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Awesome multimedia. This is big.Watch movies. Make movies. Whatever your passion, nothing brings it to life like the HP ENVY 17 Notebook. With an ultra vivid, 17.3-inch diagonal HD+ display.
About model 17-j020USWith a 17.3-inch diagonal, HD+ display and awesome multimedia performance, nothing brings your passions to life like the HP ENVY 17 Notebook.
Key specifications- Windows 8- 4th generation Intel Core i7-4700MQ Processor- 17.3-inch diagonal HD+ BrightView LED-backlit display (1600 x 900)- Product weight: 6.28 lb- 8GB DDR3 SDRAM (2 DIMM) Maximum supported = 16GB- 1TB 5400RPM hard drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection- Intel HD graphics 4600 with up to 1792MB total graphics memory- Beats AudioTM with quad speakers and a subwoofer- Full-size island-style keyboard with numeric keypad- SuperMulti DVD burner- Intel 2x2 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth with WiDi with IntelSmart Connect Technology
Product highlights- Featuring Windows 8- HP TrueVision HD Webcam: Capture all the details with vibrant clarity.- HP Connected Photo powered by Snapfish: Sync photos across your PC, smartphone, and tablet. Crop, rotate, add captions, and more. Then share in seconds with friends and family through your social networks. Picture the fun.- HP Connected Music powered by Meridian: Get the most out of the tunes you love today and discover more music in a whole new way. Enhance your experience by browsing your CDs, downloads, Internet radio, and streaming services - all together in one place.- HP ProtectSmart: Helps keep your notebook's data safe from accidental bumps and bruises.- HP CoolSense: Keeps your notebook cool and comfortable automatically.- HP SimplePass: Access online accounts with the swipe of a finger.- CyberLink: We've got your entertainment needs covered. From our webcam app to powerful photo and video editing - even an enhanced video experience.- Beats Audio: With quad speakers, and a subwoofer, is designed for the best sounding, richest audio available on a PC.- Dual array microphone with noise cancellation: Hear and be heard clearly with advanced noise reduction.- Box: Finally, all your mobile content is in one place. Free 50GB lifetime cloud storage from Box.- Intel Identity Protection Technology: Surf and shop with complete confidence.- Intel Smart Connect Technology: It stays a step ahead so you don't miss a thing.
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Accessible memory slots- 2
Video Graphics- Intel HD graphics 4600 with up to 1792MB total graphics memory
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Weight- 6.28 lb
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This week the country will go football crazy as the World Cup gets under way. It should be a time for celebration, but the event – like many others – has consequences for many public sector organisations.
Unfortunately, it is a time when there is an increase in domestic abuse and alcohol-related violence. The recent sunny weather meant a 30 per cent increase in reports of domestic abuse in Greater Manchester when compared with the same weekend in 2013.
The only way this can really be tackled is by encouraging behavioural change, and that is where comms teams come in. They need to find ways to be the agents of change. This means having an understanding of social psychology, philosophy and history to be able to develop campaigns that really make a difference.
It challenges the traditional view many PR officers have of their role. It is no longer enough to have a press release and do a bit of tweeting or Facebooking. It has to be much, much more.
To start with, there has to be a clear understanding of people's behaviour and what makes them act in particular ways. Then you can start to find ways of changing their perspective on the issue. If you think about past campaigns that have successfully changed behaviour – such as the 'Clunk Click Every Trip' seat belt campaign – it worked because it presented a different view. It wasn't just about saying it was illegal, and don't do it; it graphically demonstrated what could happen by giving a different viewpoint.
Encouraging people towards viewing things in a different way has always been central to communication, but I believe the PR industry has been slow in acknowledging the skills required to do this. Advertisers and marketers have long been aware of the importance of understanding psychology.
We now need to make sure comms teams have skills that are relevant to the challenges of today. For example, are they able to develop campaigns that can make people look differently at things? Do they recognise how digital developments can galvanise people to a particular view? Or are comms teams still hung up on the press release and the method of delivering the message? I am throwing the old training plans out of the window to start again.
With the World Cup comes 'fan zones' where people will meet to watch the matches and drink. More than likely there will raised tensions, and we know the good weather has the potential to increase alcohol-related violence and domestic abuse. While the police do not want to be killjoys and dampen the party spirit, we – and other public sector agencies – will have to try to get people to understand the impact of their behaviour.
Developing the messages to try to prevent these problems will be tough and just the latest step in a journey that we are encouraging people to take.
Amanda Coleman is corporate comms director at Greater Manchester Police

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Martin Tyler will return to ESPN for the next World Cup where he'll be commentating World Cup 2014, says the Associated Press.
It's quite an incredible achievement to secure Martin Tyler for two World Cup tournaments in a row. The man is hands down the best soccer commentator in the world. And by having Tyler in such a prominent place in ESPN's line-up of talent, it gives the network a great ability to hire other talent who want to work alongside him. And it also shows the continued commitment ESPN is making to the sport in United States.
Going into World Cup 2010, the surprising factor about ESPN's World Cup commentary team is that Ian Darke has been better than Tyler. Both gentlemen have completely different styles of commentating. Tyler is understated, more impartial and can say more in a few words than others can say in several minutes. Darke, on the other hand, is closer to an American commentator in the way that he's more enthusiastic in his voice and words, and is more conversational.
Neither Tyler or Darke are perfect. Perhaps the perfect commentator would be someone with a style that was in between the two. But to each his own. Tyler has seemed pretty drab at times, especially in the first few days of broadcasting where he seemed to be trying to find his spot. But his commentary during the Round of 16 has been exemplary. And Darke has sometimes been too over the top and partial to the United States where he would be better curbing his enthusiasm, even if just a little bit.
No news yet on whether Ian Darke will return to ESPN in 2014. Let's hope he and Roberto Martinez, just to name two professionals, return alongside Tyler.
Overall, soccer fans in the United States should feel lucky that the country has one of the best, if not the best, World Cup viewing experiences in the world. Fans and pundits in the United Kingdom have been complaining up and down about ITV and BBC's coverage. Without a doubt, the top talent in terms of commentary and analysis on ESPN this summer.


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Centipede (Colecovision) (Pre-Played - Game Only)
$ 11.99
An insidious invasion of multiplying insects (centipedes, jumping spiders, poisonous spiders, and frenzied fleas) pose different perils to the mushroom patch. You must repeatedly blast enraged creepers and stubborn obstacles or lose your enchanted fungus. Remember to listen for the distinctive sounds of the attacking bugs; and watch out for blasted centipede segments, each one grows a new head!


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Not to sight-see, mind you, but rather...
"...to put 48 hockey players through their paces in something called the Hockey Resume Free Agent Camp in Niagara Falls, Ont. Now, the Hockey Resume Free Agent Camp and, let's say, the first round of the NHL draft should not be confused. Hockey Resume is a company that tries to find jobs in the minor leagues, often the low minors, for players who don't have contracts."
Campbell notes that Boudreau is saving a few bucks -- Boudreau himself said that "I'm basically doing it so my son doesn't have to pay...I said I'd help out with a practice and give their camp some validity if my son could attend for free."
But we wonder, given his history, if it just wasn't an excuse to get some hockey teaching in.


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Commercial family history magazines operate in a niche market. Nobody is forced to buy them.
Unlike society periodicals, that come as a benefit of membership in an organization which provides other services you perhaps value more, the commercial magazines live and die, and several have died in the past couple of years, based on how well they meet client needs.
Your need for a magazine primarily depends on your family history. Only your can evaluate which magazine, if any, is best for you.
Below is a basic comparison of several newsstand magazines focusing on cost, excluding point of sale added taxes. It is most useful for magazines competing in the same market, with similar cost structures, so the North American and UK based magazines are separated.
North American based
Family Chronicle and Internet Genealogy http://www.familychronicle.com/ and http://internet-genealogy.com/
These are Canada-based publications catering to an integrated Canada/US market. The April and May issues each contain 56 pages, 43% of which are in colour, for a newsstand price of $6.95. The cost is 12.3 cents per page, or if you exclude the 16 pages of ads, 17.4 cents per page.
Family Tree Magazine (US) http://www.familytreemagazine.com/
Caters primarily to the US market. The May 2011 issue contains 74 full colour pages and a Canadian cover price of $8.99. That's 12.1 cents per page, and excluding 14 pages of ads, 15 cents per page.
The UK based magazines below use an ISO standard A4 page size which is 3% larger than the North American 8.5" by 11" standard.
BBC Who Do You Think You Are? http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/
This magazine catering to the UK market is the longest established and likely has the largest international circulation. Based on the March 2011 issue which has 124 pages, 100% in colour, and a newsstand price of £4.60 = $7.35, cost is 5.9 cents per page, or if you exclude the 26 pages of ads, 7.5 cents per page. This issue also has a cover CD which boasts free records worth £60.
Your Family History http://www.your-familyhistory.com/
The March 2011 issue of this magazine, number 12, which commenced publication in 2010 has 76 pages, 100% in colour, with a newsstand price of £4.25 = $6.79. That's 8.9 cents per page, 10.8 cents per page excluding 13 pages of ads.
My ideal magazine would help with my research interest in England and Wales, and cover developments which don't depend on ancestral background (software, social networks). The magazines that cater to that need are published in the UK. If found on a Canadian newsstand the price is typically doubled or even tripled. Exorbitant surcharges are made for overseas subscriptions, something that could be circumvented by offering electronic versions. UK magazine publishers are missing out on what could be an attractive market.


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A group for Doctor Who fans to discuss the show: Sonic Screwdrivers Unite! (or sonic lipstick)
Website: http://thetardispage.blogspot.com/
Location: Tardis
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Here we will discuss the show--past, present and future Doctors, Masters, and Monsters and MORE!
WARNING: This group will post comments, discussions and videos that may contain spoilers.
You can also join our facebook page, The Tardis Page:
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"Sleep No More" was Moffat's last trite, implausible horror story for me. Its ongoing insult to audience intelligence peaked at the climax. <scoff> I'm giving up on Dr. Who. Might a well resign the group too.
Very witty, Ruth. :-D
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Now you can chat 24/7, but who wants to host the first shin-dig?
Check it out.
After years of gathering dust, the latest Fan Club volunteer, Danny, has cleaned up shop and put in a fully-functional Java lounge for your enjoyment.
Post a comment here especially if you're interested in setting a date and time for people to convene.


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PUMP GAMESFill Up With Ethanol?One Obstacle Is Big OilRules Keep a Key FuelOut of Some Stations;Car Makers Push BackBy LAURA MECKLERApril 2, 2007; Page A1President Bush, domestic auto makers, farmers and others tout ethanol as a home-grown alternative to imported oil. Across the Midwest, plants that make the fuel out of corn are multiplying at a torrid pace. Yet so far, only a tiny fraction of U.S. service stations let a driver fill up with ethanol. There are a number of reasons, but one big one is resistance from oil companies.Although some oil executives voice enthusiasm for alternative fuels, oil-company policies make it harder for many service stations to stock a fuel called E85, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline.These policies are hardly the only barrier to wider use of the ethanol fuel. Demand is limited by the small number of vehicles that can burn it -- only about 5% of those on the road in America. It can be slightly costlier to burn E85, even though it costs less per gallon, because a car doesn't go as far on a gallon of the ethanol fuel as on gasoline. These demand restraints would limit service-station owners' enthusiasm for spending on the equipment needed to offer E85 even if the policies of the oil companies were not a factor.But those policies add a significant extra obstacle. Oil companies lose sales every time a driver chooses E85, and they employ a variety of tactics that help keep the fuel out of stations that bear the company name. For instance, franchises sometimes are required to purchase all the fuel they sell from the oil company. Since oil companies generally don't sell E85, the stations can't either, unless the company grants an exception and lets them buy from another supplier.Contracts sometimes limit advertising of E85 and restrict the use of credit cards to pay for it. Some require that any E85 pump be on a separate island, not under the main canopy. Oil companies say they will allow stations to sell E85, but they must have certain rules for the protection of customers and protection of their brand. They call the restrictions reasonable and in some cases necessary to make sure drivers don't fill up with E85 if their vehicle can't burn it.Most of the U.S.'s 170,000 fuel stations aren't owned by oil companies but are either franchised from them or independent. Less than 1% stock E85. Some experts say that to really take hold and be seen as a viable alternative to gasoline, the fuel would have to be available at, roughly, 10% of stations.Those pushing for ethanol are targeting two very different types of fuel stations: those run by big retailers like Kroger Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and independent ones owned by small businesses. These represent the biggest and smallest of businesses, but have one thing in common: They aren't under the thumb of the oil industry.Nearly half of the gasoline sold in the U.S. does have some ethanol in it. Oil companies routinely use it as an additive, typically at 10% ethanol to 90% gasoline, because the corn-based fuel burns cleaner. The blending enables companies to meet government smog-reduction rules. They also add ethanol because of a federal mandate on the industry as a whole, requiring that it use a certain amount of "renewable" fuels in its products.Among those pressing for wider use of E85 are domestic auto makers, especially Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. Ethanol is one energy initiative where they're out in front of Japanese car makers. While Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. are known for their gasoline-electric hybrids, Detroit, which has been heavily criticized for its sales of gas guzzlers, is far ahead in making "flexible-fuel" vehicles that can burn either gasoline or ethanol. In Dwight, Ill., Becker's BP on Interstate 55 is one of just a few dozen major-brand gasoline retailers in the U.S. that sell E85. Owner Phil Becker says the governor wanted the state's vehicles to use E85 and targeted his station as a popular stop for state workers. He says BP PLC let him get the fuel from a non-BP supplier, and the Illinois Corn Growers Association gave him $100,000 for new tanks and pumps that BP required."Because I've got E85 and we've advertised it, we've had four or five farmers that traded their trucks to get E85 vehicles," Mr. Becker says.Exxon Mobil Corp.'s standard contract with Exxon stations bars them from buying fuel from anybody but itself, and it doesn't sell E85. A spokeswoman for Exxon Mobil says it makes exceptions case by case.Even if one is granted, the station must follow rules including one that says E85 must be dispensed from its own unit, not part of an existing multihose dispenser. "This minimizes customer confusion around vehicle compatibility issues and maintains product quality integrity," says the spokeswoman, Prem Nair.A ConocoPhillips memo to franchisees says the company doesn't allow E85 sales on the primary island, under the covered canopy where gasoline is sold. Stations must find another spot. As a result, it isn't quite as simple for a driver to decide on the spur of the moment to fill up with E85. ConocoPhillips declines to comment.A Chevron Corp. agreement with franchisees also appears to discourage selling E85 under the main canopy. It says dealers offering alternative fuels cannot "deceive the public as to the source of the product," a phrase that some gas-station interests interpret to mean that E85 can't be sold under the main canopy. Chevron says it recommends, but doesn't require, that E85 pumps be outside the canopy.Chevron says it requires Chevron- and Texaco-branded stations to keep "E85" off their primary signs listing fuel prices. To show the fuel's price, and alert approaching drivers that E85 is for sale, the stations have to erect a separate sign.Another Chevron recommendation makes it much more expensive for a station to offer E85 at all. Stations usually have three tanks, for the three gasoline grades, regular, mid-grade and premium. The easiest way to offer E85 in addition to these three is to convert the mid-grade tank to E85. Such a station can still offer mid-grade gasoline, because a "blender pump" can mix some regular with some premium, and mid-grade will come out of the hose.But Chevron's agreement with station owners recommends they install new pumps and tanks at their own expense if they want to stock E85. Doing so can cost more than $200,000 per station, according to a fuel-station trade group in Washington state called Automotive United Trades Organization. Chevron says it requires special tanks only if they're needed for safety.Oil companies also require stations to stock all three grades, meaning stations may not simply replace a low-selling mid-grade with E85.At BP, guidelines for stations that carry the company name bar any mention of E85 on signs on gasoline dispensers, perimeter signs or light poles. The stations also can't let buyers use pay-at-the-pump credit-card machines.Selling E85 is "not impossible -- it's just that they really kind of hassle you to not put it in," says Ron Lamberty, who owns two stations in South Dakota, one a BP station. Mr. Lamberty doesn't sell E85, even though he is director of market development for the American Coalition for Ethanol. He says he is looking into adding the fuel to his BP station in Sioux Falls.Mr. Lamberty mocks BP's "Beyond Petroleum" slogan: "It's 'beyond petroleum' but not so far beyond petroleum that it would contain anything but petroleum," he says.BP says its guidelines are in place so customers realize the mostly ethanol fuel isn't a BP product. The company also bars stations from selling it under another brand name, such as VE85, the brand of a maker in Brookings, S.D., called VeraSun Energy Corp.A BP spokesman, Scott Dean, says, "When you've got 97% of your customers unable to use the product, you want to be very, very sure it is very clearly advertised." He says BP bought 718 million gallons of ethanol last year to blend into U.S. gasoline in small amounts. "BP is one of the largest if not the largest purveyor of biofuels in the U.S. and the world," Mr. Dean says.E85 also faces barriers having nothing to do with Big Oil, like the limited number of cars that can burn it. Domestic auto makers have vowed to double production of flex-fuel vehicles to about two million a year by 2010 and to make half of their new vehicles sold in America E85-capable by 2012.While the fuel usually costs less, it can be costlier to drivers because they get about 25% fewer miles per gallon from ethanol than from gasoline. At a pro-ethanol group called the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, Executive Director Monte Shaw estimates that E85 has to be at least 20 to 30 cents a gallon cheaper to compete with gasoline on price.Iowa statewide average prices on a recent day were $2.18 a gallon for regular gasoline and $1.97 for E85, according to a Department of Energy Web site. Because E85 is less energy-intensive, the site said, it would cost the average owner of a big Chevy Tahoe SUV about $2,364 a year to fuel it with E85, and $1,935 to fuel it with regular gasoline.The price of ethanol has risen in the past year, partly because of demand from oil companies that want it for an additive. This usage creates something of a conflict for big ethanol producers like Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. Their main ethanol customers are the oil companies. Customers for E85 are far smaller and more fragmented.ADM, whose yearly output of 1.1 billion gallons is more than 20% of the domestic ethanol market, says it is happy to sell E85 if someone wants it, but that is a "very small" part of its business. "Near term, we have focused more attention on the" additive side, says an ADM executive, Edward Harjehausen.Even the main ethanol lobbying group in Washington, the Renewable Fuels Association, has focused mostly on developing the market for the fuel as an additive. "If you have a pump that sells E85 but you don't have customers pulling up to that pump, why do you want to bother?" says Bob Deneen, its chief lobbyist.A few smaller producers do actively promote E85, such as VeraSun, which seeks to establish a branded E85. But even the smaller producers sell the bulk of their output for blending as a gasoline additive.Because ethanol is more corrosive than gasoline, there's some concern it could leak out of a standard dispensing system and spark a fire. No E85 dispensing system -- nozzles, hoses, pumps -- has been certified by Underwriters Laboratories, the organization that tests the safety of products.In October, UL suspended certification of parts that had been certified for use in E85 systems. Though there hadn't been any reports of problems, UL said it decided it needed to do its own safety research. Results aren't expected until late this year.Among those trying to overcome obstacles to E85 are the domestic auto makers. They have built flex-fuel vehicles for years because doing so gives them "credits" in their efforts to meet federal fuel-economy standards. Without the credits, Ford and GM wouldn't have met mileage goals for light trucks in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and would have owed fines. The mileage goals pose a bigger challenge to Detroit because of its heavy reliance on large, thirsty vehicles. Foreign makers generally haven't resorted to building flex-fuel cars to meet the mileage goals.For Detroit, the credits applied even if the flex-fuel cars they built never actually burned ethanol. For a long time, the auto makers said little about ethanol, and many owners of flex-fuel cars didn't know they had them. But when gasoline prices surged in 2005 and 2006, GM and Ford saw their flex-fuel cars as a way to counter their image as gas-guzzler makers.Both began promotional campaigns, such as one in which GM gave buyers in Chicago and Minneapolis $1,000 gift cards good for E85. GM began to work with state officials to find grants to pay for installing pumping equipment. It has helped add E85 to 235 stations. Ford helped pay for installing 50 pumps so someone could drive from Chicago to Kansas City while filling up only with E85.Among ethanol backers' recruits are two grocery chains. Kroger installed E85 at about 40 stations in Ohio and Texas. Privately held Meijer Inc. did the same in Michigan and Indiana.Wal-Mart could provide a significant boost. It said last year it was considering selling E85 at its 388 company-owned stations but hasn't made a decision.The U.S. tax code acts as a stimulus. Service-station owners can get a credit of up to $30,000 for their outlays to convert equipment to sell E85.Some states have done their bit to spur the market. New York enacted a bill last year that barred oil companies from requiring stations to buy all of their fuel from the companies.In the Albany area, station owner Christian King has begun selling E85 at one of his three Mobil outlets and plans to do so at a second. He says Mobil's restrictions still mean he can't put the price of E85 on the main sign or let drivers charge it on their Mobil credit cards.Adding E85 "is a personal thing," Mr. King says. "I'm trying to do anything I can to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. And if this thing kicks off, I'm in a position to benefit."
Its getting to the point where i am actually considering trading in my Explorer to get the Hybrid Escape.
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Supplier Diversity Program
mission statement/ vision/ values
Boston College's Supplier Diversity Program is designed to enhance our supplier base by promoting opportunities to qualified diverse suppliers and fostering the University mission of welcoming diversity to our students, faculty, staff and community by expanding relationships and enriching economic opportunities.
Our objective is to promote greater minority-owned and women-owned business participation. This program forms a connection between Boston College, the small business and the MWBE (Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise) community. The inclusion of these businesses in the economic mainstream improves the economic stabililty of our community and improves overall diversity of the University. It provides an additional benefit where vendors may interact with our students, faculty and staff, providing greater opportunities for ideas, interest and overall experience.
By creating effective business relationships, we strengthen economic development and viability for disadvantaged businesses while providing a value-added strategy that increases competition. Through this commitment, we promote the opportunity for qualified MWBE's to receive fair and equal chances to provide goods and services to Boston College.
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We've had a bit of a wall-based revolution in recent months as we've emerged from the spectre of Special Measures. Student work seems to have been deprecated in favour of attractive and colourful but rather uniform creations that focus on achievement and motivational photos of kids at work. This isn't a criticism at all, but I thought it would be nice to take the initiative back in my own room at least and hand responsibility for display over to the students. Suspecting that too much independence wasn't likely to achieve the new corporate standards, I got the students to commission the media resources officer to make the display to their specifications. This is the result…
The finished display incorporates a variety of contributions from every student in the class. The Wordle element aggregates a homework task, and other items include haiku poems, creative writing and Google Earth 3D modelling. Some volunteered additional work in the form of extended writing and poems that were of exceptional standard. The display was completed with the addition of miniature photographs of the student's heads which they placed on their favourite part of the work.
The overall result is a display of really high quality work to which the students feel a real sense of attachment. There is no mention of levels, or indeed any written feedback from me at all.
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*** All tickets for the 2013 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities with Martin Scorsese have now been spoken for. Please tune into the live-stream of the lecture on April 1st at www.NEH.gov ***
The 2013 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities to be delivered by Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese on April 1st will also feature illustrative clips from film history and a conversation with noted film critic and long-time Scorsese collaborator Kent Jones. Tickets for this free public event in Washington, DC may be obtained starting March 11 through www.NEH.gov.
The annual Jefferson Lecture, sponsored by NEH, is the most prestigious honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. This year acclaimed filmmaker and film preservationist Martin Scorsese will present the 42nd Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities on Monday, April 1 at 7:30 PM at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in a multimedia format, with his discussion of film, humanities, and the art of storytelling illustrated by stills and clips of films that span the history of cinema. His lecture will be followed by an onstage conversation with writer Kent Jones that will expand upon the themes of Scorsese's Jefferson Lecture.
A widely-respected film programmer, writer, and director, Kent Jones has worked with Martin Scorsese for many years, both in filmmaking and in film preservation and restoration. The two have collaborated on documentaries such as My Voyage to Italy (2001), A Letter to Elia (2010), a Peabody Award-winning film about the director Elia Kazan, and Val Lewton, The Man in the Shadows (2007). Jones serves as Artistic Director of the World Cinema Foundation, founded by Scorsese to preserve and distribute neglected films from around the world. He is also the Director of Programming for the New York Film Festival for the Film Society of Lincoln Center. His film criticism has appeared in numerous international publications including Cahiers du cinéma and Film Comment, where he served as editor-at-large. In 2007 Jones published Physical Evidence, a collection of his film writing; he has also edited an English-language volume on the writings of French film director Olivier Assayas. He is the recipient of a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Tickets for the 2013 NEH Jefferson Lecture will be made available free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis via a ticket request form that will go live on the NEH website (www.NEH.gov) on March 11, at 11:00 a.m. EST. Tickets must be requested online through this registration form; NEH cannot accept ticket requests made by phone, email, or other means.
The Jefferson Lecture is the Endowment's most widely attended annual event. Past Jefferson Lecturers include Wendell Berry, Drew Gilpin Faust, John Updike, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Bernard Bailyn, Toni Morrison, Arthur Miller, James McPherson, Barbara Tuchman, and Robert Penn Warren.
The 2013 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities is made possible through the generous support of American Express and HBO.
"We are honored to support the 2013 NEH Jefferson Lecture and a long-time partner of ours, Martin Scorsese," said Timothy J. McClimon, president, American Express Foundation. "Film has influenced so much of American culture, and through Martin's work preserving film, he is helping to preserve our cultural heritage. We are thrilled to support his efforts, and those of the NEH, to celebrate our past and inspire the future."
This year's Jefferson Lecture will also be live-streamed online, viewable through the NEH website (www.NEH.gov) on April 1st. Those unable to attend in person are encouraged to watch the lecture online and join the national conversation about film and the humanities, using the hashtag #JeffLec2013.
Note to press: Accredited journalists wishing to cover the 2013 Jefferson Lecture should RSVP to Paula Wasley at @email with your full name, organization, email address, and phone number. Due to high demand for tickets and limited capacity, journalists are encouraged to pre-register to cover the event by March 29th at 12 p.m. EST and to arrive at the event before 7:15 p.m. Preference will be given to reporters with a demonstrated commitment to covering the Lecture. Once capacity has been reached at the Kennedy Center, all guests, including media, will be unable to enter the theater.


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Just over a year ago, I got an email - totally out of the blue from the incomparable Mrs Deanna Jump. She invited me to join a team of incredible teacher bloggers over at Blog Hoppin'. What an honour! I still pinch myself and feel so lucky to get to be a part of such a quality collaborative blog.
You can join in on the Blog Hoppin' fun by linking up with our teacher week blog posts this week.
My invitation to join in with Deanna and the girls could very easily have never happened. Like so many other teachers traversing this online edu-blogosphere I let things get to me at times.
Feel 'out-of-the-loop'.
And I have even been on the verge of giving it all away. Several times.
Which brings me to #1 of my 5 fun facts.
1. I never give up.
I've had this passage pinned on my noticeboard for the best part of a decade. Do I think of myself a winner? No, not really. But I want to be.
I keep working hard. I try to imagine the road ahead of me and I try to stick to it.
If I get sidetracked, I take a little detour and get right back to it. My road has been a long and hard one at times but I keep moving and I keep making progress.
I promise you, if you want something it will eventually be yours if you just keep doing your thing.
Make your pathway easier by being yourself - don't let things people say or the attitudes of others change your vision.
2. Birds
I just read Sheri's post and found out that she is terrified of birds. Girl, I am right there with you.
These are two ceramic birds that my dad has glued to his veranda (not going to get into that one right now, that will take a whole other post to cover). This is about as close as I want to get. And these ones don't even move.
To make it even more interesting, I am OK with white birds, yellow birds, blue birds and most native Australian birds.
I can hardly type the word chicken. Or pigeon.
3. I love to draw
You may know that already. Here are my sketch books since 2012.
I used to sit and watch my dad draw and ask him to draw all sorts of things for me. It used to both fascinate and frustrate me that he never needed to sketch, he would just start drawing and get it perfect right away. Here is a page from my first grade homework. I had to draw things that started with 'p' - we worked on it together and he did the parrot and pelican for me.
4. Lake Life
I live near the biggest saltwater lake in the southern hemisphere. I spent a lot of time on the lake as a child, as my dad loved boats of all sorts. So much so, that if I never go boating ever again, I think I would be just fine. How did I learn to sit and concentrate for hours at a time? Try spending a whole weekend on a 6-meter sailboat with only a small bag of quiet toys for entertainment!
They were wonderful days full of laughter, sunshine and saltwater. I would not trade them for the world. This photo is of the two men in my life - my husband and beautiful boy Sam.
5. I Teach in Australia
I am so fortunate to be able to teach in a part-time capacity. Our school department has a policy for teacher mothers to take part time leave from their permanent teaching position to care for their children, until the youngest is at school.
Our status, career development and permanency is to remain intact, we just take a number of days 'leave' away from it and another teacher is employed to cover the days you are at home. This is my yard (playground we call it) duty. The beach is nearby, so a gentle sea breeze carries across the yard most of the day. The playground is very peaceful and the children have an amazing amount of space to run and enjoy the sunshine. I felt at home immediately after arriving at this school and I treasure it.
Well there you have it, five fun facts about me. Please head over to Blog Hoppin to find more posts from teacher bloggers around the world. We would love you to share and link up as well. If you don't have a blog, you can share in Instagram, Facebook or Periscope and use the hashtag


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In 2019, the SUNY Board of Trustees revoked the naming of John and Editha Kapoor Hall as well as John Kapoor's honorary degree. More information is available in the university's News Center.
Release Date: September 27, 2012
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will become the first professional school in three decades to move back to UB's South Campus and into the City of Buffalo when UB celebrates the grand opening of John and Editha Kapoor Hall on Friday, Sept. 28, at 10:30 a.m. on UB's South Campus.
The morning's program will begin with an official welcome by Wayne K. Anderson, PhD, dean of the school.
It will be followed by remarks from UB President Satish K. Tripathi, New York Lt. Governor Robert J. Duffy, New York State Sen. Mark Grisanti, New York State Assemblyman Sean Ryan, City of Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown and UB Council Chairman Jeremy M. Jacobs.
UB alumnus and donor John N. Kapoor, PhD '72, will also speak. Kapoor is president of E. J. Financial Enterprises Inc., a venture capital firm located in Lake Forest, Ill.
The remarks will be followed by a ribbon cutting, tours and a reception.
Kapoor Hall Facts:
- Building named for donors John N. Kapoor and his late wife, Editha
- Designed specifically for the anticipated growth and academic excellence of UB Pharmacy, ranked in the top 25 pharmacy schools by U.S. News & World Report
- Demonstrates UB's commitment to sustainability through the "re-use" of an existing building
- Designed by architects at S/L/A/M Collaborative
- 147,000 square feet
- Targeting silver certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), a green building national rating system that provides standards for sustainable construction
- New York State provided $46 million of the $62 million project, with the rest coming from UB and private philanthropy
- Several of the building's signature spaces are donor-funded
- The Panasci Atrium
- The Isaacs Lecture Hall
- The Pine Pharmaceutical Care Learning Center Classroom
- The Pharmaceutical Care Learning Center Patient Assessment and Counseling Rooms
- The CVS Caremark Student Organizations Suite
Kapoor Hall is one element of a much larger and ongoing effort to reinvest in UB's South Campus. The UB 2020 strategic plan, supported by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's NYSUNY 2020 legislation signed into law last year, will help to enrich campus and academic life throughout UB, aid the continued growth of UB in downtown Buffalo and increase UB's regional economic impact.
Press arrangements: Sara R. Saldi in the Office of University Communications at 716-645-4593, email@example.com, or onsite at 716-597-8434.
A map of UB's South Campus where Kapoor Hall is located is available at: http://www.buffalo.edu/buildings/maps/SouthCampus.pdf
The Parker Lot, which can also be found on the above map, is recommended for parking during the festivities.
Sara Saldi has retired from University Communications. To contact UB's media relations staff, call 716-645-6969 or visit our list of current university media contacts. Sorry for the inconvenience.


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Broad. Muscular. Dynamic. The BMW X6 combines the solid stance of an X model with the sportiness of a coupé. The commanding front contains striking air inlets that provide an indication of the power lurking behind them. The large, sporty-shaped double kidney grille underlines this athletic presence, with an added air of supremacy provided by the double headlights and the fog lights, which are positioned wide on the vehicle's exterior. When viewed from the side, the sporty, coupé-like silhouette comes to prominence, optically framed by the premium chrome surrounds of the windows. From this perspective, the active design language of the BMW X6 is recognisable in an instant: The first part of the unmistakable crease line extends from the powerfully shaped front wheel housings to the rear door handles. The second part begins at the rear wheel housing and tapers off elegantly at the rear of the vehicle. The dynamic nature of the BMW X6 is even more prominent at the impressively wide rear, where horizontal lines characterise the solid stance. The BMW X6 is ready to leave all limits behind.
Adaptive LED Headlights
The Adaptive LED Headlights comprise an accent light, LED light rings, lowbeam function, BMW Selective Beam (anti-dazzle High-Beam Assistant), LED fog lights, cornering lights, turn indicators, daytime running lights and Adaptive Headlights with variable light control. All functions are in LED technology, without exception.
The light distribution is automatically adapted to match the speed and the steering angle. The particularly bright light is similar to daylight and optimally and evenly illuminates the road, which improves visibility and makes driving less tiring. The four LED light rings lend a distinctive appearance, even during the day.
LED fog lights
Fog lights increase short-range visibility in fog or precipitation, improving night-time driving safety. Along with their broad beam angle, they are notable for the colour of their light – which is extremely similar to daylight – their long lifespan and their low energy consumption. The fog lights are also a striking design detail beneath the double round headlights on the attention-grabbing front end of the BMW X6.
Rear lights with LED technology
The rear lights with lighting elements in full LED technology are each composed of two individual high-performance LED lighting elements. Both have the characteristic BMW L shape. That strengthens the rear end's identity as a BMW and makes the vehicle recognisable as a BMW even in the dark.
The L shaped lighting elements in the brake lights provide an additional echo of the design motif within the rear lights.
Clear structures. Exclusive sportiness. High-quality craftsmanship. The interior of the BMW X6 is carefully thought through, right down to the last detail. In typical BMW style, the cockpit is fully orientated towards the driver, who enjoys an excellent overview thanks to the elevated seating position. The sporty shape of the seats guarantees optimum stability, even on the most dynamic journeys.
The coupé-like silhouette and all-encompassing interior contours ensure that vehicle occupants feel comfortable at all times. Light and dark interior surfaces create intense contrasts and the premium-quality materials and standard-feature leather trims send out a clear message: Perfection is of the essence.
Top quality is the dominating characteristic of the leather equipment and decorative trims in the BMW X6. A variety of expressive colour combinations are available. One option is the upper section of the instrument panel in black Soft Nappa leather; in combination with the Design Pure Extravagance package in Cognac/Black, this is enhanced by contrast stitching in brown. The lower section comes in Cognac. The contents of the M Sport package include the leather/Alcantara combination in Black and interior trims in Aluminium Hexagon. Dakota leather is also available in various different colours; the Coral Red variant with black contrast stitching combines with the interior trim in Fine Brushed Aluminium to create an appealing accent.
The Lights package includes numerous LED lights and lends the interior an elegant ambience that invites passengers to relax. The "welcome" lights create a carpet of light in front of the vehicle, welcoming the driver. Ambient light underlines the lounge-style atmosphere of the interior. Nine predefined light designs in blue, white and orange fill the interior with a soothingly relaxing mixture of indirect and direct light sources. The additional light sources of the Ambient lighting are found on the trim, in the front and rear footwells and in all of the door compartments and panels, among other places. Practical reading lights are installed in the rear. Additional LED lights on the exterior offer additional everyday convenience, such as the LED vicinity lighting in the door handles that is activated upon entering and exiting.


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Black Forest gateau
Impress your guests with this chocolate cherry layered cream cake - a revamped version of a retro classic
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving (10)
- kcal859
- fat48.9g
- saturates29.9g
- carbs93.7g
- sugars73.6g
- fibre2.6g
- protein7.2g
- salt0.7g
- 175g salted butter, plus extra for greasing
- 200g bar dark chocolate
Dark chocolatedahk chok-o-let
Dark chocolate means the shiny, dark-reddish brown treat produced from the cacao bean, theobroma…
- 300g plain flour
- 375g golden caster sugar
- 25g cocoa
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda, is an alkali which is used to raise soda breads and full-…
- 2 medium eggs
- 200g buttermilk or natural yoghurt
There are two types of buttermilk. Traditional buttermilk is a thin, cloudy, slightly tart but…
To assemble
- 425g can pitted cherry, 2 tbsp juice reserved, rest drained
One of the delights of the summer, cherries are much loved for their succulent texture, flavour…
- 100g morello cherry jam
One of the delights of the summer, cherries are much loved for their succulent texture, flavour…
- 4 tbsp kirsch (or more juice from a can if you want it to be non-alcoholic)
Produced in mainly in Germany, but also in Switzerland and the Alsace region of France, Kirsch…
- 500ml tub double cream
- 3 tbsp icing sugar
- 1 small punnet fresh cherries (optional)
One of the delights of the summer, cherries are much loved for their succulent texture, flavour…
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease and line the base of 3 x 20cm cake tins. Boil the kettle. Put the butter and 75g chocolate broken into chunks in a small pan and gently heat, stirring, until completely melted.
Mix together the flour, sugar, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda with a pinch of salt in a mixing bowl. Whisk the eggs and buttermilk or yogurt together. Scrape the melted chocolate mixture and egg mixture into the dry ingredients, add 100ml boiling water and whizz briefly with an electric whisk until the cake batter is lump free.
Divide the mixture between the tins and bake for 25 mins, swapping the tins round after 20 mins if they're on different shelves. To test they're done, push in a skewer and check that it comes out clean.
Prick the cakes a few times with a skewer. Mix together the 2 tbsp reserved cherry juice and the kirsch (or more juice) and drizzle over the cakes. Cool the cakes.
Mix together the remaining drained cherries and jam. Tip 200ml of the cream into a small pan and heat until just below simmering point. Chop the remaining chocolate and put in a heatproof bowl, pour over the hot cream and stir until melted. Set aside until spreadable.
When the cakes are cool whisk the remaining cream and the icing sugar together until softly whipped. Spread over two of the cakes, then spoon over the jammy cherries. Stack the cakes together. Spread the chocolate cream over the third cake and sit on top of the other cakes. Pile the fresh cherries in and around the cake and serve


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Sunday Worship – The NU-ME 5
Sunday 5 July, 10:00am
10am Morning Worship
Join us for worship, prayer and teaching led by Rose. This is part of our series looking at Romans 8. NU-ME is a series about living in relationship to the Holy Spirit, looking at the person and ministry of the Spirit in the life of the follower of Jesus.
This service includes our monthly sharing of communion.
Morning services at HLBC include a variety of music styles and singing, Bible teaching and prayer. Currently children aged 15 and under leave after 20–30 minutes to go to their own Sunday Club activities. A baby room is also available at the back of the church during the service. Refreshments are provided after the service ends, usually between 11.20 to 11.30am.
6.30pm Evening Worship
Our evening meeting is a smaller, more intimate gathering for worship, word and prayer in the Green Room, and finishes by 8pm.


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Chainprinter Font by Typodermic
What happens when computer printer marries a chainsaw and a player piano? A piece of 1960s computer equipment called a chain printer that printed at alarming speeds, even by today's standards. Band printers were similar to chain printers except were more like bandsaws than chainsaws. Most print chains and print bands had limited punctuation, no accents and no lowercase letters. Chainprinter recreates the effect of this mechanical marvel/nightmare of yesteryear.
Want a crisp version with lowercase? Try Typodermic's Linefeed.
Tags: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Distressed, Font, Graffitti, Retro, Urban


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This resource outlines the minimum standard for the specification of internal window grilles. This standard is usually required for museums under the Government Indemnity Scheme, but is a useful guideline for all museums when managing risks to their collections.
The Guide to Physical Security Standards for Buildings maps a range of physical security standards against a scale of risk ranging from low risk in domestic applications to high risk in commercial and government applications. When specifying for physical security measures you can use this guide as a general indication of the standards you might require in commercial products. Security products, their specifications and suppliers are listed on Red Book Live.
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Aesop's moral might be: when you dump an artist, you must be prepared for the most extraordinary of responses.
'Extraordinary' is just the word for Nina Paley's 82-min. animated tour-de-force, Sita Sings the Blues, showing now at the Green Mountain Film Festival. I haven't raved like this about a film (ranted, tried to convert friends and family and coworkers…) since last fall, upon seeing Let The Right One In – coincidentally, another of this year's Festival offerings. Before that? I don't remember.
The single fact that Paley's work is autobiographical goes a long way to fast-track it to the top of the genre, and advance this remarkable vision far beyond most definitions of an 'animated feature'. More than a breakup catharsis (surely must have been that too, though) Sita speaks to the greater arc of human relations, survival, and self-realization – in the most humorous ways imaginable.
The film employs the full range of artistic devices and expression. An epic Indian text (the Ramayana) gives us the story of Rama, an Indian Prince, and Sita, his virtuous, suffering, and wrongly accused wife. This is interwoven seamlessly with Paley's own incredible experience of getting dumped (by e-mail!), while she's on a business trip in New York and her husband is in India.
Three congenial Indonesian shadow puppets offer contradictory interjections in a sort of 'chorus' role, to advance (and, sometimes hilariously confuse) the narrative.
The story is visually realized through a combination of paper collages and cutouts, hand-painted watercolor backdrops, and lush, colorful computer-generated 2D animation techniques that appear to exist in their own unique universe of time/space relationships. There is art of untold riches to be found in breaking the rules, and Sita is nothing if not artful.
And finally, now that your imagination is nearly saturated, I'll mention that the whole story is punctuated by Sita's clever music/dance interludes, overlayed by the superb singing of '20s-era diva Annette Hanshaw. It's eerie how the well-worn lyrics to standards like "Mean to Me", "Moanin' Low" and "Who's That Knockin' At My Door" take on new life in this setting, it's as though they've been waiting the better part of a century for this very chance to come together in a single voice and illustrate the story of Nina, Sita, and lovers everywhere. Why Annette Hanshaw? The filmmaker can explain that one.
Sita is joyous. It's naughty, irreverent, exuberantly inventive, and, deeply touching.
When you see Sita, you will likely find it so captivating you will want to own it. To watch it over and over again yourself, and share the special experience with others. To which Paley says, 'no problem'! You can buy a copy (when the film becomes available commercially, possibly next month…or not…) but you can also download, share and copy the film absolutely free under the creative commons provision.
And then of course there's the other option: you could make your own version of the film. If you're the creative-minded type you may want to seriously consider going to the website's store and buying Nina Paley's 320G hard drive, signed by the artist (how do you sign a hard drive? :) and jam-packed with all of the original, high-resolution digital files that were used to make the movie. Think of the possibilities there!
How fitting that Sita is so accessible, for a film about love, loss, (empowerment!) and other such commonly shared human experiences.
"That's all"!
Sita Sings the Blues has two more screenings at the Festival; Sat. the 28th at 6:30am and Sun. the 29th at 11:30am. With greatest thanks to Ms. Paley for the gift of this exceptional film, her genorosity in sharing this personal experience in such an inspired creative expression, and – for the laughs! Preview Sita here on YouTube.
Tags: Annette Hanshaw, Green Mountain Film Festival, India, Montpelier, Nina Paley, Rama, Ramayana, Sita, Sita Sings The Blues


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What better way to celebrate the season than with a visit to Santa Claus, Indiana?
I saved this portion of my summer road trip to publish this week. The town must look quite magical during the Christmas holiday, so my sunny photos might not do it justice.
There are several town websites to explore.
This one doesn't have many photos: Santa Claus IN.
This site has some history: History.
a HA! This site has a photo gallery: Celebration, but not many show a winter wonderland.
I guess I'll have to get back there some December and see if it looks more like the North Pole.
There is an amusement park there, but I only peered in from the cache location outside.
One of the two shopping centers, Kringle Place:
The post office, where they must receive many wonderful letters from around the world:
… and the man, the icon, the Santa:
May your Christmas and New Year celebrations be filled with the magic of the season and many wonderful memories for years to come.


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This commentary originally appeared at 8:53 a.m. EST on Nov. 30 on Real Money Pro -- for access to all of legendary hedge fund manager Doug Kass's strategies and commentaries, click here.
"Disaster has a way of not happening."
-- Byron Wien, Vice Chairman of Blackstone Advisory Partners
Recently, I opined that not only are the fiscal cliff fears overblown but so are the economic, political, geopolitical and tax fears overblown. Nevertheless, the earnings cliff fears (which will ultimately limit Mr. Market's upside) are not overblown.
In understanding why we will likely see a timely fiscal cliff compromise, it is essential to also go back to the November election, in which the message was one of moderation, and moderation equates to an ultimate compromise.
Some market participants (and certainly the media) seem to be now incorrectly playing the last war (which took place during the budget deliberations in August 2011). By contrast, I believe that fiscal cliff fears are likely misplaced, as we are at the point of necessity, and my view is that both parties get this. Sleeves will be rolled up in the next three to four weeks, and the outcome will likely be a relatively pro-economy/pro-business compromise with multiple concessions from both sides.
Compared to the budget deliberations of August 2011, this time around neither party can risk the perception of being obstructionists in the negotiations. Americans clearly have voted with their feet, and they want and prefer compromise over drama.
Once Bitten Twice Shy
My bet is that having been disappointed once and with the domestic economic recovery still subpar, we won't be disappointed twice. Fifteen months ago, neither the Democrats nor Republicans thought through the consequences of their partisanship. This time, they have clear knowledge of the potential adverse impact of stalled negotiations regarding the fiscal cliff -- both with regard to the economy and our stock market.
Arguably, both parties are now damaged goods (though for different reasons) and have to prove that they can legislate for the common good rather than on partisan terms. They cannot afford to do otherwise; they are not likely to make the same mistake twice.
Both parties find themselves in trouble, neither party is trusted (the overall voter turnout was weak), and it appears that Democrats and Republicans finally might/should recognize that the serious secular financial and economic problems should be addressed in a more bipartisan manner.
In the debt negotiations during the summer of 2011, the electorate was appalled by the partisanship and lost confidence in our leaders. They must earn that confidence back by resolving some of their differences. (They will have another two years before the 2014 elections to posture on a partisan basis.) It is my expectation that both parties will likely move toward the center in the fiscal cliff negotiations and will reject the more extreme members of their respective parties in making concessions to each other.
Again, the 2012 election was a win for the moderates. Compromise and agreement between the two parties remains my baseline expectation.
I expect the final fiscal compromise will produce only about a 1% fiscal drag in 2013, which will easily be overcome by a better-than-expected housing recovery and by improved business confidence, hirings and business fixed investment spending.
Geithner's Proposal Gets the Silent Treatment
The market's resilience in the face of early legislative posturing appears to be sending a strong message that the fiscal cliff will be resolved in a timely fashion by year-end.
Case in point: Yesterday Treasury Secretary Geithner (representing the Obama administration) delivered a one-sided proposal to the Republicans. His proposal offered $1.6 trillion in tax increases and only $400 billion of unspecified (and non-guaranteed) entitlement program cuts over the next 10 years. The 4:1 ratio of tax increases to spending cuts was a partisan and unbalanced proposal, far more lopsided than the tentative agreement made between the President and the Speaker of the House in 2011 and imbalanced relative to the Simpson-Bowles proposal (which had more in spending cuts relative to tax increases).
Upon release of this one-sided proposal, the market's reaction was muted, with S&P futures dropping by only 4 handles. (Since Thursday's 5:00 p.m. EST announcement, the modest falloff in futures has been reversed, and S&P futures are now up by three handles.)
Why didn't the market collapse upon receipt of the administration's proposal?
The answer is quite simple: The market recognizes that Tim Geithner delivered only the first proposal from the Democrats at the beginning of negotiations. The administration has absolutely no intention to stick to the proposal -- if it did, the House would soundly vote down the proposal and the full extent of the fiscal cliff's drag would be felt in the first half of 2013 (causing a recession and a sharp stock market fall).
The muted market reaction to the one-sided Geithner proposal makes sense to me.
Mind Your Investments, and Ignore the Media
There is little question that the schism between the parties is more venal than it was 20-25 years ago, which has led to the politics of division over the last decade.
Nevertheless, ignore the media's overhyped and extreme interpretations of both the Democratic and Republican Parties' gambits, especially in the early stages of negotiations (which is really more theatre and posturing than negotiations). And ignore items such as CNBC's promotional bug of the fiscal cliff countdown -- we have seen repeatedly, over time, other bugs that were killed off.
Being fearfully preoccupied with the first act of this fiscal cliff ballet could result in shedding investments that are attractive over the intermediate term. Instead of burying your head in the sensationalism of the media, try burying your head in balance sheets and income statements in order to find the next Ocwen Financial (OCN) or Altisource Portfolio Solutions (ASPS).
It will be a more productive endeavor.
In summary, be fearful of the earnings cliff not the fiscal cliff.


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(CNN) – Comedian Stephen Colbert says it will make a difference whether President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney wins the election in November - but he doesn't know what that difference will be.
"I'm not Ralph Nader. I don't think there's no difference," Colbert said in an interview airing Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "There is a difference. I don't know what the difference is, though."
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On Obama, Colbert said there's a possibility he might be "a more aggressive reformer or changer in the second act of his presidency."
"If he wins, I hope he keeps some of the promises he didn't keep the first time," he added.
Colbert said he didn't know how Romney would govern if elected president. "He might govern as a technocrat. That sort of seems to have been his career, as like the guy from Pepsi who comes in to run GM - he can't tell us what he'll do because he hasn't seen the books yet."
"We don't know because he seems absolutely sincere as a moderate, and he also seemed sincere as a severe conservative," Colbert said of Romney, even as he insisted that wasn't a slight. "It's honest confusion, because he has a good shot at winning, and if he does, I hope he's a good president."
Asked if he's ever considered running for political office, Colbert said no way. "I have said terrible things with a straight face on camera. Can you imagine the political ads that could be run against me?"
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Sincere as a moderate.. sincere as a conservative!!! Colbert has it right... lying cheating all the way.... has Romney have no shame? Oh I forgot, he has none.
I think Obama is a better man for this job,he has done so much,just in a short while,give him that sugar so he can use for his tea,he is the man.
the willard belongs to the sect LDS which spells Lie...Deceive...Smear
No one knows how Mittens would govern, because not only does he keep changing his position on everything, apparently, according to his wife, he has some mental issues we should be concerned about ...
Obama/Biden 2012 = The only sane choice
I would like to see Obama FINALLY take some responsiblity for his lack of leadership and governing. He has shown he is not a President for ALL Americans. He picks and chooses whom he will help. Why are there so many of food stamps and mediaide? Because he didnot make as many jobs as he likes us all to believe. The private sector not government creats jobs, and they are bogged down with so many regulations, that they can not or will not create more jobs under this President. The middle-class is between a rock and a hard place., only solution is to CHANGE administration and HOPE for things to get better. Obama's policies and his senior advisors are stopping Americans from prospering.
@Paul: "Colbert's show is much like Fox News. It's entertainment."
Colbert's show is on Comedy Central (note the word "comedy") and is on 4 nights a week, 22 minutes a night.
Fox calls itself "Fox News," claims they are "fair and balanced" and has news reports, talking heads and hosts and interviews politicians. Fox only hides behind the "we're just entertainment" crap when they get called on their lies.
If you don't see the difference, then you're blind.
Here's a difference, plain as day: Mittens only cares about 53% of our people and President Obama cares about 100% of our people.
Obama/Biden 2012 = The only sane choice
Brian, you said
the other sits there like an empty suit, enjoys the trappings of the office, but LETS THINGS SORT THEMSELVES OUT then sees what he can take credit for ...... Do I really need to spell out which is which? Uh, DUH....
Sort of like kick the ball down the field and lets see what happens right? Yep Brian, you NEED to spell out which is which!
Obama has done NOTHING! Geez, someone actually wrote he has done a lot. What exactly? Hope and Change garbage is not an accomplishment. Oh, except for advancing the principles of welfare mentality and socialism. Perhaps that is Popori means.
I think alot of people are missing the point of what Colbert said. He's saying, Mitt Romney is not true to himself, much less the American people. Mitt Romney doesnt know who Mitt Romney is. He also says if Mitt is elected President, he hopes he does a good job. I think we can all agree with this notion... even if we sincerely hope that he is not elected.
Here is a big difference between Romney and the President. Romney wasn't responsible for getting 4 americans killed and then create a false narrative to try and cover it up, while jetting off to Las Vegas for a fundraiser. Now we finally get the truth from Hillary Clinton, who btw should have been running this year instead of this disgraceful President.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters that her agency was not the source of misinformation concerning the attacks, charging instead that the White House was the source of the false mantra that the murders were spurred by an anti-Muslim film made in the United States.
Clinton told reporters that when Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, made her rounds on every Sunday morning news show to claim the film motivated the attacks, the information had been fed to her by the White House and not the intelligence community in the State Department or the CIA.
Not only does Clinton's statement contradict early White House accounts but directly contradicts statements made by Vice President Biden during the debate
That is becaue Romney is lying to win at any cost. He is making a mockrey of you all and you are so blind with hate for the black president you will let this man win and mess up the country evn more than Mr. Bush. We need to send a clear message to Romney and Ryan that we are not that stupid. Instead it seems as if you all are going to reward these guys for their lies. We are the laughing stock of all the World. Mr. Obama is not perfect but he had done his best without the help of the GOP. There is a stark differenent between how the President plan for making the country a level playing field.
'"Colbert's show is much like Fox News. It's entertainment.""
Yes, they are both parodies of conservatism...one intentional and the other, apparenlty, unintended.
"Not only does Clinton's statement contradict early White House accounts but directly contradicts statements made by Vice President Biden during the debate"
Where do you come up with this tortured nonsense? Where do you think the information came from that the WH was relying on when it told Rice? Oh, gee, you mean the intelligence community said something and the WH beleived and repeated it? Wow...shocking. Nothing in what Clinton said supports your strange assumption that the fact that the WH informed Rice means that the WH was simply maknig thinsg up instead of repeating what it was told by intelligence.
BTW, you can stop with the silly PUMA-esque attempts to sow dissent and resentment among Dems/liberals over the fact that Hillary isn't running, etc. That crap didn't work the first time. I suppose you trying to do it again is somewhat predictable though, since the entire GOP/Teatroll policy premise is that we should keep doing the same things over and over, particulalry with the economy, and expect a different result.
Well, he got rid of bin Laden for everyone. But Cheney and rest created "TERROR" for the rest of the world, which we'll never be rid of. So choice of president doesn't matter a whole lot. The greatest evil still exists and will always exist. Just get used to your civil rights being taken away. The war machine will keep marching on...
Yeah, Clinton contradicted herself as she became aware of more facts. She should have had all the facts correct from day one. Shame on her. It's kind of like declaring "Mission Accomplished" a few weeks into a conflict despite facts that might lead any person with a brain to think that things may drag out for 9 more years, put billions of $ on the U.S. credit card and take over 4,000 American lives – all justified by proven lies about the presence of WMD's.
Colbert's obvious problem is that he never learned to count to $3 BILLION dollars. You know, the amount Obama is charging on your childrens debt, every single day!
I want to know how does stephen colbert matter? To me he's very silly, too silly for my taste. how can anyone take him serious? This is soooooo not news.
However I do want to mention the fact that candy crowly had grover norquist on her show yesterday...WHY? he is not a political figure he is a nobody but she had him on the panel that as usual has more republicians then democrats. This evil man is holding these spineless men and woman in congress hostate by sighing this pledge not to raise taxes, how in the hell do you justify having someone like this on a panel discussing the presidental race?
Why is everyone arguing their position on CNN blog post? You're conservative vote for Romney, you're a Democrat, vote for President Obama. I doubt seriously any of you are what the media would call undecided. Reading your posts you sound pretty well decided to me. So good luck to all of you on Nov 6. Then after the President is elected you can begin your claims of how the world will be destroyed by the one you didn't vote for. I'll be sipping on wine laughing at most of you anyway


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior senator is pressing Hyundai Motor Co and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp on their plans to compensate customers for inflated fuel-efficiency claims the two companies admitted earlier this month.
Hyundai and Kia have agreed in negotiations with the Environmental Protection Agency to reimburse customers for additional fuel costs.
Under the plan, customers who purchased one of 13 Kia or Hyundai models from the 2011 to 2013 model years will receive a debit card to reimburse them for the difference in fuel economy and an extra 15 percent will be added to the account to acknowledge the inconvenience.
"While I believe this is a positive step, I am concerned that many affected customers may not learn about the program or may find it burdensome to participate," Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller said in separate letters to the heads of Hyundai and Kia's U.S. divisions on Thursday. The letters were posted on the Commerce Committee's website.
He pressed the executives to explain by December 14 how their companies will "maximize the effectiveness and the accessibility" of the program and their plans to reach customers who might not initially take advantage of it.
Four weeks ago, Hyundai and Kia conceded that they overstated the fuel economy by at least a mile per gallon on more than 1 million recently sold vehicles.
Moody's Investors Service has estimated the compensation campaign could cost Hyundai $100 million a year until the cars are scrapped. The automaker also faces lawsuits over the matter.
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Krafcik said Hyundai estimates 90 percent of affected owners who have come to dealerships for odometer verification are satisfied with the reimbursement program.
A Hyundai spokesman declined to comment further on Friday, while a spokesman for Kia also declined to comment.
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