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UCSF researchers have shown for the first time that the human fetal immune system arises from an entirely different source than the adult immune system, and is more likely to tolerate than fight foreign substances in its environment.
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June 5, 2012: Evenflo Recalls Convertible High Chairs
About 35,000 convertible high chairs have been recalled due to fall hazards.
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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Evenflo Inc., of Miamisburg, Ohio, has recalled about 35,000 convertible high chairs. The activity tray on the high chair can unexpectedly detach and allow an unrestrained child to fall, posing a risk of injury to the child.
Evenflo has received 18 reports of trays that detached, including eight reports of children who fell from the high chair and sustained bumps and bruises.
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This recall involves Evenflo high chairs that convert from a high chair to toddler-size table and chair. The convertible high chair can be identified by the model names and numbers listed below. Model numbers are located on a label on the lower portion of one of the high chair's legs.
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Q: I have the same game app on my iPad and my iPhone. If I delete the iPhone version will the iPad one be deleted too? I'm not logged into Game Centre but do use the same Apple ID for both devices. I have iCloud enabled on my iPhone but not on my iPad.
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A: The short answer is no. Applications deleted on one iOS device are never deleted from your other devices, regardless of whether they share a common iTunes Store, Game Center, or iCloud account.
The only time that deleting an app will potentially remove it from your other devices is if you delete it from your iTunes library and you are syncing applications from that library to one or more iOS devices. When syncing apps with iTunes, your library is considered authoritative in much the same way as for other types of content; if you remove a music track or movie from your iTunes library, it will also be removed from any other devices that you syncing with that library. Note that this will include applications that you've downloaded directly onto your device, but only if you are syncing apps with your iTunes library in general.
Deleting an app will of course remove all of that application's data from your device as part of this process, but it will not affect any data stored on other devices for that app. Further, any data stored in iCloud will be left alone; you will need to remove that data manually if you are in fact deleting an app from all of your devices and no longer want that data stored in your iCloud account.
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flrim ' HnkAntrAfr ( r1 I 1 The Wildcats were tnictino RVIT i u n u n u i i cameback, and .j1:. r-3 I WSU won it by a : whisker. ( See sports 7; page 10 J Monday, November 23, 1998 cates. weber. edusignpost Volume 61 Number 32 Drumming, dancing delights all 28th annual event highlight of Native American Emphasis Week By Anne Gukeisen graphic designer-The Signpost It began with the pounding of a drum and Northern Indian singing amongst the smell of sweet grass. Occasionally, another man would sit down and join the circle of drummers of the host drum at the powwow presented by Weber State University's Native American area council and students. This was the 28th-annual powwow at WSU, and the drummers were singing a victory song to get into the spirit of the dance and let everyone know the powwow had started. The sweet grass was burned to bring in good spirits. When the drum stopped, Wallace Coffey, master of ceremonies, announced the beginning of the grand entry, led by Matthew West. West carried the Native American flag and was followed by two men carrying the Utah and United States flags. After the flag presentation, the head man and lady dancers entered. Quanah LaRose, a Northern Ute, was the head man dancer. Dressed in a traditional outfit with a bustle the feathers on the back of the dancer, a roach worn on the head and made of porcupine hair and feathers a breastplate and blue aprons with fringes. The head lady dancer, Megan Morris, was voted Miss Indian WSU at last week's banquet. Morris is a theater arts major who grew up in Roy. "When I was 5 I saw an aunt be appointed WSU Miss Indian. Since then, all I ever wanted to be able to be was the WSU Miss Indian," Morris said. Following Morris and La Rose were differ- See Powwow page 3 i ' : ' ;- 1 V , i " i : ' -l; i vs. I r I " ! . - ' ' ) Yi V ' 1 ' f ' - I x i i.m t : . f i ' - - i !" w' i; : ' "u J " i ' : I J Si -- - , I f . t 3 iMfiwtMW fed --44 i-K. 4 t...,invrnirr Wlr.ir ? - 1 - S I 1 -i Matthew West carries the Native American flag as he leads the Grand Entry for the a powwow held in the Shepherd Union Ballrooms Saturday afternoon. Current events dominate faculty senate meeting By Tanna Barry asst. news editor-The Signpost During the recent faculty senate meeting, a memorial tribute was presented, Paul Thompson, Weber State University president addressed the arrest of a student and a $ 1 7,000 endowment was donated to the faculty senate. Eulogy delivered for Gallego Sociology and anthropology department chairwoman Rosemary Conover delivered a tribute in honor of the late Daniel T. Gallego, a professor in the sociology and anthropology department. Conover discussed Gallego's life and his love of teaching. "He once said to me that he might consider retiring someday if he would be allowed to continue just the teaching part of the job somehow," she said. Gallego was a very popular professor with both students and faculty, and his presence will be greatly missed, Conover said. UAAP endowment given to faculty senate The Utah Association of Academic Professionals donated two checks totaling $ 1 7,628.65 to the faculty senate. "It's our intent that money be put in the trust," said Richard Alston, a representative of UAAP. The interest raised each year would become a "perpetual fund to find the person who has shown the greatest spirit, guidance and leadership in faculty government at Weber State." Alston said the UAAP wants the Executive Committee to develop a nomination process without guidelines, to provide for more flexibility with these newly acquired funds. The checks were presented to Wendell Rich, a member of WSU's accounting staff. Thompson speaks about senator After the forum sponsored by Information Dissemination concerning black students senator John Shaw, Thompson decided to address faculty senate on the issue. Thompson said he has been very concerned with the events of this last week. Three students fded complaints with campus police about Shaw, he was arrested by campus police and charges have been filed with the Weber County Attorney. "This has caused a great deal of concern on the campus," Thompson said. Thompson also discussed a task force that is being created to look into the climate and culture of the institution and look at the way the students are relating to each other. The task force is to be "broadly representative of faculty, staff and students," he said. Thompson asked the faculty senate to think of any possible candidates to be on the task force they couldrecommend. Student anchors honored By Signpost staff Experience gained anchoring the community news program on cable Channel 9 is beginning to pay off for two Weber State University communication students. Jee Young Jun and Angela Erickson tied for first place in the television news category at the western regional convention of the National Broadcasting Society, an organization for college students pursuing careers in television and radio. Jun and Erickson, along with other communication students, work together to create a weekly community news program that airs daily at 6 and 10 p.m. on Channel 9. The two received the first-place award after entering a newscast they hadco-anchored into the regional convention's student competition. According to Ty Sanders, adviser for the WSU chapter of the National Broadcasting Society, this is the first time WSU has placed in the television news category. "In audio, we do well on a regular basis," Sanders said. "But we have never won on a regional or national level in news video." Jun and Erickson were planning to travel to Ellensburg, Wash, to attend the regional convention, which was held Oct. 16-17, but decided against going. When they returned to class on Monday, Sanders informed them they had both won first place. "We really didn't expect it at all," Jun said. "We were really happy and excited." Erickson added, "We just sent the newest tape we had, instead of going back through the old tapes looking for the best material. We didn't think we would win anything." The judges evaluate how well the news anchors perform on camera. According to Jun, every aspect of the news anchor's performance is scrutinized."They focus a lot on personality if you smile too much, or not enough. They also look at your hair and appearance." How news anchors react to the stories they are presenting is also important in determining who places in the competition. "A good anchor is more upbeat when presenting a happy story and more serious if a story is sad," Erickson said, describing how the anchor's mood should match the story. Jun and Erickson agree that the best benefit of winning is that they are both automatically entered into the national competition without pay-See Anchors page 3 inside post news see page 2&3 editorial see page 4 3&lQ see page 6 SportSr. .... see page 10 Classifieds . . . .see page 12
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|Weber's current student newspaper, the Signpost, first appeared on September 29, 1937. For two years prior to that time, campus news was disseminated via announcements posted on a bulletin board known as the "Signpost". As a result, the masthead of the first issue of the paper itself featured a rudimentary wooden sign with the title spelled out in rustic-looking letters. Over the years the paper has been published continuously, though the look, size and style has changed several times.
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I agree wholeheartedly, Christy. :) I think she is perfect for it and I think the chemistry between Rob and Kris are palable! :)
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mmm... it's hard to decide... Kristen does it quiet well, maybe Amanda Seyfried could do it too, but she's not like Bella in the physical way... what do you say??
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Housing help for Sandy victims
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This post comes from Marilyn Lewis of MSN Money.
As life in superstorm Sandy's path starts rebounding for many, the difficulty of restoring life to normal for other storm victims is becoming clear. Take housing. Thousands of people in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island lost homes, The Associated Press reports.
Sandy was unusual in several respects: It was particularly large, uncharacteristically severe, and while hurricanes are not unheard of in the Northeast, they're not common. Likewise, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, better known as FEMA, may have trouble adapting its typical post-disaster housing solutions to dense urban neighborhoods hurt by the storm.
"For example, (crisis management consultant Mark) Merritt said, it's impossible to set up trailers in people's driveways if everyone lives in an apartment building, and it's harder to find space to set up mobile homes," AP says.
FEMA announced it has increased payments for temporary housing. In a region where housing is notoriously costly, and where the average New York City hotel room cost $277 a night in 2011, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's market rates don't stretch far. The (New Jersey) Star Ledger writes of the new allowances:
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The federal government is investigating "using everything from hotels and motels to FEMA trailers and prefab homes," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says.
One source for inspiration, according to AP: a design competition held by New York City in 2007 to generate ideas for housing people made homeless in a powerful hurricane. "The winning ideas included building a six-story complex mounted on ship hulls; using debris to create provisional housing; and turning shipping containers into living quarters."
Mayor Michael Bloomberg estimates that up to 40,000 New Yorkers -- half of them from public housing -- need temporary housing. Around a quarter may be permanently homeless. "I want to assure everyone that every New Yorker who needs a warm place to live and a roof over his or her head is going to have one," Bloomberg said.
In addition, some 4,000 New Jersey residents are in shelters, although many should be able to return home when power and heat are widely restored.
The numbers are substantial, but they're small compared with numbers from Hurricane Katrina. Then, 1 million Louisianans evacuated before the storm and an additional 100,000 fled afterward. Several hundred thousand Mississippians were displaced, too. A quarter-million people were in shelters scattered across several cities and states. The Washington Post wrote in 2005:
"FEMA officials said that about 50,000 people are in Louisiana shelters, but Brecke Latham, spokeswoman for Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D), said that virtually none of the 1 million evacuees have been able to return to their homes. Many are now living in hotels, with family or with friends, but officials said they are preparing for many of them to need help as their money, or their welcome, wears out."
While the ruin from Sandy could have been worse, that was surely no comfort for a New York family interviewed by the AP:
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Cold weather has arrived and, the AP says, there's no comprehensive long-term plan for housing storm victims:
"… can enough vacant apartments be found? Will the task involve huge, Hurricane Katrina-style encampments of trailer homes? And if so, where will authorities put the trailers? In stadiums? Parks?"
Bloomberg reports on the HUD's efforts: "Through the Federal Housing Administration (an arm of HUD), residents of the four states also can obtain as much as 100% financing to rebuild their houses or purchase new homes."
HUD issued a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures for federally insured mortgages in the four-state storm region. (Most U.S. mortgages are federally insured.) The Connecticut Mirror writes, "(HUD Secretary Shaun) Donovan also said he is urging homeowners who receive insurance payments or disaster grants or loans to use them to repair their homes instead of paying down their mortgages."
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Posted by Anonymous on 05/09/2012
The name of the restaurant should be changed from Spice Market to Bland Market. We had the tasting menu; and while none of the food was unappetizing, none of it was remarkable. With the exception of the chicken, what little flavors were present were very americanized.
Posted by Anonymous on 02/09/2012
Just got back from trying this place for the first time. The food was excellent: great avocado roll, chicken samosas, and beef skewers. Staff were friendly and extremely professional. We tried the tasting menu and were able to alter it to fit our dietary restrictions (no shellfish please). Will be going back.
Posted by FoodieNYC on 05/01/2011
I went on a first date with my BF last night. Service: The maître d' and servers were incredibly polished; the only exception were the bus boys, who were a bit rough around the edges. Atmosphere: The atmosphere was inviting, and not as pretentious as I normally like :) Food: Presentation was great, but the food left a lot to be desired.
Posted by Daniel on 03/22/2011
If you're idea of creative Asian food is something bland, dumbed down and devoid of spice, complexity or surpirse - you will love this place. The best part of the menu is the dessert section - with the rest a steady and sadly predictable decline. The Laksa - usually an amazing and complex dish - was anemic and confusingly foamy; the star anise, shrimp noodles lacked life, verve and yes "star anise; while the salt and pepper fluke was simply an upscale fish and chips minus the tangy, peppery notes that are classic to this dish, garnished with a non-sequitor of what looked like McDonald's ice-berg lettuce (what are theythinking?). For people watching and perhaps something sweet its ok, but the rest is an insult to the palate.
Posted by No Name on 03/08/2011
Beautiful atmosphere, appetizers were good but the entrees are so bland and lack flavor. The fusion thing is really confusing in the flavoring of the food. It's a great place to go on a date though, for drinks and appetizers maybe and enjoy the ambience...stay away from the actual food!
Posted by PeteyP on 01/26/2011
Couldn't wait to say how spectacular this place is. The food- phenomenal!! Service does not get any better. Environment beautiful. This is definitely a place to come enjoy great food, drinks, and let loose. If you like spicy food. You're in heaven!! I'll be back until then ciao!!!
Posted by draftguyNY on 01/11/2011
WOW! this was my second time at spice market. Had a better chance to try the different offering since we were a party of 4. We started off with a few appt. The thai wings, samosas and the beef skewers. They were GREAT!!. Especially the wings, oh so spicy. If you can't take the heat do not try these wings. Samosas were good and the skweres were perfectly cooked and seasoned. That being said the sauce that came with the skewers had a weird taste. Moving on to the main course we had the ginger rice, which could of been better. Short rib beef which was moist and flavorfull as well as the char grilled chickhen which was pretty dry. Overall this was another great experience at Spice Market. BTW I'd like to add we did not have reservations but the staff was nice in enough to seat us within 15 minutes of getting in. Till the next time!!


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Slumping Ravens fire offensive coordinator CameronBy David Ginsburg
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Former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron speaks with quarterback Joe Flacco during a practice session at the teams training camp in Baltimore.OWINGS MILLS, Md. Cam Cameron was fired Monday as offensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens, who have lost two straight and are still striving for consistency in the running and passing game.
Cameron ran the Baltimore offense since the start of the 2008 season for coach John Harbaugh. Since that time, the Ravens attack has repeatedly taken a back seat to the teams defense, and this year the offense ranks 18th with 344.4 yards per game.
Jim Caldwell, who was hired as quarterbacks coach before the season, will assume Camerons duties. Caldwell was head coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2009-11.
Harbaugh didnt give a detailed explanation for the move, which came less than 24 hours after the Ravens lost to the Washington Redskins 31-28 in overtime.
We put 28 points up, so youre not going to say its a reaction to a down offensive performance. Its not that. I think thats really important to point out, Harbaugh said. Its what I believe is best going forward for our offense and for our football team.
Cam was doing a heck of a job here. He was doing a heck of a job here for a long time. Nobody knows that better than me, and nobody has stated that more times. I believe that. I also believe right now at this time, the timing says this is the best thing, and this is what were going to do.
The move comes with the Ravens stuck in their first losing streak since they dropped three in a row in October 2009. Yet Baltimore (9-4) needs only one win to sew up its fifth straight playoff appearance and holds a two-game lead in the AFC North over Cincinnati and Pittsburgh with three games to play.
I dont know that staying pat wouldnt have gotten us there, Harbaugh said. What you try to do is put yourself in the best position possible as you see it to be the best football team you can be and then go compete and go see what you can get accomplished.
Our first goal right now is to secure a playoff berth. Our second goal is to win the AFC North. Thats squarely in our sights. Our next goal is to secure as high a playoff seed as we can. The next goal is to win playoff games, get to the Super Bowl and win that thing. I feel like this is going to give us the best chance to do that.
Caldwell, 57, was quarterbacks coach for Peyton Manning at Indianapolis before taking over as head coach. He will make his NFL debut as an offensive coordinator on Sunday against the Manning and Denver Broncos (10-3).
I had an opportunity to talk with (the offense) and really, in a nutshell, I just tried to make them understand that what were trying to do is get that much better, Caldwell said, holding his index finger and thumb about an inch apart. Thats about it. Thats a difficult task, obviously, trying to get that done in this league. But thats what were shooting for. Its not a system change. Obviously the Ravens offense is the Ravens offense. Its not a philosophical change. John sets the philosophy here of this team and we follow suit.
Although Harbaugh refused to criticize Cameron, the Ravens offense has sputtered at times this season. Baltimore scored touchdowns on three of its first four possessions against the Redskins but managed only seven points after halftime. Fifth-year quarterback Joe Flacco passed for 182 yards and committed two turnovers in the third quarter.
Baltimores running game ranks 17th in the NFL despite the presence of Pro Bowl running back Ray Rice, who has topped the 100-yard rushing mark only three times (compared to six times last year). Rice led the NFL in yards from scrimmage in 2011.
Flacco, meanwhile, has been erratic while operating the no-huddle attack and has showed little improvement from a year ago.
Maybe things will change under Caldwell. Thats Harbaughs hope, anyway.
The move was made because it gives us a chance to be the best we can be. Its just an opportunity to try to get this thing going, he said. We feel like its whats best for the team at this time. So thats why we made the move. Theres nothing more to it than that.
Flacco has committed pivotal turnovers in the last two games, but those defeats can be attributed heavily to the defense. Two weeks ago, the injury-riddled unit couldnt stop Pittsburgh Steelers third-string quarterback Charlie Batch in a 23-20 loss, and the Redskins moved downfield rather easily during a beat-the-clock touchdown drive in the waning minutes of regulation.
Cameron, 51, went 1-15 as head coach of the Miami Dolphins in 2007 before being chosen by Harbaugh to run the Baltimore offense. The Ravens made the playoffs in each of his previous four seasons, and under his direction Flacco became the teams career leader in passing yards, touchdowns and completions.
Harbaugh worked as an assistant coach for Cameron in 1997 at Indiana. After taking over for Brian Billick in Baltimore, one of his first moves was to hire Cameron.
There is a very human side to this. Cam is my friend, he taught me a lot about coaching, and he is an outstanding coach, Harbaugh said. Personally, this is the hardest thing Ive ever had to do as a coach. Cam has been a significant contributor to all of our successes over the past four, almost five, seasons. Deservedly, he is highly-regarded, and we owe thanks to him for what he did for the Ravens.
In other news, Harbaugh said injured linebackers Terrell Suggs (torn right biceps) and Ray Lewis (torn right triceps) could return Sunday. Harbaugh described guard Marshal Yandas sprained right ankle as somewhat serious but not a break.
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*** Live Q&A with Author Daniel Grossman: Tuesday, August 21st, 1pm-2pm EDT (New York Time) ***
We're starting a regular TED Book discussion group here on TED Conversations. Would you like to join us?
For the next two weeks, we'll be using this space to discuss Daniel Grossman's new book on the science of rising sea levels, "Deep Water". The TED Books are designed to be read in a single sitting, so it should be a quick read, and it will give us a good shared starting point for a broader discussion on climate change and what the future holds for our planet.
These are short eBooks, available for Kindles, Nooks, and iPads/iPods/iPhones. I believe you can also read Kindle books on your Mac or PC now, and if you have an iOS device, there's a new TED Books app.
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Aug 21 2012: Aja:
The climate system is like a humungous flywheel or a giant oil tanker so we can only do so much to change course once we've put it on a course. There are also concerns that there might be different states that the climate system could move to from which it could remain and it would be hard to return to the old one. For instance, once the sea ice in the Arctic becomes absent during the summer, it might be hard to get back to the state where it returns in the summer, because of the positive feedback of the heat absorbed by the water (which is darker than ice).
Aug 21 2012: Some scientists I've spoken to say that it does not appear that we can return to ice age conditions in light of climate change. The climate scientist Will Rudiman says has postulated that had not humans started cutting trees down on a massive scale and planted methane producing ice paddies we'd be heading into an ice age right now.
Aug 21 2012: Ruddiman thinks that the current warm period has lasted longer than it should have. We should already be cooling off now. But the planet is getting warmer not cooler. The planet is now nearly as warm as it's been at any time in the last 2 million years, as we have oscillated from warm to cool over and over. Another two or three degrees, we'll rise up out of that envelope of oscillation into the conditions of the pliocene, before there were big ice sheets in the northern hemisphere.
Aug 21 2012: Whether and how fast we could backtrack is not clear. Even if we stopped producing extra carbon dioxide now, there is still this flywheel effect that would keep the planet warming. The amount of carbon dioxide now in the atmosphere is about the same as there was in the mid-pliocene, 3 million years ago. The carbon dioxide does not immediately leave the atmosphere even once we were to stop adding more. So, the future looks somewhat dim. But there's no question that there is "bad" and "worse."
Aug 21 2012: Indeed. I did just see a somewhat positive headline today, that US carbon emissions are at a 20-year low: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/17/wonkbook-carbon-emissions-dropped-to-a-20-year-low/
Not enough to move the needle, obviously, and the NG extraction has it's own scary problems.
Aug 21 2012: With respect to CO2 output from the US, I'd make to some cautious comments. First, since it just happened and was not part of a policy to make it happen, we can't reply on the drop continuing. I bet part of the drop has to do with the current recession we're in. We hope that our economy will recover somehow and we wouldn't want that to come with renewed growth and CO2 emissions. Some of the reduction probably came from increased use of natural gas. The new technique of hydrofracturing to extract national gas (fracking) has brought down the price of natural gas, which produces less carbon dioxide per unit of energy. That's good in principle. But in practice fracking also releases a fair amount of natural gas into the atmosphere. Natural gas also causes the greenhouse effect, much more powerfully than carbon dioxide. So if even a small fraction of the natural gas escapes into the air before it's collected, the benefits of using natural gas are wiped out.
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If we were daring, which we can become, we would say this concept could easily pass as a streetfighter, but as much as we look at it, we cannot erase the fairly dull image of the model currently being produced. That's the sad part because with his sketch, Obiboi is trying to drift the Suzuki Gladius away from its original look and make it worthy of an "S" completing the name.
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SÃO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil - In the week we commemorate the International Woman's Day (March 8th), Ford Brazil renders a homage to all its feminine group, detaching the work of some professionals in key areas of the new projects, as part of a work force that aim the tuning with the consumer.
Recently, Ford announced a new generation of global platforms that also have in common the direct participation of Brazilian woman engineers and woman technicians in its creation and development. The objective is to design cars with a multicultural and diversified team to take care of the different taste of consumers in diverse parts of the world.
In the Advanced Product Marketing, where is defined the parameters of a vehicle, the responsible is Cláudia Reichel, who have been acting in the area of Engineering and Manufacture for 17 years, is an example of the feminine advance in the automotive sector. She was the first manager woman in Ford Engineering and today she is a specialist in vehicles planning.
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I remained six months of license taking care of my baby, the best gift that I could receive. This phase was very important and now when returning back to work it is good to see the recognition of the results of the new car. Our work is being valued in the whole world", says Luciana.
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Lauren ShockeyMmmm, fried What can we say, we're suckers for anything fried: fried pizza, fried green beans, fried bunny rabbit. Submerging food in vats of bubbling oil just adds to the deliciousness factor, hence the trend at county fairs of frying anything edible (even Kool-Aid balls and s ... More >>
This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema finds that "the food runs from inspired to terrible" at Coppelia; Lauren Shockey drinks the Kool-Aid at the Brooklyn Star. Sam Sifton awards The National Bar and Dining Rooms one star: "[The décor] is appetizing, as it happens: it is the sort of restaurant w ... More >>
In our weekly edition, Elizabeth Dwoskin's cover story "Killing Mom and Dad" tells a horrific, but humanizing tale about Eric Bellucci, whose slip into schizophrenia culminated in the stabbing deaths of his mother and father late last year. For the first time, the surviving children of the Be ... More >>
Despite fresh pushback from some top conservatives, the longstanding rightblogger obsession with Barack Obama's birth certificate has not abated. Even as prominent rightwing columnists and politicians tried to talk down the birther surge exacerbated by the Donald Trump campaign, the notion that O ... More >>
And to think people were worried about what The Kids would do drunk on Four Loko! It would appear the State Liquor Authority drank so much Four Loko (or so much of the Four-Loko-as-Reefer-Madness craze-flavored Kool-Aid) that they raided accomplished restaurateur, chef, blogger, and boozing r ... More >>
Charlie Brown will have a few new friends to hang out with as he floats down Sixth Avenue this Thanksgiving. Macy's has announced the lineup for this year's parade, which will include performances by Kanye West, Jessica Simpson, and Gladys Knight, helium-filled versions of Po from Kung-Fu Pan ... More >>
It seems like everyone is "joining" Twitter or "getting" a Tumblr these days. Especially in the case of certain New York City landmarks, who are taking to social networking like digitized screen-saver fish to a watery stream of information.
Barrios and his lyin' eyes.So, our Chilean miner with the mistress -- Yonni Barrios -- whose wife and "lady on the side" found out about one another while he was stuck underground (and whose wife subsequently failed to meet him on the day of his ascent) has been offered a $100,000 endorsement ... More >>
From Glenn Beck to Breitbart, Sarah Palin to Rush Limbaugh, from sea to shining sea, from their mere followers to their Kool-Aid drinkers, the rage, motives, and manners all lend themselves to a certain composite picture developing quite neatly in this country, that's really, more than anythi ... More >>
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Even when Lady Gaga comes out with a song that doesn't initially seem up to her standard, it ends up ingratiating itself into my system and proving to be a wowser. I didn't think much of "Paparazzi" when I first heard it, but ever since the woman performed it on the VMAs, it drilled into my ... More >>
The highlight of our week, for good or ill. In case Lady Gaga's monstrous fame-monster antics weren't over-the-top enough, the bubble-dress-wearing, bloody-heart- ripping Gaga monster's out-of-this-planet-to-Jupiter-and-back diva status may have officially been cemented in stone this week. We ... More >>
Listen to the Brooklyn duo's simply enormous Treats on headphones at your own risk
The Internet has been especially testy as of late! Of course, it always is, but just in the last month or so:
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Forget the spicy pirates of the Fabio days! Today's lover of paperback romances demands men of today! Men as wealthy as Warren Buffet, as jet-setting as Aristotle Onassis, and as Tea-Party wholesome as Scott Brown, whose Cosmo spread is just a cowboy hat away from making a perfect cover for H ... More >>
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Let's please spray egg creams in the face of anyone who dares to still articulate such worn-out cliches as: "Suck it up" "We're on the same page"
Last night on No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain focused on food porn and had one of the "best meals of his life" at Momofuku Ssam Bar. Yes, Tony drank the David Chang Kool-Aid, but he also had some amusing thoughts on the "food porn industry," saying:How did the simple act of eating become so twiste ... More >>
Bet the farm this record will somehow make you consider buying, and tending Hey the Grammy noms were announced last night, if you care about such things (if you do, in fact, care about such things, there is a 99-percent chance you have updated your résumé in the past three weeks, with the other o ... More >>
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Teen and Not Heard
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Advice from the ball circuit: 'This category is about your face, not your booty. Now ride your broomstick out of here, baby gorilla.'
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The odds of being attacked by a shark in the US are 1 in 11,500,000, but no one gets mad at people who want to avoid the ocean.
The odds of a woman being sexually assaulted in her lifetime are 1 in 6, but if she doesn't feel safe around strange men she's a stereotyping bitch.
Strange old world we live in.
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Gorgeous but mildly painful Bought these in Peacock, couldn't tell if they were green or blue but it's a pleasant shade of both. Ordered them in a size 7 which is currently too small because I tend to get swollen feet so I ended up buying a 2nd pair. Originally planned to try them on in Bluebird based on online availability but instead found an Apple pair. My first impression was... WOW. But a great wow. And they were in 7.5 so even though both sizes are too tight in front but loose in the back I decided to get the Apple color to actually wear for my wedding. (Also in store my other choices were Truffle, Lapis, Black, Ivory, & White (Too expensive for 1 pair imo). As someone who hates red shoes, this says a lot about the shoes, which to me screams vintage, glamour, classic, and elegance. The only negatives would be, they seem to run small, I had tried on a 7 originally and it fit great. Not so much when new. The bad, for me at least is that the shoes pinch and feel very tight around the front but my heels flop out in the back. The ladies at the store recommended I get heel liners and so far they work. For the most part. The best part is, I can wear these shoes more than once! August 25, 2014
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A Pre-Earnings Look At The Banking Environment
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As we sputter toward earnings season for big banks, it bears noting that the average American bank stock is still trading 58% below its level of February, 2007. That is despite an average 24% advance thus far in 2012. What has been clear since the bottom of the market in early 2009 is that the banking industry has some clear winners and losers, and some that are stuck somewhere in the middle. Regulatory changes have put additional stress on the sector. Before the release of third quarter earnings, I wanted to look at the industry as opposed to specific companies to see what has separated the winners from the losers, and what the near term future is likely to hold.
The numbers we are talking about are staggering. Between February, 2007 and February, 2009, the S&P 500 Financial Index lost nearly $2.5 trillion in value. Between 2007 and 2009, the finance companies in that index wrote down $2.1 trillion of bad loans.
In the here and now, what I believe will separate winners from losers is any institution's focus on traditional banking activities. These winning banks have expansive domestic branch networks, limited trading operations or foreign assets, and a focus on growing their loan portfolios. Losers are either still encumbered either in reality or psychologically from the trauma of late last decade, have substantial trading operations, or substantial exposure to uncertain European economies.
Among the biggest banks, winners have included Wells Fargo (WFC) and U.S. Bancorp (USB). Each of these came through the recessionary years relatively unscathed, picked up other troubled banks on the cheap, and grew without sacrificing profitability. Each sport returns on assets well over 1% every quarter, have generous reserves established, and competitive, or better, efficiency ratios. Each pays an above average dividend yield, to boot.
The fact that banks have been under pressure to devote their profits first, toward increased equity, and second, toward returns to shareholders has been, in my opinion, a hindrance against the recovery of the larger economy. If the cumulative hundreds of billions of dollars had been reinvested in the economy rather than reinvested in balance sheets and taxable dividends, who knows how much better off the "Main Streets" might be today.
There have been recent reports of something I believe endemic to the banking industry. That is, the manipulation of earnings for reporting reasons. Nearly all large banks over reserved for loan losses last decade, allowing the falsely positive earnings reports we have seen resulting from cuts in loan loss provisions and reversals in those reserve provisions the past two years. Revaluations of credit and debit portfolios is another way to manipulate income. It would not surprise me that more than 20% of banks "cook their books" for reporting purposes.
Of course, there are numerous other regional banks on the winning side of the equation. North Carolina based BB&T (NYSE: BBT) claims it never wanted TARP funds, but was forced to accept the investment. In addition to its ownership of a burgeoning insurance agency, BB&T's loans outstanding grew by $8 billion, or 8% from June 30, 2011 to June 30, 2012. Every bank is having issues with margin pressure as interest rates remain artificially depressed. Loan growth is therefore the only way to increase, or even maintain net interest revenue.
Bank of Hawaii (NYSE: BOH) is another smaller regional bank with a winning formula. Not once as far back as I can track, since 1997 has it ever had a return on assets of less than one percent. By its own standards, it has not truly recovered from the recession, and its returns in recent years have been far closer to 1.0% than its historical average of about 1.6%. Therefore, this bank has room for improvement. In the near term, pressures on the bank's ability to maintain its interest margin will make earnings increases difficult. But management has been buying back shares and its dividend yield of near 4% will provide support in the near term. In the long run, the tourism and real estate that support much of the Hawaiian economy will eventually recover. I like Bank of Hawaii for income oriented investors.
On the rougher side, we have the big losers of the last five years; Citigroup (NYSE: C) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). These institutions are now selling for about 95% less and 85% less, respectively, of their early 2007 stock prices. And though both may be in for a bounce if their earnings can stabilize beyond one-time factors, it will still be years before either approaches the levels of profitability and stock valuation they enjoyed last decade. Also, most of the nation's larger banks have either recently settled or been sued civilly for mortgage fraud stemming from last decade's excesses. Both Citigroup and Bank of America have some appeal, but only for the risk tolerant investor.
Between these winners and losers are the banks that suffered mightily late last decade, but have shown a comeback toward historic levels of profitability. Among the top twenty American based banks by assets, I put PNC Financial Services (PNC) and Fifth Third (FITB) among the banks in that group. Both of these banks have managed to reestablish profitability above a 1% return on assets of late, yet there are clear signs of stress from these banks about their near term profitability due to the long term interest rate environment. It will be a fun earnings season, and as banks release earnings, the quality of their bottom lines will be every bit as important as the quantity. Interest rates are not going up any time soon, and how banks manage to maintain interest income will be key going forward.
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