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Daily Cavalcade of Whimsy: Mark Helfrich Firing, and What Oregon Might Be Able To Buy
If Oregon & Phil Knight are REALLY talking about $10 million a year for a head coach… in a very special daily version of the Cavalcade of Whimsy.
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I took my team to the College Football Playoff national title two years ago and all I got was this lousy $11 million buyout.
"Yesterday we were an army with no country, tomorrow, we have to decide which country we want to buy!"
Oregon letting Mark Helfrich go might not be your typical coach firing.
All the big boosters at the big schools talk large when it comes to their willingness to pony up whatever it takes to get the right head coach, and then they end up with Tom Herman instead of Nick Saban.
But what if a booster – say, a multi-gazillionaire grand poobah of the world's iconic sports apparel company – is willing to throw around, say, $10 million a year on a college football head coach?
If that's true – and let's just pretend it is for a moment – then just imagine who Oregon can reasonably go after.
If we're really talking about $10 million a year as a possibility, Oregon's not going to hire Bryan Harsin – the guy lost to Air Force again and hasn't even won his own Group of Five conference over the last two years.
If we're really talking about $10 million a year as a possibility, Oregon's not going to hire a fricking MAC head coach. Let P.J. Fleck row his boat at Purdue first.
Oregon's not going to hire Lane Kiffin – it's just not – and it's not going hire Chip Kelly – it's just not – and it's not to bring back Scott Frost quite yet, although hiring any of one of those three would work.
But if you have $10 million a year to potentially spend, then go spend $10 million a year.
You're not thinking big enough, people.
This is Phil Knight's program. The man is getting older, and he has a lot of money, and he likes to go all Drake around winners he helped create – hanging out with Ohio State this weekend instead of at Oregon's game against Oregon State.
With that in mind, and knowing Knight likes the elite big thing, and knowing money isn't going to be an issue for the right head coach …
Why not go after Urban Meyer?
Or at least give it a shot, considering Urban is barely able to keep the lights on, making around $6.5 million a year.
Nick Saban? He's making ends meet on ramen and love at over $7 million a year. Jim Harbaugh? After all the incentives and bonuses, about $9 million.
But that's not $10 million.
How much money do these coaches really need and want? Simple, for some of the most hyper-competitive people on the planet – more than than other guy.
In the words of C. Montgomery Burns, "ah, yes, but I'd trade it all for a little bit more."
This is Knight. This is Nike. This is Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Derek Jeter. If any of these hopes are even close to being true, and Knight really is willing to help the cause and drop the cash for a head coach, then yeah, we're ten miles past the Fleck/Harsin/Phil Montgomery territory.
Okay, then go for it, and don't screw around.
You want a Chris Petersen type? Get Chris Petersen.
You want Dabo to create Eugene Clemson? Sure.
Hell, if you want Tom Herman, you can close to double his salary.
Everyone … has … a … price.
Or how about giving Pete Carroll a ringy and offer to up his puny $8 million-a-year salary?
If Uncle Phil wanted to give Bill Belichick a massive raise, you don't think the guy might at least answer the phone?
Okay, okay, okay, obviously I'm way-too-deep into the absurd now – the man would bring his own hoodies to the Pacific Northwest, though – and obviously we really are going to be talking about the idea of the Kiffins, the Flecks, the Harsins, and maybe the Kellys of the world in the Oregon coaching search.
And the idea of Knight, or anyone, dropping $10 million a year on a head coach – don't forget about the $11-or-so million to buy out Helfrich – might just be fun banter.
But what if it's not?
If you're Jimmy Sexton, or Trace Armstrong, or any high-powered agent, you're not doing your job if you don't at least find out whether or not this is for real, if for no other reason than to use it as leverage to get your already generational-wealthy clients more money for their great-great-great grandkids.
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As a home inspector we always check for various safety items. One of those items is carbon monoxide detectors in homes that have natural or LP gas or kerosene as a fuel source. About half of the homes that I inspect do not have carbon monoxide detectors or only have them on one floor. I'm often surprised at the number of people who did not know why they needed them, or where they should be located.
But as a 'Missouri' home inspector I have to be 'extra' cautious. Why? Missouri, unlike many other states, does not have a 'law' or a code requiring carbon monoxide detectors in residential homes. It is up to each city to decide if that city adheres to the current building and fire codes for new construction. Thankfully most Missouri cities do that. But there are no requirements for older homes or homes outside the city limits. Missouri public schools are not required to have carbon monoxide detectors nor are they required in rental properties. Surprising, isn't it?
Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless and toxic gas. Because you cannot see it, taste it or smell it can kill you before you have time to get outside or open the windows. At low levels the gas causes nausea and headaches. Sometimes people think they have the flu.
Young children are especially vulnerable. According to safekids.org, each year about 184 children die due to carbon monoxide poisoning and 20,000 children visit the emergency room. The dangers of carbon monoxide increases in the winter because gas fueled devices are used more frequently.
Carbon monoxide gas can come from wood-burning fireplaces that have been converted to a gas log. When this is converted, a safety clip or clamp must be installed on the damper so it can't be closed fully. At today's inspection I had this scenario. It was a converted fireplace with no clip. With the damper closed tight, the pilot is lit and the CO can't escape up the damper.
A rule of thumb is for every fireplace whether gas or wood and every kerosene, or oil heater be inspected on a yearly basis by a professional. They can inspect for leaks by using a gas tester and check visually for cracks and other problems. Carbon monoxide detectors should be on every floor and outside all sleeping areas. The exact height of installation should be according to that manufactures suggestion. Bottom line – buy a carbon monoxide detector!!
*Some of this information was researched from safekids.org and the US Environmental Protection Agency, Warrenton Fire Department and the NACHI site.
Nick Minderman of 7 Oaks Home Inspection is a certified home inspector with both ASHI (American Society of Home Inspectors) and NACHI (National Association of Certified Home Inspectors). He can be reached at 636 293-0763 or by email: firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Appropriability, Technological Opportunity, Market Demand, and Technical Change - Empirical Evidence from Switzerland
The purpose of this paper is to analyze both theoretically and empirically those factors which underlay the - empirically observable - inter-industry differences in technical progress. At the theoretical level economists agree more and more that technical progress can be explained at the industry level by the following three factors: (1) the technological opportunities, (2) the appropriability conditions, meaning the ability to capture and protect the results of technical innovations and (3) the market demand conditions. The basic theoretical model was tested with the help of two sets of Swiss data. One set was made available by Swiss Federal Office of Statistics and consists of quantitative information on R&D expenditures, R&D personnel, total employment and sales figures for 124 (4-digit SIC) industries for the year 1986. The second set was derived from a survey I carried out in the summer of 1988. 940 industry experts were approached; 358 of them, or 38%, covering 127 industries, completed the questionnaire. The items on the questionnaire were related to the two supply-side determinants of technical progress - items (1) and (2) above. For the empirical specification of the theoretical model, technical progress (as the dependent variable) was measured by three indicators: an output indicator, representing the introduction rate of innovations since 1970; two input indicators, "share of R&D expenditures in sales" and "share of R&D personnel in total employment". All data were aggregated at the industry-level (4-digit SIC). Three equations were estimated individually, using the OLS, GLS and Tobit methods. The most important results of the empirical analysis can be summarized as follows: - The ability to appropriate the results of innovations exerts a positive impact on technical progress in all three models. In this context, the non-patent related means of appropriability "secrecy", "lead time", "moving downward on the learning curve" and "superior sales and service efforts" prove to be more important for the innovation process than the means "patents to protect against imitation" and "patents to secure royalty income". - Of all external sources of technological opportunities, domestic and foreign university research makes the largest quantitative and statistically most significant contribution to technical progress. -Science (i.e. education in 14 science fields) is on the whole relevant for technical progress. But its contribution to technical progress would increase, if at the R&D level its application could be better targeted. - Of the six fields of basic science, only in mathematics and in theoretical computer science is education relevant for technical progress. - The relevance of education and training in the applied sciences for technical progress is high and significant in the fields of medical science and electronics. - The impact of sales as an indicator for market demand is negative. Industries with relatively low sales are relatively more innovative than those with a higher level of sales.
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- Dasgupta, Partha & Stiglitz, Joseph, 1980. "Industrial Structure and the Nature of Innovative Activity," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 90(358), pages 266-293, June.
- Tom Lee & Louis L. Wilde, 1980. "Market Structure and Innovation: A Reformulation," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 94(2), pages 429-436.
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- Richard Levin & Peter C. Reiss, 1984. "Tests of a Schumpeterian Model of R&D and Market Structure," NBER Chapters,in: R&D, Patents, and Productivity, pages 175-208 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Cohen, Wesley M & Levinthal, Daniel A, 1989. "Innovation and Learning: The Two Faces of R&D," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 99(397), pages 569-596, September.
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Regulars Charlie Putman and Charles Espenlaub will be in the #46 Fall-Line Motorsports Audi R8 LMS along with Audi factory driver Christopher Mies.
Sebring, FL - After a heartbreaking start to the TUDOR United SportsCar season for the Fall-Line Motorsports Audi R8 LMS during the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, the team is looking for redemption this weekend at Sebring international Raceway for the 62nd Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida.
The event this weekend at the historic 3.74-mile circuit is the second of four stops on the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup so as successful event is doubly important.
The long break between events was crucial for the team who had to completely re-build their car after the car made heavy contact with the wall at Daytona, destroying the tub. The team had ample time to repair and restore the Audi R8 LMS to perfect working order for another long event and a new circuit for the team and drivers.
Charlie Putman: "The Audi R8 was repaired after our Daytona disaster and, based on the test session results, seems to be better than ever. We'll probably never know what caused the crash at Daytona, but I was really touched by all the good wishes and notes of concern passed along by our friends and fans. It made getting back in to the battle much easier for me personally and I think the whole team has stepped up in usual Fall-Line style to put it behind us and have us ready for Sebring. This is a track with a lot of history and a lot of Audi history. On the other hand much of that history was written before our teammate for this race, Audi driver Chris Mies, was born! We welcome Chris (Mies) into the family and he is a great guy to be around. He is young in years, but as they say "mature beyond his years," and his driving certainly shows maturity and expertise. We have a beautiful car, and a great driver line up including Chris (Mies); and hopefully we can add some more that that Sebring Audi history book this weekend."
Charles Espenlaub: "Everyone at Fall-line has done all of the work and preparation....again. But this time it was for the Sebring 12 hour race. The team has worked so hard to give us the best Audi R8 LMS possible and Charlie (Putman), Christopher (Mies) and I look forward to giving them the result they deserve. We will get redemption for not showing what we were capable of at Daytona."
Christopher Mies: "I'm really looking forward to my first Sebring 12-hour race. When I was young I watched it every year and I guess it's one of those races you have to do in your career. I'm happy to be here with such an experienced team and drivers and can't wait to jump into the car."
Michael Harvey, Fall-Line Motorsports Team Manager: "My guys have done an amazing job since Daytona, along with the unbelievably support from Brad and his group at Audi Sport customer racing we were able to test at Sebring in the IMSA test a few weeks ago. We have a strong and consistent Audi R8 LMS as we look to get our season kick-started this weekend. It is great to have Christopher (Mies) back with us and along with Charlie and Charles he complements a strong line up to go 12 hrs."
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It is sad that conservatives have allowed it to get to this point. We have allowed the left to bully and bully people. It is so important for Conservatives to start taking back our culture.
If we wanna fix anything in this country it needs to happen. Nothing is ever a lost cause if we fight and fight hard.
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Actress Stacey Dash is claiming that she's been "blacklisted" in Hollywood due to her political beliefs, saying that she's been unable to secure acting work due to her vocal conservative ideals.
"My acting opportunities have ceased because of my political beliefs. I'm being persecuted in Hollywood. I've been blacklisted. My agents have dropped me," Dash recently told CNSNews. "I haven't auditioned in over a year because of my beliefs and what I stand for. But I know that this is what God wants me to do."
She continued, "And so with that I will stand and I will do it, because I know that what God wants for me no man will keep from me." Read More


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Sex discrimination in abortions would be banned in Louisiana under legislation that sailed out of a House committee Wednesday.
The sex-selection bans are being pushed by anti-abortion interests at both the national and state level. Louisiana is the latest where the subject has been tackled.
Bill sponsor Rep. Lenar Whitney said the legislation is aimed at stopping sex-selection abortions "because the baby is a girl instead of a boy."
More than 160 million girls are "missing" from society, primarily in Asian nations, because of boys being the favored sex, said Whitney, R-Houma. She claimed a New York Times article indicates the practice is happening more and more in the U.S.
"We must be willing to act today to make sure baby girls aren't aborted in Louisiana just because they are baby girls," she said.
The House Health and Welfare Committee, without objection, approved House Bill 701 and shipped it to the House floor for further debate.
Seven states — Arizona, Kansas, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and South Dakota — ban abortion in cases of sex selection at some point in pregnancy.
Louisiana is prime territory to join their ranks, rated the most anti-abortion state in the U.S. for the last six years.
National abortion-rights groups have said the bans are inappropriate, ineffective and put an undue burden on physicians who have to question the woman's reasons for seeking an abortion.
"The bans distract from the real issue and fail to combat the underlying societal attitudes that devalue girls and underlying cultural pressures that cause individuals and couples to pursue sex-selective abortions," according to the Center for Reproductive Rights.
HB701 would ban the abortion if the physician knows the decision is based on sex. It includes the potential for a civil lawsuit against the physician who performs the abortion in violation of the ban. The physician would be exposed to treble damages and punitive damages of $10,000. In addition, the offender would be exposed to fines ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 or more for third and succeeding violations.
The committee amended the measure to require physicians to provide information about the sex of the fetus, if it can be determined, prior to an abortion being performed.
"It assures that every unborn child's sex ... can be known to the mother" so they can be "as informed as possible," said Benjamin Clapper, executive director of Louisiana Right to Life.
No one spoke against the legislation. However, "red" cards noting opposition were filed from representatives of a variety of groups, including Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, the National Association of Social Workers, Louisiana NOW and the New Orleans Abortion Fund.
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Learning to Teach, Teaching to Learn
Okayama JALT- June Meeting
We will have two presentations at the June meeting.
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THEME: Social Emotional Learning (skills for the 21st century)
TOPIC: Non-cognitive factors
PRESENTER: Arnold F. Arao
Despite its inception almost a decade ago, the movement to integrate students with special needs has became a salient issue for educators in Japan, particularly those tasked with foreign language instruction. Integration or mainstreaming has received renewed focus due to the increasing numbers of diagnoses as well as initiatives to include families in discussions of their children's education. This has coincided with a renewed effort by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) to promote language learning as a means of "cultivating Japanese with English abilities". Language educators in the general population are faced with new challenges in the classroom for which they have no training and about which they are provided little direction.
Students with special needs are being systematically denied the language education they deserve, arising not from a lack of ability on their part, but a lack of knowledge on the part of educators. In particular, students with special needs who are mainstreamed face daunting obstacles as they attempt to keep pace with their peers. Further, students in the general population are facing and failing academic challenges. More and more, students are opting out of pursuing academic goals citing lack of motivation and engagement. In addition, many students engage in risky behaviour that takes them further from expected developmental trajectories and may even place them at risk for the development of psychopathology. What is required is a refocus by educators on classroom strategies that benefit all students in multiple domains.
Recent research weighs in heavily on the impact of non-cognitive factors on student outcomes in terms of life skills and academically and are in fact considered as essential if not more so than intelligence in determining positive outcomes.
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TITLE: Teaching "Culture"
PRESENTER: Jon Prevatt
AFFILIATION(S): teaches at Okayama University, Fukuyama University, and Kawasaki Medical School
The presenter will discuss the concept of "culture" in language learning and teaching. Culture, language, and identity are intertwined and consciously or not are of interest to the language learner and teacher. Despite its inherent significance even agreeing on or defining "culture" can be tricky. Can unpacking the concept of culture help teachers better understand and serve the language needs of students and support learning. What are the pedagogical implications and does culture fit in? What about the context in which one teaches? The presenter will discuss these issues and introduce some practical applications for classroom study and share some of his ESL/EFL teaching successes and failures as they relate to "teaching" culture and the never-ending need to make language learning and teaching more meaningful.


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Specialist Technical Training - Senior Analyst
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- Permanent, Full time
- Ipreo
- 18 Aug 17
Ipreo Private Capital Markets (PCM) is seeking a Client Services and Training Specialist who is passionate about helping people learn and adapt to change for the better.
Why Ipreo:
Imagine a job where you…
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This is so mind-numbingly stupid it pains me to excerpt it:
A measure to ban the use of foreign laws in domestic courtrooms is progressing in Florida's statehouse, one of dozens of similar efforts across the country that critics call an unwarranted campaign driven by fear of Muslims."American laws"?
Forty such bills are being pursued in 24 states, according to a tally by the National Conference of State Legislatures, a movement opponents call a response to a made-up threat of Shariah law, the Islamic legal code that covers many areas of life. Backers of the bills say they fill a glaring hole in legal protections for Americans.
"There have been all sorts of wild accusations about what this bill does," said Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, who sponsored the Senate bill in Florida. "This is very clear, very simple: In American courts we need American laws and no other."
The Florida measure passed the House on Thursday 92-24. It awaits a full vote in the Senate.
If passed, Florida would join three other states — Louisiana, Arizona and Tennessee — in approving legislation curtailing the use of foreign laws.
Yeah, like the Magna Carta, or better yet -- the Bible (wasn't Charlton Heston a Real American when he brought down those ten laws?).
I think the basic problem is that the "Sharia law" controversy doesn't really exist -- I know of no trend where federal or state courts are deferring to Muslim law in derogation of operative state or federal law.
Like voter fraud and Newt Gingrich, it's basically a scare tactic:
If Sharia opponents can't name a single instance of Islamic law being used in the state courts, what exactly is the point of banning it — beyond vague and unsubstantiated fears?Although it's obvious the FL bill's sponsors are not targeting English common law or the French civil code, in light of this recent 10th Circuit opinion (on Oklahoma's version), up in Tally they are careful to not mention Sharia law specifically by name -- just the usual dog whistles for the well-trained base this bill is intended to satiate.
On the other hand, there isn't exactly a compelling counter-argument in favor of Sharia law. The U.S. courts should avoid applications of religious law in general. And Sharia has a particularly horrific reputation, since it's used to justify the state-sanctioned oppression of women, the silencing of journalists and human rights workers, religious persecution, and vicious executions across the Islamic world.
But the good news for Sharia law opponents is that these things are already illegal in the United States, and Sharia is rarely applied to anything in this country beyond executions of wills and personal financing matters. Unless that changes, attempts to "ban" it are based on little more than hysteria and conspiracy theories.
All of this is yet another compelling argument to retain Justices Pariente, Lewis, and Quince -- and I personally want to commend Raoul Cantero for putting a bipartisan face on the fundraising event Monday, which btw was well-attended with the cream of the crop in South Florida's legal community all supporting their retention.
We will need good strong judges to resist these sorts of nativist impulses.
(RIP Judge Maxine Cohen Lando.)


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This article was published 8/7/2011 (2236 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Red River College (Venue 11), to July 22
Cameryn Moore's 2010 fringe festival entry was Phone Whore, in which she dished about her R-rated conversations as a telephone sex operator. Apparently that led to many personal questions from audience members about what led the one-time Mormon to make a living talking dirty to strangers.
So Slut (r)evolution is her solo prequel to Phone Whore and encompasses Moore's sexual history from the first time her father called her a fat slut through her days as a lesbian separatist and painful episodes with clothes pegs. It's graphic and occasionally funny, like when she recalls receiving oral sex during a game of Scrabble. "I won but I was really distracted," Moore deadpans.
The Boston-based Moore proves an amiable exhibitionist, very at home as she slouches in an armchair holding court, detailing her formative sexual escapades for an hour. But with her impressive hookup rate, she should know what she is talking about when she states that "90 per cent of good sex happens in your head."
-- Kevin Prokosh
From the official Fringe Festival program:
"Yes, I'm looking for a hook-up … but I want you to know how I got here first." The creator of last year's award-winning Phone Whore merges memory and manifesto to explore incendiary events from her very sexual life. (Best Female Solo, 2010 San Francisco Fringe)
Recommended For: Mature Audience
Length: 60 min.
Tickets: $10
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General Lecomte was President of Haiti in the early 20th century.
When the Presidential Palace was blown up in 1912, it was believed that Lecomte was killed by the explosion. However, he was assassinated by followers of Tancred Auguste, who blew up the palace to conceal that he had been murdered. Jean Vilbrun Guillame Sam witnessed Leconte being killed. (PROSE: White Darkness)


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The length it takes usually depends on what supporting documenations you need. For it to initially come out of underwriting, I think 3 days is pretty typical. If it looks good to the underwriter, they will give it an "Approved with conditions" (just about everyone has some sort of conditions, its rare and it's straight approved with no conditions). Then a Loan Processor will get in touch with you to get those conditions met (extra paystubs, updated bank statements...stuff like that). You get the stuff they ask for, send it to the Loan Processor and they give it back to Underwriting...who reviews the file again and if all is well, issues a Loan Commitment and you can move on to the next step in closing.
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Just heard we are officially in underwriting!!! How long does it usually take from now to closing? (assuming we make it through) LO says the only thing that would go wrong at this point is if we lied about our income....(not)
Mine went pretty quick, about business days, but two of the conditions that I thought were already satisfied, weren't. And i've now been stuck for almost 2 weeks waiting for them to be taken care of. One was the termite inspection, which we thought was signed off but wasn't, and the other now is back taxes on the property, which I was told over and over again not to worry about, and now has become a problem. So as usual, YMMV.
In our situation, we made it through underwriting to approval with conditions in three days. But then we have had to wait a week for an appraisal company to accept the order and then another ten days - our appraisal is supposed to be reported today. It's kind of irritating. Then the bank has to review the appraisal. If they can get to work on the titlework before the appraisal comes in, then it goes faster.
Unfortuately I think making into Underwriting is usually the part that's quick...the lenghy part starts when you get to Underwriting.
If you look at the Nov/Dec Closers thread, you can get an idea from others on how long their process took. Some people it took 2 weeks for the approval process (from when they applied to when they got the loan approval) while others took 6 weeks. One person reporoted that from the time the file went to Underwriting until it was it was approved took about 2 weeks.
I'm still in underwriting! I got my conditional approval on Nov 21st, it's Dec 14th now.
I submitted ALL of my contingent documents the next day. Now I'm 3 business days from estimated close and the underwriter is asking for the same documents over and over and over again. I just keep everything in my car and fax them immediately. I've signed off on the IRS form 4506-T three seperate times now. The underwriter claims the IRS keeps rejecting it. It's extraordinarily frustrating. And I KNOW the 4506-T has a 48 business hour turn-around so I'm just assuming I'll add another 2 days to closing.
Hang in there.
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I'm still in underwriting! I got my conditional approval on Nov 21st, it's Dec 14th now.
I submitted ALL of my contingent documents the next day. Now I'm 3 business days from estimated close and the underwriter is asking for the same documents over and over and over again. I just keep everything in my car and fax them immediately. I've signed off on the IRS form 4506-T three seperate times now. The underwriter claims the IRS keeps rejecting it. It's extraordinarily frustrating. And I KNOW the 4506-T has a 48 business hour turn-around so I'm just assuming I'll add another 2 days to closing.
Hang in there.
Wow that sucks. I take it your lender doesn't do the whole "upload documents" thing? I'm hoping when it comes time for them to ask for additional documents from me, it won't be things I already submitted since I updated a long list of documents through their website online and I can see the files are sitting there, marked as "Received".
Oh they've received them, the underwriter lost them or something.
Minutes after I posted the message above the LO called me. We're in the last days of this. They've lost the entire document set. AND they can't get a hold of the appraiser for a modification of the comps. They waited until the last possible minute. I let my agent know that I won't be asking the seller to extend because I'm completely fed up with the mortgage lender's methods. I'll walk away.
Argh and good luck to you!
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This Weekend, Twilight Superfans Make Downtown Dallas Their Playground
Two Twilight fans and a cardboard Robert Pattinson get all PG-13 at the Sheraton.
Patrick Michels
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Till Sunday, Dallas is ground zero for the event organizers say is the largest Twilight gathering ever in North America. The crowd had a teenybopper look with a hint of brooding, peppered by a handful in baseball unis, an all-out cape-collar-and-fangs vampire and -- really? -- one Klingon who strolled defiantly past the girls in an autograph line.
That the Klingon stuck out so much is just one sign that this isn't your average sci-fi con going down this weekend. Further evidence is the fact that MTV and Reelz Channel each held contests to find the most rabid Twilight devotees to be their correspondents. (Lest you doubt her enthusiasm, MTV winner Farah Madi raps all about it in her winning entry video -- and judging by her "jonasbrosfan" moniker, she'll love it here in Dallas.)
The con's big day is Saturday, when cast members will appear for Q&A and autograph sessions, and a masquerade ball will cap off the night. Twilight star Jackson Rathbone's band 100 Monkeys has a show tomorrow night at the Palladium Ballroom too.
Even after folks spent hours waiting in line to register last night, hundreds spent four hours waiting in line this morning for a chance to meet the members of 100 Monkeys -- even after Rathbone himself was a late scratch from the appearance.
Rathbone's disappearing act didn't thin out the crowd much, but it left plenty of fans disappointed -- including Kelly Steadman, who flew in from San Jose and said she's been frustrated by a few abrupt schedule changes like Rathbone's, especially when she says she could hear him talking in an adjacent room.
So... 99 Monkeys? Friday morning's autograph session.
Patrick Michels
"We're both event coordinators, and this is the biggest mess I've ever seen," said Leanne Refvik, who traveled with Steadman and had Unfair Park wondering if we weren't about to witness Southfork II.
"Out of 3,000 people, we're going to expect some complaints," said Twicon cofounder Becky Scoggins, who said things really have been running smoothly so far. "You're gonna have long waits, you're gonna have people getting tired and impatient," she said.
Cassidy Thackerson, 15, said she's enjoyed herself so far at the con, after coming into Dallas from Wickett, in West Texas. While she looks forward to meeting Kellan Lutz at the autograph sessions tomorrow, her mother Maradith has entertained herself by lugging around a cardboard Robert Pattinson standup, collecting signatures from all who pose with it in a photo.
Meghan Walstrom said she drove 16 hours with three friends from Minneapolis, and found a more diverse crowd at Twicon than she'd expected. "I thought I would feel a lot older and out of place than I have," said Walstrom, who is in her 30s.
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Damage can't be undone? Ashley reveals that she hasn't exactly patched things up with ex-husband David in Married at First Sight's Tuesday, March 8, season 3 reunion.
In the clip from the FYI series' new episode, Ashley explains to Dr. Pepper Schwartz that she opted for a divorce during the finale's Decision Day because she was unable to move past David having asked out another woman during their marriage. David has maintained that he was connecting with the woman in order to learn more about his wife from her.
"You can't be committed [to the marriage] and asking out another woman — just doesn't go together," Ashley explains.
"That's no excuse for his behavior, you know?" she continues. "He asked out another woman when he was married, and he got caught."
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