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Thain: 'Too Big to Fail' Issue Still Not Resolved
In this special Crisis Plus 5 series of The Big Interview, John Thain, CEO of CIT Group and former CEO of Merrill Lynch, and WSJ Financial Editor Francesco Guerrera discuss the outlook for Wall Street. Mr. Thain says the issue of 'too big to fail' has still not been resolved five years after the tumultuous events that set off the financial crisis.
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I think the most important changes there's less leverage in the system today ... so consumers are less leverage the housing market as less leverage ... and certainly financial Institute institutions last lap ... it sold in the ... does that make for a less ... risky financial system on the risks looking elsewhere in the financial system or even in the shadow banking system that we now out ... well that there are always risks ... but the ... the lower levels of leverage as it means that the system is less risky today ... than it was in that period time leading up to September two thousand and eight ... you see this as a as a structural issue now the worst ... levers to among consumers and corporations and financial institution is ... likely to remain much lower than it was over or will we see a cycle whereby letter starts going again ... so ... this is that the question of the steel can these things happen again ... and if you look over the history of markets there have always been these periods of time where you get too much leverage too much exuberance ... begin a bubble of some time and on the bubble burst ... so right now we're in the post bursting the bubble period ... and so I think that leverage will stay more miners ... for a while but at some point in the future you have to worry that sickly with rates as low as they are but for some bubble forming somewhere ... I knew seen any signs about the nanny pockets of the ... market yet on ... so yes we are so into the ... larger ... leveraged buyouts and larger leveraged deals we are seeing the terms getting more loose and were seen more life ... and ... it's interesting they say that is of course ... we soul of ultra loose stones just before the financial crisis among the predicate eleventh buyout deals ... and that ... that was the cause of the crisis really it wasn't a whole set of other things including a very leverage not just to show that ... you see that the new problems such as systemically ... purchases items here right now I think that began were post post of bubble bursting were still on a more conservative for a phase ... aam but you know you are seeing lover start to creep up ... and among consumers individuals Housel that ... when two up from an unprecedented period of the letter ... you seen the stunning to up ... up up again ... no not really mean we don't release have a lot of consumer businesses but it doesn't seem like the consumer ... is starting to spend Saturday retail sales retail sales are ... known not great ... it's a little bit depends on which part of the industry but ... I think consumers are still pretty conservative because many still ... are negative in terms of the equity in their home ... and no stock markets come back but I still think that that with unemployment where it is the consumer still gonna be pretty cautious ... and yet so ... long ... and and and and very ... very tough experience Wall Street and you had a lot of fun ... extensive a la sex without risk controls and everything else ... so ... how would you judge ... Wall Street banks ... and as for ... the next crisis ... well ... the problem is the next crisis is always a different than the last one ... and of course all the legislation is dealing with the last crisis ... aam but the fact is that ... Wall Street firms both banks and one built additional an awesome banks ... they have more capital ... and that's probably the single biggest protection ... is that they know they they are better capitalize and they were and they have less time ... and as they say we have more capital is a good thing but he'd write down of weeks or so ... is that it knew the awful Wall Street that investors and ... employees and I say is what do I just do it in your old man from the lower returns just because the capital ... the ICE index rising in terms of returns on equity returns on equity are going to be lower than they were no posts two thousand and eight ... and I think that is because they will need to operate with more capital I don't think that's necessarily that ... although ... well but investors at the ... SBC employees as well that ... benefited from the ... high profitability of this of these banks to pass them easy differently ... well where you have to look at their relative return so we are learning interest rate environment where ... a ten twelve fourteen percent return on equity is still a much much better return than you did in the fixed income markets ... and even with these lower rates of return you see the stock market and gather near all-time highs ... so I think it's okay ... and this of course if such funds the that ... that is and is in you and your regulation as well coming up with a ... bias ... complaint ... is that it's too much regulation ... what's your sons ... but I think again this is what happens after a bubble bursts it said this was a potentially big and very unfortunate bubble but there tends to be more regulation and it tends to be over regulation at least for awhile ... we saw the same thing with Sarbanes Oxley post will come at WorldCom and Enron ... so ... much of sirens oxy was good but sadly parts of the twenty five ... and overseeing the same thing not so much of Dodd Frank is good but the fact that they can write over half the rules in three years tells you it almost certainly too ... and so is any aspects of the funding for you ... all all the ones that have written the rules for all ... I as I said I think a lot of it depends on how it's implemented and in many of the rules still our trip ... I think that the higher capital levels are generally good ... what you say to people ... was in Congress that even in the recovery were to say ... banks and financial institutions should be ... boring should be utilities I've ... read the implications of the reasons to be much lower ... than the right way to go ... well yet it is out to see the trend now to have boring boring banks and boring bankers and then I think that that's okay it ... at the moment ... but I'll lot of innovation also comes out of the financial institutions and I in all of that innovation is not that and so I I hope that we get back to the point where innovation is still good and and that the US is the leader in the world ... in the financial markets which which haven't connect ... to your seat ... the current environment the regulator that you just described is ... stifling of innovation in the long to get the dough will still come ... I didn't and I I believe this industry has some very very smart people and they're always trying to solve problems for their clients and trying to ... make them market more efficient and I think though ... he then you'll ... be in Sunday's meeting or to pass both I'm Joann ... I yes I think that's true I think that that's not necessarily that I still think that the so the industry is attracting some of the best and brightest people and I think that will lead to an image ... one of the big issues they face in our room and spent five years ago was ... ah ... the show to be defended these kinds of too big to be allowed to bail out ... do think we're is all the tension right now ... no not at all ... we we still have the issue too big to fail if anything the biggest financial institutions are greater percentage of the total of the financial ... industry and they were before ... so now we have and some that I think that down ... the number of institutions that are really too big to fail ... are a small writes whether it's probably less intense ... aam but we haven't found the trial ... so that if we were to find itself in a similar situation ... five years and is on the line ... was still at the same problem you you another space ... and is ... we do and part of that question will be how you deal with that because we have had a large financial institutions either fail or come close to failure ... so I was way back in May in the old is you know I was involved in the Drexel bankruptcy ... and we had Long-Term Capital almost the whole ... time and of course we had bear Stearns and Lehman and and I think a lot of is how you deal with it ... but I think it's still true for those very large financial institutions ... you cannot allow them to simply fail in an uncontrolled what ... right do we helped out with five years ago was by Mach ... three deals to shoot images with ... which ... 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Treasury book one Institute of mortgage book it was a simpler time but still it was broken into pieces ... and spread around him in a controlled light ... which was of me you can do to get one institution ... failing at it and that I would get like the whole system collapsing on itself that it becomes one that ... yes in the key is to not get to the point where the whole system is collapsing on itself ... you are ... confident all all all hopeful that we would get to a point where we have a resolution authority ... he was and we are having one of these banks not being in control of little boys and ... me ... why think that is the key is is to have the mechanism ... to either merge or wind down or breaking Northparkes these financial assistance but in control ... and and a mechanism to do that I think is not clear ... it doesn't surprise in five years from the ... deposit was still ... don't have sold one of the biggest problems ... of that ... you know because is a very difficult problem and so it's not easy to solve the problem and and it has never been easy to some problem and ... if you take one of those large firms ... they're they're so big they are so interconnected or so such a part of the financial system ... that ... even today ... it would be hard to to to man ... and you subscribe to the view that the not just to be so that one should write one solution that some people ... up for policies that make them smaller so little to be the ... right so ... the prom with that is the was a competitive situation in the world it ... doesn't really make that very practical ... so Deutsche Bank ... is also too big to fail the German cartel a Deutsche Bank failed this was our delight UBS failed ... now ... our U S financial decisions have to compete with that ... and so they have to keep them to compete with them global sell just breaking them up isn't the right ... and unlike last year when no one question all on the shadow banking sector so ... naturally perhaps the regulatory focus in the political focus is being on the related banking sector ... are you concerned that the risks of building up in outside everyday banking sector which at the quilt one of its problems ... why I think what all was passed me worry about that and so whenever you have ... a very tight regulatory environment ... and you have very low interest rate so there's an incentive to to ... to push worse other places ... you worry about where those risks of going in and what it what are the nature of the institutions that are taking those rest ... I think that's true today ... he's TT what ... I goes to show people mention ... hedge funds do much of an equity groups as the receptacle that I've seen all ... write to ... us ... yet so aam it certainly isn't some in some of the hedge funds and ... some of the BBC News that were created business in on the corporations Act ... and so those are two of the places we see the risk ... aam but it's it's always hard to know ... I know we're the next problem is can it be because of its Clearwire was and so a deal with ... but a new set of eyes in ... the fight for the leverage so leverage is a good GDP ... might be if and when leverage is building up that's a good ... proxy support for risk ... it hit me and I do agree with that and and and as I said before leverage it still across the system so still relatively minor ... one final question on on CD ... we did this ... huge change in ... a financial asking where the CIA to be fit ... to CIC is a commercial finance ... companies the wheel and to call companies mostly middle market companies and really sick one again mostly to middle market companies ... and so we provide financing to small middle market businesses which actually treat about two-thirds of on net new jobs in the US ... and we we lands them primarily a dance class ... so we have collateral to protect themselves if they don't but it's the ... best equipment or something ... guess whether it's a mad or trade receivables or railcars or AirPlay ... 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Donald E. Thran quietly passed away with the grace of God on February 26, 2013 surrounded by his loving family. Born on August 30, 1929 in Oakland, California and raised in Central California. Don moved to South Lake Tahoe with his family in 1957 where he lived for 42 years.
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I plan on spending around an hour each day...Will this method be enough to improve my score up to 160's?
I've managed to get actual tests from previous years and also preptests from lsac. I plan on spending around an hour each day working on one section of a test and then review my answers and focus on the answers I got wrong. On the weekend, I would try to take the entire test. I plan on doing this from beginning of July up until the end of September, right before my LSAT on October 1, 2011.Will this method be enough to improve my score up to 160's? Even if it's low 160's I would still be very happy. I have read that the powerscore logical bible helps a lot. I have a copy of the book and I plan on reading it. What are your feedbacks and opinions about the book and how helpful it is? I would like to focus on techniques that will help me most at improving my score.Thanks for reading, hope you guys can help me out with advice, opinions.
Quote from: maximillion on June 29, 2011, 10:45:44 PMI plan on spending around an hour each day...Will this method be enough to improve my score up to 160's?Probably not. This is a very flimsy study schedule. First, one hour a day is weaksauce. Bump that to 3 or 4 at least. (No, really. You've got 24 hours in a day like everyone else. If you're serious about going to a good law school, sacrifice something and find the time to study.) Second, you need to do more than focus on whole sections. Split everything up into categories, e.g., games by type, LR questions by type, and RC passages by type (journalistic, argumentative, multiple points of view, split passages). Each night pick a category and focus on it for several hours. Learn it backwards and forwards. Find a good prep book that uses REAL preptest questions to give you instruction on attacking each of the categories of material. Near the end of your prep, start working in whole sections and whole preptests, focusing on pacing.17 points is a tall order, and it's going to be very difficult without a solid plan of attack and LOTS of repetitive practice.


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- Large population that is young (50% is under 25), qualified and with good command of English
- Diverse geographic and sectoral origin of remittances from expatriate workers (10% of GDP)
- Thriving Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector
- Low rates of investment: inadequate and outdated infrastructure
- Governance shortcomings: bureaucracy and corruption
- High levels of income inequality
- Problematic security situation in the South with Muslim groups
- Strict bank secrecy and casinos facilitate money laundering
Growth expected to remain strong
In 2019, the economy is expected to maintain its momentum, buoyed above all by domestic demand. Although consumer sentiment will remain negatively affected by high inflation due to a weaker peso and rising energy prices (80% imported; not subsidised), household spending (70% of GDP) is expected to remain the main driver of growth. Remittances from expatriate workers (10% of GPD), mainly from the United States and the Gulf countries, will likely show a more volatile growth rate, but should continue to benefit household consumption. Moreover, the bullishness of the economic outlook will be supported by strong credit growth for both companies and households. Credit growth will be favoured by negative or low real interest rates (interest rates minus inflation), even as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is expected to perform further rate hikes to curbinflation.
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The budget balance is expected to deteriorate in 2019 as the rise in revenue will not be enough to offset the rise in spending. The extensive tax reform is set to increase revenues by levying excise duties (fuel, automotive products, alcohol and tobacco), broadening the VAT base, and implementing higher tax rates for higher income brackets. However, this reform will not be enough to compensate the increase in spending induced by President Rodrigo Duterte's infrastructure investments and social programmes (child vaccinations, assistance for poor families, extended health insurance cover, universal primary education). Moreover, additional transfers will continue to be made to low income households, who are affected by the tax reform and accelerating inflation. Despite the growing imbalance, strong growth should help stabilise the public debt-to-GDP ratio, and almost all of the public debt has medium to long term maturity, while over two thirds of this debt is held by domestic creditors and denominated in local currency.
The balance of payments should record a lesser deficit than in 2018 as net capital outflows – triggered by the US monetary tightening and subsequent BSP spending of foreign exchange reserves to defend the peso – will decrease. Depreciation pressures should ease somewhat throughout 2019 (-7.3% in Jan.-Oct. 2018). Despite the fast rate of depletion in 2018, foreign exchange reserves will remain adequate, representing around seven months of imports. FDI levels are low, in part due to the consequence of restrictions on FDI, higher production costs than those in neighbouring countries, and political uncertainties. The trade deficit will remain high as export growth will continue to not compensate the rise in imports, which are driven mainly by domestic demand, imported parts for use by industry (especially electronics and information technology outsourcing), the peso's depreciation and rising energy prices.
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Rodrigo Duterte was elected in May 2016 for a term of six years, succeeding Benigno Aquino. His ethos is twofold: combatting inequalities, and law and order. Like his predecessor, he intends to introduce universal healthcare (currently 93%) and free education from pre-school up to basic university degree level. Combating drug trafficking, maritime piracy and Islamist terrorist groups (Abu Sayyaf and Maute groups) is the other priority. In this regard, the country is building closer ties with its neighbours, Indonesia and Malaysia. Relations with China have improved significantly under his mandate, even though some tensions linger in relation to territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Despite some successes in fighting radical Islamist groups, the president's high popularity ratings have tumbled (45% in approval ratings mid 2018) following drug-related extrajudicial executions, allegations of corruption against allies of the president, rising inflation eroding purchasing power, and alleged blasphemous stances.
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"The doctors attending to former president Nelson Mandela report that he has had a comfortable 24 hours and that he remains under treatment in hospital," said presidency spokesperson Mac Maharaj on Friday.
He said doctors had not given any information about when he might be released.
Rainy weather has not discouraged news crews camping outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria, in an attempt to get updates on Mandela's health.
Mandela is believed to be recuperating in the private institution, despite confirmation on Monday by Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula that the statesperson was at a military facility.
On Friday, journalists from local and international media parked their vehicles along Celliers street, overlooking the private hospital's main entrance.
Among the media there was the Eyewitness News (EWN) team which reported that: "The name of the hospital is known by Eyewitness News, but this is not being released to respect Madiba's dignity."
Misleading report
That report shifted attention from the One Military Hospital at the Thaba Tshwane Military Base where the media had been camping since last weekend.
Since Friday morning, the number of journalists kept increasing at Mediclinic as details of the reported new hospital filtered through.
At around midday on Friday, a convoy of three black vehicles with police lights and sirens entered the Mediclinic Heart Hospital. Hospital security barred journalists from following the cars into the premises.
Moments later, the vehicles came out escorting a fourth one – a black military ambulance with yellow army number plates. At that stage reporters at the scene were speculating that Madiba may have been discharged.
However, journalists stationed at the One Military Hospital across town reported that the convoy entered the state facility after leaving the private hospital.
EWN reported on Thursday that Mandela, 94, was not receiving treatment at the military facility as had been widely reported after Mapisa-Nqakula's interview.
Mapisa-Nqakula spoke to reporters outside One Military Hospital after seemingly visiting Mandela there.
'It is not part of any strategy to mislead the public'
At the time, she said: "He's doing very, very well and it is important to keep him in our prayers and also to be as calm as possible and not cause a state of panic, because I think that is not what all of us need."
The presidency said it had not been the government's intention to mislead the public or the media. Maharaj said he had only stated Mandela had been admitted to a Pretoria hospital.
"It is not part of any strategy or tactic by government to mislead the public. We have never had that intention. We know to keep to the facts and we've been rigorous," he said in an interview on Talk Radio 702.
The Beeld newspaper reported that Mandela had been admitted under a pseudonym, which was known to the newspaper.
What appeared to be an emergency medical vehicle, with military number plates, was parked in the hospital manager's parking bay.
A number of men wearing electronic ear-pieces, and who were thought to be members of the VIP protection unit, had been seen moving around the hospital grounds and inside the building.
According to Beeld, Mapisa-Nqakula and senior SA National Defence Force officers had visited the hospital.
The newspaper reported that surgeon general Lieutenant General Veejay Ramlakan was there on Tuesday and Wednesday, and that Mandela's wife Graça Machel, President Jacob Zuma and former president Thabo Mbeki had also visited the hospital.
The Mediclinic Heart Hospital is next to Pretoria's Maupa Naga police station. According to its website, the hospital takes pride in being "the first and still the only hospital of its kind – a private, specialised heart hospital in South Africa".
Mandela was flown to Pretoria from his home in Qunu, in the Eastern Cape.
The presidency said he was suffering from the recurrence of a previous lung infection and was responding to treatment.
Mandela's hospital stay is his longest continuous period in hospital since 2001, when he underwent seven weeks of radiotherapy after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
He was 83 at the time. In January 2011, Mandela was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for an acute respiratory infection.
He had contracted tuberculosis while in prison. – Sapa


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Pickled Radishes
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At the same farm stand where I bought the horseradish that I wrote about a few weeks ago, I picked up a bunch of beautiful new radishes. Usually, I just eat radishes fresh, with a little butter. But this year I made a refrigerator pickle with them that is very elegant, that I plan to use to garnish omelets and fish. There is no USDA approved recipe for canning radishes, so I would be winging it to recommend a waterbath canning procedure (though since we are talking pickling, it is likely safe to waterbath process). However, since I only made 1 half pint, I can stand having it join the rather crowded condiment shelf in my fridge.
The vinegar solution in the jar turns a beautiful pink. It is a lovely product to look at. The taste is sweetly hot, and using a mandolin to slice the radishes insures a delicate mouthfeel. It is a rather elegant little pickle, and easy to make.
Pickled Radishes
Makes 1 half pint
6 radishes the size of pin pong balls, sliced very thin (1 heaping cup)
1 large shallot cut into eighths
½ cup vinegar
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt
Place the vinegar, sugar and salt in a small pot and heat over a medium low heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Add the radishes and shallots. Heat until the vinegar just begins to boil, and then remove from heat.
Pack into a sterilized half pint jar and refrigerate. Allow the radishes to cure one week before serving. You may have a little extra vinegar. I saved mine and used it in salad dressing.
Omelet with Pickled Radishes
Serves 2
It is one of those quirks of recipe writing that something so totally simple can be so divine, but the crisp, sweet, tart radishes on top of a simple omelet is as elegant as anything I've eaten in weeks. I would definitely serve this for company, New Year's Eve, anniversaries…
4 eggs
¼ cup heavy cream
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons butter
2 – 4 tablespoons pickled radishes
Combine the eggs and cream in a bowl and season to taste.
Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a small non-stick pan over a medium heat. Add half the egg mixture and allow to cook for a few minutes. Then slightly scramble the eggs, making sure the bottom of the pan is still covered with egg. I do this to make the omelet a bit fluffier. Allow the omelet to cook without disturbing it for a few minutes more. When the bottom is golden brown, fold one third, then the other third of the omelet over, as if folding a napkin or towel. Flip the whole omelet over so the seams can cook.
Repeat for the second omelet. Garnish with radishes and serve immediately.
I also am still eating pea cream (with and without horseradish—see my post the week before last for the recipe). We recently had this perfect (and perfectly easy) June dish.
Broiled Shrimp and Squid Skewers with Pea Cream
Serves 2
½ pound shrimp, shelled and deveined
¼ pound squid, cut into 2 inch long pieces (see note)
1 cup breadcrumbs (homemade is best)
2 tablespoons minced parsley
1 scant tablespoon minced garlic
2 – 3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Juice from ½ lemon
½ cup pea cream
Preheat your broiler.
Combine all the ingredients except for the seafood and lemon juice in a bowl. The breadcrumbs should be just moistened with olive oil, so be careful not to add too much. Add the seafood and toss it in the breadcrumbs.
Skewer the shrimp and squid on metal or wood skewers (if you use wood skewers you have to soak them in water first so they don't burn). My skewers are 8 inches long. I made 2 skewers per person, with about 3 pieces of squid and 3 shrimp per skewer. Don't pack the squid and shrimp tightly or they won't cook as well.
Please the skewers on a rimmed baking tray. Sprinkle the remaining breadcrumbs and lemon juice over the top of the skewers.
Place under the broiler and cook for a few minutes, until the breadcrumbs brown, the shrimp turns pink and the squid becomes opaque and dry looking. Then flip the skewers over. (This can be a messy job, as the shrimp tend to spin on the skewers.) Broil until the shrimp and squid are cooked all over.
Heat the pea cream or serve at room temperature. Place a puddle of cream on a plate and remove the seafood from the skewers and place on top.
Note: I don't use the tentacles in this dish. I freeze them and save for a fish stew or paella.
For my New York readers, the maatjes herring are in at the Grand Central Station Oyster Bar. These are served raw, with condiments. They are absolutely the most buttery, silky fish you'll ever taste. I love them, especially with a little cold shot of Genever gin. They will be around for about two weeks.
This will be my last post for a few weeks. I am off to China to witness the harvest of the Cordyceps sinensis mushroom, a rare medicinal mushroom much prized in the Chinese pharmacopoeia.
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The Flying Dutchmen travel for the second consecutive week meeting Concordia-Chicago in River Forest, Ill. on Saturday, Sept. 15. Kickoff will be 1 p.m. CT. The game will be broadcast by 92.7THE VAN-FM and streamed on the internet.
The Hope College Alumni Association will sponsor a pre-game tailgate picnic.
The Flying Dutchmen are renewing a rivalry that has been dormant for 37 years. The teams last met in 1975 when Hope won 37-7. The series started in 1972. The Flying Dutchmen have won all four previous meetings.
Saturday's game is part of the new "Challenge Series" pitting the member schools of the MIAA against teams from the Northern Athletics Conference (NAC). The two NCAA Division III conferences have entered into a four-year agreement matchups that are to be based on each school's finish in their respective conference the previous year. The home sites will alternate each year with NAC schools being the host this season and the MIAA teams serving as host in 2013. A year ago Concordia was co-champion of the NAC while Hope was runnerup in the MIAA. Saturday's "Challenge Series" schedule: Albion at Benedictine, Hope at Concordia-Chicago, Adrian at Wisconsin Lutheran, Trine at Concordia-Wisconsin, Kalamazoo at Lakeland, Alma at Aurora and Olivet at Rockford.
Concordia-Chicago is off to a 2-0 start with close victories over Lake Forest (35-27) and the University of Chicago (27-26). The Flying Dutchmen are 1-1 having defeated North Park in their season opener 42-24, but bowing last Saturday to Millikin 49-20.
The Cougars in 2011 finished 8-2 for the third consecutive season. The Flying Dutchmen were 7-3 in 2011.
This will be Hope's third consecutive game against an Illinois opponent. The non-conference portion of the schedule concludes against yet another Illinois foe when the Flying Dutchmen host Illinois Wesleyan on Saturday, Sept. 22.
Stat Watch: Freshman punter Dean DeVries (Grand Rapids/Grandville HS) tops the MIAA averaging 39.2 yards per punt… Both Hope and Concordia are averaging 31 points a game… Concordia's high-powered offense is averaging 461.5 per game, including 292.0 yards from passes. Hope's pass defense is allowing opponents just 126.0 yards per game passing... The Flying Dutchmen have yet to score in the third quarter… Hope's 10 touchdowns thru two games have been scored by seven different players… Hope's 49 pass completions to date have averaged 9.3 yards compared to Concordia's 14.3 on 41 catches… Hope's time of possession through two games has averaged 40 minutes per game. Concordia meanwhile, has a 25 minute average time of possession… Concordia is 7-for-7 on red zone scoring opportunities compared to Hope's 8-for-11.


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Year 10 RFPs are now available to download. The attachments and
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FORMS link for your convenience.
This Aldine E-Rate portal is a central repository for
current, Year-10 E-Rate projects. Housed within the portal are
calendars, campus technology information, proposed projects, question
and answer boards, forms, directions for participation, and details
about previously funded projects.
Aldine Independent School District's Technology Services Department
will be issuing RFPs on Monday, November 6, 2006. Proposals are being
sought for the following items:
High-Speed Data Lines
Direct-Connect/Cellular Service
Maintenance and Support for Existing Network Equipment
A pre-proposal meeting will be held on Thursday, November 9, 2006 at
the Aldine ISD Boardroom located at 14910 Aldine Westfield Rd., Houston,
Texas 77032. Discussions will be held at the following times: Internet
Access - 9am–9:30am, Telecommunications – 9:30am–10am, Internal
Connections - 10am–10:30am. Attendance at the pre-proposal meeting is
not required.
Project details along with each RFP will be available on November 6, 2006 and can be found on the Aldine ISD web-portal at www.aldine.k12.tx.us/erate.
Aldine ISD encourages all proposers to periodically check the
web-portal for updates and additional information related to these
First Legal Advertisement - 11/4/2006
Second Legal Advertisement - 11/5/2006
RFP Release Date - 11/6/2006
Pre-Proposal Conference - 11/9/2006
Third Legal 170 Completion Date - 11/17/2006
Deadline for Questions by - 11/20/2006
Proposal Due Date (2 pm) - 12/11/2006
You are encouraged to begin by exploring the calendar,
proposal requests, and direction sections. If you have any questions,
please feel free to contact the E-Rate coordinating office by email at: [email protected]us.
This RFP website was built using Quickplace technology. To view and download the PDF documents, you will need the Acrobat Reader application from Adobe. It is available from the Adobe website at "www.Adobe.Com".


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Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Trident Inn Galley does Outstanding Job on Thanksgiving Meal
I cannot even begin to tell you how good this Thanksgiving meal was and how much it was appreciated. It was pouring rain and our refrigerator had broken the day before so even though we planned on attending the declared special event meal day for DoD, Retired and Military personnel- it was even more advantageous because of our recent household fridge issue.
Even from the beginning, getting through the gate was enjoyable, the gate guards were friendly and helpful with directions to the Trident building and had a great sense of humor that was entertaining for a torrential downpour turkey day!
When we walked into The Trident Inn the first thing we saw was this gorgeous ice sculpture in the shape of a large fish! That was where the personnel directed us to the self service line (the quicker line) where there was turkey, ham, roast beef (oh my gosh the roast beef!) and all the trimmings. I was most impressed with the sweet potatoes – they were outstanding! It takes real skill to make sweet potatoes with the right amount of spice when you are cooking for masses of people.
The desserts were to die for and the running chocolate fountain would have made Willy Wonka jealous!
The icing on the cake for me were the HUGE crab legs. I had been anticipating these all week and they were even better than I thought they would be!
Even the coffee bar was outstanding with Starbucks coffee and different shots of flavored creamers!
The atmosphere was relaxing and people seemed to really enjoy the food and brought family and friends. It was great to see military past, present and current DoD come together for an exquisite meal. I am just a blogger, PSNS spouse and mom… but I really commend the Trident Inn for a job well done.
THANK YOU for the great price and quality of the meal, it made it a great day for all that attended.
PS) We would love more Special Event Days so keep us posted if there are more for DoD workers and families!


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navitas1 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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"TopVibrationsâ€, which is our new start-up, will be selling a range of better than usual, up-market adult toys and products.
We are looking for a fresh approach for a clean and modern web 2.0 stylized design which will later be coded with CSS. The page width will be fluid, not fixed, with a scroll bar for height. Search box also needed.
Should look like the new fashioned style of websites. Not the usual boring and cluttered old fashioned shopping sites. However, would probably still want a left sidebar navigation since this is an ecommerce site and customers still find that the most user-friendly.
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Will need a space for a flash movie which will be added later and will highlight the quality of the merchandise.Â
The site will be selling about 40 different items and this figure will continually rise with time.
We really want to look different from our competitors, whose websites tend to look similar .
Logo should be clever, elegant and exciting looking.
We quite like white and /or steel/light-grey as the main/background colors with perhaps pink/red as minor colors, but we really are open to suggestions.
Baring in mine Sitepoint's rules on adult material, graphics will need to be kept respectable. This is how we would like the website to be anyway.
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Is It Time for Samsung to List in the U.S.?
Samsung Electronics' share price has fallen by about 10% this year even as the company has pushed its quarterly profits to new record highs and extended its market share lead over Apple — a situation that has vexed company executives.
Could the answer be to simply open up investment to foreign investors? The answer is a plain yes, argues Mark Newman, a Hong Kong-based technology analyst.


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The debate over the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Gongliao District (貢寮), New Taipei City (新北市), has resurfaced.
At the time of the first National Energy Conference in 1998, anti-nuclear sentiment was at a high point. Then-premier Vincent Siew (蕭萬長) sought to appease this by announcing that nuclear energy was to be the government's last resort and it would work to develop renewable energy sources by investing NT$10 billion (US$335 million at current exchange rates) over a period of five years.
However, at the time, although the anti-nuclear movement had cause, it did not have any persuasive evidence that a nuclear disaster could happen, and that remained the case until the occurrence of the Tohoku earthquake two years ago, and the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster that it caused in Japan.
From a purely economic perspective the movement had no viable alternative to offer and the renewable energy technologies industry, still not mature, had little to bring to the table except hope. Nevertheless, following Siew's announcement of the government's intention to divert more resources into the research and development of renewable energy sources, and with government effort during the intervening years, the nation's solar power industry now plays a decisive role in the global supply chain and its production costs are falling.
Currently, installing a solar power system in Taiwan costs about NT$60,000 to NT$80,000 for every kilowatt it produces. According to test data from around the nation, the savings in electricity bills due to such a system, calculated at a rate of NT$4 per unit of electricity over the 25 years of its operational life, would be anywhere between NT$90,000 and NT$140,000, and would more than pay off the initial installation costs.
For the first time, solar power is economically viable without government subsidy: It has reached the stage of grid parity, at which the costs of an alternative energy source are consistently equal to, or less than, drawing electricity from the national grid.
According to Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) data, the state-owned company supplies electricity to about 4.5 million residential household or business premises, with customers paying an average of NT$4 per unit of electricity. The cost of installing solar power electricity generation equipment would actually be lower, averaged over time, than buying electricity from Taipower.
Government officials say that solar energy is unstable and inconsistent, but this is to be expected until — probably 10 years from now — it is in widespread use, defined as providing more than 3 percent of the total electricity supply.
The government should spend that decade installing micro-grids, including electricity storage facilities, throughout the nation. There is also adequate space for installing equipment on roofs: All the government need do is amend the law and have smart meters installed.
If the effect of potential electricity shortages of post-nuclear energy is to be lowered, all that is needed is for peak loads to be reduced, for which air conditioners are the main culprits.
With solar energy — for which the peak production months are those when demand for air conditioning is at its highest — the solution to the peak load problem is simple: To produce the 2700 megawatt output expected from the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant would only require 1 million billed customers, not even a quarter of those grid parity customers, to use solar energy systems. With solar power grid parity there will be no shortage of electricity, even without the fourth plant.


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This chapter describes the various components that you must configure in order to use an EIS composite collection mapping.
This chapter includes the following section:
For information on how to configure TopLink mappings options common to two or more mapping types, see Chapter 121, "Configuring a Mapping".
For information on how to create TopLink mappings, see Chapter 120, "Creating a Mapping".
Table 82-1 lists the configurable options for an EIS composite collection mapping.
Table 82-1 lists the configurable options for an EIS composite collection mapping.
Table 82-1 Configurable Options for EIS Composite Collection Mapping
|Option to Configure
|Oracle JDeveloper
|TopLink Workbench
XPath (see Section 121.4, "Configuring XPath")
Reference descriptors (see Section 78.3, "Configuring Reference Descriptors")
Method or direct field access at the mapping level (see Section 121.6, "Configuring Method or Direct Field Accessing at the Mapping Level")
Read-only mappings (see Section 121.2, "Configuring Read-Only Mappings")
Configuring container policy (see Section 121.14, "Configuring Container Policy")
Mapping comments (see Section 121.8, "Configuring Mapping Comments")
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Directed by: Josh Zentner-Barrett
Practice: Every Thursday evening - 8:15-9:45 p.m. September to June
Program: The role of the Adult Choir is to lead the musical worship of the congregation. Anthems are chosen to represent a wide variety of styles and periods, and to vary in difficulty so that both beginners and experienced singers are comfortable. The choir's music is meant to inspire the congregation and enlarge on the themes of worship through musical expression.
The Adult Choir also values its role as a caring, close community within the larger Church family.
New members are always welcome.


text: Dress-up games are one the easiest games to make with Flash. This instructable will instruct you on the ways of making your very own dress-up game. To follow this instructable, you will need Adobe Flash of some description. I used CS6, which you can download and trial for free from the Adobe website. However, I think that previous versions of Flash should be fine too. You will also need some basic knowledge of how to use Flash, but it's really for beginners (like me! :D ) Finally, I suggest having a tablet, as it will make drawing a lot easier. I apologise for my terrible drawing skills, as well as my inability to express myself clearly. I assure you that whatever I say always makes sense in my head.


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I recently made a road trip into south-central PA and one interesting find (actually, it was one of a couple… more on the others later) was that thirteen veterans of the 54th Mass. Infantry are buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Mercersburg. Actually, "Little Africa," which is essentially along Fayette Street in Mercersburg, was settled by several African-Americans in the 1820s (some of them were escaped slaves). According to one website (part of the early version of the Valley of the Shadow),
By the 1840s, they comprised almost 20% of the street's 33 propertyholders. This neighborhood, known as "Little Africa," also housed the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, and became known as a station on the Underground Railroad. Thirty-three residents of Little Africa joined the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War.
Incidentally, there is a nice collection of letters pertaining to the 54th Mass. from the Demus and Christy families at the Valley of the Shadow site.
Apparently, another 11 residents of "Little Africa" joined the lesser known 55th Massachusetts Infantry. In all, 88 African-Americans from Mercersburg served in the Union army. All of the African American Civil War veterans buried in the Mt. Zion cemetery are listed on this page. From this article, it appears that a Pennsylvania Civil War Trails sign is forthcoming (between 2009-2010).
On a related note, I just realized that one of the African-Americans buried in Mt. Zion was a member of the 2nd USCT Cavalry. Well, in my recent "marker hunter" exploits, while I was documenting the monument at the Middle Spring United Presbyterian Church (where many of my Pa. relatives hailed from) I found that one of the men listed on the monument (Thomas B. Mains) was a 1st lieutenant with the 2nd USCT Cavalry. He was killed in one of the actions near Drewry's Bluff on May 12, 1864… though no relation to me, I just find it an interesting tie-in.


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Autism has 'eerie' connection to cancer gene
"It's eerie," says a scientist of a newly discovered link between autism and cancer. What researchers found: A gene known as PTEN can cause a number of different cancers, including breast, thyroid, and colon; and it turns out that some 10% of kids with mutations in the gene have autism, the New York Times reports. That's about 10 times the typical rate of autism occurrence.
Autism also occurs in about half of kids with a genetic disorder known as tuberous sclerosis, which boosts brain and kidney cancer risk. Only a very small proportion of kids with autism have these gene mutations, however.
NEWSER:Baby spontaneously combusts
But the discovery has allowed researchers to alter the genetics of mice to mimic autism symptoms (the Times notes no animals get autism "naturally"). That enabled them to test a drug that fights tuberous sclerosis-induced tumors on the mice. After observing promising results there, a clinical trial involving a similar drug and children who have autism and the tuberous sclerosis mutation has begun. The researchers hope the drug, called everolimus, will boost the children's mental abilities; the study is due to be finished by December of next year.
Read about how the placenta may also hold autism clues on Newser, a USA TODAY content partner providing general news, commentary and coverage from around the Web. Its content is produced independently of USA TODAY.


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The day after Easter temperatures climbed into the 80's, and it seemed to affect the Quakers of Penn Charter more than their guests from Friends Central as PC's tennis team fell to the visiting Phoenix, 5-2.
Charter's regular number two player, Jason Weisbaum, was away on a college visit, so fellow senior Jay Schaeffer bumped up to the second spot and sophomore Gautam Nagaraj, normally a JV performer, played third singles. On the other hand, the Quakers won a match by forfeit right from the get-go as Friends Central was unable to field a fourth doubles combo.
Coming into the contest, the only loss for each squad had come at the hands of La Salle High School, which beat PC in a regular match and topped FC at the Mayor's Cup Tournament back in early March. Otherwise, Penn Charter was 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the Inter-Ac League, while defending Friends Schools League champion Friends Central was 2-0 in the FSL and 5-0 against all comers.
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The two number ones were up to the challenge of competing in the prematurely warm weather, and played the longest match of the afternoon.
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At this juncture, Friends Central had already clinched the team victory, so it was decided to play a 10-point super-tiebreaker instead of a full third set. The issue was still not easily resolved, as Rojo went up 9-6 in the breaker and Hahn came back to level the tally at 9-9. The Charter number one edged ahead again and then wrapped up the segment, 11-9, when he was able to come to the net for an overhead slam.
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Dave Durst is the only other senior on the PC team who's finalized his college plans. The Princeton-bound Durst teamed up with fellow senior Mike Brown at first doubles in the Friends Central match, but they succumbed to sophomore Raaj Singh and senior Wes Kaminsky of the Phoenix in two 6-3 sets.
In a freshmen-only second doubles contest visitors Greg Lynn and Max Ginsburg won a 7-4 tiebreaker to take the first set from Ben Richards and Geoff Zlobinsky of the Quakers. Lynn and Ginsberg were ahead 2-0 in the second when one of the PC players had to withdraw due to a shoulder injury.
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