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A Delhi court today awarded death penalty to three youths for abduction, gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old girl whose mutilated and decomposed body was recovered from a Haryana village in 2012.
"Death to all three (Rahul, Ravi and Vinod)," Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat said.
After hearing the sentence, the three convicts pleaded for mercy but the court did not pay any attention, saying the case falls in the category of rarest of rare.
The Delhi Police had earlier sought death penalty for convicts -- Rahul (27), Ravi (23) and Vinod (23) while the defence counsel had sought leniency for them, saying there was chance of their reformation.
Holding that the girl was killed in a cold blooded manner, the court had on February 13 held the trio guilty of abduction, gangrape and murder and said they "gratified their sexual lust upon the deceased by subjecting her to rape one by one".
The three youths were arrested and booked for offences of kidnapping, unnatural sex, gangrape and murder of a girl on intervening night of February 9 and 10, 2012. The court, however, had acquitted them of the charges of unnatural sex saying no such evidence was found against them.
According to the prosecution, the girl, who was working in Gurgaon's Cyber City, was abducted by the three in a car near her house in Qutub Vihar here and was gangraped and murdered by them on February 9, 2012.
Additional Public Prosecutor Satwinder Kaur had told the court that the victim's mutilated body was found three days after the incident from a field in Rodhai village in Haryana's Rewari district.
She had said the three youths had poured acid into the victim's eyes and had inserted a broken liquor bottle into her private parts.
Ravi and Rahul, who were residing in that area as tenants, were brothers and had planned to take revenge on the girl as she had rejected Ravi's advances.
The girl was kidnapped by the three youths when she along with three colleagues was coming back from her Gurgaon office, the prosecutor had said, adding they had dragged her into their car and had sped away.
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CJN Article: "Hebrew U Alumni Globetrotter Now Helps Disabled Canadians Online"
Jeffrey Bernstein has helped communities around the globe – the 27-year-old political science grad has been everywhere from Uruguay to South Sudan and Israel. Now he's ready to bring his skills to help his own community in Canada.
Bernstein is the co-founder of synapsABILITY, an organization that hopes to provide a digital space for Canadians with disabilities and their families. "We're trying to build an online social platform for the support networks that care for people with developmental and physical disabilities in Canada," he said.
The project is a very personal one for Bernstein, whose autistic brother, Alan, was the inspiration behind the organization. "He's an incredible guy… He does a lot in the community. He's very, very, very involved with the Jewish community, and he's sort of found a home for himself over the years there, in various synagogues and organizations."
The idea behind synapsABILITY, which is still in its early stages, is to provide a new tool for people with disabilities and their networks (families, friends, social workers, educators, doctors, employers, etc.) that allows them to connect with each other and learn from their experiences.
"The population in Canada with disabilities and the people who support them is a big, growing and powerful network that hasn't necessarily found its voice in the way that many advocates would like it to," the Toronto native said. "But this is something that we're hoping to eventually change.
"I've been trying to find a way back to my community in a sense," Bernstein added, "and find something that I could connect with here, locally. Something that would be meaningful work and hits close to home."
He said a lot of people ask him why he's become a social entrepreneur when his background is in politics and public affairs. But according to Bernstein, the two career paths aren't so far apart: both allow him to work with social justice, which is something he's always been passionate about.
Bernstein has been volunteering since he was a kid. He was heavily involved with the Jewish youth groups Kadima and United Synagogue Youth, where he was able to get a first taste of helping out people in need. "The social action component was kind of that big driver," he said.
He enrolled at the University of Toronto for his undergraduate degree and chose to spend his third year studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Bernstein focused on Middle Eastern politics during his time there and said it was his first introduction to independent research.
"That was definitely one of my defining moments for growth, I'd say. Obviously, living in a different country, as familiar as Israel might be to Jews, it's still very different," he said. "But going as a 20-year-old, there's a lot that you sort of absorb and learn."
He said he came back to Toronto with a newfound energy. After wrapping up his undergrad degree at U of T, Bernstein worked at a think-tank in Washington, D.C., for six months and volunteered with the Barack Obama campaign.
"Just being in D.C. as a political scientist – it's the Mecca of this universe for anyone who wants to study that, who wants to work in international policy, international affairs," he said. "It was amazing. I was very lucky to have that break."
While he waited to hear back from master's programs, Bernstein did some travelling. He returned to Israel and stayed there for three months, but this time he volunteered at an organization called Peace Players International. He described it as a project that uses "basketball as a model for bridging the divides between… parties in conflict."
Bernstein added that he got to see a different side of the country that he didn't get to see while on his Birthright trip or even during his year abroad at Hebrew U.
He returned from his trip and started pursuing his master's degree at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa. During that time, he also landed a job working as a human rights adviser to Canadian Senator Roméo Dallaire. There, he was responsible for managing the senator's international relationships and doing things like writing speeches and op-eds.
It's safe to say Bernstein has done some exciting things over the last few years. But one of his most thrilling experiences happened just a few months ago when he landed a gig at a startup organization that does consultancy work in international policy and research. It might not sound like an interesting job, but it's the one that led him on a hunt for counterfeit medicine in South Sudan and Myanmar.
"My boss had spent a lot of time in [unusual] places," he said, citing Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria as examples.
"He would always notice that in market places there would be medicine that either looked suspicious or was unlabelled, or it was sort of lumped in."
Over the summer, Bernstein spent a month in South Sudan and a month in Myanmar investigating counterfeit medicine issues. He said being in South Sudan was an eye-opening experience. "I've travelled a lot, I've been to a lot of places… But [South Sudan is] unlike any country I've ever seen or you could imagine. It's almost like being in the beginning of time, in a sense. There's only a few kilometres of paved roads there. There's very, very little infrastructure. Brick and mortar buildings… there's a few, but it's not sort of the norm."
All of his experiences have helped him become a social entrepreneur. Bernstein said any young person can launch a company nowadays. It's about having an idea and surrounding yourself with motivated people.
You don't have to drop everything you're doing in order to have an entrepreneurial experience, he added. Sometimes it's just a matter of learning or volunteering in an area you're passionate about. He said that young generations are now shaping many fields, including marketing, technology and advertising.
"There's incredible change that's happening in that world, being driven by people who are not any older than us," he said. "In fact, many are much younger."
To connect with Bernstein about opportunities with synapsABILITY, or to learn more about his Generation Y-mentorship project, send him a tweet at @JeffMBernstein.


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Aguilar, a reporter with 10 years of experience who has worked with several regional outlets, had recently broken a series of stories on local corruption and organized crime for El Cambio de Michoacán, according to the paper. On October 22, she reported on a military operation near
Aguilar had not received any threats, colleagues told CPJ. However, in a story published today, El Cambio de Michoacán said her colleagues believe her disappearance could be linked to her reporting. Family members have not made any public comments.
On Thursday, the Michoacán State Prosecutor Jesús Montejano Ramírez said state authorities were investigating Aguilar's disappearance, the national daily Milenio reported. Montejano said he could not make any leads public in order to not interfere with the investigation.
Aguilar is the eighth Mexican reporter to have gone missing since 2005, according to CPJ research.
"We are deeply concerned for the safety of María Esther Aguilar Cansimbe," CPJ Senior Americas Program Coordinator Carlos Lauría. "We ask state and federal authorities to do all in their power to find her. They need to send a clear message that the disappearance of journalists who report on corruption will not go unprosecuted."
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Marshall Henderson's open letter to Ole Miss fans
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In a letter of thanks to Ole Miss fans, Marshall Henderson apologized for his on-court antics and vowed to become a better team leader next season.
The fiery guard led the Rebels to an SEC championship and a second-round NCAA tournament upset before falling to La Salle in the round of 32. During the March run, Henderson gained national attention for his taunting, trash-talk and contentious attitude.
His letter was posted on olemisssports.com. He began by thanking fans and stating his goal of taking the program to greater heights in 2014. Then he addressed his controversial on- and off-court behavior:
I play the game with a lot of passion, and sometimes that passion boils over. I take responsibility for my actions this season and apologize to anyone I offended. However, my edge on the court has made me the player that I am. I can't change that, but I do understand that I can take things too far.
I have come to understand this year that I represent this team and this university, and I have to hold myself to a higher standard than people in the stands, because I am a student-athlete at Ole Miss.
Moments after tweeting the link to his heartfelt promise of change, Henderson went on a prodigious tweeting binge in which he retweeted and responded to some of his most vicious online haters. The messages he retweeted from others included racial slurs, homophobic words and references to his past drug use.
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As Ole Miss enters game week against Southeast Missouri State, the Rebels will be tasked with replacing two starters in junior offensive guard Aaron Morris and sophomore linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche.
"We didn't experience injuries last year very much, but now right off the bat we're faced with adversity with Aaron Morris being done for the year," head coach Hugh Freeze said. "The worst part of our game is to see how much effort they put in during the offseason and then they get to go play in front of everyone and to get that news is not easy."
Morris, Freeze said, does have a redshirt available, so hopefully they can get him a medical redshirt and still have two years to play.
In his absence, four players -- seniors Patrick Junen and Jared Duke, sophomore Justin Bell and freshman Austin Golson -- will rotate at guard. Senior Emmanuel McCray, who got the start at left tackle, will also work inside, with freshman Laremy Tunsil's impressive college debut at tackle.
"Laremy graded extremely high after the Vanderbilt game, and Austin was about average," Freeze said of the freshman offensive linemen. "Austin's effort was phenomenal, he pulled the wrong way a couple of times but those are things a normal freshman will do, especially while playing inside. Inside a lot of things can go on and he's only been taking reps there for about a week and a half, but I was real pleased with his effort and focus."
Nkemdiche's injury, Freeze said, not season-ending, so they feel like he will be back, best case four weeks, worst case six weeks. Juniors Keith Lewis and Serderius Bryant will fill his spot at Stinger linebacker.
Lewis, the Rebels' starting Wolf linebacker, played mostly in 4-3, nickel and dime defensive sets, while Bryant sat behind Nkemdiche on last week's depth chart at Stinger linebacker
"It's the loss of the leadership and the loss of a very bright individual, but we have that in me and (Bryant) as well," Lewis said. "Me and (Bryant) combined can make up for the loss."
Senior D.T. Shackelford, who returned from a two-year absence due to knee injuries, played both linebacker and defensive end and will now focus solely on linebacker while Nkemdiche recovers from injury.
"I was pleased, we've shuffled him around a lot," Freeze said. " By the end of the opening week I would like to be settled on exactly where guys will play, and now with the injuries we have to move guys around again. He made a few mistakes on his fits but he played with phenomenal effort and now that he's beginning to settle in I think he'll be fine."
Cornerback Shuffle
Sophomore Quintavius Burdette and senior Dehendret Collins got the start at field and boundary corners, respectively, against Vanderbilt. Going forward, Freeze said they will keep moving guys around and hopefully getting some guys, like senior Charles Sawyer and junior Senquez Golson, healthy.
"I think everybody that watched the game saw that when Senquez Golson can go we are much better," Freeze said. "We were trying kids that had never played snaps, and I think they're going to be good. We have to get Charles Sawyer healthy, and we'll try moving guys from the husky over to the boundary corner."
Freeze said Golson (hamstring) looked good in practice Monday and that Sawyer (shoulder) is closer to getting healthy as well.
"Right now, I feel like I don't any limitations," Golson said of his hamstring injury. "I mean I'm not feeling 100 percent, but I feel like I'm good enough to go... It was sore. I think I just had to loosen it up a little bit. The first deep ball that I had against Matthews was the first time I had opened up and ran in two or three weeks. After that play, I had more confidence and was good to go."
In addition to getting healthy, there will also be movement at the position this week.
Collins, whose eyes, Freeze said, "were pretty bad at times" at cornerback against Vanderbilt will move back to Huskie, where he played last season.
Sophomore Mike Hilton, who got the start at Huskie, will move to cornerback, where he played some last season and also got some reps at during fall practice. Freeze also noted sophomore Anthony Standifer and freshman Bobby Hill as other options at cornerback.
"We got some changes to make and figure out who we have where," Golson said of the cornerback position. "We had Mike Hilton and Tony Conner at the same spot. We need both of those guys on the field at the same time."
Freshmen Impress
Freshman wide receiver Laquon Treadwell was named SEC Freshman of the Week after leading Ole Miss in receiving with nine catches for 82 yards in his first college game. His nine catches were an Ole Miss freshman record and most by a Rebel since Mike Espy had nine against Auburn in 2005.
Treadwell hauled in a pass on three straight players and four to of five in one stretch in the third quarter, including a one-handed grab.
"That's him," Wallace said of Treadwell. "That's why he was the number one receiver recruit in the nation. That's what he does. He's not just terribly fast, but he has great ball skills, and you just have to give him a chance."
The play immediately after that stretch, which ended in the Rebels' second touchdown, Wallace completed a nine-yard pass to freshman tight end Evan Engram, who finished with five catches for 61 yards, which were both second-most on the team.
"He's a stud," Wallace said of Engram. "He had a great game, and he just has to keep building on that. He's a huge playmaker in our offense. He creates mismatches for us.
Engram, along with junior Donte Moncrief, also made the key block to spring junior running back Jeff Scott on his 75-yard, game-winning touchdown run with 1:07 left.
"As soon as he was here in 7-on-7, we saw how good of a receiver he was going to be. As small as he was, I was kind of worried about his blocking, but as you saw against Vanderbilt, he did a great job."
Holder Makes His Mark
A former walk-on, senior wide receiver Jordan Holder ran with the first-team during most of camp, worked his way on to the two-deep, and then quickly made an impact this season, catching a 4-yard pass from Wallace on the first offensive play of the game against Vanderbilt.
"I looked up and had to pinch myself for a second because Bo just slung it right at me," Holder said of the catch. "I'm happy that I caught it and got that out of the way, so we could play."
That 4-yard pass was also the first in his career, and he finished the game with three catches for 20 yards, having previously played in just two games. He played significant snaps in the slot, along with Treadwell and Engram.
"Whenever I was sticking with 1's during most of camp," Holder said of when he realized he was going to play this year. "That's when I kind of knew. I never wanted to get my hopes up because I had been there before the past couple of years, but I just stuck to it, and it finally worked out for me."
At 5-foot-11, 170 pounds, Holder was asked about what he brings to the wide receiver position, and Holder noted his physical abilities, but also his awareness and knowledge of coverages.
"I may not look as fast as I am, but I definitely think I am deceptive with my speed, and my quickness and hands," Holder said. "You got to catch everything that comes your way.
"When you do it as long as I have been here, you pick things up that most people may not know, as far as if a blitzer is coming, or a safety is dropping down on top of you. Things like that, seeing what coverages are, so you know how to run your routes."
Holder was also a unanimous selection for one of five available scholarships for walk-on players, Freeze said last week. But when his name was called, he gave the scholarship to fellow senior and walk-on tight end Justin Bigham.
"It was a definitely an honor," Holder said. "It was something I always wanted to earn and work for. I was just happy to get it. What I did for Bigham, I was happy I was able to be in that position to help him out because he's a great guy and he's earned it just as much as I have, or anybody else has, so he deserved it.
"He was sitting right beside me when they announced mine, and they never called his name. I felt sick to my stomach because we started off together, and I definitely wanted him to have one."


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Lewis Hamilton believes this weekend represents his best chance of winning a second British Grand Prix in several years.
The 28-year-old Mercedes driver, who claimed his only previous victory at Silverstone en route to the 2008 World Championship, finished eighth in the race last year when driving for former team McLaren.
Hamilton admitted that his car's race pace at Silverstone was "still an unknown", but expressed his confidence that he will be able to produce at his home race.
Hamilton told BBC Sport: "I definitely think I'll be closer than I have been for the last couple of years.
"I am looking forward to seeing what the car can do. I think the car will go really well."
Hamilton has been on the podium three times in seven races so far this year, but has yet to finish higher than third place. With 77 points he sits in fourth place in the World Championship table, 55 points behind leader Sebastian Vettel.
Unsurprisingly, the Stevenage-born driver believes that Vettel, his Red Bull team, and Ferrari will continue to be strong rivals come race day.
"For some reason the Red Bulls and Ferrari's seem to have 0.3-0.5 seconds over us on long-run pace. I don't know why that is.
"I definitely feel we'll be competitive throughout the weekend but I don't know where the time is being lost on Sunday."
Mercedes' tendency to wear out its tyres too quickly in a race is likely to be a crucial factor in Hamilton's chances. His team have been on pole four times this season, but have only managed one win - Nico Rosberg in Monaco, a venue where overtaking is notoriously difficult.
But the 21-time F1 Grand Prix race winner went onto express his excitement and anticipation about racing at Silverstone, citing the improvements Mercedes have made to their car since the last race in Canada three weeks ago.
"I think we've made some small steps with tyre cooling and brake cooling," he said.
"I am massively excited about it, and really looking forward to it. It's been a bit of a long break since the last race, but the build-up to this one is always the most exciting.
"It's generally the busiest but it's also just great to be here and looking forward to seeing the turnout of fans that we have this weekend."
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Australia's Big 4 banks are global unknowns
Australia's big four banks may rank among the most profitable in the developed world, but when it comes to brand value they trail their better known foreign peers.
Aggressive expansion into Asia has put Australia and New Zealand Banking Group at the top of the list for Australia's most valuable bank brands, however the bank's global rank held steady from last year at 39, with a brand value of $6.8 billion.
The brand value of US-based bank Wells Fargo, the world's most valuable, is $US30.2 billion ($34.5 billion), according to The Brand Finance Banking 500 study.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, which some analysts expect will post of half year profit of $4 billion next week, comes in second among Australian bank brand value and is ranked 42nd in the world, up two places from last year, worth $6.3 billion.
National Australia Bank, Australia's third most valuable bank brand, recorded 46th position amongst its global counterparts, valued at $5 billion.
Westpac Banking Corp, last among local banks with a brand worth of $4.9 billion, was 48th in the world rankings.
All of Australia's big four banks improved their brand value, according to the annual study, but only CBA and Westpac improved their world ranking.
Collectively this financial year, Australia's big four banks are expected to lock in profits above last year's record of $27.3 billion.
The market dominance of the big four in Australia has seen them ranked among the developed world's most profitable for the last three years.
According to figures published by the Switzerland-based Bank for International Settlements, pre-tax profits for the big four were equal to 1.18 per cent of their total assets.
Only major banks in Brazil, China, India and Russia rank higher in returns.
Many major banks around the developed world have struggled with the global financial crisis in recent years.
Australia's economy has remained relatively shielded thanks to the mining boom, although a slowdown in credit growth has forced lenders to embark on cost cutting, including job losses.
Several smaller lenders were taken over during the GFC, allowing the big four to lift its dominance of the mortgage market to 83 per cent.
Max Mason is The Australian Financial Review's Media & Marketing editor. He is based in Sydney.


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Q: When apples are on the menu, our lunch vendor rinses the apples before sending them to our classroom sites. Since they provide over 700 lunches, they do not remove the stickers from the apples prior to washing. Should we remove them and rinse the apples again before serving them to the children?
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The WHO has 193 member states. These appoint delegations to the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body. The assembly appoints a director general every five years, as well as an executive board of 34 qualified health experts.
There are six regional WHO offices worldwide, known as AFRO (Africa), EURO (Europe), SEARO (southeast Asia), AMRO (the Americas), WPRO (western Pacific) and EMRO (eastern Mediterranean).
The WHO's biggest success to date was the worldwide eradication of smallpox in 1980. This followed a worldwide identification and vaccination campaign. Vaccination is central to the WHO's 'yellow card' programme, an internationally recognised vaccination certificate used for migration to and from some countries affected by endemic diseases.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara's women's basketball team was rewarded for its first-place finish in the Big West when the conference announced its annual awards on Monday.
Head coach Lindsay Gottlieb was named the Big West Coach of the Year after leading UCSB to a 15-1 record in league play. Gottlieb also guided the Gauchos to a 20-9 overall record in her first season at the helm of the team. The Scarsdale, NY native took over for Mark French last May.
"I feel really fortunate to be the head coach at this program, which I feel is one of the most special women's basketball programs in the country," Gottlieb said. "I think anytime you're rewarded for what you do, it's because the players have performed and the assistant coaches have put the time and effort in that most people don't understand. I'm excited about this award because it sheds light on the wonderful people I get to work with - the players and coaches."
For the second time in as many seasons, the Gauchos placed two players on the All-Big West First Team. Seniors Jenna Green and Lauren Pedersen were both honored as First Team players as UCSB was the only school to boast a pair of First-Team All-Big West selections.
It is Green's third selection to the Big West's First Team as the senior is now only the fourth player in UCSB history to take home that honor three times. The senior from San Jose, Calif. averaged 11.4 points per game and 5.5 rebounds per game this season and is currently ninth on UCSB's all-time scoring list.
Pedersen led the Gauchos with a 12.8 scoring average while also leading the team in total rebounds, assists and steals. She is the first player in UCSB history to lead the Gauchos in every single category. The Brea, Calif. native started every game for UCSB this season and poured in a career-high 28 points last week against UC Riverside to give the Gauchos the regular-season title and a No. 1 seed in this week's Big West Tournament.
"As a coach, I am really proud of the two players named to the First Team," Gottlieb said. "Jenna and Lauren have taken so much upon themselves, but always have the attitude of `What can I do to help the team win?' Both of them have unbelievable skill sets at their positions, but both are also leaders and big-time players."
Jordan Franey, the 2007 Big West Freshman of the Year, was honored again as she was named to the Big West's Honorable Mention team. The junior from San Diego averaged 6.6 points per game and 4.3 rebounds per game as one of only four Gauchos to play in all 29 games.
"Jordan is so deserving of being an all-conference selection," Gottlieb said. "She's bought into her role as well as any player I've coached. She's been a consistent force for us with her scoring ability and her toughness as well as her ability to give us life off the bench every time."
Emilie Johnson became the third UCSB player in as many years to be named to the Big West's All-Freshman Team. The Loomis, Calif. native averaged 5.9 points per game and 2.7 rebounds per game and was third on the team in assists. Johnson started the first 12 games of the season as UCSB's starting point guard, becoming just the third freshman in the past decade to open her collegiate career as the Gauchos' starting point guard.
"No question we would not have been where we are as a team and as successful as we've been without Emilie's contributions," Gottlieb said. "The fact that she is a freshman makes it all that much more impressive. She's thrown into the fire as a freshman and she's handled every situation with an incredible attitude. She has an unbelievable work ethic and I think every coach would love to have a player like Emilie."
Gottlieb made sure to note that the achievements could not be done without her coaching staff - Kelly Barsky, Jaida Williams, Evan Unrau as well as director of basketball operations Araceli Gil - and the rest of the Gaucho team that helped UCSB to the Big West regular season title.
"Awards are exciting mostly because they reflect the tremendous team success we've had this year," Gottlieb said. "To go 15-1 certainly only happens when you have a group of student-athletes and a staff on the same page and working together and that's what I'm most proud of. Part of being a Gaucho is that team success is the most important thing and our players embody that."
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There was some choppiness in the market earlier this week, but aside from a few earnings blips, it's been a pretty sleepy stretch.
That's surprising, in light of just how much info is out there to absorb. Only nine times since 2000 have the FOMC meeting, GDP report, ISM reading and jobs numbers landed on the same week, according to LPL Financial. Usually, those weeks see a spike in volatility.
But sleepy is generally good for the bulls. Considering the levels we're at and the warm calmness, it feels like any excitement would be to the downside.
If you're living in fear of that inevitable downside, with Marc Faber scratching chalkboards as the Freddy Krueger of your nightmares, there's always real estate. Maybe forget stocks for a bit, grab your tool belt and get to flipping.
In the first three months of this year, home flippers averaged 30% gross return on investment. That's as high as it's been in years and up from just 4% a quarter ago. Just something to think about, if you're chewing on May's market adage.
Key market gauges: Futures on the Dow /quotes/zigman/17899764/realtime YMM4 and the S&P /quotes/zigman/20258906/realtime ESM4 are entering May in positive mood, but only just slightly. Asia /quotes/zigman/6959860/realtime XX:ADOW markets were mostly closed due to the May Day holiday, although the Nikkei /quotes/zigman/5986735/realtime JP:NIK ended the day 1.3% higher. China exchanges were closed, but the country's official monthly manufacturing gauge ticked higher last month, so that's something. Most European exchanges were also shut /quotes/zigman/2380150/realtime XX:SXXP — the U.K.'s FTSE 100 index /quotes/zigman/3173262/realtime UK:UKX was the only major index open, and climbed after strong U.K. manufacturing and housing data.
The quote of the day: "This market environment is sort of like trying to run a 1-on-3 fast break: The odds are against you. If you score, you'll look good — but that type of hero-ball won't get you too far. Scoring 30 points, shooting 10 for 31, isn't the same as scoring 30, shooting 10 for 15: Pick your spots." — Frank Zorilla of ZorTrades.
Earnings: Yelp /quotes/zigman/9021597/delayed /quotes/nls/yelp YELP is getting positive reviews for its results, keeping in the trend of mixed messages from the Internets in the wake of Twitter's /quotes/zigman/23556538/delayed /quotes/nls/twtr TWTR report. The stock is up 9% premarket. Weight Watchers /quotes/zigman/293665/delayed /quotes/nls/wtw WTW is getting fatter with a double-digit pop, thanks to its strong report.
The big earnings loser comes from JDS Uniphase /quotes/zigman/103123/delayed /quotes/nls/jdsu JDSU (remember them?) The stock is doing what I remember it doing back in 2000. Moving south in a hurry. MetLife /quotes/zigman/252112/delayed /quotes/nls/met MET is also off on its report, but just a little.
This morning, T-Mobile /quotes/zigman/16052823/delayed /quotes/nls/tmus TMUS said it swung to a first-quarter loss even as it added 1.3 million subscribers. Shares were up 7.6% premarket.
Viacom /quotes/zigman/7563825/delayed /quotes/nls/viab VIAB reported a rise in second-quarter profit, as it revealed a $761 million deal to buy the U.K. broadcaster Channel 5.
ConocoPhillips /quotes/zigman/294662/delayed /quotes/nls/cop COP beat expectations with first-quarter earnings of $1.71 a share, while Cardinal Health /quotes/zigman/135665/delayed /quotes/nls/cah CAH reported a lower profit on falling sales.
The economy: The "spring snapback" theme is in play today. Consumer spending accelerated 0.9% in March, the fastest increase since August 2009. Jobless claims rose for the second straight week, to a February high. A pair of surveys by the Institute for Supply Management and Markit are projected to show an acceleration in business in April. Read: Spotlight on the economy.
The buzz: Cloud-software companies aren't the belles of the ball they used to be, and that's bad news for Box Inc. The online-storage startup is delaying its IPO after a sudden weakening in demand for technology stocks. Perhaps not until June.
A massive deal worth some $40 billion between DirecTV /quotes/zigman/11635210/delayed /quotes/nls/dtv DTV and AT&T /quotes/zigman/398198/delayed /quotes/nls/t T has been bandied about and would shake up the television industry.
Hit it and quit it. This is why it pays to be a numbers geek, more so than even being a sought-after coder. This is especially true at Facebook /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB .
The chart of the day: Companies have more cash than they know what to do with. A record amount, actually. But as Zero Hedge has been harping on for months, and as Deutsche Bank just pointed out in this chart, they have record cash because debt levels have never been this high. "Of course, as long as rates are low and keep declining, this record debt hoard is not a big issue," the Zero Hedge blogger wrote. "Once rates start going up, however, nobody would possibly have been able to foresee the absolute massacre that will take place at corporations, levered with publicly tradable debt to never before seen levels."
The call of the day: Brutal day for the Twitter faithful. But, if Howard Lindzon has it right, buying at these levels will pay off because it's heading back above $60 a share by next year. "I can't tell you where the bottom will be," the StockTwits co-founder said. "I imagine there could be some executive changes as financial and growth pressures heat up, but I feel core product remains great. I believe they have the capital to make a ton of interesting acquisitions to control attention and expand the media side of the business."
Random reads: Rob Ford is at it again.
Dominique Strauss Kahn is suing a pimp for opening a brothel called "DSK". Said pimp was linked to sex parties visited by the former IMF chief.
Cue the outrage. Ronan Farrow's eyes aren't as blue as they appear.
Jeremy Clarkson just blew his chances of buying the Clippers.
A brief history of exploding whales. Just because.
Speak of dead and rotting sea life. Did you catch the Sharks game?
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Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs, spoke about Secretary Clinton's bilateral meetings with African leaders and about international engagement on Somalia. Assistant Secretary Carson said, "yesterday afternoon, there was a major meeting on Somalia chaired by the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. There were approximately four or five heads of state there, including the prime minister of Ethiopia, the president of Uganda -- President Museveni, and a number of the foreign ministers, including the foreign minister of France Kouchner, the foreign minister of Italy Frattini, the foreign minister of Great Britain, Mr. Hague, and we were represented at that meeting by our Deputy Secretary of State Jim Steinberg.
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Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, spoke about this week's summit with Pacific Island leaders, about ASEAN, and about President Obama's bilateral meetings. Assistant Secretary Campbell said, "I just came from the Secretary's summit with Pacific Island leaders. When we say Asia Pacific, sometimes there's too much focus on the A and not very much focus on the P, and the truth is that we have enormous strategic, moral, and political imperatives for stronger engagement in the Pacific. Many of these nations are longstanding American allies, support us in the United Nations, and we work closely with them on a range of important issues like climate change.
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For the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Assistant Secretary Robert Blake briefed on general regional developments as well as on the Secretary's meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Krishna. Assistant Secretary Blake said, "Over the past year, we have held annual bilateral consultations with four of the five Central Asian countries, the fifth being Kyrgyzstan. And they've provided a good mechanism to engage constructively on some of the most difficult issues that we face....Our ability to engage these Central Asian countries has partly been facilitated by the improved cooperation with Russia since President Obama and Secretary Clinton reset U.S. relations with Russia last year.""In Kyrgyzstan, the United States has several priorities at the moment. First, the United States is focused on helping the Government of Kyrgyzstan to prepare for the October 10th parliamentary elections....Second, we want to help the government respond to the humanitarian needs of all those who were displaced by the June violence and provide shelter and help, mostly to the ethnic Uzbeks whose homes were destroyed in Osh and Jalalabad, so that these homes can be rebuilt before the onset of winter.""We also attach a great deal of importance to improving the security situation in Kyrgyzstan, and we have supported the OSCE's plan to deploy a police advisory group, which we think provides a very valuable opportunity to both train and mentor some of the police forces in Kyrgyzstan. The police advisory group also can bring a measure of reassurance to the ethnic Uzbeks who still live in some fear as the people who are responsible for the June violence have not been identified or brought to justice." Assistant Secretary Blake's remarks on Central Asia are available here; on the meeting between Secretary Clinton and Indian External Affairs Minister Krishna, here.


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|2009-03-12, 09:17
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Cross game
I have no clue why there hasnt been a thread being post for this new anime in spring o9'. The manga is great and even though the writer Adachi Mitsuru has a history of cliffhanger endings and his character drawings not all that great still you can appreciate the story and character development which are amazing. Btw this is not only a baseball manga but a lot more of a romance and slice of life.
Kitamura Koh has known the Tsukishima family for years. One of the Tsukishima daughters was even born on the exact same date as Koh! What will become of Koh when his best friend is no longer around?
When: 5th april
Where: on Tv Tokyo
Number of Episodes: 51
Director : Kawaguchi Keiichir? (Hayate no Gotoku!, Zettai Karen Children)
Story : Masaki Hiro (Konjiki no Gash!!, Full Moon wo Sagashite)
Chara-design : Shishido Kumiko (Detective Conan)
General Director : Maeda Minoru (Dragon Ball, Touch)
Studio : Synergy Sp (Major, Zettai Karen Children, Hayate no Gotoku!)
Kitamura Kou : Miyu Irino (Daisuke Niwa -D.N.Angel-, Syaoran -Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle-)
Tsukishima Aoba : Tomatsu Haruka (Lala -To Love RU- , Nagi -Kannagi-)
Tsukishima Wakaba ; Takigawa Akane : Kanda Akemi (Asuna Kagurazaka -Mahou Sensei Negima!- , Fujibayashi Ryou -Clannad-)
Tsukishima Ichiyo : Toyoguchi Megumi (Winry -Full Metal Alchemist-)
Tsukishima Momiji : Shitaya Noriko (Kasumi Tomine -Alien Nine-)
opening Summer Rain by Kobukuro
ending Koigoarete Mita Yume by Ayaka
edited to add the episode count for this series.
Winner of Animesuki 2010 Choice Award for Best Overall Series; Best Romance Series; Best Drama Series; Best Sport/Game Series; and Best Male Character
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|2009-03-12, 10:21
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I'll be checking this series out love the manga. Hell I bought a new PC to watch it in HD lol since my current computer can't play most HD videos. Anyways hopefully it does a good job capturing the manga well including the comedy is done, Touch did a pretty good job at that.
|2009-03-12, 10:45
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Like all of Adachi's work the main focus is the characters followed by the sport. Romance is a main focus in the manga involving several characters as well which you would like, there's also several twists to it but saying it would really spoil the series big time... Really surprised me more then once. @_@
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yeah all of Adachi's works are mostly romanced focused the baseball part is to me the icing on the cake, like in the manga a baseball match goes for like 2 1/2chapters, in Major as an example, takes what like 7 or so plus his training and w.e leading up to it this manga isnt like that, i hope some one subs it regularly and not dismisses it just cause it has baseball on it or it looks like a sports manga.
|2009-03-12, 12:12
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Yeah, I'm really happy this is getting an anime adaptation. I love Adachi's style, it looks really clean, simple, and nice. I hope they do Aoba well, she's my fav character in the manga.
It's pretty cool that Cross Game's going to be coming out soon, I was just in the middle of re-watching Touch.
|2009-03-13, 06:41
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Join Date: Jan 2005
The director that is listed on ANN is a bit iffy quality wise in he's work, hopefully the staff that you posted is the real one.
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|2009-03-19, 09:26
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
ANN has the correct staff. bramabull4316 posted the correct cast (according to 2channel and Japanese Wikipedia).
Director Sekita Osamu did Ichigo 100%, unfortunately, an anime that served its source material very badly. But writer Tsuchiya Michihiro did Major, KimiKiss, and Nijuumensou no Musume. The manga is popular enough to be in its 15th volume.
|2009-03-24, 09:25
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Trailer at TAF.
They don't show much only background images.
|2009-03-26, 20:39
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: France
Age: 30
Official website is open : http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/crossgame/
Staff :
Director : Osamu SEKITA (関田修)
Series composition : Michihiro TSUCHIYA (土屋理敬)
Character designer : Yuuji KONDOU (近藤優次)
Animation directors : Toshiyuki KOMARU (小丸敏之), Kenji FUJISAKI (藤崎賢二)
Art director : Yutaka MUKUMOTO (椋本豊)
Direction of photography : Hiroki TSUBOUCHI (坪内弘樹)
Music : Kotaro NAKAGAWA (中川幸太郎)
Sound : Takeshi TAKADERA (高寺たけし)
Animation production : Synergy SP (シナジーSP)
|2009-03-26, 21:24
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Excessively jovial fellow
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: ISDB-T
Age: 32
|2009-03-28, 10:42
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You are Next
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: NE USA
Read more into the series, it'll get better. It's slow but it's (fairly) realistic.
Kinda agreed with Fluff about how discussion of the show will go. I'll likely be one of those three people.
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|2009-04-01, 13:15
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Seishu's Ace
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
So - that's what this is! I saw the manga all over the place when I was looking at Major and Oofuri in Tokyo, and didn 't know what it was. The covers are cute, and it's relevant to my interests. Haven't checked the wiki - anyone subbing?
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Are You a Christian Racist?
- Dr. Roger Barrier Preach It, Teach It
- 2012 16 May
Editor's Note: Pastor Roger Barrier's "Ask Roger" column regularly appears at Preach It, Teach It. Every week at Crosswalk, Dr. Barrier puts nearly 40 years of experience in the pastorate to work answering questions of doctrine or practice for laypeople, or giving advice on church leadership issues. Email him your questions at email@example.com.
Dear Roger,
I was recently asked when people of skin tone other than white as an indicator of racial or ethnic affiliation first appeared in the Bible. Was it before the Tower of Babel?
Sincerely, Matt
Dear Matt,
The first time I rode on a bus there were "colored people" on it. I was five. I'd never noticed there were colored people until my mommy warned me. "When we get on the bus," she said, "colored people will be sitting at the back. Keep quiet. Don't say a word about it. I'll explain later."
When we got on the bus I looked for the colored people. Sure enough, there they were in the back of the bus. I guess I expected to see a rainbow of colors like in my Crayola box. It didn't take long to see that I only needed three crayons: black, brown and "flesh-colored." My introduction to racism had begun.
"Most Americans, white and black, see racism as a lingering problem in the United States, and many say they know people who are racist. But, just 13 percent of whites and 12 percent of blacks consider themselves racially biased" ("Most Polls See Lingering Racism in Others," CNN.com, December 12, 2006).
Matt, before I answer your question about skin color and the Bible, I want to share a series of questions on how we can determine if we are racially biased.
Peter Scazzero, pastor of New Life Fellowship in Queens, N.Y., developed what he calls The Racism/Bridge Builder Test.
- Is there a particular group of people/ethnicity/race that you simply can't stand?
- Is there any particular group of people/ethnicity/race that you wished your child wouldn't marry? Or you wouldn't marry?
- Are there types of people who cause you to cross the street if you are walking alone?
- Does anything happen inside you when you see interracial couples? What types or combinations of couples?
- When was the last time you visited in the home or apartment of someone from a different culture or race? When was the last time you invited them to your home or apartment?
- What is your attitude towards people/groups whose musical preferences are different than yours? (e.g. Classical, classic rock, hard rock, Pop, Jazz, Hip-Hop, R and B (rhythm and blues), gospel, heavy metal, etc.
- What type of person would you most trust to invest or steward your money? What type of person would you least trust to invest or steward your money?
- When you meet people from another race/culture who do not fit your stereotype (i.e. nicer, smarter, dumber, aggressive, passive, and/or more articulate) than you expected, are you surprised?
- When a driver of a different ethnicity/race than yours is driving their car too fast, too slow, or makes a mistake, do you say to yourself, "Well that figures!"
During my last two years of college I pastored the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Penelope, Texas. It was there that I first encountered "colored town." My wife Julie and I were driving around one Sunday afternoon visiting people to invite them to come to our church. We drove down a dirt road we'd never been on before, crested a hill we'd never noticed before, and spread out before us was Penelope's colored town.
I was shocked. I didn't know Penelope had a colored town! We had a wonderful time playing with the children, petting the dogs, talking with people and drinking cokes in the kitchen.
Several hours later it was time to depart. We had an evening church service to lead. Mr. Green, our deacon (we only had one) was standing on the church steps waiting for us. "We hear you've been to colored town," he said. "Those people aren't welcome here."
"Okay," I said.
I suppose that there are two ways to handle racism. One is to climb on a "high horse" and angrily judge and condemn those obviously racist. The other is to take time to work on their hearts.
I chose the latter. In fact, I set a goal. Every year our church sponsored what we called "Vacation Bible School." For two weeks each summer children came every morning for fun, games, crafts and Bible lessons. Bible School for this year had just ended. I decided that next year the colored children would be welcomed.
So, I preached compassion and love and acceptance — and worked on our hearts. One year later 11 African-American children attended our Bible school. Mrs. Beard was one of our Vacation Bible School teachers. The next Sunday two African-American families came to worship with us in or church. No one turned them away. In fact, the fellowship we had was sweet.
A curious belief once arose among some Christians about the origin of black-skin coloring in order to justify slavery. In Genesis 9:20-25 Ham is cursed by his father Noah for dishonoring his dad during one of Noah's drunken stupors. Some think that the curse placed on Ham and his descendants was black skin.
Some of Ham's descendants, Cush and Put, for example, settled in Africa in the present-day countries of Ethiopia and Libya. These misguided people conclude that Cush and Put spread their black skin throughout Africa. Therefore, they conclude that black Africans are a cursed race and thus inferior to white races.
This awful premise was often invoked by white people in the Southern United States as Biblical "proof" to justify the institution of slavery. In fact, in Dred Scott v. Sanford in 1856 and a in a series of other cases the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that black slaves could not be citizens, were not real human beings and thus had no protection under the U.S. Constitution. Furthermore, other rulings concluded that slaves were nothing more or less than the property of their owners — little different from horses and plows.
Horribly, many Southern preachers and Christians used this line of reasoning to circumvent the idea that slaves were to be treated as equals for whom Christ died a substitutionary death on the cross. This is not to say that all Southern Christians agreed with this concept. Some repudiated it fiercely! Many operated underground railroads to move runaway slaves to "safety" in the North.
The Southern Baptist Convention split off from other Baptists in 1845 because they wanted to continue legalized slavery in the South.
Thankfully, among most Christians, times and attitudes have changed.
Fighting racism is not easy. It's built into our genes. In his book Genome, Matt Ridley selects a gene or two from each chromosome pair and overviews the work of our genes.
Several things, among many, stand out in his book relating to racism.
First, we are genetically programmed by GOD to be wary of people not like us. This is a survival mechanism that contributes to racism.
Second, skin color is not skin-deep. It is less than skin-deep. Of the 30,000 or so genes imbedded in human DNA, only a very few have anything to do with skin color. All races are basically alike in mental, emotional and physical make up. Skin color is only cosmetic.
Imagine all of the pain and anguish that have come to mankind over things no more genetically important than blusher and eye shadow.
Third, different skin colors are not a curse. They are in many ways life-giving. For example, certainly you've noticed that as we move farther north from the sunny tropics, to the less sunny temperate zones, and on to the frigid and unsunny Arctic, skin colors gradually morph from deep black to pale white. Think Ethiopia versus Sweden.
Skin color is due primarily to the presence of a pigment in the skin called melanin. Dark-skinned people who live in the tropics have more melanin than light-skinned people who live up north because they need it. Melanin acts as a sunscreen to protect against the sun's ultraviolet rays which often lead to melanoma. The more melanin the darker the skin and the greater the protection.
(By the way, freckles, which occur in people of all races, are small, concentrated areas of increased melanin production).
Light-skinned people up north don't need sunscreen. They need vitamin D to prevent rickets in children and osteoporosis in adults.
Since approximately 90 percent of Vitamin D is synthesized in the skin, people up north tend to be light-skinned with little melanin in order to soak in as much sunshine as possible. Since the higher latitudes get much less sun than the tropics, light-colored skin enables people to quickly absorb Vitamin D.
We teach, lecture and model to help overcome racism. We imprison and punish racist extremists in an effort to eradicate the problem.
We must do all we can to reduce racism in our midst.
But, when all is said and done, the love of Christ alone can bring ultimate healing to this sad racial sickness.
"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven" (Matthew 5:43-44).
"Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ" (Ephesians 4:15).
By the way, it's been a long time since I've used the term "colored people," or some of the other terms which were so vulgar but normal when I was a child. But, times have changed and I've grown up. I know that people aren't colored or black or white or brown or red or yellow or olive or whatever. They're people; we're all alike.
I remember the first time I preached overseas. Julie and I were in Rio and the people were poor and the slums smelled like pee. In a moment of panic I wondered if my stories and illustrations would relate.
Then, it dawned on me. These people were just like me. Their skin was darker than mine but our insides were alike. When they get cut, they bleed, just like me. They want their children to grow up and succeed, just like me. They wanted a job and security, just like me. They had the same hopes, fears and dreams just like me. In fact, they were just like me.
"Jesus replied: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments" (Matthew 22:37-40).
Reorienting the human heart around the love of Christ is our only long-term hope for reducing racism in our midst.
Dr. Roger Barrier recently retired as senior teaching pastor from Casas Church in Tucson, Arizona. In addition to being an author and sought-after conference speaker, Roger has mentored or taught thousands of pastors, missionaries, and Christian leaders worldwide. Casas Church, where Roger served throughout his thirty-five-year career, is a megachurch known for a well-integrated, multi-generational ministry. The value of including new generations is deeply ingrained throughout Casas to help the church move strongly right through the twenty-first century and beyond. Dr. Barrier holds degrees from Baylor University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Golden Gate Seminary in Greek, religion, theology, and pastoral care. His popular book, Listening to the Voice of God, published by Bethany House, is in its second printing and is available in Thai and Portuguese. His latest work is Got Guts? Get Godly! Pray the Prayer God Guarantees to Answer, from Xulon Press. Roger can be found blogging at Preach It, Teach It, the pastoral teaching site founded with his wife, Dr. Julie Barrier.
Publication date: May 16, 2012


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Inter-American Development Bank Prices AUD 500 Million 5-Year 'EYE' Bond
Monday, April 15, 2019 - 13:07
The Inter-American Development Bank ("IADB" or "IDB"), rated Aaa/AAA (Moody's/S&P), priced a new AUD500 million 5-year fixed rate Kangaroo offering under the Education, Youth, and Employment ("EYE") Bond program.
IDB highlights strengths of Central America in the face of external economic challenges
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 15:14
Two new studies on the region examine the current economic landscape and the work that the IDB Group has carried out over the last year. The economy of Central America and the Dominican Republic has continued to grow over the past year, although at significantly different rates depending on the country. For 2018, growth is estimated at 3.8 percent, a level similar to that of 2017, thanks to a robust economic performance by the region´s main trading partner, the United States.
IDB selects CastleOak Securities to its Discount Note Dealer Group
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 10:25
To partner with the IDB to broaden the distribution of its debt securities.
Latin America and the Caribbean: Public revenues rebound in 2017 after dip in 2016
Monday, March 25, 2019 - 18:12
SANTIAGO, Chile – The average tax-to-GDP ratio in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) rose to 22.8% in 2017, a gain of 0.2 percentage points from 2016, according to Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2019.
Spain makes contribution to IDB's migration initiative
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 16:02
Event on migration analyzes impact on Latin America MADRID - Spain has made a $5 million contribution to help the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) tackle urgent development challenges posed by the rise of transborder migrations in Latin America and the Caribbean. The contribution was announced at the conference Migration and Cities: The Road to Inclusive Integration held March 20, 2019 in Madrid.
IDB and GCF partnership set to implement projects in Argentina and Paraguay
Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 17:25
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) received the first tranche of the financial contribution from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) this week. The funds will be used to start implementation of the projects "Promoting risk mitigation instruments and finance for renewable energy and energy efficiency investments" in Argentina and "Promoting Private Sector Investments in Energy Efficiency in the Industrial Sector" in Paraguay.
IDB launches Superheroes of Development contest to recognize executing agencies
Monday, March 4, 2019 - 18:41
In its second edition, the call for proposals will be open from March 4th to May 17th, 2019. The Superheroes of Development Award will recognize executing agencies of IDB-financed projects that have successfully addressed challenges during its implementation. The contest will identify eight finalists from across Latin America and the Caribbean who will travel to IDB's Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to present their solutions.
IDB announces selected proposals of its Blue Tech Challenge in the Caribbean
Monday, March 4, 2019 - 12:25
The IDB Group through its IDB Lab, Natural Capital Lab, Sustainable Islands Platform, and in alliance with the Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility, is pleased to announce that, five proposals were selected to initiate project design under the Blue Tech Challenge in the following countries: Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Haiti and St. Lucia.
IDB launches cartoon and illustration contest on the future of work
Monday, February 25, 2019 - 21:33
The competition seeks the most creative cartoonists and illustrators in Latin America and the Caribbean; entries accepted through March 31, 2019 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announces the launching of its third edition of the Cartoon and Illustration Contest under the theme The Future of Work.
Standard & Poor's affirms IDB's AAA/A-1+ ratings and upgrades SACP to 'aaa' from 'aa+"
Monday, February 25, 2019 - 17:51
Standard & Poor's has affirmed the Inter-American Development Bank's 'AAA' long-term and 'A-1+' short-term issuer credit rating with a stable outlook. Also, following a review under the revised criteria for multilateral lending institutions, the IDB's stand-alone credit profile was upgraded from 'aa+' to 'aaa', due to its extremely strong enterprise risk profile and very strong financial risk profile.


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Test Drive: Fusion hybrid is more fun than Volt
USA TODAY's James R. Healey test drives the Ford Fusion Energi, a plug-in hybrid. USA TODAY
Ford added a plug-in hybrid to its Fusion midsize sedan lineup, and it really does go about 21 miles on the battery before you need the gasoline engine.
Chevrolet Volt plug-in goes 38 miles before the battery needs help, so Energi (Ford's designation for plug-in hybrids) isn't a record-setter. But it's roomier and more comfortable than Volt, and more fun to drive.
And it has Fusion's dramatic styling, which many (including Test Drive) think looks terrific.
Fusion Energi has two missions: to be a good car and to cut fuel use and the attendant costs. Before we comb through those, let's be sure we're all on the same page:
A hybrid has a gasoline engine and an electric motor, tied together via the transmission. That saves fuel because the gas engine runs less often, letting the electric do some of the work of propelling the car. There's no plug-in feature. The batteries for the electric motor are recharged when the car slows and stops (called regenerative braking) and by the gas engine running a generator, as needed. A hybrid can't go far on battery-power only — a mile, maybe three — because the battery pack isn't big.
A plug-in hybrid, such as Fusion Energi, has a much bigger battery pack, which dramatically increases weight, cost and electric-only range. Plug-ins, also called PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles), can be plugged into a household outlet to recharge their batteries, rather than relying only on regenerative braking and the gas engine.
The PHEV universe is small. In addition to the Fusion Energi and the Chevy Volt, the government recognizes the Ford C-Max Energi, the Toyota Prius PHEV, and the Fisker Karma, currently out of production.
Government-listed ranges when the cars are running solely on battery power run from 11 miles for the Prius, 21 miles for the Fords, to 34 for the Fisker and 38 for the Chevy.
PHEVs coming within about a year, according to the government: Honda Accord (on sale in California and New York since Jan. 15; no plan to go nationwide); Mitsubishi Outlander; Cadillac ELR; and Audi A3 e-tron.
Fusion Energi is special and priced at $40,000, more or less (mostly more). The bigger battery pack is mainly why. Energi models are more lavishly equipped than corresponding normal hybrids, Ford notes.
As a car, Fusion Energi succeeds well, but is hardly perfect. Driving in electric-only mode works fine in urban and suburban driving. Electrics deliver all their power instantly, so the car squirts away from stoplights just fine. It's suitable for steady-state highway cruising.
But electrics have little left to give once the car is underway, so flooring the throttle at, say, 30 mph results in a very sluggish increase in velocity. No diving and dancing through traffic, fast merging, quick passing.
In "auto" mode, Energi blends the gas and electric power like a regular hybrid. That provides plenty of acceleration for most situations. The gas engine even has a husky growl that some ears will find pleasing.
The car is hundreds of pounds heavier than others of its size, and that shows up over rippled asphalt, where Fusion Energi seems to bound a bit, as if the suspension is working hard to control two tons of car.
Cornering, on the other hand, is normal. The reluctant feel of an overweight machine is diminished, and Energi handles the "S" turns as well as an ordinary sedan.
The test car was a Titanium high-end version, and the interior was suitably sumptuous. Exceptional leather upholstery pleasing to the eye and the tush; crisp, tasteful dashboard and interior layout and trim. Plenty of rear leg room in the two outboard seats, but the middle slot's compromised by the center tunnel.
The Ford system of controls remains too awkward, but was manageable and didn't act up. It was, however, hard of hearing when the driver tried to give voice commands with the climate control fan roaring, or windows down. Not unusual, but shouldn't we be beyond that by now?
The high-end car has MyFordMobile. It lets your smart phone monitor the battery charge, find public recharging stations, plan trips using electric-only mode and more.
You might never need the gas engine in normal use. Ford says 20 miles is an average commute, so by that math, you could go one way entirely on the 21-mile battery range, plug in at work, and go home on battery only. Recharging after that battery-draining drive takes several hours and about $1 worth of electricity. In a gasoline car, you might spend $3 on fuel for the same distance.
But if you run Energi until the battery's drained, then let it switch to the gas-electric mode, mpg will be in the 30s or 40s. That's lower than a non-Energi Fusion hybrid, which is up to $11,400 cheaper but has virtually no ability to run on battery only.
Test Drive believes alternative power vehicles should look and drive like normal cars to broaden their appeal beyond fans. Fusion Energi passes that test with a high grade.
What? Plug-in hybrid version of the midsize, four-door, front-drive, five-passenger Fusion sedan. Energi is Ford's designation for plug-in hybrids; there's an Energi version of Ford's C-Max.
Plug-in hybrids have bigger batteries than other hybrids. Fusion Energi can run 21 miles on battery only before the gasoline engine has to start and provide power. Regular hybrid, about one mile battery-only.
When? On sale since late February.
Where? Made at Hermosillo, Mexico.
How much? SE starts at $39,475 including $795 shipping. Titanium, $40,895. Buyers qualify for up to $3,750 federal income tax credit, Ford says.
Compared with regular Fusion SE hybrid and Titanium hybrid, Energi prices are about $11,400 and $8,000 higher, respectively. Ford says Energi's much bigger battery is much more expensive, and the Energi versions have considerably more standard features.
What makes it go? 2-liter, four-cylinder gasoline engine and electric motor, together rated a combined 188 horsepower. Total combined torque rating not given. Gas engine is 129 pounds-feet at 4,000 rpm. Powertrain linked to CVT (continuously variable-ratio automatic transmission).
How big? Typical midsize (think Camry, Accord, Malibu); same as other Fusions but much smaller trunk because of bigger battery pack. Fusion Energi is 191.8 inches long, 72.9 in. wide, 58 in. tall on a 112.2-in. wheelbase.
The bigger battery boosts weight to 3,913 lbs., which is 298 lbs. more than non-plug-in hybrid and as much as 492 lbs. more than gasoline models.
Trunk space is 8.8 cubic feet, down from 12 cu. ft. in regular hybrid.
How thirsty? Rated 100 miles-per-gallon-equivalent in combined city/highway driving using electric-only mode. That means it consumes the same amount of energy as a gasoline car that could get 100 mpg. To fully charge it five times, as necessary to go 100 miles on battery only, is about $3.90 at the U.S. average price for electricity.
In normal hybrid mode, when the car switches between gas and electric power as conditions dictate, the rating is 44 mpg in the city, 41 highway, 43 in city/highway mix.
Test car, a Titanium model that was fully recharged every night, showed 140 mpg-e when used entirely as an electric car, and 33.8 mpg operated as a normal hybrid.
Burns regular, holds 13 gallons.
Overall: Good-looking, pleasant-driving — but expensive — way to slice gasoline use.


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Cleveland Browns Hire Rob Chudzinski as Head Coach
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rob Chudzinski's first head coaching job will be with the team he loved as a kid.
Chudzinski, who spent the past two seasons as Carolina's offensive coordinator, has been hired by the Cleveland Browns as their sixth full-time coach since 1999.
The Browns are hoping the first-time head coach can end years of despair and constant losing and maybe resurrect a franchise that has made just one trip to the playoffs in the past 14 years.
A Browns spokesman confirmed Chudzinski's hiring Thursday night and said he will be introduced at a news conference on Friday.
Chudzinski will be the Browns' 14th coach in team history. For the past two years, the 44-year-old has worked with talented Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.
Chudzinski has had two previous stints with the Browns as an assistant coach. He coached tight ends for Butch Davis in 2004, and then came back to the Browns in 2007 and was Cleveland's offensive coordinator for two seasons under Romeo Crennel.
Chudzinski grew up in Toledo, Ohio, where he pulled for the Browns. Chudzinski interviewed with the team on Wednesday, and was viewed by many to be a longshot for the job.
However, he wowed owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner during his meeting and the team decided to give him the job after interviewing at least eight other candidates.
The Browns have been searching for a coach since firing Pat Shurmur on Dec. 31 following a 5-11 season.
Under Chudzinski, the Panthers finished fifth in total offense in 2011 and 12th last season.
Last year, Chudzinski interviewed for head coaching jobs with St. Louis, Jacksonville and Tampa Bay before returning to Carolina.
After his first stint on Cleveland's staff, Chudzinski spent two seasons as San Diego's tight ends coach, working with perennial Pro Bowl standout Antonio Gates.
Taking over the Browns offense in 2007, Chudzinski helped the Browns win 10 games — the most since their expansion rebirth in 1999 — and had four players make the Pro Bowl.
However, in 2008, the Browns struggled on offense and a six-game losing streak led to a 4-12 finish and Crennel's firing.
Chudzinski went back to the Chargers for two more seasons before he was hired in Carolina.
Before they settled on Chudzinski, the Browns interviewed several college coaches and other NFL assistants.
On Thursday, former Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt was brought to Cleveland for a second interview and appeared to be the frontrunner.
But in the end, the Browns decided to go with Chudzinski, who has no head coaching experience.
The hiring won't cause Cleveland fans to dance in the streets, but it is in keeping with Banner's past of hiring a coach without a meaty resume.
When he was in Philadelphia, Banner went outside the box and hired relatively unknown Andy Reid, who spent 14 seasons with the Eagles before he was fired after this season.
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