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Ocwen Originations, Servicing and Earnings Worsen
In addition to swinging to a big quarterly loss, Ocwen Financial Corp.'s originations moved lower, and its mortgage servicing portfolio contracted.
McLean Mortgage Lifts YOY Originations
McLean Mortgage Corp. is one of the only companies that were able to lift residential loan production from a year earlier.
New Business More Than Doubles at Arch M.I.
The latest quarter was a spectacular one for Arch Mortgage Insurance Co., with new business more than doubling and delinquency declining.
Mortgage Rates Rise On Strengthening Economy
Mortgage rates bounced off last week's 2014 lows as optimism increased about the labor market and the Federal Reserve moved forward with its plans to end its quantitative easing strategy.
7th Yr of Growth Likely for CRE Loan Originations
The origination of commercial real estate loans is forecasted to reach seven consecutive years of growth and surpass any year since the financial crisis.
Refinance Marketing Picks Up
As interest rates on home loans have fallen below 4 percent, many mortgage firms are opening the marketing spigot to lure prospective refinance borrowers.
Mortgage Originations Jump at Quicken
Home lending activity was up by nearly a fourth on a quarter-over-quarter basis at Quicken Loans Inc. The servicing portfolio expanded.
Judge Tosses Most of Huge Jury Award Against PHH
A more than $16 million jury award against PHH Mortgage Services has been mostly thrown out by the judge in the case.
Apartment Loan Securitizations Soar at Fannie
The volume of apartment loans securitized by the Federal National Mortgage Association nearly doubled on a quarter-over-quarter basis.
Credit Scores Rise, As Does Higher LTV Share
After a period of loose lending standards, credit scores have returned to levels similar to those of two decades ago. But a larger share of mortgages have higher loan-to-value ratios.
Repossessions Rise as Mtg Delinquency Decreases
A smaller share of mortgages were considered seriously delinquency last month. At the same time, the volume of completed foreclosures increased.
Office Loans, GSEs Lead Rise in CRE Originations
Quarterly commercial mortgage production moved higher. Office property loans and mortgages acquired by the government-sponsored enterprises led the gain.
Data Lost in Servicing Transfers
An estimated nearly half-million home loans that have been transferred from one servicer to another have inaccurate data, according to a recent report.
Homeownership Rate at Nearly 2-Decade Low
It's been nearly two decades since the rate of homeownership has been this low. Behind the declining share are lending restrictions, an uncertain job market and higher home prices.
Home Price Gains Lose Steam
Tight credit conditions, less interest in higher-priced homes and diminished seller expectations are taking a toll on home prices.
Share of Fraudulent Mortgage Applications Rises
As the volume of loan originations has diminished, so has the number of loan applications containing mortgage fraud. But the share of fraudulent applications has increased. Although states like Florida experienced a substantial increase in fraud risk, other states -- including the Grand Canyon State -- have seen a big improvement.
Freddie Mac's Total Portfolio Expands
An increase in the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.'s total mortgage portfolio was registered for last month as new business slipped and delinquency fell to the lowest level since 2008.
CMBS Delinquency Down But Could Deteriorate in 2015
Performance on securitized commercial real estate loans improved last month and is likely to get even better before the year is out. But there is concern about an upcoming wave of maturing loans.
Midwest Fares Worst in Weak Pending Sales Report
Although the level of contract signings on existing homes was at the second-highest level in a year, volume was slower than expected. Activity in the Midwest was the weakest in the nation.
Many Agree Tight Lending Holding Back Home Sales
Government officials, consumer advocates and industry experts all agree that mortgage lenders are keeping credit conditions too tight out of regulatory fears.
117-Yr-Old Chicago Bank Fails
A Chicago bank with nearly $1 billion in assets that was more than a century old has been shut down.
FHA Originations Drop, Delinquency Deteriorates
Monthly Federal Housing Administration originations turned lower and could see a further decline -- though reverse mortgage volume will likely rise. Loan delinquency worsened.
Fannie Cuts Originations Forecast for 2014 and 2015
Fannie Mae has lowered its expectations for mortgage originations this year and next year -- with the purchase financing outlook taking the biggest hit.
Freddie Refinances Soar
Although monthly refinances turned lower for Fannie Mae loans, the story was a different one at rival Freddie Mac.
Wingspan Confirms Founder Out as CEO
Wingspan Portfolio Advisors LLC has confirmed that its founder has been ousted from his chief executive officer role as the company unloads a subsidiary and gets a capital infusion.
Regions Refinance Originations Rise
Despite a dip in purchase mortgage financing at Regions Financial Corp.'s, an increase in refinancing pushed overall home lending higher.
QEs Impact on GSEs
The Federal Reserve's quantitative easing programs contributed to a sharp increase in fee income at the government-sponsored enterprises last year, though subsequent tapering had the opposite effect this year.
Mortgage Rates Sink But Likely to Bounce Up
Although fixed mortgage rates tumbled this week, they are likely to bounce back up in next week's report. Fifteen-year loans became far more appealing.
Mortgage Closing Rate Deteriorates
Loan originators closed a smaller share of loan applications last month. Refinances fared worse then purchase transactions.
Prospect Fails to Win Second Employee Non-Solicit Lawsuit
For the second time this year, Prospect Mortgage LLC has lost a lawsuit it filed alleging that former employees violated non-solicitation agreements.
Freddie Mac Raises U.S. Origination Forecast
Economists at the Federal Home Mortgage Corp. have increased the volume of mortgage originations expected for this year and next year.
Flagstar Fundings Up, Mtg Assets and Servicing Off
The mortgage servicing portfolio and residential lending assets shrunk at Flagstar Bancorp Inc., but home loan originations expanded.
134-Year-Old Bank, Correspondent Lender Done
Among several mortgage-related businesses to recently call it quits was a bank that was 134 years old, three credit unions and a correspondent lender.
Over $1 Billion In Agency MSRs For Sale
Bids are being accepted on two portfolios of mortgage servicing rights with more than $1 billion in agency loans.
Backdating Prompts Ocwen Servicer Downgrade
Allegations that Ocwen Financial Corp. backdated letters to distressed borrowers has prompted a downgrade to its servicing subsidiary's rating.
Proprietary Reverse Mortgage Originations Slide
Although the monthly origination of government-insured reverse mortgages has fallen, the decline has been more noticeable for proprietary production.
2014-15 Mortgage Origination Outlook Jumps $157 Bil
Expectations for this year's purchase financing expanded by 12 percent, while projections for next year's refinance production increased 14 percent.
Serious 1st Mortgage Delinquency Up Again
Serious delinquency on first mortgages deteriorated for the second consecutive month. Also moving higher was the rate on second mortgages.
2014 High for Home Sales
Retreating mortgage rates and less competition from cash investors helped home buyers purchase more properties last month.
Ocwen Accused of Backdating Borrower Letters
Ocwen Financial Corp. has been accused of serious issues in its servicing practices including potentially backdating hundreds of thousands of borrower letters.
Industry Applauds QRM-QM Alignment
A final rule on risk-retention requirements has been completed by federal regulators, and the mortgage industry is reacting favorably. The rule aligns the qualified residential mortgage definition with the Qualified Mortgage.
Home Equity Lending Trends
Investor interest in revolving home-equity lines is growing as compliance burdens on closed-end home-equity products increase. One servicing system is being touted as a single solution for all types of home-equity and first lien products.
GSEs to Lift LTVs, Lower Repurchase Uncertainty
A plethora of positive news about government-sponsored enterprise lending emanated today from the crème de la crème of mortgage conferences.
Further Tightening in Ginnie Issuer Requirements
Just days after unveiling new minimum issuer volume requirements, the Government National Mortgage Association disclosed changes to other issuer requirements.
GSE Mods Ok On FL Loans Delinquent Over 2 Years
Florida borrowers who are more than two years past due on their government-sponsored enterprise mortgages will have an opportunity to modify their loans.
GSE Updates Intended to Loosen Mortgage Credit
Clearer guidelines about when seller-servicers can expect repurchase demands from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are intended to help lenders ease up on their own requirements.
Ellie Cracks 100k Users
The number of loan production personnel utilizing Ellie Mae Inc.'s mortgage management solution has moved past the 100,000 milestone.
Correspondent Originations Surge at SunTrust
Even though residential loan production was down for the retail channel, SunTrust Banks Inc.'s correspondent acquisitions jumped by a third -- pushing overall originations up.
Residential Construction Rises
Home construction activity moved higher last month, with the construction of new apartment buildings leading the way.
5th 3rd Ekes Out Gain in Mortgage Originations
Fifth Third Bancorp reported a small quarterly gain in residential loans production. Its mortgage investment portfolio grew, but its servicing portfolio was off.
Ginnie Issuers Face Minimum Issuance Requirements
Issuers of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association will soon face minimum activity requirements.
Home Builder Confidence Dips, Though Still Good
Following several months of increased optimism, the nation's home builders turned less confident this month. Still, the group is mostly positive.
Mortgage Rates Sink to Lowest Level in Over Year
Volatility in global markets helped drag down long-term fixed rates on home loans to the lowest level in more than a year.
Proprietary Modification Volume Up, HAMPs Slip
An increase in the number of monthly proprietary loan modifications completed more than offset a reduction in the number of government-supported modifications.
Community Banks Spend More to Be Compliant
The cost for community banks to keep up with regulatory changes rose over the past quarter thanks to increased labor costs. Costs have fallen, however, over the prior year.
Canadian AMC Acquires US AMC
An appraisal management company out of Canada has taken an interest in an AMC in the United States with plans for a major American expansion.
Mortgage Closings Climb at Citi
Citigroup Inc. increased mortgage production, grew its domestic real estate lending portfolio and improved earnings. Legacy mortgage assets were reduced, as was its servicing portfolio.
Refi Outlook Brightens As 10-Year Yield Plunges
A steep decline in the 10-year Treasury yield reflects investor anxiety about European markets. But the market movement signals refinance opportunity for loan originators.
BofA 2014 Texas Layoffs Surpass 600
A new round of job cuts at Bank of America Corp. has pushed Lone Star State mortgage layoffs past 600 for this year.
The Mobile Mortgage Factor
Among companies to recently enhance their mobile offerings are a wholesale lender, a valuation technology firm and a mortgage insurance company.
Banks Take Lead in Mobile Migration
As consumers abandon traditional bank branches in favor of mobile platforms at breakneck speed, financial institutions are enhancing their mobile offerings at a comparable pace.
Wells Fargo Mtg Originations Flat, Delinquency Up
Residential loan production moved minimally higher at Wells Fargo & Co. But performance deteriorated on mortgages in both its servicing portfolio and investment portfolio.
Chase Correspondent Mortgage Production Soars
Home loan originations shot up by a quarter at JPMorgan Chase & Co., though business remained down by nearly half from a year earlier. Correspondent acquisitions drove the increase and are likely to offset a fourth-quarter decline in retail originations.
Low Income Groups Try to Block OneWest Sale
An acquisition of the company formerly known as IndyMac Bank FSB is being challenged by low-income groups that say the bank only caters to the 1 percent.
Nearly 50 Mortgage Events in Q4
Nearly 50 mortgage-related conferences and other meetings are scheduled for the final quarter of this year -- including the industry's main shin dig.
Jumbo Reverse Mortgage Product Launches
A brand new jumbo reverse mortgage product is expected to be a boon for senior borrowers in the Golden State.
New Homes Costly, Hard to Find in SoCal
As home builders focus on more profitable upscale homes in Southern California -- median prices are rising, the gap between new and existing homes is widening and home shoppers are struggling to find new properties.
Mortgage Compliance Made Easier
A crop of new and enhanced services are intended to help home lenders and servicers address upcoming disclosure rules, new licensing requirements and updated agency requirements.
Mortgage Firms Refine Executive Ranks
Several mid-sized mortgage companies have recently made a number of appointments to their management teams. There's been plenty of action at smaller firms too.
Mortgage Rates Drop, Could Fall More
A nice improvement was made on fixed mortgage rates this past week, and another improvement is possible by the next report.
Small Multifamily Loan Program Launches
A new agency program that has been created to finance multifamily loans is targeted at smaller apartment properties.
Top-10 HECM Lender Calling It Quits
A company that is among the 10 largest producers of government-insured reverse mortgages has disclosed plans to exit originations.
U.S. Bank Strikes Bank at Housing Group
U.S. Bank is accused of doing a worse job maintaining real-estate-owned properties in Minneapolis' minority neighborhoods than it does in predominantly white areas.
NY Mortgage Servicer Adding Staffing
A mortgage servicer owned by Wall Street firms has secured enough new office space to add more than a hundred employees and could grab even more space.
Wells Fargo In Biggest Maternity Settlement So Far
While there have been plenty of settlements over the past three years related to alleged maternity leave discrimination, none has been as big as the one reached by Wells Fargo & Co.'s mortgage unit.
Opportunity Lurks as HELOC Production Rises
It's been five years since the origination of home-equity lines of credit has been this high, and opportunity may be lurking in the sector.
MGIC's New Biz Slips But Delinquency Keeps Falling
Although new business slowed at MGIC Guaranty Insurance Corp., the level of defaults fell to a new multi-year low.
Special Servicer Sees Staffing Growth Subside
At one point, Wingspan Portfolio Advisors was a job-making machine. More recently, employees in two states were advised of impending layoffs -- though some could return.
Mortgage Debt Patterns Altered By Crisis
A shift in the financial profile of the U.S. population over the past decade has mortgage debt making up a bigger share of liabilities for older Americans and a smaller share for millennials.
Digital Risk Hopes New Products Offset Mortgage Loss
The outgoing chief executive officer of Digital Risk LLC acknowledged that demand has waned for the mortgage service provider's products and said a new business line might revive revenues.
AU Likely Culprit of Bernanke's Denied Refinance
While the former Federal Reserve chairman isn't saying much about his denied application to refinance except that lenders might have gone too far, industry insiders speculate that he has plenty of options.
MBS Issuance Recedes at Ginnie
The volume of monthly securitizations moved lower at the Government National Mortgage Association. Both residential and commercial real estate activity were down.
Correspondent Nonprime Program Launching
A company that has made a name for itself brokering portfolios of mortgage servicing rights said it will begin acquiring nonprime mortgages.
BofA Cutting Its Texas Ranks
Mortgage jobs in North Texas are being eliminated by Bank of America Corp. Employees in originations and servicing are impacted.
Junior Lien Performance Strong at Banks
Residential junior lien performance improved on a quarter-over-quarter basis as the past-due rate on overall consumer delinquency dove to a record low.
New Business Up, Delinquency Down at Radian
Radian Guaranty Inc. wrote more business last month, while it pared the number of past-due policies in its portfolio.
Mortgage Advertising Strategies
Mortgage firms are promoting their marketing messages through multiple channels including billboards, radio and television. One company announced plans to generate secure loan applications directly from social media.
MTA Fails to Set New Record
After establishing a new all-time low each of the prior 12 months, the news is that the Monthly Treasury Average failed to set a new record last month.
Former Bank Executives Appeal From Behind Bars
The former chief executive officer of a failed Virginia bank, his son and a former executive vice president have appealed their convictions from prison.
MSR Forward Commitment Up for Bid
A monthly forward commitment offering could work out to mortgage servicing rights on as much as $700 million in agency loans a year.
Bankruptcy Filings Ease
Fewer consumers across the country resorted to bankruptcy last month. Among all states, Mississippi had the worst bankruptcy rate.
Bank Settles Redlining Accusations
A discrimination settlement being made by a bank-holding company comes as lenders digest two other types of recent discrimination settlements.
Mortgage Jobs Expand, But US Job Growth Hurts Rates
The last time the unemployment rate was this low, the financial crisis hadn't yet culminated and another administration was in the White House. Mortgage jobs expanded, but the solid U.S. report is hurting mortgage rates.
Government Lending Tightens
Conventional lending standards were slightly more flexible last month, but that was offset by tightened access to government-backed mortgages.
30-Year Mortgage Rate Dips, Could Ease Further
Fixed interest rates on home loans were little moved over the past week but are poised for a potential decline in the next report.
Serious Delinquency, Foreclosures Hold
There was no monthly movement in the rate of serious mortgage delinquency. While the number of completed foreclosure was little changed, the pace remains far ahead of more normalized times.
1 Lender Grabs Over Quarter of HECM Market in Sept
Last month, a single reverse mortgage lender was responsible for more than a quarter of all reverse mortgages that were federally endorsed.
Freddie Reports Solid August
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. saw its strongest month this year in new business. It's been more than a half decade since residential delinquency was this low.
OC Man Charged With Warehouse Lending Fraud
Charges have been handed down by a federal grand jury against an Orange County, Calif., man who allegedly duped his warehouse lender.
Investors Lose First Round in GSE Lawsuits
Speculators who picked up shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in order to sue the government were dealt a blow.
BofA Board Elects New Chairman
Bank of America Corp.'s board of directors has elected a new chairman from among the firm's own executive ranks.
Fannie Revising 3rd-Party Asset Verification Policy
The Federal National Mortgage Association is changing its policy on the utilization of third parties to verify assets.
Drop in Industrial Property Loan Lates Lead CMBS
Performance on industrial property loans was more improved last month than on any other type of securitized commercial real estate loan.
Fannie Drives Up Agency MBS Issuance
September turned out to be the best month so far this year for issuance of agency mortgage-backed securities thanks to a surge in activity at Fannie Mae.
COFI Returns to Record Low
Following two consecutive months of increases, the Cost of Funds Index relented and returned to its all-time low.
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I know that most of you don't have access to marula fruit so you won't be needing this recipe – feel free to skip this post or just look at the pretty pictures. I don't think I will need this recipe again either. I don't even like beer. You have to try once though. Right?
I roped in the expertise of Warren who makes quite a few batches of this beer each season. He just loves the stuff.
First collect ripe fruit from the ground beneath the trees and wash the fruit.
Remove the skins of the fruit. I cut them round the equator and twist and squeeze the fruit pulp, pip and juice out.
Warren used this method for the photos but afterwards told me he is much quicker just using a butter knife, spoon or fork and a special peeling motion. He told me that his friend, Masheplane does it so fast his hands blur. I can imagine…
Collect all the pulp, pips and juice in a large container and once you have finished peeling the fruit, add clean water to just cover the fruit and mash the fruit thoroughly till the liquid in the bucket becomes quite thick.
Remove the pips and left over pulp by squeezing them a few at a time.
Cover and leave for 2-4 days depending on the strength you desire.
Skim off foam and pulp that has risen to the surface and if you wish you can strain the beer through muslin before bottling it.
Bottle in hot sterilized bottles and seal well
Store in a cool place till needed.
I added sugar to my brew after Warren gave me a taste of his beer. Bleugh – it was VERY sour.
I will update this post in a few days once my brew has brewed and I have tasted it.
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One of the things that I love about gardening is watching and waiting in the spring to see which plants have decided to bless me with their presence this year. I say this because I've had a few perennials disappear over the winter to never be seen again.
Spring is so green. It's refreshing after all the dreary brown.
I have a few tulips and daffodils . . .but my granddaughters just can't help themselves – the flowers are too pretty. The girls come running to me with huge smiles on their faces and tulips in their hands – "Grandma, look what I have for you."
Early in the spring the garden looks pretty sparse but as we get closer to summer it really fills in and the plants sprout up from the earth to reach up towards the sky. My granddaughters like to join me as I keep track of their progress.
RosesMy roses are one the earliest plants to blossom. They look so nice this year. Better than ever before. I tried to kill them two years ago by digging them up. They came with the house and every year they were so infested and an eye sore.
Once I pulled the roses out, the plants sprang back to life almost immediately bug free from the few roots that got left behind.
And now look at them. Gorgeous dark red floribunda, roses. This perennial grows in clusters opening up flat with a small circle of golden stamens at the center.
They flourish in partial to full sun in moist soil and bloom from early summer to late summer. They can grow up to 72".
Hens and ChicksThese Hens and Chicks were a gift from Cole. They have been in the front garden for quite a few years now.
Last summer there were so many chicks that I broke them up and spread them around more in the front garden and added some to the back side garden.
I also took a few handfuls across the street to one of our neighbors. She just so happened to be outside working on her garden and I thought she might like a few perennials.
You know, I don't even remember her name. Anyway, she loved them just the same.
I love how these succulents look and how easy they are to grow. This perennial grows best in partial to full sun and are drought tolerant. My biggest hen is four inches wide and two inches tall.
Yellow DayliliesNow these bright yellow flowers are Day Lilies. I have seen them growing everywhere. Like at McDonalds. And the Holiday Inn. Riverside Park.
This perennial loves full sun. It blooms from mid summer to late summer and is drought resistant. Day Lilies grow up to 40" high and can spread out to 48".These were a gift from Cole and Sidney. So pretty.
These are all in the back yard. I think they have tripled since I got them two years ago.
Even when they aren't blooming, the foliage is nice to look at.
SedumsMoving along, I bought this plant. I had it at our first house. They were a gift from a friend. But because we had to move so quickly, I didn't get a chance to dig up a few to take with me to this house.
These perennials are called Sedums. They include a wide class of fleshy-leaves that vary in height, color, time and color of bloom.
Evening PrimroseI think these flowers are called Evening Primroses. They did so well the first year I put them into the garden. They were a gift from one of the owners of the company I worked at. Thank you Fatima.
They bloom from mid summer until early fall and like partial to full sun. And they are drought resistant enjoying dry to moist soil.
They grow up to 18" high·
It was very unruly when we moved into this house but I trimmed it way back, exposing the vines along the base and creating a canopy over the gate. I think it turned out quite nicely.
It needs a good hair cut again. But I guess that will be up to the new home owners.
Peach Leafed BellflowersThese delicate white bell shaped flowers are so pretty. It has several buds along the stem that blossom at different times. As some blossoms fade, new ones open up.
These perennials are called Peach Leafed Bellflowers. The scientific name is Campanula.
I wish I could remember if these were from Fatima or Cole. I should ask Cole about them.
The Bellflower loves partial to full sun and moist soil. It grows up to 24" tall.
Wow. That's quite a few flowers. I will have to save the rest for another day.
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UNH Downs UMass in Hockey East Opener
AMHERST, MA - The UNH Wildcats opened its 2016-17 Hockey East schedule of games with a convincing 4-1 victory over UMass Amherst. Over their first four games of the season, UNH compiled a 1-3-0 record in out-of-conference play. In each game, the opposing team scored early in the first period and built up a 2-0 advantage. As captain Matias Cleland discussed in this week's Captain's Corner, UNH was determined to keep UMass off the scoreboard early on and score the first goal of the game - and that's exactly what they did.
Over the first 15 minutes of play, junior goalie Danny Tirone turned away 7 UMass shots on goal while the UNH offense generated 8 SOG. On their second power play opportunity of the evening, the Wildcats' top PP unit converted. Senior Tyler Kelleher threaded a cross-ice, back-hand pass to junior Michael McNicholas at the faceoff circle to the left of UMass goalie Ryan Wischow. McNicholas snapped a one-time wrister into the top corner for his second goal in the last two games. Here's the video highlight:
On their first shift of the second period, the all-freshman line of Brendan van Riemsdyk-Liam Blackburn- Patrick Grasso combined for the eventual game-winning goal. Grasso corralled a loose puck in the faceoff circle, cycled down to the corner and dropped a pass to van Riemsdyk. BvR sprinted behind the net and dished a perfect, back-hand pass to Blackburn parked in the low slot. Liam one-timed it between Wischow's legs for his first NCAA goal.
With 6:42 remaining in the second period, UMass went on a 5-on-3 power play for 38 seconds. Tirone, Cleland, Kelleher and McNicholas nearly killed off the 2-man advantage but Shane Bear's slap shot from the top of the faceoff circle thudded off Tirone's left pad and went between his legs with just 2 seconds left.
By the end of the second period, the shots on goal were nearly identical with UNH owning a 20-19 advantage. On their first shift of the final stanza, the combined unit of Eiserman-Nazarian-Vela up front and Wyse-Maller on the back end struck for the all-important two-goal lead. Junior Shane Eiserman lead a rush through the neutral zone and down the right side of the UMass zone. Eiserman pulled up at the half-wall and connected with senior defenseman Dylan Maller streaking down the slot. Maller's burst of speed carried him and the puck around the back of the goal for a pretty wrap-around, backhand tally. It was Maller's 2nd goal in the last three games and his 2nd career goal.
Entering the UMass game, the UNH penalty kill had allowed a goal on nearly 20% of their short-handed situations. However, in a pivotal juncture in the third period, goalie Danny Tirone and the penalty killers came up big to maintain UNH's two-goal lead. With 13 minutes left in regulation and a minute remaining on a UMass power play, defenseman Ivan Chukarov launched a slap shot from the point. Tirone stopped the shot and scooped up the loose puck with his glove as freshman defenseman Anthony Wyse and Dylan Maller cleared UMass players away from the crease.
Ottawa Senators' draft pick Shane Eiserman gave the Wildcats a three-goal lead midway through the final period on UNH's 6th power play opportunity of the game. Sophomore Marcus Vela, who had missed the first 4 games of the season with a shoulder injury, slid the puck to Eiserman behind the UMass net. Shane patiently allowed his teammates to skate into prime positions then passed to Ara Nazarian at the half-wall. Nazarian returned the pass to Eiserman at the top of the crease, he quickly drew the puck to his forehand, and snapped it past the goalie. It was Eiserman's first goal of the 2016-17 season.
Here is the box score for UNH's 4-1 victory over UMass Amherst. The Wildcats returns to action tonight against Merrimack College at the Whittemore Center.


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The Environment Agency has issued 11 severe flood warnings – which warn of danger of life – for Friday lunchtime.
The warnings cover coastal areas of Essex and Suffolk in the face of gale-force winds and high tides, where dozens of flood warnings have been imposed as the east coast braces itself for a storm surge.
They take in Clacton to Lee Wick, West Mersea, The Strood and adjacent marshland and Tidal River Stour at Mistley, including the Quay and The Walls, all in Essex.
At time of press, 88 flood warnings where immediate action is required had been issued, as were a further 75 alerts where residents have been warned to be prepared as flooding is possible.
The Environment Agency has an interactive map where you can input your postcode to check your flooding risk.
Coastal communities in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex have been told they should be prepared for large waves and possible flooding.
Emergency services had planned an evacuation in Jaywick, near Clacton-on-Sea and the Ministry of Defence said about 100 soldiers from the Catterick army base were deployed to Skegness on the Lincolnshire coast where around 3,000 residents have been urged to leave their homes or move upstairs.
Suffolk Police said specific areas of the coast had been identified as being at high risk of flooding - taking in around 1,100 properties which are likely to be evacuated.
At around midday on Friday, the Environment Agency is anticipating severe flooding in Felixstowe Ferry and Bawdsey Quay, Felixstowe Ferry Hamlet and the Deben Marshes, isolated riverside properties on the Deben Estuary, and Tidal Orwell at Ipswich Quay.
At around 9pm there is severe flooding anticipated in Lowestoft seafront and docks, the north bank of Lake Lothing, Oulton Broad near Mutford Lock, Snape, Iken and surrounding marshland, and Southwold and surrounding marshes.
Norfolk Police has said floods are a strong possibility in the region, and the force is anticipating the worst to be in Yarmouth, Walcott, King's Lynn, Salthouse and Wells, between 7am and 10am, and 8pm to 10pm on Friday.
Mark Sitton-Kent, national duty manager at the Environment Agency, said: "Gale-force winds and high tides are likely to create large and dangerous waves along parts of the east coast on Friday and Saturday.
"These conditions could also cause flooding to coastal roads and could impact properties.
"We understand that powerful tides can be dramatic, but please do not put yourself at unnecessary risk by going to the coast for a thrill or to take pictures. Please do not drive through flood water: just 30cm of flowing water is enough to move your car.
"We are prepared to take action wherever it is needed. We have moved resources and equipment to the coast and the Army is on standby to assist if needed."
Tidal gates on the east coast have been closed ahead of the high tides.


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14Oct 11
1. yesterday i started my 21st week of pregnancy.
2. this means i'm over half way done with the process of growing a baby.
3. this calls for a HOLY MOLY in all caps.
4. because frankly, the past 20 weeks zoomed by. and so wrapping my head around the fact that in another 20 weeks i'll be holding my child, makes me feel a bit like that moment on a rollercoaster when you are a the very top of the first crest and you know that any second you are going to plummet towards the earth and start screaming. and all the while, realizing that you CHOSE this ride.
5. so the bump touching has begun and by that i mean people (friends and strangers) want to touch my belly, which i'm actually not in the least bit perturbed by, because I CAN'T STOP TOUCHING MY BELLY. it's so freaking amazing to feel little nori move about inside me and since rubbing my belly is the closest i can get to hugging him, well then so be it.
6. i had all these plans to get creative and take daily photos of the bump progress and montage them into something spectacular. but i haven't followed through on any of those plans. so here's the latest shot of me care of dev's iPhone and the only excuse for my dishevelment is that my hair was washed with hand soap. #forgiveme
7. don't let the cozy slippers fool you. it's still far too hot in LA.
8 comments on "half.way."
Nikki Says:
October 14th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Kayla Rocca Says:
October 14th, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Brittany Says:
October 14th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Yeah. I def wanna touch your belly :-) I'm so excited for you and Dev! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Tara Says:
October 14th, 2011 at 2:57 pm
EEEEEE you look so cute! I want to touch nori too!!!
Mirielle Says:
October 15th, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Oh boy… I am finally writing a comment. A while ago, I saw your wedding video on my friend's facebook wall and I absolutely fell in love. I always show all my friends and family(and last night I showed my boyfriend….) the video of the cuttest, most creative , fun weeding ever. No wedding was cutter than yours. Not even Prince Willian's. Those fancy weddings are all boring for me now. Alright, alrightttt…….You must have heard that a million times. :)
I just want to say that, you and devon are a fabulously cute couple that are obviously so happy! And It is so fun to watch that! can't get tired of watching the part of when you were coming down the stairs and he saw you… LOL He was like a child! haha , was super cool!
Anyways, so this week I decided to google "Golriz"….. Ohhhhhhhhh. I Found Cozyhunter…………………. AND I SAW YOU AND YOUR BELLY!!! Awww! That brought (happy) tears to my eyes! I already told my friends that I showed the video…they got happy for you too!
oh man… I have so much to do/study but to read the cozyhunter is so fun! :)
Wow, this is really weird… It is weird to write to strangers but I just want to say that your video, creativity, story are really touching to me! I don't even know you people but I just want to let you know that I wish you the very best! lots of peace, health, success and LOVE for you, Devon and the new addition of your family: Your little peanut Nori!
God Bless :)
Elizabeth Says:
October 16th, 2011 at 8:03 pm
way to bring on the winter months. <3
Kimia Kline Says:
October 16th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
nori was referred to as a him.
Nina Says:
October 24th, 2011 at 4:18 pm
hand soap hair suits you.
Here is one vote for "the daily bump"
Oh my goodness, I should stop reading your blog and get back to work.
Love yooou! x


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Yeap, I dared to make a birthday cake with fondant icing, the first I ever made.
A cake with pink butterflies for the second birthday of my little niece.
It took much time until it finished, but at the end I was happy about the
result. Indeed, it was fun to create this cake!
And the important thing for me, it taste good and we all enjoyed the cake.
The birthday party was also wonderful. We all enjoyed and had a lot of fun.
It was really a beautiful day.
So Ihr Lieben,
ich gehe nun zum ruhigen Teil des Abends über.
Bei uns ist es momentan (noch) schön lauwarm draussen.
Also nichts wie raus und auf der Terrasse sitzen und den Abend geniessen. :-)
Euch allen wünsche ich ein sehr schönes Wochenende.
Today the weather was really fantastic over here.
So now I am going to take a seat on the terrace and let the day end comfortably.
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March 18, 2016 5:37PM (JP) (Mostly written on March 15 – 16, 2016)
When you go to major popular cities filled with youngsters, you will instantly recognize highly fashionable beauties. This happens pretty much everywhere in major cities around the world. Japan, being on one of the top rich countries, is one unique city among them. It is not just high heels that attract girls and young women, but some of those shoes have high soles. Maybe it is an Asian culture, but if it is, it is a great success that specifically target short people, because Japan has many short girls who wear these high shoes to be part of the social circle. Many Asians love Japanese culture and its people, notably kawaii (cute) culture. Girls who wear high heels are usually junior and high school students wear kawaii fashion.
Source: kawaii-i.com
In Tokyo, Harajuku and Shibuya are the key locations that young girls and boys go, along with party-goers. Harajuku is known for fashion and Shibuya is known for the wild place, well for me, at least, where there are many wacky city-goers. Harajuku is usually for the younger generations, as their stores close early, while Shibuya is for nights, where many restaurants are open until very late or 24-hours, and there are many bars and clubs to choose from. Both Harajuku and Shibuya have stores geared towards cheap fashion – all under 1000 yen, and some are even less than 500 yen, which is quite common in Harajuku. Nakano and Ueno are two examples that also sell such cheap fashion goods.
Source: https://triplelights.com/blog/harajuku-street-fashion-a-373
Shoes with high heels are worn by both young and old. However, they are more common among those in their late teenage years or 20's. They usually wear these to attract men and be part of the fashion trend. They also need to adapt to their surroundings and not look strange so people won't stare at them. If they go out with friends who are very fashionable, then it is better to wear the same fashion style so they cannot be left out. Such is Japanese culture, where everyone has to be equal, since school times where everyone must wear uniforms to be part of the group. Japanese people are also quite shy and highly judgmental and are afraid of what people think of them if they go outside the norm. This is why there are many cases of bullying and suicide rates. All are from the historical Japanese culture – the seppuku 切腹 – where one stabs own abdomen and kills himself as a form of punishment and pride. Kamikaze is also something that makes it unique when Japanese pilots kill themselves by plane bombing enemy lands during World War II. Anyway, these are stories of another, and will be written in another section.
I have read a blog written by a blogger who also writes manga targeting westerners interested or living in Japan. The blogger 's website is called "How I became Texan" and it provides variety of opinions and interesting facts for those who resides in Japan. The blogger herself is a unique American living in Japan married to a Japanese husband. She is also a Youtuber, documenting her personal life with her husband. One of the blogs that I have read on her blog is about how she does not understand why women wear high heels all the time. As the title/description of her article depicts, I find that it is highly skeptical and stereotypical. I understand that it is her opinion and her view on high heels because she does not wear high heels, and so am I – I do not wear high heels; I will fall the moment I take a step. But the difference is that I can think from different perspectives and through her article (and several other articles that I have actually read on her blog), she only gives her one-sided thoughts. I actually do not believe many of things her said. I am not trying to critique her blog here, but nonetheless, her blogs are interesting and they are unique as they are quite different from most people would say. So, basically, in her blog on the wearing heels, she came to conclusion that women wear high heels to impress other women. This can be true, if they are competing with each other for attention and for a particular man that they are all interested in. However, I, on the other hand, and I am sure many agree with me, that high heels are usually worn to impress men, or they just want to look cool and follow current trend.
Source: https://jp.pinterest.com/pxlvixen/style-punk-skater-grunge/
Japanese people call these punk style sneakers (above image) – yes they are sneakers! The white sneakers with high soles in the first picture on this page is kawaii. These shoes are probably easier to walk than high heel shoes and I see many young girls wear these. This is a new trend that came up very recently. I have not been aware of these shoes two years ago when I came to Japan and these shoes are definitely increasing.
I found these fashion trends very interesting and keeps me wonder if I ever have the gut to them out myself. I am quite shy person when it comes to these things. If there are people who are willing to try it with me, why not? But I doubt. I suppose if you are interested in trying these strange crazy things that you only see in Japan (I bet!), there must be some community with these style girls. I have yet to find about these groups. If I find it, I will post more information. If not, and if you know some, please let me know!


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I was intrigued: normally one hears about such increases in the Christian population due to the missionary efforts of evangelicals (can one say Nepal?). It was unusual, to say the least, to see such a dedication to mission to the unchurched by Catholics.
What's fascinating about the story of the rise of the Church in Arunachal Pradesh is that it was lead by lay people. Here is an interview with Bishop Kattrukudiyil of the Diocese of Itanagar (the capital) published by Aid to the Church in Need.
He explained how the Church in Arunachal Pradesh was unique, in that it spread thanks largely to lay faithful because of the ban on missionaries from outside the region.There are now two Diocese in the state.
He said it was only thanks to contact with a dynamic parish on the border with neighbouring Assam that Catholicism was able to enter the region.
The parish in Hamutty attracted visitors from Arunachal Pradesh who returned home as catechists and soon the Church spread to the point where in the early 1990s converts became government ministers and insisted that priests finally be allowed to work in the region.
The first church was built only in 1993. According to this UCAN news report, Mother Teresa was present at the dedication. In July of this year, a famous missionary (Br. Prem Bhai, a Benedictine lay brother) who had worked zealously to spread the faith, died. This is from the brief CNA article about Br. Prem:
Brother Prem Bhai, a Benedictine missionary who endured repeated arrest, imprisonment, beatings and wore disguises to evangelize in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, died on June 28 in Colombo, Sri Lanka after suffering a heart attack the previous day.(Here's a report of his funeral, which drew thousands of the faithful. A similar report from UCAN)
For almost 25 years Brother Prem's missionary work in Arunachal Pradesh continued despite government laws that subjected those caught to fines of 10,000 rupees and two years imprisonment.
"Police always used to follow me. I was arrested eight times and imprisoned five times for preaching. I never stayed in jail for more than a day though – the Christian people always managed to get me released," Brother Prem said in a 2006 interview with the international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). ACN supported Brother Prem's work by building a prayer center.
Remarkably, Arunachal Pradesh is one of six states that has anti-conversion laws on the books.
Northeastern India is culturally (and racially) different from the rest of the country. Society is tribal. Caste doesn't really exist. The languages are Sino-Tibetan. Since the 19th century, Christian missionary work has borne much fruit ... for instance, the state of Nagaland is largely Baptist!


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In the bachelor program of our university, the first semester in the third year is dedicated to a semester long course called a minor. There is a range of different minors allowing the bachelor students to gain work experience or obtain a broader perspective on their own topic. General information about enrolling and the current offered minor courses can be found here.
Our minor program is called "interactive environments". The word "environment" on its own refers to everything that surrounds and influences us. It's a very broad notion and we often use various adjectives to narrow it down. For example, by referring to the "natural environment", we typically mean everything around us that has not been transformed by humans. We can also use the term "built environment", which refers to buildings and all kinds of other man-made structures such as roads or bridges. We can also think of a "social environment", which refers to all other people that have some direct or indirect influence on us.
However, unlike the obvious kinds of environments listed above, the term "interactive environment" may be less straightforward to understand. We have chosen the name "interactive environments" to describe a new kind of environments whose many parts dynamically "interact" with one another and with people. You might have encountered such environments in the form of interactive art installations, "smart" homes, or automated office spaces. Such environments may have many different functions, but what they have in common is the use of digital technology to enable them to interact with people. They also often leave us behind with a feeling that so many more functionalities and experiences could be created with interactive technology.
In the interactive environments minor you will learn how to design, engineer, prototype and test new kinds of such complex interactive environments. You will also critically reflect on the implications interactive environments may have on our society and culture. Below you can find a brief introduction to some other important aspect of the Interactive Environments minor.
The Interactive Environments minor and the Science Centre Delft have initiated close cooperation. The Science Centre Delft is the institution that acts as an interface between the Delft University of Technology and the general public. Its mission is to open up and share cutting-edge science and research of TU Delft with people of all ages and all social backgrounds. In this framework you work directly at Science Centre Delft in a dedicated design studio, where prototypes of the Interactive Environments minor will be fabricated, assembled and tested, while at the same time they become immediately exposed to the curious public.
Visitors of the Science Centre Delft can meet you at work, help you with testing of prototypes and acquire understanding of these new kinds of interactive environments. Visitors of the Science Center are treated as design partners as well. Therefore you are obliged to permanently expose your process and intermediate results to the public by means of verbal explanations, demonstrations and through exhibiting presentation material and intermediate prototypes during the minor program.
The Science Centre Delft hosts the minor and gives you access to its facilities for the duration of the master. Among these are the following: a unique design studio, access to its fabrication laboratory with all kinds of tools such as a laser cutter machine and 3D printers, and lastly free coffee or tea. In return you expose your process and results to the public of the Science Centre Delft by any means possible.
The minor is organised from the Industrial Design Faculty of the TUDelft. However, the coaches involved with the minor come from various backgrounds – not only design. We acknowledge that design teams more will consist of people from different backgrounds. People with expertise in Psychology, Architecture, Software Engineering, Design, Mechanical Engineering and other relevant disciplines form a team to answer a design challenge.
The minor is an excellent form to experience the collaboration with students from different disciplines. Thought the program of the minor we have a special focus on making the differences visible and manageable.


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Why? Because everyone else already has a laptop, and most of them are probably newer and better than the one youre leaving there, anyway.
A buzzing crowd of about more than 200 bloggers took time off from their jobs, their vacations—and their regular blogging duties—on June 23 to attend the fourth BloggerCon event in the first-floor meeting room at CNet headquarters in the South of Market district. The event continues through June 24.
So, what were they all doing, starting at 8 oclock in the morning? Why, talking about blogging—and blogging at the same time, of course. Topics for general discussion included blogging tools, citizen journalism, blogging, standards for users, blogging and the emotional life of bloggers.
"Im surprised anybodys here this early," said one of the organizers, Sylvia Paull. "Bloggers arent usually morning people."
But come they did, from as far away as Nashville (site of a past BloggerCon), and as close as one block away (Ziff Davis Media headquarters, at 101 Second Street).
Everything about this event was transparent, free and public, from the list of attendees to the free admission, free coffee and free bottles of water. There was plenty of free advice about good blogging publishers, good blogging tools and good recordingware for podcasts.
There was nothing commercial about this event. No sponsors (except CNet, indirectly, which donated use of the room), no exhibit floor, no ads, no promoted products, no hawking salesmen. It was a true anti-conference.
Phil Torrone of Make Magazine, who led the blogging tools discussion, made the point that "companies are not putting enough attention and money into showing people how to use products instead of just marketing and selling products."
For example, he said, "Kodak made a camera with Wi-Fi, called the Easy Share camera ... it uploads images only to Kodak servers. It is neither easy, nor does it share," Torrone said. "But that didnt stop me from finding a workaround [so someone could upload to another server] and blogging about it."
Blogging should be educational, informational and useful, Torrone said. "Things that most people take for granted, they really dont know about," he said. "Youd be surprised at how many people dont know what a right-click does. Right-click? Whats that? I do that and weird [stuff] comes up."
Many participants at the conference said they wanted better blogging tools. "I built a coffee table once, and it took me longer to write and post the blog about the documentation of it than it took to build the table itself," one blogger said.
"I want an automatic link-producing device, so I can set my cursor to embed the link into the post Im writing," said Jay Rosen, a journalism professor at NYU. "Just go somewhere, click and I have a link. That would be cool."
Blog search engines werent favored. "Theyre overrun with spam," said another blogger. "BlogSpot is overrun, WordPress is even worse ... comments are full of links to garbage."
The conference even featured a little music. There was the recorded, jazz-rock kind in between sessions. Someone tried to sing the Beatles "All You Need Is Love." And there was an impromptu live version of "Do the Hokey Pokey" to kick off the unusual proceedings, which were—naturally—blogged in real time via IRC (Internet Relay Chat). Sessions were immediately turned into MP3s, and they remain up on the event site.
Some of the folk heroes of blogdom were in attendance, people like grassroots journalist Dan Gillmor, author of the best-selling "We the Media" in 2004. He also serves as the director of the Center for Citizen Media, a project affiliated with Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.
"Yes, I am thinking of writing another book, but with a different take," Gillmor said. "By the way, We the Media is now out in paperback."
Other notables present included organizers Dave Winer, Doc Searles and Rosen, veteran journalist Rafe Needleman, Broadband Mechanics CEO Marc Canter, Dori Smith of Backup Brain, BusinessWeeks Rob Hof, Lisa Williams, ZDNets Steve Gillmor and Dan Farber, and many more.


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Well seeing as writing is never perfect, I would think write a few things. Even perfect writing is never perfect. Perfection is not a reachable thing, there is always room for improvement. I think, though, that the thing I'd need to improve on the most is consolidating my style. Style is not a very hard thing to develop, it is simply just how you write. Making it better, improving it, and elaborating on your style are the things that people have the most trouble with. I find my writing pretty self explanatory, and others either find it unique, exciting, and very interesting, or if they don't understand, they find it very nebulous. Nebulous is my style though, I've always found myself to be a more in-depth and abstract perspective writer. I suppose to fix it and to reach out to any reader, I should incorporate some fine detailing and solid plot. Making a shell of my writing to give a reader a good grip on the points I'm trying to get across. I started developing my style in grade 2 because I was in an advanced program and was reading at a grade 12 level with full comprehension. Style is something that is unique to every hand, yet very hard to grasp. To improve on style, I have been using this website http://creativewritingprompts.com/ for good writing prompts, and then creating a mini scenario and re-developing it until it reaches the standards that I approve of. Afterwards, I get other people to read it and add in things so that I can appeal to other senses of intellect. This helps me integrate thoughts of real people and real readers. Developing and improving my style has always been difficult, but I will push myself to the limit!
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We had a very colourful start to our day in Mildura, but no, we didn't get any rain, just more wind.
And so our very brief sojourn to Victoria ended. Once again, no fanfare as you enter New South Wales, as you cross the Murray River from Mildura.
Our morning tea stop was at the town of Balranald, on the Murrumbidgee River.
There seems to be a push to encourage tourism. The suspension bridge in the background is new since we were last through and there are quite a few little quirky frogs around the town. Apparently there are another five to be installed shortly.
It was interesting reading the above sign about the environment and the original peoples. When you read further, they are trying to conserve the area and the endangered Southern Bell Frog, but there is a cost involved, which will affect the wealth of the town, which explains why the push for tourism.
I loved this sculpture.
And this one.
There is a brand new Visitor Centre, where I was able to buy some local organic produce and not worry about quarantine areas. We had some of the pumpkin roasted for dinner last night and it was delicious. Do you like my new friend with his jaunty scarf. The local council run caravan park also has great reviews, so they are doing something right in the town.
Across the road from the Visitor Centre there was a great shop with upcycled furniture. Really lovely stuff. We had a chuckle at their opening hours sign.
Between Balranald and Hay is very flat, but it kind of follows the river. It is a huge irrigation area, but unfortunately, too difficult to photograph. There were several large holding dams. We were intrigued by this crane which was installing a tank. You will notice that there is only the boom showing, which means the crane itself is below ground level. Mick has quite a bit of dealings with cranes and he reckoned that it would have to be at least a 100 tonne, if not 200 tonne crane by the size and length of the boom. That is quite some tank they have just placed. They don't do things by halves out this way. There was lots of cotton waste on the sides of the road, so that must be one of their main crops.
We did come across one mob on cattle on the road.
The Hay Plains just go on for ever.
Then, in the middle of no where there was a cute church.
We weren't sure where we would get to that day, as it is too far to travel home from Mildura in a day. We thought West Wyalong, but, the half way point between Mildura and home is the tiny town of Goolgowi. A quick look at Wikicamps revealed that there is a caravan park with great reviews. We might as well stay there. The reviews were right. It is council owned, and all the amenities and services are very new and well kept.
Once we were set up we went for a little walk and saw this chappy. He is a grey-crowned babbler. We also saw more Mallee Ring Necks. (Thank goodness for our bird book, as we have seen quite a few new varieties.)
There were a few old buildings. The town was founded in 1925, so not all that old. We had tea at the pub, but there is also an RSL Club that does meals from Wednesday to Sunday. When we left the following morning we discovered there are also two motels. All this for an area of only about 200 residents. The highway traffic and distance from other towns (over 100kms each way) probably helps sustain all of these.
We even found a few flowers on the side of the road (no, not from someone's garden) to put in the little orange vase I'd found at an op shop. (We buy strange souvenirs.) They looked cute on the table.
Our last day of travel was over familiar ground. However, we were looking forward to seeing a new feature in the little town of Weethalle. This was only officially opened last month. The artist has done a fabulous job. There are quite a few silos being turned into art installations. Hopefully we will see some more on our travels. When we were at Coonable in June they were just starting to paint theirs. I'm sure we will see it at some stage.
We enjoyed seeing lots of wattle in bloom. We have seen bits and pieces, but this was the first big area in bloom. It really looks a picture in amongst the bush.
There was also some canola in bloom. Way earlier than you see it in our area.
It was also nice to see some healthy looking crops.
And hills and valleys. It is great fun exploring the big sky country of Australia's interior, but I always enjoy returning to our local area and landscape.
At home we were treated to a lovely sunset, with fine weather forecast for the next few days before another cold change.
Joey was pleased to see us. As soon as Mick sat down, he was straight on his lap, purring away. He has been our little (okay, not so little) shadow since our return.
The one thing that was hard to take was yesterday morning seeing the very white frost and this morning the very white frost and fog. Aahh! The joys of a Bathurst winter, but we have had lovely days.
Now we are getting things unpacked and settling back into home life. It seems that our two holidays just weren't meant to be at the moment, but that is okay, there will be another time.


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BOSTON – MassGOP Chairman Kirsten Hughes released the following statement regarding Governor Baker's signing of a 50% increase in the Earned Income Tax Credit:
"Today Governor Baker has acted to deliver important tax relief for working families in Massachusetts. The Governor's expansion the Earned Income Tax Credit is just another example of the fact that Massachusetts Republicans stand with the working people of the Commonwealth. I want to thank the Governor and the GOP team on Beacon Hill for their leadership on this important support for families across Massachusetts."
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Minor Port Management and Maritime Logistics
- Category
- Broadening minor
- Minor code
For decades, ports have expanded on the basis of long term forecasts, often publicly financed. Nowadays, in the 21st century, the port landscape looks much different. Disruptive developments such as digitization, automation and transition towards alternative energy are shortening the planning horizons which makes it much more complex to foresee and plan for future port development. One thing is certain: 20th century business practices are no longer an option. Decisions that are made today will have a significant impact on how we will shape the port of the future. How to cope with these transition issues, what will 'we' do different than we did yesterday?
Being on the main arteries of international (maritime) trade, ports are highly influenced by decisions made by traders, shipping companies and terminal operators. Understanding the principles of international trade, maritime logistics, supply chain management and transportation is fundamental to understanding the position of the port within this complex and highly dynamic international network.
Port management and maritime logistics is of interest for businesses like shipping lines, terminal and warehouse operators, companies in transport and logistics, port authorities, financial institutions, (governmental) policy makers. This minor teaches a broad range of relevant and state-of-the art topics in the field of port management and maritime logistics, where students take advantage of being in the transport and logistics hub of Europe, the port city of Rotterdam. The lectures explain the functioning and management of maritime shipping, international supply chains, as well as the port as a large and dynamic complex of many different companies and processes. The relationship between port and regional economic development will also be addressed.
Learning objectives
This minor gives an understanding of the processes that underlie port management and maritime logistics from an economics, operations and management perspective. It explains international and maritime transport, terminal and port management, intermodality and hinterland transport, and the interrelationship between port and region from a multidisciplinary perspective.
The multidisciplinary character is underlined with the fact that the minor consists of 3 modules: Maritime Economics (ME), Port Economics and Management (PEM); and Container Logistics and Inland Network (CLIN).
Students are challenged to use and integrate the knowledge from these modules in the case assignments. Furthermore, students take advantage of learning from the port of Rotterdam, engage with both academia as well as guest speakers from the port and terminal companies.
Special aspects
Proficiency in English, both verbal as in writing is a prerequisite to participate in the minor port management and maritime logistics. A good command in Excel is recommended.
Overview modules
Module 1: Maritime Economics
- Content: Maritime economics is the branch of economics that deals with the transportation of goods by sea. The learning goal of this module is to offer the students' knowledge and insight in the economic structure of the maritime industry. In particular, we will address demand for ocean shipping, the determination of prices, the origins of revenue and costs, and the consequences of cost structures for specialization in activities in shipping. The module will highlight the role of containerization in the maritime transport. At the end of the module students should have some idea of how to make money in this industry, as well as understand the behavior of some of the major players. In addition, they should be able to formulate the requirements of shipping companies from the perspective of port management.
- Teaching method: Lectures, workshops and written exam.
- Teaching materials: A selection of chapters from the book: Stopford, M., (2009), Maritime Economics (2009, 3rd edition). New York: Routledge (also available as e-Book via catalogue of the Erasmus University Library), and additional papers indicated on blackboard before the course.
- Contact hours: 2 hours per week.
- Self study: 9 hours per week.
Module 2: Port Economics and Management
- Content: The aim of this module is to provide student with theoretical and applied knowledge on seaports from an economic and management perspective. In this module we focus on ports as element in international supply chains and the locations of in general three economic activities, namely cargo transfer, (petro-) chemical industry, and logistics. One of the most important determinants for a port is its location in transport networks and the hinterland they serve. Besides the location of ports, port competition, port competiveness and the performance of ports are relevant issues. Special attention is given to the role of the port authority and its activities. Next to these topic the course will provide theoretical and applied knowledge about the relationship between ports and regional economic development.
- Teaching method: Lectures, case study and written exam.
- Teaching materials: A selection of articles and literature will be indicated on Blackboard/Canvas before the course.
- Contact hours: 2 hours per week.
- Self study: 9 hours per week.
Module 3: Container logistics and Inland Network
- Content: The introduction of the container had an enormous impact on production and distribution networks. The production of goods became globalised, while distribution systems were able to interact more efficiently with each other. This module provides a conceptual and applied approach to container logistics and the port–hinterland relationships, and highlights recent developments in the inland container networks. A network can be defined as a system of locations (seaports, inland regions) or nodes (deep-sea terminal or inland terminal) and linkage between those nodes via road, rails and waterway. Every part of the network will be discussed, combined with insights from recent research. We for example discuss how deep-sea terminal operator ECT vertically integrate in inland operations via its Extended Gate project, or how the Rotterdam railway tries to improve its operations. Special attention is paid to the increasing role of security in world-wide supply chains.
- Teaching method: Lectures, case study, and written exam.
- Teaching materials: A collection of articles and literature will be indicated on Blackboard/Canvas before the course.
- Contact hours: 2 hours per week.
- Self study: 9 hours per week.
Module 4: Integration Case*
- Content: The assignments in this minor have an overarching theme, namely to develop a strategy for the port of Rotterdam to improve connectivity, accessibility and attractiveness with the ultimate objective to build a competitive advantage above rival ports. The objectives of a case driven method is to develop new knowledge, apply knowledge, make informed judgements, as well to improve teamwork and communication skills. As the case study work is spread out over a longer period of time, there is sufficient time to reflect and improve based on feedback. In other words, a case driven approach aims for better comprehension and richer learning experiences. The first assignment is a market analysis. The second is centres around port competition. The conclusive assignment is the strategy synthesis.
- Teaching method: Individual tuition.
- Teaching materials: Assignments and some articles and literature that will be indicated on Blackboard/Canvas before the course.
- Contact hours: 1 hour per week.
- Self study: 6 hours per week.
*Module 4 consists of a case study, which distinguishes 3 assignments. The third assignment is not required for ESE students who follow the 12 ECTS minor
Method of examination
Module 1, 2 and 3 will be evaluated with a written exam. The first written exam will be held in week 4; during this exam the module Maritime Economics will be assessed. The other exam in the 8th week assesses module 2 and 3.
Module 4 is the integration case consisting of 3 assignments. The deadlines of the cases and assignments are spread out over the 8 weeks. The third case assignment is not required for ESE students who follow the 12 ECTS minor.
Composition of final grade
The PMML minor accounts for 12 ECTS (FEB53107) or 15 ECTS (FEB53107M). Only ESE students can opt to follow the 12 ECTS course. Non-ESE students follow the 15 ECTS course. The below table summarizes how to successfully complete the minor.
Written exams
Assignment 1 and 2
Assignment 1, 2 and 3
Case: 40% (average of both assignments)
Written exam: 60%
Case: 50% (average of all 3 assignments)
Written exam: 50%
Weighted average
Weighted average
All students will follow the 3 modules, and take the 3 exams. The students will work on the case in a team of 3 students. Students are free to choose their partner. Assignment 1 and 2 stand on its own. Assignment 3 builds on the understanding of the previous assignments. It is highly recommended to keep teams the same, especially when choosing the 15 ECTS variant.
The grade for every module and every assignment needs to be at least a 4.5. A lower grade cannot be compensated. A final grade of 5.5 is sufficient to pass the minor.
After the exams a session will be organized where students can discuss their work with the instructors.
Contact information
M. Jansen, MSc
+31 10 4081578
room: H16-09
Faculty website
- Category
- Broadening minor
- Minor code
- Organisation
- Erasmus School of Economics
- Study points (ECTS)
- 15
- Instruction language
- English
- Location
- Campus Woudestein, Rotterdam


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Forum on World Literature (I)
Introduction: National? Comparative? Global? Literary Methodology Today.
Monday, February 4, 2008
The following series grows out of two spring 2008 Unit for Criticism panels on world literature and literary methodology. The idea for this series crystallized when I was reading Through Other Continents, a recent book by the Americanist literary critic Wai Chee Dimock. A brilliant and original thinker, Dimock attempts to invent a literary study attuned to the geographical scale of the world-system and inspired by what she calls the "deep time" of geology and astronomy (6). She argues of American literature that "[r]ather than being a discrete entity, it is better seen as a crisscrossing set of pathways, open-ended and ever multiplying, weaving in and out of other geographies, other languages and cultures" (3). Dimock wants Americanist critics to be conversant with "Persian literature, Hindu literature, Chinese literature," and with "written records going back five or six thousand years, and oral, musical, and visual material going back further" (3, 6). As a natural born comparatist—or, at least, as someone who has trouble concentrating for too long on any single nation-state—I'm sympathetic to this move toward a world-system of literature. I can only salute, if with a certain amount of anxiety over the work ahead, the call for linguistic competence beyond Europe and for historical competence beyond modernity. But what struck me as odd in Through Other Continents—and what served as the stimulus for this forum—is the simultaneous boldness of Dimock's call for a radically extended literacy and the simple fact that her book remains a study of "American literature." Ultimately, a project that marks itself as innovatively comparative and global maintains somewhat traditional ties to the national scale: American literature may now be defined as "a criss-crossing set of pathways," but for Dimock it is still an "it," which certainly sounds like a "discrete entity." That "it" made me wonder: is Dimock's return to the national an inevitable one? What are the limits to literary study's attempts to globalize itself? Can comparative methodology provide an alternative to this vacillation between the national and world scales?
This online series will explore the implications of the tensions between national, comparative, and global concerns in contemporary literary methodology that Dimock's work makes visible. Dimock is by no means the first person to think about literature on a world scale, a tendency that goes back at least to Goethe and Marx in the nineteenth century and has lately exercised many fine critics and theorists, including Emily Apter, Pascale Casanova, David Damrosch, Franco Moretti, and Gayatri Spivak. How do we explain and evaluate the recent efflorescence of thinking about world literature? Such a tendency probably follows naturally from the more general rise of globalization as a category of critical analysis, a rise that is itself a seemingly direct result of the geopolitical and geo-economic shifts of the post-Cold War period. As such, the move toward world literature can be understood either as a necessary transcendence of Euro-American parochialism, as a symptom of unipolar American hegemony, or, if you believe Parag Khanna's thesis in last week's New York Times Magazine about the imminent extinction of that hegemony, as a symptom of a newly emergent tri-polar world in which China and a transnational Europe loom ever larger. Whatever one thinks about the specific merit of these possibilities—and others I haven't mentioned or thought of—it is clear that the new focus on world literature has borrowed heavily from discourses on globalization, and especially from world-systems analysis by scholars such as Fernand Braudel and Immanuel Wallerstein.
These arguments about globalization and world literature have obvious merit, but I'd also like to highlight at least one other more "local" genealogy of recent discussions: I would argue that, at least in the American academy, the world literature debates of the early twenty-first century sublate—preserve and negate—the canon debates of the 1980s and early 1990s. Controversies about the "deconstruction" of Great Books programs, the "multiculturalization" of literature syllabi, and the invasion of American campuses by politically correct hordes armed with Stalinist thought-control techniques dominated the cultural-political imaginary of the Bush I moment, as many of you will remember. Was too much reading of Toni Morrison and Gloria Anzaldúa subverting the grandeur of Western Civilization? Unfortunately not. And yet, while residual complaints of these sorts persist, I think the canon debates were largely won by the liberal multiculturalists, if not by the more radical avatars of critical multiculturalism. An open, hybridized canon has become common sense—in theory, if not always in practice.
But in the meantime, the issues mutated. Having more or less won the ideological battle over inclusiveness, we found ourselves faced with new methodological challenges. The problem involves not only our incorporation into a corporate logic of diversity and the management of difference (as Walter Benn Michaels and others have argued), but also methodological concerns about our approach to world literature, whether in the classroom or in scholarship. As Franco Moretti puts it, "The question is not really what we should do—the question is how" ("Conjectures" 54-55). Having successfully opened up the canon, we are suddenly faced with the limits of the syllabus, the sedimentation of disciplinary structures, and the finite nature of our own linguistic, cultural, and historical expertise. I don't think the debate over world literature is in any way post-political or non-ideological—nor would I want to discourage ideological-critical analysis of these matters—but I do think recent writings have drawn us into a necessary and productive methodological detour. The shift to methodology raises a series of questions that I hope we will begin to address in this forum. For instance, what do we think about Moretti's suggestion that we need to abandon close reading for "distant reading" and quantitative methods? Where do we stand on the question of translation and the sacredness of the original text? Can we—or should we—avoid the apparently unequal division of labor between the theorist and the national literature specialist?
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Today's Little Golden Book is Baby's Mother Goose Pat-A-Cake. This copy is a seventh printing from 1971, with the original copyright being 1948. The quality of this copy is not that great, but I had never seen it before and I liked the 50's style artwork on the cover. Inside the book is a cute illustration of a cat playing a violin with this note about the artist: While this is Aurelius Battaglia's first children's book he has done murals for children's rooms and worked in the Disney Studio. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C., and now lives in New York City.
I thought it was funny that they listed his accomplishments as doing murals on children's room walls and working for Disney. It's pretty hard to decide which should come first on your resume.
Along with the cover, I have scanned a few of my favorite pages from the book, including a two page spread of Little Miss Muffet and the last page of the book, Rock-a-bye baby. I've always thought that so many of the young children's nursery rhymes and songs are kind of morbid and/or depressing. This one is a cheerful story of a little baby in a cradle stuck up in a tree, and eventually falling to the ground, bough, cradle, and all. I did learn something from this though, as I don't think I have ever included the word "bough" in the last line of the song when I have sung it. I'll have to remember to add that next time I have occasion to sing this tune.
[Ed note, here is the fun learnin' part of the blog. Bough -noun, a branch of a tree, esp. one of the larger or main branches.]
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December 13, 2012
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The Duhh blog is gearing down and I'm ready to bring you more Social Media content. In the past there has been some question as to the topic of Duhh due to the types of posts I've added in the past. That is about to change.
The Duhh blog has always been about Social Bookmarking news and tips and it always will, but in the past I've deviated to get content on the site.
In the next week you'll see Duhh gear down and start getting back on topic, Duhh is now monitoring news from all our supported Social Bookmarking sites (Except Newsvine, Slash dot, Blogsvine, Dzone and Sphinn who seam to lack blogs, if we're wrong leave us a comment with the url) so we can bring you the latest social bookmarking news.
Duhh will also be removing posts that aren't on topic to make room for better and more to the point posts.
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One of my first job is at a storage warehouse. as the title says: I am technically a storage specialist expert.Don't laugh at me, it is a true story. This was about more than 20 years ago when I was living over east somewhere in New South Wales, now I am living in Perth WA. To many, it doesn't look like there's much when dealing with storage services. Well, technically there isn't. But being me, I'd like to make it more interesting (so we can make a story about it) Hahhaa. Think I'm joking about it? Nah mate. I am dead serious.
If you're still reading about this, then you're probably thinking what the heck is actually involved in a storage service facility. What actually happens? Well you're in for a treat. I am pulling back the curtain and reveal all. Well, as much as I can possibly can and know. To help with my story, I am including some pictures on this post to help better tell my story. Because I don't work for a storage facility anymore, I decided to contact a storage company in Perth. After asking around one company decide to help me out. So because of this, I'd like to give a shout at to the guys at Storage Perth WA. If you'd like to know more about them, simply go to their website and I urge you to support them as they have kindly donated the pictures on this page.
So if you're interested to learn the process of storing belongings, then here it is:
Step 1: Contact
With any other service based businesses, in fact any business for that matter. The first step is to initiate the contact. this is typically done by the potential customer directly calling the storage company or by an email submit form.
Step2: Requirements
Once communication has been established, the next step is for the customer to let the storage company know about what exactly they need to store. This is to ascertain the volume of space required and also if there are any special requirements that needs to be attended to. To the customer, when speaking volume metrics such as "cubic meters".. most have no visualisation on how big the space is. Instead, the storage company will ask the customer to give the details of the items requiring storage.
Step 3: Special storage requirements (additional)
Most people will say that each job is different. And this is so true in so many ways. At work, to become efficient, you'd need some sort of predictability of what is required or what about to happen. That way, you can be better prepared for a job. For example, using an invoice template. Statistics show that you are likely to close a sale the quicker you reply to a client's query. But most times, you can't avoid certain things that pop up. For example items that needs to be stored in a certain temperature and humidity condition. So it is very important to ask the customers if there is any special requirements when storing their belongings.
Step 4: Delivery and finally.. storage!
One you've got all the info, then there final step is.. you've guessed it. Store it! Sometimes, the customers require the service of a removalists to help them relocate the items. Hence why most storage facilities also provide a removals service.
There you go, a quick spill on what is involved in storing an item. 'Til next time!