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Syria and Russia: Putin remains firm and highlights hypocrisy – reality of Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan
Syria and Russia: Putin remains firm and highlights hypocrisy – reality of Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan
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President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation is highlighting the need to resolve international disputes through the proper channels of international law and diplomacy. On the other hand, many political leaders in America appear all too hasty to start another major war and create yet another failed state. Vladimir Putin commented about this reality and given the facts of Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, and Libya; then it would take a brave individual to disagree.
Iraq even today can't hold a major international conference without spending vast resources on protecting any specific event from the threat of terrorism. Obviously, the fact that the leaders of America, the United Kingdom, France, and others, have to sneak into Afghanistan and back out again quickly highlights the complete failure of decades of Western meddling. Indeed, Afghanistan under Najibullah was more secular and progressive compared with the current reality of this nation.
Modern day Afghanistan is based on continuing feudalism, a land where apostates face death, women throughout most of the nation remain discriminated against, and the Taliban can strike at any moment. On top of this, you still have a major heroin problem and the central government is not only weak, it is corrupt and is increasingly more conservative. Therefore, since Western and Sunni Islamic states began to meddle into Afghanistan they have done nothing but spread terrorism and a dangerous ideology during the first stage. Then after September 11, former allies have become estranged friends and this notably applies to the relationship between America and Pakistan.
Similarly, in Libya many atrocities have been committed by the new power brokers. Indeed, it is difficult to state "power brokers" because various militias and regions have their own power bases. Therefore, the central authority is very weak and clearly tensions throughout Libya remain. Also, many black Africans were lynched by the so-called progressive forces in the early period. Today, meanwhile, many allegations of torture have come to the fore and very little progress is being made.
Vladimir Putin therefore is disillusioned by the constant posturing of certain nations towards bombing and supporting covert operations against independent nations. In Kosovo, the United States and United Kingdom supported Hashim Thaci who is tainted by the organ scandal. Also, Kosovo remains to be a land where Orthodox Christians can't travel freely in the place of their birth and criminality remains a fact of life.
Vojin Joksimovich wrote in Modern Tokyo Times, regarding the organ scandal in Kosovo, that "In this era of WikiLeaks the UN report dated October 30, 2003 was leaked. France 24 TV channel was one of several media outlets to reveal the content of this confidential report. Even this author managed to get a copy of this 29 page report. The report originated from Eamonn Smyth, Head of ICTY Mission in Skopje and Pristina to Patrick Lopez Terres, Chief of the ICTY Investigations. The report says that 100-300 mostly Serbian men were abducted and taken by truck/van to detention facilities in Albanian towns of Kukes and Tropoje. Beginning in August 1999 some of these captives (24-100) was transferred from Northern Albania to secondary detention facilities (private homes and rough industrial compounds) in central Albania, mainly near the towns of Burrel and Peshkopi. Then they were moved to a private house south of Burrel that was setup as a makeshift clinic. There, medical equipment and personnel were used to extract body organs from the abductees, who then died. Their remains were buried nearby. The organs were transported to Rinas airport near Tirana. It should be noted that the airport was under the NATO control. A small number of female captives from Kosovo, Albania and Eastern Europe were also taken to the clinic. In addition to abductees taken to Albania alive, an unknown number of bodies of Serbian civilians killed in Kosovo were transported to Albania and buried in remote locations. The last delivery of captives was reported in spring or early summer 2000.
"The report identifies at least eight sources, all ethnic Albanians from Kosovo and Montenegro who served in the KLA. In the report they were listed with numbers as their identities were withheld. Four, who have directly participated in the transport of at least 90 Serbs, provided very detailed accounts of their roles including the exact dates. Of these, three sources delivered captives to the house/clinic south of Burrel. Two have participated in the disposal of human remains and one who has participated in the delivery of body parts to Rinas airport. The transports and surgical procedures were carried out with the knowledge and/or active involvement of mid-level and senior KLA officers. Doctors from Kosovo as well as an Arab doctor were involved. The operation was supported by the men with links to the Albanian secret police operatives of the government of Sali Berisha. Maps of the site locations were included. 10 Serbian victims were identified by name."
Diana Johnstone commented that "Human rights campaigners in the self-righteous Western democracies are intransigent when it comes to ending what they call 'the culture of impunity' so long as it involves, say, Africa. But their own impunity and that of their clients seems more secure than ever." This comment also applies to the current reality in Syria whereby international terrorists and outside nations are spreading sectarianism in Syria.
Francois Hollande, the new President of France, is already highlighting "a war mongering touch" within just a short period in office. He, like political leaders in America and the United Kingdom, are all too keen to blame the Syrian government for any misdeed. However, when the Free Syrian Army (FSA) which is a fusion of mercenaries, terrorists, and criminals, does massacres and ignites sectarianism then the same Western powers remain silent. This isn't surprising given their "partners in crime" – Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar – are all assisting in the terrorist and sectarian ratlines engulfing parts of Syria.
President Hollande also insists that President Bashar al-Assad must leave office but Vladimir Putin openly states that this depends on the "will" of the Syrian people. Hollande, just like President Obama, promised "a new world" based on greater transparency and international dialogue. However, behind the rhetoric of both are the same failed policies of supporting international terrorism and giving a "green light" to outside nations to spread their carnage.
Vladimir Putin dismisses many negative comments by certain political leaders who desire to enforce "their thinking" on the people of Syria. He stated that "If you think you can decide that for other nations, go to Cairo now and take part in the Egyptian presidential elections. You can't do that! Nor can you or anyone else do that in Syria."
Vladimir Putin further commented that "Why do we think that if we push someone from the current leadership away from power, prosperity will arrive there tomorrow?"
"What is happening in Libya? We all know what kind of a tyrant [Muammar] Gaddafi was…But do you know what was happening in Sirte when militants entered the city? Why do you not write about that? Has humanitarian wellbeing settled there?"
Many citizens in America, the United Kingdom, France, and other nations, are fed up with constant wars, media manipulations, and covert operations involving their elected leaders who are acting undemocratically. Of course, many will agree, but overall the vast majority is disillusioned despite all the domestic propaganda. After all, modern day Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, and Libya, are all failed states or patched up states (Kosovo not recognized by the majority of international nations). On top of this, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and terrorism is a fact of life in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria because of outside meddling. Meanwhile, an organ tainted leader in Kosovo was supported – implying that killing individuals for organs is acceptable to leaders in Washington and London – because the same individual is free to visit America. Yet while he is free Orthodox Christian children in Kosovo have to be protected if they want to travel freely.
If killing hundreds of thousands of people is deemed fine, increasing narcotic problems (Afghanistan and Kosovo), creating a vacuum whereby terrorists flourish, and then taking the independence away from nations which were sovereign; then by all means, support individuals like Susan Rice, the American representative. However, if you are internationalist and support independence and "a collective approach" when the time is needed – then surely Vladimir Putin makes a million times more sense than the posturing of Hillary Clinton and Susan Rice.
The brutal murders of Muammar Gaddafi and Najibullah in Afghanistan highlight the bloody nature of the forces that were supported to overthrow both individuals. In the case of Kosovo you had political elites within the Albanian leadership who were involved in killing individuals for organs. Meanwhile, Saddam Hussein was taunted and goaded before being killed by the new state apparatus of Iraq.
Saddam Hussien and Muammar Gaddafi were once supported by the same nations which turned against them. It is clear that many atrocities took place under Saddam Hussein but during his time he served the West and Saudi Arabia well by keeping Iran in check. It is this utter hypocrisy and ruthlessness which makes individuals question their-own-so-called political leaders. Therefore, is it progressive to support terrorism and sectarianism against the Syrian people?
Vladimir Putin praised the Kofi Annan plan not because of the current reality on the ground which is being made worse by outside meddling. He did this on the grounds that Kofi Annan is seeking a solution to a complex problem based on political dialogue and not war.
Vladimir Putin stated during his meeting with Chancellor Merkel of Germany, that "Russia has a good and long-standing relationship with Syria…We support Syria's stability, sovereignty and people, and all parties should support the plan of the UN envoy Kofi Annan."
"We have to stop talking about aborting Annan's plan…Our mission is to end violence in Syria by all sides, and we agreed with Merkel that Russia, Germany and our partners have to de-escalate violence and help Annan achieve that."
"We believe that we can hold dialogue at the United Nations Security Council, and sure we'll have contacts with the Syrian leadership and will be in contact with the countries interested in this issue…We will do our best to reach a nonviolent, political solution to the crisis in Syria."
It is hoped that the Russian Federation will not cave in to international pressure from Washington, London, Paris, Ankara, and Riyadh. Syria needs to be "a line which isn't walked over" by hypocrites who have supported tainted individuals involved in organ scandals, covertly supported terrorists, remain quiet about the lynching of black Africans in Libya, and other vile episodes. The situation in Syria is being made complex because of the dangerous terrorist and sectarian policies of nations like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar – along with the usual players – this must end because history is repeating itself too much.


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We all owe our gratitude to tipster Matt, who spotted this "merm" (mullet + perm, he suggests) at the Packers' training camp recently. Matt called it "your very own Davy [Crockett] hat." I'd point out that it would also be perfect under a skiing or hockey helmet: there's no risk of helmet hair, because half of your hair is a helmet, and there's a built-in neck-warmer to boot.
I have never really seen anything quite like it. There's even been some speculation here at the Deadspin office that we're being duped, and that this is either a Photoshop job or a wig. But I'm quite confident that it's actually just a spectacular, holy-shit-worthy mullet perm. There is, after all, some precedent for the style.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) T.J. Oshie and Alexander Steen scored in the shootout, and the St. Louis Blues edged the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Monday night.
The Blues won the Central Division last season, but the Predators won the season series 4-1-1 with three of those games going to a shootout.
This time, the Blues had the only goals in a shootout that lasted only two rounds. Brian Elliott, who came off the bench in the second, stopped Craig Smith and Martin Erat to get the win.
Rookie Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists for St. Louis. Andy McDonald had a power-play goal and an assist, Alex Pietrangelo's goal tied it up in the third period, and Kevin Shattenkirk had two assists.
Patric Hornqvist had a goal and two assists for Nashville. Mike Fisher had a goal and an assist, Colin Wilson a goal and Erat two assists.
Oshie scored first with a backhander over Nashville's Pekka Rinne. After Elliott stopped Erat at the front of the crease, Steen skated up and squeezed the puck between the post and Rinne's outstretched skate.
Rinne made sure the Predators at least got to the shootout. He stopped a shot from Pietrangelo from the slot, then stopped another by Oshie off the rebound laying down on his back at the post inside the final minute of overtime.
The Predators opened the season with a 3-2 shootout loss to Columbus. Now they visit Minnesota on Tuesday to start a seven-game road trip that will be their longest in this lockout-shortened season and won't play again in Nashville until Feb. 7.
St. Louis, which plays at Chicago on Tuesday night, picked up where the Blues left off in their 6-0 opening rout of Detroit, outshooting Nashville 39-24 through overtime. They started strong too with an early 6-3 edge in the first period.
But Wilson, who signed a three-year contract before the lockout, scored on the Predators' fourth shot. Defenseman Ryan Ellis started the play, passing the puck to Patric Hornqvist, who found Wilson skating up ice. Wilson beat Halak with a wrister just inside the left circle at 9:10 of the first.
Tarasenko, who scored two goals in his NHL debut, remained just as active against Nashville. He scored on a wrister from the right circle at 10:28 on assists from McDonald and Shattenkirk. Later in the period, David Legwand hooked the rookie as Tarasenko tried to score on Rinne, giving the Blues a power play in the first.
So with the man advantage, Tarasenko found McDonald in the slot with the puck, and McDonald scored with a wrister at 15:04 for a 2-1 lead. That lasted only until David Perron went to the box for slashing, and Fisher scored his first on the power play beating Halak to the gloveside at 17:13.
Nashville had more shots in the second, but the Predators needed the man advantage on an interference penalty on Shattenkirk to take a 3-2 lead.
Hornqvist took a pass from Erat, and his backhander slipped between Halak's body and his right arm stick-side at 12:53. That was Nashville's third goal on 11 shots, and Blues coach Ken Hitchcock had seen enough. He yanked Halak and put in Elliott.
This game appeared headed for extra time even with Nashville holding a lead in the third. Nashville and St. Louis have gone past overtime 12 times, including three games last season, with the Predators holding an 8-4 edge. Pietrangelo scored with a wrister at 12:10 to tie it.
Notes: Barrett Jackson played his 600th career NHL game, all with St. Louis. He ranks ninth in club history in games played and fourth among defensemen. Only Bob Plager, Barclay Plager and Al MacInnis have played more for the Blues. ... Forward Rich Clune made his debut with Nashville. ... Hornqvist has scored three points now nine times, the last on Nov. 9, 2011, at Anaheim with three assists.


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Jeremy Goldberg, owner of Cape Ann Brewing Co. and his incredible crew have just opened their new canning facility on Whittemore Street in Gloucester…and it is gorgeous. I'm not sure I've ever seen anything so shiny and clean! I don't claim to know much about the process of brewing beer, but I can say that their new facility and equipment are incredibly impressive.
On Friday evening they welcomed their "Mug Club" members to tour their new digs and I was happy to tag along. To use their own words, "Fisherman's beer — whose bold flavor and character reflect the spirit and courage of the sailors of the North Atlantic fishing fleet — is a tribute to hard work and a salute to friendships that endure." Well, it is clear that is true, when in the presence of this group of friends/co-coworkers. They were excited, enthusiastic, and, as they should be, very proud of what they are accomplishing.
Be on the lookout for the news cans…each design proudly showcasing the Fishermen's Memorial Statue…and don't forget to stop by the Pub at Cape Ann Brewing for some great eats, entertainment, and a seat on Gloucester's Harbor before the nice weather is behind us!
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I just returned from a trip to New York, where earlier last week I gave a talk at the Council on Foreign Relations. The topic was the question on everyone's mind these days: the outlook for China's economy.
Over the past several weeks, a number of news reports and market figures have caught my attention, which appear to indicate that China's economy may be approaching a crisis. I use the word "crisis" in the traditional (or medical) sense, meaning a critical turning point when tensions or contradictions are resolved, for better or worse — sometimes in unexpected ways. One potential interpretation of this crisis is that China is entering the terminal stage of a bubble, and that what we are seeing are the early signs of a much broader collapse. But it may not be that simple. I have been saying since the year began that China is due for a correction, and just last week I told the Globe and Mail that such a correction could be a lot worse than most people expect. How exactly the situation will unfold, though, and whether we've already reached a tipping point or not, remains to be seen. For the moment, I'm reminded of that song: Something's happening here; what it is ain't exactly clear. But — and this is the real point — something is happening, and people both inside and outside of China are right to be nervous.
Let's start with real estate. For the past several months, China's official media have been touting official data indicating that while most Chinese cities are still seeing housing prices rise, a growing number of cities are starting to see a plateau or even decline in prices — evidence, they say, that the central government's cooling measures are finally working. More significant, in my eyes, are reports — which began emerging in late August — that in several cities across China, prices in primary housing markets (developers selling to homeowners) have begun falling away from those in secondary markets (homeowners selling to other homeowners). The effected markets include not only 1st tier metropolises (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen) , but also 2nd tier (Chongqing, Wuhan, Tianjin, Zhenghou) and 3rd tier (Ningbo, Foshan, Wuxi) ones as well. In late August, reports had secondary market prices for many downtown properties in Chongqing at 4-10% higher than primary prices. Last week, another report put the price gap in 1st tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai much higher, at 20%.
What could explain the growing price gap? Back in April 2010, when the central government first announced its intention to "cool" the real estate market, property developers were skeptical. They'd seen this movie before: the market, they figured, might stall for a while, but as soon as policymakers saw the negative impact on investment-led GDP growth, they'd rush back in to support the sector. Six months, tops, they would be right back to business as usual. In the meantime, savvy developers better get ready for the next round by continuing to borrow and build. That's precisely what they did, which is why, despite jittery buyers and slumping transaction volumes, investment in real estate (in yuan) rose 33% and new construction (in square meters) climbed 26% in the first eight months of 2011, compared to the same period last year — data that China's National Statistics Bureau touts, by the way, as proof that the Chinese economy is still going strong.
All of this continued building was predicated on the assumption that China's cooling policies could not last. In fact, since developers kept building, there was no negative impact on GDP, and no reason for policymakers to pull back. To the contrary, inflation rose, and the cooling measures targeted at real estate were broadened into a more general credit tightening policy aimed at reining in lending. As developers piled up more and more inventory — the primary market inventory in Shanghai, for instance, now starts at an all-time high, 12.5% higher than in December 2008 — they had to borrow to stay in business. With credit conditions tightening, they systematically ran through the credit lines available: first the banks, then high-yield bonds in Hong Kong, then the private wealth management vehicles that have been popping up all over China, then the loan sharks. Finally, they ran out of options, and had no choice but to start selling some of their inventory at whatever price they could get.
That's why primary prices are dropping: hard-pressed developers offering steep discounts on property they've been holding out on, in order to get cash. Investors who already purchased homes, often as a place to stash large amounts of cash, don't face the same pressure and so you don't see the same price drop in secondary markets. However, it's important to note how small and illiquid those secondary markets are. In the U.S. and Europe, the ratio of existing homes to new homes sold (in normal, non-crisis times) is something like 13 to 1. In China, it's more like 1:1, or 2:1 at most. The price gap may be less of a real "gap" than a "lag."
Frustrated by their inability to cool the property market, China's bank regulators say they are intentionally trying to squeeze developers to force a correction. The thing is, they may get more than they bargained for. Consider what might happen if a lot of developers hit the wall at the same time, and start dumping their inventories. Sizeable discounts would have to be offered, and prices in the primary market would crater. True, investors who have already bought — in many cases — multiple properties might not face the same cash pressures, but absent a liquid secondary market they have been marking their investment to primary market prices, and looking to them for assurance that their properties are a reliable "store of value." If primary prices collapse, that assurance is gone. And if they decide to cash out, even in part, they will find — as they might have known all along, had they cared — that there is no secondary market to cash into. The result could be a panicked rush to the exits. Even if just the primary market crashes, the rationale for the supposed solvency of a whole host of Local Government Financing Vehicle (LGFV) bank loans and bonds — that local authorities can always sell land to pay them back — falls apart.
To be clear, this chain of events has not unfolded — yet. But there's mounting evidence that it could, that the fabric of China's investment-led growth is starting to fray and unravel. In Shanghai, primary market property sales for Sept. 1-18 were down more than 50% year-on-year (contrasted with the all-time high inventories I mentioned earlier). In Beijing, nearly 5% of the city's property agents have shut down in the past two months. The global price of copper, 40% of which is driven by Chinese demand, including wiring for all those new homes and office buildings, is down almost 25% since the beginning of August. But more dramatic, and worrisome, is what is happening in Wenzhou.
Wenzhou is a city on the southeast coast that is well-known as the center of free-wheeling entrepreneurship in China. Plenty of those entrepreneurs operate businesses and factories in Wenzhou itself, but others scatter themselves far and wide across China, forming networks of trade and commerce. With a reputation for getting by on their wits and the skin of their teeth, Wenzhou merchants have long relied on — and sponsored — informal methods of financing. So it's no surprise that, as formal credit conditions tightened this year, they were front and center in providing alternatives. The fact that credit tightening has fallen disproportionately on China's private sector presented them with both opportunity and risk.
For a while, I'm sure the opportunity was highly rewarding, with informal interest charges soaring to monthly rates of 4-10%. But eventually the risk caught up. Shanghai Daily reported on Sept. 23 that, in the previous ten days, at least seven local Wenzhou business owners had fled after defaulting on millions of yuan they had borrowed from banks and private creditors, which they in turn lent or invested in real estate and other speculative ventures. Take one example:
Hu Fulin, whose Zhejiang Center Group was one of China's biggest eyeglasses maker, is one of the runaway bosses. He said he was unable to bankroll this company's operation any more, the newspaper said.
Hu ran a company with 3,000 employees in Wenzhou and used to be one of the city's high-profile gurus. His company owns the best-selling sunglass brand in China and produces 20 million pairs a year, according to the company's website.
Hu also expanded into the real estate and solar energy industries. Sources close to him said Hu called them on Wednesday morning, admitting he is now broke.
The news of Hu's disappearance triggered a panic among his suppliers who gathered in his factory demanding payments. National Business Daily said Hu also owed about 10 million yuan of salary to his employees for the months of August and September.
On Sept. 25, three more entrepreneurs — the owners of copper, steel, and shoe manufacturing firms – disappeared. On Sept. 27, the owner of another Wenzhou shoe company killed himself by jumping from his 22-story apartment.
The meltdown is not limited to Wenzhou. Malcolm Moore of Reuters relates the fascinating tale of Shiji, a small crab-fishing village which suddenly saw itself transformed, overnight, into a speculative boom town:
"It all began when a man named Shi Guobao returned to Shiji after working in Beijing," said Zhu Yi, the head official in the village.
"He became a property developer, but he wanted to make a bigger fortune so he decided to also become a loan shark." Together with 17 of his friends, Shi began tapping the villagers for their savings, promising to pay them 10 per cent interest each month.
The gang quickly raised 350million yuan, (£35.5million) which they then lent out at rates of 30 per cent or more each month to borrowers including local property developers. Shi became known as "King Claw", the man at the head of the pyramid.
For a while, the scheme worked well. Other property developers borrowed from Shi in order to begin construction and the local government, which earned income from every acre sold to the developers, also prospered.
During the boom, the villagers reported fireworks being lit in celebration almost every night.
And for good reason:
"We have become a BMW town!" wrote one shocked villager on a local internet forum. "In our county, there are now 800 BMWs and 600 Mercedes, 500 Audis, 50 Porsches, 30 Jaguars, one Ferrari, one Lamborghini and one Maserati," he added.
A forest of cranes had also sprung up around the village, constructing large apartment blocks which advertised themselves with pictures of English butlers and sumptuous, chandelier–lit dining rooms.
Then suddenly, in early September, the whole thing came crashing to the ground:
But there was little demand in the end for the huge apartment blocks, which today stand empty and half–finished. And when the borrowers started defaulting on King Claw's loans, the pyramid collapsed. Around 1,700 villagers have complained to the police, some having lost their entire life savings. Two villagers were killed in a mysterious car crash after trying to reclaim their money from one of the loan sharks.
As one junior official who intercepted Malcolm cautioned as he was hustling the reporter into the back of a black sedan, "It is not worth looking into too deeply." Maybe not, but it's certainly worth paying attention to.
What's happening in Wenzhou and Shiji is not an isolated exception. With CPI rising at 6.2-6.5%, and the regulated deposit rate at banks at 3.5%, China's banks have recently seen a rush of withdrawals by savers seeking higher yields elsewhere. According to China Securities Journal, outstanding deposits at China's "big four" banks fell by RMB 420 billion (US$ 65.7 billion) in the first 15 days of September. Most of that money, it reports, is being channeled straight into speculative assets, either directly or via "shadow" lending arrangements. I was asked by a reporter the other day what I thought about a Hong Kong-listed baby formula producer that was loading up on loans and relending the money to non-ferrous metals, tungsten, and highway companies. I replied:
When companies neglect their core business and start speculating in "hot" sectors they know nothing about, especially with borrowed money, it's a sure sign the market is out of whack. Sometimes it's because companies themselves are caught up in the "irrational exuberance" of a speculative bubble. Other times, it's because inflation, price controls, credit controls, or other factors are distorting normal incentives. In any case, it's a big red flag that something is seriously wrong.
I have a hard time believing, though, that the underlying credit quality of these "shadow" loans is substantially worse than the loans that the formal Chinese banking system has been making. The only differences, in my eyes, are that (a) the borrowers, being politically marginal, are more exposed to disruptions in credit availability and therefore more likely to encounter immediate cash flow problems, and (b) the lenders, being entrepreneurs, are less likely to have the financial resources to be able to roll over bad loans indefinitely, without running out of cash themselves. They're less liquid, but not necessarily any less solvent, than the banks.
Nevertheless, it's starting to become clear, to private investors at least, that the actual yields being generated in China are not living up to what was promised. The high-yield debt issued in Hong Kong by Chinese developers is now trading at a steep discount. Mainland banks, despite reporting record earnings, are seeing their stocks valued in Hong Kong at price-to-book ratios that imply looming large-scale losses and recapitalization. Neither of these developments actually threatens China's domestic financial stability, although they do close off valuable options.
In recent days, however, something else has happened that potentially has far more serious implications. For the past decade, China has run surpluses on both its current and capital account. When it comes to both trade and investment, China is a net importer of foreign currency, which places pressure on its own currency to appreciate in order to resolve the imbalance. China has prevented the RMB from appreciating more rapidly than it desires by fixing a price at which it buys dollars (and other foreign currency) and stockpiles them as official reserves. Because that price has always been fixed below the market equilibrium point (the RMB has been kept undervalued), whatever limited trading band was set, the RMB tended to bump up against the upper limit. In other words, the RMB was a one-way bet, always under pressure to appreciate against the dollar.
Until this week, that is, when it started to bump up against the bottom of the trading band, implying that the RMB wanted to depreciate against the dollar. Why? Presumably because the capital account had flipped, and speculators were now rushing to turn their RMB into dollars in order to take their money out of China. It's important to clarify what this does and does not mean. It does not mean that the RMB is now suddenly going to collapse in value. China holds US$3 trillion in currency reserves, and can deploy those reserves to support any exchange rate it wishes. Even if China were tempted to devalue (at the cost, it should be noted, of fanning inflation), the mounting political pressure in the U.S. Senate to take action against China for its undervalued currency would pose an obstacle to pursuing that path.
What the new downward market pressure on the RMB does indicate, however, is that China — for so long a no-brainer destination for investment — has turned into a big question mark. And it suggests that at least some domestic Chinese investors who have been inclined to sock their money into empty villas and condos — or big stockpiles of raw materials — are now looking for a way out.
The easiest solution to all of this — and one that Chinese policymakers will be sorely tempted to try — would be simply to relax the "tightening" policy on money and lending. Let the money keep flowing and, for the moment at least, developers and speculators will have ready cash to pay their bills without selling off properties or jumping out windows. But China's latest PMI (Purchasing Manager Index) numbers, released on Friday, indicate why that would be a mistake. According to Reuters, "factory inflation in China quickened markedly in September, with the sub-index for input prices climbing to a four-month high of 59.5 in September from 55.9 in August." Despite the risk of a slowdown, all the money that has been pumped into the Chinese economy — expanding M2 by 2/3 since the start of the global financing crisis — in order to engineer an investment boom is still putting upward pressure on prices. China's central bank knows that what might be good for speculators and developers – more money – could be disastrous for economic and social stability.
Most economists saw the latest headline PMI numbers as good news, indicating that China is on the path for a "soft landing" and strong continuing growth. The HSBC index came in at 49.9 (implying a very very slight contraction) and the official figure came in at 51.2 (implying fairly resilient growth).
"This implies that although the lagged effects of credit tightening will continue to cool industrial activity in the months ahead, there is little need to worry about a sharp slowdown," said Qu Hongbin, China economist at HSBC.
To me, the PMI numbers provoke two thoughts. First, I'm told that HSBC's survey has a higher SME weighting, while the official index has a higher SOE weighting. It's interesting to consider whether the "gap" between them reflects what I was mentioning earlier, the fact that tightening is falling disproportionately on the private sector, while SOEs are being given a freer ride. If so, it would offer a vivid example of "guo jin min tui" (the state advances, the private sector retreats).
Second, the latest PMI figures suggest that, whatever cracks may be emerging — and I've pointed out several – China's economy has not yet turned any corners or entered a "crisis" moment. The Chinese economy is still circling, sustained by a combination of formal and informal credit, and has not yet come in for a landing, hard or soft. The tensions and contradictions remain unresolved.
But they lurk below the surface, and are more and more visible to those who look. On Thursday, Bloomberg published a poll it took of global investors, gauging their attitudes towards China's economy:
Fifty-nine percent of respondents said China's gross domestic product, which rose 9.5 percent last quarter, will gain less than 5 percent annually by 2016. Twelve percent see such a slowdown within a year, and 47 percent said it will occur in two to five years . . . Investors labeled the Chinese economy as "deteriorating" rather than "improving" by a nearly three-to-one margin, 38 percent to 13 percent. A plurality of 47 percent called it "stable."
The placid PMI and other economic data coming out of China clearly mask some rather serious market concerns. My experience, talking to numerous investors and economists, is as follows: the closer you are to running an econometric model, the better you feel about the Chinese economy; sure, there may be bumps along the road, the models tell us, but fundamentally the momentum is so strong that growth will stay on track. The more you go out and look around, and listen to your gut, the more worried you become. Something's happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear … but it feels bad, very bad. The problem with models, and the reason I'm inclined to stick with my eyes and my gut, is that models work very well when prior patterns of perception and behavior remain constant, but are very poor at noticing inflection points where the way people think and act undergo a shift. In other words, they are very poor at identifying moments of crisis.
One last thought I'd like to leave. Notice that, throughout the above discussion, I never once mentioned the impact of a renewed global downturn on the Chinese economy. That seems to be the focus of much media discussion these days, but from my perspective, it is only a complicating factor. China's economy is still based on an export-led growth model, and therefore ultimately derives much of its growth from external demand. But China's accumulation and sterilization of foreign currency reserves, over the past decade, meant that when that external demand evaporated in late 2008, it could inject previous export earnings into its economy in order to finance a purely domestic investment boom. When it did so, China — for a time at least — was able to de-couple its fate from the rest of the global economy, tracing a story arc involving high levels of growth, bad debt, and inflation that has followed its own separate logic to their resolution — not unlike how Japan's response to the Plaza Accord propelled it along a similar "bubble" trajectory in the 1980s. External factors, like a fall-off in exports, the fate of the dollar, or the volatile attitudes of foreign investors, may either intensify the forces at work or mitigate them, may accelerate or delay the moment of truth, but the primary forces at work and the primary choices to be made rest with the Chinese and the structure of their own economy, not with factors that have been imposed on China from outside.
This post originally appeared at An American Perspective from China and is reproduced with permission.


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Holy Ghost Lutheran School Parent Teacher League is sponsoring a Christkindl (Christmas) market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, at the school, 6630 Luther St., Wheatfield.
This event will feature a Christmas craft show with about 55 crafters and a German-themed lunch with sausage, sauerkraut and other homemade favorites. A "Holiday Shop" will feature special Christmas gifts that children can purchase for family and friends from a large variety of inexpensive quality gifts.
Holy Ghost's version of a Christkindl, or Christmas market, dates back to a tradition begin in 16th century Germany when craftspeople erected stalls in the heart of German cities with food, drink and entertainment. Christmas markets came into being to meet the demand for Christmas presents after Martin Luther set the fashion of giving presents to children at Christmastime. "Christkindl" takes its name from the Christ Child to whom Martin Luther gave the role of present bringer.


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The utility signed a contract with US construction firm Barton Malow for the design, engineering and construction of the Cross Winds Energy Park, which lies 90 miles north-west of Detroit.
Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy, has a contract with GE to supply 62 1.7MW wind turbines for the project.
The contract is subject to approval by the Michigan Public Service Commission.
Cross Winds is Consumers' second wind farm, and is due to start operating in 2014, with the 100MW Lake Winds Energy Park, also in Michigan, due to come online in November.
GE used AWEA Windpower 2013 to launch its 1.7MW turbine, an optimised version of the 1.6MW 1.6-100 model introduced in 2010.
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Entrepreneur, Cynthia Koenig, has invented a simple, yet effective device, that helps ease the water collection process in third world countries. It's called the WaterWheel and it allows women and children in the villages of developing nations to collect 24 gallons of water (5 times the amount possible with traditional methods) in less time, and much more easily. The design of the WaterWheel allows water to be placed inside its "wheel", transforming 200 pounds of water, to a much more managable felt weight of 22 pounds, making it lighter and easier to transport over just about any type of terrain.
The time spent collecting water by traditional methods keeps children from being able to go to school, and prevents women from carrying out their daily domestic chores and caring for their families. In many developing nations, they must walk five miles or more a day just to get water, and this can be a dangerous process, and tolling on the body. Traditionally, women carry large, five-gallon water pots on their heads, a method that can severely damage the spine and even cause complications during childbirth. The WaterWheel allows the amount of water necessary for one family to be collected in just one trip.
When I first heard about the WaterWheel, I was concerned that perhaps the water collected would not always be clean. In many cases, women and children may spend hours gathering water for their families, only to get sick from it later. I voiced this concern online, and Koenig, herself, responded with the following:
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Thanks for your comment! One of the advantages of the WaterWheel is that it offers end users the flexibility to incorporate it into their current water collection strategies. As you probably know, many people who live without easy access to safe water employ a variety of strategies to obtain clean water depending on the geographic location and time of year. So, people who are accustomed to collecting their water from open sources, then purifying it at the point of use can continue to do so. Along the same lines, safe water that is collected from taps can be hygienically transported and stored. A key part of our strategy involved working with partners across the clean water value chain to educate our consumers about the importance of clean water.
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Dickey told reporters at the event that he and the Mets are still far apart on the terms of a contract extension.
"When people say it's business, it's not personal, well that just means it's not personal for them," Dickey explained, according to ESPN New York. "I'm hoping it ends up in a good place, but also in the back of your mind you think it may not. That's sad."
Dickey later said he would likely leave the Mets after next season, if he doesn't sign a new contract this winter.
Ummm, did Dickey just walk in off the streets? Or, did the Mets invite him? I'm thinking the Mets invited him, right? Also, did Dickey just grab the mic and start spouting off about his contract, totally unprovoked? Or, was he asked questions by reporters, who usually cover these events in exchange for being allowed to ask baseball questions? I'm guessing the Mets invited them too.
So, what exactly did the Mets think was going to happen? Did they honestly think the topic of Dickey's contract wouldn't come up? Or, did they expect him to say, 'Hey, guys, everything's great,' despite countless reports to the contrary over the last few weeks?
Sure, idealistically speaking, you'd love for reporters to be respectful of the negotiating process, but that's not the definition of their job. Also, you'd like to think (in the face of pointed questions) your player would just smile, behave and say all the right things, evading questions with rhetoric, cliches and vague answers. However, he and the media have a job to do, so you could also not put him in front of reporters at a time when he's the only topic people are reporting on and speculating about... just a suggestion.


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lily, common name for the Liliaceae, a plant family numbering several thousand species of as many as 300 genera, widely distributed over the earth and particularly abundant in warm temperate and tropical regions. Most species are perennial herbs characterized by bulbs (or other forms of enlarged underground stem) from which grow erect clusters of narrow, grasslike leaves or leafy stems. A few are woody and some are small trees.
Evolutionally, the lily family is probably the basic monocotyledonous stock, its ancestors having given rise to the majority of contemporary monocots, e.g., the orchids, the palms, the iris and amaryllis families, and possibly also the grasses. The relationships between plants of the modern lily family are not always clear, and some botanists subdivide the Liliaceae into several families or, if they take a broader view of the family, include some groups such as the Agave and Amaryllis families.
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Vision Statement
Within the decade, The University of Louisiana at Monroe will be recognized as a preeminent student-centered university with learning as its primary goal.
Mission Statement
The University of Louisiana at Monroe is a selective admissions, comprehensive senior institution of higher education. It offers high quality academic and professional programs to meet the intellectual, cultural, vocational, social, and personal needs of its students. The University offers both traditional and innovative graduate and undergraduate programs in the College of Arts, Education, and Sciences; the College of Business and Social Sciences; and the College of Health Sciences; and the College of Pharmacy.
ULM's mission is to serve its students and community through teaching, research, and service. On a dynamic and diverse campus that is technologically modern and conducive to learning, students are nurtured and encouraged to broaden their values, intellect, interests, talents, and abilities to become thoughtful and productive citizens.
ULM also recognizes its responsibility as a community leader and is committed to improving the general quality of life through pure and applied research, clinics, teacher education, and partnerships.
A major center for the health sciences, the university provides the public with valuable health care resources. Recreational opportunities are offered through intramural and intercollegiate athletic programs.
Learning is ULM 's main focus. Faculty and staff are committed to offering a complete educational experience. ULM's goal is to produce graduates who will be successful in their chosen fields by promoting excellence in education and stressing social responsibility and individual accountability.
The university serves its students and the community by sponsoring quality research programs and creative activities that promote learning and improve the quality of life. This research includes, but is not limited to, public and scholarly presentations and publications on every level. Such activities give the university a competitive advantage, and each academic department is challenged to be actively engaged in research. Extramural funding and grant writing are valuable kinds of scholarly activity, and ULM supports faculty efforts in securing such research funds.
ULM also serves the community by sharing its expertise and facilities with the public. The region's quality of life is improved through University partnerships and internships with other academic institutions and with both public and private entities. Through its physical and academic resources, ULM serves as a cultural center to promote the area's unique arts, archaeology, history, folk life, and natural sciences.


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Chuy Bravo, Chelsea Handler's diminutive assistant on Chelsea Lately, has dropped out of ABC's new celebrity diving show Splash because of a foot fracture, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
The injury occurred during the show's first taping on Monday, but didn't happen in the water, according to TMZ, which first reported the news. Rather, Chuy attempted to jump on a table in the lounge area near the pool during taping, but the table broke and Chuy fractured his heel bone in his subsequent fall, according to TMZ.
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Chuy, was coached by Olympic swimmer Greg Louganis, didn't even know how to swim, let alone dive, when he signed on for the show, according to TMZ. He'll be replaced by Brandi Chastain, the U.S. soccer star who famously took her jersey off after the team's World Cup victory in 1999.
Though Chuy will not be able to dive, an ABC rep said that he "will continue to be a part of this season."
Splash premieres Tuesday, March 19 at 8/7c. Will you watch?


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Located approximately 400km north of Santiago on the Chilean coast, El Arrayán is being developed by US firm Pattern Energy Group, along with AEI and Chile's Antofagasta Minerals. It will comprise 50 Siemens 2.3MW turbines.
The sponsors secured $225 million in debt to build the scheme, spread across several project finance facilities including a two-year construction bridge loan and a 15-year term loan.
Banks providing debt included Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Crédit Agricole and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, while Danish export credit agency EKF provided guaranteed loans.
In addition to the $225 million of debt facilities, Chile's CorpBanca provided a $20 million subordinated loan facility, bringing the total funds secured for building the project to $245 million.
The project is being built by Skanska Chile, and is due to being operating in early 2014. It has a 20-year PPA with mining company Minera Los Pelambres, a subsidiary of Chilean conglomerate Antofagasta, which was signed in November 2011.


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Caroline Davidson graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was an executive editor of the Harvard Human Rights Journal. Prior to law school, she studied history and romance languages at Princeton University, graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. After law school, Davidson served as a judicial law clerk to Judge Alfred T. Goodwin of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Davidson joined the Willamette law faculty in the fall of 2008. Before joining Willamette, she worked on prosecutions of people accused of atrocity crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. She also has worked in criminal defense as an assistant federal public defender in Portland, Oregon, and civil litigation as an associate at Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin in San Francisco.
Davidson teaches classes in criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, and international criminal law. Her research focuses on criminal law and procedure, transitional justice, international criminal law, and human rights. She is admitted to the state bar of Oregon (active) and California (inactive status).
- JD, Harvard Law School, cum laude
- BA, Princeton University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- Rape in Context: Lessons for the United States from the International Criminal Court, Cardozo Law Review (2018).
- How to Read International Criminal Law — Strict Construction and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, St. John's L. Rev., (2017).
- Explaining Inhumanity: The Use of Crime-Definition Experts at International Criminal Courts, 48 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 359 (2015).
- State Constitutional Protections for Pretrial Detainees, 19 Berkeley J. Crim. Law 1 (2014).
- May It Please the Crowd? Public Confidence, Public Order and Public Opinion in Bail for International Criminal Defendants, 43 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 349 (2012).
- Book Review, Human Rights Quarterly 34 (2012) (reviewing M. Cherif Bassiouni, Crimes Against Humanity: Historical Evolution and Contemporary Application (Cambridge University Press 2011)).
- No Shortcuts on Human Rights: Bail and the International Criminal Trial, 60 Am. U. L. Rev. 1 (2010).
- Tort au canadien: A Proposal for Canadian Tort Legislation on Gross Violations of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 38 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 1403 (2005).


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Little Company of Mary's Certified Acute Stroke Program was designed to ensure that Initial Acute Stroke care delivery is provided, based on evidence-based practice recommendations specific to the adult patient (18 years or older) population presenting with signs and symptoms of acute stroke / transient ischemic attack (TIA) / traumatic brain injury. Care will be delivered by a trained Emergency Team and/or Rapid Response Team. A custom interdisciplinary plan of care will be delivered throughout the patient's length of stay at the hospital.
Additionally, certified stroke centers make a commitment for ongoing community education focused on risk factors for stroke, risk factors for medication compliance, stroke prevention, and recognition of signs and symptoms of acute stroke.
Women's Choice Award
In 2018, Little Company of Mary Hospital's (LCMH) Primary Stroke Center received the Women's Choice Award® as one of America's Best Hospitals for Stroke Care. Hospitals earning this award must be accredited by the Joint Commission and certified as a Primary Stroke Center. In addition, publicly available data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and patient recommendation ratings data were included, when assessing each hospital's clinical performance.


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For those who follow politicians, political pundits and the media, it seems as we head into the more intense portion of this election year, that a few aspects of the "game" we call politics and the coverage of it be exposed. So here is the truth about politics in 2014 and how it is reported, analyzed, twisted, contorted and created.
— Most people don't know who various politicians are and don't care until just weeks before an election. It must be hard for all of the big shots in D.C. who strut about like bantam roosters to face the reality that the average person in America has better things to do than sit at home and focus on what their leaders in Washington, or even at the local state capital, do or say. It used to be a big deal to be a Congressman or U.S. Senator, but in today's world, only older voters consider a position in elected office to be one of honor. Unless someone is a political junkie or part of a chamber of commerce, people just don't focus on politicians.
— Most campaigns are run either by young political operatives who luck into a victory or by consultants who handle a multitude of races and try to pretend that they understand the political flavor and opinions of every area of the nation. They don't, and consequentially most candidates run silly TV ads and give more of the money they raise to consultants and pollsters than they ever should.
— While on the subject of polls, most pollsters who work for candidates or parties are just plain lousy. They give their clients numbers that they want to hear, which really does no favor to their candidate or cause. It's sort of like hiring a doctor to x-ray you and tell you that you don't have cancer while a huge tumor is plainly in sight. Either the doctor is incompetent or just wants the patient to keep following his advice until it's too late and the situation is terminal. And as for the "medical tools" of partisan pollsters, consider the fact that most of these D.C. bandits continue to provide candidates and cause poll results with 50 or 60 questions attached. In this day and time only the loneliest of lumberjacks or forest rangers stuck in some sky-high observation post would take the time to answer a 60-question survey. And these pollsters now claim that a good percentage of their surveys are answered by folks with cellphones. That's a farce. When have you noticed a cellphone user intently listening to their phone and carefully answering 60 or so questions? It just doesn't happen, or if it does, the respondent is likely a kook.
— Most politicians, Republican or Democrat, are full of it and so obsessed with themselves and their little world of fellow powerbrokers that they could care less what you think. Cynical? Oh, yes. True? Absolutely. It's really the nature of the beast. Most have aides who serve as gatekeepers who carefully make sure their leader only meets with the people he or she wants them to meet with. Hence they slowly lose touch with the real world.
— Even pundits and writers are, to some degree "full of it." For example, I often write the most extreme version of my thoughts because it makes for better copy and gets folks riled up, like the fellow last week who wrote a really good imitation of Jack Nicholson's crazy character in the movie "A Few Good Men." It's not that I'm disingenuous in what I write, it's just that I don't let Barack Obama or NSA leaks or most of the issues I write about ruin my day. And neither do most sane pundits and columnists I know.
— And finally, yes, most of the media is still liberal. But as liberal as they might be, they don't like being made a fool of. Hence the increasingly tense relationship between the press and the Obama White House, an administration that has put a whole new meaning to the concept of "managed news."
And like it or not, as the late Walter Cronkite would say, "That's the way it is." So, as you consume your political news and chosse your leaders this year, as they say, "let the buyer beware!"


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Jimi Hendrix Experience
Posted by St Louis on January 30, 2004
In Reply to: Red Sea experience posted by Bob on January 29, 2004
: : A coworker sent me an e-mail prayer this morning. Hmmm. What does she know that I don't? Anyway, I thought this was an interesting expression. I'd heard of a "mountaintop experience," but not a:
: : RED SEA EXPERIENCE - "Dear Lord, when I come to a Red Sea experience in my life - no way around, or back, no way but through - remind me that 'those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.' (Isaiah 40:31 - NKJV) Help me, Lord, to learn to wait until all fear is gone, until Your peace floods my soul, until You tell me to 'move on.' In Jesus' name I pray. Amen." * © 1999 by D. L. Hammond, Permission to copy granted for noncommercial use.
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"The Jimi Hendrix Experience"
a multi-media cultural phenomenon often exploited, imitated and never bettered
feeling ecstatic and effortlessly able to exceed others' performance
unexpected reflux or vomit not due to excess alcohol
having people talk about you for image, not the substance of your work
all definitions from "The 1960s and all that: The Collected Musings and False Memories of Li Yar"
- Jimi Hendrix Experience ESC 30/January/04


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Biovest Files Recapitalization Plan to Strengthen Balance Sheet and Advance Commercialization Strategy for BiovaxID™ Cancer Vaccine
Plan proposes to eliminate $44M senior debt and access approx $5.6M in new financing to support seeking global approvals for lymphoma vaccine
March 07, 2013 04:45 PM Eastern Time
TAMPA, Fla. & MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biovest International, Inc. (OTCQB:BVTI) today reported that the Company has filed a petition for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and a Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") seeking to implement a restructuring of its balance sheet that would eliminate approximately $44 million in senior secured debt held by Laurus/Valens Funds and Corp Real, LLC (the "senior secured debt") while also providing up to approximately $5.6 million in new operating funding. Subject to the Plan becoming effective, Biovest expects the Plan would significantly strengthen its balance sheet and support ongoing strategies to commercialize its BiovaxID™ personalized cancer vaccine, including facilitating ongoing partnering/licensing initiatives, as well as enhancing the opportunity to secure new contracts establishing its hollow fiber bioreactors as a novel cell culture platform for viral vaccine production.
During this reorganization process, Biovest plans to continue its operations without interruption, including advancing its regulatory strategy seeking approvals for BiovaxID in the European Union and Canada for the treatment of follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The Company plans to file these formal marketing applications following completion of its reorganization with regulatory decisions anticipated in 2014. If approved, BiovaxID would be the first cancer vaccine available for lymphoma patients. Biovest will also continue to service its cell culture and instruments clients from its Minneapolis facility without interruption.
Based on filings made to the Bankruptcy Court, Biovest will seek access for up to approximately $5.6 million in new funding being provided by Biovest's senior secured lenders. The Plan also proposes that approximately $44 million of Biovest's senior secured debt, which includes the new funding, would be converted into common stock on the effective date of the Plan, thereby eliminating the Company's senior secured debt upon exit from bankruptcy.
Biovest's largest senior secured lenders have indicated support for the Plan, and the Company expects to complete the restructuring and emerge from Chapter 11 by mid-2013. The reorganization filing was made in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, and Biovest's bankruptcy counsel is the law firm of Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Prosser P.A.
All terms proposed in the Plan, as well as in subsequent related filings, will be subject to acceptance by the Bankruptcy Court and will ultimately require final approval by the Bankruptcy Court in order to become effective.
About Biovest International, Inc.
Biovest International, Inc. develops active immunotherapies (cancer vaccines) which treat and diminish the aggressiveness of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system. The Company's lead personalized cancer vaccine product candidate, BiovaxID™, has been evaluated in three clinical trials conducted in collaboration with the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) demonstrating that BiovaxID increases the duration of cancer remission following chemotherapy and induces immune responses which correlate highly with long-term survival. Biovest is currently in the process of pursuing European and Canadian marketing approvals for BiovaxID.
Headquartered in Tampa, Florida with its bio-manufacturing facility based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Biovest is publicly-traded on the OTCQB™ Market with the stock-ticker symbol "BVTI".
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Tesnik needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 67 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Tesnik Security
We are an Electronic Security Company formed at the start of 2010. We have been growing slowly over this time. We now have 3 employees and our marketing has got us to a point where we are quoting against some of our larger competitors and we have been unsuccessful on a couple of occasions due to our appearance of being a small company even though we have carried out these type of jobs and are more than capable.
The products we supply and install are: Intercom Systems, Access Control, CCTV and Intruder Alarms. Our clints are Builders/Developers and Strata Managers. The majority of our work is in apartment blocks and commercial complexes.
We want a logo that is interesting and shows that we have not just picked out some clip art and put our name alongside it. It doesn't necessarily need to have anything to do with our industry (electronics) but it should have a "big business/corporate" feel about it.
Having said that, we are a family business and pride ourselves on the personal service we are able to offer our current clients.
We will be using the logo on our new stationary, web-site, work shirts and vehicle signage. Any colour scheme considered.
Initials "TS" also considered if it looks "right".
Thansk for your interest!!
Our current markets are Strata Managers, Building Managers, Developers and Electrical Contractors/Electricians. We may in the future target individual residences/end users however that will be sometime down the track.
Our name tells our clients what we do so I will leave the design to you experts.
I would like a logo that once we get circulated it into our group of clients it wont get confused with anyone else's logo. Try anything!
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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The huge sign on the outside of the building on the corner of Hanbury Street and Brick Lane is clear enough: Truman Black Eagle Brewery. Nobody passing by could have any doubt what used to happen here, even though no beer brewing has taken place on the premises for more than 20 years. But what few people know is that for a couple of decades in the middle of the 19th century, this was the biggest brewery in the world.
Today Brick Lane, Spitalfields, in the East End of London is bustling and cosmopolitan, the heart of what is sometimes called "Banglatown". For hundreds of years Spitalfields – filled with cheap housing, in large part because it was to the east of the City, so that the prevailing westerly winds dump all the soot from the West End over it – has been a place where poor immigrants to England come to try to scrabble a living, generally in trades connected with making clothes: Huguenot silk weavers from France fleeing Catholic oppression, Irish linen weavers fleeing unemployment in Ireland, Jewish refugees fleeing pogroms in Russia, Bangladeshis fleeing poverty, all adding their tales to a place crowded with both people and history. But it wasn't always thus: the author Daniel Defoe, who was born in 1660, remembered Brick Lane from his childhood in the early years of the Restoration as "a deep, dirty road frequented chiefly by carts fetching bricks into Whitechapel".
Over the decade after Charles II returned to England, as London expanded, development spread up Brick Lane itself from the south, and new streets were laid out in Spitalfields where previously cows had grazed. Two of these streets, on the west side of Brick Lane, were named Grey Eagle Street and Black Eagle Street. Thomas Bucknall, a London entrepreneur, is said by some to have built the Black Eagle brewhouse in about 1666, the year of the Great Fire of London, on land known as Lolsworth Field, Spittlehope belonging to Sir William Wheler. However, it remains unclear whether Bucknall actually was a brewer: the best that can be said is that on the land he leased "in 1681-2 the lay-out of buildings on this part of Brick Lane approximated to the present arrangement of brewery buildings round an entrance yard, and that this lay-out may date back to 1675."
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3-D VIDEO CODING SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED RENDERED VIEW QUALITY by Woo-Shik Kim A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) August 2011 Copyright 2011 Woo-Shik Kim
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|The objective of this research is to develop a new 3-D video coding system which can provide better coding efficiency with improved subjective quality as compared to existing 3-D video systems such as the depth image based rendering (DIBR) system. Clearly, one would be able to increase overall performance by focusing on better "generic" coding tools. Instead, here we focus on techniques that are specific of 3-D video. Specifically, we consider improved representations for depth information as well as information that can directly contribute to improved intermediate view interpolation. ❧ As a starting point, we analyze the distortions that occur in rendered views generated using the DIBR system, and classify them in order to evaluate their impact on subjective quality. As a result, we find that the rendered view distortion due to depth map coding has non-linear characteristics (i.e., increases in intensity errors in the interpolated view are not proportional to increases in depth map coding errors) and is highly localized (i.e., very large errors occur only in a small subset of pixels in a video frame), which can lead to significant degradation in perceptual quality. A flickering artifact is also observed due to temporal variation of depth map sequence. ❧ To solve these problems, we first propose new coding tools which can reduce the rendered view distortion by defining a new distortion metric to derive relationships between distortions in coded depth map and rendered view. In addition, a new skip mode selection method is proposed based on local video characteristics. Our experimental results show the efficiency of the proposed method with coding gains of up to 1.6 dB in interpolated frame quality as well as better subjective quality with reduced flickering artifacts. ❧ We also propose a new transform coding using graph based representation of a signal, which we name as graph based transform. Considering depth map consists of smooth regions with sharp edges along object boundaries, efficient transform coding can be performed by forming a graph in which the pixels are not connected across edges. Experimental results reveal that coding efficiency improvement of 0.4 dB can be achieved by applying the new transform in a hybrid manner with DCT to compress a depth map. ❧ Secondly, we propose a solution in which depth transition data is encoded and transmitted to the decoder. Depth transition data for a given pixel indicates the camera position for which this pixel's depth will change. For example in a pixel corresponding to foreground in the left image, and background in the right image, this information helps us determine in which intermediate view (as we move left to right), this pixel will become a background pixel. The main reason to consider transmitting explicitly this information is that it can be used to improve view interpolation at many different intermediate camera positions. Simulation results show that the subjective quality can be significantly improved using our proposed depth transition data. Maximum PSNR gains of about 2 dB can also be observed. We foresee further gains as we optimize the amount of depth transition data being transmitted.
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This is Kayla writing this post! This month marks my fourth year at Murfie. First of all—wow, that's exciting! Secondly—wow, things have really changed!
I began working in Operations, ripping discs and handling downloads. My previous experience in radio made me fit to create and host the Murfie Podcast. From there, I started doing more social media and PR for the company. And naturally, that's where my role took off. I had been running the Murfie Help Desk too, but now it's time to hand off that role to a qualified candidate, so that I can zero in on the social side of things.
And that qualified candidate is without a doubt Brandon. I went to the higher-ups with confidence that Brandon cared about the individual needs of members enough to be a great person for the job. However….can he really fill MY shoes? I had to ask him a few questions to put him on the spot. :)
K: Tell everyone a bit about yourself!
B: I am 21 years old and was born in Madison, WI. I've lived in Chicago, Boston, and Washington D.C. before moving back here. My hobbies include playing guitar and saxophone, painting, and enjoying video games. My favorite place to travel is the woods of British Columbia—so serene! My favorite music is electronic, classical, classic rock, and indie.
K: What do you like about working at Murfie?
B: For me, the best part about working at Murfie is discovering new music! I've come across LOADS of albums, either through co-workers or just browsing members' shops, that have greatly broadened my horizons musically.
K: Why are you a good fit to run our Help Desk?
B: I'm a good fit to run our help desk because I specialize in Operations, which means I can facilitate the problem-solving process. Plus, I truly care about the needs of our members….I love the site as much as they do!
K: So, do you think you can fill my shoes?
B: Yes! You have shown me the ropes, and I'm ready to help our members get the very best in customer support!
Brandon is ready to help with all your Murfie needs—contact him through our Help Desk and say hello! :)


text: The price of phase construction. The concourse was so clean but now that it has opened up to the rest of the site and the ongoing construction in and around it (not to mention the increased foot traffic and the ongoing construction of the last two PATH platforms) the dirt, dust and grime is beginning to wreak havoc. Let's hope maintenance crews are as effective as the design is beautiful.


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Selections include Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Hope and Gus Van Sant's Promised Land.
The Berlinale has announced the first six titles for its 2013 Competition programme.
They include the final part of Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy (part one premiered in Cannes and part two in Venice) and the international premiere of Gus Van Sant's Promised Land [pictured] starring Matt Damon.
The six titles are:
Gloria by Sebastián Lelio (Chile/Spain) [world premiere]
Nobody's Daughter Haewon (Nugu-ui Ttal-do Anin) by Hong Sangsoo (Korea) [world premiere]
Paradise: Hope (Paradies: Hoffnung) by Ulrich Seidl (Austria/France/Germany) [world premiere]
Child's Pose (Poziţia Copilului) by Călin Peter Netzer (Romania) [world premiere]
Promised Land by Gus Van Sant (US)
The Croods by Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders (US) [world premiere]
Also, Berlinale Special will present the world premiere of Christian Rost and Claus Strigel's documentary Redemption Impossible (Unter Menschen).


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The secret to this sweet masterpiece is the fresh, handmade toffee bits. The toffee starts out with a bit of oil, a splash of coffee, lots of sugar and some corn syrup. If even a little bit of sugar starts to burn on the bottom of the pan, the whole batch will taste burnt - so it is very important to keep stirring throughout the process. When the mixture is hot enough, baking soda is added: turning the toffee from a dark caramel brown to a fluffy golden yellow. (If you're around the bakery during this stage of the process, you will hear Kyle yell out "hot sugar" as he carries the pot of toffee from the burner to the wooden counter!) From here, the boiling hot toffee is quickly poured onto sheet pans where it cools before being shattered into little golden nuggets.
Click the link below to watch the toffee process in action! http://www.magisto.com/video/agARMkAZRzc1UgVpYw


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SOLIDEA, sp. z o.o. PowerCan200 Team has won a major national award for its environmental innovation. More than 400 candidates from some of Poland's largest power and engineering companies competed to fund development of their new technologies under GEKON financial sponsorship, with full Polish government support. Good news for PowerCan clients
The production of the new PowerCan starts immediately
PowerCan200 was placed 4th in the GEKON Program and one of the 24 companies of 400 professional applicants who will receive sponsorship (by the National Center for Research and Development, NCBiR, and the National Fund for Environmental Protection, NFOS).
The PowerCan200 converts wood chip and forest waste into synthesis gas. The PowerCan powers a stationary MAN Gas Engine and Combined Heat and Power unit. Since PowerCan200 can produce energy locally on or off grid and given recent events in Ukraine it can yet demonstrate to be well timed and hugely successful in this region. Continue reading


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Here is a secondary character from Attack on Titan who is part of the 104th Training Corps class. Up next we will learn "how to draw Connie Springer", step by step. Connie is a simple looking character that has a very passionate expressive face most of the time. His looks are probably due to the fact that he has a very outgoing personality as well as a brave heart. Also, Connie was ranked 8th from his training class and he eventually joined the Survey Corps even though he is terrified of the Titans. Anyways, drawing Connie Springer will be easier then drawing Eren or Armin. His looks sort of remind me of Rock Lee minus the hair. Adios mi amigos and leave a comment, rating or even fav this tut if you love it.
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