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Start Your Holiday Season at Roselle Library
Be there when Santa arrives in Elm Court at 2:00 p.m.! Children are invited to visit with Santa and our very own Rose Queen Grace Biernacki.
Families with children of all ages are welcome! Refreshments will be served. No registration necessary.
Stop by local business for treats and get your Cocoa Crawl passport sheets stamped for a chance to win prizes.
The Saturday after Thanksgiving is known nationally as "Small Business Saturday" – help us celebrate our small businesses on Main St. and throughout Roselle!
Roselle Public Library is located at 40 South Park Street, Roselle, IL. For more information, call the Youth Services Department, 630-529-1641, ext. *351.
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The U.S. Army has started equipping aviation brigades with drones as it retires aging reconnaissance helicopters and pushes to further integrate unmanned technology amid budget cuts.
Combat aviation brigades at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Fort Carson, Colorado, are expected to finish divesting OH-58 Kiowa Warrior scout helicopters and adding RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aerial systems later this year, according to Col. Thomas von Eschenbach. A total of 10 or so brigades are slated to make the transition over the next three to four years, he said.
The move is part of the Army's novel but controversial plan to cut costs while retaining newer technology by overhauling aviation units. The so-called Aviation Restructuring Initiative calls for retiring the Kiowas and TH-67 trainers, transferring the National Guard's AH-64 Apache attack helicopters to the active component, moving some UH-60 Black Hawk utility choppers from active to Guard units, and buying new UH-72 Lakota light rotorcraft.
"The Army has wanted to replace the aging Kiowa for over a decade," Mark Gunzinger and Chris Dougherty, fellows at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a think tank in Washington, D.C., said in an e-mail. "Frankly, the Army may be on the cusp of breaking new ground in how it plans to fully integrate unmanned aircraft operations with ground units and manned systems operations."
Under a concept known as manned-unmanned teaming, the Apaches would be paired with drones, including the low-altitude Shadow and the high-altitude MQ-1 Gray Eagle, to perform both the armed reconnaissance and attack missions.
The restructuring plan "has allowed us to essentially recapitalize and reinvest UAS assets that probably would have been divested in a smaller Army, and use those and put them into aviation formations," said von Eschenbach, who assesses unmanned technology for Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Rucker, Alabama.
The U.S. military has about 500 Shadows and about 240 Predators and Gray Eagles, according to a Pentagon report from December on unmanned systems.
Over the past decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, infantry soldiers in brigade combat teams used drones such as the Shadow, which features an electro-optical/infrared camera, to monitor the battlefield in real-time and track insurgents planting roadside bombs. Now, the Army wants to formally incorporate the technology into reorganized combat aviation brigades.
Each aviation brigade will include an attack reconnaissance squadron consisting of three Apache troops, for a total of 24 attack helicopters, and three Shadow platoons, for a total of 12 of the drones, von Eschenbach said. Each platoon will include four of the air vehicles and two ground control stations mounted in the back of Humvees to provide round-the-clock surveillance for a mission, he said.
Combining both types of aircraft lets helicopter pilots see the battlefield and strike targets from a much greater distance by delivering video from a drone's camera directly into the cockpit, von Eschenbach said.
"It just gives you a lot more flexibility in making decisions," he said. "It allows you to spread your assets and cover a wider area."
The newest version of the Shadow also takes advantage of a universal ground control station specifically designed for missions involving both manned and unmanned aircraft, according to Bill Irby, senior vice president and general manager for Textron's unmanned systems unit.
"We expect both to be powerful force multipliers," he said in an e-mail.
Yet the Army's push to incorporate drones into its organizational structure doesn't necessarily mean they'll take the place of a new armed aerial scout helicopter. The service still has a need for such a platform, some say, though a program to develop a Kiowa successor was canceled last fall due to defense spending reductions.
"The Army will still want the AAS for a variety of missions for which Shadow UAS are ill-suited," Gunzinger and Dougherty said. "Shadows are very small, not terribly maneuverable, can't carry much in the way of weapons or sensors, and will require constant communication uplinks for command and control. So, in the long run the Shadow may be more of a complementary capability."
And while the Army won't face nearly as much of a cultural challenge as the Air Force or the Navy in convincing pilots of the benefits of unmanned technology, the service has its share of skeptics, von Eschenbach said.
"Anytime you introduce change into a system, change is not easy," he said. "Once people realize the capabilities of what it does, they're sold."
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Located just a few miles from the beautiful shores of Lake Ontario in western New York, Rochester has played a huge role in the nation's industrial development. Home of such iconic corporations as Kodak and Xerox, the self-described "Film Capital of the World" also happens to be one of the most affordable and family-friendly towns in the United States. Rochester truly offers something for everyone.
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Rochester's nicknames sound a lot alike! Once called "The Flour City" for its flour mills on the Genesee River, Rochester became "The Flower City" in 1859, when the mills moved west and local industry shifted to the nursery business.
Rochester Attractions
A noted destination for arts aficionados, Rochester is the home of the Eastman School of Music, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Garth Fagan Dance. Rochester natives flock to the Geva Theater Center for live performances and head to the Little Theatre for indie and foreign films. During the city's festival season, locals and visitors alike delight in events like the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival and the Rochester Film Festival.
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Rochester dog lovers enjoy taking their pooch out to dinner, and numerous local restaurants, like Tap & Mallet and Bunga Burger Bar, make that easy during the warm months with outdoor dog-friendly tables.
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In Rochester, family fun is nearly synonymous with the exceptional Strong National Museum of Play. Get hands-on at the video game exhibit, or head outdoors to smell the lilacs at Highland Park.
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Earlier this year, specifically March, Brian and I were in San Luis Obispo (SLO) and stopped by Jim's Campus Camera shop where I spotted this Near Mint condition Mamiya 645 1000S. Instead of picking it up, I opted for a $35 HOLGA, however; everytime I would go to SLO, I would pass by the shop and see if it was still there.
Finally in May, I bit the bullet and picked it up for the price of an Einstein 640WS strobe. I shot a roll of 120 Film and was pleased with the results.
Let's see, the last two weekends I've had three photo sessions with newbies. Part of the fun is that I get to test out new equipment, lighting styles, and poses. The drawback is that the "models" aren't sure how to pose, which makes the session last longer.
The first session was with Brenda, who works with my eldest, which I didn't find out until after the shoot. I invited both Brian and Robert to join me so they could play with some of my new light modifiers, specifically the Paul C. Buff strip boxes and also provide Brenda with an array of images. During the shoot, I brought out my Mamiya and squeezed off a few frames. I was using Kodak T-Max 100 ISO Black and White Film and wanted to see the image quality in studio.
I had Henley's develop the film and burn it to CD-ROM. One of the biggest things I noticed was the dust on the burned images and with the image of Gaby, a haloing around her face, etc... The lighting on Gaby was definitely different than on Brenda. The lighting style used on Gaby was all gridded lights with barndoors, while Brenda was diffused lighting. However, I'm still not sure that would create that halo around Gaby.
This last shot is of Kirsti (below) was captured using the same camera and film, but with a f/2.8 110mm lens. I exposed for the shadows, but again I'm not sure why it is so blocked up. All readings were taken with my Sekonic L-358 Light meter. However, I did have to replace the batteries after my shoot with Kristi.
I have another shoot coming up that I plan to shoot with my Mamiya again and see if I get better results. Otherwise, I'll end up using my Rollei for all my Medium Format stuff and place the Mamiya on the shelf.
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Rovers' Under-18s put in a spirited display to come from two goals down to claim a share of the points at West Ham.
The Hammers lead 3-1 at the break, but Rovers rallied well in a 3-3 draw on Saturday.
It was the home side who started the brighter of the two, Jordan Brown taking advantage of a defensive mistake to open the scoring on 8 minutes.
Five minutes later and West Ham's lead was doubled, Djair Parfitt-Williams emphatically volleying home.
On 21 minutes Rovers pulled a goal back in similar fashion, Brice Wassi grabbing his first of the season with a superb first-time shot from the edge of the box from Sam Joel's cross.
However before the break the Hammers' two-goal lead was restored thanks to Kieran Bywater's finish.
At the start of the second half Rovers came out with renewed enthusiasm, Brice Wassi was inches away from grabbing his second of the game but his thunderous shot cannoned off the crossbar.
A second Rovers goal arrived soon after however as a Yeray Torres free-kick couldn't be held by the West Ham goalkeeper and defender Liam Langford was on hand to score his first Rovers goal to make it 3-2.
With ten minutes remaining the comeback was complete when Rovers were awarded a penalty after Jack Doyle was brought down in the area from Callum Harris's cross.
Jordan Preston took the honours and made no mistake from 12 yards for his 5th goal in three Academy appearances this term.
Both sides had opportunities to claim the win in the closing stages but the neither goal was troubled as the game ended an entertaining draw.
"In the first half West Ham were much the better side, we seemed to still be on the coach, we started really slowly and deserved to be behind," said coach David Lowe.
"Thankfully we improved in the second half and showed a great amount of desire and application to get back into the game and I think we deserved our draw."
ROVERS: Raya, Scott (sub Anderson 69 mins), Doyle, Langford, Lavelle, Wassi, Harris, Torres (sub Tanner 69 mins), Preston, Vicars, Joel (sub Wall 90 mins).
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Wrinkles and deep lines are only part of the story when it comes to aging. Our faces lose volume as well, in our cheeks, jawline, forehead, and temples. Many people, however, aren't ready for an invasive procedure such as a facelift to restore a youthful appearance. That's why dermal fillers such as Restylane® are so popular for San Francisco Bay Area residents seeking a non-surgical option for facial rejuvenation.
Dermal fillers, when injected by a board-certified facial plastic surgeon such as Dr. Chase Lay in San Jose, can achieve excellent results for most patients. Please request a consultation online, or call Dr. Lay's office at (408) 358-3888 to schedule an appointment to learn more about your options.
Who Is a Good Candidate for Dermal Fillers?
We all experience the effects of aging: thinner skin that looks less plump and smooth than it did when we were younger. In other words, most men and women are good candidates for fillers. Dermal fillers are safe and designed to treat various issues that cause us to appear older than we feel. Most patients who come in for fillers are as young as 30 years old and either want to soften nasolabial folds (the lines from the nose to the corners of your mouth) or vertical lip lines, or increase the volume in their cheeks.
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Dr. Lay offers a number of different fillers, which each offer unique advantages for certain patients. The versatility is needed to treat lines at wrinkles at various depths. Most fillers used these days use hyaluronic acid (HA), a natural substance found in your body. Since it's not made using animal sources, allergy testing isn't needed prior to your treatment. Other, heavier, fillers use a compound called Calcium Hydroxylapatite (CaHA) that's found naturally in bones.
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|An HA filler that treats moderate to severe facial folds and wrinkles. It's also approved for lip enhancement.
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|Designed with XpresHAn Technology, this anti-aging formula can help remedy the appearance of deep smile lines around the mouth.
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|Crafted with HA, this innovative dermal filler can help achieve younger-looking lips. Restylane Silk is a specialized lip augmentation solution to correct inadequate lip volume and fine lines around the mouth.
|This one-of-a-kind dermal filler is crafted with biocompatible poly-L-lactic acid, which naturally absorbs into the body and stimulates the production of collagen to repair the skin on a cellular level.
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All Mountain Collective Passholders may use their 2 days for Mammoth at Mammoth Mountain, June Mountain, Bear Mountain (Southern California), or Snow Summit (Southern California).
Redemption Instructions for Mammoth, Bear Mountain, and Snow Summit:
- Mammoth - Bring a printout of your purchase confirmation and a photo ID to a ticket window at the following locations: Main Lodge, Canyon Lodge, Eagle Lodge and Mountain Center.
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Heather Bristol, MS, is the Vice President of Informatics at Clinipace. Manejeh Yaqub, MD, is the CEC Consulting Expert.
Thank you to everyone who attended our webcast "Clinical Events Adjudication in the Digital Age." In the presentation, we discussed when clinical events committees (CECs) are needed, CEC structures, CEC processes, what to look for when outsourcing CEC services and benefits of technology-enabled CEC processes.
During the webcast, we received a number of great questions from the audience. Therefore, we would like to share with you answers to those questions in a series of blog posts. In today's post, we'll discuss how to handle therapeutic areas where standard definitions are unavailable. Check back Thursday for more questions regarding CEC structure.
If you have any additional thoughts or questions for our experts, please share your comments below.
Q: Standard definitions are available in some therapeutic areas like cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, but how do you handle areas where standard definitions are not available?
A: It depends on the protocol. You're right that standard definitions are more widely available in the cardiovascular and neurovascular therapeutic areas. However, there are protocols with specific endpoints that may require higher utilization of consistent definitions, which the CEC can also help refine for future scientific endeavors. Therefore, it really depends upon what endpoints or safety events each study is looking for.
A good example would be stem cell studies that involve harvesting of stem cells through sternal puncture, which are prone to bleeding complications that are often severe and serious. For such studies, a consistent bleeding definition distinguishing various categories of bleeding would be of potential benefit. CEC members typically assist the steering committee, advisory board or the sponsor who developed the protocol in developing or refining these definitions. So for any study protocol, when you decide to have a safety-related endpoint or a very specific endpoint, you can always come up with a consistent definition around it that can be applied for that particular protocol, and then work with the regulatory agencies on ensuring that it is the right definition. Therefore, not only do CECs assist with adjudication, they also assist with developing these definitions for events of interest.
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When it comes to choosing your little boy's room color it's comprehensible that one gets a little bit indecisive, there are so many choices out there and in reality there is not just one correct way we can go.
We always think about the usual blue or green color if he is a boy because we have been kind of trained to think that way have we not? But now a days there are a rainbow of options, options that usually do not come to our minds. Now is the time to explore those options!
Today we will talk about gray. What is that? You haven't given it a lot of thought? Well we will now! When we choose our boy's room color we need it to be more than just cute or pretty, although of course we want it to look the best! One thing we need to consider is that the color of his room affects him directly, the color will be processed by his mind and transferred to his thoughts. This will affect his mood and it also it will stimulate him, giving him more energy.
That is why the color gray is a really good alternative. When we talk about color psychology the color gray is a conservative and stable color, it reflects and transmits intelligence, reliability and calmness. It is the color of compromise and tranquility; and we will use it to create a sense of composure and relief from an outside world that is chaotic, we want our child to enter the comfort of his home and room and feel safe and secure. Now you see why this color is a must? You might have a few doubts because it is a little sober and you may consider it a bit "mature" for a child, but that is definitely a myth. You just have to paint the room in a preferably light gray and add some whites and it will look fantastic! Plus it will give the stability and warming sense of belonging to your youngster!
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Many more women have had this experience than you might imagine. It's usually devastating and more often than not there is nothing anyone can say or do to make you feel better right away. In plenty of cases the husband does come back home so if the main thing you fear is that he won't come back you should remember that the odds are in your favor that he will. No doubt you're in a state of panic and feeling desperate right now. If this is the first time your husband has walked out on you it's possible you already called a friend, a sibling, a parent, and they did their best to calm you down. They told you it's going to be okay, not to worry. Maybe some told you your husband will come back. Maybe others told you you're better off without him anyway; but once they hung up you were back in your panic. Your pain didn't ease. In fact with every minute that passes without the sound of a key in the door your pain and panic increases.
Maybe this is your second time or your third time and you don't feel like you can call anyone because you know they won't have any sympathy for you because you shouldn't have taken him back the first time to give him another opportunity to walk out on you. So you're trying to bear your anguish, trying to avoid flying into a full blown panic as you listen for that key in the door, hoping and praying.
It's never easy to deal with all the emotions and the panic that takes hold of you when your husband leaves; and very often words like "everything is going to be okay" not only fail to comfort, they can also be patronizing. But the truth is, you really are going to be fine. You husband will probably come back and if he doesn't you'll live to thank him. Because when a husband leaves it means things aren't great in the relationship for you either. You are married to someone who is capable of just walking out and abandoning you. That is not the action of someone who cares about you; and what's the benefit to you to be married to someone who shows by his actions that he does not care about you? There is none.
If money is part of the reason you're panicking you might have to be prepared to reach out to your family, church or community. If you have no job and no money you will need help getting on your feet if your husband does not come back. Even if he does come back you should seek help finding ways to take care of yourself so that in the event he leaves again you can at least know that you're not at risk of becoming homeless.
Reach out to people. This is not a time to be alone. Even if your husband has walked out so many times you're ashamed to go crying to anyone about it, there's always someone you can talk to who won't judge and will just listen and be supportive. It might not be any of your friends or family. It might be a stranger on a crisis helpline or strangers on a forum message board. There are people who understand and want to help; so don't suffer alone.


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I went gig hopping in Brighton tonight. Ah, what a place. Basically I missed Love Inks' London gig a few days ago so thought I'd catch them by the sea instead (they were great), and by sheer coincidence it was also Tashaki Miyaki's their first ever UK gig, at the delectable Green Door Store venue right by the train station.
Incidentally you can see TM in London tomorrow (aka Wednesday, at the 100 Club), but supporting them in Brighton were today's tips, Sealings. They're still programming drums from their iPods but I thought they rocked. Two guys, two guitars, one song that sounded like a great, anthemic Pixies riposte and LOTS of lovely/torrential feedback. I think they even left a guitar feeding back for a whole song at one point, kind of using it as an a part of the tune rather than something that most people would turn the fuck off without thinking twice about it. Either that or they didn't actually realise it was still plugged in.
Imagine my surprise when I got home, checked their Facebook and saw someone had made this gif of their performance:
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'If we don't have farmers, we don't have food': Reaction to CAP 2020 proposals
The Irish farming organisations have given their reactions to today's announcement from the European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan on the White Paper on the Future of Food and Farming, which outlined proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020.
Responding to the announcement, Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) president Joe Healy said an increased budget is essential for the future CAP to be effective and to ensure a supply of safe, sustainably-produced food for European consumers.
Healy said: "If we don't have farmers, we don't have food. Low farm income in many sectors remains the most significant challenge to the sustainability of farming enterprises across the EU, and in attracting new entrants into farming. The CAP post-2020 must deliver a fair standard of living for farmers, with an overall improvement in income levels.
In addition, Europe must show solidarity with farmers over Brexit by making up the shortfall in the CAP budget arising from the departure of the UK from the EU.
The IFA president added: "In contrast to the economic landscape of the last CAP reform, we are in the position now where the EU economy is growing again. In this environment, securing an increased budget to deliver a positive CAP reform must be the key priority for Commissioner Hogan."
Healy said he was concerned about a reference in the paper that the EU budget will have to do more to meet new challenges and that the CAP will have to be looked at in this context.
"Commissioner Hogan cannot allow the CAP budget to be raided; any new EU initiatives must be funded by new money," he said.
The IFA president said in setting the key policy parameters of the CAP post-2020, Commissioner Hogan has a real opportunity to ensure that direct payments strongly support active farmers, based upon relevant and objective criteria.
Healy said the delivery of environmental public goods and enhanced production standards have a real value and this must be reflected in the direct payments farmers receive in the next CAP.
The IFA President concluded that Commissioner Hogan has identified simplification as a key ambition in this CAP Reform. He said simplification must deliver real practical results, with reduced bureaucracy at farm level.
A spokesperson for the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers' Association (INHFA) has said that the organisation is currently studying the proposals and needs to fully assess it. However, on the surface, the INHFA is concerned over the proposal of responsibility being given to member states from Europe.
Going on past experience, the organisation representative added, Brussels has been fairer than Dublin – and problems have previously arisen with the Irish government, not the EU.
Giving his own reaction, the president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) John Comer said that it was noteworthy that while farm income is mentioned and dealt with in the communication, the overriding emphasis appears to be on environmental and climate change matters – and it was therefore extremely difficult to see either improved farmer incomes or a simplified system being progressed based on today's communication.
Comer added that 'sustainability' is obviously the commission's new 'buzz word' for farming, but it was clear that any concept of economic sustainability for farmers is still way down the commission's list of priorities.
"Clearly there are a number of positives in the communication which should be acknowledged; we particularly recognise the suggestions that support is targeted to genuine farmers who are actively farming in order to earn their living, a compulsory cap on direct payments, and the interest expressed in the ICMSA proposal for a Farm Management Deposit Scheme that would enable farmers – through the taxation system – to save funds in good years to cope with bad years.
We also warmly welcome the recognition of farmers' completely disadvantaged position in the food supply chain and the ambition to change this.
"However, the disappointing aspect of the communication is the absence of any concrete measures from the EU Commission to address the utterly destructive price volatility that is wrecking the family farm system.
"The concept of risk management is being put forward again; but – in the ICMSA's opinion – in periods of market downturn, what is required is direct action by the EU Commission to address income crisis; the Voluntary Milk Supply Reduction Scheme is a clear example of an effective measure of the type that should be used going forward," he continued.
"The starting point for any debate here is the CAP budget post-2020 and it's absolutely critical that the current CAP budget is, at least, maintained – so we welcome the government commitment in this regard post-Brexit. It is absolutely essential that farm families across the EU are not made pay for Brexit in the same way as they ended up paying for the Russian boycott," he said.
Comer concluded by stating that farmers will be concerned by the lack of any priority or prominence given to their economic viability under CAP as it goes forward. There would also be reservations about the still excessive levels of bureaucracy and the lack of any plan to address South American beef imports produced without any standards and in an environmentally reckless manner.
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Derry Dillon, Macra na Feirme's agriculture and rural affairs manager, commented on the proposals, noting that it was promising that the whole area of generational renewal was very high on the agenda.
Dillon said that the succession planning – having supports for younger farmers who are getting into the sector, and also supports for older farmers who are looking to take a step back – are vital for meeting the challenge of an ageing farming population.
The reference to land mobility – a collaborative arrangement aimed at utilising land, a relatively limited resource in Ireland, to its full potential – was also welcomed by Macra.
It was noted that two key factors highlighted by Macra in its CAP submission – the importance of attracting new farmers and the importance of land mobility – were referenced in the document, which was welcomed by the organisation.
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) president Patrick Kent has welcomed the communication saying it represented "an ambitious vision of the role of the Common Agricultural Policy, while recognising that fair income for farmers and generational renewal had to be at the heart of it."
However, Kent said that the communication was under the shadow of uncertainty around the budget for the CAP post-2020.
Unless there is more CAP funding, it is pointless being more ambitious.
Regarding plans to give member states more flexibility around the design of individual CAP programmes, Kent said that while there were potential attractions to this strategy he would be worried that some member states would go over the top in terms of regulations and implementation in a way that would disadvantage their farmers compared to other member states' farmers.
Kent welcomed the fact that capping payments was on the agenda and expressed the hope that a realistic cap would be in place across Europe with a view to ensuring that large scale operations, including factory controlled or owned feedlots, could not continue to get six figure sums from the CAP – something which tarnishes the reputation of all farmers through a small few.
Kent emphasised that there needs to be greater focus on making sure that all CAP schemes are efficient at delivering money to farmers. "The current RDP scheme is too complex with schemes which leak a lot of funds to advisors and professionals, while delivering small sums to farmers who are meant to be the beneficiaries. This has to change."
"On generational renewal, we need to recognise that this is a two way process and we should be thinking of a retirement scheme to complement better supports for young farmers.
ICSA also welcomes mention of the bio-economy in the communication. However, the ability of farmers to produce renewable energy needs to be crystallised in EU and national policies on biofuels, solar energy and anaerobic digestion.
Kent said that the focus on risk management and income stabilisation tools could not be seen as a substitute for proper incomes. "We are open to persuasion, but there is a concern that complex financial instruments could result in a leakage of funds out of CAP into the insurance sector. Moreover, there is a worry that income stabilisation could lead to a perverse incentive to cut prices even more by processors/retailers in order to allow the income stabilisation tool to kick in."
Concluding, Kent said: "The eight key goals for the new CAP is ambitious and this is fine in principle; but we need to have reality in how much we ask farmers to do and we need to ensure that better farm incomes are the most important measure of sustainability."


text: Birmingham, United Kingdom - Holi festival marks the arrival of spring in India and commemorates events from Hindu mythology involving demons and deities. But thousands of kilometres away, under the often dreary skies of Birmingham, hordes of people streamed through inflatable arches to take selfies, get pelted with coloured powder, and wear branded merchandise. The festival, with its roots in the legend of Prahalad and Holika, sees the casting aside of traditional social barriers and people dancing, singing and throwing brightly coloured dyes and powders at each other. In Britain, the Colour Run, a five-kilometre race, takes its inspiration from Holi, as have other mass participation events and advertising campaigns that borrow from the Hindu festival to market alcohol or mobile phones without cultural or religious dimensions. The Holi Festival of Colours says it can "directly promote and foster equality and tolerance and bring people together". The Holi One Colour Festival promotes "the ideas of togetherness and the colour of everyday life during a day of fun and exhilaration". These global dance parties take place year-round, unlike their namesake, which takes place in March. Such is the lure of a rainbow coloured coating that more than 9,000 people, dressed in white, made their way around Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre on August 16. A drone, affixed with a SLR camera, hovered above them. Coloured powder greets participants at every kilometre, as do words of encouragement bellowed through a loudspeaker. About 5.5 tonnes of coloured powder is imported - from India - for a race with 10,000 people. For charity? When people grow up and move to another country, seeing people take an aspect of your religion is bemusing. - Joe Rafferty, event organiser The Colour Run is not a charity but a charitable platform, say organisers. Last year there were four in the UK. They attracted 33,000 people and raised £300,000 ($500,000) for various causes. "We're taking the joy that comes with a religious festival and apply it to exercise," says Joe Rafferty from IMG Challenger, which organises the event. "People see running as quite a boring activity. Colour zones incentivise people to keep going, you have music playing. It gives this amazing happiness. I challenge you to find someone who isn't happy." When asked if the Colour Run has culturally appropriated Holi, Rafferty replies: "I'm Irish and I'm fascinated by St Patrick's Day. You see Emiratis celebrating it in Dubai. You see South Asians on Kilburn High Road in London, and I think you're dressed as leprechauns and you're carrying a pot of gold. I sat there dumbstruck. There's probably a lot of confusion from Indians. When people grow up and move to another country, seeing people take an aspect of your religion is bemusing." Entry costs start at £23 ($38) per person if part of a team and £25 ($41) for an individual. IMG says costs vary for every event and it is unable to disclose specific costs and profit figures. "There are significant costs that go into it," says Rafferty. "Every event will have a break-even point. We have to create a business model, you can't go out and organise an event for nothing. You have to sustain your business as well." Mamta and Jason Patel are from Bromsgrove, a West Midlands town, and are at the exhibition centre with their children Sakshi, Mili and Rashi. "Our daughters wanted to experience Holi and it's the closest we're going to get to it outside India," says Mamta, who is Hindu. "I've done Holi in India and it's amazing and this is like it. It's just about having fun. Temples here celebrate Holi but not on this scale. Holi is a cultural festival, not a religious one. For me, it's a case of the more the merrier." For others, such as Grace Clarke, 23, and her friends, the Colour Run is a fun day out in their hometown and a chance to do something different for the weekend. Abi Moore, 26, from Bridgend in South Wales, says the run was an opportunity to kickstart her exercise regime. Commercialisation Someone has seen a marketing opportunity. This is just a fad, it has nothing to do with Hinduism. - Bharti Tailor, Hindu Forum of Europe Others worry about the commercialisation of Indian culture. Bharti Tailor, executive director of the Hindu Forum of Europe, says: "Someone has seen a marketing opportunity. This is just a fad, it has nothing to do with Hinduism. The fact that they are using the word Holi links it to the Hindu festival. How can we stop them? How can you stop people making money from Holi?" The impact of removing religion from a religious festival or event is not lost on some faiths. A survey conducted this year by the UK-based Bible Society showed declining religious knowledge, with a quarter of the 804 children surveyed not knowing the story of Easter, and 28 percent thinking the golden goose laid Easter eggs. About 80 million chocolate Easter eggs are sold in the UK every year, but only one brand mentions Jesus Christ. The Real Easter Egg - launched in 2010 - features the story of his crucifixion, resurrection and the symbolism of eggs for the most important date in the Christian calendar. David Marshall, who founded the company behind it, says religious festivals have been around for thousands of years, and that marketers might try to strip them of their spiritual meaning by only promoting the visual aspects. "However, by making the outward signs of the festival attractive, they provide an opportunity to retell the essentials of a faith to a new generation," says Marshall. Rise of Ramadan marketing Ramadan has a rising public profile - Internet media company Buzzfeed ran 13 articles on Ramadan in 2014 and one about Eid during a two-month period, including one titled: "13 Of Your Favourite Movies, If They Were Made During Ramadan". Earlier this year, fashion house DKNY launched a Ramadan collection that had no religious aspect other than the timing. Hotels, restaurants, supermarkets and television channels target Muslim consumers with Ramadan-branded campaigns, although the discounts and deals are available to non-Muslims, too. A former US State Department official, Shahed Amanullah, wrote: "I regularly attend public iftars where nearly half the attendees are not Muslim, and any religious aspect is relegated to a small side room so as to not get in the way of networking and socialising. When you start seeing people like Wolf Blitzer at iftars, you just have to wonder what is happening to our most precious religious holiday." Bharti Tailor says certain Hindu festivals appeal to a wider audience, citing Raksha Bandhan and friendship bracelets as an example. "I don't know if I'm upset by it. I want people to know the difference between the religious festival and what is entertainment," says Tailor. "Some festivals just catch the imagination and the ones that do have a celebratory element to them. Things like fasting are a different devotional activity." SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Riazat Butt Arts & Culture India United Kingdom Asia


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After watching Jobs, a movie about the man whose vision I have
always adored I felt so empty. A rare feeling after watching an inspiring film supposed to be.
Steve Jobs. I love how his mind works and how he had changed the world. His brilliance is one of a kind, the kind I'm definitely envious of. Right now I'm in my room sulking in my bed thinking how my life is going so far. I would admit… I'm not happy with how I ended up to be.
I am a dreamer, an achiever and a go – getter. I hate comfort zones because I believed that there is no growth in staying that you learn to value what life is when you're out there exploring. I love freedom. I like to go to places alone. I love solitude. I hunger for experiences that will change me. I am bound to be great but then again here I am…
I've been working since 2010 two months after I finished my degree in Computer Science, after winning my most-coveted Corps D' Elite award for outstanding club president and after spending one school year working for our class yearbook. I was at my prime yet again … here I am.
I'm thankful to have a job in an industry I really despised back in college. Yes, the industry I used to hate is the one feeding me and my family, it pays my bills and so as my graduate school studies. I'm thankful, of course. This is the type of job I never aspired to be in. I don't see myself for the rest of my freaking life assisting customers who don't know how to fix their mobile applications and their home security. It melts my heart whenever my customer thanks me for a job well done but it doesn't give me the happiness and fulfillment that I wanted. I love my team, my colleagues who became my close friends and mentors I've met who have seen my potentials. I know what I am capable of doing and what I'm doing right now is not even 20% of what I am made to be. It's not using my talents and skills. It does not give me the GROWTH that I hungered since day one. What I get actually are fun memories, bullshits and values that can help me in the future.
Maybe you're wondering why am I still here.
An only child has no better choice but to be an heir of her parent's problems. I too am not a bad child who can just leave my mother alone just for her selfish dreams. I know how much my mom sacrificed for me during the days when we're about to lose everything. A child born in luxury never understands what life is until she had nothing left. I never learn to value things until I had almost nothing… and rebuilding it is the hardest part.
I don't know how to save the ship from sinking. I don't know how to be a captain. What I know is that I'm bound to be great and all this crap is not part of it supposed to be. I am strayed away from the creative path I longed to travel. I'm strayed away from my corporate dreams… of drinking coffee while discussing our next project, of living the cosmopolitan life and of working in a creative environment where my works are commended and my leadership is recognized. A life that I'm bound to be…
Sometimes as I looked back of how hard I really worked for my degree and those awards I used to get I feel so sad of where I am right now. I am a prodigy, a child full of wonder, a person my nieces and nephews idolize… used to be full of potentials and dreams now a bum who loves to chill, who drinks a lot of coffee and beer and sleeps a lot. My life is slowly fading away from me… I no longer recognized myself. I am programmed to stay where I am because I have family issues to fix, my mother needs me and work financed my graduate school studies which by the way is my ticket to success.
Oh well.
I have no idea how I'll ended up to be. I have no idea until when can I hold on. I'm like an animal trapped in a cage looking at the possibilities behind the bars that locked me out from being great. I cannot just go out and explore knowing that there are people who needs me. I cannot be selfish… I just can't.
I don't know what's the moral story of my blog post. Maybe all I can really say right now is to trust God and his will. He has plans for us and where I am right now might be just a prelude into something better. I cannot just lose hope right now. I'm an optimist, I see great things on difficult situations. I know I'm bound to be great and it's all about perfect timings. I'm in doldrums waiting for something to happen. I'll enjoy this journey full of uncertainty… I'm getting older and older as time passes by so might as well live my life to the fullest that I can and whatever situation I'm at.
Oh well.
I'll keep on knowing myself, my passion… my dreams because it will be my starting point to my road to greatness.


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The unending and illogical madness of government bureaucracy didn't truly hit me until I worked for the government. For one year, the term kafkaesque permeated my life and my unfortunately battered psyche. Sure, I had read plenty of Kafka's works up to that time, but they didn't resonate in the same way until I found myself running in circles only to ram head first into a wall of slow policies and paperwork covered in absurdity resulting in bad handwriting and 4:30 martinis. But this sort of insanity can be found in other works by other authors as well.
According to Merriam-Webster, Kafkaesque is defined as : of, relating to, or suggestive of Franz Kafka or his writings; especially : having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality <Kafkaesque bureaucratic delays>
+ Catch-22. "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you." One of the great American novels of the 20th Century, Joseph Heller's World War II-set narrative finds bombardier Yossarian caught in an illogical roundabout that exams the insanity, idiocy, and other problematic facets of war.
+ Metropole. When a linguist boards the wrong plane in Budapest, he arrives in an unknown city where he can't seem to understand anything anyone is saying. There is excessive queuing and official information is constantly changing from one day to the next.
+ The Passion According to G.H. A claustrophobic, ecstatic stream of consciousness begins when the maid quits, leading G.H. to go into the former employee's room to find it spotless save for a cockroach that she goes on to kill. Language, memories, and philosophies are tangled around the lifeless vermin for inspection.
+ Invitation to a Beheading. I've always maintained that if you covered up Vladimir Nabokov's name on the front cover and gave it to a new reader, they would immediately assume it was written by Kafka based on the style, tone, and premise. In an unnamed country, Cincinnatus C. is sentenced to death by beheading for being found guilty of "gnostical turpitude," an undefined crime.
+ The Joke. This is Milan Kundera's first novel and written during the brewing Prague Spring. Ludvik is sentenced to hard labor after sending a friend a joke written on a postcard that pokes fun at the communist regime. He is turned in and his trial is nothing more than a kangaroo court.
+ The Garden Party. The young Hugo is sent by his father to a garden party to meet a local bureaucrat who his father is certain will employ Hugo. The party-goers mistake him for a seasoned employee and soon Hugo is put in charge of liquidating the liquidation office. He fools them all by quickly mutating his language to that of the bureaucracy.
+ The Castle. This list wouldn't be complete without Kafka, right? There are so many to choose from, but The Trial and The Castle are always cited as the most "kafkaesque" of them all. K. is a land surveyor who has been summoned to an unnamed town. He keeps trying to get into the castle to speak with a mysterious and unseen official. Paperwork and the unknowable are just two blockades to his pursuits.
These are just a few selections. Do you have any further recommendations?
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Florida's Levek, who were just in NYC last month, have just announced a short, mostly East Coast tour, including (and probably because of) time in NYC for CMJ. The only announced CMJ show for them so far is the Penache showcase at Public Assembly on October 19 but look for more to emerge as we get closer to the fest.
Levek's debut album, Look a Little Closer, is out September 25 and that's the cover art above. You can download the album's opening cut, "Black Mold Grow," above as well. All scheduled tour dates are below.
Levek – 2012 Tour Dates
09/11/2012 Club Down Under – Tallahassee, Florida w/ Zammuto
09/22/2012 The Green Room (FL) – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
10/19/2012 Public Assembly – Brooklyn, New York – Panache CMJ Showcase
10/24/2012 Empty Bottle – Chicago, Illinois
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What's the problem? On November 14, 2007, the FDA announced in a press release that the diabetes drug Avandia (generic: Rosiglitazone) was to receive new information in the black box warning that was already in place on the drug's label. The updated information included warnings that Avandia may cause heart attacks.This announcement followed a study that concluded that the drug may increase the risk of fatal heart attacks in people who use the drug.
The "black box" warning is the strongest warning that the FDA adds to labels on medications that may pose a health threat to users. Both rosiglitazone and pioglitazone are thiazolidinediones. Avandamet is a combination drug composed of rosiglitazone and metformin and Avandaryl is a combination of rosiglitazone and glimepiride. Avandia, Actos, Avandamet, and Avandaryl received black box warnings about increased risks of congestive heart failure in August of 2007, following the New England Journal of Medicines article covering the results of the Meta Study that implicated rosiglitazone as causing fatal cardiovascular events.


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Money Box (radio programme)
Money Box is a weekly personal finance radio programme on BBC Radio 4.
Money Box began in October 1977 with Louise Botting as presenter. It was the first personal finance radio programme, and even today in the UK, it is one of the few. The programme You and Yours, also on Radio 4, also includes much about personal finance, fraud and scams. Money Box Live launched in 1990.
Each Saturday Money Box is broadcast live in the half-hour slot just after 1200 local time with news and information about personal finance in the United Kingdom. It is repeated on Sunday evenings just after 2100 local time.
Money Box LiveEdit
There is also a phone in programme Money Box Live answering listeners' calls and emails on one personal finance topic which changes each week. Money Box Live is broadcast on Wednesdays in the half-hour slot just after 1500 local time. Vincent Duggleby also presents.
Money Box and Money Box Live are broadcast each week throughout the year except for six weeks from mid-July to late August. Both programmes are also available live over the internet and the current episodes can be listened to via the website for seven days from transmission. A podcast can be downloaded. Transcripts and summaries of programmes back to 2000 are available.
Listener inputEdit
Listeners can contact the programme via its website (link below). On the website there is a 'Have Your Say' page which publishes listeners' views on one story from the current week's Money Box.
The presenter is Paul Lewis. He has presented since September 2000, having been a reporter on the programme in the early 1990s. Between 1992 and 2000, the presenter was Alison Mitchell. From the programme's start in 1977 to 1992, the programme was presented by Louise Botting. The programme has also been hosted by Naga Munchetty.[1]
Typical financial topicsEdit
See alsoEdit
- Working Lunch, daily on BBC2 until July 2010[2]
- In Business, also on Radio 4 with company focus
- Wake Up To Money, daily on Radio Five Live (also presented by Paul Lewis in the 1990s) with company focus
- Louise Botting, presenter from 1977 to 1992
External linksEdit
- Money Box homepage BBC News
- Money Box full of change - Paul Lewis looks back over 25 years of our financial life Telegraph, 19 October 2002
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- Mortgage Debt in November 2006 YouTube


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I still can't get over how quickly the weather has changed — I want to surround myself with things that feel like the inside of a warm, cozy cabin. So when I saw these sweet punched-tin lanterns (you can DIY your own version here) and Fair Isle sweaters from Sparrow & Co., I was hooked. Because, well, there are few things cozier than a sweater pillow. Speaking of which, does anyone else remember when Genevieve Gorder made sweater pillows for a basement makeover on Trading Spaces? That was one of my favorites. Anyway, back to Sparrow & Co. Their web shop is slowly opening and in addition to the pillows (email to place an order), they recently added candles to their collection. Normally, I'm not a big candle person, but the label designs (below) are cute enough to make me want one. Click here to check out the shop and blog and to get more information on their collection. xo, grace


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The Elderlaw Forum: alzheimer's signals its arrival
by Professor Michael Myers
Alzheimer's signals its arrival. Its progressive breakdown of memory, personality and identity is observable. A spouse watches, grieves, and waits.
"My husband's Alzheimer's condition has reached a stage where I can no longer manage him. Soon I will have to take him to a nursing home. What can I expect? What will happen to me financially?" asked a senior legal helpline caller.
She is 74. He is 81. Each has four children from a previous marriage. They own a home valued at $140,000. They have combined monthly Social Security income of $1,300. He receives $435 a month from a private pension. They have a "rainy-day" savings account of approximately $14,000, a 2003 Buick sedan valued at $9,500, a life insurance policy with a $5,000 cash value and a $50,000 death benefit, and a paid-up burial policy for both.
Here is what she can expect: The monthly cost of an Alzheimer's unit will approximate $8,500 per month. He should immediately apply for Medicaid assistance and ask to be placed on a "Medicaid pending" status to avoid out-of-pocket payment for services rendered while the application is being processed.
There will be an "asset test" and an "income test." Their home will not be a "countable" asset, as long as she resides there. When she dies, or sells the home, the state will foreclose on its lien and recover its costs.
As the "well" or "community spouse" she can retain the entire $14,000 joint savings account. The maximum spousal resource standard for 2007 is $101,640. The minimum is $20,328. Since their combined income is less than the $1,560 monthly minimum income allowance permitted in her state for 2007, she will continue to receive their $1,300 in monthly Social Security payments. Additionally, she may be able to receive a portion of her husband's pension.
The federal Medicare Catastrophic Act provides income protection through an annually-adjusted "minimum monthly maintenance needs allowance" and asset protection through an annually-adjusted "community spouse resource allowance."
She will be able to retain their Buick car. Their burial policies will not be disturbed. The agency will likely regard the cash value of his life insurance policy as a countable asset. The test: If it can be converted to cash it is countable.
(Pro bono legal information and advice is available to persons 55 and older at 1-800-747-1895; email@example.com. Opinions expressed herein are solely the author's and not those of the University of South Dakota).


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As thousands of health and social care workers take up a government flu vaccination programme, so corporate healthcare providers have launched their seasonal flu programmes.
A government source recently announced that more than 340,000 healthcare workers have taken up the flu vaccine on offer, meaning that 36.8% of frontline healthcare workers had influenza vaccinations in September and October 2014.
The aim of the programme is to protect vulnerable patients and the elderly from infection from health and social care workers who might catch flu this winter.
However, corporate healthcare providers such as Boots, Bupa and other companies say that a corporate programme where employees are offered flu vaccinations for free, often using vouchers or by means of a nurse visiting the premises, can offer a preventive measure to help employees avoid catching seasonal flu this winter.
Seasonal flu is said to be one of the biggest causes of short-term illness affecting employees, being highly contagious and affecting people of all ages.
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According to the Co-operative Pharmacy, a total of 7.6 million working days are lost in the UK because of flu each year, costing the British economy £1.35 billion.
A survey of more than 3000 people by the pharmacy chain revealed flu accounted for the most number of days lost (1141) among short-term illnesses. After flu, the next two most common reasons for absence were colds (804 days) and stomach upsets (658 days).


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Google I/O 2017, our annual developer conference, gathered 7,200+ developers from around the world at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA.
Attendees enjoyed a 3 day festival with technical Sessions, Office Hours, Codelabs, Sandbox Demos, App Reviews, an After Hours Block Party, and a Concert by LCD Soundsystem — making the best use of the iconic outdoor venue! Here's a quick recap of some of our favorite moments.
More information about the event: google.com/io
Keynote and session recordings: g.co/io/videos
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Timeline: Follow the AIG Emails
This is a timeline based on the emails released by Federal Reserve Bank in response to a letter request from Rep. Darrell Issa. There are many gaps which you can tell from both the Bates Numbers and because many of the email strings say 1 of X pages, etc., you can tell that some pages are missing out of the string. You can find the entire set of emails over at The New York Times.
11/21/08 Kathy Shannon of AIG sends a list of "trigger events" and proposed 8-K filings to the NY Fed and asks for input as to whether AIG has inadvertently have omitted anything (Bates #AIGHOGRM1725-1727).
11/24/08 4:16 p.m. Brett Phillips, Counsel to NY Fed sends follow up email saying "We just want to make sure that the Fed's information roll out is timed consistently with the company's plans." Phillips also asks for a conference call later that same day. (Bates # AIGHOGRM 1724-1725).
11/24/08- 9:44 p.m. Brett Phillips emails after the conference call. "With respect to the press release and 8K rollout that we discussed earlier this evening. I just wanted to recap for the larger group and ask about one possible modification t the approach we discussed." And goes on to suggest altering breaking the 8K scheduled to be filed before 10 AM the next morning into two separate filings, one about TARP and one about Maiden Lane III, and manipulating the timing of the filings of the two 8Ks. (Bates# AIGHOGRM1833)
11/24/08 11:35p.m. Kathy Shannon tries to stick to AIG's original filing plan. "We thought that given the significance of the transaction, AIG would be best served by filing tomorrow if the 8_k (sic) were ready." She suggests another conference call in the morning. (Bates# AIGHOGRM1832)
11/25/08 10:12 A.M. Diego Rotsztain, an associate at Davis Polk & Wardell, NY Fed's outside law firm, sends email to AIG's Kathy Shannon asking her to call him ASAP to discuss the 8-K Process. (Bates# AIGHOGRM1831)
11/25/08 8:43 p.m. Peter Bazos, a partner at Davis Polk, emails Kathy Shannon and others with comments to the Maiden Lane III form 8-K. [CAK notes- I guess this means that AIG acquiesced to NY Fed's desire to split the filing into two filings] and included the admonitions "we understand that the ML III 8-K will not be filed tonight." [emphasis in original]. (Bates# AIGHOGRM1829-1830)
11/25/08 10:21 p.m. Kathy Shannon again tries to hew to AIG's obligations to disclose. "With respect to your specific comments, while we agree as a technical matter that the agreements listed in the index do not need to be filed with the 8-K and could be delayed to the Form 10-K, we and [AIG's outside counsel] Sullivan & Cromwell that the better practice and better disclosure in this complex area is to file the agreements currently rather than to delay. I also believe that given the extensive comments that we have received from the Staff [of the SEC] with respect to this area, that the Staff would not be particularly happy with a decision to withhold documents at this time." (Bates# AIGHOGRM1828-1829)
11/30/08 10:41 p.m. Kathy Shannon confirms to Peter Bazos that AIG intends to file the ML III form 8-K at the close of the market on Monday 11/31/08. The deadline for filing is 12/1/08. (Bates# AIGHOGRM1827)
12/01/08 1:56 p.m. Peter Bazos emails his comments to AIG's proposed 8-K filing. (Bates# AIGHOGRM1826)
12/01/08 5:10 p.m. Kathy Shannon emails back that she is in the process of incorporation the Fed's changes. However, AIG still does not like the changes proposed by David Polk. (Bates# AIGHOGRM1825-1826)
12/02/08 11.10 A.M. Kathy Shannon emails to report that all of the Fed's proposed changes have been made. These changes are doozies. There are changes to the Shortfall Agreement, changes that strip out all mention of "synthetics" [presumably meaning synthetic credit default obligations] (Bates# AIGHOGRM1825)
12/21/08 Kathy Shannon sent draft of form of an updated 8-K relating to Maiden Lane III to Fed's lawyers so that Fed can issue a press release. This form updates the ML III filed on December 2. (Bates# AIGHOGRM 1532)
12/22/08 Kathy Shannon sends a follow up email about filing the form8-K update. Lack of response from Fed has delayed the filing. AIG would like to finalize and release before the market opens on 12/23. (Bates # AIGHOGRM 1531)
12/23/08 9:02 a.m. A Law Clerk at Davis Polk emails a markup of AIG's draft 8-K filing. (Bates # AIGHOGRM 1539-2540)That's it up at the top of this post. Take a look for yourself, and see how much information they strip out of it. (Bates # AIGHOGRM1535-1536)
12/23/09 2:00 p.m. Kathy Shannon once again says that she, and outside counsel Sullivan & Cromwell wants to include more information than Davis Polk and NY Fed . (Bates # AIGHOGRM 1539)
12/30/08 11:10 a.m. The SEC faxed over a letter addressed to Ed Liddy, Chairman and CEO of AIG, informing AIG that the form 8-K filed on 12/24/08 was inadequate and requesting that AIG revise its disclosure. (Bates# AIGHOGRM1639-1640) Specifically, the SEC notes that the filing did not have a schedule of derivatives ( the "synthetics" mentioned on 12/2/08 above?) and was missing a copy of the agreements stripped out in November (see entry for 11/24/08 at 10:21 PM above). It looks like Shannon and Sullivan& Cromwell were right about how the SEC Staff would react and NY Fed and its lawyers were, erm, not so right.
12/30/08 3:32 p.m. (The printing is faint and it is hard to read the time stamp.) Kathy Shannon sends out an email to (not sure if it's just AIG internal or if it includes Sullivan & Cromwell people as well) attaching the letter from the SEC and asking them to begin drafting a rebuttal with arguments about why AIG did not have to disclose this stuff. (Bates# AIGHOGRM1641)
—There is a two week gap in the documents produced—
1/13/09 9:32 p.m. Peter Bazos from Davis Polk emails his comments to the revisions to the defective 8-K. His comments are that the information should still be omitted; including column headings, except now there should be a notation informing the reader that the information is being omitted. The reason for the redactions is "Portions of the exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment." (Bates# AIGHOGRM1165)
1/14/09 Anthony Greco of Sullivan & Cromwell emails Peter Bazos of Davis Polk and says though AIG's team with defer to the NY Fed's team, he would like to know the basis for the headings being confidential. (Bates# AIGHOGRM1165)
3/12/09 From Kathy Shannon" In order to make only the disclosure that the Fed wants us to make, which we understand to be not to include the CUSIPS or Tranche names and give the amounts by counterparty on a total rather than a transaction by transaction basis, we need to have a reasonable basis for believing and arguing to the SEC that the information we are seeking to protect is not already publicly available. If we are still planning to file tomorrow afternoon, we will need to do as much as possible tomorrow morning to assure ourselves that we can make that representation." She asks the staff to get cracking on researching that. (Bates# AIGHOGRN 0274)
3/13/09 12:21 p.m. Alejandro la Torre of the NY Fed emails Sarah Dahlgren Senior VP of the NY Fed to advise that the NY Fed wants to meet with the SEC and AIG at 2 PM and that AIG is still "deliberating on the proposal surrounding the disclosure". LaTorre stresses that it is important to reach consensus before then. I read it as la Torre wanting Dahlgren to put pressure on AIG. (Bates# AIGHOGRM0268-0268)
3/13/09 12:33 p.m. Dahlgren returns LaTorre's email and carbon copies to Kathy Shannon and others alerting then to 2 PM deadline and asking if there is anything NY Fed can do (to hurry them up?) (Bates# AIGHOGRM0267-0268)
3/13/09 12:37 p.m. "AIG is still confirming their comfort level with certain of the redactions we'd like made on the 8-K schedule." (Bates# AIGHOGRM0267)
3/13/09 12:52 p.m. Kathy Shannon replies that AIG is OK with most of the redactions but one of the schedules must have a heading indicating that the redacted column is a "List of Derivative Transactions." (Bates# AIGHOGRM0266) I guess NY Fed s still trying to hide the synthetics and AIG was still trying to disclose them.
CAK notes: The story these emails tell is of AIG trying to do plain vanilla disclosures, and initially involving the Fed to make sure they were disclosing enough. The Fed, however, seems to grab that opportunity to insert itself, repeatedly, in trying to have AIG not disclose in the normal way. The non-disclosures are so blatant that the SEC complains. The Fed keeps pushing AIG not to disclose and AIG keeps trying to thread the needle. I can sort of understand IAG trying not to antagonize the Fed, after all the Fed now owed 80% of AIG. What seems strikingly out of place was the Fed not wanting AIG to be a model corporate citizen and fulfill its reporting obligations.
Elliot Spitzer is correct, the emails released thus far are sufficiently damning and raise a host of suspicions, and we have a right to know the full story. Further, because of the push back and forth, it is hardly wild speculation to think there is a smoking gun document out here.
I see the absence of Geithner's name on these emails a bit differently than the Fed spokes person did. He is conspicuous by his absence.
Why wasn't Geithner copied—at least publicly, who knows how their archive system treats "bcc"?—on these emails? Did he have something more important going on just then? Like what? His dog needed a manicure?
His absence from this process suggests either that he knew it was a naughty thing to do and didn't want to get caught doing it, or he was completely derelict I his duties. It was his forking JOB to know when things like this were going in his shop.


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