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|ゾウリ Zōri
|Volume #3, Naruto Chapter #18
|Naruto Episode #10
|Naruto: Konoha Ninpōchō
|Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival!
|Appears in
|Anime, Manga, Game
|Voice Actors
|December 1
|Blood type
Zōri (ゾウリ, Zōri) is a samurai from Land of Waves. He and his partner, Waraji, were mercenaries hired by Gatō to be his personal bodyguards.
Zōri, contrary to his partner, seems to be the calmer of the two though he seems to be just as cruel. He has been described as a loyal individual that enjoys gambling.
Zōri is a light-skinned man with bluish-white hair and black eyes. Lined markings are tattooed under his eyes. He commonly wears a dark purple hat on this head, the top of which extends far beyond the top of his head. Zōri also wears a blue jacket with multiple pockets and tied to his waist is his blue handled katana. He appears virtually unchanged in Part II.
Zōri is capable of using his sword to perform Iaidō, a swift attack that's meant to kill the enemy with one move.[2] In the anime, he was also able to knock Tsunami out with one punch and his swordsmanship was good enough to defeat several of Naruto's shadow clones.[3][4]
Part I
Prologue — Land of Waves
Zōri was first introduced, alogside his partner Waraji, as Gatō came to lecture Zabuza about his failed mission to kill Tazuna. As they where about to attack Zabuza, Gatō stopped them since he wanted to keep questioning him. When Haku almost crushed Gatō's arm and warned him not to touch Zabuza, Zōri and Waraji were going to attack him, but instantly found themselves almost killed by their own swords held by Haku. Haku then warned them that he was angry.
Gatō ordered Zōri and Waraji to kidnap Tsunami to force Tazuna, Tsunami's father and the bridge builder, to stop building his bridge. When Waraji threatened to kill Tsunami's son Inari, Tsunami also threatened to kill herself unless they let him go. Since Zōri was told by Gatō that they only needed one hostage, they leave Inari alone and proceed to take Tsunami to the bridge. However, Inari (remembering what Kaiza told him) ran to save his mother. Ultimately, Naruto came and got Tsunami away from Gatō's men. Both Zōri and Waraji were then defeated by Naruto's shadow clones and were tied up and left there.
In the anime, after Team Kakashi had left the Land of Waves, Zōri and Waraji did not leave the Land of Waves, but instead bided their time in an attempt to get revenge. They kidnap Inari, Akane and some of the other children but once again their efforts are foiled by Team Kakashi and the villagers who rise up against them.[4]
Part II
Itachi Pursuit Mission
In the anime, Zōri makes a brief appearance when Suigetsu and Sasuke are wandering around the Land of Waves, searching for the Kubikiribōchō. Suigetsu and Zōri bump into each other, and Zōri tries to provoke a fight. But as soon as he sees Sasuke, he becomes instantly unnerved and retreats. Later on, Suigetsu and Zōri bump into each other again. He attempts to flee again, but is quickly captured by the two and taken to a back alley in an attempt to interrogate him. He is initially reluctant to tell them of the whereabouts of the sword, but eventually tells them once Suigetsu threatens him.
In Other Media
Video Games
Zōri is a playable character in the following video games:
|Game name
|Japanese release
|English release
|Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Blazing
|14 July 2016
|24 August 2016
- Both Zōri and Waraji are named after types of Japanese sandals. Zōri (草履) are a type typically worn with formal kimono.
- Zōri and Waraji make an appearance in Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival!, when Naruto has to go to the bathroom.
- According to the databook(s):
- In the anime, as the Allied Shinobi Forces attempt to attack the two Uchiha, a Kiri shinobi resembling Zōri is seen with Might Guy in the taijutsu team. [5]


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Michael Norris, "an American publishing expert," says, "Parents have too much of a role in deciding which books their child is going to read. It is turning children off. They should let them choose." This is plausible. Let's look into this some more.
First, he argues, reading should never be described with "work words" which make it seem like a chore. Too many families, Norris suggests, have fallen into the trap of stereotyping reading as a "good" activity and digital or online game playing as "bad". Instead, it is important to let reading become associated with pleasure and achievement, just as game playing is.
I like that thought. But then Norris goes on to say,
Seems generally true. But how can parents cause books to factor in to their children's thinking without affirming that books are "good"?
"The average child consumes a ridiculous amount of media in any given day, from television, videogame content and audio content, so new reading devices, such as the iPad, are not going to have as great an impact on the younger market as people hope. When they are not playing games or listening to music, the majority of a young adult's time is spent on the phone, talking or receiving and sending text messages. Books don't even factor into their thinking."
Make sure children talk directly to a librarian or a bookseller, while parents stand well back. Looming over a child takes all the fun out of their discoveries, he says. Parents should allow children to choose their own reading material.
"Even if a mother or father is just standing with the child when the bookseller asks them what they like to read, we have found that the child will give an answer they think their parent wants to hear. It will not be the same answer they would give alone," said Norris. . . .
It is also important, he added, for parents not to enthuse about books that they loved as children: "Parents often say, 'When when I was your age...', and it tends to put off children too."
This seems to presume an oddly, strongly oppositional relationship between parents and children. Should parents really be forbidden to introduce books to their children that they themselves loved? Isn't it at least possible that one bond between parent and child can be shared love of a book? It seems rather closed-minded for a "publishing expert" not to take that option into account. My son Wes was indifferent to some of the books I recommended to him — or, earlier, read to him — but rather than ceasing to recommend books, I simply made sure he knew that his response was just fine and that he was not expected to like something just because I did. And then there are other books I asked Wes to read that we both love and have talked about often over the years, to our mutual delight. Should I really have refused to recommend those books to him because of the chance that he wouldn't care for them?
Maybe we can understand Norris's attitude better when we read this:
"My father forced me to read The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy when I was much too young and I have never read another Clancy since," said Norris.
Ah, well, there's your problem.


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Big Brother 12's most talked-about showmance is no more! On Thursday, the houseguests voted to evict Rachel Reilly, the 26-year-old chemistry grad student/cocktail waitress from Las Vegas, Nev. TV Guide Magazine caught up with Rachel via email from the jury house to ask her about life outside the house with her man and those now infamous red extensions!
TV Guide Magazine: All of the houseguests got between you and your man! How hard was it living in the house this past week with Matt in control?
Rachel: It was hard to live knowing that you are going to be separated from your best friend and your main alliance in the house. It was hard to know that there was nothing else that you could do especially as having the heart of a strong competitor.
TV Guide Magazine: Do you regret anything you said or did during your two times as HOH, like "floaters get a life vest"?
Rachel: No, that is hilarious. Why is everyone hating on that? I have no regrets. You can't play the Big Brother "what if" game.
TV Guide Magazine: It seems like you and Brendon had arguments with almost everyone this week, including Kathy and Ragan. Do you feel like you were too harsh on them when demanding an apology?
Rachel: Yes. I probably came across as too abrasive but Kathy really hurt my feelings and I'm not going to not speak my mind.
TV Guide Magazine: You and Brendon came out in the first week as a showmance. Do you think you would have had less of a target if you had hid it, like Hayden and Kristen? Why didn't you hide it?
Rachel: I'm not a lay low kind of girl. And, Kristen and Hayden had a "showmance," Brendon and I had real feeling for each other. Kristen turned on Hayden in the end. I would never turn on Brendon.
TV Guide Magazine: Your frustration about Brendon not being able to win HOH competitions really came out during the past few competitions, while you had won twice. Did you feel like you were sometimes carrying your alliance and there was more Brendon could do?
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TV Guide Magazine: What's your future with Brendon? Are you going to bring him to Vegas?
Rachel: I'm probably going to move to Los Angeles. We have a strong future.
TV Guide Magazine: Before you left, did you leave any of your red extensions around the house for the Houseguests to wear in the future?
Rachel: No, but that would have been hilarious. I should have done that!


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There is a machine called the Retron 3, released last year by the gaming hardware folks at Hyperkin. That thing was a combo Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis.
What comes after the Retron 3?
The Retron 2. A little weird, right? But I guess some people only wanted the NES-SNES combo.
Also in this video: a prototype of the Comrade gaming helmet, a combination real military helmet and gaming headset. They're doing that one partially for the "cool factor." Hey, whatever keeps your head safe from shrapnel while gaming, right?
There's no release date the Retron 2 or Comrade, but you'll eventually be able to buy both from Hyperkin.
UPDATE: As some commenters have noted, a machine called Retro Duo does something similar to Retron 2, so consider that one too!


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Last week was a rough one for me - some Plantar Fascitis (sp?) kicked in on my left foot/heel. It hurts when I get out of bed (though seems to be getting a bit better now that I am doing the alphabet thing before I get out). Mileage was down a bit.
May keep the mileage down this week again to see if it helps heal it faster, but it doesnt hurt when I run (mostly). Trying to see what I can do in prep for a 5K in the beginning of September. I really want to get a lot of quality workouts in this month so I can get my kick back and hopefully PR.
That's it for me this week - sorry it's a day late.
MIlestones this week
mikeburlingame - 550 days
mainrun - 475 days
makers - 250 days
str1der - 225 days
jugdish - 7 months
Wingz - 175 days
Oldman - 175 days
Pammie - 100 days
runCheffyrun - 75 days
cderuyter - 75 days
SEanv2 - 2 months
rosesrevenge - 2 months
SkBunny - 2 months
Chicago RnR 1/2 Marathon
The married version of me is still going strong (and a much, much happier person, except that I am pretty sad today since I have to leave my wife to go back to the states... just hope the time the visa process takes will fly by).
See y'all again stateside.
The married version of me is still going strong (and a much, much happier person, except that I am pretty sad today since I have to leave my wife to go back to the states... just hope the time the visa process takes will fly by).
See y'all again stateside.
wow, that kind of stinks about having to leave the new wife. Did they say how long it will take?
Books I Have Read
Last Race: Portland Maine Half Marathon October 5 2014
Vacation is a blast! The kids are having fun in the lake and pool while we are getting some much needed time away from reality!
On the running front I have determined to simply keep the streak on life support until vacation ends. It is probably another good time to have a low mileage pair of weeks anyway
Nice job on the milestones everyone and happy streaking!
I hope Anne heals quickly but don't push it back. As for the rash of PF going around the same get well wishes to you as well!
I fly.
Bring it on.
Okay, so last night I wasnt the smartest person in the world. Knowing that my PF flares up when I am sittign at a computer, I for some idiotic reason, opted to play some online poker last night. end up playing until almost midnight and could feel my calves and the pain in my PF (though I did play standing up and walking around for the last couple hours) tightening up.
And of course I stayed up even later than that to watch the end of the Red Sox game too.
So last night I am sleeping and BAM, I wake up in excruciating pain as both of my calves completely seized up while I was sleeping. I twisted and turned and finally found a position where they eased up and I went back to sleep. A half hour later - BAM, they did it again. Four times last night I woke up because my leg muscles were completely cramped up, and they still were when I got up and when I got to the gym.
I did a hobbling, painful mile and called it quits and then stretched for about 30 minutes. They are feeling a little better now, but now I get to sit at my desk for 8 hours again so we'll see what happens.
I think I need a banana.
Top 'O the World!
Eeewww...see! cards are Eeevill!
**fingers crossed that I can stick w/it this time*** hoping my medication is stabilizing (dreadfully wrung out tyred sometimes) & busy in other ways....ah well....
I am on vacation and have been able to keep up with the streaking. Yes, I did do a 1 mile run at 3 a.m. -- it wasn't bad but the fallen sticks from the storm the night before made it a little tricky. I have actually run more this vacation than I usually do so I guess I can pull back the rest of the week.
As usual, congrats to all with milestones!
Now I guess I should pay attention to my inlaws again!
Last week was a very good week for me. Started off with an Half Marathon on Sunday and ended with a 13 mile training run with my marathon training group on Saturday. I'm really liking the early morning (5:45 AM) runs when it's cool and quiet. The normal loop from home is about a mile and a half, depending on which side of the street I use and which direction I go.
I'm going to have to figure out how to do this when it gets dark earlier as DH worries about me being out by myself. Come fall, I'll be able to go back to mid days until January and then who knows how I'll fit it in.
Marathon Maniac #991 Half Fanatic #58 Double Agent #22 It's a perfect day and I feel great!
wow, that kind of stinks about having to leave the new wife. Did they say how long it will take?
Right now it is taking the California Service Center 5 months to process the initial petition. Then there will be red tape time on top of that. From my understanding the process is taking 7 months or so at present. Luckily for us, she and my step-son have tourist visas, so I can go down or they can come up as we wish (many couples are not afforded this luxury). Nonetheless, the sitch sux, but I just have to go through it. We will see each other again in October (and we "see" each other every single night in Skype -- and have done since we met). I have put photos up on Facebook, if you would like to see our happy day:
Thanks for asking.
Actually had a pretty good run this morning. I woke up and my PF was freaking killing me, so I slept in and skipped my group hill workout. I hit the gym (PF still hurts) and decided to struggle through an easy 5 mile loop around a pond in Woburn. As I was finishing the loop around the pond my PF was still bothering me and I decided to take a chance - so I tossed my shoes aside at a relative's house that just happens to be on the pond, and ran the two mile loop barefoot.
Believe it or not, the PF pain went away within a couple hundred yards, and (knock on wood) is still gone. Of course, by the end of the two mile loop the bottom of my feet were a bit tender but not a bad as I thought they would be. I might have to make this barefoot running a more regular thing.
A couple things I noticed while running barefoot.
1.) I have no idea how the hell to run downhill barefoot - there are two relatively steep downhills on this route and I pretty much walked down them because when Ir an my heels slammed into the ground.
2.) There is way more goose shit on the sidewalks than I ever noticed when running with shoes on around this pond as well.
3.) Gravel hurts - there is one area where the paved road connects with a dirt road and the spillout of gravel and dirt made that 15 foot section rough.
Other than that I am pretty happy with today and if I didnt have to hit the mall at lunch today I would consider hitting it again at noon.
You can take me off the milestone list... I'll need a reset to yesterday.
Last Wednesday was my birthday, and I think I had a streak of 203 days going into it. Just before I got off work, I asked a couple of guys I worked with if they'd like to grab a quick beer after work. That turned into what was like an impromptu bachelor party. Not sure what time I got home, but I passed out on my couch still in my uniform and woke up the next morning at about 7:10, 10 minutes before I had to be at work. So my streak was over. I was bummed out about it initially, but quickly got over it. I took about a week off and started a new one yesterday.
The week off was nice actually. It was nice not having to think about getting the run in, or heading out at 11 at night to avoid the heat. My first goal is to break 203 days and then go from there...


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I Think Sex Is Wrong Outside Marriage. Why Won't Anyone Date Me?
Dear Evan,
I keep losing relationships when I say that sex isn't right outside of a marriage. I used to think that women have more self-control than men, but have since realized that we are all humans.
Is it ever possible to have a year-long relationship without sex? Even the most conservative girl I've met gets heavy on that after a while. I feel pressured. They ask questions like "will we be doing that (whatever is the action in the movies) in future?"
I think maybe I'm the problem. I've been called frigid, gay (am not), etc.
There's so much more to life than sex, right? Maybe I should look for intelligent scientists.
Dear Jon,
You sound a bit like the guy who insists on buying flowers for women on first dates. He seems like a really nice guy, but what he doesn't get is that his views are out of step with the majority of society.
So it's not a matter of whether he's right or wrong; it's a matter of whether his behavior is effective or ineffective.
When you lead your question with "I keep losing relationships when I say that sex isn't right outside of a marriage," you make it abundantly clear that your moral stance is quite ineffective. That doesn't make you wrong. That makes your choice a highly questionable one as far as most women are concerned.
And, as I am wont to do, I'm going to use this platform to ask readers to consider if they have any hard-wired minority beliefs that prevent them from making a connection. Again, I'm not a moralist; I'm a pragmatist. Just because a guy tells me that his mullet hairstyle is the purest expression of how he likes to look, doesn't mean that wearing his mullet in his online dating photo will help him woo the ladies.
Just because a guy tells me that his mullet hairstyle is the purest expression of how he likes to look, doesn't mean that wearing his mullet in his online dating photo will help him woo the ladies.
Lest you think I'm joking — that's a true story. I had a client four years ago who was a grown-up 70's rocker who teaches guitar lessons. Nice man. Very passionate. But in his insistence on "being himself," he pretty much eliminated every woman who tossed her AquaNet out the window in 1989. Same goes for my Jewish client who loved his dreadlocks, and was surprised he didn't get much attention on JDate. Somehow he was shocked that all the Ivy League women who want to marry doctors and lawyers weren't flocking to his unwashed nest of hair. Doesn't mean he's a bad guy — it just means he had to make some tough choices: Keep the hair and lose the women. Or lose the hair and get the women.
Since I'm not a psychologist, I'm not gonna worry in this space about WHY you'd opt for abstinence. That's between you and your clergyman. All I can say is that the number of people aboard the no-sex train is increasingly small. So as I see it, you have two choices:
Keep beating the drum that says sex is wrong outside of marriage and continue to wonder why most women keep running away, OR:
Get off your moral high horse and start sexually servicing these women the way they want to be serviced.
If not, someone else will. I guarantee that.


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Epson Stylus SX125 - ink level
Since i could not find any help googling (both escputils and mtink fail trying to read the ink level in the above printer) i wrote to Avasys, the company which distributes the linux driver, and received the following answer:
Thank you for visiting the AVASYS website and sending us your query.
===== Question =====
none of the programs (escputil, mtink) can check the ink level,
i wonder why if it is possible for windows it is not possible for linux!
===== Answer =====
We have not confirmed whether we get the status of the ink levels
by using escputil or mtink with drivers on our download page.
Unfortunately, the driver you mentioned does not support the function,
that is to get the status of ink levels, etc.
However, for your information, an old driver downloadable
from our download site may enable you to use the function.
You can download the necessary packages from our download site:
You will need to scroll to the bottom of the page, select
"Epson ME 320/330,Epson Stylus
and fill out and submit the short questionnaire.
Note that this driver for the model has released for only 32bit architecture
from our download site.
AVASYS Corporation.
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Barley Risotto with Roasted Winter Vegetables (Adapted from CL)
2 cups diced peeled parsnips
2 cups chopped cauliflower florets
1 1/2 cups chopped red bell pepper
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon olive oil, divided
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped onion
4 cups chicken broth, divided
1 1/4 cups dry pearl barley
2 1/2 ounces fresh grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, divided
1/3 cup chopped pecans, toasted
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Preheat oven to 400
In a large bowl, toss together parsnips, cauliflower, bell pepper, 1 tablespoon olive oil, black pepper and salt. Scoop onto a large rimmed baking sheet lightly coated with nonstick spray and spread to an even layer. Bake tender and lightly browned - about 20 to 25 minutes, stirring after 10 minutes.
In a large saucepan, heat 1 teaspoon olive oil over medium-high. Stir in onion and cook until lightly browned - about 4 minutes. Pour in 3 cups broth and barley. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer until liquid has been absorbed - about 30 minutes. Add the remaining 1 cup broth, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring constantly until each portion of broth is absorbed before adding the next. Mix in the roasted vegetables and 1/3 cup cheese. Scatter each serving with a portion of the remaining 1/3 cup cheese, pecans, and parsley.
Makes about 4 to 6 servings.
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Barley Risotto with Roasted Winter Vegetables
2 comments:
- Anonymous1/23/2007 03:41:00 PM
Thanks for sharing this recipe. I'm making it tonight. I'm confused about the cheese amount. is it 2 1/2 cups? That would make the cheese taste strong. I'm cutting way back on the cheese maybe 1/2 cup total.ReplyDelete
Chris - No, the 2 1/2 is ounces - apparently I left that part out! It is fixed now - that is roughly 2/3 cup of cheese total.ReplyDelete
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Keiran Kane sings in a beautiful song called Just Like That: "...History Lesson number 2: not what you say, but what you do"... so important to understand the current water crisis in California. Australian landscape managers and farmers need to keep awake to the potential for similar outcomes and keep up the critical landcare work. Giving the water portfolio to the conservatives might be a problem unless they can act with a mindset on 'geological time' and our common responsibilities to underground water conservation. Cant waste this critical precious resource in the 3-year political game.
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From the President:
We are now entering into the playoff season. Good luck to the Boys and 12U Girls, who will be starting their playoffs this month! Keep working hard as the season is finishing, and have fun!
Congratulations to Renae Oleson who is our new Ice Commissioner. Thank you for stepping up and agreeing to do this very important volunteer position!
There have been several Association members that have expressed interest in looking at an Irondale rink. There has been information received about rinks being for sale and possible expansions of other rinks. We need to have a thoughtful process to be able to review all of the options. To this end, the Board of Directors has voted to form a Rink Advisory Task Force. If you are interested in participating in this Task Force, contact Brad DeKanick.
Brad DeKanick, President IYHA
IYHA is in the midst of another great season! Just a couple of things.
1. Many youth hockey associations are providing gear to first year skaters for loan or a nominal fee for their first season. This is a great way to help overcome the notion that hockey is an expensive sport. I think it would be great if IYHA could begin such a program.
So, please consider donating any and all equipment that your children have outgrown or no longer use. I have some breezers, several pairs of skates, elbow pads, and sticks that will start it out. Please contact me for the donations.
Over the summer, we will work out the details for the equipment program. We can get the word out when we rollerblade in the summer parades. Hopefully, we can increase our numbers in the Initiation program by helping some deserving first year skaters! Thanks for the donations and I welcome your input on this equipment program.
2. Back during the fall, the Mini-Mites had their first practice at Fogerty Arena. A few Board members showed up to help and I was fortunate to be among them. Here it all comes together: nervous parents, volunteer coaches, and eager children! Remember how excited these children are to get on the ice? Remember how surprised they are when they first step on? Remember how they fall and the coaches are there to help them?
At this first session -after about 20 minutes or so- one child came off the ice unsure of it all. An IYHA volunteer coach saw this child, skated off, and knelt down to talk. After quietly reassuring both child and parent, the coach and child returned to the ice.
To the coach, thanks for your observation, action, and coaching (in the truest sense).
To our Association, perhaps now this Mini-Mite is a hockey player.
We are about youth and hockey!
Brian Johnson, Vice President, IYHA
News Flash from the Girls Program! From Chris Tahti, Girls Program Coordinator
We are looking ahead to the next season. I will be announcing an all parent meeting in the near future. Watch for information on your emails! If you have a girl in the IYHA Girls Program, or have a daughter that might be interested in the program, you won't want to miss this meeting!
There is a lot of energy around the program, and in recruiting new girls! So come one and all and join in the excitement of the Girls Program!
From the SKATE Coordinator--Tom Welty –
IYHA night at the St. Anthony Culvers!
Monday, February 7th from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
10% of sales from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. will be donated to the IYHA S.K.A.T.E Program.
Let's fill the place wall to wall with the IYHA Maroon and Gold!
Information about S.K.A.T.E. has been emailed to the team managers. Make sure you contact your team manager or Tom Welty if you have any questions. Let's support this program and show how well our SKATERS are doing with their academics!
All IYHA Board Meetings are open meetings.
Please feel free to come to the meetings, which are held at the Mounds View City Hall in Conference Room C. Also, if you wish to have a copy of any information which is distributed at the meeting, please email or call Niki and it will be mailed to you. Upcoming dates for2005 Board meetings are the third Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m.
February 17, March 17, April 21 (Annual meeting and Elections meeting—location may change for more space.)
May 19, June 16, July 21, August 18, September 15, October 20, November 17, December 15.
Note: If you wish to be on the agenda for the meeting, please contact the President, Brad DeKanick.
There have been several teams that have sponsors for their teams. These are listed below. This part of the newsletter will continue throughout the rest of the IYHA season. Please notify Niki Gjere of any additions or corrections. (Please forward information about websites and addresses, etc.) Many thanks to our sponsors!
**Champp's New Brighton**
**Culvers of St. Anthony"
**New Brighton Sportsmen's Club**
Pee Wee B
**Quality Post Service**
Squirt A
**Billman-Hunt Chapel**
**W.W. Goetsch Associates**
**Response Fire Protection Company**
**Fuji Ya**
Once again, many, many thanks to our sponsors! Please support them! When you see them, please tell them you are from Irondale Youth Hockey.
Election news:
There have been several people that have submitted their names for board positions. Contact me (Randy Bortot) if you are interested in running for a position. The information about each candidate will be published in the newsletters in March and April. The Election and Annual meeting is in April.
The positions that are open are President, Secretary, Boys Program Coordinator, and Girls Program Coordinator.
Randy Bortot, Nominations Committee Chair, IYHA.
Phone: 763-784-9557
The Board of the Lake Region Hockey Association meets on the third Tuesday of every month at various locations. If you are interested in attending the next meeting, please call Gayle Goben at 651-638-9756.
IYHA Board of Directors meeting
January 20, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. at Mounds View City Hall
Present: Brad DeKanick, Jeanne Falconer, Randy Bortot, Brian Johnson, Niki Gjere, Tom Welty, Cheryl Mason, Chris Tahti, Pat O'Connor.
Absent: Dan Marcouiller.
Guests: John Donovan, John Dalnes, Pete Franzen, Renae Oleson.
Meeting called to order by President Brad DeKanick at 6:00 p.m. at the Mounds View City Hall Conference Room C.
Agenda reviewed. Minutes for December 15, 2005 meeting reviewed, motion to approve as presented (TW) (RB), motion carried.
Old Business:
1. Ice Commissioner Resignation: Resignation letter from Becky Ewing (Ice Commissioner) read for the record. Effective January 11, 2005. Accepted as presented.
2. Ice Issues: Jeanne needs the master list so she can bill the teams. Has requested this, and has not received. Brad gave Jeanne his copy of the ice schedules. Initiation ice given by Cheryl to Brad.
3. Ice Commissioner Appointment: Renae Oleson is interested in the Ice Commissioner position. She presented a document expressing her interest. Motion to appoint Renae Oleson as the Ice Commissioner to fill the remainder of the term (NG), (TW), Motion carried.
4. Super Rink discussion (Brad): Received email in December, and heard again last week—the Super Rink is expanding an additional 2 or 4 rinks—practice rinks. No seating. They will be in-line in the summer, other two may be soccer. Us, Centenniel, and Forest Lake have expressed an interest. Has a PowerPoint presentation to understand the 2080 hours issues that we have had in the past. Will ask for this presentation in either February or March. There are people that are interested in looking at these issues—will ask for people to volunteer to participate in some type of a search committee. Motion to create a Rink Advisory Task Force committee (CM), (JF); Discussion. Motion carried. Contact a Board Member if interested.
New Business—Board Roundtable:
1. President: Brad DeKanick. Distributed a certificate for our players. Give feedback to Brad for changes/edits. Pat will give list to Brad of the teams. Brad would like to outfit the traveling team players next year with top and pants—check in what it would cost—will Randy do this? (Randy agreed.)
2. Vice President: Brian Johnson. Brian was gone for many of the meetings; would like to thank Dawn for the work she did. Equipment exchange—has equipment available, will donate it. Pete Franzen knows of other associations that give a tax credit for donated equipment.
3. Treasurer: Jeanne Falconer. Checking and savings account statements. In the future, if people have not paid registration, they cannot be on the ice.
4. Lake Region Hockey Association: Jeanne Falconer. Distributed Lake Region by-laws. John Dalnes and Rick McKelvie have agreed to fill the two remaining spots for Lake Region. Hoping to get more money in March. Have been receiving $5,000 each month.
5. Secretary: Niki Gjere. Newsletter deadline is February 1, 2005. We have a new copy of our Tax Exempt status—the other one was tattered.
6. Registration Coordinator: Pat O'Connor. Everything is good.
7. Twin Cities District: Tom Welty. The bulk of update is in the newsletter. The Board asked us to know that Augsburg has had thefts—people have had their things stolen, going through hockey bags. There was even a vehicle stolen. February 7th—having a Culver's night in St. Anthony. 10% of proceeds are being donated to IYHA.
8. Ice Commissioner: no report.
9. Initiation Coordinator: Cheryl Mason. Things are calmed down at Initiation. Every kid is a skater!
10. Girls Coordinator: Chris Tahti. Had a planning meeting with the Girls coaches and Cheryl, looking ahead to next year. Preliminarily for next year: 5 U 14 girls (4 which may play HS), 2 U12 teams, very large U10 team (will try to recruit to make 2 U10 teams), will try to make a U8 team. Action from the board is not requested tonight. Associations that have gone with this have been very happy with this—they have seen tremendous new growth. Will continue to talk with the coaches. Will be talking with the parents.
11. Boys Coordinator: Dan Marcouiller. Absent. No report.
12. Equipment Manager: Randy Bortot. Hockey association bag email—not going to worry about it now. 100 bag minimum required.
13. Nomination Committee: Randy Bortot. Interest has been expressed in Boy's Coordinator position.
Additional business: From the ACE Coordinator (John Donovan): Final HEP Testing dates have been scheduled.
Motion to adjourn the meeting (NG) (TW), motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
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WFDF 2014 World Junior Ultimate Championships in Lecco - Day 6 daily newsletter
26 July 2014
On day 6 of the WFDF 2014 World Junior Ultimate Championships the participating teams in the WJUC finals were found: USA and Canada will compete in both final games for the gold medals. The daily newsletter provides recaps, results, special information and forecasts from the event.
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CFP: [General] REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: Sex/ualities In and Out of Time Conference
Registration for the upcoming 'Sex/ualities In and Out of Time' Conference at the University of
Edinburgh, UK, on 28th and 29th November 2008 is now open.
Our plenary speakers are Professor Judith Halberstam and Professor Claire Colebrook.
Please visit our website at http://www.sexualitiesconference.co.uk for registration details and
the complete conference programme.
Conference Focus
The question of time has become a major concern in critical theory and is proving to be a
particularly useful means of approaching gender and sex/uality. Important recent work in the
field of gender studies and queer theory has begun to explicitly address and render visible how
time comes to structure and determine the meaning of bodily experiences and expressions.
Non-normative sex/ualities are commonly delegated out of time, for instance, via the promise of
futurity and the negation of historical grounding and traditions. The attempt to locate these very
same bodies and their sexual practices in time raises the question whether time can be refigured
or manipulated in order to open up the possibility of epistemological and ontological
alternatives. This conference aims to explore present and past narratives of sexuality, the various
links between heterogeneous temporalities and dissident sex/ualities and to ask what is at stake
in the recent turn to time in gender studies and queer theory.
The conference is a joint venture between the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh and
supported by the AHRC.
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The Ice Castles in Lincoln, New Hampshire are impressive and magical! We had the chance to visit this amazing winter wonderland last weekend and see it up close and personal. This frozen fortress of over 25,000,000 pounds of ice is man made. It all started with some strategically hand placed icicles and running water. The end result is unbelievable. The idea for Ice Castles came from a dedicated Dad who wanted to build an ice rink in the backyard for the kids. It grew into something much bigger with towers, archways, mazes, caverns, and canyons and even ice tubes, slides and tunnels! Cold temperatures, some sprinklers, and a mission to create something awe-inspiring has turned this backyard plan in to an awesome winter destination for families. Visitors of all ages will wander with wonder through this frozen world! It really is awe inspiring, especially at night. Lit up with LED lights, the walls of ice change color right in front of you. It is a beautiful effect and makes for some great photo opps! There is music playing in the background and the combination of lights and music lead you through the ice structure with something new to see around each corner. My kiddos have some big plans on what they want to create in our backyard now. Hopefully, on a much smaller scale! A few tips for you to consider before you go: Buy your tickets online and avoid waiting in line or worse, having them be sold out! Be sure to use promo code USFamily17 and save 15% off admission on IceCastles.com! Wear gloves and snowpants, especially for the kids! There are lots of tunnels and slides and hands can get cold quickly. Forget the stroller for the little ones...bring a small sled with a rope to pull them along! Bring your camera or phone! There will be some amazing shots you'll want to capture of your visit. They do offer a professional quality photo shoot and you can purchase the photo right there. We did, and the picture came out really nice. Do something different this winter and head to the amazing Ice Castles in UT,NH,MN,WI and AB! Be sure to use promo code USFamily17 and save 15% off admission on IceCastles.com! One last thing, be sure to visit the gift shop before you leave and check out the souvenirs available! You can follow Ice Castles, NH on social media on Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat too!


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The story begins in Massachusetts on July 22, 1924. Willis Harrison Bell was the first child born to Sarah Teasdale Bell and Willis Milton Boutwell Bell. He was also the first of two sons born into a marriage that would soon fail. On the 20th of December 1926, in Los Angeles California his brother Charles Allen Bell II was born. Between Will's birth and Charlie's birth the couple moved from Massachusetts to California, the exact timing remains unknown. The marriage lasted about 3 to 4 years more as evidenced by the 1930 census. At that time Willis Sr. was a lodger in Los Angeles, while Sarah and the two boys were back in Newton, Massachusetts living with Sarah's sister Lillian. Although the passage of time would bring drastic changes for these two brothers their lives would be interwined in ways neither could then imagine.
Within the next few years Sarah married Hervey Heywood. From that point their childhood history is taken from pieced together bits of information given by Will, Charlie and those they confided in. The divorce and new marriage created tensions and living changes that provided little stability. As adults Will and Charlie's memories of their early life with Sarah and Hervey were vague, sometimes with an air of sadness and even fear. When Will talked about his life in Massachusetts he could remember picking and eating blueberries. He also had memories of the leech filled Charles River. Both he and Charlie went out on the river on home made rafts, neither knowing how to swim. When their stepfather had too much to drink he was often mean to the boys. Later in life they felt it was because they were a constant reminder of another man with his wife. Will never talked much about his experiences in that situation.
When Will was nine and Charlie six their mother sent them to spend the summer with their dad and his new wife Edna Babbs Bell in California. They took the train across the United States with their Aunt Ethel. On their way to California they were able to visit the Chicago Worlds Fair. The trip, as eventful as it must have been, was rarely spoken of by Will. For reasons neither boy understood, at the end of the summer Sarah never sent for them to come home. They would not see her or hear from her again for over thirty years and then only because Charlie made contact with her. It is hard to imagine how these two young boys felt leaving their mother and the safety of Massachusetts for the bustling city of Los Angeles. However, they would be welcomed by Edna who cared for their needs and truely adored them. She would be a saving factor in their upbringing and a great support to them as men. Both Will and Charlie always spoke highly of Edna and showed the utmost concern and care for her. They called her mother and she was their mother in every sense.


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Doctor gets prison for waterboarding child
GEORGETOWN, Del.— A judge sentenced a former pediatrician known for research on paranormal science and near-death experiences involving children to three years in prison Friday for waterboarding the daughter of his longtime companion by holding the girl's head under a faucet.
The judge ordered Melvin Morse, 60, to serve two years on probation after completing the prison term. Morse also received concurrent sentences of probation for other charges of endangering and assault.
Judge Richard Stokes rejected a request for leniency from defense attorney Joe Hurley, who said Morse has prostate cancer and likely will need thyroid surgery.
"His medical needs will be addressed in prison," said Stokes, who said Morse deserved more than the presumptive 15-month sentence for felony reckless endangering.
Before being sentenced, Morse, 60 turned to the girl, now 12, and apologized.
"I am so sorry. I am so sorry," he told her as she clutched at the chest of her foster mother. "None of this is your fault ... and I hope that one day you can forgive me."
The girl and her mother testified Morse used waterboarding as a threat or punishment, but defense attorneys suggested "waterboarding" was a term jokingly used by Morse to describe hair washing. Waterboarding as used by trained interrogators on terror suspects simulates drowning. Many critics call it torture.
Morse, whose medical license was suspended after his arrest and has since expired, wrote several books and articles on paranormal science and near-death experiences involving children. He has appeared on shows such as "Larry King Live" and the "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to discuss his research, which also has been featured on an episode of "Unsolved Mysteries" and in an article in "Rolling Stone" magazine. Morse denied police claims he may have been experimenting on the girl.
"The idea that the defendant was experimenting on (the girl) is speculative, and I see his actions differently," said the judge, who described Morse as controlling and manipulative in his abuse of a vulnerable child.
The girl fled her home and went to a classmate's house in July 2012, the morning after Morse grabbed her by an ankle and dragged her across a driveway into the family home, where she was spanked and warned of worse punishment the next day. When investigators questioned her, she told them about what she called waterboarding.
The girl's foster mother and chief trial prosecutor Melanie Withers did a brief victory dance after the sentencing.
"It totally vindicates her, and that's what this has all been about," Withers said of the sentence.
Hurley said he planned to appeal to the Supreme Court on rulings regarding Morse's health and a decision by Stokes to allow jurors to review tapes of interviews the girl and her sister gave to authorities. The tapes already had been shown at trial.
During the trial, Withers portrayed Morse as a brutal "lord and master" of his household, abusing the girl for years. Prosecutors said the abuse included waterboarding, forcing the girl to stand with arms outstretched for hours at a time, confining her to room and alternately depriving her of food or force feeding her. The felony conviction came after the girl said she was waterboarded for vomiting into a cat's litter box after being forced to drink too much milk.
Cathy Rose, a therapist who has been working with the girl, read a letter Friday in court in which the girl said Morse deserved to be behind bars.
"He needs to fell what it's like to be a prisoner," the letter read. "I was a prisoner at home with him."


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In a recent post to his blog Marco Tabini talks about what he calls the lost art of using your brain, the fact that people seem to be relying more on the contents of other peoples' brains instead of their own.
The world of technology is riddled with inhabitants who treat tools as if they were religions. OOP, unit tests, patterns... these are all instruments that are supposed to make some jobs better, and not theological formulas that will magically make every single line of code written on the face of the Earth better. And yet, the vast majority of people treats them like they are, sparking everything from language wars to endless—and pointless - discussions on whether a particular technique is better than another.
He goes on to say that the tools developers use every day aren't just limited to the technology that makes them up. They're there to make things easier, but if the developer using them doesn't take the time to engage their minds to use them correctly, they're practically useless (100% code coverage, for example). He shares his three reasons why he thinks this issue is so wide-spread and the steps he suggests to push out of this way of thinking and back into a more mindful, thinking sort of development path.


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Send your old bike on a new journey… Bike Drive 2013
Give your old bike a new life .. in Kenya, Africa! Bicycles for Humanity (B4H) will be accepting bike donations at Billings Bridge Shopping Centre during a three day drive from August 9th to 11th, 2013.
A bicycle, one of the simplest transport technologies, is affordable and can be maintained anywhere in the world with minimal tools and spare parts. Yet for the world's poorest people, living on $2 per day, even bicycles are beyond their reach.
Meanwhile, in the western world we discard thousands of bicycles each year. Simply put – unused bicycles in garages or basements can make an incredible difference to those in need of transportation - such bicycles represent a terrific opportunity to change the lives of those less fortunate.
Since 2007, B4H has shipped 7 containers of bikes, more than 2600 bicycles, to rural communities in Namibia and Malawi and established sustainable community-based bike shops, Bicycle Empowerment Centers (BECs), assisting initiatives focused on orphan care, HIV/AIDS outreach, healthcare and women's empowerment.
This year's BEC - a 40ft shipping container packed with 400 donated bicycles, spare parts and tools, and converted into a bike shop on site - will be shipped to Kibera, Kenya, one of the poorest areas in the region, to benefit an orphan care organization.
Through a partnership with Wheels of Africa, B4H will establish the BEC to help empower and engage a community in creating sustainable and responsible economic development in Kenya, while enabling greater mobility in the area to students, workers, and healthcare volunteers. The BEC will benefit Kijiji Cha Upendo, "Village of Love" in Swahili – a community based organization that cares for and supports over 140 orphans and vulnerable children with programs aimed at meeting the most basic of needs: food, clothing/supplies and education.
B4H is looking for adult-sized mountain and hybrid bikes in working condition (24" and 26" wheels). As the bikes will be used in communities with mostly dirt roads and paths, bicycles with wider tires are most suitable for the terrain. Donations of bike tools, repair & patch kits, inner tubes, tires seats, and locks (with keys) are also welcome. Donations to help with the transport costs of the bikes are appreciated. Please note that children's bikes and frames without wheels are not suitable for this project.
Billing Bridge Shopping Centre has graciously offered their facilities as the bike collection site for this year's campaign. The drive will be led by the Security Team from Billings Bridge Centre and 20 VIC Management, Inc. property managers specializing in shopping centre management, leasing and development. "The Security Team and Billings Bridge Centre are proud to partner with B4H and be of assistance to a grassroots initiative dedicated to facilitating access to resources and services to others in Kenya, Africa. This initiative and these bikes represent a wonderful opportunity to empower others. At Billings Bridge we are thrilled to assist our community – our global community. " says Stacey Lamb, Security Manager, 20 VIC Management, Inc.
The drive will be held on from Friday August 9th to Sunday August 11th, during the mall's regular business hours, at the main doors (entrance #5) at 2277 Riverside Drive East (corner of Riverside Drive and Bank Street in Ottawa South). The security team will be on site to accept all donations. In addition, B4H Volunteers will be on site on Saturday August 10th between 10am to 1pm to greet donors and provide information on the initiative.
B4H is grateful for the enthusiastic support from the many individuals and organizations who donate funds, goods, facilities and services and to the volunteers who give their time and energy towards helping improve lives.
About Bicycles for Humanity: Bicycles for Humanity (B4H) is a grass-roots initiative which aims to empower disadvantaged communities in Africa through the provision of sustainable transportation. We send used bikes to improve access to healthcare, education, food, water, and employment. Entirely volunteer run - 100% of all donations go directly toward the transportation of the bikes and in-country project implementation costs.
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Lehman Brothers: Looking Five Years Back and Ten Years Ahead
Remarks by Thomas M. Hoenig, Vice Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Presented to the National Association of Corporate Directors, Texas TriCities Chapter Conference, Houston, Texas
September 2013
A fundamental principle in economics is that incentives matter. If the rules of the game provide advantages to some over others, protect players against the fallout of taking on excessive risk, or enable irresponsible behavior, we can be confident that the choices people make will be imprudent and the results of the misaligned incentives will be bad.
In the US financial system these conditions were in force during the decade leading to the Great Recession. It was a decade when monetary policy was highly accommodative; when government protections and subsidies were extended to ever more financial activities; when market discipline became a buzz word rather than a tool; and when the competitive advantage bestowed on some sectors of the industry led to a less competitive market.
More concerning is that five years after the crisis, despite new laws and regulations, we are replicating many of the conditions that contributed to the crisis, but we somehow are expecting things to end differently. How so?
This morning, I will discuss the parallels between this earlier period and now, and I will make a case for a bolder set of actions to address weaknesses in a system that continues to impede our financial markets and economy.
Setting the Stage: Low Interest Rates
Extended periods of exceptionally low interest rates undermine a sound economy. Their short-term effects on the economy can be favorable and dramatic, which creates a significant temptation for policymakers to keep rates low for a considerable period. However, history suggests that extended periods of abnormally low rates often lead to negative long-run effects as they weaken credit standards, encourage the heavy use of credit, and too often adversely affect financial and economic stability.
For example, starting with the Mexican financial crisis of 1994 through the Asian and Russian crises of the late '90s, aggressive expansionary US monetary policy was used with apparent success. In each instance, the immediate crisis was staunched, markets continued operating, and the economy bounced back. Such success led to the expectation that monetary policy could clean up the effects of any financial excess or imbalance that the US economy might develop. Low interest rates became the expected remedy that would stimulate the economy and avoid recession, or that would prevent the proliferation of a crisis.
Having been successful during the '90s, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), "doubled down" its use of low interest rates during the subsequent decade as it encountered financial and economic weaknesses. Following the collapse of the tech bubble, the real federal funds rate was negative for most of the period 2002 through 2005. It is noteworthy that in June 2003, the nominal federal funds rate was lowered from 1 1/4 percent to 1 percent and remained there for nearly a year, despite the fact that the economy grew at a rate of nearly 7 percent in the quarter following this rate reduction.
Because there were no signs of accelerating inflation, the FOMC felt confident that there was no need to quickly reverse policy, so it remained either highly or relatively accommodative well into the recovery. The first increase in the federal funds rate occurred in June 2004, only after evidence was overwhelming that economic activity had begun to accelerate. Not until March 2006 did the federal funds rate reach its long-term average level.
Within an environment of a highly accommodative monetary policy and sustained low interest rates, credit growth accelerated and serious financial imbalances developed. During the period 2002 to the end of 2007, total debt outstanding for households and financial and non-financial firms increased from $22 trillion to $37 trillion, or almost 70 percent. In hindsight, of course, it seems obvious that problems would result.
This history begs the question, therefore, of how current monetary policy might affect economic and financial conditions in 2013 and beyond. The FOMC again is fully engaged in conducting a highly accommodative monetary policy. The target federal funds rate is currently zero to 25 basis points. Through the Federal Reserve's Quantitative Easing policy, its balance sheet and bank reserves have ballooned to nearly four times the size they were in January 2008. As a result, the real federal funds rate has been negative for most of the period from 2008 to the present.
As with the earlier period, inflation in the US remains relatively subdued, facilitating continued low rates. However, the US also is experiencing significant price increases in various assets, including, for example, land, stocks, and bonds. Banks and the entire financial sector are exposed, directly and indirectly, to significant negative price shocks in nearly all interest rate-sensitive sectors. Also, as capital desperately seeks out yield, there have been significant US dollar capital flows across the globe, causing what appears to be increased financial vulnerability, uncertainty, and instability.
Thus, the actions the FOMC has taken since the crisis ended are more aggressive and will be in place far longer than those taken in the early part of the last decade.
Those who support current money policy insist that circumstances are different this time - a phrase itself that should cause alarm. They suggest that policymakers have better tools to deal with imbalances in the form of renewed market discipline and macro-prudential supervision. However, as I describe below, financial conditions within the system are not as different than many presume. Market discipline has not been strengthened, and macro-prudential supervision may be a new name but it is hardly a tool that was unavailable in the earlier period.
Extending the Safety Net: Adding Risk to the System
During the early part of the last decade, at the time the US was engaging in a systematic expansion of monetary policy, it had just extended the public safety net to an ever wider set of financial activities and firms. In 1999, the Glass-Steagall Act was repealed, which confined the safety net – defined as access to the Federal Reserve liquidity facility and FDIC insurance -- to commercial banks. In its place, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act was passed to allow the melding of commercial banking, investment banking, and broker-dealer activities. These changes were intended to enhance the market's role in the economy, to increase competition, and to create a more diversified, stable system.
In practice, however, Gramm-Leach-Bliley undermined that very goal. It allowed firms with access to the public safety net to control a much wider array of financial products and activities, and it provided them a sizable advantage over financial firms outside the safety net. It enabled firms inside the net to fund themselves at lower costs and expand their use of debt -- that is, to lever-up. Under such conditions, firms outside the net, to survive, found it necessary to join this favored group through mergers or other actions. The result is a more highly concentrated industry that is more dependent on government support and where, in the end, the failure of any one firm threatens the broader economy.
Gramm-Leach-Bliley fundamentally changed the financial industry's business model. Previously, commercial banking involved principally the payments system that transfers money around the country and world, and the intermediation process that transforms short-term deposits into longer-term loans. That model cultivated a culture of win-win, where the success of the borrower meant success to the lender in terms of the repayment of the loan and growth of the credit relationship.
After Gramm-Leach-Bliley, as broker dealer and trading activities began to dominate the banking model, the culture became one of win-lose, with the parties placing bets on asset price movements or directional changes in activity. Thus, broadening the range of activities and risks that banking firms could bring within the safety net changed the risk/return trade-off and significantly changed the incentive structure in banking. While such non-traditional commercial banking activities are essential to the market's function, placing them within the safety net became lethal to the industry and to the economy.
A related effect of the government's rich financial subsidy was a significant increase in industry leverage, especially among the largest firms. Between 2000 and 2008, the leverage among the 10 largest US firms reached unprecedented levels, as the ratio of tangible assets to tangible common equity capital increased from 22 to 1 to levels exceeding 47 to 1.1
Once the financial panic was set in motion and confidence was lost, firms were forced to rapidly deleverage their balance sheets, creating a chaotic market. The effects were channeled through a highly interconnected financial system to the real economy, causing significant declines in asset values, wealth, and jobs. Between 2008 and the end of 2009, well over 8 million jobs were lost within the US economy alone, and containing the crisis required enormous amounts of FDIC and taxpayer support.
Now, five years after the crisis, we should not ignore that many of the conditions that undermined the economy then still remain within our financial system. These conditions include: a few dominant financial firms – those that are too big to fail - controlling an ever greater portion of financial assets within the US; continued government protections and related subsidies; and the continued reliance on a business model with its heavy use of debt over equity and increased risk in the pursuit of higher, subsidized returns on equity.
Yes, the Dodd-Frank Act introduced hundreds of regulations designed to control the actions of financial firms. It gives financial supervisors increased oversight of firms and activities, and it requires the Federal Reserve and the FDIC to oversee the development of resolution programs for the largest firms. However, when you work through the details, the law and rules mostly reiterate powers long available to supervisors. It adds numerous rules and moves responsibilities among regulators, but it makes no fundamental change in the industry's structure or incentives that drive firms' actions.
Dodd-Frank adds new supervisory and resolution authorities intended to end bail outs of financial firms and related subsidies. However, this is an old promise and has yet to be successfully implemented. Consider that the US financial system is more concentrated today and the largest firms hold more market power than prior to the crisis. The 10 largest financial firms control nearly 70 percent of the industry's assets, up from 54 percent in 2000. The eight globally systemic US banking firms hold in assets the equivalent of 90 percent of GDP, when you place the fair value of derivatives onto their balance sheets. Moreover, given the breadth and complexity of activities of these firms, they remain highly interconnected and the failure of any one will likely cause a systemic crisis, demanding government intervention.
Dodd-Frank introduces new rules designed to check the expansion of the subsidy. The Volcker Rule, for example, is supposed to move bank trading activities away from the insured bank. However, the rule has yet to be implemented, and even if it is fully implemented, it allows broker-dealer activities to stay within the same corporate entity, which itself benefits from the government's safety net.
Consistent with these observations, there is a long list of studies documenting the existence of a government subsidy unique to the largest firms that extends across their balance sheets. While the industry vigorously argues that no subsidy exists, the preponderance of evidence suggests otherwise.2 Thus, while new authorities designed to mitigate this subsidy have been introduced, they have yet to be used or successfully tested. It is worth noting, for example, that under the Bank Holding Company Act, regulatory authorities have long had the authority to force divestiture of non-bank affiliates if they threaten the viability of the related bank. To my knowledge, this authority has never been used.
Therefore, as before the crisis, too big to fail and its subsidy continue to affect firms' behavior. They enable the largest firms to fund themselves at lower cost than other firms providing a competitive advantage that facilitates the biggest firms' dominance within the industry and multiplying their impact to the broader economy.
Also, although the US has introduced a supplemental leverage ratio to the capital standards, these largest firms carry significantly more leverage following from the subsidy than the industry more broadly. Using International Financial Reporting Standards, the average leverage ratio of the eight globally systemic US banks is nearly 25 to 1.3 This leverage is comparable to what the largest US firms carried in the years leading up to the crisis in 2008 and, as events demonstrated, it reflects too little capital to absorb significant shocks that might occur within the financial sector.
These leverage ratios stand in contrast to those for the remainder of the US banking industry. For example, the average leverage ratio for each category of banks -- from community, to regional, to super-regional -- is less than 14 to 1. This lower ratio reflects the fact that creditors of these firms are more directly exposed to loss should failure occur and, therefore, they insist on a larger capital cushion.
Thus, in comparing today's financial system to that of 2008, I worry that the industry is more concentrated, that the system remains vulnerable to shock, and that the economy remains vulnerable to crisis. Even within the confines of Dodd-Frank, the industry's structure, incentives and balance-sheets are more similar to 2008 than different. And, as always, we can't anticipate the source of the shock until it strikes.
Rethinking Status Quo Solutions
It has been noted that, "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."4 The economy has struggled through this recovery in a post Dodd-Frank environment perhaps because the public realizes that while we have more rules, too little has changed. It is my hope that people remain cautious so that five years from now – ten years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers – we will not be in an all-too-familiar place, facing an all-too-familiar banking crisis.
We need to regain our economic footing by rethinking our solutions. As I have been suggesting since before joining the FDIC, the US requires a monetary policy that better balances short-term and long-term policy goals. We need to rationalize, not consolidate, the structure of the financial industry and narrow the federal safety net to its intended purpose of protecting only the payments and intermediation systems that commercial banks operate.5 At a minimum, simplifying the structure would enhance the FDIC's ability to implement its new authorities to resolve institutions should they fail. In addition, the US must lead the world in strengthening and simplifying the capital requirements for regulated financial firms, particularly for the largest, most systemically important firms.6 A strong capital base for individual firms and the industry is essential to a strong, market-based financial system.
A decentralized financial structure supported by a strong capital base and market accountability, too long ignored but fundamentally correct, would further change industry incentives and strengthen its performance. Finally, and importantly, these conditions would make the industry more responsive to the market, providing opportunity for success and failure -- both of which are essential elements of capitalism.
The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the FDIC.
1 Tangible common equity capital is total equity capital less non-Treasury preferred stock, goodwill and other intangible assets.
2 http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/speeches/litreview.pdf
3 The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) approach to financial statement reporting is set by the International Accounting Standards Board. A significant difference between U.S. GAAP and IFRS is IFRS only allows the netting of derivative instruments on the balance sheet when the ability and intent to settle on a net basis is unconditional. http://www.fdic.gov/about/learn/board/hoenig/capitalizationratios2q13.pdf
4 The quote is widely attributed Albert Einstein, though scholars have not verified its authenticity. http://www.albert-einstein-quotes.org.za/
5 "Restructuring the Banking System to Improve Safety and Soundness" white paper by Thomas M. Hoenig and Charles S. Morris - http://fdic.gov/about/learn/board/Restructuring-the-Banking-System-05-24-11.pdf
6 "Basel III Capital: A Well-Intended Illusion" speech by Thomas M. Hoenig to the International Association of Deposit Insurers 2013 Research Conference in Basel, Switzerland. April 9, 2013 - http://fdic.gov/news/news/speeches/spapr0913.html
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In a few days I'm off backpacking around South East Asia for a couple of weeks.
I've had lots of little city breaks and holidays in Europe, and I worked in the Philippines for a month in 2016. Although I travelled at the weekends when I was over there, and I've also spent some time pottering around South East Asia.
I am definitely what you could call an over packer, but I have managed to hone my packing skills over the various years of going to festivals and trips abroad.
I've got a 40l backpack which I can fit everything in, and it's also just small enough to take on as hand luggage.
I've done a few long haul flights (check out my other post about how I survive these), and I always have horrible anxiety about my luggage being lost at the connecting airport. It hasn't happened to me but it has happened to people I know so it's not a completely unfounded fear! So if I can take it as hand luggage rather than checking it in it definitely relieves some pre-flight worries.
One purchase that has made my packing so much easier is the packing cubes that I bought on Amazon a few months ago. It's really helped to make everything so much more organised and I know it will make things really easy to find when it comes to unpacking too. I also absolutely love a travel wallet; it makes everything so much easier at the airport when you need to be taking tickets, passport, insurance paperwork etc in and out.
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So it goes without saying that I've got my passport and my plane tickets! I've also got money, bank cards and my travel insurance paperwork in my travel wallet.
I've got all my medication for the time I'm out plus a few spares just in case.
Clothes –
I've got a couple of pairs of shorts and tops, playsuits, a dress and a bikini. I've also got a couple of sets of pyjamas ( I would live in pyjamas if I could)!
For shoes I'm just taking a pair of flip flops and a pair of trainers for any days where I'm doing lots of walking.
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