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Shanghai GRAND SLAM | 30 April - 5 May 2013
Shanghai, China, April 30, 2013 – Latvian Martins Plavins, bronze medallist from the London 2012 Olympic Games, begins the season with new partner Janis Peda. At the Fuzhou Open last week in China, Plavins and Peda did not make it out of the Qualification Tournament, but Plavins understands that the pair is still developing.
"It's not a big problem for me. I'm used to it because when I started with Samoilovs, we had zero points. Then after Beijing I changed partners to Smedins, we had about 200 points and all the time we played qualification. When we are ready to play at a higher level we will make it to the Main Draw. I believe that it will take us one season to get in the Main Draw, but it's OK," said Plavins.
Plavins won his Olympic medal with former partner Janis Smedins, who played together from 2010-2012, also winning gold at the Stare Jablonki Grand Slam in 2012.
The new year sees Plavins team up with Peda who came fifth at the Junior World Championship in Saint Quay Portrieux in 2003, but had not played competitively since.
"I can say that we have a positive atmosphere in our new team, but technically we are moving very slowly because he hasn't played beach volleyball for ten years. It's a lot of time and we need a lot of time to make our partnership work," said Plavins.
"We are not ready right now, it's for sure we're not ready. But I think maybe we will be ready for the World Championships. Maybe. I want to be ready for that because it's a huge tournament."
Both Latvian teams of Plavins/Peda and Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs will start the Shanghai Grand Slam in the Main Draw and will play their first matches on Wednesday.
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Investigating Bandwidth on the SLI X16 Chipset
Why PCI Express Bandwidth Matters
If you recall not too long ago, when PCIe video cards and motherboards were first coming to market, most reviewer's noted that since the AGP bus was far from being saturated in its last 8x implementation, the super high bandwidth x16 PCIe connections were mostly being under utilized. This was very obviously true and our initial PCIe benchmark numbers showed that in fact there was very little performance difference between the same GPU on an AGP motherboard and a PCI Express motherboard.
Then along came NVIDIA's reinvention of SLI. By adding another GPU into the mix, NVIDIA greatly increased the amount of PCIe bandwidth being used as it was, and is essential that both GPUs communicate with one another quickly. NVIDIA's SLI used both the PCIe bus in its dual x8 configuration and an external connection between both cards in the form of a small bridge. The current generation of SLI X16 motherboards continue this but with a full x16 PCIe connection under each card. ATI's CrossFire uses the PCIe bus as well, both in their x8 and new x16 motherboard options, but uses an external dongle that is responsible for transferring the frames from the secondary card to the primary card's rendering engine. For more information on SLI and CrossFire, visit my respective articles on both of these technologies.
In NVIDIA's latest nForce4 X16 chipset for the AMD platform, the two x16 PCIe connections do not reside in the same chip. The primary GPU slot stems from a x16 connection off of the CK08 north bridge and the secondary GPU slot is supplied by an additional x16 connection on the MCP south bridge. In order for these two cards to communicate over the PCI Express bus, the data from the cards must travel to their respective core logic chips, then transfer over a HyperTransport connection that is the interlink between the north and south bridge. This connection speed was previously not revealed by NVIDIA, but after recent accusations from ATI, was indicated as a full x16 HT/PCIe connection.
ATI's new RD580 chipset that also supports two full x16 PCIe connections has a very different approach that uses a single north bridge chip that houses 40 total lanes of PCIe to power both x16 GPU connections. This means that ATI's CrossFire GPUs do have one less 'hop' to communicate with each other and ATI even tells us that the x16 slots have a direct communication link inside the north bridge that does intermix with the core logic, thus bypassing any additional latency in that regard.
The Accusation
Just before the RD580 launch on the first of March, ATI came to the media with some claims about NVIDIA's X16 chipset and how it was much less efficient than ATI's own competing architecture. It was said that the connection between the two GPUs was in fact much less than the full x16 PCIe speeds that ATI's chipset had and that this would mean a less than optimal performance scenario for the end user. ATI provided some data from internal testing they had done that indicated NVIDIA's bandwidth for communication over the NF4 SLI X16 inter-GPU connection was only around 1500 MB/s compared to ATI's 2500 MB/s.
ATI's Test Results
This data provided by ATI indicated that NVIDIA's chipset provided much slower data transfer between the two X1900 XTX cards they used for testing. When the HT multiplier was lowered to 2x and 1x, the results were even lower, as we would expect. Since there is no north bridge to south bridge connection needed for transfer between the GPUs on the RD580, ATI's results remain the same throughout the graph as it has no multipliers to modify.
Also, ATI conjured up that since NVIDIA's bandwidth numbers were so much lower than theirs, the fact that the MCP is also responsible for the networking, USB, storage and PCI bus, this would actually turn out to be even more of an issue for users. Since the same connection between the south and north bridges had to not only supply data between the two graphics cards bus also storage data, networking, etc then gaming while using these features would be even slower.
NVIDIA's Response
When we approached NVIDIA with this data, they quickly took me to their SLI engineers office and showed me some competing results that indicated the bandwidth for their inter-GPU connections on the SLI X16 chipset was not only more than enough for the necessary transfers but were also much higher than what ATI was indicating to us.
NVIDIA's Test Results on A8N32-SLI
These benchmark results from NVIDIA's testing show that in their GPU to GPU frame buffer copy test, the bandwidth between the two cards was between 2500 and 2600 MB/s. These numbers are very similar to what ATI's claims on their own chipset.
I also asked NVIDIA to run their test with 7800 GTX 512 GPUs on the A8R32-MVP motherboard sporting the ATI RD580 chipset.
NVIDIA's Test Results on A8R32-MVP
You can see that NVIDIA's results for the ATI chipset are pretty much on par with their own results for the nForce4 SLI X16.
Of course, both ATI and NVIDIA questioned the other's testing methods, and for good reason. Both applications are very proprietary and neither company wanted to part with the testing application necessary to run these benchmarks. ATI's was run in DOS without any drivers loaded while the NVIDIA test was run in a standard Windows install. The tests only varied further from there.
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CITY COUNCILOR John Connolly has now jumped in where more cautious would-be hopefuls fear to tread, declaring that he will run for mayor of Boston regardless of what Tom Menino decides.
The conventional wisdom is that Connolly, a boyish-looking 39, is on a fool's errand, and that if Menino wants another term, he'll win in a walk. My own view is just the opposite: If Menino decides to seek an unprecedented sixth term, Connolly will give him his toughest challenge yet — and might just send the long-time incumbent into unanticipated retirement.
Past challengers to Menino have fallen into two distinct categories: Quixotic long shots or union-backed challengers who were less plausible than Menino as reformers.
Connolly, 39, a graduate of Harvard College and Boston College Law School, is different. He's a smart, serious politician with a substantial following among Boston's young families, in part because he's focused like a laser on an issue crucial to that constituency: improving the city's public schools.
"The cornerstone of this campaign will be a call for transformative change in Boston's public schools, because Boston's future starts with our schools," he declared Tuesday in his announcement speech. "The success of our schools directly impacts our ability to create safe, healthy, and livable neighborhoods, as well as our ability to create jobs, attract talent, and retain families in Boston." That transformation, Connolly said, will take "political will and a bold desire to change the status quo."
The job of city councilor is an underpowered post, but Connolly has demonstrated that will and that desire as chairman of the council's education committee. In an innovative 2010 move, he used his council position to hold an extended hearing to give parents and students a chance to talk about what they want and need from Boston schools. He has highlighted the fact that Boston has one of the shortest days of any urban district in the nation — and when the recent contract didn't extend the school day, he voted against it.
Now, Menino has also been frustrated by the school department's inability to win important changes from the Boston Teachers Union, an organization known for its intransigence. After failing to secure a longer day in the traditional schools, Menino is now asking lawmakers to give him the authority to circumvent the union by creating more in-district charters, where the city can extend learning time without needing union sign-off.
At his announcement, I asked Connolly what Menino should have done differently in regard to the BTU. "The mayor had the power to direct the superintendent to implement the last best offer, and he didn't do it," Connolly said. "We could have gotten a longer school day for our children and probably have paid our teachers more in the process."
That brought this retort from Dot Joyce, Menino's spokeswoman: "It's very easy to lob accusations and get press around theories and ideas. It is much more difficult to make the tough choices and do the hard work necessary for change."
Still, Connolly is right that Menino could have gone that route.
Connolly, whose resume includes three years of teaching, including a stint at a charter school, said he'd be "open" to lifting the cap on charters in Boston, though he added that any such legislation should also include more flexibility for the traditional public schools.
"They offer great options to parents, and they [parents] show that by demanding those schools," he said of charters. "They push our Boston public schools to be better. They have become the model for reform."
That's an acknowledgment one simply won't hear from the mayor.
When it comes to electoral politics, meanwhile, one couldn't help but be impressed with the strategic alliance Connolly struck in the last election with fellow at-large councilor Ayanna Pressley. The two campaigned as a team, in a move that helped them both; Pressley, who had been considered vulnerable, emerged as the top vote-getter. The election results, meanwhile, helped keep Michael Flaherty from returning to the body, thereby depriving him of a platform to wage a second campaign against Menino, a development that has obviously helped Connolly.
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It's never been easier for individuals to enter some of the most esoteric debt markets. Wall Street's biggest firms are worried that it'll be just as simple for them to leave.
Investors have piled more than $900 billion into taxable bond funds since the 2008 financial crisis, buying stock-like shares of mutual and exchange-traded funds to gain access to infrequently-traded markets. This flood of cash has helped cause prices to surge and yields to plunge.
Now, as the Federal Reserve discusses ending its easy-money policies, concern is mounting that the withdrawal of stimulus will lead to an exodus that'll cause credit markets to freeze up. While new regulations have forced banks to reduce their balance-sheet risk, analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. are focusing on the problems that individual investors could cause by yanking money from funds.
There's a bigger risk "that when the the Fed starts hiking in earnest, outflows from high-yielding and less-liquid debt will lead to a free fall in prices," JPMorgan strategists led by Jan Loeys wrote in a June 20 report. "In extremis, this could force a closing of the primary market and have serious economic impact."
Last week, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said she didn't see more than a moderate level of risk to financial stability from leverage or the ballooning volumes of debt. Even though it may be concerning that Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data shows yields on junk bonds have plunged to 5.6 percent, the lowest ever and 3.4 percentage points below the decade-long average, the outlook for defaults does look pretty good.
Moody's Investors Service predicts the global speculative-grade default rate will decline to 2.1 percent at year-end from 2.3 percent in May. Both are less than half the rate's historical average of 4.7 percent.
Forecasts for bond yields also show little angst about rates rising very quickly. Investors have gone back to funneling money into bonds and economists have lowered their predictions for how much benchmark Treasury yields will rise by year-end.
All of this doesn't mean the bond market is stable, at least according to the JPMorgan strategists. The analysts said central banks are focusing their bubble watch on leverage and the banks, "but may miss vulnerability to liquidity."
That concern is also revealed in BlackRock Inc.'s pitch in a paper published last month that regulators should consider redemption restrictions for some bond mutual funds, including extra fees for large redeemers.
A year ago, bond funds suffered record withdrawals amid hysteria about a sudden increase in benchmark yields. A 0.8 percentage point rise in the 10-year Treasury yield in May and June last year spurred a sell-off that caused $248 billion of market value losses on the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate and High Yield Index.
Of course, yields on 10-year Treasuries have since fallen to 2.6 percent from 3 percent at the end of December and company bonds have resumed their rally. Analysts are worrying about what happens when the gift of easy money goes away for good.


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Inbox: How much are Yanks willing to spend on Tanaka?
As we prepare to say goodbye to 2013 and look ahead to what the '14 campaign will bring, it's time to take one final dig into the Yankees Inbox:
How much money are the Yankees willing to spend for Masahiro Tanaka?
-- Nat P., Norfolk, Va.
As we prepare to say goodbye to 2013 and look ahead to what the '14 campaign will bring, it's time to take one final dig into the Yankees Inbox:
How much money are the Yankees willing to spend for Masahiro Tanaka?
-- Nat P., Norfolk, Va.
If they can secure him, he'll rank as one of their biggest expenditures of an already busy winter. The Yankees have been keeping Tanaka on their radar for quite some time, and with the recent announcement that he will be available to Major League clubs via the posting system, the standout right-hander has to be considered the club's top priority right now.
The Yankees will have plenty of company in what promises to turn into a big-ticket bidding war, so managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner seems to be indicating that he is willing to scrap the goal of a $189 million payroll if it means bringing Tanaka to the Bronx.
The posting fee is capped at $20 million, payable to the Rakuten Golden Eagles by any team signing Tanaka. That change in the system levels the playing field among big league clubs, and early speculation has indicated that Tanaka and his representative, Casey Close, will command at least a five-year deal worth approximately $100 million.
For comparison purposes, the Red Sox spent $103.1 million on Daisuke Matsuzaka before the 2007 season, but $51.1 million of that went to the Seibu Lions as a posting fee. The Rangers paid a $51.7 million posting fee to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters before the '12 season, then signed Yu Darvish to a six-year, $56 million deal. Teams have until 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 24 to work out an agreement with Tanaka.
There's been a lot of speculation about David Price being on the trade block. Are the Yankees involved at all?
-- Matt O., Philadelphia, Pa.
It looks like the Yankees are going to have to sit that one out. Forget what he said about his facial hair, it's difficult to come up with a prospect package from the Yankees' farm system that would entice the Rays enough to trade Price within the division, and certainly not a more appealing deal than the Rays could find from at least a half-dozen clubs. Thus, Tanaka continues to look like the Yankees' best option for a rotation upgrade going into the new year.
Why have I heard nothing about Dean Anna? Do the Yanks have plans for him?
-- Monty M., New York, N.Y.
Anna, 27, could be a name you wind up hearing more when the Yankees hit camp in Florida. A second baseman who also played 60 games at shortstop last year for the Padres' Triple-A affiliate, Anna was acquired from San Diego in November for Minor League right-hander Ben Paullus.
The left-handed hitter has shown a nice bat coming up through the Padres' chain, posting a .331/.410/.482 split last year at Triple-A. His defense is said to be a little suspect, but he figures to get a good look in Spring Training and should be in competition for a roster spot.
What are the chances of Michael Pineda pitching in the Major Leagues in 2014?
-- John C., Bellmore, N.Y.
I may be a little more bullish on Pineda than some other voices out there. The Yankees seem to be downplaying his potential in order to keep expectations low, and after he missed all of the last two seasons following right labrum surgery, that's understandable. But Pineda is said to be in good shape and finished the year healthy, which sounds promising.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman is more skeptical, saying they just hope they can get the All-Star pitcher acquired from Seattle. It's hard to say if Pineda will be able to come back as a dominant rotation piece, but he'll be in camp competing for a spot at the back end of the starting five. My thought is that Pineda should be able to at least make some level of contribution at the big league level in 2014.
What are the reasonable expectations for Brian Roberts? He hasn't played close to a full season since 2009.
-- Luke M., Milford, Conn.
No, he hasn't, and the 77 games he played last season were Roberts' most since that 2009 campaign (159 games) with the Orioles, posting a split of .249/.312/.392. His last four seasons have been ruined by injuries, and though he's a two-time All-Star, Roberts has been just about a league-average player (0.9 WAR) in the 192 games he did play the past four years.
You're looking at a low-risk addition who could have some payoff, and just as easily might not help much at all. The biggest challenge will be keeping Roberts off the disabled list, something the Yankees did successfully with another injury-prone player in Eric Chavez, but less so last year with Kevin Youkilis and Travis Hafner. Roberts slides alongside those names as an affordable $2 million gamble for the Yanks.
Are the Yankees going to sign a DH or will they try and rotate a player there every day?
-- Michael B., Valley Cottage, N.Y.
Cashman said recently that the Yankees are looking to have an outfield manned by Brett Gardner, Jacoby Ellsbury, Carlos Beltran and Alfonso Soriano, and that Joe Girardi will be able to pick and choose who is playing the field and who is DH. The DH spots would be more divided between Beltran and Soriano, and Cashman said there will be no exclusive DH. How, or if, they'll use Ichiro Suzuki and Vernon Wells is still uncertain.
I think Gardner will be traded in a package deal for pitching help. What's your take on it?
-- John P., Bronx
Gardner isn't untouchable, but I wouldn't say it is a lock he will be traded. Actually, I'd tilt the odds in the other direction, as I expect he'll be in Spring Training with the Yanks. The Yankees have made it pretty clear that they will only deal Gardner if it means they can get a No. 1 or No. 2 type starter in return. Thus far, teams haven't been willing to offer that rich of a package for Gardner.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat.


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Taza is a city in Morocco, provincial capital of the region ("wilaya") Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate.
Taza has always been of high importance because of its strategicly favourable location as a passage between the Rif and the Middle Atlas.
Taza is divided into two parts: the Medina (Taza-Haut), built on a plateau, and the Ville Nouvelle(Taza-Bas) in the valley, set up by the French after the occupation in 1914.
At the Medina the more "touristic" sights of Taza are located: the Great Mosque ("Jemaa el-Khebir"), the Medersa Bou Abul Hassan, the Andalusian Mosque and the souks with the "Jemaa es-Souk", the Market Mosque.
The heart of the Ville Nouvelle (Taza-Bas) is the Place de l'Indépendance. From there you can easily access the two main shopping streets, the Avenue Mohammed V and the Rue Allal Ben Abdullah. Here you find all sorts of shops and cafés. Most of the cafés are only visited by men, but there are some where you can feel comfortable as a woman. In the morning and at noon you will meet the Tazi women, who do their shopping and errands. In the early evening the streets of the city are full of men and women, but later the streets are left to the men. The young Tazi you will meet at the cinema or in one of the local internet-cafés, where they enjoy an evening out to chat and meet their friends. Like all over the world also in Taza surfing the web and chatting has become a common pastime. So more and more internet-cafés are opening, mainly in the Ville Nouvelle.
It is always pointed out that Taza's history and daily life was stamped by its geographical situation as the prominent passageway from east to west. Legend has it that the Meknassi tribe founded Taza at the end of the 7th century. But 25000-year-old prehistoric findings near the Medina (Kifan el-Khomari) show that people have settled here as early as the Palaeolithic.
In its history the town has been made capital several times, so under the Almohades, when Sultan Abd-el-Moumen conquered Taza in 1141 and had the Great Mosque built. Also the first Alaouite ruler, Moulay er-Rachid, the ancestor of the present king, started his conquest of Morocco from here. After his death in 1672 Taza lost its status as a capital once and for all, with the exception of the interim "reign" of the rebell Moulay Muhammed, called Bou Hemara ("man on the donkey"). He had gained the support of local Berber tribes and had himself proclaimed sultan in 1902 in Taza, but was imprisoned by Sultan Moulay Hafid and executed a few years later. The house of Bou Hemara still can be seen at the Medina.
Apart from adding to the mosques and medersas, each of the dynasties expanded and enforced the fortifications. So when Taza was occupied by French troops in 1914, it was almost naturally made a garrison town. In the first period of the French Protectorate Taza served as a base and starting point for raids against the Berbers in the Rif and the Middle Atlas, who tried to found independent states.
In 1956 Taza regained some local administrative importance, when it was made the provincial capital of the region.
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An easy and comfortable way to get to Taza is by the trains run by the "Office National des Chemins de Fer" (O.N.C.F.) - oncf.ma website (in French & Arabic). The train station (Gare de Taza. edit) is situated in the north of the Ville Nouvelle (Taza-Bas), Avenue de la Gare.
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Amongst the various bus-companies the most reliable and comfortable way of travelling by bus to Taza might be with the Compagnie de Transport au Maroc (CTM. edit) - ctm.co.ma website (in French & Arabic). They stop at the Place de l'Indépendance, and have quite a high standard, but sometimes arrive late.
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To get to nearby towns like Fes and Oujda you also can take the "grands taxis". They are faster and cheaper than buses or trains. These cabs are usually shared with other passengers, or - if you are willing to spend a little more money - you can negotiate with the driver to get one by yourself. If you want to travel with children you should consider that the "grands taxis" often are without seat-belts. They arrive and depart near the train station in the Ville Nouvelle.
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An advantage of shopping in Taza is the fact that it is not as overrun by tourists as the larger cities in Morocco. You can take your time and enjoy the calm and the ambiance of small town life.
At the Medina you can get what most tourists take home as souvenirs: arts and crafts or the typical Moroccan "babouches" and clothing. The main shopping streets in the Ville Nouvelle are the Avenue Mohammed V and the Rue Allal Ben Abdullah. Here you can get everything, that you need for everyday life.
At the corner of the Place de l'Indépendance, not far from the Hôtel du Dauphiné, there is a bookstore. You can also buy French and Arabic books at a small tent-like stand near the central market ("marché central") and the Mouritania mosque.
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Mahlabat Annas, 3 Rue Esmara, Bit Ghoulam; tel. 00212-3567-4344 - small Internet-café with 9 PCs, headphones and microphones. While chatting or surfing the web you can enjoy the local home-made joghurt ("raibe") or munch some sweets. Very friendly service who helps with all difficulties concerning the net and even gives some tips about chatting. It is open 7 days a week from morning to midnight (hours vary acccording to season). 4 dirham/hour.
Taza has three post offices, one at the Medina (vis-à-vis the Place Ahrrach) and two in the Ville Nouvelle, at the Place de l'Indépendance and near the train station.
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The post offices are usually open from 8 a.m. to noon and from 2.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. but the opening hours can change during the summer and Ramadan.
For information about the postage for letters and parcels (in French and Arabic): http://www.bam.net.ma (click "Votre Courrier" > "Choisissez votre courrier" > "Calculer vos tarifs" and follow the instructions).
If you want to send a parcel abroad you have to leave it open when you go to the counter.
Laundry: Out of the summer-season the weather might become somewhat wet and rainy in Taza. After visiting the Medina you might be looking for a cleaners. The dry-cleaners ("Pressing") are quite cheap, about 10 dirham a piece, for example in the Avenue Mohammed V (Ville Nouvelle). Normally you can pick up your clean clothes the following day. The staff speaks French and Arabic.
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Moorhead Man Charged In Baby Girl's Death in Custody
MOORHEAD (AP) - A Minnesota man accused in the death of his infant daughter in a hot minivan has turned himself in to police.
Twenty-four-year-old Andrew Sandstrom was charged this week with one count of second-degree manslaughter.
Police say Sandstrom was not considered a flight risk. He has cooperated with investigators and was given time to attend his daughter's burial and funeral services.
Police say 5-month-old Christiana Natany Sandstrom died after she was left in her car seat in the van for about four hours on June 11. Temperatures were reported to be about 80 degrees.
Police say Sandstrom forgot about the infant while unloading five other young children out of the vehicle. He turned himself in to Moorhead police Thursday and is in jail pending a court appearance.


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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Review of Devil Inside by Jenna Black - Dark and sexy with lots of ass-kicking!
Author: Jenna Black
Pages: 336 Pages, Paperback
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Standalone/Series: Series
Release: Already Out
Publisher: Spectra
Purchased by me
Author info: http://www.jennablack.com/
Spoiler Alert: mostly in the clear
Good Reads blurb:Posession. Murder. Mayhem. Let the games begin...Exorcism isn't a job, it's a calling and a curse. Just ask Morgan Kingsley, a woman who has a stronger aura than any Demon. Or so she thought. Now, in a pair of black leather pants and a kick-ass tattoo, Morgan is heading back to Philadelphia after a nasty little exorcism and her life is about to be turned upside down by the Demon that's gotten inside her. Not just any Demon. Six foot five inches of dark, delicious temptation, this one is to die for;that is, if he doesn't get Morgan killed first. Because while some humans vilify Demons and others idolize them, Morgan's Demon is leading a war of succession no human has ever imagined. For a woman trying to live a life, and hold on to the almost-perfect man, being possessed by a gorgeous rebel Demon will mean a wild ride of uninhibited thrills, shocking surprises, and pure, unadulterated terror. . . .
This book had a little of everything – demon ass kicking, betrayal, and possession as well as phone sex, some S & M, and a little man loving sprinkled in. Morgan Kinsley, the reluctant heroine of this story, is a modern day exorcist who has very personal reasons to hate both the legal and illegal forms of demon possession that occurs in her world. Unfortunately she gets mixed-up in a battle between different factions in the demon world and is forced to choose a side. Her decisions and her position on the matter make her some very powerful enemies that will stop at nothing to destroy her. Unfortunately, Morgan also has serious trust issues, and she is really good at making enemies of potential allies. With all the mistakes Morgan makes along the way while she continues to be the reluctant heroine, it will be amazing if she makes it out alive.
The action in this book is non-stop as Morgan gets herself out of one deadly situation then makes mistakes and lands in a worse situation. Morgan has a gigantic chip on her shoulder, so big I wouldn't be surprised if she lists towards one side while she walks, and it stops her from trusting others and she tends to make really bad situations even worse. So many times during the book I wanted to shake her and say –what were you thinking – which is also the mark of a good book too since I cared so much about the choices she makes. During the novel Morgan definitely is reluctant to grow up and change her world view but she does and I can't wait to read what happens to her in the future installments.
This book does have a good dose of sex and darkness too that made me a little twitchy. Though all this mixes in well with the main story so at least there is no gratuitous S & M but this book is definitely not for those who get squeamish with such things.
This is a 3.5 out of 5 for me, dark and sexy with a fair amount of ass-kicking!
8 comments:
- Book Chick City said...
I have this on my shelf just haven't got around to reading it yet. Sounds as though I would like it, but thanks for the heads up on the sex bit as sometimes I'm one of those people who get a bit a bit squeamish LOL :)
- June 15, 2010 at 9:57 AM
- Mandi said...
Nice review...some darkness I like in books :)
- June 15, 2010 at 10:26 AM
I've had this book for a while now ... but your review has really made me want to read it :) When I'm done with Mercy Thompson, Kitty Norville, and the Ilona Andrews books, I think The Devil Inside will be next :)
- June 15, 2010 at 10:56 AM
- Heather (DarklyReading) said...
@Book Chick - yeah there were some parts I had to read over quickly - with all the urban fantasy and paranormal romance I read there are still some things that make me a little squeamish- but overall a good story
@Mandi - darkness is good ;)
@Bella - wow you have quite a great list of to be read books - I loved Mercy Thompson and Ilona Andrews series - Kitty Norville I liked but sometimes she bugged me...
- June 15, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Cecile said...
Great review! And thanks for keeping it honest! You are right, those S&M is not for everyone, so it was nice to that you put that touch in there.
I will have to look into this book a little farther, my dark side has been hungry lately!
Hope all is well honey!
- June 15, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- Tara SG (25 Hour Books) said...
This sounds like something I'd really like, but I wonder if I should wait a little bit after reading The Demon in Me... I don't want to compare them too much.
Thanks for the great review!
- June 15, 2010 at 1:18 PM
- Melissa said...
This sounds interesting. I've only read her YA and I loved it. Been wanting to try her adult books. Thanks for the review.
- June 15, 2010 at 2:51 PM
- Heather (DarklyReading) said...
@Cecile - thx! Yeah I think I need to ease into the S&M theme ;)
@Tara - yeah the theme with The Demon in Me sounds similar but the Devil Inside is much darker I'm betting and Demon in Me sounds more humorous..
@Melissa - hehe..I want to check out her YA too ;)
- June 15, 2010 at 9:12 PM


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If you've ever fancied getting involved with a spot of community gardening, caring for the animals at a city farm, or helping to spread the word about recycling, Bristol's first ever Green Volunteers Fair this weekend has everything you need to find out more.
The free event is taking place at the Folk House on Park Street, this Saturday from 10am to 3pm. Visitors can speak to a whole host of environmental organisations from around the city, who will be showcasing their existing projects and hoping to sign up new volunteers.
Organisations taking part include Greenpeace Bristol, Golden Hill Garden, Bristol Civic Society, Windmill Hill City Farm, Bristol's BIG Green Week, the Festival of Nature, Resource Futures and Feed Bristol.
As well as browsing the numerous stalls and activities taking place, visitors can enjoy live music being put on by local volunteer musicians Eric Arthur, a New Orleans piano player, Vicki Burke on harp and vocals, and the Silvertortoise.
Organiser of the event, Savita Custead, said: "There is already an amazing amount of volunteer work going on around the city amongst our many environmental organisations and a great level of enthusiasm from people looking to get involved. Holding a Green Volunteers Fair seemed like the ideal way of showcasing the organisations' work and making it easy for potential volunteers to see what they would like to help with. But even if visitors don't want to sign up as volunteers at the moment, we would still urge them to come along and just see for themselves some of the fantastic projects that are going on."
Leader of the council, Cllr Barbara Janke, said: "We set up the Green Volunteers scheme last year as a way of harnessing all that energy and enthusiasm that we know is out there and bringing it together to create an effective green taskforce to help work on some of the environmental and sustainability issues in our communities.
"For anyone who's even contemplating doing a bit of volunteer work in their spare time, the Green Volunteers Fair should provide them with all the information they need, and inspire them to get involved with one of the many interesting and worthwhile projects out there."
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I have released DBD::ODBC 1.36-1 to cpan. With hindsight I was probably too ambitious releasing 1-35 with the default for execute_for_fetch enabled. This decision was based on a) my experience with writing bound arrays of parameters in the ODBC-ODBC Bridge b) I knew some drivers would have issues but I thought this might encourage fixes c) it is so much faster. As it turns out I am seeing issues currently with SQLite, Freetds, MS Access and even MS SQL Server. Until I resolve these issues I will probably reverse the default in the next development release.
The changes in this release are:
* Fixed 12blob.t skip count when driver does not have a big enough
varchar column to run the test.
* Work around problems hit during the test suite in DB2 driver which
only allows rows of size up to the page size and varchars of 4K.
* Fix bug in execute_for_fetch where it would ignore the parameters
processed when creating the ArrayTupleStatus and hence could
attempt to call SQLGetDiagRec on a parameter row which was not
executed. See the logs in rt 75687 which show this although this
is not a fix for this rt.
* The code wasn't catching success with info from SQLExecute in
* Add support for drivers (DB2 in this case) which return SQL_PARAM_DIAG_UNAVAILABLE in bound parameter status array when running execute_for_fetch. Any driver returning doing SQL_PARC_NO_BATCH from SQLGetInfo(SQL_PARAM_ARRAY_ROW_COUNTS) might do this.
* Fix test code for execute_for_fetch to a) handle drivers doing
SQL_PARC_NO_BATCH and b) add "not null" to primary key fields for
drivers like DB2 which require it.
* In execute_for_fetch set the parameter status array to all 9999
(which is invalid) so we can see if the ODBC driver actually sets
them and we can warn if they don't.
* For freeTDS default odbc_disable_array_operations to 1 as no
version of the freeTDS driver can be found that works. I was
requested to do this by the dbix-class guys. I may revert this
later if freeTDS is fixed.
* as above for MS Access. It is a shame I cannot find any way of
finding out if a driver is capable of array operations.
* execute_for_fetch code now checks the
ODBC_DISABLE_ARRAY_OPERATIONS environment variable which can
be set to 1 or 0 to override the internal default.
* Fixed ColAttributes example in pod which used a $dbh instead of a
* Fixed DescribeCol example in pod which used a $dbh instead of a
* new FAQ on SQLRowCount, freeTDS and execute_for_fetch
* Fix typo shown in rt 75860.
* Reduced usage of D_imp_xxx to avoid calls to dbih_getcom2. See
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A MAN who drove dangerously for more than 20 miles around South Somerset while over the drink-drive limit after assaulting a woman in a pub near Chard has pleaded guilty.
Lee Symons, 24, appeared at Taunton Crown Court on Monday, and admitted charges of assault by beating, damaging property, dangerous driving and driving while over the drink-drive limit.
Symons, of High Street, Wincanton, admitted assaulting Danni Bosence on April 18 and damaging a mirror at the Ye Old Poppe Inn in Tatworth.
The court heard how the father of two then drove dangerously from the pub on Axminster Road, along the A358 and A303 while over the legal drink-drive limit, before police stopped him at the Podimore roundabout.
Defending, Harry Ahuja, said: "Lee Symons is 24 years old and has kept himself out of trouble.
"He is a working man and has two young children.
"I ask that his unconditional bail continue until the date when he will be sentenced."
Crown prosecutor William Hunter handed the charges to the court which were read out to Symons, who appeared in the dock dressed in a white shirt and black pin-stripe suit, before he pleaded guilty.
Recorder Martin Meake said: "You will next appear in court on September 5 when you will be sentenced.
"Until that date, you will be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence, though I expect that the disqualification will continue beyond that time.
"Though unconditional bail continues you should not view this as an indication as to how you will be sentenced.
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Work, Sex, Money
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Each day we deal with the challenges of ordinary life: a series of mundane experiences that could be summarized by the title of this book, Work, Sex, Money. We all hope that these aspects of our life will be a source of fulfillment and pleasure, and they often are. Yet they are also always sources of problems for which we seek practical advice and solutions. The best prescription, according to Chögyam Trungpa, is a dose of reality and also a dose of respect for ourselves and our world. His profound teachings on work, sex, and money celebrate the sacredness of life and our ability to cope with its twists and turns with dignity, humor, and even joy.
He begins by breaking down the barrier between the spiritual and the mundane, showing that work, sex, and money are just as much a part of our spiritual life as they are a part of our everyday existence. He then discusses these subjects in relation to ego and self-image, karma, mindfulness, and meditation. "Work" includes general principles of mindfulness and awareness in how we conduct everyday life as well as discussion of ethics in business and the workplace. "Sex" is about relationships and communication as a whole. "Money" looks at how we view the economics of livelihood and money as "green energy" that affects our lives. The result is an inclusive vision of life, one that encompasses the biggest issues and the smallest details of every day.
There are, in fact, few definitive answers in these pages. There is, however, authentic wisdom providing us with tools we need to work with the toughest stuff in our lives.
"Chögyam Trungpa shows us how to uncover our innate strength, confidence, and joy under any circumstances." —Pema Chödrön
"Powerful dharma encouragement to awaken our own fearless and wise heart—from one of the most remarkable and brilliant teachers of modern times." —Jack Kornfield
"Chögyam Trungpa offers us a rich banquet with many inviting, intriguing, and delicious glimpses into the Buddhist perspective on our mind and life." —Daniel Goleman
"Chögyam Trungpa's new book provides the longed-for missing link between deeply powerful teachings on spirituality and the realities of twenty-first century life in the West. Personally, I am beyond grateful." —Susan Piver, author of The Wisdom of a Broken Heart
"Work, Sex, Money is a terrific reminder of Trungpa's great gift to American Buddhism." —Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly


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However the Supreme Court's rules on President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation Thursday, experts say one outcome seems increasingly likely: insurance premiums will keep soaring.
The court is expected to determine the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the reform law aimed at providing more Americans with health insurance. But if the Obamacare is upheld, even some supporters say it will significantly increase the cost of insurance as millions of new patients race to take advantage of medical resources. Even if it's struck down, rates will still continue to rise because of dwindling competition in the health sector, says Kevin Flynn, president of Healthcare Advocates, an independent company that helps people find doctors, select nursing homes and solve insurance problems.
Experts on both sides of the political divide point to Massachusetts as a test run for such health care reform. The state introduced its own health care reform in 2006 which required residents to buy health insurance – similar to Obamacare's "individual" mandate. But in the three years following the reform, premiums jumped 18% for a single plan, compared to 13% for the national average, according to a report by Consumer Watchdog. Family plan premiums rose nearly 20% in the state, versus 14.5% nationally, according to the report.
Many insurance pros and consumer advocates say those increases, which insurance companies enforced in order to establish higher rates for the influx of new customers, are likely to spread if the law is upheld. "It's one of the few ways companies can claw back the massive costs of millions more people signing up for coverage," says Alex Morozov, a senior health care analyst at Morningstar.
Even without Obamacare, health care workers and analysts say insurers face cost pressures. People are living longer and chronic obesity-related diseases like heart disease and diabetes are putting more financial strain on the system, says Rachel Wagner, a clinical dietician with the University of Cincinnati. Plus, experts say consolidation within the insurance industry in recent years means consumers have less choice when their insurer does decide to hike rates.
Premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance plans jumped 50% from 2003 to 2010, and employees paid over 60% more toward their insurance, according to a Commonwealth Fund survey; the survey says health insurance costs outpaced income in every U.S. state over that period.
Some states are taking their own actions to keep premiums from rising. In 2010, Massachusetts and New York introduced legislation to approve and, in some cases, block changes in health-care premiums. Consumer Watchdog says this lowered the rate increases in Massachusetts to around 9% a year – although the state still has among the most expensive health-care premiums in the country. (A spokeswoman for the National Association of Healthcare Underwriters says costs and, therefore, premiums will continue to rise with or without the Affordable Care Act; but the spokeswoman says the reform would push up the costs for some consumers, particularly those who are younger and healthier.) "The regulation of premiums is the missing link in the Obama's health care law," says Carmen Balber, director of the non-profit Consumer Watchdog in Washington, D.C.
Some of those who support Obama's Affordable Care Act agree, but say reform will give millions of Americans access to health care and help reduce the number of personal bankruptcies due to medical debt, says Wendell Potter, former vice-president of corporate communications at Cigna, one of the largest health insurance companies in the U.S. "Without reform, more people would have to pay out of their own pockets to see a doctor," he says.
According to the U.S. private foundation Commonwealth Fund, underinsured adults – those with high medical expenses relative to their income – rose 80% from 2003 to 2010 to nearly 30 million people.
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Windows came up a lot with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones last offseason and now another NFC East owner is talking about them.
Giants owner John Mara said that he hasn't "quite gotten over" the team's failure to make the playoffs a year after winning the Super Bowl, but he doesn't believe that this year's disappointing result means there need to be drastic changes to the roster. Mara thinks that the team has a chance to win the title every year that they have Eli Manning at quarterback.
"He's (32) years old; he's got a lot of years left," Mara said, via the Newark Star-Ledger. "I think our window is still pretty wide. I think as long as he's under center, we have a chance to win."
It's the most important spot to fill on an NFL roster and the Giants have it filled with a guy who has won two championships already. And on an "any given Sunday" basis, the Giants have proven themselves capable of beating just about anyone. The goal for 2013 should be to replace the roller coaster rides to 9-7 with consistent efforts that enable them to sew up their playoff future well before the final weekend of the season.


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Let's review the ID theft landscape: A big business that earns millions from the buying and selling of personal information about you -- social security numbers, addresses, bank account details -- loses that information in a data breach, or maybe accidentally sells it to overseas fraudsters.
What happens next? Well, the business -- which, legally speaking, has no business relationship with you and thus can't be sued for the loss unless some immediate harm can be proven -- goes on buying and selling personal data. Consumers, however, get to keep looking over their shoulders, and bank statements, and credit card statements, wondering if some secreted stash of their personal information offered for sale via a foreign server is being bought and sold by data brokers' underground counterparts -- namely, ID thieves.
That's the situation that one InformationWeek reader I'll call "Ann" -- she asked to remain anonymous -- now finds herself in, after the news broke that an Experian subsidiary called Court Ventures was selling information directly to Superget.info, a Vietnamese fraudster service that offered customers the ability to look up millions of Americans' social security and driver's license numbers and financial information.
[ It's not just Experian. See NSA Harvests Personal Contact Lists, Too. ]
"I am possibly a victim of these people, but don't know for sure. In my case, seemingly MasterCard accounts were targeted -- a few fraudulent charges on one card, a few more on another a week or two later, and then the fraudulent creation of an online account on a third credit card for which I hadn't chosen to create my own online account," said Ann, who's the president of a small software company that sells point-of-sale software for restaurants. "When the fraudulent online account was created, it contained updates to my home address and phone number, among other changes. This was enough for the credit card company to forward an address change for me to the credit bureaus."
But Ann, who started her career as a Fortran and Cobol programmer and previously worked in the finance sector, said she wasn't tipped off about the ID theft until she received a letter that asked her to confirm a bogus address change. "At that point I alerted the credit bureaus, and am in the process of getting this mess fixed," she said. "Fortunately, the credit card companies caught this before fraudulent charges hit my statements, but it's a time-consuming nightmare."
One of the rubs in these situations is that when a consumer like Ann spots that her identity has been stolen, the culprit may not be clear. Indeed, her personally identifiable information (PII) may have been stolen several years ago, and only recently put to use.
Not coincidentally, when the Department of Justice announced the arrest of Vietnamese national Hieu Minh Ngo, 24, earlier this week on a 15-count indictment that included numerous identity theft and fraud charges, it alleged that over a three-year period he'd "offered for sale, sold and/or transferred to others packages of PII for more than 500,000 individuals."
What the Justice Department statement didn't mention, however, was that much of this resold data was purchased from a U.S. data broker known as Court Ventures, which Experian bought last year. We know about that flow of data thanks to investigative reporter Brian Krebs, who traced two-character and three-character "sourceID" data attached to information being sold by the "fraudster-friendly site" Superget.info -- allegedly operated by Ngo and a "John Doe" co-conspirator -- back to USInfoSearch.com, a legitimate data broker which previously pooled its data with Court Ventures for resale.
"The suspect in this case obtained access to U.S. Info Search data through Court Ventures prior to the time Experian acquired the company," an Experian spokesman said via email. According to Krebs, the Vietnamese criminals tricked Court Ventures into thinking they were U.S.-based private investigators. A missed red flag was that their payments always came via wire transfer from Singapore.
The obvious next step for Experian would be to issue data breach notifications to the more than 500,000 Americans affected by the breach, as well as offer identity theft services. Helpfully, of course, Experian already has the victims' postal addresses -- since it buys and sells this information -- so they will be easy to find. In addition, Experian has its own ID theft monitoring service. That said, consumers might prefer that Experian contract with a third party, given that the company itself learned of the data breach not via due diligence of Court Ventures prior to the acquisition, but after the fact, courtesy of the U.S. Secret Service.


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Mark Morris Dance Group: Acis and GalateaMark Morris Dance Group, and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra present their latest joint undertaking, the world premiere of a production featuring Mozart's brilliant arrangement of a Handel score. An epic love story from Ovid's Metamorphoses set along the pastoral banks of the Mediterranean, Acis and Galatea is performed in English by four vocalists and the Mark Morris Dance Group, joined by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale. Handel finished the opera in 1739 and Mozart later arranged it in the classical style, expanding the instrumental colors of the score and adding his signature clarity of orchestration.
Sets by Adrianne LobelCostumes by Isaac MizrahiLighting by Michael Chybowski
Cast :Thomas Cooley, tenor (Acis)Sherezade Panthaki, soprano (Galatea)Douglas Williams, bass-baritone (Polyphemus)Zach Finkelstein (Damon) Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and ChoraleNicholas McGegan, conductor


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Earlier is Better to Catch Hearing Loss
Earlier is Better to Catch Hearing Loss
When should your child's hearing be tested? Sooner than you think.
All states have laws or voluntary compliance programs requiring hearing tests in newborns, usually before they leave the hospital. Every year, about 2% to 3% of babies are born with hearing problems in the U.S.
For years, routine hearing tests took place only when children entered school. But hearing loss can cause serious problems much earlier. And, hearing problems affect the development of language and speech.
During the first 6 months, babies begin to recognize the spoken sounds that are critical for developing language. Poor hearing can slow down that progress for both speaking and reading.
Risk factors
Consider having your child tested for hearing loss, especially if he or she has any of the following risk factors:
Premature birth
More than 5 days in neonatal intensive care
History of severe jaundice requiring blood transfusion
Maternal/neonatal infections
Meningitis or history of brain injury that required hospitalization
Family history of childhood hearing loss
Family history of certain hereditary or congenital syndromes like neurofibromatosis, Down syndrome, osteopetrosis, and Usher syndrome
Even without risk factors, parents should remain alert to hearing problems. You may notice the following signs of hearing loss in your baby:
Does not notice loud noises
After 6 months, does not turn toward sounds
By 12 months, does not say single words
Does not turn head when called by name
In your young child, you may notice delayed speech development or unclear speech.
Recurrent ear infections, which are common in young children, can also delay language development. A newborn can pass a hearing test and still develop hearing problems later in childhood.
Hearing tests in infants
Your baby is likely to undergo one of these painless, quick, and sensitive tests:
Auditory brainstem responses. Sound is introduced to the baby's ears through tiny earphones while the baby is sleeping. Using sensors attached to the baby's head, the test records electrical activity produced by the auditory nerve and brainstem when it's stimulated by this sound.
Otoacoustic emissions (OAE). The normal ear makes faint acoustic signals, sometimes called inner-ear echoes. Although people can't hear their own sounds from their inner ear, tiny, sensitive microphones placed in the ear canal during the screening can measure the sounds. Infants who can't hear create no emissions.
Hearing tests in children
Your child's healthcare provider may check your child's hearing with a simple device called a tuning fork. Or your child may have tests from an audiologist or hearing specialist. Tests include the two discussed above and:
Pure tone audiometry. This test checks hearing at different decibels or sound levels.
Tympanometry. This test is often used to check hearing in children with ear infections.
Other hearing evaluation tests may include:
Speech audiometry. This test checks the spoken word.
Behavioral testing. This is done for children who are unable to be tested with other methods.
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Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI). American Speech-Language-Hearing Association., Up To Date. Hearing Impairment in Children: Etiology, Up To Date. Hearing Impairment in Children: Evaluation
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Adler, Liora C., MD,Holloway, Beth Greenblatt, RN, M.Ed.


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Friday, March 12, 2010
Lehman Brothers: "Another Drug We R On"
Editor's Note: We will, as promised, soon conclude "What We Learned Writing A Book About Warren Buffett" in these virtual pages. This morning's headline in our online Wall Street Journal, however, is too timely and important to go without a comment right here, right now.
This just in: short-sellers had nothing to do with the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
You're reading that correctly. Summarizing the 2,200 page report of the bankruptcy-court examiner who investigated Lehman Brothers, the Journal's headline says, "Lehman Torpedoed Lehman."
Not—despite the misinformed yammering of hysterical Congresspersons driven near-mad during the financial crisis by the thought that, lacking any other employable skills as they do, their fat government pensions and healthcare benefits would be at risk if their country collapsed; and fueled by the highly misleading commentary of at least one self-appointed crusading CEO whose chief aim seemed to be to shift the spotlight away from his own shortcomings—short-sellers.
In fact, short-selling is not mentioned in today's Wall Street Journal—just a lot of really bad management by people desperate to keep a sinking ship afloat any way they could, including "accounting maneuvers," one of which was referred to by an insider in an email as "another drug we r on."
But don't listen to us—after all, in addition to investing in many fine American companies for the long run, we also sell certain not-so-fine companies short.
Listen to the Wall Street Journal:
A scathing report by a U.S. bankruptcy-court examiner investigating the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. blames senior executives and auditor Ernst & Young for serious lapses that led to the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history and the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
In the works for more than a year, and costing more than $30 million, the report by court-appointed examiner Anton Valukas paints the most complete picture yet of the free-wheeling culture inside the 158 year-old firm, whose chief executive Richard S. Fuld Jr. prided himself on his ability to manage market risk.
The document runs thousands of pages and contains fresh allegations. In particular, it alleges that Lehman executives manipulated its balance sheet, withheld information from the board, and inflated the value of toxic real estate assets.
Lehman chose to "disregard or overrule the firm's risk controls on a regular basis,'' even as the credit and real-estate markets were showing signs of strain, the report said.
In one instance from May 2008, a Lehman senior vice president alerted management to potential accounting irregularities, a warning the report says was ignored by Lehman auditors Ernst & Young and never raised with the firm's board….
—The Wall Street Journal
There is more—much more.
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- Hayseed said...
yet another tricky dick. the other argument from the braniacs on capitol hill was that CDS caused lehman's collapse, as if each CDS contract had a mind of its own, an ability to jump around onto firm's balance sheets without notice... therefore, outlaw all CDS and all like kind securities. simple fact as this article says is that these guys had no idea about and/or no control over risk, and were using shenanigans to hide their shortcomings. this was not unlike LTCM - they played for the + or - 3 standard deviation events, always expecting mean revesion... and they got one outlier market that blew up the firm.
- Wilber said...
You might also mention the interesting revelation that Buffett spent a morning going over Lehman's 10-K to see if he might be interested. In the end, there were too many red flags, but the other 2 things he mentioned not liking were a lack of transparency on Fuld's part (not mentioning some problems in Japan), and Fuld complaining about short sellers trying to bring the firm down (which Buffett saw as a poor explanation of the company's troubles.) see http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2010/03/11/hail-mary-to-warren-buffett-untold-details-of-lehman-failure/
Regards, wd
- Reginald said...
Jim Cramer was out there every day blaming short-sellers, pleading for the up-tick rule and alleging rampant naked short-selling.
- John said...
Hi Jeff,
If short sellers had been the cause of Lehman's bankruptcy then the inherent value of the company's assets would have been protected by the bankruptcy filing. As the company was unwound in court, the bondholder's and other creditor's would have been made whole as those assets were sold. GGP and USG are two recent companies that had to file for bankruptcy for circumstances outside their financial performance. I believe their bondholders were (will be) paid in full and even the common shareholders (will) retained equity. I understand that the process could cause some slippage in the value of Lehman's assets but if they were truly driven to bankruptcy by outside forces then the bondholders/creditors would eventually have been made whole or near to it. From what I have read, they will not come close. Which backs up the point of the most analytical short sellers - Lehman was vastly overvaluing its assets.
- wsf said...
Kudos for getting the longest clause ever (despite the misinformed yammering...) between em dashes.
- Press250 said...
And to think the Federal "Brain Trust" was considering bailing out these crooks; remember that shortly after Lehman went under, Hank Paulson said he greatly regretted the decision. This report ought to force a serious re-evaluation of the decisions made vis-a-vis the bailouts, and serve as stark example that when a bank gets itself into this level of trouble it is due to incompetence at best and fraud at worst. Incompetence and fraud should be rewarded with Ch. 11 and/or indictments ... not bailouts.
- Anonymous said...
Professor Jeff:
I am continually amazed when investors like David Einhorn, who was one of the first and one of the few who got it right on Lehman, were demonized by journalists in the media (hello, CNBC) for "misunderstanding" Lehman's situation when Mr. Einhorn, along with a few other investors, knew all along what a fraud Lehman was.
For what it's worth, I have David Einhorn's book queued up on my Amazon wish list of books to purchase and read in the coming months.
Think for yourself - it should be the investment theme of the year, Professor.
P.S.- The other issue which amazes me, and makes me so mad, is how Lehman's auditor, Ernst and Young, got Lehman's financial condition so wrong. I can only hope that when cases go to court, Ernst and Young will go down much like Arthur Andersen did in the wake of Enron's bankruptcy for their gross negligence.
- Jeff Matthews said...
Hayseed brings up an excellent corallary: it wasn't the CDS market that killed the beast, either.
Wilber brings in Buffett, and, yes, the smartest financial mind decided against investing in Lehman even though he has never had qualms about buying heavily shorted companies during financial panics (Wells Fargo in the early 90s and USG, to name two).
Reginald makes a good point: I like Jim and while he is a day trader and nobody should ever make long-term decisions based on his short-term calls, he shows a lot of Wall Street's dirty laundry to the little guy. However, he was dead wrong on the shorts bringing down the financials--dead wrong. Short-selling is an effect, not a cause.
John makes an excellent and logical point. Nuf said on the shorts.
Press250 likewise makes an excellent point, and one worth remembering as Connecticut's own 'Senator Forehead', Chris Dodd, tries to come up with a way to re-regulate the industry he failed to oversee in his 40 years in Congress, because he has been taking hedge fund money and bank money--not to mention sweetheart home loans--from the very industry he was supposedly overseeing.
As for WSF's note on our 'longest clause'...well, thanks!
- Andrew said...
The Lehman Bros. executives may face criminal charges to, which is justified as they steal from the taxpayers.
Next up, Blankfein, Paulson, Geithner, Dodd and many others coming soon!


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Laura Marie Breckenridge, 29, who was born and raised in Flourtown and attended Springside School, was the subject of an article in the Local when she became the youngest girl – at the age of 9 – ever to portray the character of Marie in the yearly performances of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" at the Academy of Music.
Today, two decades later, Laura has a most impressive resume as a TV and movie actress, having appeared on numerous long-running network TV shows such as "Grey's Anatomy", both "CSI" and "CSI New York", "The Mob Doctor", "Blue Bloods", "Gossip Girl", "Boston Public" and numerous others.
In 2005, Breckenridge appeared in her first major film role as Bell Granger in Southern Belles. That same year, she made her debut on "The WB's Related" as college student Rose Sorelli. She would end up starring in 19 episodes of that television series.
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In explaining how he met the Flourtown native, who also trained as a dancer with the Rock School of the Pennsylvania Ballet, the School of American Ballet in New York City, and the Royal Ballet in London, Benjamin, who has an M.B.A. from Stanford University, told this reporter last Friday, two days before the wedding, "I was working for a hedge fund in Connecticut, and we went to Princeton in the fall of 2008 to interview and recruit graduates to possibly join our firm.
"Laura was sitting at a table, and it turned out that she was a good friend of Karen, a co-worker of mine. The only open seat was next to Laura, so I took it. About a month-and-a-half later, Karen asked me if I went on blind dates. I said yes, but I'd really like to date Laura. Karen then told me that Laura had just gotten out of a relationship, so we set up a double date in November of 2008."
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One memorable aspect of Sunday's wedding was that Laura wore the 64-year-old wedding gown that her grandmother and her mother both wore at their weddings. It was restored by Manuela, a Portuguese dressmaker from Chestnut Hill.
"My mom glowed when she saw Laura come out in the dress," said Laura's mother, Diane.
Laura changed into a Vera Wang gown made for her in Los Angeles for the reception that followed at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
"We love tradition," said Diane. "That's why we love Chestnut Hill and Philadelphia." In attendance at the wedding were Laura's maternal grandmother, Doris, 82, and grandfather, Joseph, 88, a World War II veteran who fought in the fierce Italian battle of Anzio. Joseph's dad was a Philadelphia mounted policeman and Manayunk resident.
Diane (maiden name McCloskey), who was born and raised in Hatboro, is an associate professor of nursing at La Salle University. She has also worked at Abington Memorial Hospital since 1977 and is on the women's board there. She has a doctorate in nursing from the University of Maryland and has done considerable post-doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the founder and director of the Strategies for Success program at La Salle, which provides tutoring and financial aid to nursing students.
Laura's dad, Dr. John "Jack" Breckenridge, who was born and raised in Jenkintown, is chairman of radiology at Abington Memorial Hospital. He is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson Medical School and an accomplished tennis player at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, where he and his wife are members.
In addition to Laura, they have a son, Sean, 31, who won a jumping competition at the Devon Horse Show when he was just a 16-year-old student at Chestnut Hill Academy. A graduate of La Salle and Villanova Universities, he is now a vice-president of investments for a financial firm.
Approximately 150 out-of-towners attended the wedding in addition to locals.
"We booked 142 rooms for them at the Four Seasons Hotel," said Diane. On Monday the family had a brunch for all those guests at the Four Seasons, followed by a trip to the Art Museum of Philadelphia and the Barnes Museum.
One might call this Philadelphia's wedding of the decade. Afterwards the newlyweds left on a honeymoon at Playa del Carmen in Mexico.


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