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Vacheron Wows with the Maître Cabinotier Retrograde Armillary Tourbillon Piece Unique
In the wake of the most complicated watch ever made, the Ref. 57260 with 57 complications, Vacheron Constantin unveils the Maître Cabinotier retrograde armillary tourbillon model. This timepiece bearing the Hallmark of Geneva was produced by the three master watchmakers who created Ref. 57260, and they incorporated two of the complicated features of the superwatch: the armillary tourbillon and the double retrograde indication. Its contemporary styling opens the remarkable structure of the caliber 1990 movement to view. The high-precision manually wound movement is housed in a 45.7mm case in white gold. Four patent applications have been filed for this unique model.Inspired by the Reference 57260
On September 17, 2015, Vacheron Constantin unveiled a watch with 57 complications, the most complicated watch ever made. This mechanical wonder, devised by three master watchmakers from the company's Atelier Cabinotiers workshops, took eight years to develop and was presented to mark Vacheron Constantin's 260th anniversary. The one-off piece was made to a special commission, using the latest technology to preserve the traditional watchmaking principles certified by the Hallmark of Geneva. The research and skill mobilized to create the superwatch remained a source of inspiration as well as a development resource for its three watchmakers, who were at the same time working to highlight some of its complications separately.
The Maître Cabinotier retrograde armillary tourbillon model is the first born of this project. It's a remake of two of the Ref. 57260's complications, the double retrograde indications and the armillary tourbillon, in a contemporary guise. The retrograde function governs the hours and minutes while the tourbillon revolves on two axes and has a spherical balance-spring. The movement coated with NAC (a special metal alloy) is also revealed through lateral windows in its imposing case. This timepiece forms part of the select Maître Cabinotier collection, which showcases Vacheron Constantinís horological achievements, customized work and overall excellence.Double retrograde system
The manually wound caliber 1990 movement developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin features retrograde hours and minutes indications with instant flyback. The double indications are as technically fascinating as they are visually mesmerizing. The hands flick back to zero at such a speed that the special attention is needed to ensure a precise indication and such light weight and resistant materials as the titanium used in the hands.
The lighting reaction of the retrograde hands contrasts with the more stately pace of the armillary tourbillon with a spherical balance spring. The elegantly structured tourbillon operates as a sphere perpetually rotating on two axes under a sapphire crystal dome at 9 o'clock. It's called an armillary tourbillon because it is based on an armillary sphere like the one incorporated in an astronomic clock made by the French clockmaker, Antide Janvier, in the 18th century. The tourbillon is a visual evocation of the rings and hoops of the ancient model of the celestial sphere. The spherical balance spring, which was first developed by Jacques-Frèdèric Houriet in 1814, is particularly rare in today's watches. The shape ensures the concentric development of the spring and consequently the isochronism of the balance wheel. The tourbillon carriage, made of lightweight aluminum alloy, incorporates Vacheron Constantin's Maltese Cross emblem, which forms up every 15 seconds as the tourbillon rotates. This ongoing spectacle may be admired every 30 seconds through a sapphire crystal opening on the side of the case.
As fascinating as it is for its action and construction, the armillary tourbillon achieves remarkable timekeeping precision. It is fitted with a new type of escapement, developed and made by Vacheron Constantin that has the escape wheel and lever in silicon with diamond pallet stones for resistance to wear and long life. The escapement, made as lightweight as possible by the use of high-tech materials, contributes significantly to the performance of this watch, which greatly exceeds the requirements of the Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC). This level of precision is all the more noteworthy considering the large amount of energy absorbed by the double retrograde indications.Contemporary styling and finish
Another feature that makes the Maître Cabinotier retrograde armillary tourbillon watch original is the modern styling applied to the architecture and finish of the movement. The caliber 1990 is electro-plated with an NAC treatment in a dark anthracite color creating a mirror-polished effect. On the dial side the movement displays its modern architecture with sharply cut bridges tempered by a sunburst satin finish and Geneva stripes.
The back presents a more conventional look, finished with Geneva stripes making an elegant counterpoint to the contemporary face of this unparalleled watch in the Vacheron Constantin product range. As an additional token of excellence, the painstaking work of chamfering all the edges took more than 130 hours. The indications are shown on two dials that partially cover the baseplate so as to reveal the outlines and contemporary finish of the movement. On the right, the retrograde minutes and hours hands describe a semicircle over a sunburst satin finish punctuated by applied white-gold hour markers and a black minutes scale. Placed symmetrically, the tourbillon carriage carries the seconds pointer around a scale on a silvered disc. The PoinÁon de Genëve hallmark is exceptionally also engraved on the dial side above the inscription "Armillary Tourbillon" to certify the supreme quality of this timepiece.Four patents are pending for the caliber 1990 inventive features: 1. The instantaneous retrograde system
The minutes cam alone determines when the hands for the minutes and the hours fly back. The retrograde action of both hands is thus synchronised at noon and at midnight.
The collet fixing the spring to the balance staff is made in lightweight titanium to improve the isochronism of the balance. Titanium's weight and volume match those of the other materials in the regulating organ, making the collet ideal for use in a tourbillon.3. The multi-carriage tourbillon
The tourbillion is made up of two carriages, one inside the other. As they rotate they form a Maltese Cross every 15 seconds. The tourbillon has a Vacheron escapement and sprung balance. The escape wheel is made of silicon with a diamond-like coating, while the diamond pallet stones have a very low coefficient of friction.4. The lever
The silicon lever can be fitted with movable pallet stones so that the watchmaker can adjust them as in a conventional pallet lever. The diamond coating of the lever makes it stronger and more resistant to wear, while the friction between the fork and impulse pin is markedly reduced.


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Afternoon tea has long been a favourite event in dramas, when its formalities and rituals can be stood on their head for fun, embarrassment and shock. Gerald Barry takes an unexpected direction presenting afternoon tea in his opera of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest with a tea party that's a masterpiece of vitriol in the guise of utter politeness. But Wilde isn't the only one to tackle how this 'civilized' institution can bring out the worst in people and so we thought we'd take a look at a few iconic afternoon teas. Cucumber sandwiches at the ready…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Everything about the Mad Hatter's tea party is wrong. It is held permanently at six o'clock as the Mad Hatter's watch has stopped at that point, Alice is first offered wine – which they don't in any case have, the Hatter accuses the March Hare of oiling his watch with butter, and the March Hare dips the Hatter's watch into his cup of tea to see if that will start it. The table is piled with unwashed crockery, so the Mad Hatter, Dormouse and March Hare just keep moving round to clean place settings (the servants here have passed from being taken for granted to being non-existent). The conversation has the trappings of polite exchanges, but constantly goes wrong, most famously when the Hatter asks the riddle: 'Why is a raven like a writing desk?' No one knows the answer; it is a conversational dead end. Nothing at this tea party functions: the timing, the food, the drink, the service, the conversation. It is the opposite of the ordered, polite, structured afternoon tea of a well-to-do Victorian household. Carroll pokes observational fun at daily routine.
The class-bound concerns of afternoon tea were picked on by Ivor Novello in his 1932 stage farce I Lived with You, made into a film the following year with many of the same actors. Novello himself plays the lead: a Russian prince who fled the Revolution and is adopted by a social-climbing middle-class household in Fulham. This family is full of pretensions, desperate to present an image above its station; the prince is used to doing exactly what he wants without fear of consequences, and inconsiderately encourages them to emulate him. The result is increasing chaos and confusion. Afternoon tea is the point at which everything finally goes horribly wrong. As a bit of social one-upmanship, the respectable ladies of the neighbourhood are invited to meet the Prince. The Prince insists that vodka takes the place of tea – but still served in the fine china cups and saucers: the cup that cheers and inebriates. Ultimately, the snobbish, middle-class women who play at being civilized through an increasing alcoholic haze provide the perfect audience for the noisy and revelatory appearance of the mistress of the husband of the house. The greater the veneer of social-climbing etiquette, the further the fall off the unvarnished pedestal.
In Mary Poppins, author P.L. Travers created a highly subversive character. On the surface the magical nanny is strict and formal in the novel, with an extra dose of charm in Julie Andrews's portrayal in the Disney film. But Mary Poppins really exists to challenge and overturn pretty much anything that limits her children's opportunities, hopes and imagination. She likes afternoon tea, and an idealized version is described in her perfect day out with the street-painter Bert. The pair jump into Bert's pavement art of a lovely countryside scene and have afternoon tea with 'a pile of raspberry jam-cakes as big as Mary Poppins' waist'. But there is a more famous tea party in the book and film, held on the ceiling. Mary Poppins's Uncle Albert is full of laughing gas, and the nanny's two charges Jane and Michael Banks catch the same affliction. Uncle Albert, Jane, Michael and Mary Poppins all end up eating 'piles of bread and butter, crumpets, coconut cakes and a large plum cake with pink icing' while suspended near the ceiling. With her usual mock-show of disapproval, Mary Poppins describes such behaviour as 'silly and undignified' – but readily joins in. This tea party is a witty subversion of respectability and convention, and suggests something of the wide-eyed perspective of children trying to make sense of a confusing adult world of strange social rituals.
What are your favourite iconic tea parties?
The Importance of Being Earnest will be performed at the Barbican, London from March – April 2016, and at the Rose Theater, New York in June 2016. Find out more about booking dates.
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Don't drink and drive. That's stupid. Also, don't tweet out that you're going to "see how many shots of tequila get me twisted" before you hop in a car, lest you should end up in a tree facing a drunk-driving rap and talking incessantly about tequila to the arresting cops.
Denise Denis, apparently, was never taught this important lesson.
If Big Bang Theory is any guide, waitressing at Cheesecake Factory can be demanding — what with the autistic stereotypes constantly badgering you for food. Therefore, 30-year-old Bronx resident and waitress Denis can be forgiven for wanting to enjoy an alcoholic beverage. It's her business.
When she decided last night to go driving post-imbibing into a Scarsdale, New York neighborhood it became the business of the police. According to a local report, Denis couldn't remember how much she had to drink at first:
Her first response was "three shots of tequila," according to police reports. Later, she said two beers and one shot, two beers and two shots and then just two beers, according to the report.
"She did, however, make constant reference to tequila," the report said.
A tipster led us to what appears to be the Twitter account for Denis which includes a revealing reference to her state, stating "#fuckdiggy ima see how many shots of tequilla get me twisted."
It must have worked, since she can't remember how many she had. We agree with her friend Melissa, who said "u should have taken ur ass home… Smdh."


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Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Skyfall, Emily Owens and American Horror Story Asylum
If you haven't watched this yet, spoilers beware!
I give Skyfall a 10/10, but others may disagree.
Allow me to qualify my rating - I've seen many James Bond films featuring Connery, Moore, Dalton and Brosnan. Movies appeal to personal tastes, so feel free to debate.
Timothy Dalton used to be my favourite Bond until Daniel Craig took over and revamped the sagging franchise. I thought nothing could ever top Casino Royale - how wrong I am. :)
I also never imagined Sam Mendes at the helm of a 007 movie, yet here he is, delivering a blockbuster that is filled with nail-biting, inventive action sequences, as well as inspired casting, superb performances and excellent writing.
I won't dwell too much on the rooftop motorcycle chase, train crashes and shootouts. Rather, did anyone notice the locomotive scene where Bond leaps off a bulldozer into a carriage, then nonchalantly adjusts his cuff? It's prominently featured in the trailer, but I wanted to point it out because I remember reading about it in Empire magazine, and it really does embody the essence of 007 - full of physicality, but still ( a little absurdly ) mindful of his personal grooming at all times.
Bond dons a suit for almost the entirety of Skyfall, which further reinforces my observation.
What I find most enjoyable are the quieter scenes: Bond conversing with femme fatale Severine ( played by the ravishing Berenice Marlohe, whose beauty made me salivate - and I'm straight! ); Bond's art museum rendezvous with Q ( portrayed with a mischievous twinkle by an adorable Ben Whishaw ); psychopathic villain Silva's chilling confrontations with Bond and M ( Javier Bardem like you've never seen him before ); and finally, a peek into Bond's past as he travels to his childhood home in a desperate attempt to keep M safe.
The film clocks in at 2.5 hours but I never felt it. Well, my bladder needed some relief at the halfway mark, but other than that, I didn't want the fun to end.
I believe Kevin Spacey was the first choice for the role of Silva, but had to decline because of his commitment to The Bridge Project's Richard III. I do hope he'll get a second chance. He excels at playing villains. :)
And some are clamouring for Christopher Nolan to direct a Bond movie ASAP. A brilliant idea!
I'm told Craig has signed on for 2 more installments, but when he's due to retire, Michael Fassbender had better be at the top of the list of successors. I can't think of anyone else more suitable. :)
After suffering a severe drought, a decent medical TV series may be emerging. Forget about nonsensical fluff like Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Royal Pains - Emily Owens MD may be able to revive a dying genre in need of urgent resuscitation.
It took me 3 episodes to get into the groove. Was admittedly skeptical of the first 2 - typical young intern starting work, getting into trouble, having relationship problems, saving lives solo ( the seniors are NEVER around during a code? - what a load of crap! ).
Emily Owens isn't perfect, of course. Networks seem to think the majority of female doctors are either bimbos, sluts or bitches, and the stereotypes are in abundance here. What makes it a cut above the rest is lead actress Mamie Gummer ( Meryl Streep's daughter, note the remarkable resemblance ) - while it's true that Owens is socially awkward and seems to have way too much free time to chat up her patients, Gummer plays her with just the right balance of quirkiness and intelligence so the character never completely veers off the deep end of realism. Teeters on the edge, yes. But at least she stays there.
The supporting cast starts off a little over-eager, but settles down nicely by episode 3. Group dynamics move smoothly, and Gummer's chemistry with male co-stars Justin Hartley and Michael Rady crackles and pops. ( FYI, I'm rooting for Rady's underdog senior resident. :))
Rest assured that life-threatening scenarios are in abundance, and the interns always manage to save the day. However implausible that sounds, I'm on board for the ride thanks to Gummer and the rest of the cast. Looking forward to the rest of season 1!
Last on the list is American Horror Story Asylum, aka season 2.
Following a critically acclaimed season 1, the follow-up takes place in a mental hospital during the 1960s. Racial discrimination abounds, homosexualism is considered an illness, and psychiatric patients are subjected to various forms of abuse without clear cause or authoritative oversight.
Jessica Lange is back, this time as a deranged nun whose past includes a career in prostitution. Evan Peters also returns as an inmate convicted of brutally murdering several women, though his memories consist of alien abductions and medical experimentation. James Cromwell plays against type, portraying a perverted doctor who harbours sexual fantasies about a pretty young nun and commits heinous acts in his basement office, while Zachary Quinto impresses as one of the few sane characters around - a state-appointed psychiatrist who attempts to uncover the atrocities he suspects are being committed.
Creator Ryan Murphy's twisted mind should not be under-estimated. I love his early work ( i.e. Nip/Tuck ), and AHS Asylum is far better than season 1. Episode 2 features an exorcism scene which scared the crap out of me - no mean feat, considering my high threshold for horror. It isn't the body count or gore that gets to you, but the extreme discomfort presented in each situation that's disturbing. Trust the writers and cast to pull it off with such conviction. Truly television at its depraved best.
Closest rival at present: Dexter. :)
By the way, if you're interested in reading my review of David Foster's recent concert, it's at this link.
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Kentucky is rich in Civil War history. As one of the states that bordered both the Union and the Confederacy, Kentucky seemed destined to be a battleground. Despite the state's attempted neutrality, the commonwealth soon had troops from both North and South on its soil. The role that the Columbus-Belmont area played in that conflict had a long lasting effect on the outcome of the war.
On February 10, 1934, the Columbus-Belmont State Park, originally named Columbus Belmont Battlefield Memorial Park, became a part of the Kentucky State Parks System. As early as 1931, efforts had been made to acquire the site of the Civil War battlefield and trenches. Attempts at purchasing 110 acres had proven unsuccessful until then. The executive secretary of the parks commission reported that he had made "many trips to Columbus and other towns at which mass meetings and special drives have been made to buy the 110 acres of land which was a part of the old battlefield and trenches at this site."
After some discussion, the Kentucky General Assembly gave $5,000 for immediate development of the area. On July 4, 1931, Governor Flem D. Sampson (1927-1931) along with a number of prominent Kentuckians attended a celebration to raise private funds for acquisition of the necessary land for the proposed park. The money raised at the celebration bought 90 acres. After another round of visits to the surrounding towns of Clinton, Columbus, Mayfield and Paducah, it seemed sufficient monies had been raised to purchase the remaining acreage. However, due to unclear titles, infant heirs, and other difficulties pertaining to the Great Depression, the project was again postponed. With this setback, the Columbus-Belmont Battlefield Park Association was formed under the oversight of the Kentucky legislature and local citizens. The Association continued raising funds until they could purchase enough land to surround the historic battlefield.
The area around the Columbus-Belmont Battlefield State Park has many historic connections. In the 1670s Frenchmen Marquette and Joliet explored the area where Columbus now stands. Originally called Iron Banks due to the deposits of iron ore in the bluffs along the river, the settlement changed its name to Columbus and attempted to have the U.S. capital moved from Washington to western Kentucky. Washington D.C. had been burned by the British during the War of 1812. The nation's capital stayed in Washington, but Columbus did grow to be an important river town.
Columbus again became the center of national attention in the opening months of the Civil War. The town had the distinction of being the opening phase of the Federal campaign to secure the West. On September 1, 1861, General Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union District of Southeast Missouri, secured Cairo, Ill. and Paducah. His forces then moved on to take the high ground around Columbus. To his surprise Confederate General Leonidas Polk moved up from Tennessee and took the heights. The Confederates established a camp at Belmont, on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River. Both Confederate and Union forces had now violated Kentucky's neutrality forcing the state to ultimately choose the Union.
The military advantage of taking the heights could not be overlooked. Confederate guns now looked down on the Mississippi River giving the South a defensible and controlling position of that vital waterway. The Confederacy began to fortify the bluffs above Columbus to such an extent that many military experts felt the position to be impregnable. During the autumn and winter of 1861, the South had 19,000 men laboring on the fortifications around Columbus. Confederate forces installed 140 siege guns along the heights and extended a huge chain across the Mississippi to stop Union gunboats and other vessels from navigating the river. By the time the Confederates finished their work, Columbus had become the most heavily fortified place in North America. It earned the sobriquet, the "Gibraltar of the West."
Grant upon hearing that General Polk intended to bring more Confederate troops into the area decided that an attack on Belmont had to take place. Union forces landed on the Missouri shore and attacked the Confederate camp forcing them to retreat. Grant's men turned Belmont's guns on Columbus and began to fire on the Confederate defenses. The Southern artillery fire from the opposing heights became so deadly that Grant had to retreat to Union gunboats. The Confederate bombardment of Grant and his men came from 140 cannons, including the famous 15,000 pound, 6.4 inch Andersen Rifle known as "Lady Polk." Named in honor of General Leonidas Polk's wife, the Lady Polk cannon could fire a 128-pound projectile for three miles.
Columbus could not be taken by direct assault, but it could be outflanked. The fall of Forts Henry and Donelson in February 1862 had opened a route into central Tennessee. General Polk wanted to withstand a siege, but his superiors ordered Columbus to be evacuated. On March 3, 1862, Union troops occupied the Confederate fortifications at Columbus. This victory gave Grant and the Union their first success in securing the Mississippi and thus cutting the Confederacy in two.
After the end of the Civil War, Columbus continued to prosper. The Mississippi remained the town's commercial lifeline. The river also became the town's worst enemy. In 1927 the greatest flood in the history of the river destroyed most of Columbus. Of the 56 buildings in downtown section, all but 13 were swept away by the raging floodwaters. Although their community had been devastated, a piece of history had been uncovered. The huge chain that had once spanned the Mississippi had been nearly forgotten. The floodwaters uncovered it and now the community wanted to preserve this relic of the past.
To prevent future disasters such as the 1927 flood, the town of Columbus was moved to higher ground. One of the people who came to help the stricken community did more than just provide aid. F. Marion Rust of the Red Cross also studied the extremely well preserved Civil War era fortifications. He studied the area and began to formulate plans to make a memorial park on the site.
In March 1934, the federal government agreed to accept the area as a state park project and assist by placing a CCC Camp at the site. The Department of the Interior established the camp on July 17, 1934 with Rust as project superintendent. The CCC workers were invaluable to the success of Columbus-Belmont State Park.
The park at Columbus-Belmont covers 160 acres and has on display part of the chain and a huge anchor used during the Civil War to bar the Mississippi. There is also an antebellum home built in 1850 that once served as a Confederate hospital. The home now houses a museum. The park has picnic grounds, a playground, a gift shop, and a miniature golf course. The historic fortifications are still recognizable and serve as a reminder of the days of the American Civil War.
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We spent memorial day at Churchill downs. It was super hot, so we only stayed for a few races- but the kids really loved it. Here they are cheering on their horses. Sadie rooted for #6 in every race since it is her favorite number. Noah rooted for #3 in every race because Sadie told him to. If you are wondering about Miles' band aid- it is covering up the stitches in his head. He took a leap off the front porch steps and made a bloody mess of himself. We rushed him to the immediate care and they sewed his little forehead back together and he was good as new. Well- kind of. He was mad as a hornet at me for taking him there, but I am assuming in time he will forgive me. And just FYI- clear band aids are not invisible if you are black. It was that or Hello Kitty- so we went with not so invisible.
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Matthew Morris got thisclose to winning both challenges on the second episode of "Shear Genius" (Season Three) Wednesday, with his "exceptional" execution of a hairstyle based on a restaurant dish: yellowfin, or hamachi, tuna.
Now, most women entering a salon aren't going to be asking for such a look of course, but this is a hairsytling competition after all. And the challenge was to do a look to be worn by a server at a new restaurant. So Matthew's execution of a style that featured soft rolls and a fishtail back, accented with chopsticks, was beautiful and duly given props by a judging panel that included Kim Vo and Warren Tricomi. With Orlando Pita as a "mentor" this has to be some kind of hair dream team.
In the evening's first challenge — a rescue mission for "blondorexics" — Matthew took the worst case scenario model and turned her into someone you could finally look at without cringing. Vo said Matthew took hair that was "tragic" and turned it into something "amazing."
Matthew's hamachi-inspired look was in the top three, but Jon won for his hairstyle with his scallops motif. (We're predicting a fight down the road, considering that Jon he said he was thinking of throwing Matthew down a staircase because he was jealous of his talent.)
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Four big cloud providers respond to four big cloud computing questions
Execs from cloud providers Microsoft, Amazon, Rackspace and Salesforce speak on top customer questions: security, outages, SLAs and data ownership.
This is the first part of a two-part story about the ways some major cloud providers are reacting to customers' lingering concerns about the cloud computing model. Read the second part of the story, which focuses on SLAs and data ownership, here.
As the old saying goes, "The customer is king." But does that hold true when the customer is dealing with a cloud provider? In the relatively new realm of enterprise cloud computing, the answer is both yes and no. Executives from four top cloud providers -- Microsoft, Amazon.com, Rackspace and Salesforce.com -- sat down at the recent Gartner Catalyst conference in San Diego to answer questions about what they want customers to know about cloud computing and about what customers should -- and shouldn't -- expect from cloud providers.
Do cloud providers offer better security?
Even as more enterprises experience increased levels of comfort with cloud computing, security remains a top concern. After all, the customer's business is at stake -- and so is the cloud provider's reputation. It's expected that questions will be raised about security at the start of any cloud adoption conversation, but Peter Coffee, vice president and head of platform research at Salesforce.com Inc., said he'd like the conversation to begin on a level playing field.
There is a fusion happening; in some ways, there is an opportunity to have greater security with a cloud system, but it's an opportunity, it's not necessarily inherent today.
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Discussions about the National Security Agency's (NSA) integrated access management security methodologies start with who owns the information, who's the custodian of the information and who has access to it, Coffee said. In his opinion, conversations between cloud providers and potential customer would do well to follow this model.
"[The NSA] gets way down that list before they ever start talking about technology, and I find the most productive security conversations we have with customers begin with talking about the value of the process, the sensitivity of the data, the regulatory requirements they have to meet," Coffee said.
Starting a conversation that puts cloud solutions on an equal footing with on-premises solutions can be more beneficial, agreed Bill Hilf, Microsoft's general manager for Windows Azure. One challenge is that many of the existing controls, mechanisms and compliance programs don't necessarily map to many of the new, distributed architectures of the cloud, he said. "In many ways it's like reading 1980s stereo instructions for a brand-new device and saying, 'This RCA jack doesn't plug into this HDMI port,'" he added. "The industry is really trying to catch up, to say, how do we map some of these concepts that we've been so comfortable with in IT, to this new type of platform?"
For Charlie Bell, vice president of utility computing for Amazon Web Services (AWS), customers above all should expect, and receive, transparency as a way of feeling comfortable with security. It's understood that customers will have questions about how the cloud changes security and creates and eliminates threats. Along with granular controls, transparency is extremely important, Bell said. The fact that the cloud is self-provisioning can make customers feel there's no room to talk about security, but that's not true and providers need to make sure customers know this, he said.
"I think there's a tension now because you see the cloud as self-service and you see this price sheet that give you by-the-hour ability to purchase, and you assume that you can't have a deep conversation [with the provider]," Bell said.
John Engates, chief technology officer at Rackspace Hosting, said his company also believes in full transparency. Along with in-person conversations with customers, full transparency helps build trust, he said. "We've actually gone to extreme lengths in terms of transparency. We've taken the code that powers our cloud and open-sourced it, which I think is a very powerful concept because customers can look at what's powering the cloud behind the scenes, and that's very rare to see in a public cloud today," he added.
Although the questions around security are often the same in verbal interactions with customers and on questionnaires, those inquiries are important because they affect how Rackspace interacts with those customers and potential new ones. "We obviously have existing compliance regimes that we hold ourselves up to, but we often pay attention to all the standards that our customers are asking for, and we try to map ourselves to those," Engates said. "But it would be nice to have something that customers can agree on and start to formulate [around that], so they can get comfortable around multiple cloud providers."
And what of the notion that cloud providers can offer better security than anything that a single enterprise can do on-premises? Not exactly, Microsoft's Hilf said. "There is a fusion happening; in some ways, there is an opportunity to have greater security with a cloud system, but it's an opportunity, it's not necessarily inherent today," he said.
How do cloud providers learn from outages?
Outages are an inevitable part of cloud computing. They might be disruptive to the user, but each one can be a learning experience for the cloud provider, not only on how to avoid future problems, but also on how to serve customers better.
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The Leap Year 2012 outage of Azure Service Management functions was a major learning experience for Microsoft, Hilf said. On the technical side, the outage illuminated a cascading series of bugs. But it also highlighted the importance of getting fast, detailed information to customers through its website, as well as its sales force on the ground.
"What we've identified is there's a lifecycle for an incident, everything from preventing it in the testing phase to identifying it, detecting it, and then responding and resolving it," Hilf said. "Understanding that lifecycle and being transparent throughout the process is critical for customers to understand and keep pushing us on the vendor side to be better at it."
Engates opined that outages mature a cloud provider organization, building its ability to respond well to the next outage. With its open source model, Rackspace is able to build what it's learned from outages into the platform, he said. "No one is ever going to hit those [failures] again because we're sharing those resources and those ideas and those concepts into the architecture of the software," he added.
And a little customer education can go a long way. While many customers just want to be able to log in and go, it's beneficial to understand "one layer deeper" than what is used on a daily basis, Salesforce.com's Coffee said. "The more they know about what's going on under the hood, the more quickly they can help us … we're going to get a much more rapid identification of the fault," he said.
In the second part of this series, the cloud providers address data ownership and service-level agreements.
Let us know what you think about the story; email Karen Goulart, Features Writer.


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MarketBeat Podcast: Stop Fretting About the Fed
Minutes from the Fed's latest meeting spooked some investors that the central bank could pull back on stimulus sooner than expected.
In retrospect, investors may've overreacted.
In this week's edition of MarketBeat Week, our Friday podcast, the crew analyzed the Fed minutes and what they mean for the Dow in its relentless push toward record highs.
On Friday, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard put concerns of an early Fed exit to rest. And next week the focus will shift to Chairman Ben Bernanke and his semi-annual testimony to Congress.
"The most important two people at the Fed are Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen. Until they turn, until they change, until they think the costs outweigh the benefits of their policies, nothing is going to change at the Fed," Paul Vigna said on the podcast.
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Welcome to my musical world! This is one man's attempt to alert you to the best in area entertainment!
This week I have several 'must see' shows, beginning with an event that takes place on Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. at The Ivy Tavern in Hamilton.
Local band and frequent mentions in this space Honey Spot Blvd. have put together a 'Benefit For Sandy Hook Elementary School Students And Families' featuring some of the areas best bands. This event was born because the tragic event happens to hit close to home for HSB front woman Jessica Paris, who had a relative in a classroom very near to the shootings. 'I have extended family who go to that school, they were in the class across from where the teacher hid all of those kids and then got shot herself,' said Paris. 'My cousin was the one in that classroom, I saw her at Christmas, discussed with her my thoughts and what we were thinking of doing; she was obviously shaken up but touched by the gesture.'
Paris and the remaining members of HSB have put together a fantastic line up of musical acts to go along with a buffet and silent auction that will make up this six hour event. Deva Hairston kicks off the event at 1 p.m. followed by Papa Carl, Lisa Bouchelle, Chowder, Christine Martucci, Honey Spot Blvd., Charles Laurita Band and Soul Custody. Usually the participants and not the organizers of these such events, HSB broke new ground in their band's history. 'I, we have never done anything like this before,' said Paris. 'I contacted all of the bands and they were all so quick to say yes, they were more than willing to do it.'
The Ivy Tavern is located at 3108 South Broad St. in Hamilton and will be donating the buffet for the cause. Silent auction items include a guitar, a watch and a personal painting of Jessica's. All of the profit from this benefit will go to the Newtown, Ct. Division Of Youth & Family Services who are providing free counseling to those effected by this tragedy. Admission is $20 and entitles one to all of the above and doors open at 12:45 p.m. and I have been asked to be the M.C.; so come on in and say hello!
In what was perhaps my toughest assignment to date, I was recently invited to cover 'Wing Bowl 21' at The Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa. This 21st annual wing eating contest is held every year on the Friday prior to Super Bowl Sunday and attracts crowds upwards of 20,000 strong.
I was told to pick up press credentials for myself and my 'photo guy' anytime after 4 a.m.; yes that's correct 4 a.m. I chose to sleep in a bit and arrived to the total carnage in the parking lot at approximately 5:30 a.m. The lots were transformed into one huge tailgate party that rivaled even the most serious of football enthusiasts.
Once inside we encountered lovely 'wingettes' from Philly and surrounding area dancing/gentlemen's club establishments, who were the escorts for each of the 27 participants and their entourages as they rolled onto the main floor of The Wells Fargo Center. We also encountered shaving cream wrestling and general mayhem as this mega party was just getting started.
This year Wing Bowl creators WIP Radio hosts Angelo Cataldi and Al Morganti decided to allow competitors from some of Philadelphia's greatest sports rivals into the contest. Consequently, eaters from Washington, D.C., New York, Boston, Dallas and Chicago were all represented and entered the arena to true Philadelphia welcomes. Fifteen returning contestants and twelve new entrants next took their seats on the bi-level stage. South Jersey eater and 3X Wing Bowl Champion 'Super Squibb' was an odds on favorite to regain his crown that has eluded him the last two years, while another south Jersey resident and possible favorite 'US Male' was trying his best to ruin his chances.
When it was all said and done, the 'Boston' contestant James 'The Bear' McDonald of Granby, Ct. took home the title by the slim margin of only five wings. 'The Bear' devoured 287 wings in approximately 30 minutes. For his efforts he was awarded with a cash prize of $20,000, a Wing Bowl 21 one of a kind championship ring, a gold medal, a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder S-L, a new Harley Davidson 883 Sportster and an all inclusive vacation to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. Not a bad take for gorging oneself huh?
As stated, it was a tough one but I somehow managed to pull through it with only a stained hoodie; hey, the young lady needed someone to hug after her shaving cream wrestling victory and I just happened to be there. I look forward to 'Wing Bowl 22', I better start training immediately.
This weekend: Friday evening Rhyme & Reason will bring their Dave Matthews Band tribute to Pete's Steak House in Hamilton. I have yet to see them but I'm told from many a reliable source that they are the real deal. Pete's is always welcoming to new and different types of bands and with great drink prices and a terrific menu, always makes for a great night. Please do me a favor and stop by to see Rhyme & Reason and make sure to tell Rich that you heard it from me.
Also on Friday and Saturday, 'Your Trenton Titans' take to the ice both nights with games against reading and Kalamazoo at the Sun National Bank Center. Afterwards on Saturday why not cruise right on down Hamilton Ave. and stop in at The Tir Na Nog. This favored Irish pub is now under new management and I'm told by Todd that music will once again be a primary focus. Chay Jenkins & Taylor Reed will be providing the entertainment and are a great duo. It's been awhile since I've seen them but once agin I'm told that they just continue to get better and better. Look for more music and music related events to come from 'The Nog' as the new ownership puts it's stamp on 'Billy Brigg's old place.'
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Until next week, please continue to support live and original music and the musicians who make it happen. ROCK ON!
THIS WEEKS CALENDAR LISTINGS Alchemist & Barrister
28 Witherspoon Street Princeton
(609) 924-5555 Wed. 10 p.m. Open mic. night
All shows 21+ Amarones Windsor Inn
29 Church St. Windsor (609) 448-7144
Thurs. 6:30 p.m. Walter Brooks Fri. 8 p.m. Rick & Kenny
Sat. 8 p.m. Shore Soundz Tues. 7:30 p.m. Texas Hold'em
Wed. 6:30 p.m. Mix & Mingle w/ Professional Singles feat. DJ Chris Barlow
Blend 911 Rte. 33 Hamilton (609) 245-8887
Thurs. 6 p.m. Scotch Tasting Mon. 7 p.m. Karoake
Tues. 7 p.m. Ladies Night Wed. 6 p.m. Walter Brooks
All shows 21+ Candlelight Lounge
24 Passaic St. Trenton (609) 695-9612
Sat. 3 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Daryl Yokley. (No cover-$10 minimum)
Cedar Gardens Pub 661 Hwy. 33 Hamilton
(609) 587-0930 Fri. 8 p.m. Matt & Rachel Duo 'Open Jam'
Sat. 9 p.m. Kevin Toft All shows 21+
Chambers Walk Cafe 2667 Main St. Lawrenceville
(609) 896-5995 Fri./Sat. 6 p.m. Dick Gratton
The Backstage at Championship Bar
931 Chambers St. Trenton Fri. 5 p.m. Remembering Never, The World We Knew, Knuckle Up!, Juggernaut, Torment The Dreamer, False Idols. All ages, $12/$15
Sat. 6 p.m. Madball, Sicker Than Most, Reason Enough, Rock Bottom, Raised By Wolves. All ages, $15
Sun. 5 p.m. Suffocation, Fit For An Autopsy, March To Victory, Blasphemous, The Albatross. All ages, $20/$25
Dubh Linn Square 167 Rte. 130 North Bordentown
(609) 298-7100 Thurs. 10 p.m. Open mic. hosted by Paul Schober
Sun. 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. Irish Sessions w/ Billy O'Neal
Grover's Mill Coffee House 335 Princeton-Hightstown Road West Windsor
(609) 716-8771 Thurs. 7 p.m. Open Mic.
Fri. 7:30 p.m. Joe Hutchinson Sat. 7:30 p.m. American Bluegrass & Country
Mon. Singles Night Halo Pub 4617 Nottingham Way Hamilton
(609) 586-1811 Sat. 7 p.m. Roundabout
Havana New Hope 105 S. Main St. New Hope, Pa.
(215) 862-9897 Thurs. 10 p.m. College Night
Fri. 10 p.m. College Night DJ Dance Party
Sat. 8:30 p.m. Bigg Romeo Sun 4 p.m. Ladies 2000
Mon. 10 p.m. Karoake w/ Rockin' Ron
All shows 21+ Ivy Tavern 3108 S. Broad Street, Hamilton
(609) 888-1435 Fri. 10 p.m. The Stage Hamz
Sat. 10 p.m. The Ernie White Band
All shows 21+ John & Peter's 96 S. Main St. New Hope, Pa.
(215) 862-5981 Thurs. 9 p.m. Manifested
Fri. 9 p.m. Topsoil Sat. (3 p.m.) Desoto Rust (9:30 p.m.) Wig Party
Sun. (3 p.m.) Jamie Salvatore (9:30 p.m.) Keith Kenny
Tues. 9 p.m. Matt Setzer Mondays. Open Mic. Night
Wed. The Invitational (Featuring John & Peter's House Band)
All shows 21+ Palermo's Of Hamilton
310 Klockner Rd. Hamilton (609) 838-7979
Thurs. 8.p.m. Karoake Night Fri. 9:30 p.m. Queen Helene
Sat. 9:30 p.m. Deep Release All shows 21+
Pete's Steak House 523 Whitehorse Ave. Hamilton
(609) 585-8008 Fri. 9 p.m. Rhyme Or Reason (DMB Tribute)
Sat. 9 p.m. Blind Lemmon Pie All shows 21+
RHO Waterfront 50 Riverview Plaza Trenton
(609) 393-7300 Thurs. 10 p.m. College Night
Sat. Mardi Gras Party Sun. Electric Lighthouse Concert
All Shows 21+ Tavern On The Lake
101 Main St. Hightstown (609) 426-9345
Sat. 9 p.m. Steve (the band) Wed. Karoake Night
The Cool Cricket 216 4th St. Fieldsboro
(609) 291-9110 Fri. 8:30 p.m. Karoake w/ Jason Taylor
All shows 21+ The Record Collector
358 Farnsworth Ave. Bordentown (609) 324-0880
Sat. 8 p.m.Jules Shear/Pal Shazar w/ Rick Norman & Adam Egizi. All ages, Doors at 7:30 p.m., $15 (advance)
The Sticky Wicket 2465 South Broad St. Hamilton
(609) 439-0007 Fri. 9 p.m. Never Enough
Sat. 9:30 p.m. Infinite Bandwidth
All shows 21+ The Sun National Bank Center
81 Hamilton Ave. Trenton (609) 656-3200
Fri. 7:05 p.m. Trenton Titans vs. Reading Royals
Sat. 7:35 p.m. Trenton Titans vs. Kalamazoo Wings
Tir Na Nog 1324 Hamilton Ave. Trenton
(609) 392-2554 Fri. 9 p.m. Birmingham Six
Sat. 9 p.m. Chay Jenkins & Taylor Reed
Wed. 9 p.m. Irish Sessions w/ Paul Weise
All shows 21+ Trenton Social 449 South Broad Street Trenton
(609) 989-7777 Thurs. 8 p.m. Social Thursdays: Soul & Funk Show w/ DJ Tangency
Fri. 7 p.m. Social First Fridays.
Tues. 9 p.m. LiveMusic/Open Mic.
Triumph Brewing Company (New Hope, Pa. Location)
400 Union Square New Hope, Pa. (215) 862-8300
Thurs. 10 p.m. That Girl Fri. 10 p.m. Blendmode. $5 (cover charge)
Sat. (2 p.m.) Rock Ridge Music Showcase (free) (10 p.m.) Billy Bauer Band (A Tribute To DMB). $5 (cover charge)
Sun. 7 p.m. Open Mic. All shows 21+
Triumph Brewing Company (Princeton location)
138 Nassau St. Princeton (609) 924-7855
Fri. 10:30 p.m. Desoto Jones. $5 (cover charge)
Sat. 10:30 p.m. Dapp. $5 (cover charge)
All Shows 21+ Wildflowers Inn 2572 Pennington Rd. Pennington
Sat. 9 p.m. Live Acoustic Rock
Mon. 9 p.m. Karaoke All shows 21+


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You graduated and moved on. You spread your wings and soared. You're thriving. But your memories of Lakeland remain fond, and your connection feels strong. Once a Muskie, always a Muskie.
You're so important to our future, not only through the kind words you spread, but by the generous gifts you send along.
People have various, personal reasons for giving back to the place where they grew up and blossomed. Here are just a few.
What are yours?
I know that without Lakeland, I wouldn't have thrived. I know I wouldn't have found myself." Read More
Eric Kriete
I think it's great the way they are giving back to the community," Emily said. "It's very generous of them to think of others this way and help young people get through ." Read More
Emily Lensmire
I think Lakeland is really coming into its own, and I've always felt really good about the way Lakeland continues to acknowledge its relationship with the church. It has really established itself as a good, Christian institution." Read More
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I'd like to say 'thank-you' to the Hurvis Foundation," Carlos says. "This means a lot. Without their help, many people wouldn't be able to attend ." Read More
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Archive for May, 2011
AfterFour – finally a game project
by armageddon on May.10, 2011, under Projects
Early this year, I decided to start a game project. I wanted to keep the graphics simple but still eye-catching, so I decided to make it 2D. A few weeks later, we should choose a project for school and it was clear that I'd just choose this one. So I did. I have set up a wiki for the documentation, therefore I'll just quote it to make you familiar with the game:
AfterFour is a two dimensional top-down Shooter with focus on roleplay elements. It is set in a post-apocalyptic scenario, the Name suggests that World War 4 has just ended. In both, the third and the fourth world wars nuclear weapons were used so huge parts of the world became inhabitable. The only places where live is possible using special suits are some deserts and the south pole, where nobody lived before the wars. Even the north pole became inhabitable during World War 3.
The radiation has produced human and animal mutants and those who are still healthy try to survive and fight them back. Anarchy, food shortages and the smell of rotten flesh rule the world. Can you help those poor people to stay alive just a little longer?
You take the role of a marine, a scientist or a mutant and start on an adventure through the unfriendly world.
You can find the wiki at afterfour.armageddon421.de
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I am looking for some direction on the following scenario:
1. We are 2 years past our Chapter 7 discharge and mortgage was included in discharge NO REAFFIRMATION
2. We have stayed current on the mortgage but credit score shows chapter 7 for the mortgage and no activity on it since the discharge
3. We are now cosidering walking away from the house/mortgage
4. We have rebuilt our credit up to the mid 600's and would like to keep it that way
1. How will the foreclosure be reported to the credit bureaus?
2. Since the mortgage is already closed will this lesson the affect of the foreclosure?
3. Are there other options to avoid the foreclosure with the bank such as deed in lieu or cash for keys?
4. Any other suggestions/options that would allow us to give the property back to the bank and avoid the foreclosure process completely?
Thank in advance for any help! We greatly appreciate it!
Welcome walt!
Hopefully someone knowledgeable will chime in on this forum.
If you'd like this moved to the mortgage forum, just holler, and we'll move it.
It's hard to know which of the two forums a question like this will get the best responses on, but I'll keep one eyeball peeled and my fingers crossed.
Hello, I don't how much this answer will help, basically my understanding is you are just paying to stay at this point. We also filed bk and the mortgage company didn't reaffirm. No payments we make show up on the credit report. I asked my attorney if we wanted to walk away years from now if we could....His answer was yes. He said it would like we were being sued, becasue the mortgage company would still have to file with the state to begin foreclosure. We would not be responsible for any legal fees or other type of charges from the mortgage company. It is already showing up as in bankruptcy I don't see how it can hurt you anymore. I would double check with an attorney to see if they will update it to foreclousre or if there is nothing else they can note since it was in bankruptcy.
On the reported tradeline, there will be no additional, derogatory reporting. However, the foreclosure might show up as a public report.
Sorry for sticking my nose in this tread, I'm in similar situation, I did BK7 then the mortgage lender forclosed on the property since I did not wanted to reafirm nor pay. It shows on the CR as a "BK Chapter 7". So my question is when you apply for a new mortgage is that consider BK, Forclosure or Both? I ask because I'm trying to find out how long will need to wait before applying again since the two dates of the BK7 discharge and Foreclosure are long apart.
This is an interesting situation, which I've seen before. I can only speak to NV, but I'd assume that some other states follow the same model.
Basically, there are two parts to including a Mortgage in bankruptcy: 1. Removing the Debt Obligation, and 2. Clearing the title of the original owner.
The first part is simple. You are cleared of the debt (you no longer owe it) the instant you are discharged, provided you don't reaffirm. (There is a catch to this, that some post-BK7 loan modifications actually wind up reaffirming the debt, but that's a different post.) The debt is cleared in federal court, but it doesn't clear the title.
In order to complete #2, the bank must clear the title. In order to do that, they must follow the laws of the state, which are usually foreclosure laws. The paradox here is that (at least in NV) the bank cannot foreclose without sustained delinquency (you don't pay the bill). This is why they don't immediatly "take the house back" when your BK is discharged. So, once you fall behind after the BK, they can start the foreclosure process to clear the title. There will be a Notice of Default, Notice of Trustee sale, and eventually it will go to auction (again, NV law). The auction process is what actually clears the title... it either goes back to the bank as an REO or the title goes to the winner of the auction.
Niether of these actions have any effect on the discharged debt whatsoever. The federal ruling that the debt was discharged on such-and-such a date stands and thus, the CRAs are to report the loans/liens attached as IIB in perpetuitum untl they age off. (Unless you get a GW, of course!)
Unfortunatley, some creditors WILL report back to the CRAs as "Foreclosed" or, if they're silly, "Reposessed". It is usally a matter of a valid dispute to get them reset back to IIB... though it can be a pain.
I haven't actually seen a situation where an IIB mortgage (or IIB car loan) is set to anything other than IIB, but I've heard that it happens.
Hope all this helps, but please see my sig.
As fot your Q's 3 and 4... they answer eachother. You CAN get cash-for-keys both before and after the foreclosure auction, but each case is different. The DIL will give them to you, or the REO agent/Purchaser will contact you after the auction with an offer. The other option is to run it through a short-sale, getting your cash for keys that way... use HAFA if you qualify for it.
If you play the game right, you can be in your house for a year or more after you stop paying, which allows you to bank the cash you'd spend on rent. (If you're going to strategic default after a BK, PLEASE consult an attorney... it's pretty trickey and you can wind up in a heap of a mess if you do it wrong.)
Again, all this varies by state... I'm only familiar with NV rules.
(the quick version of this is: 1. It shouldn't be, the loan is IIB and should stay that way. 2. There is no "foreclosure", you gave the house back in the BK and they have to do the paperwork to get the title clear (which means forelcosure process, but not a true foreclosure). 3. Yes, what you mentioned + short sale. 4. See 3.)
I was actually in this very situation -i filed a chpt 7 and was discharged in 9/08-the house was included. I never signed a reaffirmation but i continued to live in and pay the mortgage payments for a year and half and then made a decision to vacate the house.
Its actually to your benefit that they didnt reaffirm the debt because you really can choose to walk away...however, fast forward to present, my house is STILL vacant, they have not even started the foreclosure process, the house is still in my name though the bank is paying the taxes every year. Really this would be all well and good except that I am trying to obtain a mortgage and running into roadblocks because even though the debt was discharged, the deed is still in my name. Its insane to me but banks are slow to move because of the economy, number of foreclosures etc.
For me, it was the best move at the time, I could ill afford the payment and too many repairs needed to the house. I dont regret my decision but I wanted to share my story since it does have an impact in the long term.
I live in Michigan. I had 2 houses, one in Suburbs and a vacation home "up north". I lost my job in 8/08, divorced in 2/09, stopped paying all my bills 6/09 and went on a "irresponsible binge" for 18 months (boy did I have some fun). WFHM put me on trial period after trial period. Then due to divorce, lost the paper work and I did the trial again. I dragged my feet and delayed as long as I could.
I didnt make a mortgage payment on either house for 18 months, took the money and played golf and had beers. I was reemployed in 6/2010 and started to become responsible again. In 12/10 I asked my ex-wife to come back home. WFHM send us a Home Modification letter on primary house in 1/2011. We both signed it. A week later we filed BK7 individually. WFHM sold the second house in foreclosue 4/2011, no one was at the auction so it went back to them. Michigan law requires a one year redemption period.
Our attorney advised us NOT to re-affirm either mortgage, which we didnt. However, since we were technically "current" on the new modified mortgage, they could not take the primary house from us. We continued to make our payments through the BK process. I then started the process of getting a much better job but attorney advised me NOT to take the new job (paying almost double the salary) until AFTER discharge, which my employer agreed.
So at discharge, we whiped out $75k in CC debt and second mortgages. All I was left with was a $3k state tax lein and $20k in student loans which are totally rehabilitated now. My ex was co-borrower on all my debt as well. We let the second house go through the process as we owed $95k and its worth $50k. They took possession in 4/2012. We could not justify paying almost twice the price for a cabin.
BK7 was the best thing that happened to us. We had to "get over" the moral obligations issue. It took me about 3.5 seconds but the ex-wife needed a beer. Both mortgages show IIB with balance of 0. Attorney told us that a forclosure while in BK will be reported as only IIB. So we used the second house as our vacation home up to the final day. And get this, they paid me $3k on the "cash for keys" program. I could not believe it.
The only problem is that the primary house does not report positive payments. I was a co-signer on my daughter's student loan so that reported through the process. So we both applied and received Cap 1 CC $750 CL, 3 months after discharge. I applied and received a HSBC CC $1500 CL 6 months after discharge. I applied and received a new car loan, (interest rate of 6.9%) 9 months after discharge. I recently applied for a Barclays and was approved at $2000 CL. It is only 1 year after discharge. All CC get PIF.
I spoke to a Mortgage lender about another vacation house. He said I need 2 years after filing date and a mid score of 700 for approval. So I am going to build a log home twice the size of my previous cabin for about $60k @4% instead of a 25 year old cabin $95K @ 6%. So the only negative was the foreclosure notice in the newspaper which is embarrasing.
My attorney told me that we can walk away from the primary house anytime we want over the next 30 years with no "foreclosue" or additional negs on my CR. He said that after the BK comes off the CR, I should keep a copy of discharge paperwork to prove I dont owe the debt.
Overall, my experience with BK7, foreclosure, losing a job, getting a much better one, playing golf everyday, going on extended vacations, all worked out. I just pulled my FICO today and I am at 667. I have 6 months to get to 700.
Does anyone have an answer to this? This is our question too -- we are in California. We filed Chap 7 and was discharged a year ago, but filed for loan modification as we really want to keep our home. Finally almost a year now still no loan mod. The bank has beat us up good...our home is completely underwater and needs lots of repairs which we don't mind doing if we can keep it. Since the bank is not budging even after our DTI qualified (our loan is predatory with Wachovia and was bought out by WFHM), we feel there is no hope trying to work with them, it appears investor want out regardless of our qualification. But they are asking us to Short sale....we are wondering which way to go - they don't want give us the loan mod but they want to short sale...Shall we Short Sale or Foreclose? We have worked hard to get our credit score back up to a decent number and don't want a foreclosure to reverse what we have built up again. The mortgage is already recorded on our credit as being discharged with BK with no data. Can the bank double report and put down a foreclosure or will it come out as public record? I seems criminal that they double ding us preventing us to move forward to rebuild. Please anyone out there with an answer would be so appreciated.
Here is my story. I had a second summer home along with my primary home. I lost my job and defaulted on both. I worked on a modification with Wells Fargo. They did not want to work with me. I then got a job. I was able to work out a modification on the primary house. Discover filed a judgement against me so I had to file BK7. A few days later I filed BK7. I did not re-affirm either mortgage. However, because I had a modification on the primary house, they could not foreclose on it. The secondary home was about $55k underwater (owed $95k, sold $40k). So they sold the house in a sherrifs sale. They sold it back to themselves. After 1 year redemption, I received notice that my one year was over and to pay the balance due. I was able to get some financing and offered $60k. They rejected my offer. I then offered them the "cash for keys", they accepted. I received $3000 to leave without evicition.
So, primary house is up to date with no issues. It is not re-affirmed. I can stay as long as I keep making payments. The primay house was sold for $35,000 on the open market. My credit report does NOT show a foreclosure. Why? Because I live in a state (Michigan) that does not use the Judicial process of foreclosure. We use the sherrif's sale. Nothing gets recorded in the county court house. The deed changing hands gets recoreded in Register of Deeds which is a separate department.
CRA use third party companies that scour court records. They could look at register of deeds too but that would be way too time consuming and costly. So 18 months after BK7, I will be 700 across the board. The foreclosure could show up sometime in the next 7 years but I doubt it will. Freddie Mac knows about the foreclosure so I will have to wait the 2 years for a new mortgage, but the CRAs have not caught it yet.
California uses a non-Judicial process as well (from what I found with a google search). I doubt that you will be caught but others on this board will have to chime in. Just dont let them evict you. That is a court document that will get caught and you will be hit. Ask for the "cash for keys" if appropriate.
Please remember that there are two components to a mortgage. One is the actual liabilty to pay the money back. The other is the title or possession of the house. In BK7 the judge wipes out your responsibility to pay the note back. It has nothing to do with foreclosure. Foreclosure is the bank's method of recovering the security of the loan by taking back the house and selling it. I will assume that you did NOT reaffirm your mortgage in Chapter 7 BK?
In a short sale, the bank should not update the tradeline because it should be IIB. The short sale is only the transfer of title to a new borrower. Get a few offers and then match them to see if they will bite. This assumes you are back on solid financial footing again.


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Twin sister of Eastern Michigan student found dead searches for answers
23-year-old Julia Niswender found dead Tuesday at off-campus apartment in Ypsilanti; police call it 'apparent homicide'
YPSILANTI, Mich. – It's a bond only twins can understand.
Jennifer and Julia Niswinder were inseparable.
Read more: Police step up patrols in wake of EMU student's death
"She always made sure everyone knew that she had a twin. Even if she first met them she'd say, 'My name is Julia and I have a twin,'" said Jennifer. "We did everything together. She was my best friend. I always had somebody to hang out with, someone to go to."
Julia, a 23-year-old Eastern Michigan University student, was found dead Tuesday night at her off-campus apartment. Jennifer, her grandmother rose, along with friends and family, were at the Ypsilanti Police Department on Thursday searching for answer to so many questions.
"She was just so loving. I think too trusting sometimes," said Jennifer.
Police are calling Julia's death an apparent homicide. Everyone is waiting for more details on her death.
Police had been called to the apartment to conduct a welfare check after friends and family said they were concerned. They had not heard from Julia in a couple of days. An autopsy was performed Wednesday. The cause of death is still "pending," police say. Although police say there were no "outward" signs of trauma on Julia's body, there are still "indicators of possible foul play," investigators say.
Meanwhile, support for the Niswender family has flooded Jennifer's Facebook page. Each comment and post from classmates to strangers has helped ease Jennifer's pain, even if just for a second.
"I can't even begin to describe how much it means to me to know that I have this wonderful support, that people are thinking about me and my family," Jennifer said.
There will be two candlelight vigils for Julia on Friday night. One will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Munson Park on Custer Road in Monroe. The other is later at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Big Bob's Lakehouse which is in the middle of the Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti campus.
-- Julia Niswender
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looks like you have to be registered to get the file from megaupload!? maybe rather post an image file, so we can see it here?
Just a question: You do not provide a ground signal to your SPI, SER and I2C connectors. I would have expected these to have a ground since they are not differential. Am I missing something?
Cheater, The 3d view shows the header pins for the LCD and arduino interface on the same side of the board. If I am visualising this correctly, I presume the arduino interface header will be mounted on the opposite side of the board to the LCD header.
There was a demo of a LCD shield at the last NYC hack lab.


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I know this could end up being fodder for another Nets related hate/love session but it does need to be brought up.
Andray Blatche after an awful statistical season the last 2-ish years is having a substantially great season (for the minutes he is given)
While only getting around 19~ MPG Blatche has:
Reb% of 19.2 (the best i could find in players near his rotation spot)
OffRTG of 99.8
DefRTG of 96.1 which is odd if you watched him the last two years in Washington
His APER & PER are the highest they've been (20.44 & 21.010
'Dray is also attempting about 3 less 16-23 footers a game (which could be correlated to his pt) while also taking more shots at the rim for a higher % (62%)
paraphrasing a Tom Haberstrogh tweet "Only Duncan, Love and Cousins have matched Blatche's scoring and rebounding on a per-minute basis this season."
So do you think this version of Andray Blatche is for real or just a small sample size that'll even out as the season plays on?


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Quick! Name the Ohio school-choice program that has provided students the opportunity to attend a school not operated by their resident school district for the longest period of time. Charter schools? Nope, strike 1. The Cleveland voucher program? Try again, strike 2. Unless you guessed open enrollment, that's strike 3. Before heading back to the dugout, read on to learn more about this established school-choice program.
Open enrollment, first approved by the legislature in 1989, allows school districts (if they choose) to admit students whose home district is not their own. Perhaps against conventional wisdom, it has become a popular policy for districts. We even analyzed the trend in an April 2013 Gadfly.
According to Ohio Department of Education records, over 80 percent of school districts in the state have opted to participate in some form of open enrollment. There are 432 districts that have opened their doors to students from any other district in the state, and another sixty-two districts have allowed students from adjacent districts to attend their schools.
This year's budget bill (HB 59) created a task force to study open enrollment. The task force is to "review and make recommendations regarding the process by which students may enroll in other school districts under open enrollment and the funding mechanisms associated with open enrollment deductions and credits." The task force's findings are to be presented to the Governor and legislature by the end of the year.
In a recent Columbus Dispatch article highlighting the work of the task force, the legislative director of Ohio School Boards Association said that the state's open-enrollment policy "can create tensions among districts who feel others are raiding students." The concern over lost students is mainly economic: When school districts lose kids via open enrollment, they also lose the per-pupil state funding tied to the student. Meanwhile, a task-force member suggested that districts might be giving preference to athletes, top students, and "anyone who may be deemed most desirable" when admitting potential open enrollees.
Raiding students, cherry-picking—that doesn't sound good. It's hard to believe a state law would allow such things. In fact, it doesn't. Open-enrollment provisions can be found in the Ohio Revised Code at 3313.98. There are even some administrative rules at 3301-48-02 of the Ohio Administrative Code. The summary of the law as it relates to open enrollment is as follows
- Local school boards decide if and to what extent they are going to participate in open enrollment (students from statewide or just adjacent districts).
- A school board electing to participate must adopt a policy that establishes an application procedure; identifies district capacity by grade level, school building, and education program; and ensures that racial balance is maintained.
- With only minor exceptions, a district is explicitly prohibited by law from considering academic or extracurricular ability, disability, or English-language proficiency.
In other words, a district chooses whether to participate and enrolls students on a space-available basis. It's not a state mandate. Moreover, if raiding and cherry-picking were occurring, then it is in direct violation of state law.
While it appears that some folks aren't fond of open enrollment, we recently found that 65 percent of Ohio superintendents thought that open enrollment was "a serious option your district should pursue (or keep)." When asked if open enrollment will bring about "fundamental improvement" to K–12 education, a consequential minority (22 percent) felt strongly that it could. As such, while most superintendents don't feel that open enrollment is a game changer, they generally do feel that their district benefits by it.
Yet even more important than superintendents' view on open enrollment is how Ohio's families take advantage of the policy. In the most recent data available (2012–13), 64,107 students are reported to attend a school outside their home district via open enrollment. With a statewide open-enrollment population greater than the enrollment of Columbus City Schools (Ohio's largest district), a decent-sized chunk of Ohio families are implicitly saying "yes" to this form of school choice.
The state is smart to review programs or policies to see how well they're working. And open enrollment should be evaluated in the context of how well it's serving students, not by whether the policy impacts districts' finances, academics, or sports teams. Are students making better academic progress through open enrollment? Do they have better access to advanced or specialty classes? Are they better able to participate in extracurricular activities? Are students able to continue attending a school district despite having moved outside of it?
The task force, made up entirely of superintendents and district treasurers, should proceed carefully and thoughtfully. When dealing with enrollment and funding issues, even small changes could make significant numbers of students ineligible or make the program functionally unsustainable. Districts pushing for changes that would weaken Ohio's open-enrollment laws would be wise to remember that eliminating the program will not necessarily result in the students returning to their home district. In fact, the next-best option for many families could be a charter school, a private school, or even moving away from the community entirely.
The traditional boundaries of who gets educated where are beginning to blur. Families are becoming more mindful that zip code doesn't necessarily dictate what schools their children attend. Open enrollment may be one of the state's most promising efforts to increase educational opportunity. We need to make sure that a review of how open enrollment works administratively doesn't destroy this opportunity for families and students.


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