text:
ASHLAND, Wis. (WSAU-Wheeler News) -- One of the main opponents of the Gogebic Taconite iron ore mine is urging protestors to cut out the violence.
Mike Wiggins heads the Bad River Indian tribe in Ashland County, which fears water pollution at its location just downstream from the mine.
In a statement Friday, Wiggins said the tribe quote, "condemns any planned or improvised act of violence or vandalism" against the mining firm. This comes about a month after protestors vandalized company equipment and stole an employee's cell phone at an exploratory drilling site.
Gogebic Taconite responded by hiring a military-style security firm, which was temporarily removed after it was learned that the firm did not have a state license.
Video of the disturbance was put on You-Tube, and several Wisconsin TV stations showed it this week, and other media outlets offered it on their website.
Wiggins says the tribe remains strongly against the mine – but it will only condone non-violent civil resistance when needed.


text:
Filtering Posts By: "UIC Pavilion"
09.03.2010| By Richard Sandrok|
Slayer/Megadeth/Testament::UIC Pavilion::08/20/10
OK, so not to take away from anything I've seen during this season, but this was the show I had been waiting for all Summer long. I mean, we haven't had the Big Four here in the States (well, not yet at any rate…and the fingers are crossed). But Slayer, Megadeth and Testament all on the same bill? Yeah, I'll take that any day. Camera in hand I made my way down to the UIC Pavilion in thick Chicago traffic. About the only thing I had been listening to in the car for about a …Share: Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Representative Bennie Thompson Statment: "Tonight, President Obama spoke to the American people presenting solutions to grow the economy, strengthen the middle class, and to empower all those hoping to join the middle class. His proposals reflect a core vision shared by House Democrats: that a strong, thriving middle class is essential to a strong, prosperous America.
Senator Thad Cochran Statement: "The American people deserve opportunities to have quality jobs that empower families to provide for their children and get ahead. The Obama administration's determination to increase the role of government in our lives has done the opposite. People in Mississippi and across the nation are doing their best to withstand the effects of policies that have driven workforce participation to its lowest level in almost 40 years. Government mandates and regulations are clearly not the answer. Instead of trying to ignore the Congress, President Obama should work with us to help families and businesses get ahead by easing the government's burden on them."
Senator Roger Wicker Statement: "After five years of the Obama Administration, Americans are tired of waiting for recovery. The economy is still weak, dragged down by anemic growth and high unemployment. A fundamentally flawed health-care law has forced families across the country to deal with canceled insurance policies, higher premiums, and fewer choices."At a time for leadership and cooperation, the President continues to threaten unilateral executive action instead of offering to work with Republicans and Democrats. The President continues to advocate the politics of jealousy rather than promoting a message that would inspire economic growth."Representative Greg Harper Statement: "The president's attempt to intimidate Congress by abusing executive power demonstrates a serious unwillingness to work with the coequal legislative branch of government. If the president is serious about helping people, he will swap his recycled campaign-style speeches for action on issues that create equal opportunity for success and self-reliance. Hard work has always been America's formula for individual success."
Copyright 2014 MSNewsNow. All rights reserved.
715 South Jefferson Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
(601) 948-3333
WLBT FCC Public File
EEO Report
Closed Captioning
WDBD FCC Public File
EEO Report
Closed Captioning


text:
Edward Jones
Edward Jones Jobs & Careers in Johnstown, PA
Financial Advisor Financial Advisor
Edward Jones – Altoona, PA
Prepare yourself for a brand new career, one where your success is completely in your hands. Edward Jones is a privately owned financial-services… Edward Jones
Edward Jones Photos
Edward Jones Reviews
3 people found this helpful
"FORCES Program "
- Comp & Benefits
- Work/Life Balance
- Senior Management
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
I worked at Edward Jones full-time for more than a yearPros
If you show them you want it and there are others that can see it then you are supported. I failed the series 7 the first time and was allowed to take it again. That is a rare occasion and is not advertised. Over 50% of those that tested failed and were not allowed to move on.
Plus I had almost no out of pocket expenses. The licenses, training program, prospecting kit, postage stamps, marketing material, use of an office, a laptop, and even a secretary were all provided to me.
The FORCES Program. Little people qualify and just as many know how it works. Simply it is an extended training program with more support. Traditional trainees get about 2.5 months I got 6 months. Other things I got that the traditional trainees don't get:
1. Study at an Edward Jones office. An existing office with an FA, BOA, and working space.
2. (No longer offered) the GI Bill while I am studying up til can sell. I received a supplement ($1000/mo) to my training pay of $15/hr.
3. Branch training period of 7-10 weeks depending if you need to retake the Series 66. Time you can do modules, observe appointments with an FA, sit with the BOA, study for the insurance exam, and misc task.
4. Extended prospecting time. Traditional trainees get about 7 weeks, I got 8. Doesn't look like much but the traditional track has to fit in the modules, insurance exam, and appointment observations along with getting prospects. I did that during branch training so all I had to do was prospect.
5. Guaranteed Salary. The FORCES trainees upon can sell get an income guarantee of $6000 for 6 months. We have commission goals to keep in pace with but regardless get the income. We only get bonuses for new assets.Cons
Its their way or the highway. You have to do it their way, face to face as they call it. If you're not with them, you're against them.
Do not let the glamor blind you from the truth. Its a sales job and its about the numbers. When you show signs of the pipeline drying and no new assets then you are let go. From a business stand point it makes sense. If you can accept the truth early you will make it.
The truth is you are going door to door, rain or shine. The best time to go "door knocking" are the times you would be home with your family, weekends, evenings, holidays, and prime vacation periods because the prospect is home.
I didn't make it with them long. I was told when you are starving you should take anything. In my mind even when I'm starving I'm not going to change what I value.RecommendsApproves of CEO


text:
More than 700 volunteers didn't let the inclement weather prevent them from helping residents in the Crutchfield neighborhood this past weekend. As part of Tulsa Habitat for Humanity's first A Brush with Kindness project, volunteers worked side by side with homeowners on select homes to tackle projects like exterior painting, landscaping, yard clean-up, accessibility ramp builds, and more. Other volunteers worked in the neighborhood clearing brush and debris from alleys, tree trimming and general clean up.
Words can't describe how thankful Patty Robinson is for the painting, window sill replacement and cleanup volunteers did at her home in Crutchfield where she has lived since 1990. She says her faith has been renewed in fellow humans.
"This shows there are good people out there that are willing to help others," said Patty. "I had a great crew helping at my house."
Volunteers from Crutchfield truly made this a neighbors helping neighbors initiative. Armando Deleon who lives in Crutchfield volunteered and helped with painting, clearing debris and putting up fencing.
"I've seen a lot of change since I've lived here and I think Habitat getting involved will make it even better," said Armando. "This is good for the community and I hope it encourages others to continue the good work that happened here this weekend."
A Brush with Kindness is a partnership between Tulsa Habitat for Humanity, the City of Tulsa, the Crutchfield Neighborhood Association and Hilti to help low-income homeowners who are challenged by age, disability, or circumstance, to maintain the exterior of their homes.
"What a great project! Tulsa Habitat for Humanity cannot thank Hilti enough for taking the lead on A Brush With Kindness. The volunteers that came out to help in the cold and rain made it happen," said Paul Kent, executive director, Tulsa Habitat. "And a big thanks for the City of Tulsa departments that helped. They were all incredible as they worked all four days. We look forward to working with our Crutchfield neighbors over the next two years."
This project would not have been possible without the support of these companies: ABC Equipment Rental, Action Audio Video, Inc., Budget Box Mobile Storage Containers, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, DoubleTree by Hilton Tulsa Downtown, First Baptist Church, Go Fresh, Hi Corp, Inc., Manhattan Construction, OSU-Tulsa, PepsiCo, Quik Print of Tulsa, Sam's Club Mingo Road, Sam's Club Sheridan Road, Sam's Club Tulsa Hills, United Rentals, United Stationers Charitable Foundation-Tulsa Council, Warren Caterpillar and We Be Trees.
About the Crutchfield Neighborhood
One of the City of Tulsa's most-established neighborhoods, the Crutchfield Neighborhood was initially platted in the early 1900s. The number of homes grew in the area due to its location to manufacturing jobs, allowing homeowners to easily walk to and from work. Today, around 2,000 Tulsans proudly call Crutchfield home.
About Tulsa Habitat for Humanity
Tulsa Habitat for Humanity is an ecumenical, non-profit Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing while building decent, affordable housing in partnership with those in need in Tulsa County. Tulsa Habitat and its families and house sponsors have built homes with over 280 families. Over 125 faith-based groups, companies, foundations and individuals have financially sponsored and helped build these homes. THFH has launched a 48-month campaign to help another 100 families build and buy their homes by 2013. Dr. Paul Kent serves as Executive Director. For more info, visit www.tulsahabitat.org.
Stay connected and share with friends!We encourage you to keep up with the project and share with friends on Facebook and Twitter.
Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TulsaHabitatForHumanityABWK
Use the hashtag #ABWKCrutchfield on Twitter
For more information call 918-592-4224 ext. 217


text:
My husband wanted a pinot noir to sip plus a wee dram of white to go with the sesame chicken lo mein I made for dinner last night, so we opened:
2002 St. Innocent Shea Vineyard pinot noir, Oregon
My first Shea ever, so far as I know, and since the Seven Springs is drinking so well I presumed this would be. WRONG, Mrs. Stone! Great nose of black cherry fruit, plums and violets, but one suspects it's not showing all it can and the ungiving taste proves it. Drinkable, but obvious infanticide and no improvement over two-three hours.
2004 Abeja Chardonnay, Washington State
I was warned that this wine was big big big in a way that made me think fat fat fat and all those tropical butterscotch flavors I despise, like a Washington's-answer-to Pahlmeyer. WRONG AGAIN, Mrs. Stone! No butterscotch at all, and I wouldn't call this tropical. Full flavored but not thick or heavy, and not overdone in any way. Served in large burgundy bowls, the wine is light-to-medium yellow in color, and tastes of asian pear and green apple with light lemon nuances. Solid fruit and lightly nutty with traces of malo and oak-rounded acidity. Really quite delish, perfect for the dish, and yet more proof that I'm over being over chardonnay. $30 at Pike & Western Wines, Seattle.


text:
|In This Issue
|Robert Royal
|What Customers Want
|Want A Snack? Pass The Cottonseed
|Ginning Marketplace
|Texan Enjoys Cotton School
|Editor's Note
|Cotton's Agenda
|Cotton Consultants Corner
|Web Poll
|Specialists Speaking
|My Turn
Current Issue: September 2013
The Issue
No matter how challenging the crop season was this year, Mississippi farmer-ginner Robert Royal is ready to harvest and gin cotton. Even though acreage has decreased in the South Delta, he is confident that cotton stability will eventually return to the area. It's a question of being patient and surviving the current production environment.
Feature Stories
• Robert Royal
• What Customers Want
Apparel Industry Knows Importance Of Cotton Quality
• Want A Snack? Pass The Cottonseed
• Ginning Marketplace
Large Crowd Turns Out For Southern Ginners Meeting
• Texan Enjoys Cotton School
Columns & Departments
• Editor's Note
Small Gins Know How To Compete
• Cotton's Agenda
Navigating The Regulatory Maze
• Cotton Consultants Corner
Crop Maturity And Timely Harvest
• Web Poll
Managing A Late Crop
• Specialists Speaking
It's Time To Prepare For Defoliation
• My Turn
Life's Lessons


text:
100% FREE and Full version Urdu Dictionary - English To Urdu and Urdu to English with Sound. - English To Dictionary has 36,000 words with sound.-...iOS Version 2.0 ... Added: 06/07/14Total Downloads158,861Last Week1,252
Place bids in the last seconds of eBay auctions.Windows Version 126.96.36.199 ... Added: 03/23/14Total Downloads197,654Last Week57
Add a bit of Ireland to your font collection.Windows Version ... Added: 03/06/00Total Downloads147,384Last Week3
Download some Celtic fonts and add a bit of Ireland to your font collection.Windows Version ... Added: 03/06/00Total Downloads71,140Last Week2
Help Patrick defeat each of Jeremiah's siblings and break the Curse of the Undying King.Windows Version ... Added: 04/06/01Total Downloads101,752Last Week7
Download some Celtic fonts and add a bit of Ireland to your font collection.Windows Version ... Added: 03/06/00Total Downloads88,711Last Week2
Enjoy images of models in bikinis on your desktop.Windows Version 1.6 ... Added: 02/19/02Total Downloads70,226Last Week4
Download some Celtic fonts and add a bit of Ireland to your font collection.Windows Version ... Added: 03/06/00Total Downloads68,342Last Week1
Put nature scenes of Ireland on your Desktop.Windows Version ... Added: 03/14/06Total Downloads22,981Last Week4
View the Irish countryside on your desktop.Windows Version 2.1 ... Added: 11/02/05Total Downloads14,910Last Week1
Generate the recommended pool of lottery balls to play based on the latest trends and patterns.Windows Version 188.8.131.52 ... Added: 09/11/14Total Downloads20,823Last Week141
Play a cricket manager simulation game with the World Cup, Ashes, ODIs, T20s, and domestic cricket.Windows Version 4.53 ... Added: 08/03/11Total Downloads19,133Last Week22
Send free SMS messages to any selected country using your computer.Windows Version 1 ... Added: 07/13/06Total Downloads17,517Last Week1
Watch animated leprechauns while shamrocks fall from the sky.Windows Version 1.0 ... Added: 02/04/04Total Downloads13,106Last Week1
Download this Irish screensaver for beautiful views of Irish pubs.Windows Version 1.0 ... Added: 02/02/05Total Downloads8,063Last Week1
Select and listen to one of several radio stations in Ireland on your desktop.Windows Version 1.2 ... Added: 07/06/07Total Downloads731Last Week1
RSA Irelands insurance App provides all you need to manage your motor policy and your vehicle.It provides access to services and support when you...iOS Version 1.2 ... Added: 11/12/12Total Downloads3Last Week3
Ireland Portal contains all the Ireland information you need: - News from around Ireland from multiple sources - Euro currency, exchange rates &...iOS Version 3.2.0 ... Added: 08/06/11Total Downloads3Last Week1
*** As featured in the Sunday Business Post : "Ireland's Killer Apps" ***Combined, fully online timetable AND realtime information for Irish Rail...iOS Version 2.0 ... Added: 02/04/11Total Downloads4Last Week1
Developed in Ireland, 'Irelands Radio Gold' has every national and local radio station such as RTE, TodayFM, Newstalk, Spin, etc.The app also...iOS Version 1.0 ... Added: 07/23/11Total Downloads2Last Week1
Old Ireland is a personal exploration of some of the most mysterious and wonderful places to be found in Ireland. It takes you off the beaten path...iOS Version 1.1 ... Added: 01/29/10Total Downloads2Last Week1
Looking for a restaurant in Ireland near you? Want to find a local takeaway? Need to see whats on their Menu? Restaurants.ie has it all. Now you...iOS Version 1.1 ... Added: 02/21/10Total Downloads1Last Week1
With the ability to stream online radio stations and other audio streams on your iPhone or iPod touch. RADIOS IRELAND is the only radio application...iOS Version 2.3 ... Added: 03/31/12Total Downloads2Last Week1
Do you feel online Google Maps is too slow showing you the map? Do you want an easy way to mark and remember where you are? Do you need a list of...iOS Version 1.0.1 ... Added: 02/04/11Total Downloads4Last Week1
This application lets you listen to UCB Ireland on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.While listening, the app displays text and images about the...iOS Version 4.3 ... Added: 10/20/12Total Downloads1Last Week1
Catch up on the latest recipes, reviews, interviews and more wherever you are. Join in with the show with built in Twitter and Facebook pages....iOS Version 1.3 ... Added: 01/03/13Total Downloads1Last Week1
easytrip is all about making your motoring life more enjoyable!With easytrip for iPhone, youll be able to:- Quickly locate a car parking space near...iOS Version 1.0 ... Added: 08/24/11Total Downloads3Last Week1
All TV programming on your iPhone and iPod Touch. Get the complete listings of 100+ major television channels. Daily update. Access to comments and...iOS Version 1.0 ... Added: 10/01/11Total Downloads3Last Week1
Ireland Map is a professional Car, Bike, Pedestrian and Subway navigation system.This app will help you determine your location,guide you to...iOS Version 5.0 ... Added: 12/24/13Total Downloads1Last Week1
With this excellent new, free application you can receive the latest offers and find your local Aldi store. This includes our twice-weekly...iOS Version 2.13 ... Added: 05/16/14Total Downloads2Last Week1


text:
Northern Michigan Forum-Share Events, Travel Ideas, Photos, Videos
Time: December 31, 2013 all day
Location: Donations may be brought to WRCNM administrative office, 423 Porter St., Petoskey or agency satellite offices in Cheboygan, Gaylord and Mancelona or to Gold Mine Resale Shops, Petoskey.
Website or Map: http://www.wrcnm.org
Phone: 231-347-1572
Event Type: donation, drive
Organized By: Women's Resource Center of Northern Michigan
Latest Activity: Dec 31, 2013
Export to Outlook or iCal (.ics)
Annual drive to collect non-perishable foods, paper products, cleaning supplies and personal care items for use by survivors of domestic abuse and their children staying at the Safe Home, operated 24 hours a day and 365 days a year by the Women's Resource Center of Northern Michigan (WRCNM). Financial contributions are also welcome.
The WRCNM operates the domestic abuse emergency shelter for women and their children in Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet and Otsego counties. The Safe Home Harvest Food and Supply Drive represents one of the most significant ways community members can help support battered women and their children in Northern Michigan. Last year the Safe Home provided 3,382 nights of refuge and more than 10,100 meals to 119 survivors and their children, as well as all their daily needs. For more information contact Jamie Winters, WRCNM Safe Home Coordinator, at 231-347-1572.


text:
I did a french braid on one side of my hair and put it all in a messy bun. I liked how it looked and thought, "Why not?"
so I took a pic of myself with my digital camera.
I don't think it's fantastic or anything but I think it's better than nothing; it's inevitable in my case. I'm just trying to rediscover my style.
Nikon Coolpix3
Paint Shop Pro 9
(c) Me [Jillian L.] 2011


text:
More News
Funeral Services Planned for Berta Olivarez Filut06 September 2014Read More...
Students return to school29 August 2014Read More...
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Local Weather
Current Conditions:
Fair, 76 F
Wed - Mostly Sunny. High: 94 Low: 78
Thu - Mostly Sunny. High: 94 Low: 77
Fri - Thunderstorms. High: 89 Low: 71
Sat - Partly Cloudy. High: 86 Low: 66
Sun - Mostly Sunny. High: 88 Low: 71
Full Forecast at Yahoo! Weather
(provided by The Weather Channel)
Selling to sold-out audiences, comedian Pablo Franscico's fan base is growing—for one reason—talent. He's bringing his latest show, "The Movie Trailer Guy," to the Rio Grande Valley audiences on Friday, July 12. It will be at the McAllen Civic Center auditorium at 1300 S. 10th. The show begins at 8 p.m.; doors open at 7 p.m.
His talents have become a favorite of U.S. audiences in college and concert venues across the country. His line-up of credits has included a one-hour special on Comedy Central, one of their most requested, as well as appearances with Jay Leno, Comedy Central's "The Show Biz Show," Howard Stern's radio talk show and as a cast member on "Mad TV" and "Frank TV."
Last fall, in a European tour, he performed to a sold-out crowd at the Milky Way in Amsterdam and the Troxy in London and performed at the Australia Comedy Festival last spring. He's currently working on a new one-hour Comedy Central special this year.
Featured performers at Francisco's Valley performance will include Raymond Orta and Mario Salazar.
Tickets are $20 and $30, available at ticketmaster.com. For more information and VIP tickets, call 888-796-9007.
|< Prev
|Next >
Advertising Information
The Progress Times is the hometown newspaper for the local communities of Mission, Sharyland, Alton, Palmview, La Joya and surrounding areas in Western Hidalgo County. We have a staff of veteran reporters who work diligently every week to bring our readers the latest news as it affects their hometown area and people.


text:
I've often wondered if Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland would ever record a solo project. The answer is yes! She just announced plans to work with producer Rick Rubin to release her first solo album this fall. "I am absolutely thrilled and wholly proud to be working with Rick. If you ask any musician who is on their producer 'bucket list,' Rick would be on each and every one" she says.
Sugarland's last album, The Incredible Machine, was released in 2010. Jennifer gave birth to her son, Magnus Hamilton in December of 2012.
For the record, Jennifer's partnership with Kristian Bush is not over. Sugarland has officially said no, they've not broken up.
Are you excited for Jen's solo album?


text:
District officials, builders squabble over fees
Like stubborn friends at a restaurant bargaining over a check that's bigger than expected, Whatcom County Fire District 13 and a three-man development partnership known as Birch Point Village LLC remain far apart in deciding how to pay for expected increases in fire protection costs driven by the area's continuing growth.
issue is currently before Whatcom County hearing examiner
Michael Bobbink. The ultimate resolution, according to
attorneys for both sides, will likely set legal precedent
for years to come not only in Whatcom County but also
in Washington state over how much of the costs of growth
should be borne by the developers who profit from it.
The specific issue began last year when Birch Point Village submitted applications for building permits necessary to begin two projects in Birch Bay called Horizons Village and Horizons at Semiahmoo.
Plans call for a total of 646 houses and living units plus extensive commercial space on slightly less than 200 acres between Birch Point Road, Shintaffer Road and Semiahmoo Parkway. For approval, developers needed a written verification of service from district 13, something that appeared to have been satisfied by both remarks in the Birch Bay Community Plan and an August 19 letter from the district that said it "does provide fire protection services, and will serve the property site..."
Point Village's lead partner Fred Bovenkamp,
who had already offered to pay $5 million for a new arterial
connecting Birch Point Road and Lincoln Way in response
to concerns over traffic congestion, informally agreed
to a voluntary "mitigation fee" to help with
increased costs his development would impose on district
Fire districts, unlike other entities such as school districts, city fire departments and so on, are prohibited by state law from imposing such fees but may ask for them on a voluntary basis.
But district 13 is trying to do just that. In November of last year, shortly before Bovenkamp's development was initially approved, district 13 directors passed resolutions asking Whatcom County Council to impose mandatory mitigation fees on the district's behalf for both projects, contending that in order to provide adequate service they would need $2,500 per living unit, or a total of $1.615 million prior to the county approving the building permits.
Bovenkamp said he was both caught off-guard by this and felt the amount was exorbitant, even though it adds less than roughly one-half of one percent to the cost of each house.
Tom Fields is chief of the North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Services (NWFRS) which includes fire district 13. "When I began doing work here on these issues in 2001 there was already a thick folder of material," Fields said, "indicating a need for a capital facilities planning process, which we're now in the process of developing. Until we get that done we'll agree to a $2,500 per living unit mitigation fee, based on an accurate appraisal of current operations and what it costs to do business."
"These expenses don't seem like much when the price of the house may be several hundred thousand dollars," said area realtor Mike Kent, "but even at one-quarter of one percent [of the total price] they do pile up when you add in fees required by other agencies, the money to pay them has to come from somewhere."
Martin Blackman, a Whatcom County Planning and Development Services State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) official, initially approved Bovenkamp's application with what's known as a mitigated determination of non-significance (MDNS) which implies that with certain mitigations, the project would not create significant environmental disruption to deny the approval. However, when district 13's financial concerns and the demographics they're based on were considered, MDNS approval was at first rescinded but later was re-instated. District 13 appealed to the hearing examiner.
Bobbink convened a hearing on Wednesday of last week but postponed it for a month to allow each side adequate time to respond to each other's claims.District 13 is required to meet fire protection standards set by the Washington State Survey and Rating Bureau. This must be done as soon as structures are occupied and insurance becomes necessary, although according to NWFRS chief Tom Fields, it can take two years or more for new service areas to generate the kind of tax revenues it takes to pay for these services.
"Without charging developers a mitigation fee, the burden of paying for increased services falls on current residents who may find themselves forced to vote for more taxes just to prevent their service from deteriorating," said Fields. "We have aging equipment to replace," he continued, "and beyond dealing with the Horizons projects, county officials say as many as 5,000 new homes will be built in the next few years north of Bay Road in the Birch Bay area, and that translates into 10,000 or more new people and 1,000 new calls on an annual basis."
Without requiring mitigation fees, Fields concluded, "we simply can't provide that level of service." For example, he said it takes about $765,000 per year to staff a fire engine 24 hours a day, seven days a week. "We have engines needing to be replaced at $400,000 each, stations to remodel for increased staff and so on. Taxes from these new developments won't pay for these capital needs, so we need the developers to help out."
Birch Point Village attorney, Doug Robertson, however, said the district's figures are not warranted by the raw data, "We don't just pull these numbers out of thin air,"
Fields disagreed.
"Our process is an open public record, and we've agreed to refund part of the fees if they turn out to be too high, and otherwise to freeze them at this point even if they're too low for us." Fields said, adding that he's heard developers say they don't want to finance a "gold-plated" fire department. "This is anything but that," he said. "We're just talking about meeting basic requirements. A developer is not going to dictate to us how we'll spend our money. We trust the department leadership to do that since that's what they're elected to do."
Robertson pointed out that the district has in excess of $1.5 million in the bank, but Fields provided figures showing that all but $92,000 of it is committed, the bulk to run the department for six months while it waits for April property tax revenues to arrive.
Bobbink has set the next hearing for Friday, June 9, at 9 a.m. in the Whatcom County Council chambers. Bovenkamp will also be the featured speaker at the Birch Bay steering committee at 7 p.m. on May 24 at the Birch Bay Bible Community Church at 7039 Jackson Road.


text:
Inmate Work Programs
Mike Sherak
350 S. Center St., Suite 101
Reno, NV 89501
Main Phone: (775) 785-4239
Inmate Work Crews include offenders sentenced to the jail who do not qualify for placement in an Alternative to Incarceration program. These individuals are being held on misdemeanor charges and are housed in the Detention Facility. Assignments to work crews are processed in the Sheriff's Community Work Program Office. Inmates are evaluated by medical personnel and the Inmate Management Unit for qualification for this program. The inmate's record is reviewed for eligibility, limitations, classification level, criminal history, and previous jail disciplinary action.
Inmate Work Crews are tasked with graffiti removal, landscaping, setup and tear down of special events and snow removal for the elderly and/or disabled. Inmates also perform maintenance and janitorial duties within the facility. Inmates are supervised by trained Program Leaders. This has allowed the facility to remain one of the cleanest and well-maintained of its kind. The inmates on the Work Crews can be identified by the striped uniforms worn while working outside the detention facility.
Total Work Supervisor Hours 453
Total Inmate Hours 1,150
Total Sites Removed from County 445
Total Sites Removed from City 1,249


text:
One of my friends recently remarked that Mumbai seems like a fun city — and it is! There's always something going on. The flea market concept has been gaining popularity lately, especially as it gives emerging designers and small retailers a platform to showcase their goods. These markets are randomly held at venues across the city, with Bonobo being the latest place.
One of the effects of the raids on Mumbai's nightlife is that it's meant that bar owners have had to become a bit more creative in attracting patrons. Bonobo has started operating from midday and offering free WiFi for the arty, freelancing crowd that go there.
It's uncertain whether Bonobo plans to host another flea market, but I really enjoyed this one. It was a groovy combination of fashion, handicrafts, party items, jewellery, food, drinks, and music. A superb way to spend a lazy monsoon Sunday!
The jewellery and handicraft stalls were my weaknesses. I ended up buying some silver junk jewellery (a necklace and earrings) as well as the tall solid wood candlestick in the picture below. A bargain for only 500 rupees!
Just for a change… no fake moustaches!


text:
Plato tips are top-quality, drop-in replacements for your brand name soldering and desoldering equipment. Designed for long-life for any soldering application, including lead-free work. Tip has been pre-tinned with lead-free solder. Fast heat recovery for increased soldering speed.
Login Here to rate and review this product.
21-7926 - Tip-Tin Tinner/Cleaner
This lead free tip tinner is a fast, efficient, and safe means of re-tinning tips. This thermally-stable compound is residue-free, ESD and environmentally safe. Provides improved cleaning and re-tinning of highly oxidized soldering iron tips safely and efficiently...
22-8705 - Platoshear Lead Cutter
Lead cutters that provide effortless shearing action, and require less operator effort. Features a thin profile designed for those hard-to-reach areas in electronic assembly.
50-14795 - Universal Television Stand, For Televisions 32" ~ 60"
Universal Television Stand
Perfect for flat panel televisions that were mounted to the wall, but are to be moved to tabletop use. Universal mounting plate attaches to all VESA standard sets from 200x200 through 600x400, and provides a secure and attractive mount...
28-955 - Double Sided Foam Tape
Thousands of uses Fasten accessories to car dash, etc. 3/4" x 61/2' roll
MCM Cat 57, Page 1157
MCM Cat 56, Page 964
MCM filled my order promptly and delivery was fast. The item I ordered was top quality as is everything I have ordered from them.


text:
Here's my video review of this BB creme as well as other Diorsnow products
About my skin: Mid-30's with slight hyperpigmentation from past skin sins and some residual acne scars from post-pregnancy; very oily t-zone with enlarged pores and blackheads on nose. Skintone wise, I am light-neutral; for reference, foundation shades that work for me are Bobbi Brown Cool Beige, YSL B20 mixed w/B30, Armani LSF #5.
The main thing that attracted me about DiorSnow BB cream was the high SPF (50) with the high UVA protection rating (PA+++). I picked up the lighte color, #010, which seems to be a decent match, though if I put on too much, it does look a bit pasty/ashy. It only comes in two colors, and #020 was too orange/dark for me.
The coverage of this BB cream is good - like a medium-coverage foundation, and I only need a bit of light concealer in the undereyes. The finish is fairly matte, and, as previous reviewers noted, if you apply too much, it does look like you've applied a full foundation face. I think this is probably due to the zinc oxide, which, while protective, can be a bit thick.
I do get quite shiny/oily with this product, which is why I took off a lippie. I've tried using a mattifying primer in the t-zone beforehand or setting with a powder, but that hasn't really helped.
I haven't noticed any breakouts with this product, but as with any high SPF product, I do make sure to undergo a whole cleansing ritual to get my skin clean. (Typically, a makeup wipe or cleansing water & tissue + cleansing oil + soap + toner.) I haven't noticed any alleged skincare benefits from using the DiorSnow BB cream, either. (ie. supposed Icelandic waters, brightening. etc.)
Packaging-wise, my only complaint is the "tottle" container - I can't stand these tubes with pumps because when you're nearing the end, it is near impossible to get any product out or have the top stay on the container.
Overall, quite pleased with this product, and would consider repurchasing. continued >>
$58 USD. I love the idea of BB creams - moisturizer, foundation, and sunscreen in one, and this would be a great product if it came in more colors. It only comes in one color - which looks reddish pink to me and absolutely doesn't work on my pale yellow skin (Dior #10). I've tried to mix it with yellow-based primer and use yellow-toned loose powder on top but it really doesn't work well. Once I get darker during the summer, I'll retry it and will update at that time.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Yes No
This product has a really good coverage for a BB cream. Plus the high sunscreen makes it a great multi-purpose product. However, I do find it a bit thick and makes me look like I applied a lot of makeup when it's only this BB cream. The shade does match me well though. The formula is also a little oily for me since I do have combi oily skin and live in a humid tropical climate. I had to powder it and even then it still felt oilier than my normal foundation. I feel like its texture is quite similar to the Missha Perfect Cover BB cream. However, I do think it would work for normal or drier skins especially in cooler climates. I used it in my trip to China during winter and it felt really pleasant without me even powdering it. It helps to moisturize my skin as well.
I was given several samples from the Dior counter after a saleswomen steered me away from the Estee Lauder Doublewear foundation, saying that I didn't need full coverage. I was excited to try this, as I have worn other BB creams in the past and liked them well enough.
This product is average to me, maybe a little below. I guess I was expecting a lot considering it was Dior. A little goes a long way, which is nice, and it definitely covers-- it has better coverage than the other BB creams I've had. It goes on very light, almost like a light grey, and then darkens (on me) after about 20 minutes. I still had to put bronzer over it because it was too light.
It looks very flawless from a distance, but when I looked up close in the mirror, I could see it sitting on top of my skin...I washed it off and did my usual concealer around my nose/light bronzer all over routine before I left the house. I personally didn't really care for it, but it did have good coverage and would be nice for girls with lighter skin who are looking for a dewy finish.
This is a good BB cream. I've been on the hunt since I wanted more coverage than my Neutrogena Healthy Skin Enhancer (I know, total opposite end of the price spectrum..) I first tried Dior Hydralife (sticker shock!) then Dr. Jart, then Boscia, then this. Diorsnow compared to:
Hydralife: DS is a slightly thicker consistency, lighter (thank God because HL was straight orange), a little less expensive, higher SPF, and is more of a satin-matte finish. HL made me extremely orange looking (this was before they had multiple colors) and very very oily after just a few hours where the DS lasts a bit longer with the oil control. However the finish for HL was a tad more silky and really was beautiful and always stuck in my head and hence I came back to Dior. DS overall wins on my light/medium oily skin.
Dr. Jart: almost $20 less than DS and the color was close to my skin color but had an ever so slight greyish cast to it that washed me out. I think these were the closest in consistency but DS has a better color and finish. I also got little bumps from Dr. Jart.
Boscia: This was probably my second favorite. I really liked it for being oily but might have been a tad too dry for winter skin. Color was great, coverage was great, price was pretty good but it freaking has SPARKLES in it. No matter how many reviews I read and tried to convince myself it was highlight, it was sparkles. DS had a more hydrating luminous finish...and no sparkles.
Packaging on DS is my favorite. Overall DS wins however my biggest concern over all of it is skincare and improvement which there are others that have more of those things in it.
Love love love this bb cream. It's the best bb cream I've ever use. It's a bb cream with the best coverage, only one pump can cover your face. You can also do Another layer. It's very easy to blend out with either brush or ur own hand. It match my skin color at summer time, I believe I would need a lighter shade when in comes to winter. It provide strong sun protection. Most importantly, it stays on all day long!!!!!! I'm a oily person, but it last till the end of the day. I would defining repurchase this.
I got given a sample of this product from the Dior makeup artist and I am in love! Its called a Bb cream but has a coverage of a foundation. Its amazing on my combination/oily skin, its almost matte without the powdery look. It doesn't go shiny in 2 hours like my Nars Sheer Glow does. This is such an amazing product I have gotten 2 of my friends onto it too.
Only downside, its a fraction too dark - but I lighten it up with my Stila 30 watt Illuminating Powder and its perfect :) so happy to have found this!
This is the best BB cream I've tried -- and I've tried many. It's not too dark, disappears into your skin once you've applied. It really does look like it's just your skin -- no streaking, and a perfect match for my complexion. I love that it give such great SPF and UV protection as well. It's replaced my other foundations, I've had no breakouts and I feel like it's greatly improved my skin. I love this one. Wouldn't give it up.
Out of the three separate types of BB creams from Dior. This is by far my favorite. The shade and consistency was perfect for my yellow skin-tone. It does not over-whiten my face like a mask, and covers the dark circles under my eyes well. For my combination skin with light acne, it has handled itself extremely well even after a full day of wear and does not make me break out further.
I even tried to wear it all day when I was part of the bridal party for a wedding recently. Only one light touch up and with a bit of loose powder to recover required.
> just enough coverage
> good consistency
> spreads out well (on a sponge)
> holds up well after 8 hour of wear, minimal oily feel
> price
> availability (in Canada)


text:
UNDATED (WHTC) -- A team of U.S. Marines and Navy sailors is providing assistance to the Philippines after a massive typhoon devastated parts of the island nation. Marine Brigadier General Paul Kennedy says the area suffered a "double whammy" from a 25-foot tidal surge coupled with tornado-force winds. The American Red Cross has also sent a few administrators to access the situation. Kelly Hudson of the West Michigan Red Cross says that no volunteers from our area will head to the Philippines, at least not yet. She says that the American Red Cross is offering family tracing services to U.S. citizens with family in the Phillipines. Hudson says that the best way for people to help right now is to donate and make sure you specify where you'd like your money to be spent.
Story by: Diane E Coston


text:
Complete forecast by
Text size:
Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Filling
Comment on this recipe
Nearly everyone has his or her own favorite piecrust recipe, so I encourage you to use yours, except to say please use butter, not shortening or margarine. Not only are the latter two indigestible, they make heavy, leaden crusts to boot!
2 eggs, lightly beaten
3/4 cup sugar
2 tabelspoons all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cup fresh rhubarb, sliced
1-1/2 cup fresh strawberries, halved or quartered (depending on size)
1 teaspoon orange zest
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 teaspoon fresh ground cardamom
A little butter, to top
Beat the sugar and flour into the eggs. Fold in the remaining ingredients (except the butter). Fill an unbaked pie shell and top with bits of the butter. Cover this with a lattice of pie dough, brush with egg wash, sprinkle with sugar, and bake about 40 minutes at 350 degrees until golden brown. Allow to cool in the kitchen window to make your neighbors envious
Courtesy of Chef Kurt Michael Friese of Devotay Restaurant in Iowa City
Savory Party Bread
(More recipes)
Visit our other local sites: Daily-Journal.com | MyWebTimes.com | PostBulletin.com
Copyright 2014 QCOnline All Rights Reserved


text: "11 Apr 2012 21:09:00 UTC March was a great month for the Extended Sierpinski Problem project March was a special month for the Extended Sierpinski Problem (ESP) on PrimeGrid's PRPnet. After two years of crunching with no prime finds, two more k's were eliminated: The first discovery was made by Timothy D. Winslow (Pooh Bear 27) of the United States on Wednesday 14th of March 2012. 123287*2^2538167+1 is prime and at 764070 digits entered Chris Caldwell's Top 5000 list as the 78th largest prime. The second discovery was made by Rodger Ewing (Pilgrim) of the United States on Tuesday 27th of March 2012. 147559*2^2562218+1 is prime and at 771310 digits entered Chris Caldwell's Top 5000 list as the 77th largest prime. 15 k's now remain. Congratulations to both Rodger and Tim! The next ESP find will very likely also be a Mega Prime! For more information about the Extended Sierpinski Problem, see this forum post."


text:
Model Number: 202110-
Free your toes and enjoy a more natural running experience with the anatomical 5-toe design of Injinji Performance 2.0 Original No-Show Toesocks. The 'Original' features medium thickness fibers throughout, offering cushion and comfort for those with sensitive feet or who prefer a medium-weight sock.
Important Shipping Note: U.S. sales only.
Please include any relevant information such as weekly mileage, training or race pace, or foot type.
Copyright © 2014 Running Warehouse. All Rights Reserved. Contact Us
Site Map | US: 1.800.606.9598 | email@example.com | Careers


text:
Daily Links: GRS Forums Edition
Published on - August 19th, 2008 (by J.D. Roth)
The Get Rich Slowly discussion forums generate a lot of great conversations in which readers do their best to help each other. Alas, I don't get a chance to stop by as much as I'd like. Fortunately, forum administrator Jericho Hill has agreed to highlight interesting discussions now-and-then. This week, he recommends:
- Amyrobynne has both debt to pay down and a goal to renovate her home. She asks, with those competing goals, how do you budget for a home improvements?
- Jarvis wants to invest in mutual funds but doesn't quite feel comfortable. His cousins say to invest in real estate. The GRS community chimes in, mostly in favor of index funds for this new investor.
- Shaun wonders what to do when there's nothing left to talk about. How do you deal with communication trouble with a spouse? How can you communicate with someone who doesn't have many opinions?
Meanwhile, I've enjoyed the following articles from around the web:
Lazy Man recently asked, "Should you put a price on your health?" He does a great job of breaking down the components of this question. What is healthy? How much health is worth how much money? What about the law of diminishing returns? Like Lazy Man, I've recently realized that I am willing to spend money on health, but it's often difficult to know where to draw the line. Improved nutrition is good. But is spending $300 on a heart-rate monitor a justifiable expense?
Bloomberg reports that one-third of U.S. homeowners who bought in the past five years now owe more on their mortgages than their properties are worth. It's easy to get down on people for getting greedy during the housing bubble, but the truth is many average folks were just shopping for a place to live. Now a large number of these folks find themselves in trouble.
Finally, Flexo at Consumerism Commentary polled his readers: Is finding $6,000 in saved expenses better than a raise? I'd take the $6,000 in savings because that money comes after taxes. As Flexo notes, you'd need a raise of about $10,000 to equal $6,000 in saved expenses. This is why frugality is so powerful. Roughly speaking, every dollar you save in spending is like two dollars you've earned. (Or at least $1.50.)
This article is about Spare Change
You know, I had no idea there were forums attached to the site.
I want a big bright flashing FORUMS sign!
I invest in real estate as well and I always find it difficult to justify why just because the home value has dropped below the the owed mortgage amount, that people would be struggling to make their payments. Especially people who are looking for a home to live in rather than invest in real estate and have been doing fine for a couple years or more. As far as I can tell, while the home value may have gone down (below the loan amount), the loan payments are relatively the same with the usual increase in property tax possibility each year. Unless their income took a nosedive too, the month to month payments are relatively the same, and I'm sure for a lot of people with stable jobs, so is their income. So the question that comes to mind is why are these people struggling. The people who are struggling should be the people who are investing and is unable to sell their properties and the loan officers and real estate agents whose life line depends on houses to sell are adversely affected.
To go along with Steven, the loan-to-value ratio of a property only matters if it is in default. If the owners are paying their mortgage every month, it really doesn't matter what that ratio is. Anyone with a fixed-rate mortgage has the same payments now and throughout the life of the loan, and with inflation blowing up, their payments only get easier over time. This is why the negative equity rate is 20%, but the default rate is only 1%.
I have a hard time buying that the homebuyers in trouble were just average people shopping for a place to live.
As Steven pointed out, if they were in a fixed-rate mortgage that they could truly afford, there wouldn't be a problem. And we have a right to be irritated by these bad choices because taxpayer money will probably bail them out. The lesson that we learn is that you don't have to be fiscally responsible because those who act irresponsibly are rewarded with property paid for by the rest of us.
Meanwhile my husband and I are saving to build our own home, well-WITHIN our means. Why is that okay for us, but not for others who just decide to buy more house than they can afford?
I agree with April. I think most of the people in trouble got into houses beyond their means. It doesn't matter if you loan is now larger than the value, you are still paying the same mortgage payment and you have to live somewhere. The only way it should matter is if you want to sell, then you may have a problem.
I'm willing to believe that 33% of home buyers in the last five years tend to make poor financial choices. Heck, of the people who's financial choices I know a fair amount about, at least half tend to make poor choices. And from the other angle, in certainly well over 33% of markets in the last few years, simply buying a house given the state of the market was a poor financial choice. (Even if only in retrospect)
I'm not sure that I agree that most of the people in trouble got into houses they couldn't afford. My theory is that many homeowners in trouble got there because they made very bad financial decisions.
Case in point – my daughter and SIL. They bought a house they could just barely afford, but were OK until they decided to refinance and take some equity out to pay off some of their other debts. One of the bills that they were behind on was their HOA dues. So when they refinanced, part of the proceeds went to pay off a $3,000 lien to the HOA. Then, in order to keep the payments on the re-fi affordable, they opted out of escrow for insurance and taxes, and the next year did not renew their insurance, because they didn't have the money. The result was a force-placed policy, which costs twice what they had been paying, and which increased their monthly payment by almost $250 / month.
So now they are in the position where they can't afford the payments, can't sell the house because homes here aren't selling, and they can't find a house or apartment big enough for their family that they can rent because their credit rating has bottomed out.
My SIL's mother and I are thinking of writing a book titled 'If Only You Had Listened'.
Re: 6000 Raise/Expense cut
One thing about frugality that is often overlooked is that it has diminishing returns. I doubt I could save $6000 by finding ways to reduce spending. A lot of the examples in the original article (life insurance, debt, etc) I don't even have, or need… others would involved reductions of 50% (ie: not available) or more (car insurance 50%, food shopping 50%, phone costs 65%, bank fees 100%). The point being that once you have already cut, or live a fairly tight lifestyle, there isn't a lot of fat to cut.
On the other hand, I could probably cut $6000 from hobbies, entertainment and so forth. Eating out, skiing, etc. Or from education, another big ticket item right now. But in these cases, you have to give something up. In the above example, the bank fees I do pay are a premium package, but they also cover our credit card yearly fee and a bunch of other items over the three accounts. IOW, cutting fees can also involve reducing the services you get. In my case, I worked out that the package will be around neutral, plus I gain access to conveniences (intangible value).
In that sense, I'd rather make $6000 more. The lesson here isn't really to embrace frugality, IMO. It just has to do with marginal changes – by not overpaying, you gain more than earning the same amount. Since I hate fat and cut it out of my expenses, the effort of finding any dollar amount to cut is far far greater than what I would get if I put that effort into getting a raise.
Not that most people wouldn't gain from cutting fat!
Re: Real estate
Anyone who bought real estate at bad fundamentals (33% will probably continue to grow yet) will eventually have negative equity, most likely. This is likely end up as the majority of those that bought over the last little bit, unfortunately.
It doesn't have to be about responsibility – the figure states only that housing prices have dropped below the down-payment amount (hence mortgage amount). It doesn't state that they overbought, although it's safe to assume that the majority so far probably did (bubbles do that). The point is that innocent, but naive, people can be in the same situation (buying a much smaller place, but now having negative equity).
It won't be the responsible ones that come out ahead… and I don't believe they 'deserve' it any more than the foolish mortals they deride. The only people who 'deserve' to come out ahead are those that bought/sold based on fundamentals. It wouldn't really matter if someone 'responsible' saved for many years and put down a downpayment in a hot market, only to have their home reduce >25%. They'd be in the same position.
I contrast the two to make a point – it isn't about being responsible, it's about making the 'right' choice. I was responsible enough to make the 25% DP; but it wasn't the responsible part that made me sell and not buy a home, it was the rational part. I could of been completely responsible and yet hit very hard, just as responsible people are being hurt . So, be careful with the holier-than-thou attitude… and if you want to take pride in being responsible, consider transferring it to being proud of making the right choice for you…
I have a hard time too with people who can't make it on their house payments. We bought two years ago and I just found out I'm being laid off at the end of the year.
HOPEFULLY (I've known for just about 3 weeks now) we wont have to deal with me without a paycheck – but I can tell you that even if I would have been laid off that DAY the first bill that will be paid is the mortgage!
I don't understand these situations half the time. Have they turned off their cable? Their internet? Sold a car? Had a yard sale? Cut back on food? Entertainment? If your loan payment was SO HIGH that you cant cover it with at least one of your paychecks then you couldn't have possibly worked out a budget at all before you bought a house.
Maybe I'm wrong – but even with an ARM adding to your loan like another $300 a month – I could cover that by cutting out my cell phone, cable and eating out.
Unless you could only afford your house because you are already doing all those things, then you bought way out of your price range to start with!
And about the down payment –
My husband and I only put down about 5% because we knew the market was crashing here. Why should we have put down 20% when there is a good chance it would just negate any profits when the market price goes down? Unless you are going to stay at your house for the whole 30 years and pay it off – where is the benefit except for a lower payment?
We will probably stay where we are for at least 10 years, but my boss (who is also getting laid off) has to move and since nobody is buying and the price of his house dropped he is losing ALL the 20% he put in and then some.
@Finn–Maybe if you were trying to sell and your home value went down, it would be a problem, but there's no reason you shouldn't be able to make your house payment (outside of extreme situations), even if the value has dropped. As others have said, the payment stays the same.
It's not like I don't sympathize, but when we taxpayers have to bail people out, we have a right to be annoyed, and others' choices do become our business. I'm not holier than anyone, but I also don't expect for other people to finance my mistakes and pay for my home.
@Peg–Seems like they couldn't really afford that house, even if they qualified for the loan, since they had those other debts and couldn't pay the HOA dues or insurance. Hopefully they'll learn from this and come out better in the end. That's how I view the credit card debt we paid off. It difficult at first to look at what we owed and cut back on spending to pay it all off, but we're so much better with saving and handling our money now.
We bought a house to LIVE in for the next 15-20 years. So what if we currently owe more than the house is "worth" – we made sure that our mortgage payments are reasonable (it will be tough but do-able if we go down to one income, which is a distinct possibility with a baby on the way), and we're not planning on selling, so why worry about it?
Re: home improvements – even though not all our non-mortgage debt is paid off, we have been putting some money into home improvements. Why? Because on top of things that simply break, there are things in this house that we'd like to change as soon as we can afford it. Most of them are structural/efficiency related (catching minor problems before they become major), but almost all of them also improve the cosmetics of the home. We started with projects that are mostly labor, and we always pay cash. We COULD put that money towards our student loans or towards the mortgage, but once again, we're in this for the long haul, and would prefer to live in a home that we LIKE living in. The really big projects (for example, redoing the kitchen) are going to wait longer, but even knowing what we PLAN to do makes it easier to live with annoyances now.


text:
Krash's Links From The Weekend 6/16-6/17
Monday, June 18th, 2012
Hope you had a fantastic Father's Day weekend! Here is what I've been Krashing on.
Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift duet in the works?
Are you a MAC? Then why aren't you wearing this?
As usual you can read these stories and more on my Facebook: KrashRadioOnCandy95. See you next weekend!


text:
|Please login or register to enjoy the benefits of CGSociety!
|Welcome to CGTalk, the world's largest online forum for digital artists! CGTalk is the official forum for The CGSociety (Computer Graphics Society). To enjoy all that The CGSociety has to offer, please register here.
|Last Post
|What's Going On?
|Currently Active Users: 814 (87 members and 727 guests)
Most users ever online was 9043, 12-23-2013 at 07:12 PM.
ArminAnim, Edge, Harman, marwan305, Ommit, minhpta, SilverCity, Tarkvin, MARTSMONDE, sleepsheep, frix, ivanlobon, Robert Glotzbach, talhas, Zeke-Faust, bigbalabong, erolan, Misucra, Kotyak, marko-p, NeonKnight, danielhuertasperez, randomf, Rikof, KilleroyCZ, bluehonda, lycusarts02, zakalwe, DrWeeny, Sovaaa, ruisantos, jabermax2, Hypernova, ice-boy, rob rhodes, Grazz, resorsky, DoktorRZ, ritter, vishalBakshi, ChristianZ, tabooma16, d4rk3lf, insertmesh, ristopuukko, marcuso, BurrowsTD, Matt K, kilbee, Glazyrin, Saeed, druller, farazsayyadi, MikeFix, ricozone, stirling, Rawalanche, asinn, andyLP, hiko_, alanguer, derekjackson, andrea12, demone, sabungero, DAAZED, TraceSL, navdux, dembel, Zeoyn, Nukie, Molte, norbertoidiart, dataflow, Bill-D, mitchino, RegisF, Bundologus, kazhad, brasco, Kev3D, TeXual
|CGTalk Statistics
Threads: 985,050, Posts: 7,355,435, Members: 561,566
Welcome to our newest member, lockree


text:
After a serious car accident, an Australian woman has fully recovered from
her injuries, except for one very bizarre side effect: She now speaks with a
French accent.
According to Fox News.com, Leann Rowe's ordeal began eight years ago, when she woke up in Melbourne's Austin
Hospital after her
accident with a broken back and jaw.
As her jaw began to heal, Rowe regained her ability to speak, but she
noticed that she was slurring her words. Eventually the slurring transformed
into a French accent – which has yet to leave.
Rowe said she has never been to France and doesn't have any French
friends – though she did study French in school.
Rowe suffers from an extremely rare condition known as Foreign Accent
Syndrome (FAS), which causes people to develop an accent different from their
native way of speaking, the Herald Sun reported. Between 1941 and 2012, there
have only been 62 recorded cases of FAS worldwide. The condition occurs when
certain tissues in the brain associated with speech are damaged.
While her new ability may seem exciting to some, Rowe said the condition has
made her feel depressed and anxious.
Fox 8 WVUE-TV
Louisiana Media Company, LLC.
1025 S. Jefferson Davis Parkway
New Orleans, LA 70125
General Number: (504) 486-6161
News Tips: (504) 483-1503
News Room Fax: (504) 483-1543


text:
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
I put myself in the middle with a *lean* toward the "stop giving away our trade secrets!" camp. I do enjoy your articles, and on the whole I cannot deny it helps the entire community. I don't complain about any of it, I just accept it and work harder to out PvP my auctioneer buddies. And let me START OUT by saying I do not reject your articles, and I welcome them. But I will humor myself with an opposing view....
- You claim that, "anyone with the time and interest can figure out everything I've written without having read anything but the WoWInterface and Curse addon pages." I disagree. Nearly 100% (key word nearly) of WoW players will agree that a top level raider or top rated Arena team requires more than time and interest - it also required SKILL/ABILITY. And AH PvP is no different. The truth is, many wanna-be auctioneers, even with time and interest could not have or would not have figured out many of the tricks you explain in detail. Many of the "secrets" we execute everyday were "figured out", calculated, or organized in a such a way that used our skills (in mathematics, supply/demand, market fluctuations, etc).
- Foresight - related to the above, one of those "skills" is what I would call market "feel" or foresight. Pre-expansions, pre-patches, etc - I am amazed at how many people READ the patch notes (time and interest, as you say) yet still don't see the connection between crafted gear and CD's going away on mats, etc. So in some ways, after I read something and see how I can buy "x" mat, transmute it without a CD, then craft "y" item, and sell for 350% profit - and then I read your article explaining the entire process to the masses - my instinct is to scream a "ShhhhhhhhH!!!!!!!!".
- Your implication that you're not affecting the markets too much because your buyers don't even read who they are buying from, etc, misses two bigger issues: Trade and Pricing.
Trade: What I advertise or ask for in Trade is now flamed and resisted/rejected twice as much as it used to be, "We know what you're doing and we won't stand for it! We all read Basil's article yesterday too!! What do you take us for, Morons?", whereas in days of old, I would instead get numerous whispers like, "Why on earth would anyone in the their right mind buy Dingy Frog Whiskers for 1g each? MORON!!". Think about it, in this case you're not increasing the average players capability to profit from Frog Whisker shuffling, you're just limiting my ability to continue to profit from it.
Pricing: If people suddenly realize (by reading your detailed explanation of it) I am profiting from following a complicated 3-step process to turn Dingy Frog Whiskers into Epic Frog Elixir, on the whole, a small number of people will jump into the game. That doesn't bother me. What does bother me are the MANY MORE people who simply say, "AAh - Dingy Frog Whiskers are now worth 10 times what I was selling them for!"
/end of rant.
Basil - I love you, your articles, and honestly I look forward to them more than any others on this site.


text:
FOX 11's Robin Sax obtained exclusive video that adds another piece of the puzzle to the Chris Dorner investigation. (This video should be looked at with Board of Rights and Appellate court decisions as context).
Chris Dorner's manifesto gave a specific call to action to all who read it -- investigate his claims he was unfairly terminated by the LAPD. (Chris Dorner made a report that Sgt Evans kicked a suspect during an arrest. The Board of Review deemed that a false report against an officer and Dorner was terminated).
The official LAPD Board of Review painted the termination case as the training officer's word (Sgt Evans) against Officer Dorner. They suggested it was a "he said, she said." There were civilian witnesses including the victim of the alleged kick--Christopher Gettler and his father who were called to testify. Both recount, Gettler saying he was kicked. While court documents suggest that, Gettler was too inarticulate and un-credible this video allows you to judge for yourself.
The person at the center of the brutality investigation Christopher Gettler. This video exclusively obtained through my sources shows Gettler's testimony for the Board of Review. This is Gettler's - the one Dorner says was kicked in the head -- perspective on the incident.
Questioning Gettler is Randy Quan. Quan is the appointed advocate and lawyer for Dorner. He is also the father of murder victim (daughters name) killed Sunday night in Irvine with her fiancé. Dorner is suspected in both their murders.
Legal analyst Robin Sax dug up 21 documents related to the instances of alleged police corruption that ex-LAPD officer Chris Dorner detailed in his online manifesto. Among the documents are Internal Affairs information, Court of Appeals documents and more. You can read through the documents at the links below:
Dorner v LAPD Court Case
Petition for Writ of Mandamus (Robin says this is the document where Dorner asks the court to review LAPD's Board of Review's decision to terminate him):
Dorner v LAPD Apr2009
Dorner Board Selection Form
Dorner Application for Hearing LAPD
Dorner Power of Attorney
Dorner Board of Rights Time Waiver
Dorner Notice to Employee Representative
Dorner Substitution of Defense Counsel
Dorner Person Summary
Dorner LAPD Complaint Form
Dorner Interdepartmental Correspondence Jun2008
Dorner Interdepartmental Correspondence Oct2008
Dorner Addenda
Dorner Decision of the Board of Rights and Execution of the Order
Dorner Case Summary LA Sup Court
Dorner Board of Rights Appointment
Dorner Interdepartmental Correspondence Jul2008
Dorner Discovery Request Form
Appellate Court Decision:
Dorner v LAPD Appeal Oct2011
Other Documents:
Dorner v LAPD Attorney Change Oct2010
Dorner v LAPD Appeal Notice Aug2010
Dorner v City of Los Angeles Judgement May2010
Hunt For Ex-Cop Goes On Amid Calif. Snowstorm
Increased Security At LAPD Headquarters
DOCUMENTS: Legal Papers Challenging The LAPD
Former LAPD Police Chief Bill Bratton on Intensive Manhunt
Forensic Psychiatrist: 'Dorner Is Like Kaczynski'
VIDEO: Truck Belonging To Christopher Dorner Has Been Found Burned Out In Big Bear
Massive Manhunt On For Ex-LAPD Cop Accused Of Killing 3
LAPD & Riverside PD Press Conferences On Murder Suspect Chris Dorner
Two Women, One Man Shot At By Mistake By Police Protecting Target
READ Murder Suspect Chris Dorner's Online Manifesto
As far as bugs go, caterpillars are usually pretty tame – except for one.
WHBQ-TV | Fox 13 485 S. Highland St.Memphis, TN 38111Main Station: (901) 320-1313Newsroom: (901) 320-1340


text:
Homeland Security Program
Please feel free to use the contact form if you have any questions about the Program, or to help provide insight. You can set up appointment via email (preferred) or stop by the VizCenter at CSL-120.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Welcome to the Graduate Program in Homeland Security.
The HSEC Program offers interdisciplinary graduate study leading to the Master of Science degree in Homeland Security. Our Program was the first of its kind in the nation, taking advantage of the unique learning and research opportunities offered by the "living laboratory" that is the San Diego-Baja border region. The HSEC Program provides a vibrant and challenging learning environment where scholarly, educational, and research endeavors are applied to real-world challenges associated with man-made and natural emergencies and critical incidents on the local, national, and global levels. We currently have over 150 active graduate students who bring their diverse professional, disciplinary, and cultural backgrounds into the learning and research processes. We also have a wonderful group of Faculty who mostly volunteer their time and efforts in support of the Program. One of our biggest assets is a robust group of Adjunct Faculty members from many aspects of the professional Homeland Security world who provide extraordinary learning and research collaboration to the Program and its students. Another wonderful blessing to the Program is the involvement of our graduates in the program even after graduating---wonderful compliment that people want to stay associated with school, faculty, staff, and other alumni as well as current students. Our international focus is possible because of the encouragement of the University senior leadership such as Provost Nancy Marlin who is an extraordinary champion of international involvement, especially in Asia and Latin America from our Pacific Rim location. We are also blessed to have wonderful relationships with dozens of agencies, companies, NGOs, and organizations trying to provide solutions to difficult problems in the world. We are also focused on positive solutions such as International Trade Optimization as championed by Assistant Secretary of DHS for International Affairs and also Chief Diplomatic Officer, Alan Bersin.


text:
We are Second Home Hostel
Since 2009, we have been providing a welcoming, clean and safe place for visitors to our wonderful, historic city. We are always ready to assist you in finding local attractions and historical places of interest. Our central location in the historical district, makes it easy to reach many of the wonderful sights by foot. Your second home provides affordable accomodation as well as advice about travelling throughout our wonderful country.
We are looking forward to seeing you.
We are looking forward to seeing you.
Centrally Located
Located between the old town and the new town, the ideal location to discover this whole city and what it has to offer. Second home hostel is within walking distance to the following cultural attractions: Gülhane Park-Topkapı Palace-Basilica Cistern-Hagia Sophia-Blue Mosque-Grand Bazaar-Spice Bazaar-Rüstempaşa Mosque-Galata Tower-Süleymaniye Mosque Also we are close to local restaurants area where you can have tasty and cheap food.
Easy Transportation
We have an airport pick up service for very reasonable prices on request. We are also located near Gulhane tram stops, bus stations, ferries and airport shuttle stops, making it easy to get to all of the sights of Istanbul and beyond.
Breakfast Included
Breakfast is included with all accomodation, so you can start your day easily dining and chatting with fellow travelers. Breakfast serving time is between 08:30 and 11:30. Breakfast includes cheese, olives, salami, eggs, jam, butter, bread, tomato, cucumber, milk, cornflakes, biscuit and on certain days we also serve special Turkish omelette and all kind of teas and nescafe.
You can also enjoy the tastiest and healthiest foods at lunch and dinner, for only 5€ each.
You can also enjoy the tastiest and healthiest foods at lunch and dinner, for only 5€ each.
Different Room Choices
Dormitory, hostel rooms, private rooms or suites; we have every kind of accomodation choices. So there will certainly be something to match your budget. You can check out room pictures here and make a reservation here.
There are common showers and bathrooms on the corridors. Private rooms have air-conditioning, shared rooms have fans and all rooms have heating. Laundry (washing-drying-folding 20TL only), free towels, linen and sheets (we can change every 2-3 days if you want). Guest kitchen is available between 13.00 and 21.00, for 3€ only. We have security cameras at key locations with 24-hour reception and a safe box in which you may store your valuables. Also, no curfew.
Check-In & Check-Out
Check in time is 13:30. If you come early, you can keep your bags in luggage storage.
Check out time is 10:30. Again, you are free to store your luggage here if you are coming back after discovering around or if you have flight later than this time.
Check out time is 10:30. Again, you are free to store your luggage here if you are coming back after discovering around or if you have flight later than this time.
Friendly Staff
Travelling alone or in a group, there are plenty of opportunities to socialize. Enjoy a delicious barbecue on our roof top terrace with us. Play backgammon, smoke hookah, listen music or just admire the breathtaking view over the Bosphorus and Europe side of Istanbul. Our staffs cook delicious Turkish Ravioli and you get a chance to meet with another guest, dance with Turkish Music on this night (: Friday and Saturday , we've pub crawl in Taksim-Beyoğlu, we take taxis for 5 min. and walk through Istiklal Street. After 2 or 3 rooftop bars, you are free to enjoy your night as you decide! We can help arrange tours in both Istanbul and all around Turkey, provide helpful tips and information about the city, and help with any other of your travel needs. We are here to make your stay enjoyable.
Rooftop Terrace
After a long day exploring the wonders of the city, you can relax on rooftop terrace. We make waterpipe between 19:00 - 02:00 and you are free to bring your own drink, food and have it up there! Each week we make BBQ party on rooftop terrace, followed by a pub crawl to Taksim (the centre of nightlife and live music in Istanbul). Wireless internet is available. So, you can connect to the internet with your own device at terrace.
Printer, Fax & Telephone
We have printer, fax and telephone services available for a nominal fee.
Wireless Internet
Wirelless internet is everywhere. You can connect the internet from everywhere in the hostel 24-hours. We also have 2 public computers available at reception, free charge for our guests to use.
• Breakfast service. (08:30 - 11:30)
• 24-Hours reception service.
• Wi-Fi access in everywhere.
• Public computers.
• Central heating.
• Ceiling fan in rooms.
• A/C in private rooms.
• Linens and towels.
• 24-Hours hot water.
• Desk and chair in rooms.
• Rooftop terrace with a nice wiew.
• Guest kitchen.
• Luggage storage.
• Hair dryer.
• Laundry service.
• Water pipe.
• International calls.
• Lockers.
• Lunch.
• Dinner.
Private Pick-up from;
• Atatürk Airport
• Sabiha Gökçen Airport
Shuttle Bus to;
• Atatürk Airport
• Sabiha Gökçen Airport


text:
By Carol
Simon &
Schuster, $25
Updated: May 9, 2012 8:05AM
'The past is never dead," goes the great line from Faulkner. "It's not even past." The truth of this — the ways the past works its dark magic on the present and future — is the subject of Chicago author Carol Anshaw's rambling new novel, Carry the One (Simon & Schuster, $25). It's the story of a group of young adults whose lives are marked and shaped by the night when, returning from a wedding stoned, drunk, sleepy or some combination thereof, they get in a car, which then hits and kills a young girl on a country road outside the Windy City.
The passengers on this joyless ride — which continues for the next 25 years — include Alice, a painter whose best work (most of which she will never put on display) is pictures of the dead girl at various ages; her brother Nick, a brilliant astronomer and hopeless drug addict; his girlfriend Olivia, the driver of the car that night, who goes to prison for her trouble; and Maude, Alice's own sometime girlfriend when she can bear the thought of being a lesbian.
It's reductive to say the novel is about guilt, though that's a key strand of its emotional fabric. More accurately, it's about the way a single tragic event can become a sort of black hole in one's personal history, pulling everything around it into its maw. "That night sits inside me as if it were yesterday," Nick tells the girl's father years after the accident. "Time passing doesn't touch it." It's also true that the patterns of the characters' lives are in place, if not fully formed, before the accident. Alice and Maude are doomed to be each other's lifelong obsession, tragedy or no; Nick, who's high when we first meet him and who stays that way for nearly the entire book, is just plain doomed.
So is Carry the One, whose promising premise gradually sinks beneath the weight of the book's structural flaws. The first and worst of these is the near-absence of a plot, which is a serious problem in a story that begins in 1983 and ends — or, rather, sputters out — in the present. We all know the dogma that literary fiction is primarily about the revelation of character, but must such revelations be utterly without suspense? There's virtually no cause-and-effect relationship in the unfolding of events here: Something happens; something else happens, and so on. Never once did this reader wonder what might happen next.
Nearly as problematic is the book's lack of a central character. Just as we begin to develop some emotional investment in Alice, whose artistic and romantic struggles make her the leading candidate for a compelling protagonist, the author cuts to Nick, who's inevitably off on yet another bender — or to their relatively boring sister Carmen, or their troublesome parents, or to Olivia. In terms of narrative momentum, this is a particularly egregious form of self-sabotage. It would have been far wiser, it's impossible not to think, for the author to have settled on one of these people — whose stories, after that fateful car ride, unspool largely independently of one another — as a focal point. There are successful ensemble dramas, of course, but Carry the One is not among them.
We're left, in the end, with the feeling of having read not a novel but the interspersed abstracts of several novels, constantly interrupting each other. Fully developed with a minimum of distractions, the tale of Alice and Maude would have made for a richly erotic cautionary tale about the pernicious effects of internalized homophobia; by themselves, Nick and Olivia could be grimly engrossing in the manner of "Leaving Las Vegas." Anshaw is obviously going for a slice-of-life effect here, but there are too many slices of too many lives, and instead of complementing each other, they tend to compete and cancel each other out. It's a lesson every novelist should learn: When you snap a family portrait, don't forget to focus the lens.
Kevin Nance is a Chicago freelance writer.


text:
- Scot Wilcox
- Provo, UT
- United States
This conversation is closed.
Do right and wrong exist?
I'm curious about objective right and wrong. If you believe in God, this is a no-brainer. Some things are wrong, some things are right, simply because God says so and He knows. But if you don't believe in God, can you still believe in objective morality? I personally don't think you can. I mean, what do you base it off of? How do you find out what's objectively right or wrong? (By objective I mean "existing independent of thought or an observer as part of reality." from dictionary.com)
Sure, there's subjective morality. Any idea of right or wrong come up with by a human is by definition subjective. That's all well and good. Problem is that it only applies to people who believe in it and it gives them no authority to proclaim anything as "what we should be doing." Very often everybody disagrees with each other and we don't get anywhere. (Just look at Congress for an example of this.)
Maybe you disagree with me and you think there is objective morality but no God. That's fine. I would like to ask you to answer a question for me though. Let's pick an easy one. Why is rape objectively wrong? Don't misunderstand me, I can't think of a single instance where rape wouldn't be wrong. I believe very strongly that sexual abuse is one of the greatest evils in the world. Why is it evil? If you can answer me without using a God-based or subjective argument, I'll concede the point.
That point is this: Without God, there is no such thing as right and wrong, only the things we call right and wrong. And since nobody can agree on what to call what, we're all in a lot of trouble.
Showing single comment thread. View the full conversation.
Mar 4 2013: If it causes you or others suffering, it can be worded as being wrong. If it causes you joy, but others suffering then it is a selfish pleasure and hence wrong. If it causes others pleasure and you suffering, then it's still detrimental to you and can be called wrong. Which leads you with a very narrow path to what is right; performing altruistic actions without them being detrimental to you.
Showing single comment thread. View the full conversation.


text:
Chocolate Molten Rainbow Tower Cake
I know it doesn't look much but I swear, it's delicious! :) Maybe I'm a little bias because I'm the one who baked it (along with our helper and little sister) but my mom and boyfriend seems to like it. :)
I've decided to make a rainbow cake because it's what I often see on my Tumblr dashboard but modified it a bit by using chocolate frosting. :) Since my mom was out that day, we had a hard time looking for the materials we need inside the house, particularly the cake pans. I couldn't find the normal/usual cake pans so we used angel cake pans. As for the recipes, they're available online. :)
P.S. Happy Father's Day! :)


text:
Dr. John Mantsch, professor and chair of biomedical sciences in Marquette Universitys College of Health Sciences, has been awarded a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health that will fund research on the effects of stress in drug addiction relapse.
Dr. Sandra Hunter, professor of exercise science, received the Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J, Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence at the 56th annual Père Marquette Dinner. Dr. Hunter also received this year's Way Klingler Fellowship in Science.


text:
| Shortcut:
|Deletion Policy
| QuickVFD
Votes for deletion
|del log
This is where you can put pages that are so blatantly crappy that they don't need to go through a long voting process to be deleted. This includes pages that are just one unfunny sentence, and pages that are plagiarized (include a link to the original source). The goal of QuickVFD is that pages here will be deleted on the same day that they are posted.
- If the article is not quite delete-on-sight (and less than a week old) use the {{ICU}} template, but make sure that you know how to use ICU correctly by fully reading the instructions.
- In some cases, a collection of short stubs (such as a large group of short, individual city or regional descriptions for one country) can be combined to create one new article.
- It may also be possible to add the content from a very short article to another article on a similar subject.
Notes for posting:
- VFD rules still apply: Uncyclopedia:Deletion Policy
- Because of the nature of QuickVFD, you should not add any type of template or notice to the page.
- Put the newest pages at the top of the section for the day that you post, with a space at the beginning of each line to make a box around them.
- Try to keep discussion out of the box, by not putting a space at the beginning of the line.
- Do not sign QVFD nominations. It just takes up space and annoys people.
- List redirects using {{redirect}}, e.g. {{redirect|Stupid page}}.
- If requesting old versions of images be deleted, make it clear you do not want all revisions deleted. Prefix with
'''Old version(s) of this image:'''for example (or at least do not have the image link as the first part of the line).
- Please don't add articles with expired NRV/ICU tags to this page; it has a separate process and putting it here is just clutter. Instead, bother some admin to do some maintenance.
- To add any entry, add a : to the start of the link; this way, this page won't be infected.
- e.g. [[:Category:Namehere]] or [[:Image:p0rn.png]]
- If you are neither an administrator nor a designated poopsmith, do not remove anything from QVFD; doing so will get you banned for a very long time.
Notes for Administrators:
- Remember to check the page's history before deleting.
- Because the goal is to keep things quick, signing after deletion is not necessary.
- If you keep a page, please note why it was kept - (stubbed), (ICU), (Expand), etc.
- When you are done, place {{QVFD checked}} at the top of the box.
How to quickly find QVFDable articles (using special pages):
- Check all the new pages by anonymous users. They
can't write worth crapwrite a lot of crap but it's usually not funny.
- Check Special:NewPages. A lot of the most recent stuff will be crap.
Today's date is September 24. If a header does not already exist for this day, please create one. If this day does not exist, don't bother.
edit September 23
Talk:Canterbury Bulldogs - as below User:Uncycloperson/End Time - spam User talk:Darksoul123456789 - well that was pointless--the editor had already been blocked
edit September 22
Australian electoral system (redirect) (delete) - Double redirect into userspace from mainspace User:Australian electoral system (redirect) (delete) - This probably shouldn't be here What Your Customers Really Think About Your Online Business Manager - Spam as usual
edit September 21
File:Baby-press.jpg - No longer needed User:Llwy-ar-lawr/Baby oil unnews - Moved to Illogicopedia. Going to do something else with the concept, if anything.
edit September 20
User:Snarglefoop/Bread_machine (redirect) (delete) User:Snarglefoop/UnScripts:Insight_into_the_Mind_of_an_Asparagus (redirect) (delete)
edit September 19
Undictionary:Liam -- too content-free Apply These Five Secret Techniques To Improve Thailand Resort Why Everyone Is Dead Wrong About Pattaya Motorbike Taxi And Why You Must Read This Report -- spam
edit September 15th
User:Llwy-ar-lawr/UnScripts:Puckerbutt - As below User:Llwy-ar-lawr/This page does not exist - I don't know why I bother with stuff like this, it's not mainspace worthy Talk:World Autofellatio Championship User:Snarglefoop/Dungeons_and_Dragons


text:
Mean reversion in profitability for non-listed firms
AbstractThe presence of mean reversion in profitability at the firm level is important for valuation and prediction of growth and earnings. We investigate the mean reversion in accounting profitability for Norwegian non-listed firms for the period 1988-2006. We find a mean reversion rate of about 0.44. This is higher than found in other studies. We also find that small firms have a higher mean reversion rate than large firms. Previously, price-to-book ratios have been used to investigate changes in profitability over time for listed firms. We examine bankruptcy risk as an alternative variable for unlisted firms. We find that bankruptcy risk may help explain changes in profitability, but the results are not as strong as found in previous work.
Download InfoIf you experience problems downloading a file, check if you have the proper application to view it first. In case of further problems read the IDEAS help page. Note that these files are not on the IDEAS site. Please be patient as the files may be large.
Bibliographic InfoPaper provided by Norges Bank in its series Working Paper with number 2009/29.
Length: 29 pages
Date of creation: 20 Dec 2009
Date of revision:
Handle: RePEc:bno:worpap:2009_29
Contact details of provider:
Postal: Postboks 1179 Sentrum, 0107 Oslo
Phone: +47 22 31 60 00
Fax: +47 22 41 31 05
Web page: http://www.norges-bank.no/
More information through EDIRC
Related researchKeywords: Non-listed firms; pro tability; mean reversion;
Find related papers by JEL classification:
- G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:
- NEP-ALL-2010-01-16 (All new papers)
- NEP-CFN-2010-01-16 (Corporate Finance)
ReferencesNo references listed on IDEAS
You can help add them by filling out this form.
ListsThis item is not listed on Wikipedia, on a reading list or among the top items on IDEAS.
StatisticsAccess and download statistics
CorrectionsWhen requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bno:worpap:2009_29. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: ().
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If references are entirely missing, you can add them using this form.
If the full references list an item that is present in RePEc, but the system did not link to it, you can help with this form.
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.


text:
- Jah Kable
- Troy, NY
- United States
Thinker ready to be unleashed upon the world,
This conversation is closed.
Why are the alternate power sources not being implemented on a world-wide scale? There is a tipping point and we must be close by now!!!
Solar panels
Wind Turbines
We all see the signs of the world changing. Ice caps disappearing, mega storms, tempature rise, ect.
Yet we are more concerned with royal babies, wars, and profits.
We will have none of that if this planet stops supporting life as we know it.
This is a back burner issue always used for politics but never solved by politics.
Turn the heat up on this, the Earth is!
Showing single comment thread. View the full conversation.
Danny Cahill
Sep 1 2013: for a measly $25 billion:
Thank you for alerting me that some people believe that renewables do not compete with oil. They think that an electric car plugged into a house powered by sol/wnd somehow uses gasoline. Also, I didn't get my numbers from a 'green website.' I started with 3rd grade math and the retail price of solar panels. I'll show my math with some big round easy numbers.
In the U.S., it costs $15,000 to solarize 1 house (labor, Inverter, & panels). If we solarized 10 million houses (that's over 10% of U.S. houses, think of all those jobs), that would cost ($15,000 X 10,000,000 = $150,000,000,000) $150 billion. The govt. could pay for it all, but lets just offer a half-off rebate to the public and make it a 3 year project ($150B ÷ 2 = 75B, then 75B ÷ 3). That would bring the cost to the govt. down to a measly $25 billion per year, bad game over, good game starts. For the first time ever (fossil fuel) power plant usage would begin to decline, oil prices would plummet. So, America could say to the world and to itself, we are going forward, we are not self-destructing.
Sep 1 2013: two observations.
1. you did not even attempt to back up your original claim, namely that solar is cheaper than oil.
2. government paying something means people paying. government only redistributes, does not create. if something is economically viable, we don't need the government. people choose it for their own good. we need the government in cases when we want to push something that is not economical.
Aug 21 2013: Actually, wind and solar aren't competing with oil, they're competing with coal, gas, and nuclear.
Oil's high demand as a motor fuel makes it far too expensive for electric generation, to a point that even some oil producing nations export the stuff and use the money to buy coal or gas instead.
Coal and gas typically come from stable countries, no need to "steal" them from anyone.
Never mind that wind and solar are both completely uneconomical. 20 times more expensive than coal or gas is a best case scenario.
Jah KableAug 22 2013: Maybe 20 times more expensive to install.... then the only time you have to spend money is to upgrade them to more efficient models. I think that would beat spending money everyday to get fossil fuels, not to mention all the labor and equipment costs for the coal mines, oil wells, power plants and their power lines, pollution, ect. The change would be a nice little shot to the wallet today but it's like renting VS buying. Spend more at once to save in the long run.
Aug 22 2013: http://www.oecd-nea.org/ndd/reports/2012/system-effects-exec-sum.pdf
Not install, but fully operate at a power grid level.
Renewable doesn't require any fuel, true, but you still pay for maintenance and staffing, and have a lower power output to show for it, which leads to higher operating costs per unit of power. 20 times more expensive than fossil fuels is a best case scenario for on shore wind. Off shore wind is typically worse, due to increased maintenance costs at sea and greater power transmission distance. Solar is the worst of the lot even close to the equator, and only gets worse the farther you get from it.
Also note that having mother nature in charge of the on/off switch is economically problematic, as you need a reserve to supply power needs in case the wind is slow or sky overcast (or just generally after sun down for solar).
As electricity storage technology as of today is rather poor (read: impractical on a mass scale), this creates all sorts of added technical problems, and increases cost overall.
Initial investment for installation is typically only an issue for nuclear, which is more sophisticated than the other technologies. At least fuel costs are negligible, as Uranium is dirt cheap for the amount of power it produces.
Comment deleted
Aug 22 2013: 1. I'll concede that coal is filthy, but gas doesn't pollute the environment with anything other than CO2 and water vapor.
2. the figure actually comes from an assessment of OECD countries, many of which don't subsidize fossil fuels. Granted, cleanups were not factored in, but again, that's only really an issue with coal.
3. good luck using solar or wind to replace oil. As bad as they are for electric generation, they're even worse for mobile applications--a car or aircraft can't run on sunlight or wind, after all.
You could try to make a switch over to electric cars I suppose, but batteries have an atrocious power to weight ratio. It barely scrapes by for cars, and is laughable for aircraft.
New capacitor technology might solve that, but as with all these yet undeveloped technologies, don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Showing single comment thread. View the full conversation.