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Empire State IPO could be a big deal
Malkin is pushing for the second-largest REIT offering in history.
By Jonathan Heller
In what might be the most heralded IPO since Facebook (FB) went public last May, the push by Malkin Properties to take the Empire State Building public continues.
Malkin acquired what might be one of the most famous buildings in America in 1961 for $57.5 million, and now has a 15.4% stake in what is part of an ownership group of 2889 (as of Dec. 31) known as Empire State Building Associates L.L.C.
In order to proceed with the offering, which would also include several other New York City buildings, the Malkin contingency needs the approval of 80% of the current owners, which it is still pursuing.
There are few buildings more iconic than the Empire State Building, which was completed in 1931 at a reported cost of about $41 million.
Prior to the completion of the World Trade Center in 1972, it was the tallest building in the U.S. The building itself occupies the entire block front between 33rd and 34th street on Fifth Avenue. With 102 floors and 2.248 million square feet, it's an incredibly valuable piece of real estate, with a recent appraised value of $2.53 billion, located in one of the most desirable and expensive real estate markets in the U.S., and perhaps the world.
According to Empire State Building Association SEC filings, the building was 69% occupied by 256 tenants as of year-end 2012. (Empire State Building Associates does not operate the property, but subleases it to Empire State Building Company L.L.C. owned by the estate of Leona Helmsley.) Total 2012 revenue was $34.4 million, with net income of $10.6 million. The building, land and improvements are carried on the books at $149.6 million net of depreciation.
Assuming that the requisite number of partners approve of the IPO plan, the building would be packaged with 17 other New York City and Connecticut properties to form the Empire State Realty Trust, with 8.3 million rentable square feet. While the Empire State Building would be the crown jewel, the other properties have a combined appraised value of $2.705 billion, putting the total appraised value at more than $5.235 billion. Pro-forma financial statements for this massive REIT show 2011 revenue of $488 million, and net income of $52 million.
If the plan moves forward for what would reportedly be the second largest U.S. REIT initial public offering, the interest should be huge. Some investors may clamor to own a piece of the Empire State Building, and trading action could be very interesting.
I'll no doubt be on the sidelines watching the action. As a value investor, I like finding opportunities to own real estate, but it's usually not a centerpiece asset of a particular company, as it would be in this case.
Take Saks (SKS) for instance. Best known for its high-end retail business, the company is real estate rich, in particular owning an incredibly valuable piece of real estate on Fifth Avenue in New York, a fact that was perhaps overlooked as the market pushed the stock below $2 back in early 2009.
I'll wait until the dust settles on this one, if indeed it ever comes to market.
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but i will miss the fries.
had a few close calls last night, but i controlled myself! i made my boyfriend a little 'care package' because he had surgery on his shoulder yesterday, and included in it was a heart-shaped box of reeses [our favorite]. i had this ridiculous urge to have a few from the box, but i forced myself not to because a) i didn't need a bunch of chocolate and b) its kiiiind of rude to give someone a gift and open it and eat part of it!
while at the grocery store i felt very overwhelmed and borderline upset at seeing all the food. i struggle every day with not binging and being around all these things i want to eat but cant is kind of frustrating. but i remind myself that these things are bad for me and do not make me feel good mentally or physically, and that makes it much easier to not touch anything in there.
i think im going to make it a goal to never eat mcdonalds again. ive been wanting to steer away from it for a while now but for some reason always end up going back at some point, and i really want to never do that again. quitting the fries will be the toughest part, but im gonna give it a shot; i don't want that crap in my body!
I love being 'good' full. You know, when you just ate something awesome like a fruit salad or a bunch of veggies or some good chicken and have drank lots of water and you feel full but it's not a GROSS full. It's not the kind of full where you just binged on a ton of chocolate or over-did it at McDonalds or something similarly crappy that you know wasn't a good idea but you did it anyway and now you feel like ass. It's good feeling full of stuff you know will benefit you, and tasted good, too.
Sometimes—and by 'sometimes' I mean always around the time of my period—I get tired of eating all healthy, all the time. Sometimes, although it is rare, I want to go binge. I want to eat a Big Mac, or get a pint of Ben & Jerry's or two [it's been known to happen], or over-eat on purpose just because I can.
And when I get like that, I always try to justify it by mentally and defiantly insisting, who cares? I'm just going to eat this, who cares? If I shove all of this in my mouth, who cares? It's one binge. It's just a bunch of food. It's not a big deal, so who cares?
I care, that's who. And if I'm the most important person to me, then where do I get off saying who cares? I do. That binge is only hurting me. It's setting me back from my goal. It's making me feel bloated and sick from eating too much, and it's giving me a headache from consuming too much sugar, and it's ruining my energy levels. And it's making me sad that I'm getting in the way of myself improving.
So, yeah, sometimes a binge will take place. I can't be perfect and neither can you. But the next time I go to do it, and I think to myself, who cares, it's just once, I'll remind myself of this: you care.
I spent a large part of my day today with my mom and got a ton of walking in while doing so, so I'm happy. But I'm happier because we stopped by McDonalds so she could pick something up for her and my brother, and I stuck with a small cup of hot oatmeal and fruit.
It was hard to not get the fries—the burgers don't do it for me so much but those fries will always have my heart—but I was pleased with my choice and didn't feel gross and bloated afterwards, so that's a win.
My mom was pressuring me to get a fruit drink, but I told her it wasn't worth it; I stand by my thoughts on not drinking my calories when I could be eating them instead. She said something along the lines of, "It's a lemonade drink, how many calories could it be?" but I wasn't fooled by it…and after checking out the calories [380] I'm glad that I didn't waste that on a tiny drink.
But if I do, I want to really commit to it:
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at band camp, a few years ago, I said I was going to be a vegetarian…and 3 hours later went to McDonalds and got a burger. WTF?!
I mean, that wouldn't happen this time, but if I do it I really want to do it. I've been researching and talking to current [and past!] vegetarians and feel like I'm getting closer to making the step towards it.
Any thoughts/tips/encouragement/discouragement/opinions/anything else you might wanna say just to say it because why the hell not??
I ate McDonalds the night before last night, which makes me want to punch a baby [not really. Calm yourself.] but I was way below my calories for the day and had no time to eat dinner, so I put Satan's burger in my mouth. I. KNOW.
It was 2 tiny-ass cheeseburgers and fries. Not good, I know, but it was either that or no dinner, and crap food is better than no food when you're that low, so I did it. Plus, I will not hate on those fries; McDonalds fries are effing good. If loving them is wrong then my heart won't let me be right.
Feel the love, though: as I was shoving fries into my mouth and bitching about an earlier fight with my mom, I said to my friend, "I'm so irritated that I'm eating this. And now I have to blog about it, goddammit. I can't lie on the blog!"
So there you have it. My poor food choice for the week. I'll slap myself on the hand….or I just won't do it again for awhile.
i had a conversation about how amazing mcdonalds breakfast is the other day, and now that i'm fully in weight-loss-mode i automatically wondered how many calories are in an egg mcmuffin; before that would never have crossed my mind.
500 calories for large fries?! way to ruin my LIFE.
300 for the egg mcmuffin wouldnt seem so bad if i didnt demolish that in .5 seconds!
not like i wasnt expecting it to be bad, because i was; it's mcdonalds, of course it wasnt gonna be pretty. but still. porque, mcdonalds?!
yesterday i sat down and wrote out what i used to eat in a typical day, before i began my weight-loss journey on august 4th, 2010. after adding up everything, i realized that i was eating over 3000 calories per day on a regular day.
the mini-pizzas that i write about all the time—if loving them is wrong then i don't wanna be right—are 560 calories. on a normal day, i was eating 4 of those. um, sometimes more, since we're being honest here. that's 2240 calories on mini-pizzas ALONE, and i just considered those to be a snack. i wasn't even eating those as an entire meal. i'd eat them with something else entirely, like a sandwich or a bagel.
or i'd eat 3 or 4 of those and go get taco bell with one of my friends. we were eating taco bell literally every day for over a month; it was like a joke to us. as soon as we'd meet up we'd head directly over. i've eaten both taco bell and mcdonalds in one day, multiple times.
i'm glad things have changed.
you feel 100 times better when you pig out on healthy stuff than you do when you eat a load of crap. keep that in mind next time you want something like mcdonalds or one of your beloved mini pizzas, cuz they ain't that good.
i've been hungry for the past 2 hours or so. well, not actually HUNGRY—it's that fake hunger thing where someone said "mcdonalds" in front of me and i was immediately like i want mcdonalds when 5 seconds before, i was perfectly fine.
i had a big and amazing dinner and ate steadily throughout the day today so i'm trying to convince myself that no, i do not need food and it's just in my head.
i'm gonna drink some water and go to sleep and wake up glad that i made the decision not to eat anything!
i think it's really important to congratulate yourself even on the smallest weight-loss victories, on the scale and off. NSVs are equally as important as seeing the numbers drop.
i was pleased with myself today because i got a craving for fries from mcdonalds [which i'm obsessed with. say what you want about the other food on the menu, those fries are freaking good] and talked myself out of it. i don't need to spend the money on that or spend the calories on something so unhealthy, so i'm glad i didnt do it.
i think you need to pat yourself on the back as often as possible. you're the one embarking on the weight-loss journey, so in my opinion it's very important to be your biggest cheerleader.
at the end of the day you're the one feeling the changes and seeing every little difference in your body. you need to keep your spirits up and not allow yourself to be consumed with or depressed by the process.
nobody else can do that for you, so step up!
yesterday! no i'm not freaking out, no i'm not going into some downward binging spiral, no it's not a big deal.
it was one day of eating crappy food and no worries, i'm not doing it again. i haven't done it in months. and yes, i did use the excuse of halloween weekend—sorry, but it's my favorite holiday. actually, halloween is just my favorite DAY, period. but it won't be happening again, so i'm not going to feel bad about it.
today i go to laura's to work on our costumes for tonight. we were struggling a bit yesterday because we're making every part of them ourselves and thought it'd be way easier than it actually is—mistake #1! but today we're determined to get it done and make it look good, so whatever; tonight will be fun =]
i've eaten cereal for breakfast and i'm about to bring some grapes to laura's so i've got something healthy. next week i plan on exercising hardcore every day; i want the last 5 lbs gone so i can only be 5 from my goal. today, i'll just focus on getting my headband done! hope everyone has fun tonight <3
A friend and I went hiking today and we discussed binging for a few minutes before moving on to other weight issues. The topic of binging hits close to home for me though because it was just 2 short months ago that I was binging on a daily basis. Binging is the reason I've put on 30 pounds and binging, to be honest, is something I enjoyed doing.
Portion control is hard for me. I hate it. I don't want to do it. I want to go back for seconds or thirds or sometimes even fourths of something, I want to eat 2 pints of Ben & Jerry's in one sitting and I want to have fries from McDonalds with a burrito from Taco Bell with a beer in hand too […that made me sound like I'm some fat GUY but whatever, it's true].
So I guess now it's a matter of choice: what do I want more? Do I want a burger or three [okayyyy, or five—that's more like what I was doing] or do I want my old body back? Do I want to be in shape? Do I want to feel light again? Do I want to be able to breathe when I walk up a freakin flight of stairs?
Yes. So I'll keep driving past McDonalds and I'll say no thanks to the beer and I'll keep my distance from Ben and Jerry and when I finally feel good again I can be so glad that I did.
I decided to hop on the scale again today—not sure why, since I'm not a big scale user but I told myself last week that I'd start weighing myself regularly—and I've lost 3 pounds since Wednesday.
I don't have patience [seriously, none of it] and so I'm one of those people who gets frustrated about a week in of trying to lose weight because I'm not seeing the progress I want, even though I logically know that no results will really be showing before 2. So I'm glad I got on the scale today, because even though I can't see a 3 pound loss on me, at least I know I'm under 140 now and 3 pounds closer to where I want to be.
Those 3 pounds being gone were really encouraging! I saw a McDonalds bag in my car later [gross, Tara, how long has THAT been there?!] and normally, my first thought would be to go get some fries. Today, my first instinct was to want to beat the scale next week too.
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VIRGINIA BEACH-Second District Congressman Scott Rigell is promising energy independence for America and 18,000 new jobs for Hampton Roads with his new "Virginia Jobs and Energy Act."
The measure would compel the Interior Department to open up Virginia's coastal waters 50 miles off-shore to oil and natural gas drilling. The measure mandates that 37.5 percent of any federal government revenue be shared with the Commonwealth.
"There's a tremendous amount of opportunity for oil independence, job creation and really, better tax revenues we need for better roads and better schools right off the coast of Virginia," Rigell said.
The exploration and drilling could take place within proximity of crucial Navy training in the Atlantic Ocean, but so far neither U.S. Fleet Forces Command nor the Navy's Chief of Information Office has commented on Rigell's bill, telling 13News it is simply too premature.
But some Virginia Beach residents say they are concerned about compromising national security and about threats to the environment if there were ever to be an oil spill.
"I think to have the jobs created out here, that would be fabulous. But we have to think also of our military here and the possible spillage," said Susie Morris.
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U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart came through a side door at the Sweet Library in Salt Lake City's Avenues district and took the podium to face a mostly polite but intense audience wanting answers about his positions on environmental issues, immigration reform, the Affordable Care Act and Syria.
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Stewart has been criticized by environmentalists and health care professionals for his skepticism about climate change science and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
"Some of you may disagree," he said Wednesday. "I respect you for that. I want to understand what's important to you."
With that, one person asked Stewart to explain his opposition to the ACA, passed by Congress and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
"I think the ACA is one of the worst pieces of legislation ever," Stewart said, adding that jobs created over the past four years have an inverse ratio of part-time jobs created.
"If you're an employer, you can hire two part-time employees instead of one with insurance," he said. "But you can't raise a family on one or two part-time jobs. That's one example where I think the legislation has failed."
Still, he said he understands that if someone can't get coverage because of a preexisting condition, "we have to fix that."
"What's your plan?" asked a man in the audience.
"Frankly, the Republicans over the past 10 years have dropped the ball on articulating a plan," said Stewart, a first-term representative of Utah's 2nd Congressional District.
During a meeting Wednesday with insurance providers, he said, one topic was tort reform, which would place limits on the kind and amount of damages awarded in personal injury lawsuits.
Such reform could reduce the cost of health coverage by 10 to 20 percent, Stewart said.
On the environmental issue, one person told Stewart the Avenues community had many educated people, many with science backgrounds, and what would he do to represent them?
"We met with some leaders earlier this afternoon and I said, 'I don't understand. I'm a caricature created in the media … I want to tear apart the EPA and roll back scientific progress. I never said 'junk science.'
"The only thing we said is, before the EPA creates new rules that would cost $90 billion, show us the evidence," said Stewart, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Environment.
As for immigration, those who back reform agree with Stewart that undocumented immigrants should not be deported and should be given legal status. However, they oppose his position that such people should never be granted citizenship or the right to vote.
But Tony Yapias of the advocacy group Proyecto Latina de Utah said, "we want people to earn a path to citizenship. What can we do?"
"We're going to have to agree to disagree," Stewart said, adding that if a person entered illegally, he or she was living here illegally and "probably did illegal things," such as obtaining a false Social Security number.
"If we're insistent on a special path to citizenship, this legislation [before Congress] is going to die," he said. "Better to do permanent residency."
On the United States' position on Syria, particularly with the chemical weapons that many believe the Assad regime used on civilians last month, Stewart, a former Air Force pilot, said U.S. policy is "clearly ill-defined."
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"Education: Igniting the Flames of Change"
2014 Sam and Marilyn Fox ATLAS Week Program
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The Fourteenth Annual Sam and Marilyn Fox Atlas Week program will be held the week of March 31st - April 4th,, 2014. One of the main goals of the Atlas Program is to increase awareness of the global issues that confront us today in an effort not only to promote discussion, but also to inspire and inform action. It focuses on what we as global citizens can do to contribute to a better life for all people now and in the future. The Atlas Program is unique in that for one week of the year, it brings together members of the University community to focus on the global challenges that confront us in the 21st century.
The theme for the 2014 Atlas Program is "Education: Igniting the Flames of Change." The Atlas Planning Committee is pleased to announce that Shabana Basij-Rasikh will deliver the keynote address at the Atlas Week Signature Symposium on Thursday, April 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the Wool Ballrooms of the Busch Student Center. She will be visiting SLU for two days (April 2nd and 3rd) to share her advocacy efforts and her inside views on Afghanistan.
Shabana is co-founder and president of SOLA (School of Leadership, Afghanistan), a nonprofit that helps exceptional young Afghan women access education worldwide and jobs back home. SOLA is also the first, and perhaps the only, girls' boarding school in Afghanistan.
Born and raised in Kabul, Shabana finished high school in the U.S. through the State Department's Youth Exchange Studies program. She went on to attend Middlebury College, graduating magna cum laude in International Studies and Women & Gender Studies in 2011.
In college, she founded HELA, a non-profit to empower Afghan women through education. She also raised funds across the U.S. to build a high school for girls in her ancestral village, and wells in the outskirts of Kabul. In 2011, Shabana received the Vermont Campus Compact Award for Outstanding Public Service. In 2011-2012, Shabana was the National Gender Mainstreaming Advisor at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in Kabul.
Shabana co-founded SOLA in 2008 with four students. Today, 23 girls and 2 boys aged 11 to 22 represent all major ethnic groups, religious sects and tribes, and half of Afghan provinces in SOLA's preparatory program in Kabul. SOLA scholars attend boarding schools, colleges and graduate programs in the U.S. and around the world, including Bates, Loomis Chaffee, Middlebury, Mt. Holyoke, Northfield Mt. Hermon, Smith, and Tufts.
SOLA's mission is to provide these future leaders of Afghanistan with global educational opportunities so that they can-and will-return home to develop Afghan solutions to Afghan problems.
Over the next five years, Shabana plans to grow SOLA into a world-class, accredited boarding school with 340 students from all Afghan provinces. The strength of her vision for advancing Afghanistan, drawing on her personal story and that of the school she founded, have propelled her onto the world stage.
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Would you pay 4% of your future income for 20 years in exchange for a free college tuition? That's the basics of a plan called the SMART Act (nicknamed Pay It Forward) being considered by Lansing Lawmakers. Is it a great bargain for those who want a quality education? Or is a deal that's too good to be true? Here to debate it is State Rep. Dave Knezek (D-Dearborn Heights), the bill's sponsor, and Audrey Spalding, Education Director for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. They also go head to head on the state's effort to expand the Education Achievement Authority.
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I need your help here, folks. Somewhere, with regards to the repair stop of Tele, I read that suspending the race only works for 12 hours. So, what's the story behind Camper's stay at Puerto Montt? It will certainly take longer than 12 hours, but AFAIK, they want to re-join the race after the repairs are finished. ???
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When many birders go out looking at shorebirds, they see a distant
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A guide that helps intermediate birders advance their skills by teaching principles that apply to all groups of birds in addition to details about the most challenging groups to identify.
Birders can memorize hundreds of details and still not be able to identify birds if they donand#8217;t really understand whatand#8217;s in front of them.Today birders have access to almost too much information, and their attempts to identify birds can be drowned out by excess detail. The all-new Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding takes a different approach, clarifying the basics and providing a framework for learning about each group. Overall principles of identification are explained in clear language, and ten chapters on specific groups of birds show how these principles can be applied in practice. Anyone with a keen interest in identifying birds will find that this book makes the learning process more effective and enjoyable, and that truly understanding what we see and hear can make birding more fun.
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KENN KAUFMAN is the originator of the Kaufman Field Guide series and author of Lives of North American Birds, Kingbird Highway, and Flights Against the Sunset, among other books.andnbsp;Long recognized as an expert on bird identification, he has been teaching popular workshops on the subject since 1980 and has written hundreds of ID articles for Birder's World, American Birds, and other publications.andnbsp;A field editor for Audubon and a contributor to every major birding magazine, he has also led nature tours on all seven continents.andnbsp;He and his wife, Kimberly, make their home in northwestern Ohio.
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Editorand#8217;s Note: Learning from the Birds 5
1. An Integrated Approach to Field Identification of Birds 6
2. Principles and Pitfalls of Field Identification 18
3. How Birds Are Built: Terminology and Bird Topography 44
4. Plumages, Molt, and Wear: Understanding What You See 74
5. Behavior and Voice: Understanding and Using Them
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6. Identification Beyond the Species Level 106
7. Techniques and Resources for Learning Bird Identification 130
8. Learning to Identify Waterfowl 141
9. The Scaup 160
10. The Winter Loons 168
11. Learning to Identify Seabirds 182
12. Learning to Identify Herons and Egrets 186
13. Learning to Identify the Diurnal Raptors 188
14. The Accipiters 198
15. Learning to Identify Shorebirds 210
16. The Small Calidris Sandpipers 226
17. Learning to Identify Gulls 242
18. Learning to Identify Terns 272
19. The Medium-sized Terns 285
20. The Jaegers 300
21. Learning to Identify Owls 316
22. Learning to Identify Hummingbirds 318
23. The Challenging Small Hummingbirds 330
24. Learning to Identify Woodpeckers 342
25. Learning to Identify Tyrant Flycatchers 344
26. The Empidonax Flycatchers 347
27. Learning to Identify Swallows 388
28. Learning to Identify Warblers 390
29. The Blackpoll Trio 412
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|Appeared in his first full AHL season with Norfolk in 2012-13, going 11-17-0 with two shutouts, a 3.13 GAA and .906 SV% in 28 games…ranked second among AHL goaltenders in shootout SV% (.864, 19-of-22) with a minimum of 10 attempts against…was second on Norfolk in wins, GAA and SV%…was recalled on Apr. 5 and backed up Viktor Fasth that night vs. Dallas…was reassigned to Norfolk, Apr. 8…was also recalled on Apr. 19 and returned to the Admirals on Apr. 24 without making an appearance…opened the season on a three-game winning streak, going 3-0-0 with a 2.22 GAA and .938 SV% from Oct. 13-28…capped the streak by recording his first career AHL shutout on Oct. 28 @ St. John's, stopping all 38 shots…appeared in his second OHL season with Kingston in 2011-12, posting a 17-32-6 record with one shutout, a 3.64 GAA and .902 SV% in 58 games…ranked fourth among OHL goaltenders in appearances…recorded his first career shutout in a 7-0 win on Nov. 11 vs. Oshawa, stopping all 31 shots faced…was assigned to Syracuse (AHL) following the completion of the OHL regular season…went 2-1-1 with a 2.68 GAA and .913 SV% in four AHL games…stopped 22-of-23 shots for a 5-4 shootout victory in his AHL season debut, Mar. 23 vs. St. John's…played his first North American season with London (OHL) in 2010-11, going 4-10-0 with a 4.12 GAA and .874 GAA in 21 appearances…earned his first career OHL win with a 6-3 victory, Oct. 23 @ Peterborough, stopping 29-of-32 shots…also appeared in three OHL Playoff games, going 0-0 with a 4.16 GAA…following London's season, joined Syracuse for two games, posting a 2-0-0 record with a 3.51 GAA and .917 SV%…made his professional debut on Apr. 7 vs. Norfolk, stopping 40-of-43 shots for a 5-3 victory…turned away 30-of-34 shots for his second career AHL win, Apr. 9 vs. Norfolk…helped lead Russia to gold at the 2011 IIHF World Juniors by stopping all 20 shots faced in relief en route to a 5-3 championship win over Canada, Jan. 5…for his efforts, was named Russia's Player of the Game in the decisive medal win…was signed by Anaheim to a three-year entry-level contract, Oct. 12…appeared in 14 contests with Magnitogorsk of the Russian junior league in 2009-10, posting an 8-1 record with a 2.71 GAA and two shutouts…helped lead his club to the league championship in April…was Russia's starting goalie at the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship in Saskatchewan…in six contests, went 3-3 with one shutout, a 2.45 GAA and .925 SV%...led all tournament goaltenders in SV%...in 2008-09, played in 29 games for Metallurg Magnitogorsk's (KHL) junior club and 14 games for Metallurg-2…was the starting goaltender for Team Russia at the 2009 U-18 World Championship in Fargo, ND…was named the top goaltender of the tournament after posting a 5-2 record with 3.33 GAA (20 GA/360 MIN) and .927 SV% (254-of-274)…also participated in the Six Nations Tournament in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, recording a 2.83 GAA (5 GA/106 MIN) in three games.


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Shigeru Mizuki's 'Showa' Is a Melting Pot of Manga, Photo Realism, Memoir & Narrative History
A Japanese period of heightened tension, military marches, and personal discovery.
Thursday, August 29 2013
'Savage Continent' Explodes the Myths Behind the 'Greatest Generation'
Keith Lowe has synthesized the latest scholarship to explore the unprecedented physical and moral destruction of Europe after World War II.
Monday, June 10 2013
Why 'Game of Thrones' Matters
George R.R. Martin's series looks and feels like a historical drama, except the audience doesn't know how the story will turn out. Martin's 'fantasy' is preoccupied with power -- its relations, differentials and dynamics -- because he's interested in the way 'history' is really made.
Thursday, November 3 2011
'Masters of Doom' A Great Man History of Gaming
In recounting the rise of John Carmack and John Romero, Masters of Doom chronicles two of video games' most influential creators and documents pivotal years in the medium's history.
Thursday, October 20 2011
'The Origins of Political Order' Is Delightfully Bipartisan and Sure to Raise Eyebrows
The esteemed political scientist's latest book provides a thought-provoking look at the political history of past civilizations, and is sure to offer plenty of fodder for conversations about the present.
Thursday, September 8 2011
Telling Hamlet What to Do: Video Games, Art, and Cultural Hierarchies
Games have not stumbled upon a new way of creating and interacting with art, they have rediscovered an older system.
Thursday, July 28 2011
Youth in the Age of 'Mortal Kombat'
Musings on Mortal Kombat's cultural significance from a biased observer. As absurd as it might sound, Mortal Kombat was a formative experience for me, both in terms of my relationship to video games and my broader cultural and political identities.
Sunday, May 22 2011
Gazing upon the Bitch-goddess of Quantification: 'The Information'
We are drowning in a sea of information. Shall we stop to count the waves, or try to make sense of it all? The first of these two is the way of information theory.
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'Revolutionary Deists': Fanatics for a Reason
The story of deism proves that America has never been, in an absolute sense, a Christian nation.


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In the grim economic news of trade deficits and recession, stories of American businesses that successfully sell innovative energy-saving and cost-saving products and services to the rest of the world are often overlooked. One such company is Environmental Dynamics, Inc., known as EDI, of Columbia, Missouri, whose company goal is to save energy with environmentally friendly processes. Founded in 1975, more than 50% of EDI's products and services are exported to more than 90 countries around the world. A leader in energy conservation for others, they also run a "green" plant themselves, recycling all dropped PVC in the plant and producing no toxic waste.
EDI has achieved success and has become an employer of 120 people through innovative designs, conservation of natural resources, flexibility, and adaptability. The company thinks of themselves as "solution providers", uniquely able to evaluate the customers' problems and recommending the right solution. They sell customized engineered aeration and biological water and wastewater treatment solutions, specializing in treating the waste stream while reducing the amount of energy that wastewater treatment uses over the life of the plant. This insures that after a few years, the customer has more than recouped the initial purchase cost. We seldom think about it, but wastewater treatment in the U.S. accounts for more than four percent of overall energy consumption with the percentage being higher in other countries. The potential 50% energy savings is a huge benefit.
The company is so successful because they lead in research of aeration solutions. They capture the synergy of being close to the University of Missouri in Columbia and the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, by training and later employing student interns and sharing some of the universities' equipment and resources for testing and research and development
EDI specializes in equipment that produces smaller bubbles for aeration resulting in a greater surface area and less energy consumption. They use engineering technology to tailor systems to the environment; for example, traditional PVC pipe would melt in the Saudi Arabian desert so other materials are used to withstand the heat. Various system designs can be further customized to the clients' needs. The company specializes in lagoon systems and conventional concrete wastewater treatment facilities.
EDI became a leader in wastewater technology by overcoming many challenges. Initially, EDI had entrenched competitors. Some contracts required a history of their technical expertise and product performance with some contracts required their systems be in place for more than five years to show the effectiveness. They confronted trade barriers, customs and duties, and currency trading issues. Shipping became a challenge because their systems are light and bulky. When competing in other countries, they must prove their technological capabilities beyond those of local alternatives and ultimately prove cost and energy savings. They can do this by providing a wider range of solutions for various applications. The requirement for bonding of contracts was another detriment restricting growth, a factor that is being overcome through the help of the SBA offices.
In the last few years, EDI has expanded to new offices in the United Kingdom, Beijing China, and Mumbai India. Thinking forward, they locked up the domain name "wastewater.com" early and EDI uses this powerful domain name as a portal to global marketing and communication.
The company is successful in part because of the owners' background diversity. The company was founded by Chuck Tharp and a cousin whom he bought out after a couple of years. Now it is owned by Chuck and his wife Margaret, Randall Chann, David Capron, Glen Wylie, and Fred McCabe. Their backgrounds are in civil and environmental engineering, business administration, biological science, and accounting.
Success comes with help along the way—EDI secured a guaranteed SBA 7(a) loan of $225,000 in February of 1980, when they employed only five people. In July 1993, they received an SBA 504 loan of $382,000, enabling them to finance a move to their present facility which houses 120 employees. They have also received help from SBA's Export Assistance Office and attended SBA workshops over the years.
EDI received the Presidential E award in 2002 and the 2007 Presidential "E Star" award, which recognizes companies which contribute significantly in the effort to increase United States exports. This is especially noteworthy in a time when you can't turn on the evening news without hearing about the trade deficit and the loss of US manufacturing capability in the global economy.
A good corporate neighbor, EDI has partnered with the United Way, participated in the Buddy Pack program with the Central Missouri Food Bank, and they just signed up to adopt the highway outside their office.
Today, EDI is the second largest producer of wastewater aeration systems in the world—and they are nipping at the heels of the current leader. These "wastewater doctors" exemplify the best of American innovation, ingenuity, and perseverance. Companies like EDI will lead the nation in reversing the trade imbalance and bringing U.S. technology to the rest of the world.


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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Peace Arch port of entry interdicted a 38-year-old North Vancouver, British Columbia, man attempting to smuggle bulk currency into the United States concealed within his sports utility vehicle.
John Mohammadi was taken into custody on September 19 after CBP officers discovered a secret compartment in the rear of his 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe. When the compartment was pried open, a visual inspection revealed two heavily wrapped unmarked bundles the contents of which were not immediately identifiable.
A CBP Weapons and Currency Detection Dog (WCDD) team responded to the Peace Arch and conducted an inspection of the vehicle which resulted in a positive alert. The packages were removed and a total of $350,000 was discovered.
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Atheism : Defining yourself According to the Non-existence of God is validating its conceptual existence
It's fascinating to have a group of human beings defining themselves according to the Non-Existence of God, which by definition creates a proper place for God to exist, otherwise How would an a.theist - a=without theos= god exist?
Common sense is absolutely neglected for the sake of keeping some stimulating entertainment in place, such as what denying god and being an atheist has become.
What is there beyond god and opposing it for an atheist?
Another religion, another consequence from the desire to overpower god through the typical mechanical bashing of a point to gain a sense of power from it. Machines thrive on energy sucking from another life form - is that all that we are?
Illustrate yourself here: Are Atheists Prisoners of the Mind as Well?
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Dr. Mirabelli's medical practice includes treatment of tendonitis, overuse injuries, osteoarthritis, acute sports trauma, and medical management for athletes with concussion, asthma, hypertension, skin problems, and other medical conditions. He treats patients from the youngest athletes to seniors of any age. Dr. Mirabelli is a Medical Consultant to regional professional and college sports teams. He also serves as the supervising physician for University Sports Medicine athletic trainers at several area high schools. He was also a team physician for several professional and college teams while in Cleveland.
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Rescued from VHS: Ronnie Spector and Darlene Love Christmas duet
In 1963, producer Phil Spector assembled a group of the artists on his record label and released the very first rock 'n' roll Christmas album.
Spector was a notoriously difficult personality, and yeah, he would eventually be convicted of murder.
But we got Darlene Love to talk about all of this on our holiday edition of the Metro Monthly Music Podcast, so we don't need to rehash all of that here.
What we're here to rehash is this 80s-tacular medley of some of the best songs on that compilation. So much hair! So many mustard-colored suits! So shoulder-pad-tastic! And to top it all off, Philip Michael Thomas, who played Tubbs on the hit show "Miami Vice," (you do remember that, don't you?) was the host of whatever this amazing special was.
What star-power! Who cares if their fashion choices are ill-advised, this is the holiday season, and part of the spirit is to forgive, right?
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STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) - The three defendants involved in the improper spending of a missing woman's Social Security checks had their court hearings delayed. Ronald and Dolores Disher and Dolores' brother Charles Jost were supposed to have pre-trial conferences yesterday. Assistant District Attorney Veronica Isherwood says they are still waiting for key evidence results from a laboratory. "We're waiting for results from the crime lab, and it's put off until March 4th, 2013."
A Texas crime lab is examining bone fragments found on the Jost property to determine if they are possibly the human remains of either Marie Jost or her son Theodore Jost.
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Aug 31, 2012
Democrats outline convention scheduleBy Helene Cooper, The New York Times
Just when it seemed as if there could not possibly be any more red, white and blue speeches ringing across the airways from the convention floor, the Democrats are unveiling their counterpunch to the Republican show that has been under way all week in Tampa.Read more
Obama team sharpens attacks on rivals' characterBy Jackie Calmes, The New York Times
As the Obama campaign heads into its convention next week, Democrats see openings both to fill in unpopular details of Mitt Romney's agenda left unsaid by Republicans in Tampa this week and to raise new questions about Mr. Romney's character after widespread criticism of misstatements by him and his running mate, Paul D. Ryan.Read more
The risks of RomneynomicsBy Jim Tankersley, National Journal
It's not 1981 in America. Three decades after the Reagan Revolution, the country's economic problems have evolved. Economic data show this clearly — and so do polling data.Read more from National Journal
Dispatches From the Republican National ConventionBy John Dickerson, Slate Magazine
For those who didn't think that Mitt Romney has had to overcome obstacles: Clint Eastwood. The actor's 12-minute turn onstage at the Republican Convention was rambling and distracting. He spoke to an empty chair in which he pretended the president sat. A few times he pretended the president had suggested he and Romney have intercourse with themselves. Obama spokesperson Ben Labolt suggested that, as counter-programming, the Democrats next week would have Salvador Dali. President Obama got in on the fun by tweeting a picture of himself sitting in the Roosevelt Room chair. (This seat's taken.) The convention that had seemed snakebit at the start, with Hurricane Isaac and tropical storm Todd Akin, appeared to be ending on the same cursed note.Read more
Romney vows to deliver country from economic travailsBy Jeff Zeleny, The New York Times
Mitt Romney accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday by making a direct appeal to Americans who were captivated by President Obama's hopeful promises of change, pledging that he could deliver what the president did not and move the country from its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.Read more
Romney draws battle lines in GOP acceptance speechBy Dan Balz, The Washington Post
Mitt Romney claimed the Republican presidential nomination here Thursday night with a promise to restore the nation's economic strength and a critique of President Obama's record, which he said has turned hope and change into failure and disappointment for the nation's families.Read more
Aug 30, 2012
In Virginia, Obama sounds call for young votersBy Alexis Simendinger, Real Clear Politics
As President Obama wrapped up a two-day cross-country campaign jaunt targeted at college students, he offered a mild swipe at the GOP convention in Tampa -- and he voiced one request.Read more
The 'mad woman' behind the welfare attack adBy Beth Reinhard, National Journal
Campaign ad-makers, particularly those who dabble in the dark arts, can appear in the imaginations of their political opponents as Lex Luthor or Darth Vader.Read more from National Journal
Party takes risk on seniors planBy Janet Hook and Peter Nicholas, The Wall Street Journal
Rep. Paul Ryan signaled Wednesday that rather than running from Democratic attacks on Republican plans to overhaul Medicare, his party will carry the attack to President Barack Obama.Read more
Dispatches From the Republican National ConventionBy John Dickerson, Slate Magazine
Paul Ryan is supposed to be a wonk, but we've never really seen this side of him since he's become a vice presidential candidate. So far he has been an articulate Republican Party spokesperson for all of Barack Obama's failings. He hit his rhetorical height Wednesday night at the Republican convention when he unbuckled a long and stinging critique of the Obama administration and the Democratic Party. It was powerful, well received, and passionately delivered. The speech didn't require policy expertise, particularly. Indeed, an expert might feel compelled to avoid the series of inconsistencies and contradictions that were woven through Ryan's jeremiad.Read more
Paul Ryan promises GOP 'won't duck the tough issues'By Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post
Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin accepted the GOP nomination for vice president on Wednesday with a declaration that President Obama, who was elected four years ago on a promise of hope and change, has failed and his opportunity has been squandered.Read more
Aug 29, 2012
Obama courts the votes of a less-engaged youthBy Jackie Calmes, The New York Times
Annie Hartnett was not old enough to vote in 2008 when she volunteered for the Obama campaign at the University of Iowa, where an older sister was a student. Now 21 and a leader of the Iowa State University Democrats, she said she was as excited as she was four years ago to be working for President Obama — yet she struggled to describe something that is missing.Read more
GOP leaders are not sold on Ryan's trumpeted Medicare planBy Susan Davis, USA Today
The Republican Party has rallied around Paul Ryan's proposal to overhaul the Medicare system in its proposed budget, on the campaign trail and in the party's 2012 platform approved Tuesday, but top House and Senate leaders will not commit to enacting the proposal if the GOP takes control of Congress and the White House next year.Read more
Race-baiting hooks 2012 campaignBy John Harris and Maggie Haberman, Politico
During three-plus years of Barack Obama's presidency, neither he nor most top Republicans felt much desire to talk about race. Now, the three-plus days of the Republican National Convention in Tampa are being roiled by angry people in both parties eager to talk about race — and how the other side is trying exploit prejudice for political advantage.Read more
For Mitt Romney, the election hinges on the middle classBy Doyle McManus, The Los Angeles Times
The conventional wisdom is that this week's Republican National Convention needs to make Mitt Romney more "likable" — to replace his image as a frosty billionaire with the warmer (and, friends say, more accurate) picture of a family man, devout Mormon and private do-gooder.Read more
Romney clinches GOP nomination at convention; Ann Romney, Chris Christie speakBy Karen Tumulty and David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post
The Republican Party on Tuesday formally bestowed its presidential nomination on former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, launching its convention here with two goals: to make the GOP contender more appealing and to sharpen the case against giving President Obama a second term.Read more
Nomination Secure, Romney Pitch startsBy Jeff Zeleny, The New York Times
Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts who has aspired to reach the White House since his father first sought the office four decades ago, was nominated by the Republican Party here on Tuesday as its choice to become the 45th president of the United States.Read more
Aug 28, 2012
Mitt Romney RNC: GOP still frets about candidate's imageBy John Harris and Alexander Burns, Politico
Mitt Romney signaled in weekend interviews that he is brushing off advice that he attempt a public image makeover this week to make himself more likable and more connected to voters at the human level.Read more
Election is a test of competing worldviewsBy James Kitfield, National Journal
When President Obama and Mitt Romney meet in Boca Raton, Fla., on Oct. 22 to debate foreign policy, they will face a challenge to differentiate their positions beyond the now-familiar narratives.Read more from National Journal
Happy now for tea party help, GOP faces challengesBy Charles Babington, Associated Press
The Republican Party that's showing its face to America this week is a restless institution that relies heavily on the uncompromising passions of tea partyers, anti-immigration activists and social conservatives. It's a potent but unruly coalition that supplies vital energy today but poses serious challenges for the future.Read more


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(a) "Adjustment percentage" defined
As used in this section, the term "adjustment percentage" means, with respect to a fiscal year, the percentage (if any) by which—
(1) the average of the Consumer Price Index (as defined in section 1 (f)(5) of title 26) for the 1-year period ending on July 31 of the immediately preceding fiscal year; exceeds
(b) Fiscal years 1994 through 1998
In the case of each of fiscal years 1994 through 1998, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary for the cost of loans in the following amounts, for the following purposes:
(1) Electric hardship loans
(2) Electric municipal rate loans
(3) Telephone hardship loans
(c) Funding levels
The Secretary shall make insured loans under this subchapter for the purposes, in the amounts, and for the periods of time specified in subsection (b) of this section, as provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
(d) Availability of funds for insured loans
Amounts made available for loans under section 935 of this title are authorized to remain available until expended.
Source(May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title III, § 314, as added Pub. L. 101–508, title I, § 1201,Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–7; amended Pub. L. 103–129, § 2(b)(1),Nov. 1, 1993, 107 Stat. 1362; Pub. L. 103–354, title II, § 235(a)(13),Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3221.)
1994—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 103–354substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator".
1993—Pub. L. 103–129amended section generally, substituting provisions authorizing appropriations for the cost of electric hardship loans, electric municipal rate loans, telephone hardship loans, and telephone cost-of-money loans under section 935 of this title for fiscal years 1994 through 1998 for provisions directing the Administrator to make insured loans from the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund under section 931 of this title for fiscal years 1991 through 1995, to reduce the amounts of such loans to obtain funds to guarantee the loans, and to guarantee the loans upon request of the borrower at 90 percent of the principal and interest.
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Pub. L. 101–508, title I, § 1301,Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–12, provided that: "This title and the amendments made by this title [enacting this section, amending sections 511r, 1441–2, 1444–2, 1444f, 1445, 1445b–3a, 1445c–3, 1445j, 1446e, 1446f to 1446h, 1722, 1736, 1736a, 1783, 1994, 1999, and 5822 of this title and section 136a of Title 21, Food and Drugs, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 136w, 1421, and 1445b–3a of this title, and amending provisions set out as notes under sections 1421 and 1999 of this title] shall become effective 1 day after the date of enactment of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 [Nov. 28, 1990], or December 1, 1990, whichever is earlier."
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