focus is on Joseph and the beats are essentially the same up until he meets Hannah in the charity shop.
The deleted scenes (11:40 HD) have optional commentary from Considine and he gives a great bit of insight into his cuts and discusses what worked in the short film and doesn't in the feature length.
The stills gallery is pretty standard stuff with no score to accompany the images and wrapping up is the trailer (01:58 HD).
Tyrannosaur was every bit as good as I hoped it would be and probably even better than that, placing high in my favourite films of 2011 (despite only actually seeing it now). This is a well structured drama that was quite reminiscent of what Shane Meadows has been achieving with his ever growing This is England series, in that there seems to be a new wave of British filmakers that are taking the tried and tested and giving them a much needed modern edge. The disc looks and sound great and with the absolutely fantastic commentary and original short film this is an all round great package for a great film.
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Been meaning to watch this one. Especially for Coleman's performance. And Peter Mullen. And Eddie Marsan. Ahhhh that cast is awesome.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 7th February 2012
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio, LPCM 2.0 Stereo, Audio Description English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Commentary, Short Film, Deleted Scenes, Stills Gallery, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Paddy Considine
Cast: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan
Genre: Drama
Length: 93 minutes
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Rafael Nadal will make his long-awaited comeback a week after the conclusion of the Australian Open after he confirmed his participation at the Chile Open.
The 11-time grand slam champion, who hasn't played since June after struggling to recover from a knee injury, delayed his expected comeback in January following a stomach virus.
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NEW YORK, NY-February 20, 2013 � Dr. Jeffrey Peck, Dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences and Vice Provost for Global Strategies at Baruch College has been selected to serve as a panelist during the 2013 Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) Annual Conference, scheduled from Feb. 17-20, in New Orleans, LA.
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- "Reuniting Theory and Practice: Academic v. Administrative Approaches to Understanding Global Change," will explore intersections and contradictions between academic and administrative approaches to globalization.
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LONG BEACH – While the Long Beach Water Department's cash reserves rose by 566 percent after water and sewer rates were hiked in recent years, officials say there will be no refunds to customers nor will rates be lowered.
About half of the more than $40 million reserve is already earmarked for projects and to offset a particularly bleak forecast for 2013 and beyond, said Kevin Wattier, general manager of the Water Department.
Rather, Wattier said the Water Department will do what it can to hold the line against future rate hikes, adding that current reserves may only cover one or two years worth of deficits.
Wattier spoke briefly with a reporter following a Long Beach City Council meeting last month, but he declined multiple interview requests to further discuss his department's budget.
The general manager appeared before the council when City Auditor Laura Doud presented her review of the department that first shed light on the unusually large reserves. Doud said the audit was done in response to questions from rate payers about hikes in past years.
Doud's report raised concerns about the massive amounts of cash the agency had set aside in reserves on the heels of double-digit rate hikes. Also, those increases were enacted during the depths of the recession at a time when many residents and ratepayers were suffering financially.
Although the Water Department has held water rates steady for the past two years, there were double-digit hikes in 2009 and 2010. Also, sewer rates were increased four straight years from 2009 to 2012.
The city-approved rate hikes in 2008 and 2009 translated into a cumulative increase of about $15 per month for the average household, or $180 annually.
The Water Department has steadfastly justified the increases because of the yearly deficits it had faced prior to the hikes, the rising costs of obtaining water and the need for reserves to fund capital projects and maintain a healthy bond rating.
Doud's report noted the lack of money spent on capital projects, saying that between 2009 and 2011 the department only spent 57 percent of the amounts projected for water projects and only 25 percent of the money forecast for sewer projects.
The department currently has seven budgeted projects on hold worth more than $9 million total.
"If they raised rates in order to fund the projects, I think they really have a duty to fulfill their responsibilities in getting those projects done," Doud said in October, when the report was first released.
Mayor Bob Foster said although he is a proponent of capital improvement projects and improving and modernizing infrastructure, he was uncomfortable with the idea that rates were raised for those purposes and not used.
"In a sense, we took money out of the consumer's pocket and put it in a bank where it doesn't belong," Foster said.
He said such moves affect the economy because money has been taken from consumers when it could have been spent by them elsewhere.
Although the Water Department didn't spend much of its capital improvement budget, last year it recorded its lowest number of water main breaks.
For 2012, the Water Department has budgeted more than $26 million for capital improvements, but only about $19 million for 2013.
Tom Stout of the Long Beach Taxpayers Association said his group isn't actively involved with the Water Department's issues, but he sees them as emblematic of the city as a whole.
"You shouldn't take in money if you don't have the wherewithal to spend it," Stout said.
Despite the concerns raised by the auditor's report, the Water Department has gotten high marks from the council as well as many in the water industry.
"I think they do a great job," said Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal, a former commissioner with the Metropolitan Water District who has an extensive background in water-related issues.
"It's not out of the ordinary" for water departments to carry large cash reserves, she said. "They're one of the few agencies that are building infrastructure."
She said many of the larger projects undertaken by the department cost millions of dollars and extensive work.
She added that many of the projects require cooperation from multiple agencies and cities, which can also stall projects interminably.
Long Beach has been lauded for its water conservation efforts, use of water recycling and desalination efforts. Despite the rate hikes, officials point out that Long Beach still has some of the lowest combined water and sewer rates in the state and nationally.
In the 2011 Black and Veatch Rate Study, Long Beach's combined rates for an average family was $64.25. That was $6.80 a month less than the average in Los Angeles County districts and also below the rates of Sacramento, San Jose, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco.
Nationally, according to a 2009-2010 Black and Veatch survey of the 50 largest cities in the U.S., Long Beach ranked No. 9 in affordability for combined water and sewer rates for residential customers and No. 6 for industrial customers. For sewer rates alone, depending on the amount of water used, Long Beach was ranked between No. 1 and No. 4. In water alone, Long Beach ranked between No. 30 and No. 44.
"I'm a little perplexed at the attention," Lowenthal said, adding she was caught off guard by the auditor's report.
Vice Mayor Robert Garcia said the audit contained important information and said there will be ongoing discussions about the findings. But he also lauded what he considered "a first-rate water department."
Councilman Gary DeLong was less concerned with the findings and is a big booster of Wattier and the department.
"I'm jealous. I wish the city had as much money in reserve as the Water Department," DeLong said. "I applaud the fact that they've put the money away for a rainy day."
DeLong went on to defend the department by noting that its rates still remain low regionally and nationally, even in the wake of the rate hikes.
He added that he believed the department would complete its capital improvements and only found fault that the department may have been "overly optimistic" about the projects it could undertake.
Some in City Hall have also groused privately that while most managers in government have gone without raises in recent years, Wattier, who makes about $231,000 annually, has had his pay boosted in good times and bad. However, from 2008 until his most recent $11,000 annual pay raise in October 2011, Wattier did not receive raises, and in 2009 he participated in a furlough similar to officials at City Hall.
Prior to that, he received regular raises of about 7 percent to 8 percent annually.
Again, DeLong rallied to Wattier's defense.
"I think Mr. Wattier is worth every penny and more," DeLong said.
"He's definitely a leader in the industry. I hope we hang onto him and don't lose him."
Still, Stout said he felt for the ratepayers, who he said are paying increased water and sewer rates for things that aren't being done and won't see relief.
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Skyfall returns Bond to solid ground
In a recent interview, director Sam Mendes stated that Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight "gave me the confidence to take Skyfall in directions that might not have been possible before it had been released." The second Batman movie was a wake-up call for the filmmaker and producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson as far as the stature of the James Bond character is concerned. Having successfully recast the role with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale but stumbling badly with the misguided Quantum of Solace those charged with making Bond relevant knew they had their work cut out for them.
With the release of Skyfall, the 23rd Bond feature, it's obvious that Mendes and company have risen to the challenge in a major way. The best film in the series in the last 20 years and one of the top five since its inception 50 years ago, this movie is a turning point for the franchise as it dares to reimagine many of its key elements setting the character and series on a firm path for the future, yet takes the time to recognize its storied past.
While the film sticks to the basic template that every feature in the series has adhered to since 1962's Dr. No, screenwriters John Logan, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade make sure to include no shortage of innovations where character development and shaking up the Bond universe is concerned. This time out, Bond is charged with retrieving a stolen hard drive that contains the names of every British agent who's become embedded in numerous international terrorist organizations. It becomes obvious early on that the man with the plan to create all sorts of havoc for MI-6 is Silva (Javier Bardem), a charming maniac who has the intention of shaking the agency to its very core. That he has a past with M (Judi Dench), the head of this espionage agency, only adds to the intrigue.
In watching the film unfold you get the sense that everyone involved in its making was intent on improving the series in every conceivable way and that a great deal of thought and imagination was put into each plot point and action sequence. From the pre-credit sequence that finds Bond destroying a Turkish bazaar as well as a train in pursuit of a ruthless assassin to an astonishing hand-to-hand combat sequence done completely in silhouette, each moment is set to impress and they all succeed.
Equally impressive is the way in which the film delves into Bond's past. Though not a full-fledged origin story, we find out a bit about where he comes from during the film's third act, which takes place in the Scottish Highlands in a location that's haunted by a past better left forgotten. Time and history are two of the film's major themes as Bond is referred to as a "dinosaur" throughout, what with his pre-21st century methods, the fact that his skills have diminished after an unexpected hiatus and his unflinching loyalty to MI-6 and M. Giving the character feet of clay adds a dimension of peril and realism to the film. Bond now rarely walks away unscathed from the various precarious situations he finds himself in. We know that the physical and psychological wounds he suffers will have a permanent effect that will carry over to other adventures.
Silva ends up being one of the agent's more intriguing enemies as he's everything Bond is not. Primarily using cyberterrorism in order to wound MI-6, in his mind he's been wronged by M and is intent on making Bond see the error in being loyal to her. Bardem is having great fun here, yet though it's an outsized role, he doesn't overplay things too much, though he does have his moments, especially during an interrogation scene with 007 in which he questions his sexuality.
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Santa Clara, Calif. - The 15th ranked Santa Clara men's soccer team fell behind by two goals in the first half in their West Coast Conference home-opener and could not come all the way back, falling 2-1 to Loyola Marymount at Buck Shaw Stadium. Freshman Ryan Brown scored a spectacular goal early in the second half, but the Broncos (5-3-2) could not equalize the game and fell to 1-1-0 in conference play. Santa Clara's Matt Hatzke and Loyola Marymount's David Niemeyer both received red cards in the second half as both teams finished the game with 10 players.
Loyola Marymount came out strong right from the start and got the first goal of the game just nine minutes into the contest. Nick Blanco received the ball in the corner of the box and after some nifty moves was able to free himself on the end-line. He then cut a pass back to Diego Barrera, who found himself unmarked in the box. Barrera finished with a right-footed shot to the far post to put the Lions up 1-0.
The Broncos seemed energized after giving up the first goal and came back with three opportunities to even the score. In the 21st minute, freshman Amaechi Igwe's corner kick was knocked down to captain Peter Lowry one step inside the box. Lowry one-timed a shot to the far corner, but it deflected off a defender and bounded just past the post.
Two minutes later, Lowry created another chance off a free kick. After being fouled at the edge of the box, Lowry curled in a free kick from the left side that forced LMU goalkeeper Robert Flores into a diving save. The rebound fell to Hatzke, who blasted a shot, but Flores responded with another stop to keep Santa Clara from tying the game.
After withstanding the Broncos pressure, the Lions came back with their second goal, this time through a set piece. Junior Ybarra whipped in a free kick from the right wing to the penalty spot to Jawaam Delaney, who had managed to get free. Delaney powered a header to the left of Bronco goalkeeper Joseph Buttitta for a 2-0 LMU advantage.
The Broncos roared out of the halftime break and got one goal back through a brilliant individual effort from Brown. The Montclair, NJ resident received a pass at the left edge of the penalty box and found himself one-on-one with a Loyola Marymount defender. Brown blew by the defender with a quick move and then unleashed a shot that whistled into the far post upper corner.
Five minutes after the goal, the game took a dramatic turn, as Hatzke was shown a red card for a tough tackle on the left sideline. Hatzke and Loyola's Nick Blanco challenged for a 50-50 ball and Blanco came out of the challenge bloodied from the right boot of Hatzke. However, the Broncos would not be shorthanded for long as Niemeyer earned his second yellow card of the night for a nelbow on SCU's Brian Curry.
With both teams playing with only 10 men, Santa Clara desperately pushed forward looking for the equalizer. A Jeff Cosgriff flicked header was saved by Flores with 30 minuets to go followed by a Sean Danzeiser shot from 30 yards out that slid past the near post. The Broncos last gasp came on a turnaround shot by senior Keith DeVey that was not strong enough to slip by the alert Flores in the Lions' net.
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More than half of the $18 trillion in notional daily trading of energy swaps has moved to futures exchanges from the over-the-counter market in response to the U.S. regulatory overhaul aimed at increasing transparency following the 2008 financial crisis.
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. said 52 percent of its energy futures volumes during the first half of January came from contracts that prior to Oct. 15 were traded as swaps. CME Group Inc. said about 90 percent of energy trades on its ClearPort system are executed as futures, compared with 10 percent before the switch.
Volumes have soared at the two largest U.S. futures exchanges as oil and gas companies seek to avoid higher costs that come from being designated a swaps dealer under the Dodd- Frank Act, which the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said is any firm that does more than $8 billion of the transactions annually. The shift also helps Intercontinental and CME Group to maintain their dominant clearing businesses.
"Dodd-Frank has this phobia of swaps and imposes more onerous requirements on swap dealers," said Craig Pirrong, director of the Global Energy Management Institute at the University of Houston. In a direct response to the rules, companies are avoiding higher collateral, capital and trading expenses to "get the same trades and risk-management benefit" with futures, he said.
Roundtable Meeting
The CFTC, which has been writing the swaps rules for more than two years to improve oversight of a market that for three decades had largely escaped federal regulation, has scheduled a roundtable meeting on so-called futurization for Jan. 31. The agency plans to meet with industry representatives to discuss different collateral requirements between swaps and futures.
Swaps, which allow investors to speculate or hedge price movements in underlying assets such as interest rates, commodity prices or corporate and sovereign creditworthiness, are being regulated for the first time after their role in exacerbating the financial seizure that followed the failure of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in September 2008.
CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler, in an Oct. 10 speech at George Washington University in Washington, likened the efforts to securities rules enacted in the 1930s.
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"Bright lights of transparency will shine," he said. "Dealers will have to come under comprehensive regulation."
Overseas regulators including the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Reserve Bank of Australia have asked the CFTC for more clarity on the international reach of its swaps rules. The agency has since delayed action on this issue and asked for more comment.
In 2011, CME Group reported 11 percent of its clearing and trading fees revenue came from swaps on its ClearPort service, which includes energy. The company earned on average $2.73 per contract on ClearPort, compared with 76 cents for trades executed on the exchange in the three months ended in November, CME Group said in a Jan. 3 statement.
Intercontinental earned 34 percent of its total transaction and clearing revenue from over-the-counter natural gas, power and oil contracts in 2011, according to its annual filing.
The conversion of swaps into futures, which are agreements to buy or sell a financial asset or commodity at a specific price and time, is boosting market transparency, though not necessarily as regulators anticipated.
Hedging Fuel
Energy companies from oil refiners to utilities that once traded swaps now turn to block trades, which are privately negotiated futures deals struck off the exchange that are then entered into the CME Group or Intercontinental clearinghouse. Energy swaps are typically used by businesses such as airlines to lock in jet-fuel prices.
The prices and sizes of these trades that previously cleared as swaps now are reported throughout the day on the website of CME Group. The world's largest futures exchange didn't report any information on the trades when they were swaps, said Damon Leavell, a company spokesman.
Intercontinental is now required by law to report all futures trades. Prior to the shift, the second-largest U.S. futures market had displayed cleared swap prices to market users and regulators, unless one or both counterparties requested the trade remain undisclosed.
Margin Requirements
The clearinghouses, which collect margin at the beginning of a trade, establish mark-to-market prices and ensure investors can cover their losses for the life of the contract, have made it more expensive to process some swaps than futures. Swaps can be more difficult to price in case of an investor default.
The CME Group and Intercontinental clearinghouses require five days' worth of margin when interest-rate and credit-default swaps are cleared, while for futures, the period ranges from one to two days, depending on the contract.
Interest-rate or credit swaps are less likely to follow the path of energy swaps into futures because it's harder for banks and other financial firms to stay below the $8 billion threshold, Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of CME Group, said in a Jan. 17 interview in New York.
Even with more business coming to futures because of Dodd- Frank, "the swaps market's not going away," Duffy said.
Futures contracts based on the most-actively traded credit swaps indexes are also being developed at Intercontinental.
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Let me slip in behind Paul's series on culture to add a couple of thoughts, starting with noting that WaPo columnist Richard Cohen has slipped off the liberal reservation again. First, he does a blog post deploring Harry Reid's "gutter politics," even as most of the pro-Obama media remain resolutely silent about Reid's gutter politics:
In "The Godfather Part II," a senator from Nevada is portrayed as corrupt. His name is Pat Geary. In real life, a senator from Nevada is a jerk. His name is Harry Reid.
Good for Cohen. But then his Sunday column essentially says that Romney was right about Israel, Palestine, and the importance of culture:
The cultural difference between Israel and its Arab neighbors is so striking that you would think it beyond question. But when Mitt Romney attributed the gap between Israel's economic performance and the Palestinians' — "Culture makes all the difference," he said in Israel — the roof came down on him. PC police the world over raised a red card, giving him demerits for having the temerity to notice the obvious. Predictably, Saeb Erekat, chief Palestinian negotiator and a member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, denounced the statement as "racist." It was, of course, just the opposite. . .
The book that Romney cited for his views on Arab culture, David S. Landes's "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations," goes further than I would in blaming the Arabs for their own difficulties, and it was written long before the Arab Spring. But it is a vigorously written attack on the sort of thinking that blames the West for all that ails the East and for disregarding indigenous cultural problems. Landes is particularly tough on the Muslim societies of the Middle East for the plight of women — a cultural phenomenon that does not exist in Islamic Asia but does, just for the record, among Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Romney could have been more diplomatic and eschewed a shorthand explanation of what ails Palestinian society — he might also have acknowledged Palestinian achievements — but he identified what are, indisputably, two problems. The first is that of culture. The second is the reluctance to discuss it.
With allowance for the unnecessary caveats Cohen throws in to cover his left flank, not bad. I'll add that it is encouraging that Romney openly cites the David Landes book, which is one of my favorites, too. (I still recall wincing in 2008 when Romney said one of his favorite books was L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth. Great—just what a Mormon candidate needs to do to reassure conservative evangelicals: embrace a book by the founder of the worst religious cult in the nation. Good to know his taste in books has improved.)
Landes is, of course, politically incorrect. Here are a few samples from The Wealth and Poverty of Nations:
As the historical record shows, for the last thousand years, Europe (the West) has been the prime mover of development and modernity. . .
The historian may not erase or rewrite the past to make it more pleasing; and the economist, whose easy assumption that every country is destined to develop sooner or later, must be ready to look hard at failure. . .
The first [of other successful non-European societies], Islam, initially absorbed and developed the knowledge and ways of conquered peoples. By our period (roughly 1000 to 1500), Muslim rule went from the western end of the Mediterranean to the Indies. Before this, from about 750 to 1100, Islamic science and technology far surpassed those of Europe, which needed to recover its heritage and did so to some extent through contacts with Muslims in such frontiers as Spain. Islam was Europe's teacher.
Then something went wrong. Islamic science, denounced as heresy by religious zealots, bent under theological pressures for spiritual conformity.
Landes is not much nicer to China, where he says its long economic history "offers examples of technological oblivion and regression."