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Stocks jerked higher after reports that the House of Representatives plans to reconvene Sunday, which eased investors' pessimism surrounding the 'fiscal cliff' negotiations. WSJ MarketBeat reporter Steve Russolillo has details. Photo: AP.
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... tht ... on Jethro go it's been awhile wacky day today for the damages industrial average ... it was down as much a hundred fifty points at one point it came roaring back later in the session to close down ... by eighteen points ... joining us is MarketBeat rider Steber so Steve ... to crazy day it looks like ... the of the back and forth the ebb and flow of ... fiscal cliff negotiations are driving this what's the latest Washington fiscal cliff all a time of the all the time so the latest today was that ... of a sleepy end of the day we got word that the House Republicans are going to come back to Washington on Sunday there to meet them this December thirty if this is awesome lot of the enemy does not exactly for the economy and again these talks are really going to drag on to the very last minute so ... what ... the word that these guys are actually coming to them going to talk ... that was perceived as a good sign for the markets as you mention the Dow was down more than a hundred fifty points at the session lows today he was looking like a really of the day ... Harry Reid came out and said it looks like we're going over the cliff use those words ... and so no one like that but now you care people are conducted and start talking again ... that was perceived ILO but optimistically so ... we ... don't pardon my like using an old joke from sunlight that ... really is that we are in that episode of the negotiation all yet that Republicans coming back on Sunday the talk is enough to raise a hundred fifty points up and down it seems totally insane but that's that's what happened today and I think another thing the kid the mind is that ... this is the last trading week of the year ... on year and it's been a very thin lines rate now it's easy to move the market one way or the other ... so that's also another factor that play here but again ... really it's just that all the focus is on the fiscal cliff for better or worse the whole book is on the fiscal cliff rate now and so ... for now the optimists say that you know this isn't so bad about going down eighteen points is a lot worse that could've been a lot worse at the close ... but you know will see what happens again tomorrow ... you got a good headlines today piano that they could get a bad headline tomorrow morning so we'll see


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An opportunistic brace from Kim So Hyang was enough to send Korea DPR into the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Azerbaijan 2012 with a 2-1 semi-final win over Germany in Baku. The Asians, champions at this age category in 2008, will now face France in the ultimate match on 13 October, while the Germans hope for bronze when they take on Ghana in the third-place play-off.
Germany coach Anouschka Bernhard made two changes to her starting eleven, bringing in Ricarda Kießling for Pauline Bremer and Daria Streng for Janina Meissner. And the rust showed for the new-look Europeans, as the Koreans started sharper. Kim So Hyang's header went just wide of the post in the early seconds, sending a hint of things to come.
The Germans continued to struggle to get to grips with the pace of the game as the first half progressed, with Ri Un Sim controlling possession and dictating the patterns of play with her sharp passing. Vivien Beil had the first chance to score a German goal after 15 minutes, but it came to nothing and was followed up straight-away by a chance at the other end for the rampaging North Koreans. Goal queen Ri Un Sim forced a good save from the keeper.
But the Koreans' pressure was too intense and Germany's resistance finally gave way in the 39th minute. Kim So Hyang got on the end of a fortunate deflection and scored the simplest of tap-ins to send the Asians into the locker-room with a deserved edge.
They added to their lead just two minutes after the break. The scorer – again – was Kim So Hyang, who once more took advantage of confusion in the German rearguard to slot home an opportunistic goal. Germany, stunned into response, cut the deficit in half in the 59th minute when Rebecca Knaak headed home a free-kick from Theresa Panfil. But it was all the Germans could muster.
The Koreans now move on to the final of the U-17 women's showpiece – their second after they finished champions in 2008 – where they will meet France, who beat Ghana earlier in the day.
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New: AGAINST FORGETTING: Behind the Scenes of the First Debate
UPDATE: A new version of this column, written after the debate, is now online in the Planet's next issue.
For weeks, President Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney have sparred with partners, immersed themselves in piles of position papers, practiced remaining cool, and in the case of Romnney, memorized unforgettable zingers.
Their strategy and goals were necessarily different. Mitt Romney had to blame President Obama for everything that was wrong with America. For Obama, the goal was to justify his record, to sound like a president rather than a professor, and to explain the economic crisis was implemented by the same Republican policies advocated by Mitt Romney and conservative Republicans.
Although debates can make or break an election, President Obama enjoyed a substantial lead of 3-5% in most polls a week before the debate began. His big mistake before the election was to fail to publicize the considerable accomplishments achieved by his administration. These included saving the auto industry, preventing a depression and bank run by helping the financial industry, creating thousands of jobs through government-sponsored programs, promoting the rights of American-born children of immigrants from deportation, supporting the rights of same-sex marriage, signing legislation that guaranteed women's pay equity with men, promoting legislation, commonly called "Obamacare," that will provide health care for almost all Americans, ending the "gag rule" that prevented funds for family planning around the world, supporting women's reproductive choices and health, providing federal funds to Planned Parenthood, and promoting fairer loans to college students.
Unfortunately, too few American knew about these accomplishments. Nor are they aware that those that failed were blocked by ideological Senate Republicans who fought his agenda of creating a greater stimulus, more assistance for students, protection for the children of immigrants, and dozens of other issues.
But will the American people understand that Obama inherited an economic crisis and yet managed to steer the country from sliding into a full-blown depression? Or will they focus on the fact that he failed to help enough people who lost their homes, which gave many people the legitimate sense that this is an administration that doesn't care about their lives.
Mitt Romney, for his part, was busy practicing zingers, possibly because he has seemed so muddled and contradictory in the last months. In order to win the primary, he had to move to the far right, even criticizing the universal health care program he created in Massachusetts, promising to repeal Obamacare, and changing his view from supporting women's reproductive choice to denouncing abortion.
Now that he has to appeal to the entire country, as opposed to the Tea Party, he has begun to soften his attacks on Obamacare, even suggesting that some parts might be worthwhile. At the same time, his big mistake was to choose a vice-presidential candidate, Congressman Paul Ryan, Republican from Wisconsin, who famously wrote a budget that would replace Medicare—health care for Seniors-- for a private voucher plan, and whose tax plan would cut the taxes of the wealthy or, as they both call them, the "job creators."
Now, Mitt Romney must try to convince Americans that he feels their pain and cares about the middle class and "working families," an American euphemism for the working class and the poor. But it's probably too late. He has repeatedly said that people must take individual responsibility for their lives, even if they're disabled or ill and that they should not expect the government to assist them.
And viewers will easily detect any change in policy. Just recently, Mother Jones, an investigative magazine, released a video of Mitt Romney addressing wealthy donors at a $50,000-a-plate dinner. The video revealed Mitt Romney's candid lack of concern or compassion for half the population. The GOP presidential nominee said that that forty-seven percent of Americans who support Obama are "victims " who are "dependent upon government" and "pay no income tax." He added, "My job is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives." The video instantly went viral and undermined his last-minute efforts to describe himself as a candidate concerned with the problems of ordinary Americans
As the debate began and the candidates started to spar, they carried all this baggage on to the stage. At stake were two views of which values should shape American society. Obama explained that government should be used to help the vulnerable and when the nation is in crisis. Mitt Romney, on the hand, has said people should not expect the government to provide them with health, food or shelter. Those words, of course, were meant for the Tea Party, not for the nation. At the debate, he instead tried to convince viewers that he's a businessman who knows how to run a country, and that he would lower the debt, shrink the government, and protect the security and health of Seniors. Having chosen Paul Ryan as his partner, his words seemed disingenuous and deceptive.
Most importantly, he did nothing to persuade women—who have given Obama a generous gender gap in the past---to vote for him. More women have consistently supported Obama because he has made it clear that every one of his policies seek to help families, support women's rights, and educate their children.
Among the expected 50 million people who watched the first debate were many men and women who have lost their jobs and homes, and live with anxious uncertainty about the future of their families. Mitt Romney said nothing that would reassure that he would help these people, the young or the elderly.
Perhaps he will do better when the topic is not about the domestic security of the nation.
Ruth Rosen, a former columnist for the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle, is a Professor Emerita of History at U.C. Davis and a scholar in residence at the Center for the Study of Right-Wing Movement at U.C. Berkeley. Her most recent book was "The World Split Open: How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America."


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The "Jack Reacher" star visited "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" Tuesday to talk about the holidays and his latest film, his first interview since his split from Katie Holmes (and, coincidentally, it's where Holmes went to break the TV ice, too).
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They are all stupid people. Some friends said I shouldn't write this because it is a subjective judgment and sounds mean-spirited. But honest, it's true. Nobody would ever say that their predecessors — Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, and David Petraeus — were not intelligent and accomplished. But these guys are simply not in that category. Smart people can make bad judgments; regular people with common sense often make bad judgments less often. But stupid, arrogant people with terrible ideas are a disaster.
Brennan's only life accomplishment has been to propose backing radical Islamists. As a reward, he isn't just being made head of intelligence for the Middle East but for the whole world! Has Brennan any proven administrative skill? Any knowledge of other parts of the world? No. All he has is a proximity to Obama and a very bad policy concept. What's especially ironic here is that by now, the Islamist policy has clearly failed and a lot of people are having second thoughts.
With Brennan running the CIA, though, do you think there will be critical intelligence evaluations of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hizballah, or even Hamas? Is the CIA going to warn U.S. leaders about the repression against women, Christians, and moderates? Will there be warnings that Islamists are taking over Syria or reports on Islamist involvement in killing Americans in Benghazi? Can we have confidence about U.S. policy toward Iran?
Kerry, of course, was the most energetic backer of sponsoring Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad before the revolt began. Now he will be the most energetic backer of putting the Muslim Brotherhood into power in Syria. Here is a man who once generalized about American soldiers in Vietnam as being baby-killers and torturers (such things certainly happened but Kerry, made the blame collective, except for himself of course).
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Victor Parker, a California native and long-time member of the Los Angeles community, was appointed District Director of the SBA's Los Angeles District Office in October, 2011. The Los Angeles District Office serves Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties. As District Director, he is responsible for the delivery of SBA programs and services to aspiring and existing small business owners, SBA lenders and partners, which include business advisory services, capital access programs, entrepreneurial development, international trade development and contract procurement assistance .The Los Angeles District Office territory includes ten Small Business Development Centers, three Service Corps of Retired Executives chapters and four Women's Business Centers.
Prior to joining the SBA, Victor worked in various capacities as a small business manager and corporate executive for nearly 20 years. His responsibilities included managing regulatory affairs, intellectual property licensing agreements, and contract negotiations. As his career advanced, he also gained expertise in small business joint venture manufacturing with in-depth consulting agreements, and supplier diversity development and expansion. He has experience with SBA programs from the small business side, government contracting and the 8(a) certification process in particular.
In addition to Victor's broad management and leadership experience in the private sector, he is actively engaged in serving several civic, nonprofit and community-based organizations in the Southern California area, including serving on the Civil Service Commission, Sustainable City Committee and on the Board of Directors of the Community Development Centers, Inc.
Victor earned his Bachelor's Degree from the University of California at Berkeley and Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law.
Mr. Parker can be reached at email@example.com, or by phone at (818) 552-3201.


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By Clive Bernath: As soon as Breidis Prescott rendered Amir Khan unconscious with a thunderous left hook in September 2008 it looked as though the Olympic silver medallist's highly promising career was pretty much over before it had even started. But less than two years later the 23 year-old has not only proved all the doubters wrong and won a genuine world title he now stands to become a huge box office star in the USA.
Following his Impressive 11th round tko win over Paulie Malignaggi on his US debut last weekend HBO's Vice President of programming Kery Davis said: "Amir has an extremely intelligent style. Speed sells, power sells, explosiveness sells and he has all of those things."
Impressive words indeed from one of the most powerful men responsible for delivering top class boxing to HBO's customer base. And with a serious pool of American champions and contenders lining up to face him it looks like 'King' Khan is set to feature on American tv screens for some time to come.
Khan has made no secret of the fact that he will be seeking unification fights with WBC/WBO king Timothy Bradley, WBA champ Devon Alexander and Argentine WBA interim titleholder Marcos Maidana. Khan has even asked for a box off between all of them to find out who is the No.1 140lbs fighter on the planet. So far the top spot is generally accepted to be occupied by the undefeated Bradley, who faces unbeaten Argentine Luis Carlos Aberegu in Rancho Mirage, California on July 17.
There are plenty of options for the British fighter, who could find himself back in the ring as soon as July, according to Khan's father, Shah. Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Shah said: "If we get the dates we will do it. It is possible. We can get him ready in the short time and then he can have a break after Ramadan. We want him to fight three times a year."
However, with Bradley already boxing in July, Maidana sidelined with a back injury and Devon Alexander scheduled to fight in August, Khan's promoter Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions has hinted Australian tough guy Michael Katsidis may be next.
The Australian WBO interim lightweight king impressively dismantled the previously unbeaten Kevin Mitchell inside three rounds last weekend and may look to entice Katsidis to move up to 140lbs. "There are so many possibilities and we have many big names at 140lbs. Michael Katsidis has just had a spectacular performance in England and he is an option." Insisted Schaefer.
There is of course the fact that Khan has just completed 11 tough rounds of world championship boxing and two months rest before he fights again may not be enough time to recharge his batteries, according to his respected trainer Freddie Roach.
"It might be rushing it a little bit for July," said Roach. "I'd like a little bit longer to get him ready, but he will be OK. If I was getting him ready for a major, major world-title fight then July would be too soon, but we can do it."
If I or any other boxing writer had said after the defeat to Prescott that in two years time Khan would be stepping up a division, win a world title, headline at Madison Square Garden and emerge as a potential box office star on HBO, you may well have sent for the men in white coats to cart me away.
I accept that Khan still has a long way to go to emulate the success of Lennox Lewis, Ricky Hatton, Joe Calzaghe and Naseem Hamed but last Saturday night In New York the boy from Bolton set the foundations to adding his name to the list of British fighters that successfully conquered the notoriously tough US market.
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I argued for windows-8 on SO months ago and created it. With the rush of questions during and after //build/ I now have Taxonomist. But a number of things were announced at //build/ that were secrets before and there is a rush of tagging going on. Some is good, some is not. I am retagging what I see but would like some opinions. I have seen
- visual-studio-11 ok
- visual-studio-2011 very definitely NOT ok. It is just a fluke that Visual Studio 10 was released in 2010 - VS9 was in 2008. We don't officially know whether VS11 will be in 2011 or 2012 but I would be very surprised if it was this year.
- winrt ok
- c++-cx ok
- metro (164 questions; not all are Windows 8) and metro-ui (not ambiguous but only 9 questions used it) we should pick one
- windows-8 ok
- windows-8-preview as opposed to what? pointless imo
- prerelease feels like those "year" tags where people would make visual-studio 2010 - am I right? I've been deleting the tag where I see it.
- c#-5.0 - should it be 5.0 or just 5?
There may be more. Can we look a little organized here?


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Mt. Pleasant, Pa.-based Columbia Northwest Inc./Aliner recently acquired the rights to important intellectual property for their new line of Somerset camping trailers formerly produced by FTCA Inc. as the Coleman line.
According to a press release, the acquisition ensures that Somerset trailers will boast the same features, sizes and names as familiar Coleman models. Columbia Northwest said it "remains dedicated to offering its customers the same trusted service and high-quality products they have continually provided for over 30 years."
Negotiations for intellectual property have been nearly a year in the making. The acquisition pertains to trademarks, copyrighted material, patents and product documentation as well as historic and current engineering documentation. These new materials will allow Columbia Northwest to grow the Somerset product line and expand on its role as an innovative leader within the industry.
"Having the historical data and current documents allows us to replicate past models and develop future models in a way that builds on the familiar heritage of a trusted product," says Ned Collins, CEO, Columbia Northwest. "This significant acquisition will help to ensure that we are moving in the right direction towards innovation and customer satisfaction."
The names of the product series and models will reflect that of the historically similar models. For former Coleman enthusiasts, this means that the Utah trailer of 15 years ago is still the same trusted product. In keeping their brand integrity top-of-mind, Columbia Northwest believes that this acquisition will assist them in developing their product lines and series even further.
"We are excited to create the next chapter at Columbia Northwest," says Allan Reeping, former Coleman sales manager and current Aliner/Somerset director of sales and marketing. "Our loyal customers can be assured that while the brand is evolving, we will never stray from our commitment to providing them with only the highest-quality products and service."
For more information, visit www.somersetrv.com or www.aliner.com.


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Jean-Paul de Dadelsen (1913-1957) was born in Strasbourg, Alsace. He joined the Free French Forces during World War II and was a journalist for the BBC's French Service after the war. Jonas, from which 'Opening Invocation' (published in Granta 125: After the war) is taken, was first published in French in 1962.


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Several years ago, I discovered that there are unlimited paths on which one can travel through this journey we call life. Up to that point, I had done nothing but dream of the day I would play professional soccer. My senior year on the college soccer team was cut short with a bad ankle injury, so I focused on finishing up my degree and graduating.
There I was, just having graduated college where I was receiving my computer science degree and was ready to do what youre supposed to do, go get a 9-5 job for the next 44 years and retire at age 65. I went to work at a respectable aeronautics company as a Software Engineer. My head was always great with computers, but my heart would never listen to my head. I found a "MLM"/network marketing company shortly after beginning my soon-to-be short lived software engineering career. After paying a LOT of money ($5,000) for a LOT of product, became a "director" at this company. To make a long story short, 6 months later I had $4,900 in products sitting in my parents garage, and the network marketing company was involved in a lawsuit and had been completely shut down. I was supposed to get reimbursed some portion of the $5,000 I had invested (after lawyers fees and such were taken out), but that was about 7 years ago and I havent seen a dime since then.
Fast forward about 4 more years down the road. I was on my 3rd software engineering position and had almost tripled my income from when I first graduated college! This was GREAT, but even then I realized that the reason I was forced to find my 3rd job was because the company at my 2nd job went through a company-wide slashing and laid-off about 2/3 of the entire company. I did NOT like the idea that one day my family would be at the mercy of bosses and VPs at companies who are only looking out for themselves. I had to do something about this
I saved up money for several months of expenses, and started exploring many businesses that I could start on my own. I had a short stint with my best friend and one other person. There was a rather successful company they had both worked at before and said it was going to be easy to recreate everything that their former company had done. We started out, and I quickly left after making 200-300 cold calls per day. (3 ½ years later this company is doing monthly sales of $250,000-$300,000 and all of the owners are making 6 figures OOPS!) I still talk with my best friend daily and we are always plotting our next big money maker but Ill talk more about that in a bit
I finally chose to start a franchise with my parents equity in their home. (After MANY hours of talking with them.) After investing over 6 figures into this franchise, we quickly discovered that we shouldve chosen a much more seasoned franchise. (Of course, we couldnt have afforded the bigger franchises ) 5 years later, Ive made around $8,000 from the company (total), and besides paying for all of the employees, taxes, product, rent, etc weve got nowhere besides paying the monthly interest only loan payments to the bank. (This is after working 80-100 hours/week for the first 11 months of the business where at that point I was forced to find other work because I had to make SOME income to pay my mortgage.)
Finally, after all of these "failures", I found the PERFECT company, a network marketing company. First, after countless of hours of research, let me tell you what to look for in a network marketing company:
1) Solid background. The company you work for should have at LEAST 5 years of history, and it should be POSITIVE history. Look for things like a company thats traded on the stock market, honors from reputable companies (Business Week, Forbes, etc.)
2) Great leadership. I learned this from Jim Collins book, Good to Great. See what the company leaders have done in the past. (i.e. Were they selling magazines from the back of their car before joining this company?) Also Are any high profile figures endorsing the products? (With a high profile persons reputation at stake, they will only associate with top products.)
3) Re-usable products. Whatever youre selling and/or consuming needs to be items that are used up quickly and re-ordered regularly. (Mortgage Refinancing doesnt work in network marketing because the average person only refinances every 5 years.)
4) In demand products. Example, the health industry is seeing tremendous growth due to all of the baby boomers. This is paired with the life expectancy raising every day. (Well be at life expectancy of 120-150 years in no time.) The health field is a GREAT example of a great place to investigate.
5) Solid marketing techniques. There are something like 6 or 8 main models of how a network marketing company can pay its associates. Make sure the model of your company is fair, doesnt require minimums, and is truly residual. (So that if you ever stop growing your business, your income keeps coming in.) Also How do you find your associates? (Through the internet? Friends and family?) (Read Richard Poes Wave 4: Network Marketing in the 21st Century)
6) Do your research. You need to take calculated risks to be successful in anything in life but make sure youve done your research by checking out the BBB (better business bureau). Try to find "dirt" on the company. (Check the validity of the sources claiming the dirt.)
7) How are the products delivered? (Do you need to stock a garage full of products? Can the associates place orders directly?)
8) Great training. Make sure that you will have the proper training and support from your team. You dont want to be a part of something where youre totally on your own to figure it out. (This typically relates directly back to the companies compensation plan.)
9) IMPORTANT How many hours per week do you need to put into the business? Are true passive/residual income techniques employed? (e.g. How do you find your downline? How do they get trained? How much help is your upline?)
10) Make sure you keep your current "linear" income job until your new network marketing company residual income can overtake it!
11) MOST IMPORTANT Learn how to dream, and also learn how to set goals. (Read Napoleon Hills Think and Grow Rich) 90% of this business is mental. (This is true of any endeavor in life, playing professional sports, achieving great wealth, affecting mass humanity, etc.) EVERYTHING starts with an idea in one persons head. Conceive it, believe it, achieve it. (Read Malcolm Gladwells The Tipping Point)
Jason Cardamone is a certified life coach, accomplished soccer player and coach, entrepreneur, and most recently, a successful network marketer. You can reach him at
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text: Watching one of his runway shows, you'd think Derek Lam would favor minimal interiors at home, perhaps with a few pops of color like red or powder blue. But actually, this New York City\u2013based fashion designer, known for his sleek American sportswear and the luxurious outerwear he designs for Italian brand Tod's, likes his tabletop decor a bit old-fashioned. "I don't like white plates," he says. "I prefer the table to look more formal when I entertain. I love the ritual of preparing for dinner." When friends come over, Lam brings out the fancy Jaune de Chrome china and Buccellati silver\u2014"but no butlers!" For a designer who lives in a SoHo loft, the ultimate luxury is having his office a mere four blocks away with all his favorite home-furnishings shops on the same street. "The problem is, we get so spoiled," he says of his neighborhood route, "that we never want to walk more than five blocks!" Click here to see what Derek Lam can't live without.


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By Ian Kay / MLB.com
The video above has gone viral on YouTube this week, racking up more than 70,000 views since Monday. We tracked down creator Dan Freiman in Uganda to get the full story.
At the Lighthouse Grace Care Center, a school and orphanage on the outskirts of Nairobi, there's a Kenyan boy named Godfrey Mburu who no longer answers to his real name.
Godfrey will now only talk to people who address him as "Roger Clemens."
He doesn't know anything about Clemens' seven Cy Young Awards or his 20-strikeout game or his ongoing perjury trial. Godfrey only knows that Roger Clemens was once sitting in the Red Sox dugout when a man named Mookie Wilson hit a baseball through the legs of a man named Bill Buckner.
And he only knows that much because he played Roger Clemens in Dan Freiman's YouTube rendition of "1986 World Series Game 6…..in Kenya."
A 25-year-old from Toronto, Freiman recently spent four weeks teaching physical education at Lighthouse Grace through the New Zealand-based International Volunteer Headquarters. The school has about 215 students, ranging in age from 3 to 13. About 75 are orphans who board full-time. The rest live in nearby slums.
After reading in his volunteer handbook that many of the Kenyan children would enjoy learning about new sports, Freiman made a point of teaching his students unfamiliar games like baseball and tennis. The first time they tried American football, one of the boys somersaulted into a massive puddle while chasing a pass and emerged drenched in mud.
"Any kid from North America would have run home and cried," Freiman said. "But he laughed it off. They all laughed with him and he got to the back of the line for another pass. You wouldn't know that boy is an orphan and there's no way he has more than two pairs of clothes."
Maybe the only thing that intrigued the students more than learning new sports was Freiman's Sony point-and-shoot camera. Every time he brought it to school, children would jump into photos, or ask him to record videos.
"You know when you take a picture and you can show them right after because it's a digital camera? They stare at that like it's the biggest thing in the world," he said.
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Remembering his own elementary school days, Freiman had an idea that would combine the Kenyan kids' two newfound passions. After the Blue Jays won the 1993 World Series, Dan and his young classmates spent their school recesses conducting elaborate reenactments of Joe Carter's dramatic walk-off home run. One kid would play Carter. Someone else would impersonate Mitch Williams. Others would man the field and the dugouts. They went as far as casting the streakers who followed Carter around the bases and the security guards who chased them.
About three weeks ago, Freiman approached some of the older students with a proposition: What would they think about filming a video of a famous American sports scene?
For the next few days, it was all the students could talk about. On May 31, Freiman brought his laptop to school and showed his students a few options. The Titans' Music City Miracle was a favorite, but Game 6 of the 1986 World Series ultimately won out when nobody could stop laughing at the Mets' pile-on home plate celebration.
June 1 was Madaraka Day in Kenya, commemorating the nation's first elected government taking office in 1963. Lighthouse Grace's school was closed for the holiday, leaving only the orphan boarders around. Freiman found them in the church, washing clothes and scrubbing floors to prepare for Sunday services.
"I didn't know what to say or what to do because this was something I'd never really seen before," he said. "I was sort of heartbroken that it was a holiday and these kids were washing the floors."
With the principal's permission, he grabbed about 15 boys and headed to a nearby field. Although most of the students were familiar with baseball and recognized the game by sight, few knew that three strikes meant an out or that three outs were an inning. Only a handful had heard of the New York Yankees.
Freiman explained the significance of Buckner's blunder as best he could, then started filming. In the first shot, Brian Wainaina – playing Mookie Wilson in a white pinnie and brown pants – sprinted down the first-base line while Paul Mangathe let a tennis ball trickle through his legs. As Wainaina rounded first, Peter Kinyanjui began windmilling his arms from foul ground, just like Mets first-base coach Bill Robinson did 26 years ago. Freiman provided some direction, but mostly let the children mimic what they'd seen on his computer screen.
"I told them, 'It's not like you're doing a baseball movie right now,'" he said. "'It's more like you're doing a show or you're performing a school play. You have your role and you do your part.' And they did it perfectly."
After Timothy Mungai nailed the next shot, clutching his head to channel Ray Knight as he rounded third base, Freiman decided to film a few more angles. The whole process took less than 30 minutes. After, a few volunteers pitched improvised batting practice using a tennis racket as a bat.
That evening, Freiman emailed his footage -- five baseball clips plus one of the students dancing -- to his brother, David, back in Toronto. David edited it together, adding Vin Scully's famous audio and a slate of credits. Last Wednesday, Dan posted the video to YouTube. He sent an email to a few friends detailing his recent travels in Kenya, including the link at the bottom, then went out of town for the weekend.
"My intention originally was just to go to the field and shoot this with the kids and give them a CD of the video we made," Freiman said. "And I could take one home as a keepsake."
By Monday, "1986 World Series Game 6…..in Kenya" had several thousand views. Features on sites like Deadspin, Grantland and the Huffington Post soon pushed the view count north of 70,000.
On Tuesday, Dan brought his computer to school and showed his students their newfound celebrity status. Their reaction? "Absolutely insane." Brian (Mookie Wilson) and Timothy (Ray Knight) nearly broke down in tears when they learned their names had been featured on the New York Post's website. And about that time, Godfrey unofficially changed his name to "Roger Clemens."
Said Freiman: "I never in a million years thought this would happen. I was just hoping to have a good time and take the kids out of the orphanage for a day."


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The Crimson looks for its fourth Ancient Eight crown (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 3 Harvard women's fencing travels to Providence, R.I., for the Ivy League Round-Robins this weekend. The Crimson looks to capture its fourth Ancient Eight crown at Brown's Olney-Marglies Athletic Center.
Follow Harvard Athletics on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to stay connected with all the breaking news from around Cambridge and to get inside access to your favorite Crimson programs.
Last Time Out
Harvard opened the 2014 calendar year with a 2-3 showing at the St. John's Invitational at the Taffner Field House Sunday, Jan. 26.
The Crimson stormed out of the gates defeating No. 4 Penn State, 15-12. Harvard fell to No. 6 Columbia, 15-12, but rallied in round three to down third-ranked Notre Dame, 16-11. The two victories were followed by two tightly contested matches to No. 5 Ohio State, and No. 10 St. John's, which Harvard dropped 14-13.
The sabre squad's 33-12 mark propelled Harvard's efforts. Freshman Adrienne Jarocki paced all Harvard fencers, as the sabre fencer finished the day with a 13-2 record. Senior Alexandra Kiefer and junior Nina van Loon led the foil and epee fencers with a 9-6 performance each.
Related Link: No. 2 Women's Fencing Earns Two Wins at St. John's Invitational
Rank and File
In the initial CollegeFencing360.com Fencing Coaches Poll, the Crimson women rank second, the highest seeding of the squad in program history. Harvard has since fallen to the third seed in the Feb. 6 poll. Harvard is one-of-four Ancient Eight schools in the top-ten as defending national champion Princeton took the top spot, Columbia ranks fifth and Penn sits seventh.
Related Links: NCAA Fencing Poll | Women's Fencing Earns Program-Best Ranking at No. 2, Men Seeded Fifth
Crimson Crowns
Over the course of 32 seasons, 34 Ancient Eight champions have been crowned with the Crimson earning three titles with its most recent being in 2009.
Since Harvard women's fencing began in 1975 the Crimson has seen 51 opponents on the strip. Harvard has not dropped a match to 28 of its all-time competitors to hold unbeaten records against 54.9 percent of its all-time foes.
And the Award Goes To
Adrienne Jarocki earned National Rookie of the Week honors presented by CollegeFencing360 Jan. 30, marking the first weekly accolade for the freshman. Jarocki as an intricate part of Harvard's sabre squad that went 33-12 to pace the Crimson's 2-3 performance at the St. John's Invitational Jan. 26.
Related Link: Jarocki Named National Rookie of the Week
Face in the Crowd
Aliya Itzkowitz is one of Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd featured in the December 23 issue. The sophomore sabre fencer earned the honor that has been published in every week of the magazine since 1956, after helping the Crimson to its first 6-0 start under head coach Peter Brand since matching that record to begin the 2010-11 season.
Related Link: Itzkowtiz's Featured in Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd
North American Cups
Over the course of three months, 14 Harvard fencers took the strip at USA Fencing's North American Cups to compete against athletes from across the United States and Canada attempting to qualify for both the 2014 Senior and Junior World Championships. The Crimson notched three podium finishes. Jerry Chang and Nina van Loon grabbed gold in the Junior brackets in their respective weapons, while Adrienne Jarocki took home silver in the Division I women's sabre.
Related Links: Ten Harvard Fencers Compete at USA Fencing North American Cup, Chang Captures Gold | Five Fencers Compete at December North American Cup | USA Fencing's January North American Cup Features 11 Crimson Fencers
Trust in Brand
Peter Brand enters his 15th season at the helm of the Crimson. Under his guidance, Harvard captured its first NCAA team championship in 2006, won a combined four Intercollegiate Fencing Association three-weapon titles, two IFA six-weapon championships and a combined seven Ivy League titles – three by the women and four by the men. He also coached 37 All-Americans in his time behind the Harvard bench. Brand sports a 192-61 overall record on the women's side and a 49-31 mark against Ivy League foes.
About No. 3 Harvard
At 8-3, the Crimson is off to its best start under Peter Brand since matching that number to begin the 2010-11 season. To capture its fourth Ivy League title and first in the past six seasons, Harvard will look to senior Alexandra Kiefer to maintain her dominance in the foil. Sophomore Aliya Itzkowitz and freshman Adrienne Jarocki look to continue their successful season in the sabre while Nina van Loon strives to continue to pace the Crimson's epeeist on the strip.
About Brown
Brown carries a 14-1 record into the round robins with a 24-5 effort from senior epeeist Laney Caldwell. Seniors Kathryn Hawrot (34-4) and Audrey Lee (19-1) pace the Bears' foil fencers. Freshman Clara Tondato Da Ruos' 14-1 mark leads the sabre fencers. .
All-Time Versus the Bears
Harvard has downed the Bears in the last five meetings to hold a commanding, 22-4 advantage in the all-time series that dates back to 1980.
About No. 5 Columbia
The Lions hold a 17-4 overall record. Columbia's victories have been propelled by its foil squad who sits at 22-0. Sophomore Jackie Dubrovich paces the undefeated foil fencers with 58 victories. Classmate Sarah Yee has notched 32 wins to pace the sabre fencers while freshman Mason Speta leads the Lions' epeeist with a 36-19 mark.
All-Time Versus the Lions
The 39th installment of the all-time series marks the second meeting between Harvard and Columbia this season. The Crimson looks to snap the Lions nine-match win streak in the series. Columbia holds a 29-8 advantage in the series that dates back to 1980.
About Cornell
The Big Read enter the championship at 14-4 after going 3-2 at the Philadelphia Invitational Jan. 26. Cornell is led by its foil squad that includes senior Christine McIntosh who has tallied the most victories for the Big Red with a 46-4 record. Freshmen Victoria Wines and Anastasia Turin pace the epee and sabre squads, respectively. Wines holds a 20-8 marks while Turin sits at 27-12.
All-Time Versus the Big Red
After falling behind in the series, 0-7, Harvard has gone on to win 23 of the last 25 meetings including 19 straight matches since 1992 to have a 22-9 advantage against its Ivy rival.
About No. 7 Penn
The Quakers enter the tournament coming off a dominate performance over No. 3 Notre Dame at the Northwestern Duals, Feb. 1. The duo of freshman Cassidy Seidl and senior Luona Wang propelled Penn's foil squad which paces the team's 15-5 effort. Freshmen Alejandra Trumble and Shriya Joshia lead the epee and sabre fencers, respectively.
All-Time Versus the Quakers
Despite knocking off Penn in the last four meetings, Harvard trails the all-time series with the Quakers, 12-22.
About No. 1 Princeton
Reigning National and Ivy League Champion, Princeton looks for its fifth straight Ancient Eight title this weekend. The Tigers ride a 41-dual match win streak that dates back to Feb. 2, 2013 and includes a 21-0 mark this season.
All-Time Versus the Tigers
The Harvard, Princeton rivalry is one of the oldest series in program history as the Ancient Eight foes first met in the Crimson's second season in 1976. The Tigers notched the first victory and have gone on to hold a 13-17 advantage.
About Yale
Riding a two-match win streak, Yale enters the championships 5-3.
All-Time Versus the Bulldogs
Harvard looks for its tenth straight victory over Yale. The Ancient Eight opponents have competed against one another 35 times with the Bulldogs boasting a 24-11 edge over the Crimson.
Coming Up
As six-time defending Beanpot champion, Harvard puts its unbeaten Beantown title on the line at MIT Wednesday, Feb. 12.


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Incubate tubes on ice vs in the refrigerator - (Apr/17/2013 )
Maybe a dumb Q... but I've been doing a protocol for DNA isolation from soil that has a couple of precipitation steps that, after addition of solution and brief vortexing, says to incubate at 4 C for 5 min. I've just been sticking them in ice (a bucket of ice that itself is at RT). Can you see any problems in doing this?
Well, it will be at 0C rather than 4C, but that's probably better. Additionally, the ice bucket (especially if it is wet ice) will transfer heat much more quickly than putting a tube in the refrigerator.
Yeah, I did it to get the temp (inside the tubes) down faster since it only calls for 5 min. I didn't think it would be an issue (that somehow resulted in added contamination, particularly humic acids in this case), but there of couse always could be a mechanism that I'm not aware of that could occur if temp of solution got below 4 C.


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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Pebble Beach Food and Wine 2009 Recap Coming Soon to a Video Recipe Blog Near You
I arrived back in San Francisco last night after an incredible day of food and wine tasting at Pebble Beach. A very sincere thanks to Foodbuzz for the invite, and I hope they, and their community of curious culinarians enjoys the multimedia coverage I'll provide over the next few days.
Today we're headed up to Sonoma to take care of some business for our annual mega-catering at the beautiful Frick winery, which is happening this coming weekend.
This week will be crazy busy getting ready for that, but I will pull together some great video and photos I took down in Pebble and post it for your vicarious viewing pleasure.
It was a who's who of the West coast foodie universe and I was blown away by some of the things I saw and tasted. Stay tuned for the video and photographic recap, along with news about our big upcoming weekend.
By the way, save your "what the hell is that?" comments - all these dishes will be identified in the video(s), usually by the star chef that made them. Cheers!
Posted by Chef John at 12:13 PM
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4 comments:
- CollegeGourmet said...
Ooo, I bet you got spoiled this weekend, I'm jealous!
I can't wait for the recap video.
- April 19, 2009 at 12:42 PM
- Unknown said...
You're becoming a real Epicureans Hot Spots Travelin' Man! The weather is great, and it should be a really fun day trip. Cheers!
- April 19, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- Chezus said...
It was great meeting you this weekend. What a fantastic event!! We will have to get together for a beer or glass of wine after all, we are neighbors!
- April 19, 2009 at 8:35 PM
- Chef John said...
It was great meeting you both too! A neighborly beer sounds great. I'll drop you a line next week after our event is finished. Cheers.
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The Peter Henry Rolfs Digital Collection contains Rolfs' publications and unpublished papers, some written in collaboration with Clarissa Rolfs. Also included are photographs taken by the Rolfs, correspondence with Professor Rolfs and Clarissa Rolfs, and administrative reports written by Rolfs during his years in Brazil.
Peter Henry Rolfs was born April 17, 1865 in Le Claire, Iowa. He received his B. S. from Iowa State College of Agriculture in 1889 and a M. S. from Iowa Agricultural College in 1891. He began his career at the Agricultural Experiment Station at the Florida Agricultural College in Lake City as a researcher and instructor in Botany and Horticulture. He remained at Lake City from 1892 to 1899. From 1899 to 1901, he served as a botanist and bacteriologist at the Clemson Agricultural College and Experiment Station. He returned to Florida in 1901 as head of the USDA's Plant Introduction Station and Subtropical Laboratory in Miami. In 1906, he was asked to serve as the Director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station and remained there until 1921. He also held the title of Director of Agricultural Extension in Florida, 1915-1920, and Dean of the College of Agriculture, 1915-1920.
In 1920, Rolfs accepted an invitation to establish and direct an agricultural school in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Rolfs served as Director of the Escola Superior de Agricultura e Veterinaria do Estado de Minas Gerais, em Viscosa, until 1929, when he became a technical consultant (Consultor Technico) on agricultural affairs for the State of Minas Gerais. He retired in 1932. During his stay in Brazil, Rolfs was assisted by his daughter, Clarissa, who functioned as his personal secretary, translator, and advisor. After 1932, Professor Rolfs and Clarissa traveled throughout Brazil, South America, and the United States studying agricultural education. He died in 1944.


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Ed Sheeran Covers 5 Seconds of Summer's 'She Looks So Perfect'
Brace yourselves, Sheerios and 5SOS Fam. Ed Sheeran's cover of 5 Seconds of Summer's 'She Looks So Perfect' is one of the best things you'll hear all week!
We already love Ed for his heartbreaking lyrics and incredible voice, and there's no doubt that 5SOS makes us swoon with their perfect pop-punk songs. But combining the two? That's a match made in pop music heaven!
While 5 Seconds of Summer's original recording of the song is energetic and showcases the four band members' well-matched vocals, Ed's take on the song is a little more stripped-down. The Brit stays true to the head-over-heels vibe of the first version, while adding in his own acoustic flavor. Yep, we've got this one on repeat.
It's hard to tell which version of 'She Looks So Perfect' we like better, but luckily we don't have to choose! Listen to Ed's beautiful rendition of the 5 Seconds of Summer song above.
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- "No one lived after he decided ter kill 'em, no one except you, an' he'd killed some of the best witches and wizards of the age - the McKinnons, the Bones, the Prewetts - you were only a baby an' you lived."
- —Rubeus Hagrid to Harry Potter[src]
Mrs Bones was murdered by a Death Eater sometime in the second half of 1981. Her husband, Edgar, and children were killed along with her.[2]
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First mentioned)
Notes and references
- ↑ Edgar Bones appeared in a photograph with Marlene McKinnon that was taken two weeks before Marlene's death in July 1981. Therefore the Bones family had to have been killed sometime between then and Voldemort's fall (31 October, 1981).
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 25 (The Beetle at Bay)
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This hoodie featuring original Acidmath artwork is hand-printed and sewn in the USA. We now create our hoodies with two soft polyester fabrics that make a hoodie you will always love. Will not to shrink or fade. Wash cold and air/hang dried. This is a new design where the pocket is enlarged and hidden inside the hoodie.
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- Large domestic market
- Significant agricultural potential: wheat, barley, colza, etc.
- Limited energy dependence (23%) thanks to coal, oil, gas and uranium
- Large-scale renewable electricity production (37%)
- Diversified and competitive industry thanks to cheap labour
- Demographic decline: low birth-rate and emigration of educated youth
- Serious regional disparities in terms of education, vocational training, healthcare and transport; rural regions lag behind
- Low participation rate for Hungarian and Roma minorities, young people, and women in the economy
- Large informal economy
- Inefficient agricultural sector
- Slow bureaucratic and legal processes; corruption
Solid but less vigorous demand
The economic boom of 2017 already began to fade out in 2018. Private consumption is not likely to accelerate again in 2019, although its solid level and substantial share in the economy (63% of GDP) will keep it as the main growth driver. The ongoing improvement in the labour market, with the unemployment rate dropping to 4.1% in September 2018, and further growth of wages (with the minimum wage increasing by almost 8% from 2019) will continue to support household spending. Wages are being driven by the increasing scarcity of labour, which is a result of emigration and an aging population, despite the financial incentives being used to encourage mobility among the unemployed and reduce long-term unemployment. At the same time, accelerated inflation has already halved the growth of real wages in 2018 compared to a year prior. Previously, household consumption was elevated by implemented fiscal stimulus measures, including tax cuts, minimum wage increases, and public sector wage hikes. However, these tax cuts have faded away and contributed to higher consumer prices, accompanied by inflation pressure caused by excess demand.
Labour shortages remain a concern for companies and trigger further compensation increases. Moreover, labour cost increases have been far ahead of productivity growth. The pressure coming from growing wages has been partially weakened by the transfer of social security contributions from employers to employees (contributions were changed from 22.75% and 16.5% to 2.25% and 35%, respectively).
A gradual pick up of projects co-financed by EU funds brings support for investments, which recovered in 2018. Nevertheless, it is likely they will be subdued due to the government's attempt to keep the fiscal deficit under control. In any case, companies extending capacities, as well as an increase in non-residential construction, telecommunications, and computing, will keep investment growth positive. Imports are likely to remain more dynamic than exports, meaning the contribution from trade will remain negative. Cars (Dacia and Ford) and tyres, together with wood, fertilizers, metals, medicines, machines, and clothing remain an important part of Romanian exports. Production and exports of agri-food products have been negatively affected by periods of droughts and floods, as well as a swine fever epidemic.
Public and external accounts will remain weak
The budget deficit has widened over recent years and is projected to rise further. Significant increases of salaries in the public administration, as well as in the health and education sectors, have contributed to a higher fiscal cost. Moreover, the flat personal income tax rate was lowered from 16% to 10% in January 2018. The pension indexation is set to increase in both 2019 and 2020 (by 15% in September 2019 and 40% in September 2020). The August 2018 budget revision assumed increasing of both revenues and expenditures. If the government is less effective in conducting investments, budget deficit figures could be lower as a result. The current account deficit is expected to increase further as a result of deteriorating foreign trade balances of goods and services resulting from robust internal demand. The primary income deficit improved in the first half of 2018supported by transfers from Romanians working abroad. More than a half of the deficit was financed by rising FDI and inflows on the capital account contributed by allocations from EU funds. The external debt widened in the first half of 2018 as a result of increasing short-term external debt and the latter's coverage by foreign exchange reserves dropped to 76.2%, against 87.2% at end-2017.
Political tensions
In January 2018 Mihai Tudose, who took over the position of the Prime Minister in 2017, was forced out from office by his own ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) due to disagreements with the party leadership. Subsequently, the government of existing coalition of PSD-Alliance of Liberals and Democrats was sworn in with the Prime Minister Viorica Dancila. The real power is still assumed to be in the hands of PSD leader Liviu Dragnea, who cannot participate in the government due to criminal investigations. In November 2018, the PSD decided to reshuffle a part of ministers in the cabinet as a result of internal tensions within the party. At the same time, the justice minister remained unchanged, signalling a continuation on the path of controversial reforms to the justice laws. Indeed, the European Parliament criticised the Romanian authorities' initiatives to change these laws and criminal code, as well as the breaching of human rights at the crashing of demonstrations in August last year. In the past, the Romanian political scene has experienced various portfolio changes – however, uncertainties related to domestic politics still pose the risk ofinstability.
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Bank transfers are becoming the most common payment method in Romania. The main Romanian banks are now linked to the SWIFT electronic network, which provides low-cost, flexible and rapid processing of domestic and international payments.
Professionals often choose to use cheques as a payment method for the equivalent value of purchased and received goods and services. Although cheques are considered to be a secure method of payment, the beneficiary of the cheque can only present it to the bank and cash-in the amountdesignated.
While promissory notes are mainly used as a means to guarantee a professional's trade debts, in practice they are often used as a payment method. In Romanian law, promissory notes represent a credit instrument under private signature, created by the issuer as debtor, by which the issuer promises to pay a fixed amount of money on a certain date, or upon presentation to another beneficiary acting in the capacity of a creditor.
Both cheques and promissory notes become enforceable titles once signed by both parties. If they are not cleared due to the absence of cash, forced execution proceedings can be initiated against the debtor.
Debt collection
Fast-track proceedings
Summons for payment (Art. 1013-1024 NCPC)
This procedure applies to certain liquid and eligible debts with a value exceeding RON 10,001, resulting from a civil contract. These include contracts concluded between a professional and a contracting authority, with the exception of debts registered in a statement of affairs, within an insolvency procedure. The debtor will be summoned to pay the due amount within 15 days of receipt. The ordinance is enforceable even if a request for cancellation is brought against it. Nevertheless, the debtor may raise an appeal against enforcement, under common law.
Summons of a lower value
This procedure was designed as an alternative to common law proceedings and to the ordinance procedure. Its aim is to enable a fast resolution to patrimony litigations, when the value does not exceed RON 10,000 and does not refer to matters excepted by the law. The procedure entails the use of standard forms, approved by Minister of Justice. These include the request form, the form for completion and/or rectification of the request form and the response form. Romanian legislation expressly states that only documents can be presented as evidence.
The decision of the court can be submitted to appeal within 30 days under common law, except for requests relating to debts with a maximum amount of RON 2,000. By way of derogation from the common law however, the exercise of appeal does not suspend the enforcement procedure.
Ordinary proceedings
Common Law procedure
The judge orders the communication of the request to the debtor, who must submit a statement of defence within 25 days of the petition. The creditor is obliged to submit an answer within 10 days, while the debtor must acknowledge the answer. Within three days of the date of the answer to the statement of defence, the court establishes the first trial date, where both parties will be summoned within a maximum period of 60 days. This process is somewhat lengthier, as further evidence is considered such as accounting expertise, cross-examination of the parties involved and witness testimonies. Following these deliberations, the court renders a legal decision. Appeals can be made to the upper court within 30 days of the decision being rendered. Extraordinary remedies are the appeal, the appeal for annulment and revision.
Enforcement of a Legal Decision
The enforcement procedure implies the existence of a valid and legally rendered enforceable title. It necessitates the failure of the debtor to execute its obligations, the existence of an enforcement procedure request formulated by the rightful creditor to a bailiff and finally the fulfilment of conditions within the execution procedure. The enforcement procedure commences at the request of a creditor through various means such as sequestration and sale of tangible or non-tangible assets
For judgments rendered in EU countries, special enforcement mechanisms are at the creditor's disposal. These include EU Payment Orders and the European Enforcement Order. Awards issued by non-EU members are normally recognised and enforced, provided that the issuing country is party to a bilateral or multilateral agreement with Romania. If this is not the case, exequatur proceedings will ensue in front of domestic courts, as stated under Romanian private international law.
Insolvency Proceedings
Out-of-Court proceedings
According to the 2014 insolvency law, the concordat preventiv consists of an agreement with the creditors whereby the debtor proposes a business recovery plan, which includes a payment scheme for the creditors'receivables. By signing this agreement, the creditors confirm their support in helping the debtor to overcome its financial difficulties. The procedure is managed by a special receiver, who draws up an offer to the creditors. This must be approved by at least 75% of the creditors within 60 days from the date when they receive it. It is also subject to the approval of a syndicjudge.
Insolvency proceedings
This is a preliminary procedure, which can be followed by a reorganisation procedure, or a bankruptcy procedure.
Reorganisation proceedings
The judicial reorganisation procedure requires the drafting, approval and implementation of a reorganisation plan aimed at the debtor successfully redressing its activity and performing the repayment of its debts, in accordance with an agreed payment schedule.
The plan can provide for the financial or operational restructuring of the debtor's activity, corporate restructuring by modifying the share capital structure, or selling assets. The reorganisation plan is subject to the approval of the general meeting of creditors. During this period, the debtor is represented by a special administrator.
Bankruptcy proceedings
In the event that no reorganisation agreement is reached, the debtors will enter bankruptcy. The purpose of bankruptcy proceedings is to convert the debtor's assets, for the repayment of creditors' receivables. During this procedure, the debtor is represented by the judicial liquidator. The latter will perform the clearance of all the assets of the debtor and the sums obtained will be distributed to the creditors, based on the priority ranking as documented in the final consolidated debt table.


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Someone had to do it; "After thoroughly researching all 236 episodes the answer is 85 sexual partners. Between the six characters of Friends — Ross, Rachel, Joey, Chandler, Monica and Phoebe — have had sex with 85 different people…."
However, as commenters who are as overzealous about the show as I am have noted, there are several flaws in Mr. Mike D'Avria's work (at first glance, a major one is that Winona Ryder's Melissa character did indeed admit to hooking up with Jennifer Aniston's Rachel in college).
But here you go. Peruse at your own leisure. Let's rip it apart later.


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Cassidy, Nielsen pick up hat tricks in Darien's win over Amity
NORTHFORD -- Going into the new season, first-year Darien girls hockey head coach Jamie Tropsa believed his team would have to win a lot of low scoring games in order to have a successful season.
Darien did just that with a one-goal win in its opener on Saturday, but a 9-3 rout of Amity at the Northford Ice Pavilion on Tuesday night showed that the Blue Wave are more than capable of lighting the lamp early and often.
"Our young kids are doing a great job and our junior and senior class are adding a lot leadership to this team," Darien coach Jamie Tropsa said. "Our goaltending did what we had to do. I'm very proud of these girls tonight."
Darien got goals from five different players, including Georgia Cassidy and Samantha Nielsen, who both notched hat tricks. Amity's Andrea Noss scored all three of her team's goals to pick up a hat trick of her own.
"It feels great. We kind of dominated and scored early and kept scoring throughout every period, which is good," Cassidy said. "We just kept shooting and hoped that a lot of shots would go in. It was nice to get our confidence up for the rest of the season."
After relatively even play in the game's early minutes -- and a tough save or two by Darien's Shannon Hall and Amity's Shannon Early -- Darien broke through when Amanda Sload intercepted a clearing attempt at the blue line, skated in and buried a wrister for the 1-0 lead with 10:51 to go in the first.
Six minutes later, Darien doubled its lead on the first of two goals for Samantha Nielsen. Sage Thacher and Allegra Molkenthin collected assists and the Wave lead 2-0 going into the second.
Darien needed less than two minutes in the second period to double its lead, as Cassidy and Schuyler VanderBroek both scored for a 4-0 lead.
Noss lifted a backhanded shot into the Darien net to bring Amity to within 4-1, but the Wave led 6-1 by the end of the period on goals by Nielsen and Lily Christensen.
Noss scored twice more at the beginning of the third to get her team to within 6-3, but three straight Blue Wave goals by Cassidy (short-handed), Nielsen and Cassidy sealed the win and allowed Darien to improve to 2-0.
In goal, Hall came up with nine saves for Darien, and the Blue Wave penalty kill was perfect on the night.
"Everybody that was here played. It was nice that everybody got on the ice and contributed," Tropsa said. "We haven't spent a lot of time on our power play or short-handed, so this early in the season I am very happy with the way it's going."
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Darien 2 4 3--8
Amity 0 2 1--3
Record: Darien 2-0.
Goals: D--Georgia Cassidy 3, Samantha Nielsen 3, Amanda Sload, Schuyler VanderBroek, Lily Christensen; A--Andrea Noss 3. Assists: D--Sage Thacher 2, Allegra Molkenthin 2, Sload. A--Emily Gotowola. Goalies: D--Shannon Hall (9 saves); A--Shannon Early (15); Shots: D--24; A--12.