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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Bankia will wipe out the investments of 350,000 shareholders, many of them small savers and pensioners, after it emerged that losses on bad loans at the troubled bank were even worse than expected.
The measure will hit small investors drawn in by aggressive marketing just last year after Bankia was formed from a merger of provincial savings banks. But it is described by officials as vital if the company, which was nationalised in May, is to return to profit in order to be sold on again.
Bankia will receive 18 billion euros of European Union money by Friday and launch a capital increase in the first half of January when current shareholders will lose practically their entire investment, a source close to the Bank of Spain said.
"Are we looking into leaving shareholders with something? Yes. How much? That's too soon to say. Will it be very little? For sure," the central bank source said on condition of anonymity.
"But that will be purely symbolic. I can assure you they will lose up to the shirt on their back."
Under the EU plan to prop up Spain's banking sector, devastated by a burst real estate bubble, shareholders must be the first in line to accept losses. That was the case in Ireland, another victim of the global credit crisis, where shareholders in Anglo Irish Bank were left with nothing.
Bankia had negative equity - or an excess of debt over assets - of 4.2 billion euros, Spain's bank rescue fund, known as FROB, said on Wednesday. That measure will be used to help determine shareholder losses. Bankia's parent company BFA had negative equity of 10.4 billion euros.
How much shareholders will lose will be unveiled when the capital increase takes place in January following discussions with EU authorities, the source said.
Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards, some of them retirees with little awareness of financial affairs, ploughed savings into Bankia shares when the bank was listed in July 2011. The stock has lost more than 80 percent of its value since then.
Small savers also bought billions of euros of other Bankia instruments, such as preference shares or subordinated debt, on which they will also suffer steep losses.
"It seems to be to have been managed extraordinarily badly. It is a total cock-up," said Enrique Marquez, 66, a retired technician who invested 7,000 euros in ordinary shares and more than 70,000 euros in preference shares with Bankia.
"I've been duped on the preference shares and I've been duped on the ordinary shares. It's been an abuse of trust," added Marquez, who said he had been told by his bank manager the stock could be very profitable in the medium term.
Many of Bankia's more than 20,000 employees also invested in the shares in the 2011 initial public offering and are set to lose their money even as thousands face job cuts enforced as a condition of receiving European aid.
Speaking of his fellow staff at Bankia, one employee at a branch in northern Spain said: "I don't know anyone who didn't buy the shares. I did and my family heavily invested in them too." He spoke anonymously and said he now feared for his job.
About 6,000 workers will be axed in Bankia's restructuring while remaining employees are being asked to take a 40- to 50-percent pay cut, trade unions said.
Shares in Bankia fell a further 16 percent to 0.58 euros on Thursday after the FROB disclosure of its negative equity. Bankia will be taken out of Spain's blue-chip index, the Ibex 35, as of January 2, the stock exchange said on Thursday.
Bankia must reduce its balance sheet by 60 percent over the next five years as a condition of receiving aid.
Bankers say the lender could be put up for sale after it is slimmed down and stripped of its toxic property assets, which will be siphoned off into a special vehicle, or 'bad bank'.
However, the lender, which accounts for around 10 percent of Spain's banking market, is probably too big to be swallowed by a larger rival, as other state-rescued lenders have been: "The large Spanish banks would struggle to take on something of that size," one Madrid-based investment banker said.
Bankia is unlikely to be sold until around 2017, bankers said. Around 10 percent of a stabilised market, flush with rescue cash and stripped of toxic real estate assets, may be an attractive investment proposition for a foreign bank, they said.
Another possibility for the government to extricate itself from Bankia would be a public share offering, bankers said, although they admitted Spain would have to wait so any sales operation wouldn't come too soon after the ill-fated 2011 IPO.
Separately, the FROB also announced it would take over 99.9 percent of Banco de Valencia before it is sold to CaixaBank, while shareholders in other nationalised lenders NCG Banco and Catalunya Banc will be fully wiped out.
In the case of Anglo Irish Bank (AIB), shareholders whose equity was once worth 13 billion euros were left with nothing following the bank's 4-billion-euro recapitalisation and immediate nationalisation in January 2009.
AIB ultimately needed another 25.3 billion euros of state money, which was funded by a "promissory note", or government IOU, that Ireland is now trying to restructure.
Spain's four nationalised lenders will receive a total of 37 billion euros of EU funds. It will also tap another 4.4 billion euros to set up the 'bad bank' and recapitalise smaller banks.
Additional reporting by Laura Noonan in Dublin and Sarah White in London; Editing by Giles Elgood and Alastair Macdonald

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This is my absolute favorite time of year to write for Cake Wrecks. That makes it hard, of course, when John is begging me to please just run some "best-of" posts so we can get a few days off to spend with family this week, but, c'mon. Like I'm supposed to just NOT post this Santa cake:
My, Santa, what big scary eyes your mustache has.
Yes, those ARE plastic eyebrows, and they're upside down. But thank goodness the baker didn't have to pipe the eyes and mustache herself, because THIS is soooo much better. Reeeeally. (No, I mean really really. Do you see that "nose?" YIKES.)
And who says it's too early for Easter eggs?
(Actually, if you just think of this as a belly cake for a baby shower, except instead of a baby it's all Santa fat in there, then it's deeply, deeply disturbing.)
In fact, I love this next Christmas egg so much that I want to commission someone to make me a plush version of it. Then I'll put the plush in a box, and put that box inside of another box, and then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives? AHAHAHAHAA! I'll... hug him and squeeze him and call him George!
It's brilliant, brilliant, BRILLIANT!!
Seriously, though, doesn't George looks like a snow-thug who's just lost a fist fight?
And we know he lost because - say it with me, now - BIG HEAD LITTLE ARMS!
This will never not make me laugh like a fool.
Hm. You know you've had a leeedle too much eggnog when you reference THREE separate cartoons for one wreck. Sorry. And to those of you who got all three references: the next glass is on me.
(No, I mean literally - eggnog also makes me clumsy.)
I don't really know how to get myself out of this literary hole I've just dug, so I'm going to try something SHOCKING.
Yeah, B*TCH*S!
Granted, I don't know what hip new curse word this is, but I'm guessing it's roughly equivalent to rocking out with your chicken out.
Speaking of which...
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Oh, whoops. Sorry, Frosty; I, uh, didn't see you there.
...and I think your nose fell off.
Maybe I should wrap this up before things get even more out of hand. So allow me to wish you ALL...
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Thanks to John, Denis S., Lizz, Sarah D., Alison L., Shell, & Laura P. for reminding us of the true meaning of sprinkles: to cover up spelling mistakes and bad handwriting.
This year we're condensing our Charity Countdown into two charities: charity: water and Give Kids The World. Though I loved featuring 12 unique charities in our previous countdowns, it required a huge amount of work from three to four people over several weeks to set up each year, and for severely dwindling interest and participation. I'm hoping that by focusing on only two, we'll be able to make a larger impact as a group on these fantastic organizations.
Give Kids The World provides children with life-threatening illnesses and their families truly magical experiences at the Give Kids The World Village, a 70-acre Orlando resort specifically designed for children with special needs.
And thanks to charity:water and you readers, there are now several more village wells in Africa providing clean water to hundreds of people - and one of those wells has a sign that proudly credits "Cake Wreeks."
And the only way that could possibly be more perfect is if there were even more of them. (Wells, I mean, not misspelled signs.)
So please consider taking a moment to give to these organizations, and to spread a little goodwill towards those in need this season.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Democrat investigating Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative groups on Tuesday said interviews with 15 agency employees had found no hint of White House involvement, challenging Republicans on a lingering controversy.
Moving to reframe an affair that first rocked the tax-collecting agency in May, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a 36-page memo that quoted IRS officials interviewed by panel investigators and internal IRS documents. As of late Tuesday, 16 employees have been interviewed and more are expected.
"None of these (15) witnesses reported any political motivation or White House involvement," Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings said in releasing the memo.
More than two months ago, an IRS official publicly apologized for the IRS giving extra scrutiny to conservative political groups seeking tax-exempt status, including using key words like "Tea Party" and "Patriot" to flag applications.
One IRS official quoted in Cummings' memo is described as a Republican IRS tax law specialist working in Washington.
Asked by congressional investigators if there was any evidence of political targeting by President Barack Obama, the official said, "That's kind of laughable that people think that ... unfortunately, Cincinnati didn't have enough guidance."
Processing of applications for tax-exempt status from non-profit groups is centralized in an IRS office in Cincinnati.
Of the 15 IRS employees interviewed as of Monday, six described themselves as Republicans, or said they had voted for a Republican, three identified themselves as Democrats and six said they had no party affiliation.
Another self-described Republican manager interviewed by the committee said: "I have no idea what the White House is doing."
Most Republicans, including oversight panel Chairman Darrell Issa, early on in the controversy said the targeting of conservative groups showed political bias within the IRS under the Obama administration.
A spokesman for Issa was not available for comment.
Partisan sparks are likely to fly on Thursday when two mid-level IRS workers and the Treasury inspector general for tax administration are scheduled to testify before the committee.
An inspector general report on the matter came days after the IRS official apologized, triggering the controversy.
Last week, Cummings released documents suggesting that liberal key words such as "Progressive" and "Occupy" were also used by IRS staff to sift through applications for added review, in addition to conservative key words.
Cummings and other Democrats have blasted TIGTA chief Russell George for not addressing the treatment of liberal-leaning groups in its report.
TIGTA has said it stands by its findings and testimony.
The affair led Obama to oust the IRS chief from his job and several others were removed from their posts at the agency.
Cummings on Friday released a May 3, 2013, email between George and his deputy for investigations. In those documents, the deputy concluded after a search of 5,500 IRS emails that there was no sign of political motives in Tea Party searches.
The search was omitted from the TIGTA report.
Groups seeking tax exemption may engage in limited amounts of political activity, but some types of exemption limit that activity more than others. That and the vagueness of the rules often make it difficult for IRS agents to tell which groups overstep and become ineligible for tax exemption.
"There isn't an obvious answer of how to treat these groups, so you have a hot potato," said Gene Steuerle, a top tax Treasury official for Republican President George H.W. Bush.
Republicans have contended the controversy shows the IRS is an out-of-control agency with a track record of harassing taxpayers, including by auditing candidates and donors.
Senator Charles Grassley on Tuesday released a letter from TIGTA finding no evidence that IRS officials inappropriately targeted candidates for public office, in a search of cases since 2006.
In response to request from Grassley, the inspector general letter did identify eight allegations where IRS officials had unauthorized access to or disclosed tax records for political candidates or donors.
In four of the cases, the allegations were not backed up by evidence, the inspector general said in its letter dated July 3.
One case of willful unauthorized access was referred to the Justice Department for investigation, but it declined to prosecute.
The Justice Department said it is reviewing Grassley's request for the rationale for not prosecuting.
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I say the following as someone who supports the pro-life position.
Harassing individuals who are pro-choice and particularly their children is outrageous. It is unequivocally wrong to target Todd Stave through fliers comparing him to Nazis; advertising his private phone number; and doing so where he lives and where his daughter goes to school. Pro-life organizations who are unwilling to vociferously denounce these tactics are an embarrassment to the pro-life cause.
On the other hand, The Sun didn't report how Mr. Stave is fighting back. According to the article, Mr. Stave won't say how he finds the personal information of pro-life supporters that his group calls. It also failed to provide any information on the content or tone of these phone calls, emails and Facebook comments. From this article, it is impossible to know if Mr. Stave is using similar tactics or not to fight back. The Sun was negligent in its responsibility to research and report this relevant information to its readers.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – In the team's first official contest, sophomore setter Jonah Seif led a dominant UC Santa Barbara serving performance with a career-high four aces, helping the eighth-ranked Gauchos to a sweep over UC San Diego in Saturday's third-place match of the 50th annual UCSB Asics Invitational.
Game scores for the match were 25-23, 25-11, 25-16.
UCSB's third place finish was its best since 2011, when they placed second. The Gauchos advanced to the third-place match by putting together a 3-1 record in Friday's exhibition pool play round.
Against the Tritons, the serving game established the tone early and often. UCSB recorded 10 service aces as a team, led by Seif and Austin Kingi, who had three of his own.
When not leading to points directly, the Gauchos forced UCSD into bad passes. UCSB's middles feasted on the compromised setting options, picking up 14 blocks over the three sets. Senior Ryan Thompson and Seif led all players with seven blocks apiece, while Jake Staahl (five blocks) and Evan Licht (four) had strong days at the net as well.
"There were a lot of good things about our performance today and I'm very proud of our team," said UCSB head coach Rick McLaughlin. "That being said, there are always ways to improve and that's what we're going to focus on so early in the season."
For the match, the Gauchos held the Tritons to a -.013 hitting percentage, which is lower than any opponent in all of 2013.
On the offensive side of the ball, senior outside Matt Hanley – in his official UCSB debut – was the only player to reach double digits with 10 kills. Kingi and Staahl finished not far behind with six kills apiece. Seif did an excellent job distributing the ball evenly, as all three of the Gaucho outsides had between 16 and 21 swings.
UCSB opened the match on a 7-1 run, mostly coming with Kingi at the service line. Hanley highlighted the run with a pair of early kills. The Tritons held that six point deficit before ripping off five straight late in the set to pull within one at 20-19. The Gauchos hung tough as Licht, Kingi, and Staahl picked up kills to maintain the lead, clinching the set on an errant Johl Awerkamp swing. Hanley picked up half of his final kill total in the first frame.
The Gaucho serve really took over at the beginning of the second set, with the team jumping out to a 13-3 lead behind four aces. UCSB didn't let the Tritons back into the game this time around, as Licht later captured six straight points from the service line to go up 21-8. Back-to-back double blocks at the hands of Seif and Thompson put the Gauchos up 2-0 heading into set three.
Another hot start put UCSB up 11-4 in the decisive set. With no team going on an extended run in the second half of the set, a Staahl and Licht block sealed the win for the Gauchos.
Both Hanley and Thompson made the nine-man All-Tournament Team. Long Beach State's Dalton Ammerman was named Tournament MVP.
Ammerman's 49ers were named champions of the UCSB Asics Invitational after defeating Pool A champion Harvard in four sets in Saturday's final match. Full Saturday results and the All-Tournament Team can be found below.
UCSB gets back into action next week with its final exhibition match, against UC Santa Cruz on Wednesday, Jan. 8, and a non-conference showdown with Concordia on Friday, Jan. 10.
UCSB Asics Invitational Saturday Results
Ninth-place match: Pacific def. No. 14 CSUN 3-1
Seventh-place match: No. 5 Stanford def. No. 2 UCLA 3-1
Fifth-place match: IPFW def. No. 15 Cal Baptist 3-1
Third-place match: No. 8 UCSB def. UC San Diego 3-0
Championship match: No. 4 Long Beach def. Harvard 3-1
All-UCSB Asics Invitational Tournament Team
Kristopher Johnson - Cal Baptist middle blocker
Kyle Rehkemper - Harvard middle blocker
Chris Gibbons - Harvard libero
Andrew Sellan - IPFW opposite hitter
Dalton Ammerman - Long Beach State outside hitter (MVP)
Connor Olbright - Long Beach State setter
Matt Hanley - UCSB outside hitter
Ryan Thompson - UCSB middle blocker
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After getting through Thursday night's season kick-off with John Madden only drawing one penis on the screen, Eli Manning is hoping he'll pick up the slack for this evening's tilt, as Manning's Giants travel to Texas Stadium to wage battle in a manner most NFC East with the Cowboys.
Storylines abound within the booth and without: What will Keith Olbermann be contrite about at halftime? Will he do the right thing and accept blame for Congress not passing more measures on troop withdrawl? Will he apologize to Byron Leftwich for keeping him off an active roster? Surely he can at least fault Tiki Barber for his equivocation and Jerome Bettis for his faking being fat to avoid having to make sense.
Cowboys QB coach Wade Wilson will be using his five-week suspension for taking performance-enhancing drugs to further advance his career as a "Merc with a mouth." Not for nothing, as Peter King will be trying to assume Wilson's regular identity in order to get closer to his intented, his Throwmo.
Count this as your DUAN post, DUANers. Thanks for having us for Weekend Daddy duties. It's been the tits. Really it has. Pardon us a moment, we're just so happy that football is back.


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Photo 1 & Illustration 1
This photo looks west from the main Valencia Rancho house across the valley. In 1983, when the photo was taken, the rancho's cultivated fields, watered by original irrigation ditches, and its orchards and pasture lands remained in traditional use as built, plotted, and planted by the original settlers.
Questions for Photos 4
1. The East Pecos Acequia lies just behind the fence and the Pecos River is visible running across the center of the photo. The irrigation system in the valley is still held in communal ownership. An elected mayordomo, or ditch boss, assigns maintenance work and water rights. Why do you suppose this traditional system is still in use?
2. The horses are grazing in fields that will be soon be planted with hay and other crops. How do you think these photos would compare with 19th century views?
3. The storage shed shown in this photo is built of adobe and logs. Although houses often reflected current fashions in architectural design, functional structures necessary to the operations of a rancho changed very little. Why do you think this would be the case?
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These classic studies on the interpretation of images are essential reading for all students of Renaissance art; they also take their rightful place as seminal texts that have themselves helped to shape the evolving discipline of art history. Many of the essays focus on the greatest artists of the Renaissance -- notably Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo -- and all reflect the author's deep and abiding concern with standards, values and problems of method. Yet Gombrich never loses sight of the works of art he is investigating, and he brings to all his analyses and interpretations an original and powerful intelligence, unfailing clarity of expression and immense learning.
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Saline Township man flown to hospital by Survival Flight after chainsaw accident
A Saline Township man was flown by Survival Flight to University of Michigan hospital Friday afternoon after injuring himself in a chainsaw accident, according to officials.
Huron Valley Ambulance spokeswoman Joyce Williams said paramedics responded at 4:05 p.m. Friday to a field on Macon Road between Marion and Braun Roads.
Saline Area Fire Department Assistant Chief Charles Schaible said the man suffered a leg injury while using a chainsaw working in the field. Schaible confirmed the man was transported by Survival Flight but didn't know how the accident happened or what condition he man was in when he was transported.
The circumstances of the accident and the man's age were not known immediately Friday afternoon. A Saline police dispatcher said that department was not dispatched on the call and it wasn't immediately clear if the incident happened in the jurisdiction of the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office or the Michigan State Police. Officials were checking for more information Friday afternoon.
Check back to AnnArbor.com for more information on this incident as it becomes available.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Sat, Jan 5, 2013 : 9:19 p.m.
"A Saline police dispatcher said that department was not dispatched on the call and it wasn't immediately clear if the incident happened in the jurisdiction of the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office or the Michigan State Police." ?? don't county sheriffs have jurisdiction everywhere in their counties that aren't part of smaller jurisdiction (such as a city or village). Anybody know why this location might be the State Police's jurisdiction and not the county sheriff's?
Mon, Jan 7, 2013 : 6:20 a.m.
Thanks Fat Bill, I knew that some townships don't contract with the county deputies to patrol, but I thought that meant they got covered by the smaller number of general fund deputies for emergencies, and didn't get patrols. I didn't realize they didn't get any sheriff's office protection. That seems nutty to me, seems like the State Police are pretty far away, but then I live in the crime-infested city. :)
Fat Bill
Sun, Jan 6, 2013 : 6:01 a.m.
Certain townships in this county do not pay for Sheriff's patrols...In Michigan that means MSP handles police matters in those areas.
Sun, Jan 6, 2013 : 3:08 a.m.
Thanks connie, that occurred to me after I posted. Is there any state-owned land in Saline Township? I tried to use the county website's map viewer (which is pretty cool), but it doesn't seem to have a layer for state-owned land. http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/departments/gis/MapWashtenaw_Main.htm
Sun, Jan 6, 2013 : 12:51 a.m.
The only reason I can think of is if it happened on state land.
Sat, Jan 5, 2013 : 8:24 p.m.
Sometimes it is best to hire a professional to do somethings. There is a reason a professional can charge more; they know how to do it properly and safely
music to my ear
Sat, Jan 5, 2013 : 8:38 p.m.
he is a pro, he owns a company they do wood often,it was just an accident.
Sat, Jan 5, 2013 : 3:12 p.m.
i use a new style of chain saw,its called a JAW SAW,its made by a co. called WORX . THERES NO POSSIBILITY of injury unless u do it on purpose. its an electric saw so it has its limitations,and you may need a very long ext. cord but it cuts up to 3in.logs . its ideal for the average homeowner,not really made for the person who cuts down trees for a living. check out their web site.www.worxyardtools.com
zip the cat
Sat, Jan 5, 2013 : 1:01 a.m.
There called "chaps" like a pair of jeans with the back cut out of them,protects the front part of the legs and will stop dead in its tracks a full throttle chain saw. I went thru the same thing this guy is going thru. Then I saw the light and wised up and bought a pair of them $100.00 well worth the price Available at most places that sell chain saws.
Sat, Jan 5, 2013 : 11:58 a.m.
I hope he can recover. Sorry about last post. Using phone. I can't type well.
Sat, Jan 5, 2013 : 11:57 a.m.
Sounds like a marvelous invention! I had no idea they made anything strong enough to withstand an chainsaw. The very thought of what have might happened. *shudders*. Inho
music to my ear
Sat, Jan 5, 2013 : 2:23 a.m.
I am sure someone in his family seen your comment and will encourage him to purchase a pair, thanks to you many people are enlighten to what can happen ,and will get some chaps also.thanks Zip.
Fri, Jan 4, 2013 : 11:51 p.m.
I've known a few woodsmen in my time and one thing is for sure, it's gonna leave a scar. Hope all is well and best wishes.
Kyle Feldscher
Fri, Jan 4, 2013 : 10:42 p.m.
I updated the first sentence of this story to say the man was taken to University of Michigan Hospital for treatment.
Fri, Jan 4, 2013 : 10:39 p.m.
I really hope that he is able to fully heal from this accident. My heart and thoughts are with this man and his family in this terrifying time in their life.
Fri, Jan 4, 2013 : 10:15 p.m.
Just the words "chainsaw accident" bring terror to the mind. I hope that he will recover fully from this. I don't think it is appropriate to comment on safety at this time.


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The seasonal hurricane outlook doesn't forecast which coastal cities are in the bull's-eye. But Coastal Empire and Lowcountry residents would be foolish to assume it won't happen here.
What looks to be an active hurricane season starts Saturday/June 1. Expect 13-20 named storms between now and December, with three to six major hurricanes, predicts the National Hurricane Center.
Coastal Georgia and the Lowcountry are far from immune to hurricanes. Major storms pummeled the coast in the 1800s, with a direct hit on Savannah in 1854. The last direct hit in Savannah was in 1979, when Hurricane David, a Category 2 storm, left many residents without electricity for weeks.
So take a little time and prepare. You'll increase your odds of making it through a hurricane safely and with less damage to your property.
The Savannah Morning and Bluffton Today make that preparation easier. Inside today's paper, you'll find our annual Hurricane Preparation Guide with step-by-step tips for keeping your family, pets, vehicles and home protected from a hurricane.
New this year is the Storm Guide by savannahnow.com, a free mobile app sponsored by Georgia Power, which users can download to their smartphones, putting hurricane preparation in their pockets.
If you do nothing else, get ready for hurricane season in the Lowcountry with the following steps, recommended as a minimum by the American Red Cross:
• Create an emergency kit.
• Know your community's plan for evacuation.
• Create a household disaster plan and practice it.


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That connection has paid dividends for the sophomores in college. Saturday night in a 3-1 Atlantic Sun road win over USC Upstate in Spartanburg, S.C., Pease made 53 assists and Kelly led with a individual and team season high and a match high with 28 kills. She moves into second place overall in the conference for the individual match high in kills.
Her .500 hitting percentage was her fifth at that level or above this season.
"They have such a great connection on the court," said Lady Bisons coach Brandon Rosenthal. "After the first set Jake did a great job of redistributing the ball to the players with the hot hands and Alex was at the top. They are both so competitive. They just decided to get it done."
The Lady Bisons lost the first set 25-21 and then won set two 25-17, set three 25-21 and set four 25-17.
"We had a little bit of a let down in the first set," said Rosenthal. "We played all right in the first set. We came out after the first set and played a great match. That is a credit to our players."
Pease also made 13 digs, blocked two shots and added one service ace. Opposite Erin Pierce tied for the match-high with 15 digs. Libero Jessica Turner made `12 digs, extending her streak to 20 straight matches with double figures in digs. Rosenthal also had praise for defensive specialist Elly Kaiser and her work on the back row as the Lady Bisons held a 70-51 advantage in digs in the match.
"Jake, Erin, Jess and Elly all were great on defense," said Rosenthal. "Whenever Jake is in double figures in digs and Erin is in double figures we usually do well.
"It all starts with defense. Sometimes that's a hard concept to get across."
Sandra Campbell led USC Upstate with 14 kills. Holly Mauldin tied for the match-high in digs with 15. Megan Healey added 12 digs.
The Lady Bisons stop in Johnson City Saturday afternoon at 1 to face ETSU.
"ETSU is always a tough match, especially when you play them on their home court," said Rosenthal.
The Lady Bisons are 17-10 overall, 14-3 in the A-Sun. USC Upstate slipped to 7-19 overall, 3-14 in the conference.


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FireFox 3 Stats: Why Users Removed The Browser
Firefox 3: Data Behind the Deletes
In an earlier post, Firefox 3 first impressions, we looked at the initial feedback from the search community. It's safe to say that the reviews were mixed. Quite a few felt the 3.0 release was too buggy, and like Google Chrome, had issues with JavaScript and AJAX, found their extensions incompatible with the new version. While others had no issues whatsoever. I myself, after downloading the new version, had real issues with crashing and extension use, and recommended that others wait until the next release of FF3 and go back to Firefox 2.
For the past month, I have continually tried to re-install the Firefox 3 browser, and found that it continually crashed or tweaked out so badly I had to uninstall it. FF3 offers a survey upon deletion, and once completed allows for the download of the data. I did some quick compiling and here's the results:
Reasons Why Users Removed FF3:
(SAMPLE based on 35,276 responses) As you can see, the overwhelming majority, 57%, deleted the browser expecting to replace their current browser, suggesting that FF3 just wasn't up to snuff and that users would rather revert back to their old browser (IE, Opera, FF2, etc).
- 19% deleted it to use as an additional browser along with their primary browser
- 15% just wanted to "try it out"
- 9% deleted for reasons not covered by FireFox
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There is still a mixed bag of responses. Plenty of people that uninstalled Firefox 3 were happy with it's performance (most of these responses came from the "try it out" section) and plenty of people were quite unhappy at the new upgrade.
FF3 is still in test but I thought it was good… gonna stick with the 2 version for a while… liked it better as it is… I do not enjoy the guess what page you want based on how you frequent feature… and you shouldnt take the go button from the address bar like Iexplorer… its very annoying. Great browser though. -#617082
Total failure it doesn't work at all I'm running Windows XP Pro & successfully using Firefox 184.108.40.206; Internet Explorer; Safari 3.1.1 This Firefox release is fucking useless. -#617175
I am very impressed with firefox, its really damn cool appli..which i hav never seen before. I mean i hav tried all the browsers and till now its d damn coolest…I m a programmer n i knw what im talking about. I luv firefox ,trust me. Keep rockin firefox team, luv uuuuuuuu. -#619559
If You've Had Trouble Integrating Firefox 3:
Here's a way to get it to successfully integrate and to stave off crashes (at least it worked for me).
Completely delete (uninstall) your add-ons.
I know. It sucks. But, you'll have less trouble running it without all your incompatible add-ons and extensions. You start with a clean slate. Most of the add-ons are now compatible with FF3 (at least from an SEM/SEO standpoint), so unless you highly customized each add-on, it'll take about 5 minutes to put them back on.
2. Completely remove FF2 browser
I've found this to be the key to success. Most of us have integrated FF3 through FF2, and therein lies the problem. There's something quirky when you upgrade through Firefox, that causes the browser to crash and tweak. I completely uninstalled it (through Add/Remove Programs), then used IE (Internet Explorer) to download FF3. I've done it twice now, it works like a charm. No hiccups, no issues. Smooth sailing.
What This Data Suggests for Chrome:
It also suggests that when Chrome releases a full version, there will be community and user lash back. Moreover, the full, sanctioned version will have to offer the user something they cannot get through any other browser. It'll have to be as adaptable and customizable as FireFox, it'll have to be as sleek as Opera, and have to insert itself the way IE has in the marketplace.


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Lack of Trust – Caused by Institutional Corruption – Is Killing the Economy
We've previously documented that lack of trust – caused by institutional corruption – is killing the economy.
Not only amateurs, but also professional investors are giving up on America and other economies that have become untrustworthy.
(When you have financial luminaries such as Bill Gross, Nouriel Roubini and Laurence Kotlikoff saying that America is running a giant Ponzi scheme, it's hard to get too excited about traditional investing strategies.)
AP once again confirms this fact (commentary by Tyler Durden of Zero Hedge):
As AP discusses in this excellent article, ordinary Americans – defying decades of investment history – are selling stocks for a fifth year in a row. It's the first time ordinary folks have sold during a sustained bull market since relevant records were first kept during World War II. The answer is both complex and simple but summed up best by a former stock analyst's comment that in order to buy stocks "You have to trust your government. You have to trust other governments. You have to trust Wall Street, and I don't trust any of these." With Fed policy trying to force investors back into stocks (at any cost), a former fund manager notes, presciently that, "When this policy fails, as it will, baby boomers will pay the cost in their 401(k)s." Are we the new 'Depression Babies'? We suspect so.
Investors, as you well know, are leaving the equity markets in droves…
Based on AP's calculations, individuals accounted for 40 percent to 50 percent of money going to U.S. stock ETFs in recent years.
If you assume 50 percent, individual investors have put $194 billion into U.S. stock ETFs since April 2007. But they've also pulled out much more from mutual funds – $580 billion. The difference is $386 billion, the amount individuals have pulled out of stock funds in all.
If you include the sale of stocks by individuals from brokerage accounts, which is not included in the fund data, the outflow could be much higher.
But why are investors not buying the propaganda this time and jumping in with both hands and feet…
"You have to trust your government. You have to trust other governments. You have to trust Wall Street," says Neitlich, 47. "And I don't trust any of these."
Defying decades of investment history, ordinary Americans are selling stocks for a fifth year in a row. The selling has not let up despite unprecedented measures by the Federal Reserve to persuade people to buy and the come-hither allure of a levitating market. Stock prices have doubled from March 2009, their low point during the Great Recession.
It's the first time ordinary folks have sold during a sustained bull market since relevant records were first kept during World War II, an examination by The Associated Press has found.
"People don't trust the market anymore," says financial historian Charles Geisst of Manhattan College. He says a "crisis of confidence" similar to one after the Crash of 1929 will keep people away from stocks for a generation or more.
What is at the core of this mistrust or doubt?
People who think the market will snap back to normal are underestimating how much the Great Recession scared investors, says Ulrike Malmendier, an economist who has studied the effect of the Great Depression on attitudes toward stocks.
She says people are ignoring something called the "experience effect," or the tendency to place great weight on what you most recently went through in deciding how much financial risk to take, even if it runs counter to logic. Extrapolating from her research on "Depression Babies," the title of a 2010 paper (embedded below) she co-wrote, she says many young investors won't fully embrace stocks again for another two decades.
"The Great Recession will have a lasting impact beyond what a standard economic model would predict,"
But it's not just ordinary folks, its professional investors too…
Public pension funds have cut stocks from 71 percent of their holdings before the recession to 66 percent last year, breaking at least 40 years of generally rising stock allocations
as old 'lessons' or myths are dismissed…
And old assumptions about stocks are being tested. One investing gospel is that because stocks generally rise in price, companies don't need to raise their quarterly cash dividends much to attract buyers. But companies are increasing them lately.
Dividends in the S&P 500 rose 11 percent in the 12 months through September, and the number of companies choosing to raise them is the highest in at least 20 years, according to FactSet, a financial data provider. Stocks now throw off more cash in dividends than U.S. government bonds do in interest.
Many on Wall Street think this is an unnatural state that cannot last.
As it seems, for once, a positive lesson is being learned…"People aren't looking to swing for the fences anymore," says Gary Goldstein, an executive recruiter on Wall Street, referring to the bankers and traders he helps get jobs. "They're getting less greedy."
The lack of greed is remarkable given how much official U.S. policy is designed to stoke it.
But the powers that be are not happy about it…
"Fed policy is trying to suck people into risky assets when they shouldn't be there," says Michael Harrington, 58, a former investment fund manager who says he is largely out of stocks. "When this policy fails, as it will, baby boomers will pay the cost in their 401(k)s."
We've noted for years that a strong rule of law – including prosecuting white collar criminals for fraud – is essential to restoring trust in the economy.
But – instead of enforcing the rule of law – the government has become more and more blatant in its corruption:
The top white collar fraud expert in the country says that the Bush and Obama administrations broke the law by failing to break up insolvent banks… instead of propping them up by bailing them out.
And the Special Inspector General of the Tarp bailout program said that the Treasury Secretary lied to Congress regarding some fundamental aspects of Tarp – like pretending that the banks were healthy, when they were totally insolvent. The Secretary also falsely told Congress that the bailouts would be used to dispose of toxic assets … but then used the money for something else entirely. Making false statements to a federal official is illegal, pursuant to 18 United States Code Section 1001.
The government made it official policy not to prosecute fraud, even though main business model adopted by the biggest financial crime in world history, the largest insider trading scandal of all time, illegal raiding of customer accounts and blatant financing of drug cartels and terrorists have all gotten away scot-free without any jail time.
While Iceland prosecuted its top criminal bankers, and thus quickly got through its financial problems and now has a vibrant economy, the American government has done everything it can to cover up fraud, and has been actively encouraging criminal fraud and attacking those trying to blow the whistle.
The rule of law is now as weak in the U.S. and UK as many countries which we would consider "rogue nations". See this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this and this.
Moreover, U.S. government personnel are on the take. They have become so corrupt that regulators are literally sleeping with industry prostitutes … while they pimp out the American people.
The corruption of government officials is staggering, and the system of government-sponsored rating agencies had at its core a model of bribery.
We've gone from a nation of laws to a nation of powerful men making one-sided laws to protect their own interests … in secret. Government folks are using laws to crush dissent. It's gotten so bad that even U.S. Supreme Court justices are saying that we are descending into tyranny.
We noted in 2008 that the only way to fix the bad economy is to throw the bums out who caused – or are now causing – this mess:
As Ralph Waldo Emerson said:
"Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying."
Its like a thief who has been arrested 5 times for burglary. Even though he says all the right things to the judge at sentencing, the judge is still going to throw the book at him.
If the thief is appointed to head a government commission on corruption, do you think people will have confidence in the commission or its proposed actions?
[Obama, Geithner, Bernanke and Holder – kuje] Paulson, Bernanke, Bush, [and the rest of the gang before them] may be saying nice things about fixing the economy, shoring up the financial system and helping American citizens, but people don't believe them anymore. They've been proven liars one too many times.
While the [government] is doing everything in their power to prop up the stock market until they are out of office (or at least until after the election), the problem is them: Americans and people everywhere distrust [government] so much that they see through every superficial magician's trick that might have worked when people had a less jaundiced eye.
People have woken up to the scam. Americans are no longer quite so gullible about how "good" their government is. They hate [both the Dem and GOP leadership].
Who they are speaks so loudly that we can't hear what they're saying.
The only thing that can restore confidence in the economy and the financial system is to replace the whole lot of them (tar and feather them) with honest leaders who will do what's best for the people.
Forget the "toxic debt" that the talking heads keep referring to. The only way to restore confidence is to get rid of the "toxic leaders" who caused the mess.


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Meet Rex, this week's employee pet of the week! Rex and his dad, Tommy, run our shipping department on a daily basis making sure all packages are shipped in a timely manner. When not keeping the shipping team members in line, Rex keeps busy playing with his four legged friends in the warehouse.
Rex recently had his DNA tested using the BioPet Vet Lab DNA Breed Identification Kit. The results of the test show that Rex is part Norwegian Elk Hound, German Shepherd, Cocker Spaniel, and Siberian Husky. That is quite the DNA!!! Advances in DNA testing technology have made it possible to identify the ancestry of any dog by performing a simple test using a cheek swab. The DNA required for the test to be run is isolated from cells that are trapped on the swab. All cells carry the same genetic material, regardless of type or location in the animal. Taking a cheek swab is therefore the easiest way to obtain the samples needed for testing.
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In between meals and play time at the office, Rex's favorite snack is the Only Natural Pet Odorless Bully Sticks which are made using free range and grass fed Brazilian cattle. Rex is addicted to these and his dad enjoys that they don't have the not so pleasant smell like most bully sticks.
Staff can often find Rex chasing his favorite tennis ball throughout the maze we call our warehouse. One of his dad's favorite stories came during some recent spring cleaning when 10 tennis balls were found stashed under the couch.


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Hello, hello my Lovelies! The Holidays have arrived and I wanted to wish you a beautiful & merry week with lots of love, laughter, great company & food….and of course, a healthy dose of sparkle!!
What better way to send you off into 2013 than with the very first Miss Renaissance Video!? I had an absolute blasty blast dancing my silly butt off, playing with confetti & feathers, and showcasing some of my Holiday/New Year's outfit ideas. Which look is your favorite??
No matter if you decide to go vintage, cheeky, sexy, glamorous or even casual for your Holiday Festivities, always remember to own your look & have FUN! I'll be taking a few days off to spend time with my family (and gorge myself on delicious food & drink!), so I'll see you Lovelies back here on January 1st!
{Outfit details: 1.Long, emerald green gown with crystal embellishments – Atelier Azza. 2.Blush feather dress with corsetted top – ASOS. 3.Long, black velvet gown with gold dots – 80's Vintage Saint Laurent via Saffron Vintage Chicago. 4.White dress with gold sequined collar & back – BHLDN. 5.Off-white dress with crystal encrusted top – Atelier Azza. 6.Grey feather jacket – ASOS. 7.Sequin "Burger" sweater – Markus Lupfer. 8.Burgundy, gold-embroidered maxi skirt – Atelier Azza. 9.Turquoise & gold glitter sandals – Kate Spade. 10.Leopard calf-hair heels – J.Crew. 11.Gold Loafers (walking by themselves) – Miista. 12.Pink heels with gold tips (walking by themselves) – Target.}
A very special thank you to Emily Hard & Tim Musho for shooting this fun video, Shannon O'Brien for the beautiful makeup, Tara Gardner for the incredible hair, Astrowifey for my kickin' manicure, and my sweet friend Rada Portzer for shooting amazing still photos (coming up soon!) and being there to support my crazy antics!! You guys ROCK!


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- Page 1 Orange San Francisco 2 (ZTE Crescent) Review
- Page 2 Performance and Interface Review
- Page 3 General Use, Multimedia and Verdict Review
When it comes to your everyday tasks, this phone generally puts in a good performance. Contacts management is a cinch with it doing a good job of automatically matching information from your SIM, email accounts and social networking services. Call quality, meanwhile, isn't exceptional but is perfectly adequate. The loudspeaker is fairly poor though.
Texting and emailing is a little time consuming due to the slightly sluggish response as you tap away on the otherwise excellent onscreen keyboard. Those used to blasting out dozens of words a minute may find they end up with rather a lot of gobbledygook, though again with a bit of patience you get the hang of it. Being an Android phone, the selection of supported email types is top notch and the app itself is a breeze to use.
The keyboard on the Orange San Francisco II is a little slow but the layout is great.
We've already mentioned the sluggishness of web browsing but otherwise the experience is great. Pages are rendered correctly and it's easy to zoom in and out of them, with the option to have text reformatted to fit the width of your screen. Flash is theoretically supported but as the phone is so slow you're best leaving it off anyway.
When it comes to social networking, there's not too much on this handset above and beyond the official Facebook and Twitter apps, and the contacts integration – so it's no rival to Windows Phone in this regard – but it certainly doesn't feel a chore just using the excellent official apps.
Mapping and navigation is taken care of by the standard GoogleMaps and Navigation apps that come with all Androids. The former is excellent for planning routes and finding your way on foot (GPS is of course onboard), while the latter does a reasonable job of car-based navigation duties. However, both require a data connection so don't rival dedicated sat nav apps or Nokia Drive as found on the Nokia Lumia 800.
Of course, being an Android phone, the selection of apps is vast and so you should have no problems tracking down useful or entertaining ways to pass the time.
One thing downloading apps won't help with, though, is playing video. While you can easily add support for just about any format you care to mention using extra apps, the slow hardware means you're still fairly limited in what will play, with only low bit rate standard definition clips playing ball. Thankfully, music playback is rather better with an easy to use interface, a noise free headphone socket and plenty of volume on tap.
Shooting your own video is also a fairly limited endeavour too. You can capture up to VGA (640×480) resolution but only at 15fps according to our sample clip. Lower resolutions will shoot faster but you then end up with very low detail clips. You also can't turn on the LED for shooting video.
Taking pictures isn't much better as the camera simply doesn't create very clear shots. All our test shots came out with muted colours and a general softness that was down to more than just the modest 5 megapixel resolution. It's nice to see a slight upgrade from the previous model, especially with the LED flash now onboard but this is still very much a budget handset when it comes to photography.
It's also a fairly budget model when it comes to battery life too, despite its slow processor. We found it regularly running dry well short of two days, so like with most smartphones a nightly charge is a must.
The Orange San Francisco 2 continues the trend of its forbear in being the best ultra budget smartphone on the market. Sure, it doesn't take great leaps ahead of its predecessor with its improved camera and processor still lagging well behind the majority of handsets. However, the majority of smartphones don't cost £99 on Pay As You Go, and it's here that the San Francisco 2 does exactly what's needed. Uniquely for an ultra budget phone it delivers a large enough and high enough resolution screen to make for a satisfying smartphone experience, if you've a little patience. The only way it can be beaten is if you opt for a secondhand handset, but even then you'd be looking at a fairly old model for that sort of money.
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PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) Unseeded Marina Erakovic of New Zealand beat third-seeded Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan 6-2, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the Pattaya Open.
Hsieh lost to defending champion Daniela Hantuchova in last year's semifinals and was upstaged on Monday by Erakovic, who is ranked 74th in the world.
Also, wild-card entrant Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand beat Annika Beck of Germany 6-3, 6-3 and Alexandra Panova of Russia defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 7-6, 3-2 when the Romanian retired in the second set.
Mathilde Johansson of France defeated Chang Kai-chen of Taiwan 6-4, 6-3.


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US stocks edge lower after a two-day plunge
The U.S. stock market is edging lower in midday trading as investors regroup following the biggest drop of the year.
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 42 points, or 0.3 percent, to 14,708 as of noon Eastern Daylight Time Friday.
The Dow plunged 560 points Wednesday through Thursday after the Federal Reserve said it could wind down its bond-buying program by the middle of next year if the economy continues to improve.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell eight points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,580 points. Technology stocks fell the most in the index after Oracle reported disappointing results late Thursday.
The Nasdaq composite index fell 35 points, or 1 percent, to 3,329.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.50 percent from 2.42 percent.
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Posted by EAH on August 29, 2003
In Reply to: Idioms that mean "be intrigued" posted by Mauricio Segura on August 29, 2003
: I am looking for idioms that might mean: be intrigued, be curious(as in intrigued). Help me out pls.
1. "to be hooked"
2. "to be turned on" ...also has some sexual overtones


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As Pandora Goes Public, How Come No One Is Pointing Out That It Misled The Press About Being Profitable?
from the the-misleading-state-of-startups deptWe mentioned this earlier, but with Pandora scheduled to go public this week, it seems to bear repeating. Over the last couple of years, Pandora, which is a service that I'm a fan of, has repeatedly told the press that it is profitable. You can see various reports on its profitability from TechCrunch, Mashable, Hypebot and News.com -- all generally good publications that don't get easily tricked. Yet, when the company filed to go public, it became clear that it wasn't profitable. Not only that, but it wasn't close to profitable and might never be profitable.
This really shouldn't be a surprise. If you knew anything about typical ad rates and the costs associated with (a) streaming bandwidth and (b) the licensing details for streaming music, the math really didn't add up. And it's just now, on the eve of what is likely to be a very successful IPO, that more people are realizing that the company is basically a money losing machine, and that its revenue doesn't cover its basic expenses:
There is a fundamental problem with Pandora Media's business model: the more its product is used, the more money it loses. That's the opposite of what makes a company viable in the long term. Nevertheless, the online music service is asking public shareholders to finance its growth so it can draw more listeners, increase usage and ... lose more money, presumably.This is unfortunate on multiple levels. The biggest issue here is, not surprisingly, the ridiculously high costs of the licenses that Pandora has to pay. Even though plenty of folks have found that Pandora is an excellent source to discover new music, and has turned many people (myself included) on to new artists we'd never have heard of otherwise, the recording industry still demanded ridiculously high royalty rates, which it eventually extracted from Pandora. Oddly, at the time of the agreement, Pandora cheered on the deal saying that the rates made sense (and then used the deal to raise a lot more money). But with the details showing that the costs are keeping the site unprofitable, and may fundamentally make it so that the site can't be profitable, shouldn't we be questioning how reasonable those rates are? And, while we're at it, can we question the earlier claims of profitability from the company to the press? Lots of private startups make this sort of claim to the press, and they never seem to get called on it, which is why it's unfortunate that no one seems to have challenged Pandora on its claims.
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For the first time in a decade, the Ravens last weekend drafted three players from college football programs that were below the Division I FBS (formerly I-A) level. As Ravens director of player personnel Eric DeCosta put it, the Ravens "had to manufacture some runs this year" because the team's draft board was similar to those of the NFL's 31 other teams and 147 of their top 150 players were selected.
But Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome also said the team's selection of Delaware center/guard Gino Gradkowski, South Carolina State safety Christian Thompson and Cal Poly cornerback Asa Jackson was reflective of the organization placing more of an emphasis on scouting smaller schools for talent.
"We go into the small schools and do the same amount [of work] as we do the big schools. Our quarterback is a small-school guy," Newsome said. "Our scouts, when they go into the Delaware or Cal Poly or South Carolina State, it's just like when they go into Ohio State, Maryland or Alabama."
The Ravens have had success in this regard in the past, and it goes beyond quarterback Joe Flacco, who was a first-round pick out of Delaware, and cornerback Lardarius Webb, a third-rounder from Nicholls State. More than a decade ago, they found Adalius Thomas at Southern Mississippi, Edgerton Hartwell at Western Illinois and Brandon Stokley at independent Louisiana–Lafayette.
Of course, they've had their misses -- Cam Quayle, anyone? -- but their success rate in drafting successful small-school prospects is pretty similar to that of their picks from major college programs.
"I think we have great scouts, and they do as good a job as anybody in the league at getting information," DeCosta said while answer a question about Thompson. "We take a lot of pride in that."
Thompson transferred from Auburn for "various reasons," as Ravens coach John Harbaugh put it (he added that he thinks Thompson "has learned from whatever mistakes he has made"). Gradkowski transferred from West Virginia to get more playing time. Flacco and Webb were also transfers after things didn't work out at Pittsburgh and Southern Mississippi, respectively.
DeCosta, who played football at Colby College, said that Div. I-FBS experience gives prospects an edge over someone like himself who never got a taste of big-time college football.
"There are all different kinds of small-school prospects," DeCosta said. "The real small-school prospects like me, who went to a small school and played. You have other guys who went to a big school and transfer, so you get a Joe Flacco, who transferred from Pitt, you get a Lardarius Webb from Southern Miss. Christian Thompson, who went from Auburn, [and] Gino from West Virginia.
"So those guys, we call them small-school players because they played small school, but they've also played big school. Because of that, they have a little different perspective than say me. If I went to Oklahoma, it'd be totally different. It is a little bit different."


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Building a Culture of High-quality Teaching
A rigorous curriculum infused with innovative learning opportunities developed by outstanding teaching helps make these schools exceptional. Their leaders, recognizing the critical role of outstanding teachers, attract, hire, and retain educators with the ability to inspire, hold high expectations for students, share subject matter expertise, and provide support for outstanding academic achievement. As professionals, the teachers have the autonomy and collegial support to be creative and collaborative, resulting in a dynamic learning environment for their students.
These schools have teachers who connect classroom learning to real-world situations and experiences. At MLC, teachers highlight the links between what their students learn and the desired outcomes of a global education, the school's magnet theme. Teachers use a map (see fig. 10 on p. 24) to help students reflect upon and connect their own values, abilities, and knowledge. These are represented adjacent to specific knowledge areas (global history, human culture and values, etc.) that students need to develop to become global citizens. Together, they nurture and connect to the global perspectives identified on the map's circumference.
The innovative nature of these magnet high schools appeals to teachers and may make it easier for principals to recruit outstanding staff. Former Superintendent of Hamilton County, Jesse Register, explained that when starting CSAS, over 100 educators applied for the 20 openings, reflecting teachers' overall excitement to experiment with methods of teaching emphasized in the Paideia model. When hiring DASH staff, principal Stacey Mancuso notes, "All of our program teachers are from industry. They are not education majors. The industrial design teacher designed the sunglasses on her head. The architecture teacher is still a registered architect. Florida gives teachers three years to complete their credentials. Tom Pike, the film instructor, did his online in six months." A top-quality teaching staff makes an enormous difference for advancing student learning.20 The result is a high-caliber program for all students.
To infuse high-quality teaching with cutting-edge practices, these schools engage in a model of continuous improvement through ongoing professional development. At NEM, teachers formed Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to encourage faculty collaboration. Weekly staff development meetings focus on such topics as using student performance data to improve instruction, cultural proficiency, differentiated instruction, and best practices for improving reading comprehension. Every Wednesday, teachers have a 40-minute block of time that is used to examine student data by grade level and by department. Each PLC group devotes a series of sessions to focus on student learning, effective instruction, and student data analysis. As part of their professional development, teachers learn to use interim assessments to inform their teaching and instruction. The science department, for example (see fig. 11 on p. 25), discussed how material is actually learned and strategized ways to support students further to demonstrate mastery of concepts they missed in the first round of assessments. The school data leader compiles the data and then works with teachers in PLC teams to understand it.
Figure 10. Mapping Connections for MLC Students Between Learning and the Real World*
* The map links the core knowledge areas in the triangles to the global perspective on the outer ring.
Source: Metropolitan Learning Center. Used with permission.
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Figure 11. Northeast Magnet High School (Wichita, Kans.) Science Professional Learning Community Notes From Weekly Meeting (Excerpt)
By bringing teachers together to work collaboratively, faculty members say they feel less isolated and compartmentalized by department; instead, they can share strategies for working with students and help each other to prepare curriculum activities and assessments.


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MPAA & Megaupload Want In On Hearing Over Whether Former User Can Get His Data Back
from the jockeying deptIn the ongoing saga of all of the Megaupload servers that the federal government seized and then handed back to hosting company Carpathia, telling them to effectively destroy them (and with it all sorts of important evidence in the Megaupload case), the judge is considering holding a hearing to dig into some of the questions raised by the case -- leading a few motions to be filed. The first, of course is by Kyle Goodwin, represented by the EFF, over his desire to get his data back. The filing also raises significant questions about the entire situation:
... the available record already shows that the government acted (and continues to act) with a callous disregard for third-party property rights in data stored on Megaupload. For example, the government knew Megaupload operated a data storage business, and thus held the property of third parties lawfully using Megaupload's storage services. The government knew its search and seizure of Megaupload's assets would deprive such third parties of the ability to access and retrieve their property. In seizing domain names and executing the search warrant at Carpathia, the government took constructive possession of all the third-party owned data it had seized and to which it had prevented (and continues to prevent) access by their owners. The government then "released" the third-party owned data in a manner that deliberately made the data both inaccessible to property owners and subject to government-sanctioned destruction, while at the same time blocking all reasonable efforts to allow access.Of course, Goodwin isn't the only one asking the court to pay attention. Megaupload itself pointed out that it should be included in any such hearing, even though it's technically outside of this part of the dispute. It notes that if the courts order the data retrieval, someone who understands what's on the servers and how to find the relevant material would be helpful. Furthermore, the company is concerned about how the servers will be handled, since it still believes there's useful evidence there that the DOJ appears to want to destroy.
These failings are striking given that the government is well familiar with the need to accommodate third-party Fourth Amendment rights through minimization when it executes searches and seizures, especially of electronic material.
Of course, if Megaupload is filing for something, you shouldn't be surprised to find out that the MPAA is right behind with its own filing, warning that it wants to be sure that the court magically make sure that no infringement occurs if anyone can access their backup data. We've heard this story before, but here it goes again.
... any remedy granted should not compound the massive infringing conduct already at issue in this criminal litigation.... Additionally, if it would be helpful to the Court to consider evidence from the MPAA or its members on such issues as the lack of authorization for the reproduction and/or distribution of their works via Megaupload, or the overwhelming amount of infringement of the MPAA members' copyrighted work on Megaupload, they will of course cooperate.Of course, the issue right here has nothing to do with the MPAA's fears about infringement. It's about getting someone back the legitimate data they have on the servers. Why would the MPAA fight so hard against that?
I would imagine this is going to drag on for a while.
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This works if you multiply both sides with $bd$ and cancel stuff out... But how does it work?
When I look at it, I would never guess something like that is valid without resorting to the established arithmetic rules.
Maybe this is a nonsense question, should these things be analyzed in such a way or just accepted from the arithmetic rules? Since, that's the reason humanity has developed mathematics. To simplify and abstract things which would otherwise be out of the reach of our mind.
Just a simple example, so, please... Set me straight. Thanks!


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March 25, 2008. At the time, I called it "the first day of the rest of my life". My medical chart refers to it as the day I started anti-retroviral therapy. Either way, it's an anniversary I will certainly never forget. As I look forward to a regimen change in a few weeks, I can't help but feel a bit sentimental.
Immediately following my diagnosis, I wanted to have blood drawn to find out just exactly how much damage the little horror that now inhabited my body had done. I assumed that because it had to be a relatively new infection, I felt great and had a healthy lifestyle, that my numbers would show strong. From everything I read, it could be years before I needed to start HAART. By then the medications would be even better and hopefully with even less side effects.
Ah, but we all know what happens when you assume. With a CD4 count of 242 and a viral load of 114,000, I realized that too soon my life was going to change in a big way (by starting treatment). To be quite blunt, I was scared shit-less.
I left my doctor's office with three new prescriptions in my hot little hand. While I strolled to the pharmacy, I carefully studied the superhero-sounding names scribbled on those three pieces of paper. Epzicom, Reyataz and Norvir. They also sounded hella toxic and as I read the enclosed lists of possible side effects, I had *major* reservations to say the least. I'm self-employed and therefore have no paid vacation or sick leave. Financially, I didn't have the luxury to "take some time off and let your body get adjusted" like many others I had met. In fact didn't miss a single day of work or even one appointment in the first six months, post-diagnosis. In other words, no one in my professional life had the slightest inkling when my world was swirling around me. As a busy Stylist, command performances of "The Phil Show" were required and my new health crisis had to be left at the door. As if that weren't enough, adding some new chemicals to the mix would most assuredly make things trickier.
The morning of 3/25/08 began with some gentle yoga, a hot shower and a substantial breakfast. I sat alone a while with those colorful looking, life changing pills. I whispered a short prayer, "God help me" and swallowed them with a big glass of milk. I looked deep into the mirror and wondered if I would ever feel the same again. I wanted to cry but the clock on the wall said it was time to face the world, and so I did.
In the months that followed I have to admit, I did better than I expected. I ate lots of fiber, fruits, veggies and lean protein, took supplements, exercised regularly and started keeping a food journal. (I noticed there was a definite correlation between what I ate and how I felt). Physically I was doing okay, but emotionally, I was a mess. Nightly bouts with insomnia just gave me more time to think. One day I was crying uncontrollably; the next, I was stable; the third, I was literally throwing plates against my kitchen wall; then followed by another "good" day. I felt like my mental state was controlled two "puppet hands"; every few hours, one spun the emotion dial (happy, sad, angry) and the other, the volume (1 to 20). It seemed like those damn hands were running my life and I figured my meds just had to be at the root of it all.
On July 14th ( I saved the email), during an especially difficult period, I sent my physician the following question: "This might sound completely ridiculous coming from someone that just started meds 4 months ago but when do you think I might hope for a treatment interruption? Whatever the answer is, I need to have *something* to look forward to. I have done everything I can think of to live better, but I simply hate taking these drugs because of the way they make me feel. I promise to take them every damn day as prescribed but I sure as hell wish I didn't have to."
His answer forever changed the way I viewed my meds. He replied: "While I sympathize about feeling burdened by taking medication, we have ample, and multiple, studies showing that treatment interruptions create a significant increase in adverse health events of all kinds. In the Swiss cohort, even people who had a mere 30 day break were easily distinguishable from people who had never interrupted their virus suppression. This is a mental thing. I suggest thinking about your medicines as "little soldiers," instead of "little devils." The little devil in your system is a virus that, left uncaged, will grind down your immunity, not to mention the rest of you. Your meds are helping you."
Now, I don't know how something so simple could make me feel so differently ... but it did. My medications aren't the enemy ... HIV is. Adherence made sense if I wanted to keep the virus caged and protect my body from further damage. My little soldiers have been there every night, ready to do battle, and will be with me until the war inside me is won.
So maybe I wouldn't go as far to call it a "happy" anniversary, but I do realize that with CD4 counts over 700, I have plenty to be thankful for. A poz veteran once called his HIV meds "the ticket price to enjoy the ride called life". I couldn't agree more.
By the way ... have you hugged a Superhero today?
Read more of A Positive Spin_, Philip D.'s blog, at TheBody.com._