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For a senator who consistently gets 80 percent approval ratings from Arizonans, it seems strange, bizarre even, that John McCain would not be a shoo-in to win his home state in November's presidential election. Some in-state analysts say chances are fair, in fact, that Arizona will end up in the Democratic column.
A big part of the uncertainty may be that the Republican Party's presumptive nominee has not distanced himself enough from the Bush administration to satisfy the one-third of state voters who are independents. But Senator McCain has also seen his support erode among Arizona's avid Bush supporters and social conservatives, for not backing the president on issues dear to their hearts. Toss in the resources and clout of Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano, who will be pulling hard for her party's nominee, and anything can happen.
"The simple conclusion for Arizona is that this could be a competitive state," says Earl de Berge, director of the Behavior Research Center, which conducts the Rocky Mountain Poll. "As presidential material, with him so closely aligned to the mainstream right-wing politics of the White House, he doesn't have the types of numbers we would expect to see."
The latest Rocky Mountain Poll, conducted before Democrats settled on Sen. Barack Obama as their candidate, shows McCain winning Arizona over the Illinois senator by 11 percentage points. But in the same poll released May 24, fewer than 4 in 10 Arizonans said they see McCain as the best candidate to deal with two top issues: exiting Iraq and reviving the US economy.
Rugged individualism and a "can-do" spirit are embedded in the DNA of the American Southwest, including Arizona – and they are characteristics that seem a match for McCain's own.
But the state, among the fastest growing in the US, has changed with the influx of newcomers who hold views that are not as grounded in the rock-ribbed conservatism of Arizona's Barry Goldwater days. That makes politics here less predictable than in the past: In 1996, Arizonans voted for Bill Clinton, the first time they'd chosen a Democrat for president since Harry Truman won here in 1948. They swung back to the Republican side in 2000 and 2004, but in 2006's congressional elections they handed two GOP seats to the Democrats.
Moreover, there's some residual disaffection for McCain within the Republican Party here, say political observers.
The religious right, in particular, doesn't like that he voted against President Bush's tax cuts, pressed hard for campaign-finance reform that they see as curtailing political free speech, and backed an immigration measure that included a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants and a guest-worker program. Some say he's a "show horse" in the Senate, not a "workhorse," especially since his first presidential run, citing a low vote-casting record. (He's skipped almost 61 percent of floor votes in the current 110th Congress, a time when he's been on the campaign trail. In the previous three sessions, he missed on average 5.3 percent of floor votes, according to a Washington Post online database.) Others point to his temper and a stubborn streak.
"He's got a real problem with the social conservatives and die-hard Bush supporters," says David Berman, a senior research fellow with Arizona State University's Morrison Institute. "Contrary to his claims that he doesn't have a bad temper, he's blown up at quite a few people here. He doesn't tolerate fools easily."
"On the other hand," Dr. Berman adds, "he has so much appeal with moderate Republicans, Democrats, and even independents that he doesn't need that base for a statewide vote."
McCain's hard push for office
McCain is like a lot of people who live in Arizona: They were not born here but moved to the state for the climate, work, affordable homes, or Western values.
After his second marriage, to a well-connected heiress to a beer distributorship here, McCain in 1980 moved to Arizona and set out to win a seat in Congress. He and his wife, Cindy, purchased a house in Mesa in 1982, within the First Congressional District, where incumbent Rep. John Rhodes (R) was unexpectedly retiring.
McCain's first campaign, engineered by top Rhodes consultant Jay Smith, is legendary here. The novice politician boned up on Arizona issues – mainly water, mining, and native American rights – and took to the streets. For six hours a day, six days a week, McCain knocked on doors, introduced himself to thousands of people, and wore out three pairs of shoes in the process – maintaining a blistering pace even as the mercury soared above 100 degrees F. His father-in-law's company and connections, too, provided McCain an entree to the state's corporate and political leaders.
"He's quite simply the hardest-working candidate that I ever encountered in 35 years of being involved in political campaigns," says Mr. Smith, CEO of Smith & Harroff Inc., a political consulting firm in Alexandria, Va., who worked with McCain for a decade. "No one comes close to the energy level and enthusiasm that he displayed obviously in his first campaign, but [also] in all his subsequent campaigns.... He is just indefatigable."
During that first Republican primary, some rivals tried to tag McCain a carpetbagger and an opportunist. That not only didn't stick, but McCain turned it to his advantage. As Smith recounts it (and as detailed in Robert Timberg's book "The Nightingale's Song"), McCain fielded questions about those claims for weeks. But one night, apparently fed up, he responded, rather hotly.
"Listen pal, I spent 22 years in the Navy. My father was in the Navy. My grandfather was in the Navy. We in the military service tend to move a lot.... I wish I could have had the luxury, like you, of growing up and living and spending my entire life in a nice place like the First District of Arizona, but I was doing other things. As a matter of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi," referring to the 5-1/2 years he spent as a POW in the infamous prison in North Vietnam.
Smith says there was silence for a few moments, then thunderous applause.
McCain won the GOP primary, one of his closest races ever. The general election, as well as subsequent elections to the US Senate, was pretty much a walk in the park for the honored war hero.
Help during the Keating Five scandal
Most experts say his service to Arizona has been stellar, except for the so-called Keating Five scandal of the late 1980s. Five senators, including McCain, were investigated for meeting with regulators on behalf of Charles Keating, who was trying to save his ailing savings and loan. After hearings ended in 1991, McCain received the mildest rebuke of the five: "poor judgment."
McCain himself has said it's the worst thing that's happened to him, even worse than imprisonment in North Vietnam. Most experts say he survived it in part because he works well with the press and in part because the Arizona Republican Party stood behind him.
But that, now, is part of their disaffection with him, experts say.
"The religious right that is now so opposed to him think they saved his career by standing up for him [during the Keating Five scandal]," says Bruce Merrill, a political scientist and pollster at Arizona State University in Tempe. "They think he deserted them by moving to the center seven years ago when he ran for president, which you have to do to run. But that is behind some of the hard feelings those on the far right have."
The Arizona GOP is split in its support for McCain, say most experts, though they can't tell how big a faction is disaffected. A recall effort in the summer of 2001 by far-right Republicans had appeared to be gathering momentum, but was abruptly ended after the 9/11 attacks. This spring, in a straw poll for president at a state Republican Party convention, McCain received only about 5 percent of the vote. Moreover, he received just 47 percent of the vote – not high for a favorite son, these experts say – during the February presidential primary here.
But Dr. Merrill draws a distinction between GOP party regulars and generic Republican voters.
"Republican Party leaders have not been terribly supportive of [McCain]," Merrill says. "But the party, being made up of regular Republicans, like him, respect him, and give him very high marks."
Few in the party complain publicly about McCain, but Joe Arpaio, a popular Republican sheriff, tells of being on the receiving end of McCain's wrath.
A rent in the GOP tent
Sheriff Arpaio of Maricopa County, known for creating a "tent city" in the desert for inmates, clothing them in pink underwear, and feeding them cheap bologna sandwiches, says he first ran afoul of McCain during his 2000 presidential bid. McCain had sought his endorsement, and Arpaio says he replied that he'd probably give it. Then he didn't hear from McCain about a public appearance or announcement for more than a year. Meanwhile, George W. Bush visited the state and Arpaio's tent city, and asked for his endorsement. Arpaio complied.
"McCain found my phone number that night – he called my house but he didn't reach me," Arpaio recalls.
During Arpaio's next reelection campaign for sheriff, McCain endorsed Arpaio's opponent.
They didn't meet again until about four years ago at a baseball game in Phoenix, where Arpaio sat with Mr. Bush.
"McCain was surprised that I was there, next to the president, and he kind of turned away from me," Arpaio says. "He was a little cold."
Arpaio endorsed and served as co-chair of Mitt Romney's primary campaign here. He says he's willing to help McCain now – if McCain asks for his support.
Even if a significant share of GOP voters close ranks and come out to the polls for McCain in November, the bigger question is, what will registered Independents do? McCain has been able to tap into their support in the past, but experts note a great deal of support among them for Obama as well. In Mr. de Berge's latest poll, for example, Independent voters were split evenly between McCain and the Democrats.
"The battleground is going to be over the Independents," de Berge says. "When you look at their position on who can do a better job, they poll 2 to 1 on the side of Democrats…. They are a very fickle bunch of people, but now they lean toward 'throw the rascals out.' "


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Sleek MakeUP have an impressive eyeshadow palette collection, but how are their lip goodies? Well, this cute product, the Pout Polish arrived today, a tinted lip conditioner with a sheer, glossy finish:
Yep, that's SPF 15! Read on for a lip swatch:These smell of vanilla and don't taste of anything (I know, I licked it). The texture is very soft – much softer than I imagined as in almost gooey:. The shade I got was Perfect Plum, one of the darkest of the four shades (other shades: Electro Peach, Pink Cadillac, Chocolate Kiss)
It is indeed something between a lip balm, a gloss and a lipstick. Its a lot softer than the MAC tinted lip balms, and very pigmented. Once on the lips it can be sheered out but I would be careful not to slap on too much product as if it was a harmless lipbalm:
Having said that I think its a pretty lush product at £3.91. The plum shade isn't really very me, but I would go out and buy Electro Peach and Pink Cadillac without hesitation (just based on the names, like. I'm superficial like that):
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Fixed Size Buffers (C# Programming Guide)
In C#, you can use the fixed statement to create a buffer with a fixed size array in a data structure. This is useful when you are working with existing code, such as code written in other languages, pre-existing DLLs or COM projects. The fixed array can take any attributes or modifiers that are allowed for regular struct members. The only restriction is that the array type must be bool, byte, char, short, int, long, sbyte, ushort, uint, ulong, float, or double.
private fixed char name[30];
In early versions of C#, declaring a C++ style fixed-size structure was difficult because a C# struct that contains an array does not contain the array elements. Instead, the struct contains a reference to the elements.
C# 2.0 added the ability to embed an array of fixed size in a struct when it is used in an unsafe code block.
For example, before C# 2.0, the following struct would be 8 bytes in size. The pathName array is a reference to the heap-allocated array:
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private int reserved;
Beginning with C# 2.0, a struct can contain an embedded array. In the following example, the fixedBuffer array has a fixed size. To access the elements of the array, you use a fixed statement to establish a pointer to the first element. The fixed statement pins an instance of fixedBuffer to a specific location in memory.
namespace FixedSizeBuffers
internal unsafe struct MyBuffer
public fixed char fixedBuffer[128];
internal unsafe class MyClass
public MyBuffer myBuffer = default(MyBuffer);
internal class Program
static void Main()
MyClass myC = new MyClass();
// Pin the buffer to a fixed location in memory.
fixed (char* charPtr = myC.myBuffer.fixedBuffer)
*charPtr = 'A';
The size of the 128 element char array is 256 bytes. Fixed size char buffers always take two bytes per character, regardless of the encoding. This is true even when char buffers are marshaled to API methods or structs with CharSet = CharSet.Auto or CharSet = CharSet.Ansi. For more information, see CharSet.
Another common fixed-size array is the bool array. The elements in a bool array are always one byte in size. bool arrays are not appropriate for creating bit arrays or buffers.
Except for memory created by using stackalloc, the C# compiler and the common language runtime (CLR) do not perform any security buffer overrun checks. As with all unsafe code, use caution.
Unsafe buffers differ from regular arrays in the following ways:
You can only use unsafe buffers in an unsafe context.
Unsafe buffers are always vectors, or one-dimensional arrays.
The declaration of the array should include a count, such as char id[8]. You cannot use char id[] instead.
Unsafe buffers can only be instance fields of structs in an unsafe context.
See Also
Unsafe Code and Pointers (C# Programming Guide)
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Advertised rates for car loans, mortgages and even some credit cards are tantalizingly low, promising big savings for borrowers who can refinance. But just because you see that rate advertised doesn't mean you'll qualify.
Here are three loans that can be difficult to refinance, as well as strategies for lowering your rate if you are stuck with one of them.
Used Auto Loan
If you bought a new vehicle with little or no money down, or if you're driving a clunker, refinancing it may be tough. That's because you may be upside down on your loan -- you owe more than the vehicle is worth; or the value of your vehicle is so low that the lender may not want to be saddled with it if you default.
Lenders who finance car loans are typically looking at the borrower's credit and income, as well as the value of the car as collateral for the loan. "If you have strong credit then you may be able to refinance," says Phillip Reed, Edmunds.com Senior Consumer Advice Editor. "But if your credit is weak then the collateral may not be a factor in helping (you) get a loan."
However, that doesn't mean you are completely out of luck. You may be able to refinance a three-year loan to a five-year one, for example, thereby lowering your monthly payment, says Reed. Another option: "You may be able to roll your negative equity into a new auto loan," he says. "It's a terrible thing, but people do it all the time. They keep getting in deeper and deeper (debt)." He adds that in some cases the dealer may be offering a rebate on the new car that can help offset some of the negative equity.
How to refinance: Check with three lenders -- such as a local bank or credit union, or online lenders -- to find out what's available. Restrict your loan shopping to a two-week period. If you stretch out the process you may wind up with multiple inquiries on your credit reports, which can hurt your scores.
The alternative: Sell the vehicle yourself and find a way to come up with the cash -- or line up a personal loan -- to pay off any remaining balance. Then buy an economical used car that won't lose as much value.
Despite some recovery in the housing market, an estimated 10 million - 14 million or so homeowners are in negative equity -- meaning their home is worth less than they owe. And an estimated 2.3 million have less than 5% equity in their homes. That lack of equity makes it very hard to refinance, and makes the news about historically low rates a painful tease for millions who would like to be able to take advantage of them.
There aren't a lot of truly great options for the majority of homeowners in this situation. The Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) was expected to make it much easier for these homeowners whose loans are owned by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac to refinance into a lower rate and smaller payment, but the program has been hampered by a lack of interest from the lending community. And if you are successful in refinancing under HARP or another program, you may wind up in another trap: paying for mortgage insurance for many more years to come. Finally, if your loan is not owned by Freddie or Fannie, or if you have a large second mortgage that's also underwater, you may be stuck.
[Related article: Another Good Mortgage Refinance Program Gets Its Wings Clipped]
How to refinance: First, check whether your loan is owned by Fannie or Freddie and eligible under HARP 2 guidelines. If it is, contact the lender that services your loan to apply for the program. Be prepared to provide a lot of documentation, and don't expect an answer immediately. VA or FHA loans are easier to refinance, and you can contact any mortgage professional that offers those kinds of loans.
The alternative? Consider selling your home with a short sale, trying to get a loan modification, or even finding out whether bankruptcy can help make your mortgage affordable.
[Related article: Underwater On Your Home? Your Six Options]
Student Loans
Student loans aren't impossible to refinance, but it can be tricky, depending on the type of loans you have. If you have federal student loans, you may consolidate those loans once. The benefits are that you can consolidate multiple loans into a single loan, and loans with variable rates may be consolidated into a fixed rate with a repayment period of up to 30 years. However, you may also wind up paying more over the loan run, or you may lose important benefits such as certain interest rate discounts or loan cancellation benefits available for some types of loans.
If you have private student loans, you'll typically need a strong credit score and steady income to refinance those loans. Most private lenders will charge a 1 percent origination fee in addition to the interest rate that is charged.
How to refinance: Read the consolidation checklist provided by the Department of Education first. If you decide to proceed with consolidating your federal student loans, you can do so online through the government's Direct Consolidation Loan website. To refinance a private loan, you'll need to shop around. Finaid.org publishes a list of private student loan lenders who offer consolidation.
The alternative: If your federal student loan payments are too high, check out the Income-Based Repayment Program, including its new iteration Pay As You Earn. Both of these programs offer loan forgiveness after 10 - 25 years, depending on the program for which you qualify. And don't forget to research loan cancellation programs as well.
What You Need to Know Before Refinancing a Difficult Loan
To get the best deal, it's a good idea to be prepared before you start the process. Remember, you could be saving hundreds -- or thousands -- of dollars over the life of your loan. The time you spend preparing and comparing offers can be well worth it.
Know Your Scores: Lenders will check your credit score, so you should too. Check your credit reports and scores at least a month in advance, if possible, to give you time to fix any mistakes you find. Note, you probably won't see the exact score that your lender will use, but you can at least get an idea of where you stand.
Know Your Value: In the case of a car loan, you'll want to know the trade-in or wholesale value of your car before you start negotiating with a lender. In the case of your home, ask two or three real estate professionals for their opinion of the value.
Know What You Owe: Ask your lender for a payoff figure on the loan, which may be different from the balance shown on your most recent statement.
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"Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen may turn out to be one of those books that you simply have to read. You have to read it because you'll need to know which camp you're going to join. Are you going to be among those who love to hate Jonathan Franzen or those who hate to love him?
Franzen – whom many have viewed (perhaps unfairly) as a famously prickly writer ever since his scuffle with Oprah – has already inspired a new vocabulary word: "Franzenfreude," which refers to the pain some readers feel in hearing Franzen too highly praised. And praised he has been (appearing recently on the cover of Time magazine with the tag line "Great American Novelist") – even by those sometimes reluctant to do so.
Washington Post critic Ron Charles – who calls the book "brilliant, maddening" – notes that "[t]he point to remember is that 'Freedom' is big enough and thoughtful enough to engage and irritate an enormous number of readers."
So far, however, the critics seem to have been more engaged than irritated. Here's a sampling of what's been written about "Freedom" so far:
The New York Times: "Mr. Franzen has written his most deeply felt novel yet – a novel that turns out to be both a compelling biography of a dysfunctional family and an indelible portrait of our times."
Los Angeles Times: "Franzen pulls it off – as he pulls off nearly everything in this rich and nuanced novel."
Newsday: Dan Cryer calls "Freedom" "bruising, but exhilarating reading," ultimately declaring, "Long-winded and swaggering, angry and hectoring, but undeniably absorbing, even mesmerizing, 'Freedom' is a book you want to get lost in, argue with and, finally, just plain enjoy."
Entertainment Weekly: " 'Freedom' isn't flawless.... But this is a deep dive into a fascinating family that feels very real, and fully grounded in our time." Grade: A-
Salon: " 'Freedom' is a complexly layered, richly imagined domestic tale about personal responsibility that dares to challenge the long-term global ramifications of our most private choices."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Karen Long objects to Franzen's "unmitigated misanthropy," writing, "He doesn't countenance altruism; he insists on human rancidness." Yet she also calls the book "marvelous, maddening," adding, "This is fabulous stuff."
Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal: Mike Fisher writes, " 'Freedom' is even better than its predecessor ['The Corrections']," concluding that, "[t]he opening to 'Freedom' is Franzen's wry goodbye to the smart-aleck novelist he once was, while the remainder of the novel confirms what a literary giant he has since become."
Chicago Sun-Times: Contemporary fiction could use more of both the skill of Franzen the ambition of "Freedom," admits Mark Athitakis. But, he adds, "if Franzen can only make his concerns seem considered and thought-about, not deeply felt, that's his damn problem, not ours."
Dallas Morning News: " 'Freedom' is a fascinating, multigenerational family saga that, more gracefully than 'The Corrections,' walks the line between social satire and uncompromising realism, casting a cold eye on an America that is by turns appalling and inspiring."
Miami Herald: "Freedom" is "political and personal, surprisingly funny at times and devastatingly insightful, a grand examination of what's gone badly wrong on every level of contemporary life, from music ... to mountaintop-removal mining."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "No novel is perfect," writes Bob Hoover, who finds "a few sour notes" in "Freedom." "But like his characters," Hoover concludes, "these flaws are part of the process of Mr. Franzen's intense concerns for what make us human."
Monitor book critic Yvonne Zipp's review of "Freedom" will appear tomorrow.
Marjorie Kehe is the Monitor's book editor.
Join the Monitor's book discussion on Facebook and Twitter.


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Exhibit A: The Last-Minute Scarf in Farrow Rib
Got out all the presents yesterday and realised that my Dad's looked a bit meagre; so having ransacked my stash for something suitably male and neutral without any success, I ended up buying two balls of Felted Tweed at the local John Lewis in my Charmed Shopping Trip yesterday. (Capitalisation is rampant tonight; could be consuming a good share of a bottle of wine at teatime, accompanied by cake and good people who brought me vegetables, and a present...) The shopping trip was charmed because I got more-or-less everything I wanted in the space of an hour and five minutes; and some of it was at sale prices... Starting another piece of Christmas Knitting is evidently because I thrive on stress; can find no other explanation.
Exhibit B: The Possessive Cat
Because every present brought into a house inhabited by a cat belongs to that cat.
Exhibit C: The Christmas Tree
I love real trees; if I had a car, I'd bring a tree home and deck it out with all the trimmings. But I nearly killed myself carrying a relatively small one back from the local tree place a couple of years ago, so last year I ordered one of these metal ones from [a trusted supplier in] the US for me, and one for a friend. They took 2 months to arrive, and eventually turned up on January 4th, in a box entirely without padding which looked as if it had been repeatedly savaged by large wild beasts, and then stomped on by large wild humans (thanks, both US and UK Customs!) , and then inserted into a plastic bag by the Post Office. Miraculously, both were still intact. I've got it on the worktop which sticks out between the kitchen and the dining room, as that's where I, and guests, spend most time in here.
Here are a couple of the decorations: first one exquisitely stitched by Nina in Texas
then a beaded one on perforated paper I made a couple of years back
and finally one my Mam got from a penfriend at least 50 years ago.
There are also a couple of glass ones on there from my grandparents' first Christmas tree in the 1930s, and other ones stitched by friends. The nice thing about having a small tree is that you can put up just the ornaments with memories and associations... The most recent are some Ikea gingham hearts contributed by the next-door neighbours who moved out last week...
And yes, that is a Clanger in a tutu on top. It's finally starting to feel like Christmas here.


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Alibaba and VIEs: A Primer
Inside Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s filing on Tuesday for a U.S. initial public offering are three words well-known to China-focused investors but alien to many others: variable-interest entity. Though it sounds arcane, the legal structure is critical to understanding how the Chinese company works.
In the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Alibaba says the licenses to operate various websites in China are held by variable-interest entities, or VIEs, that are 100% owned by Chinese citizens. Specifically, they are controlled by Alibaba's founder and chairman, Jack Ma, and not owned by the main Alibaba company that's filing for the IPO. The arrangement, it says, is required under Chinese law.
The licenses the VIEs hold are critical to its business, the filing says, and its contracts with the vehicles "give us effective control over each" of the VIEs. That said, Alibaba said it relies on VIE equity holders to perform their contractual obligations to the company. "These contractual arrangements may not be as effective as direct ownership in providing us with control over our variable interest entities," it says.
Financial advisers devised the VIE structure in the late 1990s as a workaround for Chinese companies in industries where foreign direct ownership is barred or heavily restricted. That includes such areas as the Internet and telecommunications—industries where Beijing sees government control as crucial.
Chinese companies have to adopt the VIE structure if they want to list overseas and comply with the letter of Chinese regulations. The structure involves setting up two entities, one based in China and one abroad. The Chinese entity – the VIE that gives the structure its name -- holds the sensitive permits and licenses required to do business in China.
The second entity is an offshore holding company in which foreigners can buy shares. The Chinese entity --which is often controlled by the holding company' top executives – pays fees and royalties to the offshore company based on contracts between the two.
VIEs are used broadly by the bevy of Internet companies that for years have listed in New York. Buried deep in regulatory filings, the structure long received little notice.
That changed in 2011. Alibaba shareholder Yahoo then said Alibaba used the VIE structure to move valuable assets out of the company and put them under the control of Mr. Ma. Yahoo said it was taken by surprise by the move. Alibaba said the move was discussed openly at board meetings as a move to comply with Chinese regulations.[wsj-more-in tag="Alibaba"]
Listing documents for Chinese companies that have gone public in the U.S. note the uncertainty surrounding their structure. Over the last couple of years SEC has pushed Chinese companies using the structure to provide more extensive explanations of the relationship between the VIE and listed firm in their annual earnings reports.
Analysts say the SEC is concerned that if too many of a company's assets are in the VIE then the local management could be tempted to split with the listed firm, leaving U.S. investors with no direct claim over their investment.
Beijing has neither endorsed the use of VIEs to circumvent ownership rules or come out against them. China's courts haven't explicitly ruled against them either.
The Alibaba-Yahoo spat isn't the only time the VIE structure has led to disputes. In 2011, the founder of an online computer games company successfully dissolved the relationship between the VIE and the U.S. listed company after a Shanghai arbitration panel found in his favor, according to lawyers involve in the dispute.
"Online computer games is an area where China's industrial policy explicitly does not allow foreign investment…so in the end, the arbitrator decided that the VIE arrangement violated Chinese contract law," said Martin Hu, founder of Chinese law firm Martin Hu & Partners. He represented the company's founder who won the case.
Mr. Hu declined to name the client. A person familiar with the matter said the U.S.-listed company was online gaming company GigaMedia
Mr. Hu said that every arbitration is unique and doesn't have a binding effect on other cases.
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At this point, the chances are slim to none that President Obama will face a serious Democratic primary challenger in his reelection bid, or that he'll dump Vice President Joe Biden from the ticket.
But that hasn't stopped some high-profile Democrats from thinking out loud about both possibilities.
First came Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D), who suggested last week on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Obama could face a challenge from the left if he does not begin to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan in July 2011, as promised.
IN PICTURES: Inside President Obama's White House
A primary challenge "is really possible," Governor Rendell said, without naming names. "It depends on how far [the war in Afghanistan] deteriorates."
And by the way, Rendell also opined that Obama shouldn't have agreed to go on "The View." "There's got to be a little bit of dignity to the presidency," Rendell grumbled.
Then on Monday, CNN asked Rendell about the "potential primary challenger" thing. Oh, that. The two-term Pennsylvania governor and former Democratic National Committee chairman suggested that what he had said before wasn't a big deal. Then he kept talking.
"There might be a challenger but it would be from the fringe wing of the party, not from any substantial challenger," he said. "I don't think [Wisconsin Sen.] Russ Feingold is going to do it and I don't think in the end Howard will do it, although I think Howard will think about it, but I don't think he will do it."
That would be Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont, former national party chair, and a 2004 presidential candidate whose campaign took off over Iraq. No word yet on whether the thought of running in 2012 has in fact crossed Mr. Dean's mind.
But it's all enough to make you wonder, what's up with Rendell? He's always had a habit of saying what he thinks, and maybe now, in his final months in office, he's even less guarded. And it's not as if he was ever a huge Obama person. During the 2008 Democratic primaries, he vigorously backed Hillary Clinton.
Still, there's not been a hint that Secretary of State Clinton is actually considering such a disloyal act as challenging the boss for the top spot in 2012. (Though former Monitor editor John Hughes suggested the possibility in an Aug. 2 column.)
Equally as unlikely is a suggestion from former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder (D) that Obama might do well to replace Biden on the ticket with ... Hillary Clinton.
Mr. Wilder, the first elected black governor in the country, thinks Biden's gaffe habit hurts Obama and that putting Clinton on the ticket would bring back Obama's 2008 themes of audacity and change. Wilder gives Clinton high marks for her performance at State, and suggests she could help Obama win back middle-class independents. Clinton also has far higher job approval ratings (above 60 percent) than both Obama and Biden (mired in the 40s).
The idea of swapping out veeps often surfaces when a first-term president is struggling (see Bush-Quayle 1992 and Bush-Cheney 1996), but in modern times it's never happened. It could make the president look disloyal and flaky. And besides, political scientists remind us, voters don't vote for the veep, they vote for the top of the ticket.
And what's up with Wilder? He is fiercely independent. In July 2009, when Obama was doing whatever he could to help Democrat Creigh Deeds win his Virginia gubernatorial race, the White House dispatched political director Patrick Gaspard to Richmond to urge Wilder to endorse Mr. Deeds and help turn out the critical black vote.
"Tell me what the man has done?" Wilder said, according to Politico. "I haven't heard it."
Wilder never endorsed Deeds, who lost to now-Gov. Bob McDonnell (R).
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1. A rapid succession of short percussive sounds.
2. A device, such as a baby's toy, that produces short percussive sounds.
3. A rattling sound in the throat caused by obstructed breathing, especially near the time of death.
4. The series of horny structures at the end of a rattlesnake's tail.
Etymology: ME, ratelen
an abnormal sound heard by auscultation of the lungs in some forms of pulmonary disease. It consists of a coarse vibration more intense than a crackle, very much like a rhonchus, caused by the movement of moisture and the separation of the walls of small air passages during respiration.
A device used in the Navajo and other Native American tribes to maintain rhythm during healing rituals.
See Death rattle.
An infant toy which, when shaken produces a rattling noise.
rattle(răt′l) [ME. ratelen, to rattle]
A coarse crackle heard during auscultation of the chest. This finding suggests excessive airway secretions are present.
death rattle
A colloquial term for gurgling noises caused by movements of secretions in the upper airways with inspiration and expiration in dying patients.


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Expo '09: Personal Flotation Devices
Here at Alliance we are big fans of life vests. I mean, they are designed to save your life! Pretty important if you ask me. Anyway, almost every wakeboard company, along with some softgood companies, brought their new life preservers to Surf Expo. It seems like the pullover and side entry vests will continue to be popular for 2010. What do you think?
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LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Destination Resorts & Hotels, a nationwide property management company, violated federal law when it failed to effectively address co-worker sexual harassment at The Resort at Squaw Creek, a ski resort near Lake Tahoe at the site of the Olympic Village that the company manages, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a federal lawsuit it filed today. Further, the agency alleged, the company unlawfully retaliated against the employee who reported the problem.
According to the EEOC's suit, Shira Garfinkel faced sexual harassment by a male co-worker while working as a banquet server and bartender for The Resort at Squaw Creek from December 2005 to July 2007. This included persistent requests to have a relationship and unwelcome touching and, after Garfinkel rejected his advances, the harassment escalated to open hostility, threats and breaking into her home, the EEOC said. Although Garfinkel asked to be scheduled to work away from the harasser, the EEOC's investigation showed the employer's efforts were at best haphazard and failed to remedy the situation. Only after Garfinkel made repeated complaints to management and obtained a restraining order in court did the company finally implement steps to separate Garfinkel and her co-worker. It did this by assigning Garfinkel to another location with a loss in hours and seniority, while the harasser kept his position with no changes in seniority or benefits, the EEOC said.
"Even after the harasser threatened me and broke into my house, my employer did not take it seriously," said Garfinkel. "I kept begging the company to do something to protect me. Instead of taking action against the harasser, I was the one who suffered consequences. I felt punished for speaking out."
Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits sexual harassment as well as retaliation against an employee for reporting it. After first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through conciliation, the EEOC filed the lawsuit (EEOC v. Destination Resorts & Hotels, Inc., Civ. No. CV11-4816-MEJ) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and seeks monetary damages on behalf of Garfinkel, training on anti-discrimination laws and other steps to prevent future discrimination.
EEOC San Francisco Regional Attorney William R. Tamayo said, "Employers have a responsibility to protect their employees from harassment, whether by a supervisor or co-worker or even a non-employee. They cannot safely ignore actions simply because they take place off company premises or after hours. The courts have found that harassment both in and outside the workplace can combine to create a hostile environment."
EEOC San Francisco District Director Michael Baldonado observed, "It's important to respond to reports of harassment in a timely and appropriate way. If you need to separate employees, make sure the employee who spoke out doesn't face negative consequences. A transfer with loss of hours or difficult commute can be construed as retaliatory and is illegal."
Baldonado noted that more than a third of all charges seen by the EEOC involve retaliation, and that, for the first time ever, retaliation under all statutes (36,258) surpassed race (35,890) as the most frequently filed charge at the EEOC in fiscal year 2010.
According to company information, Destination Resorts & Hotels, Inc. is a nationwide hotel/condominium property management corporation with over $2.2 billion in assets under management.
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The course materials for Mathematics Illuminated are available below as PDF files for easy download.
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Each of the facilitator guides includes notes on how to facilitate the session, a list of materials needed, tips, and answers for prepping and leading the session.
Each of the facilitator and participant guides includes concept application, problem-based learning activities, and opportunities for analyzing data—all in an inquiry-based model. A framework for applying concepts to state and local standards is also included. The activities seek to model best teaching practices by requiring the participant to be an active explorer rather than a passive recipient of information and are designed to be used between each of the video segments and to draw from content in the unit's video, and the text chapter.
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Ready for Julián?
Many Democrats already see Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy as a foregone conclusion.
Now some believe they've already got her running mate, too: San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro, about to be President Barack Obama's nominee for Housing and Urban Development Secretary.
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Last week, Castro told the White House he would accept the offer for a national role that supporters hope will groom him to the presumptive first Latino running mate on a national ticket.
"Probably wasn't going to happen from the mayor's job," said Henry Cisneros, a HUD secretary for Bill Clinton and a former mayor of San Antonio himself, as well as a kindergarten classmate of Castro's mother who has stayed close with the family over the years. "You have to have national positions of greater responsibility, breadth — and this begins that course."
( Also on POLITICO: Castro to be tapped for HUD)
( PHOTOS: Julian and Joaquin Castro)
Cisneros said the move was crucial in preparing a bench of young Latinos for the Democratic Party, which lacks big Latino political stars like Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
"Could he be on a Hillary ticket as a result of learning the breadth of the issues and the nation?" Cisneros added. "The answer is yes."
Castro, who stepped into the national spotlight with a well-received keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in 2012, is expected to continue his ascendancy via a fast-moving process that people in the administration have told people they're hoping to culminate in an announcement by the end of next week.
( Also on POLITICO: The Castros' national road show)
The HUD position would be vacated by Shaun Donovan, who has told people that Obama has asked him to become the new director of the Office of Management and Budget, according to Democrats familiar with the conversations.
In the Cabinet shuffle, the OMB position itself is coming open as Sylvia Mathews Burwell appears headed for an unexpectedly easy confirmation to be the new Health and Human Services secretary, replacing the retiring Kathleen Sebelius.
But while being at HUD would put Castro in the Cabinet and more on the national stage, the role is not traditionally a very visible one — it's not as if most Americans could name Donovan, or any of the past HUD secretaries. And the role would do nothing to give the 39-year old mayor any kind of national security or international experience, both of which are often part of preparations for a presidential or vice presidential run.
The multiple confirmations set up by the switches reflect a confidence on the part of the White House — strengthened after Republicans backed away from a fight they'd promised over Burwell — that the president will be able to get his choices through the Senate. Changed filibuster rules in the Senate had made confirmations easier, but enough Democrats backed away from Obama's choices for surgeon general and assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights division that those nominations faltered.
And while Republicans could attempt to use the confirmation hearings as a chance to bruise Castro ahead of future races, that would have to be balanced against the prospect of attacking a high-profile Latino figure just months before the midterms, when the GOP is already facing frustration over slow movement on immigration reform.


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Motiva celebrates!
Project makes Motiva Port Arthur country's largest refinery
A crowd of dignitaries gathered in a massive white tent at the Motiva Refinery in Port Arthur on May 31 to celebrate the completion of a five-year construction project that made that facility the country's largest oil refinery and one of the largest in the world. The landmark Crude Expansion Project more than doubled the facility's daily processing capacity to 600,000 barrels of crude.
With more than 14,000 people working on the project at peak construction and more than 300 new permanent jobs, the expansion bolstered Motiva's position as one of Port Arthur's largest employers and a leading revenue source for the city, county and local public schools. The overall economic impact of the project in the region has been estimated in excess of $17 billion.
Executives of the companies that jointly own Motiva – Peter Voser, chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell; and Khalid Al-Falih, president and CEO, Saudi Aramco – turned the ceremonial valve commemorating the start of oil flowing through new processing units at the complex. At the event, Motiva CEO Bob Pease extended his thanks to Port Arthur and the surrounding region for their continued support of the project.
"This was truly a community effort that involved so many people and businesses in the Golden Triangle area of Southeast Texas," said Pease. "The tremendous talent and skill of the employees and contractors who worked on the expansion, day in and day out; the quality of products and services provided by local suppliers; the enthusiasm and support of public officials and local community — All of these contributions came together to make this project a success."
Pease also noted that the expanded refinery can process a wide variety of crude oils, ranging from relatively light to heavy. It also has the flexibility to switch between primarily producing gasoline and diesel to adapt to varying market conditions.
Al-Falih described the expansion project as a significant milestone of Saudi Aramco's enduring energy ties with the United States.
"Our investment in Port Arthur is an integral part of Saudi Aramco's global downstream expansion strategy. Our commitment to meet the needs of the United States' oil market, our expanded stake in U.S. downstream, and our R&D investments in future transportation fuels will contribute to enhancing the United States' long-term energy security – today, tomorrow, and for decades to come," he said.
Al-Falih is a Saudi national with an extensive background in this country and a particular connection with Texas. A graduate of Texas A&M, Al-Falih noted that Texas companies and individuals have been in Saudi Arabia for eight decades, making the business and personal links extensive and lasting.
Royal Dutch Shell CEO Voser added, "Port Arthur's expansion is central to Shell's plans for selective downstream growth in North America. This refinery will make a major difference to our ability to process the lowest cost crudes to high quality oil products for our customers."
The Port Arthur Refinery celebrated its 100th anniversary on Nov. 13, 2003.
It began operations as first refinery of The Texas Company (later Texaco) in 1903. It was a direct by-product of the Jan. 10, 1901, Lucas Gusher and the resulting Spindletop oil boom.
On Jan. 1, 1989, Saudi Refining Inc. purchased 50 percent of the Port Arthur Refinery as part of a joint venture with Texaco and Saudi Refining, and the refinery became known as Star Enterprise. On July 1, 1998, a joint venture was formed between Texaco, Saudi Refining and Shell Oil Co. under the name Motiva Enterprises LLC.
Headquartered in Houston, Motiva Enterprises LLC is a refining and marketing joint venture owned by affiliates of Shell and Saudi Aramco. Motiva's marketing operations support a network of about 8,300 Shell-branded gasoline stations in the eastern and southern United States.
In 2001, Texaco was purchased by Chevron and its interest in Motiva was sold to Shell Oil and Saudi Refining Inc. The Port Arthur Refinery is still operated as Motiva, which is now jointly owned, with Shell Oil and Saudi Refining Inc. being 50/50 partners.
The refinery covers about 3,600 acres and is located in Jefferson County within the city limits of Port Arthur, between Highway 73 and Highway 87 on Savannah Avenue. It is the largest single lube plant in the United States, producing lubricant base oils that are sold to Shell Lubricants as well as various industrial companies. The refinery has a diverse workforce of about 1,300 full-time employees and more than 500 contractors on site each day.


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Southwestern University is located in historic Georgetown, a 30 minute drive north of the Texas State Capital, Austin.
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From Hwy 29 turn on E. Rutersville. Parking is available on the east side of the Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center. For large events, additional parking can be found at the Admissions Center.
Fountainwood Observatory
The Observatory is located on the northeast side of campus adjacent to the Rockwell Baseball Field. From IH-35 take Exit #261 (Texas Hwy 29). Follow Hwy 29 east into Georgetown, approx. 1.3 miles. Turn left at Southwestern Boulevard. Parking is available along Southwestern Boulevard, behind the Corbin J. Robertson Center.
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CES' Eureka Park shows cutting-edge products
Las Vegas --
Eureka Park at the Consumer Electronics Show is a tech zone with cutting-edge technologies - some almost ready for public consumption, and some that may never be.
The new show area features products such as contact lenses that theoretically display your Facebook wall posts, bendable plastic solar panels that you could wear and a laser system that could turn your car's windshield into a see-through digital map.
The zone, a first for CES, is designed to give early stage companies and entrepreneurs exposure to potential investors, business partners and journalists so they have a better chance to fully develop their ideas.
About 100 companies are participating in Eureka Park, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the nonprofit Startup America Partnership, which includes Microsoft, Intuit, Dell and American Express.
Many, like Innovega Inc., have already received National Science Foundation grants.
The Seattle-area firm is developing special contact lenses that display images, text or other augmented reality information to the wearer.
Chief Technology Officer Randall Sprague said the company has a real-life version of what movies like "Mission Impossible" presented as science fiction.
"Mobile phones took us out of the office and now we always have Internet connectivity wherever we go," he said. With the lenses, he said, "You're now wearing your mobile phone and you can see it all the time."
Better 3-D
The lenses could make watching a 3-D movie or playing a video game a more immersive experience, give auto mechanics information about the engine part they are replacing or give museum goers more details about the painting they're viewing.
Combined with voice or gesture commands, "I could be doing all my social-networking interactions seamlessly all the time, whatever I'm doing," he said.
Sprague admitted some issues still have to be addressed, such as what to do while driving while wearing the lenses.
At another booth, HealthMicro Inc. of Los Altos presented its disposable wireless sensors, designed to replace wired sensors that health care workers now stick on a patient's body for medical examinations like an electrocardiogram.
Those wires pose potential contamination problems and generally get in the way, said HealthMicro President and CEO Surendar Magar. It makes sense that in a world that's rapidly going wireless, patient monitoring should also cut the cord, he said.
"Our whole idea is that there are no wires on the body of any kind," he said. "You can use it for five to seven days and throw it out, and a disposable battery would be part of it."
The company is developing prototypes and conducting tests with the Berkeley Wireless Research Center, hoping to go into production next year.
Then there was Solarmer Energy Inc., which is developing solar energy cells made of thin, flexible plastic that can be rolled up like a sheet of paper.
Indeed, the El Monte (Los Angeles County) company says the cells can be produced at speeds similar to printing a newspaper and for a fraction of the cost of standard solar panels.
"In five or six years, we want to get at or under a dollar a watt," said product engineer Casey Irvin, who showed prototypes that were attached to the back of a cell phone, providing rechargeable power, and embedded in a vest. The company hopes to begin production by the end of the year.
Power from body heat
Perpetua Power Source Technologies Inc. is also working on products that generate renewable power, but from a more personal source, one that James Brown used to sing about - body heat.
The Corvallis, Ore., company's TEGwear technology converts body heat into energy. The body can't generate enough power to recharge a cell phone, but it could provide enough energy for low-power devices like a wristwatch or a health monitoring sensor, said Jerry Wiant, vice president of marketing.
The company received a National Science Foundation grant to develop a wireless wristband to monitor the location of Alzheimer patients, and has a similar Department of Homeland Security grant to develop sensors for emergency first responders.
The Institute for Disabilities and Research Training Inc. of Wheaton, Md., showed the latest version of the AcceleGlove, which is equipped with accelerometers that track the exact movements of a person's hand. The system can translate more than 25,000 words, phrases and idioms from English to American Sign Language.
The glove's inventor, Jose Luis Hernandez Rebollar, demonstrated how the glove could help students learn sign language. But he said it could also be used by computer programmers to design applications for gesture recognition controls, one of the hot topics at this year's CES.
Emota.net Inc. of Mountain View also used gesture controls embedded in a stuffed penguin to demonstrate how it was trying to make its social-networking technology more emotionally engaging for people, especially for keeping isolated seniors active and healthy.
Emota creates a layer of social networking on top of Facebook that can be limited to family members or a group of friends. The group members can then share photos or messages in their own private network, using simple interfaces that include Google TV.
CEO Paul To co-founded the company in 2009 as a senior health care project, but believes the technology "has broad emotional appeal to anyone." Emota just went into private beta mode and hopes to launch in March or April.
Also participating at Eureka Park was Sun Innovations of Fremont, which uses a nanoparticle film to project glowing animated signs on a window that look "like a display floating in the air," said company President Ted Sun. The technology could be used to project a heads-up navigation map on car or airplane windshields or signs on store windows.
And Scrible of Redwood City has a program designed to help students, researchers and businesses digitally annotate, save, organize and share all the information they have gathered from the Web, eliminating the need to print it all out. CEO Victor Karkar's inspiration is the basic credo of many a successful entrepreneur - find a need and fill it.
"I needed it myself," he said.
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To Learn About Obesity, Researchers Turn to Grizzly Bears
In Washington State, researchers are studying grizzly bears, not the typical lab rat
PULLMAN, Wash.—On a recent visit to a laboratory where he researches obesity, Kevin Corbit walked over to one of the patients he is studying to say hello. Then he clasped a claw.
Dr. Corbit, a scientist at drug maker Amgen Inc., is conducting his research on grizzly bears. He believes insights gleaned from the animals, who can take in as much as 58,000 calories in a day and weigh 1,000 pounds, could reshape understanding of obesity and identify new treatments for a condition that has stymied doctors and drug developers....


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- "Man kiluva lómi sangane,
telume lungane
tollalinta ruste,
vea qalume,
mandu yáme,
aira móre ala tinwi
lante no lanta-mindon?"
- ― Early version of Oilima Markirya
Qenya (pronounced [KWEN-ya])[1] was the original name of the High-Elven tongue which gradually would change into Quenya of the Lord of the Rings.
In the earliest versions of the legendarium, Qenya (as every Elvish language) belonged to the Oromean phylum, derived from the language Orome taught the Quendi. It was the language of the First Tribe of the Elves, the Lindar (Vanyar in the later legendarium) and for this it was also called Lindarin.[2]
Qenya goes back to at least 1915 when Tolkien compiled the "Qenya Lexicon".[3]
Qenya was started by Tolkien who wished to emulate the phonoesthetics of the Finnish language. Early Qenya has been reported to have much more Finnish influences, compared to the later stages.[4]
During that time, Tolkien used to write the sound [kʷ] simply as a single q. Therefore both spellings Qenya and Quenya are always supposed to be pronounced the same ([ˈkʷeɲa]). While writing the Lord of the Rings, Tolkien decided to adopt the romanized spelling qu and replace k with c. These changes were mainly aesthetic in order to accentuate the role of Quenya as an "Elf-latin". This does not alter the pronounciation.
Difference between Qenya and Quenya
Although widely consistent in phonology, the early stage of Qenya displayed some differences, with words such as ektar (kt is not allowed in later Quenya) and words ending in consonant clusters, such as nelt, imbilink, mandl, koisimatl etc. The later phonology rules of Quenya would not allow such words.[5]
Since the High-Elven language changed throughout Tolkien's lifetime from its conception until late in his life, some Tolkienists and linguists deliberately use the spelling "Qenya" (without "u") to differentiate the early version of this language from the later.
Such Tolkien linguists note "a dramatic change" after which the language somehow stabilized after 1940. One of such changes was that later Quenya does not display the "number of borrowings and obvious influences of real-world languages" that Qenya did.[6]
Helge Fauskanger used to refer to the early stage(s) of Quenya as "immature Qenya".[note 1]
The differentiation between Qenya and Quenya has been criticized as artificial, since it neglects the continuity and gradual evolution of the language; although Tolkien replaced old ideas with newer ones, there is no indication that he divided his conception into stages, and no definite point which separates Qenya from Quenya can be traced. Also, the term "immature" was considered controversial and derogatory.[7]
See also
External links
- Thorsten Renk, Early Qenya grammar (includes comparisons with later Quenya elements)
- ↑ The term "early Q(u)enya" was also used, but it was ambiguous as the words "early" and "later" are also used in respect to the fictional timeline of Arda. The above phrase would be understood either as the early version of the language (from Tolkien's youth), or an archaic form of Valinorean Quenya of the First Age (vs. the later, Exilic Quenya of the Third Age). To resolve the ambiguity, the words "immature" and "mature" were used, from the point of view of Tolkien's lifetime (from youth to maturity).
- ↑ John D. Rateliff, Jason Fisher, Patrick H. Wynne, et al. (mailing list discussion), "a quick question" (#24071 and related messages; dated 29 January 2013), Mytsoc mailing list (accessed 30 January 2012)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, V. The Lhammas"
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, External history of Quenya from Ardalambion
- ↑ Harri Perala, History of Quenya From Our Point of View
- ↑ David Salo, "Quenya and Qenya phonology compared" dated 2 August 2013, Elfling (accessed 21 September 2019)
- ↑ David Salo, "Re: Bringlast and mustard (Message #36298)" dated 16 July 2012, Elfling (accessed 16 July 2012)
- ↑ Patrick Wynne, Are Goldogrin and Qenya "primitive"?


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An anti-Muslim video posted on YouTube was the apparent trigger for violent protests Tuesday at the U.S. embassy in Cairo and the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. By Wednesday morning news reports confirmed U.S. ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three U.S. staffers had been killed. A crush of initial reports and public comments confused the order and location of key events.
Here's a timeline:July 2
- An anti-Muslim filmmaker using the name Sam Bacile posts a 14-minute English-language trailer for the film "Innocence of Muslims," which depicts the prophet Muhammed in an insulting manner. A similar video appeared on YouTube on July 1, but received less attention.
Sept. 5
- Per the New York Times, an anti-Muslim Egyptian American Coptic Christian draws attention to the trailer in an Arabic-language blog post and English-language e-mail newsletter, which also publicizes the latest stunt by Terry Jones — the Florida pastor who was chastised worldwide in 2011 for burning a Koran, inciting a deadly altercation at a United Nations compound in Afghanistan.
Sept. 9
- Egyptian television airs an Arabic-language scene from the Bacile film.
Sept. 11
- In anticipation of the ensuing uproar, the U.S. embassy in Cairo issues a statement at 6:17 a.m. ET, according to State Department officials, condemning all attempts to "abuse" free speech rights to offend people of any religion.
The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims – as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.
- Unarmed protestors gather outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo throughout the day. By nightfall in Cairo, which was around noon ET, some protestors scale the walls around the compound and destroy a flag inside. The incursion is contained and protests continue outside the compound into the night.
- Via Twitter, around 4:30 p.m. ET, the U.S. embassy in Cairo condemns the breach, but stands by its initial condemnation of religiously inflammatory speech, which, it noted, was "issued before the attacks."
- 5:37 p.m. ET: Terry Jones issues a press release: "Tonight after International Judge Mohammad Day we will be showing the Mohammad Movie Trailer, a video promoting the movie, Innocence of Muslims. It is an American production, not designed to attack Muslims but to show the destructive ideology of Islam. The movie further reveals in a satirical fashion the life of Muhammad."
- 5:41 p.m. ET: Reporters in Libya hear shooting and see smoke rising near the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
- 7:35 p.m. ET: Reuters confirms that an American consulate staffer has been killed in Benghazi. This staffer is later identified as Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith.
- 10:09 p.m. ET: The Romney campaign issue a statement from Mitt Romney himself condemning the Obama administration for the Cairo embassy's repudiation of religiously insensitive speech. It falsely suggests that the Cairo embassy's condemnation came in response to the attacks in both Egypt and Lybia.
I'm outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi. It's disgraceful that the Obama Administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.
The statement is embargoed — meaning the press cannot report on it — until midnight, Sept. 12 — the moment the Obama and Romney campaigns' Sept. 11 truce is scheduled to end.
- 10:10 p.m. ET: An Obama administration source disavows the U.S. embassy in Cairo's statement of condemnation to Politico.
- 10:25 p.m. ET: Without explanation, the Romney campaign lifts its embargo on Romney's statement and it becomes public.
- 10:44 p.m. ET: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemns the attack in Benghazi.
I condemn in the strongest terms the attack on our mission in Benghazi today. As we work to secure our personnel and facilities, we have confirmed that one of our State Department officers was killed. We are heartbroken by this terrible loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and those who have suffered in this attack.
This evening, I called Libyan President Magariaf to coordinate additional support to protect Americans in Libya. President Magariaf expressed his condemnation and condolences and pledged his government's full cooperation.
Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet. The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind.
In light of the events of today, the United States government is working with partner countries around the world to protect our personnel, our missions, and American citizens worldwide.
- Just before midnight ET, the U.S. embassy in Cairo removes some its tweets, from both before and during the protests, condemning religiously offensive speech. It does not remove one posted at 4:29 p.m. ET: "3) Sorry, but neither breaches of our compound or angry messages will dissuade us from defending freedom of speech AND criticizing bigotry."
Sept. 12
- 12:01 a.m. ET: Just as the campaigns' Sept. 11 detente ends, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus tweets, "Obama sympathizes with attackers in Egypt. Sad and pathetic." Unlike Romney's statement, Priebus' tweet is silent on Libya.
- 12:09 a.m. ET: The Obama campaign fires back. "We are shocked that, at a time when the United States of America is confronting the tragic death of one of our diplomatic officers in Libya, Governor Romney would choose to launch a political attack," spokesman Ben LaBolt said, in an emailed statement.
- 5:41 a.m. ET: Reuters reports that U.S. ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other embassy staffers were killed in a rocket attack.
- 7:21 a.m. ET: The White House issues an official statement from President Obama condemning the attack in Benghazi.
I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Right now, the American people have the families of those we lost in our thoughts and prayers. They exemplified America's commitment to freedom, justice, and partnership with nations and people around the globe, and stand in stark contrast to those who callously took their lives.
I have directed my Administration to provide all necessary resources to support the security of our personnel in Libya, and to increase security at our diplomatic posts around the globe. While the United States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, we must all unequivocally oppose the kind of senseless violence that took the lives of these public servants.
On a personal note, Chris was a courageous and exemplary representative of the United States. Throughout the Libyan revolution, he selflessly served our country and the Libyan people at our mission in Benghazi. As Ambassador in Tripoli, he has supported Libya's transition to democracy. His legacy will endure wherever human beings reach for liberty and justice. I am profoundly grateful for his service to my Administration, and deeply saddened by this loss.
The brave Americans we lost represent the extraordinary service and sacrifices that our civilians make every day around the globe. As we stand united with their families, let us now redouble our own efforts to carry their work forward.
- 10:27 a.m. ET: After canceling a campaign event in Florida, Romney holds a press availability to discuss the events in Libya and Egypt. In his opening remarks he reiterates his attack on the Obama administration and later directs criticism at the embassy in Cairo — not for its initial statement but for standing by that statement after its walls had been breached. He also defends his decision to issue his original statement before he knew the severity of the events in Libya.
- 10:42 a.m. ET In live remarks at the White House Rose Garden, President Obama, joined by Secretary Clinton, condemns the attacks and mourns the loss of embassy officials, including Stevens.


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Corn futures extended a slump to a four-year low as crops got the highest rating in a decade amid favorable weather in the U.S., the world's top producer. Soybeans, wheat and soybean oil fell to the cheapest since 2010.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said yesterday that 76 percent of corn plants were rated in good or excellent condition in the week ended July 20, the highest for this time of year since 2004. Rain in central and southern portions of the corn and soybean belts will bolster crops, and cool temperatures will limit stress in drier areas, MDA Weather Services in Gaithersburg, Maryland, said today in a report.
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The USDA said 70 percent of the spring crop was in good to excellent condition, unchanged from a week earlier. Rain is possible in Canadian and U.S. growing areas in the next five days, improving soil moisture for portions of the crops, MDA Weather Services said.
Soybean-oil futures for December delivery dropped 0.6 percent to 36.03 cents a pound. The price touched 36.01 cents, the lowest since Feb. 2, 2010.
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The .913 saves percentage earned the top slot in all of Division II. Just six goals had gotten in on the Bobcat defense, compared to 63 saves. Adelphi College was second with a .903 percentage. The team GAA stood at 0.335, good for fourth in the nation. The team shutout percentage was .706, recording 12 over 17 games. At 12-1-4 going into the postseason, Georgia College had the 17th best WLT Percentage (.824).
Bobcat sophomore goalkeeper Mary Rob Plunkett (Augusta, Ga.) owned the second-best saves percentage in all of Division II at .922, just .018 behind Metro State University's Becca Maloney. Plunkett was fifth in GAA, coming in at 0.310.
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