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Increasingly, financial regulators are highlighting their concerns about whether financial institutions will manage interest-rate risks when rates inevitably return to higher levels.
That includes the NCUA Board, which at the urging of CUNA and others took an important step in May toward regulating the use of derivatives to hedge against rising rates. In the wake of a pilot program and two previous rounds of input on the subject generally, NCUA issued a new proposal on derivatives. To comment, visit CUNA's Legislative & Regulatory Advocacy page. Comments are due July 29.
The proposal's approach raises concerns, and CUNA is pursuing significant changes to achieve authority that's meaningful for participating credit unions yet avoids undue risk exposure for the credit union system. CUNA's Examination and Supervision Subcommittee took the lead for CUNA in reviewing the proposal and developing recommendations for improvements.
As proposed, credit unions' authority would be limited to instruments known as interest rate swaps and caps. Credit unions would have to apply to NCUA for approval under Level I or Level II derivatives authority, with Level II providing more flexibility and imposing more requirements.
One issue that provoked early responses is whether credit unions applying for derivatives authority would pay additional fees. The agency has determined it would have to establish a new supervisory program, which would cost between $6 million and $11 million. As a result, NCUA is considering a Level I application fee starting at $25,000 and a Level II application fee ranging from $75,000 to $125,000.
NCUA has never proposed such an approach before, directly for credit unions, and this could set a precedent for fees for other activities. "Where would it end?" one credit union CEO inquired.
For either level, among other things, a credit union must:
The proposed rule would place tough collateral and counterparty requirements on participating credit unions and would limit the use of external service providers.
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The proposal represents a significant step, but the final rule must incorporate a number of changes. These would include limitations that are much more reasonable to allow better matching between assets and liabilities, ensuring credit unions that can manage derivatives authority won't be excluded, and a timely effective date.
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The following is John Meek's 4th grade report card from Mattie V. Rutherford School dated 1933.
The next one is William Meek's 7th grade report card dated 1933.
Here is a 1930 school picture of one of the boys. It is not labeled so I am not sure which brother it is. I am guessing that it is either John as a first grader, or William as a fourth grader.
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TWENTY-EIGHT top science students from Vietnam are studying engineering at Portland State thanks to a $2 million investment from Intel.
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So...Mark Mastrov is leaving the company he founded 24 years ago and developed into the largest fitness club company in the industry today. I haven't heard too much fanfare about it, especially from 24 Hour Fitness. The company didn't put on its Web site an official press release about Mastrov leaving. Stuart Goldman, our managing editor, found out about it from a trusted source. After a check with the PR people for 24 Hour Fitness, we were issued a short statement confirming Mastrov is leaving Jan. 31. OK, so they have another week to make a big deal about their founder's departure, but I wonder if they will?
Then, Town Sports International (TSI) offered a three-sentence statement about the departure of Randall Stephen, their COO. No word on the reason for his resignation. However, just a week later, Richard Pyle's resignation as CFO at TSI was buried in a press release about the promotion of Daniel Gallagher to the CFO position. At least TSI noted that Pyle was leaving to pursue other interests and that after he officially leaves March 31, he will continue to consult with the company.
Pyle's departure seems to complete a change in the whole upper-level executive group at TSI, a publicly traded company whose stock has been dropping in the past few months (although whose stock hasn't these days?). Robert Giardina left in October, replaced as CEO by Alex Alimanestianu.
I often think that the length of an announcement about a person's departure says a lot about the conditions under which they left. I'll leave it up to you to decide what that means about these three men's departures.
I'm on the edge of my seat to see who is leaving what company next -- and how short the release announcing their departure will be. That is, if they even get an official announcement. --Pam


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Discussion in 'E81/E82/E87/E88 (2004-present)' started by MastaMind, Nov 11, 2008.
Hey, I resemble that remark!
*psssssst* ... It's resent that remark... ........ ...... ! *psssssst*
Come on Satch, I may have just had my 20th but I'm not a geezer! Don't generalize everyone here mate... surely you can find plenty of us "youuuung whippasnappa's" to bring that average age stat down!
Thank God I'm not the only one that feels that way!! Fortunately, this site has the same feel that 1addicts USED to have. People here are genuinely friendly and helpful and are here because they enjoy it, not because they have something to prove.
It's really great to see all you guys over here!!
Well, look who's here!
Yup, it does have that vibe that 1addicts used to have. Now, we just need more frequent posters
If we can get the word out and get some of the other regulars from 1addicts to move over (and leave the irregulars behind), I think the volume would pick up pretty quick.
Geez, and I wouldn't have to moderate. That means I could be a smart aleck again. ; -)
Oh, one other thing of note - it does not appear that you need to be a BMW CCA member to have a login. (Though it never hurts.)
Hmmm...I don't remember that ever stopping you before...
That's true but it does seem like this site really only attracts true enthusiasts of the brand. The "inner-city gangsta/posers" that Cody referred to seem to be a rare occurence on here fortunately.
Alright then, we should spread the word.
What, people like me don't post enough?
Oh no, you're doing your part!
However, this forum does move a bit slow...but hopefully we'll get some more members.
Botond, I do believe you have the most posts here! So yes you are doing your part to promote BMW Goodness! Keep up the good work!
Botond and his witty remarks.
I'd be on here more if work wasn't so hectic. But I should be happy that it's busy.
I'm embracing all the fun and info everyone's putting out there.
Well, my CDV shipped out yesterday, so I hope to get it by the end of the week. Unfortunately, it's supposed to snow several inches on Saturday, so the CDV and exhaust (if it comes in) install will probably have to wait.
You're gonna' like the CDV delete, just be sure to cap off the hydraulic line immediately after disconnecting from the CDV.
Enjoy your exhaust as well.
Almost a year ago, it was reeeeeeeeeeally quiet on the forums. We've gotten lots of new members, but I personally think that the rate that posts are made on this forums are ideal. Why? Because it allows me to read every single new post every time I visit the site and not have to reread a million other posts that came in since I last read those threads. More specifically, I'm glad it's not as busy as Bimmerforums, to be honest, but it's busy enough that if you leave for about 10 minutes, someone would have posted.
Thanks, I plan on clamping the line before I remove the CDV in hopes of minimizing fluid loss. I hear that method works out quite well.
Is your gearbox still excessively notchy?
I can definitely understand that perspective. Unfortunately, I can't stay away long enough to make that work
I'm thinking this is the place to be a part of a community, and 1addicts is more of a technical resource at this point. You just gotta filter through all the BS.
Notchy as ever though it's tolerable, gives the car character..
I do find bimmerforums informative, but they do have A LOT of posts.
I actually haven't checked it lately, so there's probably about 1000 posts I haven't read yet.
Notchy is good! Just think, without notchy, it would just be weird to drive a manual. It's kind of like my Logitech G25 wheel for gaming; the gearshift has no feel to it and I'm starting to hate it...
I really hope we're on the final stretch of winter. I opened the door to my 1er last night just so I could smell the leather (I treated the leather before I put it up for the winter).
My wife looked at me like I was a freak.
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Do We Really Want To Criminalize Bad Jokes?
from the careful-what-you-get deptBack in January, we wrote about the story of a guy in the UK who was arrested and banned from his local airport after making a (bad) joke on Twitter about blowing the place up. His tweet was:
"Robin Hood airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!!"As we said at the time, it was a really dumb statement, and I have no problem with police checking it out, but once they realized it was just a dumb joke, it seems reasonable to leave the guy alone. However, some more details are now coming to light that make the story even more questionable, and raise some issues that could impact pretty much anyone who makes a bad joke on Twitter, should someone in power want to cause them serious trouble.
Andrew sent over a few more articles about the story, that highlight that the guy wasn't actually charged for making a fake bomb threat. There actually is a law for that... but the authorities didn't charge him with that because they knew that his joke would never actually be seen as a bomb threat. Charging him under that law would require evidence that he intended to make people actually think he was intending to blow the airport up -- but no reasonable person would think that.
Instead, it appears that the police used a little-known part of the UK's Communications Act that outlaws sending a "message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character." Sound broad enough? Yeah. Suddenly, you realize he wasn't charged with making a bomb threat. He was charged with making a bad joke, that someone misinterpreted as being "menacing." The link above to TheLawyer.com goes through all this in great detail, including a pretty scary discussion with the officials who decided which law to charge the guy with, where they basically dance around the issue, even though it's pointed out to them that they're clearly stretching the meaning of that particular law well beyond what it's supposed to cover, while ignoring the actual law concerning bomb threats.
No matter, it appears that the guy has now been officially found guilty and fined £385 plus £600 costs (though, Stephen Fry has offered to pay). The fine isn't huge, but the guy now has a criminal conviction on his record for making a bad joke (not for making a bomb threat). That doesn't seem reasonable no matter how you look at it.
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A subdivision on the dicey edge of the wild
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The subdivision in Utah where I live is bang up against the mountains, with open land between us and the Snowbasin ski resort, and more national forest beyond. Our house lies at the end of a cul-de-sac on a tributary of the Weber River. A steep hill flanks us to the south, thick with Gambel oaks, and scrubby brush chokes the vacant lot upstream.
In the summer we feel closed off from the world.
When we have the sense to stop whatever we're doing, we sit, look and listen. Ducklings get separated from parents and raft the spring floods. Cutthroat trout leap up the broken concrete that constitutes the five-foot-falls under our bridge.
I've never seen a fish make the jump, and the pool below the falls is full of trout all summer long. But every year there are fingerlings upstream, so some agile swimmers make it.
Minks, escapees most likely from the local fur farms, sometimes course up the banks. On one hot day a 5-foot rattlesnake looped his tail around a cottonwood and drank from the creek.
Our location on the margins means that we attract transients. After Eastern blue jays made an appearance, our report to the Audubon Society yielded knots of shy birders hoping for a glimpse of this creature – as common as an English sparrow in my New York hometown. The first blue jay came to a messy end. A sharp-shinned hawk, much like the one that crashed into our glass doors and knocked itself out, loitered near the bird feeder. When we approached, the hawk flopped away to reveal its grasp of a blue victim.
Moose are less bloody, if more destructive. A half-grown bull once backed my sheepdog into his doghouse, flinging dinner-plate hooves around his head, then looked down at him as if to say, "Now, stay there." No dummy, the dog did.
Cow and calf pairs of moose give our apple trees the only pruning they ever get; the cows can strip a branch like a kid scraping the last of a popsicle off a stick. Our fruit yield has improved ever since. Often the only evidence of moose presence is a deep footprint, some chewed twig-ends and a fresh, moose-turd pie.
These visits from the local cast of wild creatures are mostly welcome, but we're less happy with others. The birdfeeders nourished a colony of rats, despite our cats and the local strays. We had high hopes for an ermine exterminator that spent an hour racing along the rats' winter trails, but he was never seen again. We finally broke the back of the rat insurgency with a battery-powered "zapper" trap.
The real trouble came as a surprise, but it shouldn't have. Two years ago I noticed freshly cut cottonwood branches floating downstream and assumed that the neighbors had done some pruning. My mother-in-law suggested beavers. She's a lovely woman, but notorious for her colorful imagination, so at first, I didn't take her remark seriously. A closer look at the branches, however, showed unmistakable signs of chisel-like teeth, and that night the dog and I heard a loud slap of a tail.
This posed a dilemma. Our screen of trees was clearly threatened. Just as clearly, beavers belonged here. Their ponds provide excellent habitat for fish; the dams capture sediment and help create rich soil. And maybe they would target my neighbor's tamarisk, planted at the suggestion of an irresponsible nurseryman.
There are also historical symmetries. In 1825, rival British and American fur-trapping parties almost came to blows a mile from our house. Peter Skene Ogden, the British Hudson's Bay Company leader, had orders to create a "fur desert," but he retreated and the Americans took over. Eventually, there were no beaver left to be trapped.
Now the beavers were back, and I was worried. Their infant dam was rising in a subdivision, and the resulting pond could flood my basement. I contemplated calling animal control while I wrapped chicken wire around our trees, but guessed that the authorities would turn out with guns, traps or poison. In the end, I chose cowardice and decided to let nature take its course.
Then all beaver activity stopped; I assumed that one of the neighbors had taken action. Then a week later fresh lengths of sapling floated in the pool, and that night the dog and I heard another decisive slap on the water – the return of the native. I can't wait to see what happens next.
– Jeff Nichols is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He teaches history at Westminster College in Salt Lake City.
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Google could launch a Twitter-killer as soon as this week, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Google already allows Gmail users to update their status. The prompt reads, "let people know what you're up to, or share links to photos, videos, and Web pages." But every time a user updates their status, the previous update disappears into the ether.
The WSJ says the new feature will "allow Gmail users to view a stream of status updates from people they choose to connect with." It will be tightly integrated with Google's video-sharing site YouTube and its photo-sharing site Picasa.
Yahoo launched a very similar feature for its email service back in August 2009.
If Google is smart, these status updates will pour into and out of Facebook and Twitter. That way it will have an immediate install base of users already trained to update everyone they know about the latest thing they viewed, thought or ate.
Otherwise, it's hard to see how this feature won't end up as another in a long line of Google products that tried, and failed, to beat popular services from Web rivals (See Orkut versus MySpace, Google Video versus YouTube, Open Social versus Facebook Platform, Google Friend Connect versus Facebook Connect).
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Baskind registered two second-half goals as the Crimson came up short at No. 16/9 Penn, 9-5 (Gil Talbot).
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Harvard women's lacrosse team saw its five-game winning streak come to an end Friday night as No. 16/9 Penn took a 9-5 decision over the Crimson in the 2012 Ivy League Tournament Semifinal.
Penn (9-6, 6-1 Ivy League) took control of the game early, scoring three unanswered goals in the first 4:55 seconds with Courtney Tomchik finding the back of the net twice. Jess Halpern put Harvard (9-7, 5-2 Ivy League) on the board with 15:53 remaining in the frame after five shot attempts failed to hit the mark, but it was the only score the Crimson would get before the break. The Quakers added three more goals before time expired, taking a 6-1 lead into the half.
Despite the discrepancy on the score board, Harvard held a 10-7 advantage in shots but Penn goalie Emily Leitner came away with three saves to help preserve the lead.
The Quakers were first to score again in the second half before back-to-back goals by Melanie Baskind made it a 7-3 game with 15:49 to play. Baskind's first tally came shortly after a Kelly Weis save, while her second came after three other Crimson sent shots wide of the goal. Penn responded with a score from Erin Brennan to move the score to 8-3, but Harvard was not done and pulled to within three, 8-5, with 4:01 remaining on the clock. Chelsey Newman was first to score with 8:57 to go, and Kyleigh Keating scored the second after Ellen Gleason picked up a ground ball off a Penn miscue.
Harvard was unable to continue its moment down the stretch, however, as the Quakers tacked on an insurance goal for the 9-5 margin.
Baskind led Harvard on both ends of the field, finishing the night with two goals, three ground balls, one draw control and two caused turnovers. Halpern, Keating and Newman each found the back of the net once, as the Crimson owned a 27-16 advantage in shots.
Harvard was a perfect 12-of-12 on clear attempts and forced 10 Penn turnover while committing only seven itself. The teams were even in draw controls at 8-8. Danielle Tetreault came up with one ground ball, three draw controls and two caused turnovers as Weis made four saves in goal.
Tomchik and Meredith Cain scored three goals apiece to pace the Quaker attack with Maddie Poplawski adding two. Leitner made 10 saves en route to the victory and picked up five ground balls.
Game Notes: Harvard falls to 9-7 overall but is gauranteed to finish above .500 for a third straight year … Harvard has held 12 of its 16 opponents to under 10 goals, with five scoring five or fewer … All seven of Harvard's losses have come against top-20 opponents … Melanie Baskind has scored at least one goal in each of Harvard's last 11 games.


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Being a medical assistant is one of the most sought after healthcare jobs today. Medical assistants work as help for the doctors in clinics and hospitals. There work may be varied and can span from front office to back office. They may be entrusted with data entry, appointments and billing jobs. They may also be helping the doctor with optometry, operating of various machines and other works directly related to patient handling.With growing development in the health care divisions, there are also a growing number of medical assistant jobs. The training procedure usually spans over one or two years. Career opportunities are aplenty and there is no limit to what you can achieve with a few years of work experience and a specialty certificate.So you think it might be a good work opportunity for you? Here is how you can achieve your dream in 5 easy steps.Do Some Background Study.Find in greater and minuter details as to what the job will require of you. Think carefully if you will be satisfied doing it and whether you will be able to provide others with the service that is expected of you. Healthcare jobs, you must remember, is one that comes with serious responsibilities. So be doubly sure if you are ready to ahead to step 2.Get Admitted to a Suitable School.There are a number of schools and courses available that will help you get closer to a medical assistant job. They usually take one or two years to complete, may be online or classroom and are flexible enough o suit every need.Pass out with Flying Colors.It is important that you do well in your school in order for a healthcare career. Good grades and a certificate from a well known academy that trains healthcare professionals will give you an edge over other competitors. It will go a long way to prove to possible recruiters that you suit standards required for healthcare assistant, healthcare management and healthcare administrative jobs.Get Yourself a Specialization.In a healthcare job there may be a number of specializations that you can opt for like, optometry, radiography, laboratory assistants in biochemistry, blood banking and pathology etc. Having a specialization and a thorough understanding of any of these fields will be an added advantage.Get Yourself a Job.Once you have graduated, it is time to start working. Good news awaits you here because medical assistantship is among the fastest growing sectors and getting a job is not difficult at all. If you have followed the preceding four steps carefully then it should be a matter of very little time before you get recruited. Aim for a well established and recognized healthcare company for your initial career. A few years of experience in such a firm will take you places in future and you might soon find yourself heading the healthcare job aspects of a firm.Set out for your dream career today armed with these trips and you are sure to succeed.
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The NCAA slapped USC with heavy penalties Thursday that leave the once-dominant college football program with questions about its future and nothing to show for the seasons in which former star running back Reggie Bush played.
The team was banned by the NCAA Thursday from making any bowl-game appearances for the next two years. The program also was stripped of all of its wins in which Bush, identified as a "a former football student-athlete" in the NCAA Public Infractions Report, played beginning in December 2004.
The university's athletic program, cited for a lack of institutional control, was placed on four years probation. The football program was stripped of 10 scholarships for each of the next three seasons.
Full Report: NCAA Public Infractions Report
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NCAA officials made the announcement Thursday during a teleconference.
The forfeited wins include the 2005 Orange Bowl, in which the Trojans defeated the Oklahoma Sooners to win the national championship.
In a video posted on YouTube, USC football coach Pete Carroll responded.
"I'm absolutely shocked and disappointed at the findings of the NCAA. I never, ever thought it would come to this," Carroll said. "After nine years of working at the university and going through all of the challenges and accomplishments that all of the people took part in, I'm extremely disappointed that we have to deal with this right now.
"After going through the process from the depositions through the interviews, over years and years, and also participating in the hearing for the NCAA, I never thought there was any facts that supported the significant sanctions that have come forth. The primary issue throughout the process was did the university know. The university didn't know. We didn't know. We were not aware of any of these findings."
Todd Dickey, USC senior vice president for administration, said the university accepts some of the penalties outlined in the report, but plans to appeal others it considers excessive.
"We acknowledge that violations occurred and we take full responsibility for them," Dickey said. "However, we sharply disagree with many of the findings in the NCAA Committee on Infractions report. Further, we feel the penalties imposed are too severe for the violations identified in the report.
"We will accept those sanctions we believe to be consistent with penalties imposed upon other NCAA member institutions found guilty of similar rules infractions. We are hopeful that the NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee will agree with our position on appeal and reduce the penalties."
The Trojans avoided a television ban, but the report indicates the ban was considered.
"The committee seriously contemplated imposing a television ban penalty in this case. However, after careful consideration, it ultimately decided that the penalties below adequately respond to the nature of violations and the level of institutional responsibility."
Report Casts Shadow Over Bush, Carroll Era
The coach, Pete Carroll, who restored the Trojans to glory and the player at the center of recruiting violations have both departed for the NFL, leaving the proud program in a shambles.
The report does not identify Bush or former basketball player O.J. Mayo, who was the subject of a separate recruiting scandal involving the school's basketball program. They are referred to as "Student-Athlete 1" and "Student-Athlete 2."
Bush issued a statement Thursday.
"I am disappointed by the decision and disagree with the NCAA's findings. If the University decides to appeal, I will continue to cooperate with the NCAA and USC, as I did during the investigation. In the meantime, I will continue to focus on making a positive impact for the University and for the community where I live."
The school and its fans have been awaiting the ruling by college football's governing body since February, when USC President Steven Sample, Garrett and former Coach Pete Carroll appeared before an NCAA committee over three days.
The recruiting violations involve former star and Heisman Trophy winner, now with the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints. The NCAA launched its investigation in March 2006, after reports surfaced that Bush's mother, brother and stepfather had lived in a San Diego-area home owned by a businessman angling to represent Bush when he turned pro.
Carroll, who took over the football program in 2001 and went on to record a 97-19 record with two national championships and five Rose Bowl wins, resigned in January to become the head coach of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks, with a five-year, $33 million contract.
According to the NCAA investigation, Bush, his mother and stepfather accepted thousands of dollars in cash and free housing, apparently at the San Diego home owned by a marketer. The transations allegedly occurred while Bush was playing for USC beginning in December 2004. He and his family were also given an automobile, air travel, hotel lodging, transportation and other benefits, according to the NCAA's 67-page report.
"There is a systemic problem facing college athletes today: unscrupulous sports agents and sports marketers," Dickey said in his statement. "The question is how do we identify them and keep them away from our student-athletes?"
Because of those benefits, Bush was declared officially ineligible to play under NCAA rules, leading to the ruling that the university must forfeit all of its wins in which Bush played beginning in December 2004. Those forfeits include the 2005 Orange Bowl game -- in which the Trojans trounced the Oklahoma Sooners to win the national championship -- and the entire 2005 season, after which Bush won the Heisman Trophy.
According to the report, an assistant USC football coach knew of the payments but failed to alert the university, and later provided "false and misleading "information to the NCAA.
The LA Times has a timeline of events involving the case.
As for the Mayo case, that inquiry began in May 2008 after a former associate told ESPN that Mayo received cash and other benefits from Rodney Guillory, an event promoter who helped guide Mayo to USC. According to the NCAA report, Mayo, his brother, girlfriend and girlfriend's mother received cash, lodging, transportation, meals, air travel, professional personal trainers, a cell phone, wireless service, a television, watches, shoes and clothing from "a representative affiliated with a professional sports agency and his associate."
The program imposed a ban on post-season play and scholarship reductions. It vacated wins from 2007-08.


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Congratulations to lapadia, who won this week's contest for Your Best Autumn Pie with her Himalayan Blackberry Pie.
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Describe an early food experience that has influenced the way you think about food and/or cooking.Every August, my Italian grandparents would enter what they grew in their garden to display at the county fair; always blue ribbon winners. One year, I was probably 8 years old, my grandmother says in her Italian accent, " Ima gonna teacha you the winning cookie to taka to the fair." So, I learned to make sugar cookies and I won the blue ribbon! Anyway, after that, to this day whenever I cook, I always strive to make a good first impression, because I can still hear my grandmother saying, "the eyesa, they eata first." What's your least favorite food? Lamb and venison, it's a tie! Also, I am not a fan of arugula, but tolerate it to see if I can prove myself wrong.What is the best thing you've made so far this year?All the double crust pies made during the food52 pie contest. Each year I make a blackberry pie (maybe two if I am bribed) and a butternut granny smith pie for Thanksgiving, other than that, I usually shy away from double crust pies.Describe your most spectacular kitchen disaster.Hmmm, a disaster… the time my husband made a double batch of meatballs in marinara sauce while I was at work. After getting home I began to set enough sauce and meatballs aside for our dinner, and he began to spoon the remaining into a container to cool. Next, all I remember is him holding up the filled container and asking me if it was ok to use, when all of a sudden the bottom dropped out sending the sauce and meatballs all over the kitchen floor! It was quite spectacular looking and quite a clean-up. Luckily I had some set aside for dinner, because the rest needed to be trashed. What is your idea of comfort food?Spaghetti & broccoli with garlic, oil & pecorino cheese.Apron or no apron?No apron, even though I have a couple.What's your favorite food-related scene in a movie?Annie Hall… the famous lobster-cooking scene, Annie & Alvy are trying to get the live lobsters into the pot but they are crawling on the floor; Alvy picks up a paddle, trying to get at them, he ends up knocking over dishes and hitting the chandelier, saying maybe we should just call the police, nine-one-one the lobster squad. Later Annie says there's a big lobster behind the refrigerator, maybe if I put out a little dish of butter sauce with a nutcracker it will run out. If you could make a show-stopping dinner for one person, living or dead, who would it be?My 89-year-old mother, who has been living out the rest of her life with Alzheimer's for a while now. You prefer to cook: a. alone, b. with others, c. it depends on your moodI like to cook with others hanging around the kitchen island. When it comes to tidying up, you usually: a. clean as you cook, b. do all the dishes once you've finished cooking, c. leave the kitchen a shambles for your spouse/roommate/kids to clean.Both a & b.
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The U.K.'s plan to encourage public sector workers to purchase cheaper IT via the cloud is not happening quickly enough.
That program, known as G-Cloud, centers on a procurement framework for approved cloud product and services firms and an online buying tool called the CloudStore. A team of internal governmental project monitors recently identified the program as "at risk of failure."
In what some observers see as a direct response to that critique, the head of the G-Cloud, Denise McDonagh, has been transferred to another job in central government IT. Meanwhile, the G-Cloud team has been folded into the Government Delivery Service (GDS), a team that's working on bringing a digital flavor to all British government services.
[ G-Cloud isn't the only government project that's behind schedule. Read British Government IT Projects Running Late. ]
In a blog post, McDonagh claimed the re-org had always been part of the plan. "It has always been the intention to move the program into 'business as usual' and now is the natural time for this to happen," she wrote. "I'm confident that GDS will continue to improve G-Cloud, building on our success and providing strong leadership and support for departments as they move towards ever wider adoption of cloud solutions."
But moving G-Cloud into GDS might not be enough. An audit on the project's progress noted that a primary challenge is the difficulty of achieving real culture in terms of approach to ICT (information and communications technology), as old ways of doing things are so deeply engrained among public sector IT buyers.
The scale of the challenges G-Cloud and the CloudStore buying portal face was made clearer this week, when non-profit British cloud firm Eduserv released data showing that 72% of civil servants aren't confident about how to use the technology. And while 47% of 529 senior public servant respondents said they understand what the CloudStore can offer, they don't seem to know what to do next. Meanwhile, 71% of respondents said they were unsure whether G-Cloud would create more work for them or less.
The survey's respondents were largely at senior civil service ranks, such as high executive or senior executive officers level, and worked in key areas like operation delivery (22%), IT (12%) or program and project management (10%).
"Education on new technology and solutions is important. Otherwise, it is impossible to make the most of them," said Andrew Hawkins, business development director at Eduserv. "I would have liked to have seen more being done to ensure civil servants are confident about what [G-Cloud] can do and how it can be implemented."
Still, for the departing McDonagh, the mold has been broken. "What we've done is truly groundbreaking," she said. "G-Cloud is generating interest from around the world, with many now following our lead. I believe that it is one of the most disruptive changes for good that I've seen in my entire career in government IT, and I believe this will forever change the way we commission and use IT in the public sector."


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The five-passenger crossover is available in 3.2, T6, and T6 R-Design trim levels, which are then broken down into standard, Premier Plus and Platinum sub-trims (3.2 models get an extra Premier sub-trim). The entry-level 3.2 model is powered by the base 3.2-liter inline-6 that produces 240 hp and 236 lb-ft of torque. A six-speed automatic and front-wheel drive are standard, but all-wheel drive is optional. The T6 steps it up to a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 good for 300 hp and 325 lb-ft of torque. A six-speed automatic and all-wheel drive are standard. The T6 R-Design gets a more powerful version of this engine that cranks out 325 hp and 354 lb-ft of torque. A six-speed automatic and all-wheel drive are also standard. Aside from a brawnier version of the 3.0-liter engine, the R-Design also gets a stiffer chassis, firmer suspension tuning, retuned steering, and unique styling cues.
Thanks to several cutting edge safety technology including the latest available cyclist and pedestrian detection system, the XC60 has been awarded an Institute Insurance for Highway Safety (IIHS) Top Safety Pick+ rating. We got to witness the testing procedure firsthand, and the XC60 passed the IIHS' new small overlap crash test with flying colors, as we noted the driver-side door frame was undistorted after the crash.
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When no one believes in your dreams but you, it can get pretty lonely. Some people give up eventually, tired of the struggle. Others, like Ms. Jade, stick to their guns, stick it out, and triumph. These days she's on top with a recording contract and lots of people are listening to her music. Not too long ago, however, she had to decide whether she would listen to the dream inside her or to the criticism that came from outside sources. Those who didn't believe in her dream advised her to give it up and find "a regular job," such as working for the city of Philadelphia, where she was born and raised in the Nicetown section. Or, they suggested, maybe she should use that certificate she had earned from a Center City beauty school. Neither option appealed to the would-be rapper. Things were looking bleak when she stumbled upon India.Arie's Acoustic Soul. On a friend's recommendation, she took note of one song especially, "Strength, Courage, and Wisdom." The song sparked one of those light-bulb moments, electrifying the aspiring artist with a renewed sense of purpose.
Until that moment, things looked bleak. When she tried to get a foot in the door of the music world, the only thing she found was more negativity. Being from Philly, she heard the inevitable comparisons to another hometown girl who had made good in the music business, Eve. Why, she was asked, would they need another Philly girl? Ms. Jade knew Eve was good, but she felt that she could be too, in her own way. She kept chasing her elusive dream until she finally found someone who was willing to give her a chance. That someone was 215 Entertainment's Terrance Glasgow. He brought her to Missy Elliott in Manhattan, where she demonstrated what she could do. Impressed, Elliott picked up the phone and got Timbaland in on the act. Soon Philly's Chevon Young was renamed Ms. Jade, and she had a contract with Timbaland's Beat Club Records.
During her childhood, Ms. Jade liked the rock songs put out by Pat Benatar. Before turning ten, however, she had discovered Janet Jackson's Control. She committed all of the songs to memory and went on to perform them in talent competitions at her school. Before she'd hit her teens, she discovered the work of Queen Latifah and MC Lyte. Later, Ms. Jade took top honors in a high school talent competition with "How Could You Call Her Baby," a number that had been featured in the film Waiting to Exhale. Before she took home her diploma in 1997, she had become a fan of the Notorious B.I.G., Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim, and Mase. For a time, she earned cash by peddling knock offs of designer handbags. ~ Linda Seida
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i mean come on its there best game ever, why arnt they working on a new gta game. Or if they are how come they havnt said anything about it yet. does anyone know what the hell is going on. --Lozzy94 13:57, August 4, 2010 (UTC)
They are, they have confirmed that is being developed, it is nowhere near complete yet, no story or characters or even city yet, but research has begun already, Dan Houser has confirmed. I read an interview somewhere as well saying that Michael Hollick (Niko Bellic) and Rockstar are friends again and he is working on a new project with them.
where can i find this interview?--Lozzy94 14:21, August 4, 2010 (UTC)
It was an interview with Lazlow who as everyone knows is one of Rockstars favorites. He was the one who said that Rockstar are still working with him. It's on the GTA forums copy this into your browser: http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=444606
It's unclear what exactly it is he is working on...As for GTA V, it is in early development for sure.
this is all bullshit , there are so many articles of gta v on the internet but none of them are actually on the rockstar website. meaning its all fake!--Lozzy94 13:31, August 10, 2010 (UTC)


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Except for one short spur line and two concrete collections boxes (out of 34), the multi-million dollar Monticello water collection system is complete, according to Nathan Langston, Monticello City Public Works Director.
The water system rebuilding job, which has been on going for the past two years, has increased the water inflow into the city system by up to 400 percent.
The old collection system, some of which was built almost 100 years ago, was small and riddled with leaks. "We lost about half the water that entered the system on the mountain before it ever got to the storage reservoirs because of leaks," said Langston.
With much larger arterial pipes, no leaks, and rebuilding catch basins, the new system actually delivers more water than the city uses. When the city reservoirs above the treatment plant are full (as they are now) the excess water flows to Loyd's Lake by the same pipeline which pumps water from Loyd's to the treatment plant in dry years.
The City of Monticello's year-round water right is two cubic feet of water per second. That water right translates into millions of gallons per day now that there is a system in place to capture and deliver it.
With the completion of the collection system, and the new treatment plant that was finished and placed in operation in 1999, Monticello is in the best water shape in its history.
Even with things looking as good as they do, the city and county are actively working on future water storage, with new dams under study at Clay Draw and existing Gordon Reservoir northwest of the city.
Plans call for a new dam to be built at one of these locations as soon as site studies are complete and financing can be secured. The new reservoir could more than double the amount of water available to Monticello.
Much of Monticello's culinary water supply is presently pure enough to not need treatment. It comes out of the springs, which are covered by concrete, and runs through pipes to the treatment plant or the storage reservoirs above the treatment plant before it ever sees the light of day. All water in the system is treated, according to state and federal law, whether or not it is needed. Each month, Mr. Langston is required to send 18 different water samples to Price or Salt Lake City for testing.
The new treatment plant has the capacity to treat 1.5 million gallons of water a day. At the peak of the summer use, Monticello uses about 600,000 gallons of treated culinary water daily. The City secondary (untreated) water system cuts down on overall water costs, by not having to treat the large volume of water used on lawns and gardens in the summer.
To date, runoff into Loyd's Lake has been less than anticipated this spring. Despite one of the largest snow packs in the past 20 years, runoff never reached expectations, possibly because of the unusually cold spring. In cold weather, moisture is lost to evaporation. A slow melt puts more water into the ground than into streams.
Loyd's Lake is about 1,050 acre feet (or about 25 percent) below capacity. In the past week, when temperatures reached 80 degrees, the flow into Loyd's was three times what it has been. However, unless it stays warm while there is still snow on the mountain, all bets are off that Loyd's Lake will fill this year, despite optimistic earlier forecasts.
It costs $2,000 a month to pump water from Loyd's Lake to the water treatment plant. As energy costs rise, so will the cost of pumping in the future. The new collection system could do away with the need to pump if precipitation is anywhere near normal.
If a new dam is built, either in Clay Draw or Gordon's, water could gravity flow into the city system, and pumping from Loyd's may seldom be necessary. That will provide twin benefits of keeping the taste of the water better, and helping the city's bottom line. City water in Loyd's Lake could be used for the golf course, the cemetery, and the portion of town low enough to gravity flow secondary water. More agricultural use could be available than has been in the past.
One of the greatest benefits of the new water system and the new dam and reservoir which may come on line is that Monticello is more prepared for growth that may come as a result of George Wythe College, renewed uranium and gas activity, and the retirees who are buying property in the area.
The City's large sewer lagoon system was built in the 1980's to accommodate a city of 5,000 residents. Monticello may soon be in the enviable position of being able to double in size before major adjustments to sewer and water systems are required.


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When describing the prose and plot of Catch-22, it's nearly impossible to avoid the word "circular." Circular writing, circular reasoning, circular logic. Things are because they are because they are.
At first I though Heller was just using this style for humorous effect, much as my grandfather's letter did. But, reading on, it became clear that recursion was more than just a gimmick, it was the central theme of the novel.
And so the titular Catch-22, which states that you can only get discharge from the military if you are insane, but the mere act of asking for a discharge proves your sanity (after all, what sane man wouldn't want to get out of war?). And so Colonel Cathcart, a terrible leader because he spends so much of his time angling to get mentioned in The Saturday Evening Post as a great leader. And so Milo, who runs a syndicate, in which "everyone has a share," that mostly consists of his using the money of the syndicate's members to buy foodstuffs and then selling them to the members at a profit. Parts of the novel reminded me of nothing so much as that party trick, where a dozen people stand in a circle and then everyone simultaneously sits on the knees of the person behind them. Everyone is propped up by everyone else, just the events in Catch-22 all lent support to each other even though none would be able to stand on it's own.
At a deeper level, all this highlights the cyclic nature of war. Once a nation marches down the path to conflict, it almost inevitably finds itself locked into a positive feedback loop, with every event–good or bad–only amplifying the case for further aggression. Retaliation begets retaliation begets retaliation; a stronger power oppresses a weaker one for so long that they dare not stop, knowing that the aggrieved, given the chance, would rise up in (justifiable) anger.
To see war's perverse ability to self-perpetuate, you need look no further than the Israel / Palestine conflict. Or this Tom Toles cartoon.
Driving home from work today, I heard an NPR piece on an upcoming supreme court case about Guantanamo Bay. Honestly, this story could have been written by Heller himself. David Rivkin, a lawyer who worked for the first President Bush, described the prison as "a gigantic al-Qaida training cell." In other words, even those who who were wrongly detained, and originally harbored no ill-will toward the US, might join the terrorists when released. Second, as detainee lawyer David Remes puts it, "one of the cruel ironies of the whole Guantanamo situation [is that] we bring them to Guantanamo, we call them dangerous terrorists, we call them the worst of the worst, and then we expect their home countries to take them back." Were we to throw open the gates, these guys would have nowhere to do. And so, the very problems that Guantanamo are logically cited as reasons to keep it running. And justifiably so, as they are perfectly logical–just as it would is perfectly logical for those who were mistakenly put into Guantanamo to now hate the nation that put them there. Round and round we go.
At first I wasn't sure what to make of the ending. Yossarian is given the opportunity to go home, provided that he "like" his superior officers. It's the chance he's been waiting the whole book for. And yet, in the end, he declines, and instead deserts, heading off to Sweden. What's the point? It's dereliction of duty either way–why wouldn't he take the route that wouldn't get him in trouble?
But it's the very illogic of his decision that makes it significant. Like Alexander slicing the Gordian Knot, it's as if Yossarian realized that the only solution to the problem of Catch-22 was to sidestep it entirely. To accept Colonel Korn & Cathcart's bargain would is to remain in the feedback loop; the only escape is to gather enough momentum to get flung free of the cycle entirely. And so he–of all the soldiers in the novel–opts to abandon rationality and free himself from the hamster wheel of war.
Good book. I enjoyed it, but will strive to complete the novel in two weeks or less in the future if I ever opt for a reread. I'm a little unsure as it's status as one of the "Great Novels"–I'd recommend it, to be sure, but don't know if I'd rate it up there with, say, 1984. I've certainly read some contemporary books that I thought were superior, such as The Hours (just to pluck one out of the hat). And I wouldn't have complained if Heller had excised 100 pages out of there, somewhere–seems like it could have been done without too much difficulty.


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Laptops hate drinks, any kind of them. Some may tolerate a small sip of vodka or scotch on the rocks, but that's about all. Any other kind of drink – coffee, tea, wine, pop or any soft drink will kill them almost instantly.
I've been dealing with laptops for quite a long time but have seen just a couple of mainstream laptops that are spill-resistant. This is one of the biggest design flaws of all laptops. How hard is it for the manufacturers to put a plastic or metal tray under the keyboard that will prevent any liquids from entering the laptop? It doesn't even have to be completely waterproof, just spill-resistant. Well, it's not hard at all and very inexpensive to implement, but… Nobody does it.
Another "thing" is the keyboard. Many years ago some laptop keyboards had a plastic membrane under the keys, covering the actual contacts and preventing any dust, debris or liquids from damaging the keyboard. Unfortunately all newer laptops come with pretty much the same keyboards that have absolutely no protection from liquids. Just a few drops will usually kill a keyboard and it will have to be replaced.
What to do if you spill something on your laptop? Act quickly! Unplug the power cord and any other cords, turn the laptop upside down and remove the battery. Don't try to shut down the laptop, that takes time… The damage you may do to the operating system by removing the battery while the laptop is running is insignificant compared to the damage the liquid will do to your laptop when it penetrates to the motherboard.
After removing the battery, keep the laptop upside down for a while, allowing the liquid to drain as much as possible. Don't even think about turning it back on to see if it still works! It has to dry completely first. That takes at least 48 hours. After the liquid has drained, remove the hard drive, usually held in place by one or two screws, the CD/DVD if possible, and all small covers on the back that are held by screws (there is at least one, covering your RAM expansion slot, and possibly another covering the Wi-Fi card).
The next step is removing the keyboard. That is usually not very hard but unless you can get a service manual describing exactly how to do it on your laptop (the procedure varies for different models and brands), I would suggest letting a technician do it. It is important to remove the keyboard because it is most likely damaged and will need to be replaced and because that will expose the area where most of the spillage occurred, allowing it to dry.
The important thing to remember is not to turn the laptop back on before it is completely dry. However trying to speed up the process with a hairdryer is a very bad idea, as the temperature of the air is too high and may damage the laptop. I've seen a few melted laptop cases from a hairdryer.
If that was your business computer and you need to continue working, the best thing to do is to transfer the hard disk to an external USB enclosure, providing that it wasn't damaged from the liquid (in 99% of the cases the hard disk is not damaged). That way you will have access to all your files (but not to your programs) and will be able to continue working on another computer.


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New trial for NY man who said he assisted suicide
- A New York man convicted of murder wins new trial
- Kenneth Minor said a debt-ridden self-help author asked him to stab him to death
- He said the author wanted to make it look like a hold up so his family could get insurance money
NEW YORK (AP) — A man convicted of murder after claiming he was just helping a motivational speaker kill himself won a new trial Thursday in a case that tests the legal bounds of assisted suicide.
A Manhattan judge misinterpreted the law and confused the jury by limiting the definition of assisted suicide in Kenneth Minor's 2011 trial, an appeals court ruled.
Minor's prosecution sparked a debate about assisted suicide in an unusual context — a knifing on the streets of East Harlem.
Minor told police that Jeffrey Locker, a debt-ridden self-help author and speaker from suburban North Woodmere, approached him on the street in 2009 and asked for help in staging his death. He said Locker wanted it to look like a robbery so his family could collect millions of dollars in life insurance. Locker had sent his wife an email about how to shield and distribute their assets.
Minor said that Locker directed him to hold a knife against the steering wheel of Locker's car and that Locker then repeatedly lunged into the knife. Minor said later that Locker told him: "If you don't do it, someone else will. But this is getting done."
The Manhattan district attorney argued that "this was murder for money."
Minor was arrested after using Locker's ATM card, which he said was his compensation. He was convicted of murder, rather than manslaughter, and was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. At the time, he said, "Mr. Locker is where he wanted to be."
Assisted suicide is illegal in New York but is allowed as a defense to murder. Minor's attorney, Daniel Gotlin, said a second-degree manslaughter conviction would have been lawful.
"Obviously, we're elated. ... Now we hope we can get a fair and appropriate resolution," he said.
State Supreme Court Justice Carol Berkman, who has since retired, told the jury that if Minor "actively" caused Locker's death, even with Locker's consent, it wasn't assisted suicide "because the consent of the victim is not a defense to murder."
One juror said afterward that the judge's instruction led her to vote for a murder conviction.
The state Supreme Court's Appellate Division said the judge's instruction "was confusing and conveyed the wrong standard."
"Neither the word 'active' nor its antonym 'passive' appears in the statutory language," the appellate judges wrote, saying the instruction effectively "mandated a directed verdict of guilt" on the murder charge.
The district attorney's office said Thursday it was reviewing the ruling.
Locker's family declined to comment, said his brother-in-law, Stuart D. Serota, an attorney.
Fitzgerald reported from White Plains, N.Y.