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Samuel Brummer fled Poland with members of his family in 1939 to escape growing Nazi terror.
A few years later, the former refugee returned to Europe as a warrior, a soldier in the United States Army who landed at Omaha Beach in France during the D-Day invasion and witnessed firsthand an English Channel soaked red with the blood of his comrades.
"I'm no hero. I was trained to do a job, just like every other soldier," said Brummer, who lost hearing in one ear from the blasts of the howitzer he manned. "The honors really belong to those who never made if off the beaches of Normandy and out of the hedgerows of France."
Brummer, who opened -- and still works at -- Newark's landmark Hobby's Delicatessen and Restaurant 50 years ago, was the keynote speaker during Essex County's third annual Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday in Newark, where fighting men and women from Fairfield to Montclair to Belleville were honored for their service.
Speaking at Essex County Veterans Memorial Park shortly before a wreath-laying ceremony, Brummer recounted three times he sailed past the Statue of Liberty -- the first as a newcomer who knew no English, the second as a soldier who got "an all-expenses-paid trip" back to Europe on the Queen Mary, and then another voyage home after the Allied victory.
"The symbol of hope and freedom I'd always read about, seeing her standing there tall and proud, gave this immigrant teenager the confidence to go on," said Brummer, his voice breaking with emotion.
In addition to Brummer's address, an honor guard from the Essex County Sheriff's Office presented the colors and a piper played a medley of military anthems honoring every branch of the service, with veterans of that branch standing when the appropriate tune was played. The invocation was read by the county's health officer, Michael Festa, who is also chaplain of the American Legion post in Caldwell.
Speakers also touted the ways the administration of Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo has worked in the last decade to commemorate the service of the county's military personnel. The new courthouse in Newark was named in honor of veterans, the park where Wednesday's ceremony was held was completed in 2009, and a memorial at Glendale Cemetery in Bloomfield was finished last month.
"I remember a US Army veteran telling me, before he returned home from the Vietnam War, about how he was briefed to be prepared to be spit on when he got back," said Clarence Jackson, a member of Disabled American Veterans Chapter 3 in Newark. "What a difference a day makes."
"Your leadership, sacrifice, on behalf of this great nation, on behalf of the world, can never be repaid," said Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura, a peacetime veteran of the US Army, who was addressing the combat veterans in the crowd Wednesday. "I can tell you nothing feels as good as when you're marching and people applaud. But they weren't applauding me. They were applauding you."
Another speaker, Joseph Fornarotto, a World War II veteran and commander of the Belleville-Nutley Disabled American Veterans post, joined others in commending DiVincenzo and the county Board of Freeholders for their commitment to veterans.
And he also took the opportunity to call on the county to do a bit more, asking that a veterans hospital be built at a disused medical facility in Belleville to serve some of nation's 11 million former military personnel, who often have to wait six months or more for a bed at a VA hospital, Fornarotto said.
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I Know Where You are and What You are Sharing: Exploiting P2P Communications to Invade Users' Privacy
Stevens Le Blond a, 1Chao Zhang b, 2Arnaud Legout 3Keith W. Ross 2Walid Dabbous 3
Internet Measurement Conference (ACM/USENIX IMC) (2011)
Abstract: In this paper, we show how to exploit real-time communication applications to determine the IP address of a targeted user. We focus our study on Skype, although other real-time communication applications may have similar privacy issues. We first design a scheme that calls an identified-targeted user inconspicuously to find his IP address, which can be done even if he is behind a NAT. By calling the user periodically, we can then observe the mobility of the user. We show how to scale the scheme to observe the mobility patterns of tens of thousands of users. We also consider the linkability threat, in which the identified user is linked to his Internet usage. We illustrate this threat by combining Skype and BitTorrent to show that it is possible to determine the filesharing usage of identified users. We devise a scheme based on the identification field of the IP datagrams to verify with high accuracy whether the identified user is participating in specific torrents. We conclude that any Internet user can leverage Skype, and potentially other real-time communication systems, to observe the mobility and filesharing usage of tens of millions of identified users.
- a – Max-Planck-Institut
- b – Polytechnic Institute of New York University
- 1: Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI Software systems)
- Max Planck Institute
- 2: Polytechnic institute of New York University (NYU-Poly)
- New York University
- 3: PLANETE (INRIA Sophia Antipolis / INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes)
- Domain : Computer Science/Networking and Internet Architecture
- inria-00632780, version 1
- http://hal.inria.fr/inria-00632780
- oai:hal.inria.fr:inria-00632780
- From: Stevens Le Blond
- Submitted on: Saturday, 15 October 2011 16:04:38
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This guide provides a starting point for research for students, faculty, and visiting researchers in Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. It includes selective lists of reference resources, both online and in print, which will lead you to books, articles, reviews, media, and websites. Harvard has one of the largest Slavic collections outside of Russia and Eastern Europe and we invite you to read more About Harvard's Slavic Collection and Its History below.
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Harvard University holds one of the largest Slavic collections outside the Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe. The main collection of over 850,000 volumes in the areas of the humanities and social sciences is housed in the Widener Libraries and supported by the Slavic Division of the Harvard College Library. Manuscripts, rare books, and materials in the areas of fine arts, music, anthropology, ethnology, law, and science are found in other libraries of the Harvard College Library (such as the Fine Arts Library, Houghton Library, the Loeb Music Library, and Tozzer Library); as well as in libraries of other faculties, such as the Law School Library.
The Slavic Division has as its mission the documentation of the Slavic and Baltic countries throughout history in order to support the teaching and research at Harvard and to serve as a resource for the scholarly community. To carry out this mission, the staff of the Slavic Division collects in great depth materials from Russia, Eastern and Central Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus in all Slavic, Baltic and Western languages, and from various émigré communities from these areas scattered throughout the world. In addition to books, serials and microforms, the Division collects non-book materials, such as videos, CD-ROM's, posters and ephemera, and electronic databases with Slavic content.
The Harvard College Library began to expand its acquisitions into areas concerning Eastern and Central Europe, Russia, and Eurasia towards the end of the nineteenth century with the introduction at Harvard University of courses in Old Church Slavonic, Polish, and Russian. Many of the earliest Slavic acquisitions came to Harvard through gifts and contributions from Archibald Cary Coolidge (Harvard Class of 1887), Professor of History and Director of the University Library (1910-1928), who anticipated teaching and research needs of future generations of Slavists and built major collections in the area at a time when only a handful of American scholars were prepared to use them. Thanks to his pioneering leadership, the Harvard Slavic collection grew from about 3,500 volumes in the mid-1890s to 30,000 volumes by the mid-1930s. By then, this sizeable collection also came to support teaching in the areas of Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, and Ukrainian. Despite this growth, however, in the years following World War I, the regular acquisition of well-rounded collections of publications in all Slavic languages remained out of reach; and it became nearly impossible during World War II. Nonetheless, the Library maintained its commitment to this area in the hopes that the Library would be reasonably prepared to cope with the influx of material after the war.
A systematic plan for the development of Harvard's Slavic library collections began in the mid-1950s following the creation of the Russian Research Center in 1948, and the official establishment of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures in 1949. After years when it had been difficult to obtain material from behind the Iron Curtain, the Library suddenly faced a flood of Slavic publications and made more Slavic acquisitions than during any previous decade, including the significant contributions to Harvard's collection of Slavic early printing, history, and literature made by Bayard L. Kilgour, Jr. (Harvard Class of 1927). The 1960s and 1970s brought a concerted effort to fill in gaps in Harvard's Slavic collections and the Library set out to complete sets of Slavic periodicals and to search out originals, copies and microfilms of out-of-print research materials, particularly from the Russian revolutionary period through the first half of the 20th century. With the formation of the Committee on Ukrainian Studies in 1968 and the establishment of the Ukrainian Research Institute in 1973, the Library also began to acquire unparalleled collections of Ukrainian material from private collectors. During the 1980s, the focus turned towards preserving Harvard's Slavic holdings and towards raising endowed book funds to ensure future research needs and acquisitions. At the same time, the Slavic Division developed an elaborate network of exchange relationships throughout the Slavic world by which it acquired works in nearly all disciplines of the social sciences and humanities. As a result of these strategic decisions, Harvard's Slavic collection grew from about 124,000 titles in 1950 to nearly 800,000 by 1998. Proceeding from an acquisition rate of approximately 500 volumes per year in the late 1940s to 1,000 volumes per month in the 1960s, the Harvard College Library's Slavic collection has grown to an acquisition rate of approximately 1,700 volumes per month at the turn of the twenty-first century. Thus, even before the deluge of publications that attended the break-up of the Soviet empire in the Baltics, Eurasia, and East-Central Europe, Harvard University managed to acquire the single largest academic collection of Slavic materials in the world.


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Last night in Boston, the first set of runway shows at the tent at the Mandarin Hotel in Boston took place and I was happy to have Amy Connolly from Creative Soul Spectrum cover the shows for me. (We recently met Amy in a Style Profile, here).
Mendoza's show sporting casual yet chic neutrals with flouncy skirts and heads piled high in braids (which we saw a lot of at NYFW) took to the stage. Visit CSSpectrum for more Boston Fashion Week coverage of Mendoza's show and thank you Amy for shooting for Hogger & Co.!
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SIOUX FALLS, SD (KWSN) - A difficult season full of inconsistent play and frustrating road defeats for the Sioux Falls women's basketball team continued on Friday night in Mankato, Minn. The No. 21 Mavericks (21-4, 17-4 NSIC) forced 21 Cougar turnovers and cruised to an easy, 84-67 wire-to-wire victory.
The loss dropped USF to 12-13 overall (9-12, NSIC) with one game left in the regular season. The Cougars shot 53% from the floor and went 5-for-11 on threes but could not recover from their own mistakes.
It was another road game with turnover problems for the Cougars, which gave it away 10 times in the first half alone. The miscues led to 25 Maverick points and combined with 10 offensive rebounds by MSU, the Mavericks used their extra possessions to their advantage.
A little less than five minutes into the game, USF trailed 12-3 and had more turnovers (five) than shot attempts (four). Compounding the problem was that Holli Aggen picked up her second foul with 6:41 left in the first half, and was quickly joined in foul trouble by Alyssa Rushton, who was slapped with her second foul 34 seconds later.
Laura Johnson kept the Cougars in the game with 15 first-half points, including 3-for-3 from beyond the arc. But USF's leading scorer was held to two shot attempts in the second half and finished with 17 points and six rebounds. Alyssa Rushton also had 17 points for the Cougars.
Ali Wilkinson led four Mavericks in double-digits with a game-high 22 points on 7-for-11 shooting.
Down 25-10 with just over 10 minutes to play, the Cougars rallied to cut it to 27-22 with a 12-2 run that was capped by Johnson's third three-pointer of the first half.
MSU finished the half on a 14-6 spurt to take a 41-28 lead into the break.
A Maverick team that was out for revenge against a USF squad that knocked them from the unbeaten ranks on Dec. 15 ran away from the Cougars quickly and efficiently in the second period.
On the first possession of the second half, the Cougars left Aubrey Davis alone in the right corner and she made them pay with a three with just five seconds off the clock. There was a critical five-point swing at the 15-minute mark, when the Cougars missed a gimme layup and failed to secure the offensive rebound. Ashley Olson came down with the ball and dished it ahead to Wilkinson, who laid it in and was fouled for a three-point play that put the Mavericks up 54-35.
Olson provided the dagger with consecutive treys that gave Minnesota State its largest lead of the game at 62-39 with 12:39 left in the game. With 10:33 to go, the margin was down to 15, 63-48, after a Teagan Molden layup and a Rushton trey. But the Mavericks matched with a three on the other end that turned the final minutes into a mere formality at the Taylor Center, Arena, where the Mavericks are 12-0 this season.
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The Cougars were edged on the glass, 30-28. The USF bench was outscored by the Maverick reserves 21-19. The Mavericks connected on 28-of-58 (48%) of their shots from the floor, 9-of-23 (39%) from long range and went 19-of-23 from the charity stripe.
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This is the first dark roast coffee I've tried. I've been drinking a lot of medium roast coffees. Not after drinking this. It has a very good taste and aroma. I'm going to make this a daily cuppa, that first one you get in the morning. I'm sold on this coffee. I'm going to put this on my list as one of my auto-ships.
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REVIEW: TRON - Legacy unworthy
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First a disclaimer - the original 1982 Tron is a favorite from my childhood. I appreciate the film for both the fantasy world it revealed to my imagination, and as a pioneering achievement - a landmark in the development of computer-generated special effects. But just like with the original Star Wars films, when effects were still expensive to produce, it still had to have a coherent story and decent acting.
But as we've seen with the new Star Wars flicks, you don't even need that anymore.
With computers making anything possible onscreen, the new Star Wars flicks should have come with air-sickness bags for all the distracting, churning experiments of how many effects could be stuffed into each square inch. And as the number of effects went up, the attention spent on trivial matters like dialogue and acting went down.
A quick plot summary: The events in TRON: Legacy follow the original Tron. Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) is the head of Encom, Inc. and father to young Sam Flynn. One night Kevin goes off to work and disappears. Fast forward 20 years and Sam is a young man (Garrett Hedlund). A young, angry, misunderstood, very-rich-rebel-without-a-cause young man. Did I miss any cliches there? I can assure you the film didn't. One night after a family friend receives a mysterious "page" Sam goes and checks his Dad's old office and finds a secret computer lab hidden behind an arcade game. A computer lab he found in five minutes apparently went undetected in 20 years of searching for his father - we'll talk a bit about the plot holes later. Sam messes with the computer and gets imported to the computer world where he finds the old man as well as the Villain - "Clu" - a program created by Kevin in his younger days, and the computer-enhanced 30-year old Jeff Bridges seems to be generating the most buzz about this flick. Father, son and a spunky tomboyish love interest for Sam, Quorra (Olivia Wilde) team up to free the grid from Clu's tyranny.
TRON: Legacy manages to rip off, er, pay homage to a number of sci-fi classics, in particular Blade Runner, The Matrix, Star Wars and 2001 just to name a few. In trying to be all things to all people it develops no identity of its own, leaving no cliche unturned. Seriously, I lost count of how many times Clu bellows at his inept henchmen, "FIND THEM!" and Take her away!"
An indifferent plot line slows things down too. We know they're on the run because they're running, but it's not entirely clear why they're running, or what they're running to. Clu supposedly has some evil plan to take over the world, but it was some generic "threat" - I don't recall what the actual evil plan was. Clu could have been much more fun if he had been a bit more, well, EVIL. As a machine with no understanding of or respect for life, he could have been a savage, relentless cruel machine not unlike a Terminator, but with a bit of humor. This could have been a character you could have built the film around, like Alan Rickman's fun rendition of the Sheriff on Nottingham. What an opportunity lost with this milquetoast Clu Here, we're told he's a bad guy, but other than chasing down our heroes he's never really seen doing something bad, other than executing an obnoxious minion, which you've seen in pretty much every James Bond movie.
Gaping plot holes? We got 'em! (SPOLIER ALERT!!!! - - - If Clu and his cronies could go search Kevin Flynn's apartment anytime they wanted, why would they not have simply gone there before now to take the disc?). - - - SPOLIER ENDS There's some sort of quasi-religious theme going on too, kind of like the Force, with Flynn as the wizened old Jedi Obi Wan Lubowski. It brings to mind the image of a tug-of-war among a circle of people - with everyone pulling in different directions, the center moves nowhere.
But what about the effects? The action? Well, there are some pretty cool scenes, but you've already seen most of them in the trailer. The film is so DARK for the sake of being dark (and not in a cool noirish style like Blade Runner) that sometimes it's hard to see a lot of detail when cycles and gliders are racing by. About 45 minutes in, the whole thing just seems to meld into a monotone palette of greys, blacks and dark blues. The action is fine but there's not enough of it to make this a bona fide "action" flick, and it just doesn't seem to have heart. By "heart" I mean like the dogfight at the end of Star Wars, like the Raiders of the Lost Ark truck scene, like the lightcycles from the original Tron. The action here seems market-tested with nothing new - there should have been something pioneering, a real tribute to the original. Instead it reeks of "safe" and "formula."
As a fan of the original, when I watched it I found myself trying to make excuses for it, asking myself what I liked about it. Well. Um. The soundtrack from Daft Punk IS pretty killer and atmospheric - it brought Vangelis' score from Blade Runner to mind. And, uh, that's about it. I'm a big Jeff Bridges fan but here it just seems like he's phoning it in. I really couldn't find anything redeeming about it, and I was really pulling for this to be a good one.
TRON: Legacy fails on a level close to that of the three newer "Star Wars" flicks. What these films have in common is not only the failure of the film itself, but the watering-down of the originals' reputation. BTW, stand by for a marketing catastrophe as Disney has already committed to throwing good money after bad - a sequel and a TV series have already begun production without waiting to see how the first one was received. Jobs will be lost over this.
On my famous "These Go to 11" scale, I give it a 4.75.


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When the Glade of Dreams is overrun by "nefurrious"Darktoons, the Fairy Council hastily invokes Rayman to save the day; but the hero of light isn't quite all there...To help him, Rayman teams up with his best friend, Globox, and two crafty wizards, the Teensies. Together, the world's most hilarious team of heroes will need to restore peace to the Glade or watch as their beloved home vanishes like a bad dream...
- Rebirth of a Platforming Legend: It's been 15 years since the first launch of Rayman. Rayman Origins brings back many of the classic characters, revived in their original 2D form, as well as a whole new world of characters and environments. Discover the roots of Rayman by collecting pieces of the Glade's history, and assemble them to reveal the truth behind Rayman's origins.
- 4-Player, Jump-In/Jump-Out, Co-op Gameplay: Play as Rayman in the solo campaign, or have up to three friends jump in at any time to play as Globox or as one of the twoTeensies. Players can leave at any time without affecting the others' progression.
- Unique Approach to 2D Art: A rich world with over 100 characters and 12 unique environments created by some of the VG's most reputed artists and animators. This creative approach to 2D design will recapture the hearts of platformer fans and introduce a new generation to one of the industry's best-loved characters in his original 2D form.
- A Vast Playground: Rayman Origins includes over 60 levelsof 2D platforming gameplay designed for all ages and playing styles. Unlock new abilities progressively and return to previous levels to discover new paths and secrets.
- Variety of Gameplay: Rayman Origins is a platformer at its core, but it has elements of many game genres. Rayman, Globox and the Teensies gain unique abilities as they progress through the adventure, including swimming, diving and the sensational "HairlyCopter." The game also features many elements of action, adventure and beat-'em-up gameplay.
- Epic Boss Fights: A giant pink monster with hundreds of eyes... A possessed, mountainous golem... An evil daisy-cum-carnivorous plant...Rayman Origins will put players to the test with these and many more challenging boss battles!
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AIG's tangled web unwinds slowly
A look at AIG's complex derivative business shows why it's difficult to take apart these bets.
By Lauren Tara LaCapra, TheStreet
Drilling down into the terms and details of American International Group's (AIG) massive derivative book shows why unwinding thousands of these bets has been so difficult and time-consuming.
AIG's financial products division has made incredible strides in whittling down its often-complex trades. Progress has sped up since the markets have recovered and the firm has been standing on more solid ground, both managerially and operationally.
As of March 9, AIG had reduced the notional value of its derivatives book to $800 billion, with 14,800 trades outstanding. That's $140 billion less exposure and 8% fewer trades than at year-end alone, and less than a third of the $2.7 trillion in exposure at its 2007 peak.
"The trades that are left today are not only fewer in number, but they are also less complex, involve fewer counterparties, are much simpler to hedge or defease and pose dramatically less of a risk than the book did 18 months ago," says spokesman Mark Herr.
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In a typical deal, AIG provides insurance against losses by issuing credit-default swaps. The CDS are supported by securitized debt, such as mortgages or corporate bonds, while other contracts protect bets on the direction of equities, bonds, commodities or currencies. Counterparties pay monthly premiums for the protection. They receive payments from AIG if borrowers stop paying en masse, if underlying assets lose market value, or if ratings downgrades occur -- all of which happened in 2008.
As a result, AIG has been forced to make good on others' bearish bets, with more than $100 billion in cash collateral coming directly from the Federal Reserve to firms like Goldman Sachs (GS), Bank of America (BAC), Morgan Stanley (MS), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Citigroup (C) and other big banks in Europe.
The insurer has been trying to "unwind" the rest of the trades -- whether through natural expiration, or outright purchase of underlying assets. But that task hasn't been easy, says hedge fund manager Ralph Nacey, who actively bet against the subprime housing market in 2007. AIG's protection isn't on a single item in most cases, but on pools of thousands of loans or trades. For instance, the average pool of small-to-medium sized corporate debt that AIG insures is backed by 6,500 loans.
"The way these underlying securities take loss, they're not binary events," says Nacey, who is now managing principal of WestSpring Advisors, a credit-focused firm. "In corporate credit, there's a default and that's an event. With these securities, it happens over time, by not paying interest or not paying principal or a combination of both."
As credit quality continues to degrade, AIG is responsible for additional payments over the life of the contract, unless it is extinguished. However, the loan pools have been packaged and sliced up into securities with different levels of risk, sometimes more than once, creating confusion at times over who even owns the underlying assets. Furthermore, if AIG approaches a counterparty to exit a trade early, it can be difficult to come up with a price tag that satisfies both sides.
"It's not like the underlying securities are trading day to day," says Nacey. "It's not as simple as, 'Let's see where this is trading in the market,' because it's not trading in the market."
As a result, AIG can be locked in tough negotiations with holders of toxic debt for months or years, staring down two choices that appear equally bleak: The insurer can make payments on money-losing assets, hoping they retain or recover some value; or, it can purchase the assets, try to sell them into a still-icy market, and take a related loss.
Outcomes can be wildly different -- depending on market conditions, the horizon of a contract, and a counterparty's willingness to negotiate.
In one case last year, AIG took a charge of nearly $200 million related to guarantees on office-space leases it entered back in 2002. In two other residential-mortgage trades, AIG posted an unrealized gain of $137 million because it believes it will receive premiums even after the underlying assets mature. In yet another case, AIG purchased $1.5 billion worth of debt that is heavily weighted in subprime real estate in Spain. AIG believes it will lose less by selling or holding onto the assets than continuing to make contractual payments.
Complicating the situation further, some transactions are tied to more than one level of a debt structure, and AIG can't extinguish one bet while another is still in place. To hedge against losses on less-healthy, "mezzanine-level" debt, AIG has at times purchased CDS from third-party issuers to offset losses on its own CDS.
When asked to discuss what it takes to unwind a typical contract, Nacey responded: "You're kind of opening Pandora's Box."
Overall, AIG's trades have lost a significant amount of money, because the insurer had been very bullish about a financial market that was soon at the brink of destruction, and an economy that would soon be in a recession. Most deals were set up so that AIG protected the top-level, "super senior" layer of risk -- meaning it only needed to pay out funds once lower layers of equity and debt had accrued losses.
Yet, most of the trades were linked to subprime mortgage bets, and as that market collapsed, losses soon ate through riskier tranches. As a result, AIG's capital-markets business posted $40.5 billion in pre-tax losses in 2008.
"A lot of people are basically equating these problems to credit default swaps [by saying they] are like insurance," says Edward Grabeck, a debt-market strategist and CEO of Tempus Advisors, who has worked with structured vehicles at JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and General Electric's (GE) GE Capital division. "Well, I say they aren't. The people who say they are like insurance are usually the people who mispriced them in the first place."
The complexity of these trades is part of CEO Robert Benmosche's battle with the Obama administration over employee compensation. AIG says its financial products employees know contract terms, market conditions and hedging strategies, as well as AIG's complex proprietary trading systems, better than anyone else. The firm also argues that the departure of key traders and executives would make unwinding contracts more difficult because counterparties in negotiations with them would be spooked by signs of instability.
Financial products employees earned $98 million last year, or 19% of operating expenses. Another $153 million was paid out for pre-existing retention plans and related expenses.
"AIG financial products not only had numerous trades on its books, but extraordinarily complex trades, a substantial number of which were long-dated, making for a daunting challenge on its face," says Herr. "Layer onto that unprecedented market conditions and we faced a tremendous challenge. Despite all of this, the men and women at FP were persistent, diligent and, most important, committed to seeing the unwind through, and we have achieved, by any measure, remarkable success."
Though AIG isn't expected to recoup all of its subprime losses, its capital-markets business showed muted signs of improvement last year, earning $180 million in pre-tax income as the markets improved. If borrowers start repaying overdue debt, or if market values gain more ground -- both big "ifs" -- AIG will be reimbursed a requisite portion of its counterparty payments as well, for contracts that are still active.
Gerry Pasciucco was brought on in October 2008 to wind down the FP division in its entirety. But rather than race to extinguish all of the unit's positions, he now plans to retain $300 billion to $500 billion in derivative trades.
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Olympia, WA - The Evergreen Geoducks added NWAACC All-Star guard Melissa Evans to their 2006-07 recruiting class today, announced Head Women's Basketball Coach Monica Heuer.
Evans, a 5'6 guard from Shoreline Community College averaged 15 points and six rebounds per game for the Dolphins.
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A man is in extreme critical condition after police say he was intentionally run over several times in a southwest Atlanta neighborhood on Sunday.A spokesperson for the Atlanta Police Department tells FOX 5 News that they responded to the 600 block of Clover Street around 11:40 p.m. after receiving a 911 call. The found a man trapped under a vehicle.Family members identified the victim as 30-year-old Braydon Green. Police said that Bryan Bush and Green had been drinking at a gathering when there was a disagreement and Bush used his vehicle as a weapon.Witnesses told police that Bush ran over Green, put the car in reverse and then ran over him a second time. Bush then allegedly ran over Green a third time before a bystander intervened. A witness told FOX 5's Aungelique Proctor that he jumped behind the wheel to stop Bush from running over Green a fourth time. That witness said that the attack was unprovoked.Firefighters extricated Green from under the car and transported him to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he is in an intensive care unit with a lacerated liver, a collapsed lung, two broken collar bones, a broken leg and fractured ribs. His aunt, Casey Heath, said that he is miraculously improving."They took him off the ventilator yesterday and the first thing he did was to grab my hand and say, 'Auntie pray,'" Heath said. "And when I got there today he said, 'Pray for me.'"Bush was also transported to Grady Memorial Hospital, but was later taken to the Fulton County Jail. He waived his first court appearance on Monday. He is charged with aggravated battery.
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Talk Therapy May Treat Low Back Pain
Feb. 25, 2010 -- A treatment designed to challenge how people with low back pain think about their condition and change their behaviors was shown to have long-term benefits in a newly published study.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) proved more effective than a single session with a health care provider in reducing pain over the course of a year.
The study is among the largest ever to examine CBT for chronic back pain, which is among the most common, costly, and difficult-to-treat health problems.
"This wasn't psychotherapy and we absolutely are not saying that back pain is a psychological problem," study co-author Zara Hansen tells WebMD. "Back pain is very much a physical problem, but the way a patient thinks about it can affect how it is managed."
CBT for Low Back Pain
Most adults experience low back pain at some point in their lives. In many, the pain goes away after a few days or weeks, but in others it can last for months or come and go for many years.
Americans spend at least $50 billion each year on low back pain, and it is the most frequent cause of job-related disability, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Pain-relieving drugs, exercise, spinal manipulation, surgery, and even alternative treatments such as acupuncture and biofeedback have all shown some success in the treatment of low back pain, but many patients do not respond to these treatments.
To test the benefits of CBT as a therapy for chronic low back pain, Hansen and colleagues from the University of Warwick in England recruited 701 patients from general medicine practices across the country.
All the patients had an initial consultation that lasted about 15 minutes and stressed the benefits of remaining active, avoiding bed rest, and taking pain medication when appropriate. They were also given a book to read, which described various treatments for back pain.
About a third got no other intervention but were allowed to seek additional treatment on their own. The rest had a thorough one-on-one medical assessment and participated in up to six sessions of group cognitive behavioral therapy over the course of about three months.
The CBT sessions focused on participants' thoughts and behaviors about back pain and physical activity. By helping people identify negative beliefs, they can change behaviors.
Information on back pain was collected three months after the patients entered the study, and then again at six and 12 months.
After three months, the impact of the CBT intervention was comparable to that reported for established low back pain treatments like exercise, acupuncture, and manipulation, the researchers report.
After 12 months, almost twice as many patients in the CBT group reported having no back pain (59% vs. 31%). Sixty-five percent reported being satisfied with their treatment, compared to 43% of patients who did not have the group therapy.


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Why is Billionaire Steven Cohen Betting On This Organic Food Company?
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At the end of June, SAC Capital and Sigma Capital Management, an SAC subsidiary, took new positions in Annie's (NYSE: BNNY) that equaled almost 4% of the Annie's outstanding shares—see all funds owning Annies at the end of June.
Annies' first quarter as a public company soundly beat consensus, and since the company's IPO at end of March its stock price is up almost 30%. While many of the company's peers outlined below are cutting estimates and lowering guidance, Annie's recently raised 2013 sales growth estimates to between 16% and 19%, versus consensus of 16%.
The company recently introduced certified organic frozen pizzas, which have had better than expected performance. Seven major retailers are offering the pizza, including Kroger, Safeway and Target. The company also has plans to introduce another new snack item in January 2013.
Annie's has tough competition from three giants in the food packaging industry: Kellogg (NYSE: K), General Mills (NYSE: GIS) and Kraft (NASDAQ: KRFT). All these companies have market caps well above Annie's sub-$1 billion market cap.
Kellogg is the leading producer of ready-to-eat cereal, and also sells snack or convenience foods such as cookies, crackers, potato chips and cereal bars. Kellogg beat out Diamond Foods for the Pringles acquisition earlier this year. Pringles is the world's second largest savory snacks business, with around $1.5 billion in sales. The acquisition cost Kellogg $2.7 billion. We believe that Kellogg's will have its hands fun with the Pringles acquisition and pay limited attention to Annie's. Pringles gives Kellogg much more of an international presence and will allow the company to take advantage of rising income levels in international markets.
General Mills had solid financials last quarter, but gave disappointing guidance. At first glance the company grew sales by 5% year over year, but organic revenue was only up 2%. Acquisitions—including Yoplait International and Food Should Taste Good—helped push the company's sales higher for 2Q. The company is currently battling rising costs, and is trying to pass this along to customers. Inflation and currency translation costs are causing problems for General Mills. Costs are expected to be up 10% in 2012, versus a single-digit increase in 2011 and a 3% decline in 2010. It's worth noting that during the same quarter Cohen took a stake in Annie's, he reduced his position in General Mills by over 30%.
Kraft Foods recently completed the spin-off of Kraft Foods Group. Kraft Foods Group is the second largest U.S. packaged foods manufacturer, but is now separated from its international growth counterpart. This makes Kraft Foods Group much less of a growth opportunity when compared to Annie's. The company is much more stable and will likely serve as a haven for income investors, with a dividend yield over 4% and a payout ratio of around 75%.
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) trades much closer to Annie's on a market cap basis, at $2 billion. TreeHouse is one of the largest suppliers of pickles and non-dairy powdered coffee creamer in the U.S. Other products include soups, salad dressings and hot cereal. The company is down 17% year to date after lowering full year guidance. However, revenue is expected to be up 7% for 2012, and EPS up to $2.80 from 2011′s $2.72 EPS. The company is expected to continue to look for acquisitions to spur growth. TreeHouse competes with Annie's in the private label food industry, which has favorable long-term prospects, including increased price sensitivity on the part of consumers.
Other investors following Cohen into Annie's during 2Q were Richard Chilton and Israel Englander. Although we believe that Annie's has some advantages and better growth opportunities than any other food packaging companies, the valuation appears to be a bit rich. Annie's trades at a P/E of 100 and a P/S of 5.4, while the averages of its peers are 16.5x and 1.3x, respectively. The company does have strong growth prospects with plans to introduce new products, though it still trades at 45x next year's earnings. However, TreeHouse with a couple key acquisitions TreeHouse may be able to outpace Annie's in the growth game. The company trades the cheapest of the five stocks listed here on a P/S basis at 1.0, with a P/E of 20.
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Mark Burton's customers are either insanely rich, very well-known or hold top positions of power somewhere on the globe. And they are huge fans of his products, because they can mean the difference between a violent death or making it home at night.
His company, International Armoring Corp., (IAC) makes bulletproof cars that, from the outside, look no different from the family sedan or a SUV. Outfitting an auto runs $65,000 to $85,000, on top of the vehicle's cost. The promised "Shelter from the Storm" comes at a price.
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1993 » Founded in Ogden by Mark Burton
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"Because of the confidential nature of what we do, we don't disclose (client) names," Burton said, noting that earlier this year a foreign head of state survived a hundred-bullet barrage, thanks to one of IAC's vehicles.
"He called and said he loved me," Burton said. One of IAC's slogans, "Who says you can't buy peace of mind" sometimes hits home in a sobering way.
Last week, the company was featured on the Discovery Channel's "Sons of Guns" show, where producers asked IAC to take an armored B6 Porsche Cayenne to the next level by outfitting the interior with offensive firepower.
That was for entertainment purposes because IAC's products are typically only defensive in nature.
In 1993, Burton — an accountant by profession — launched the business in Ogden with the goal of armoring and selling two dozen vehicles that year.
"We ended up doing over 225," he said.
In 2011, the company sold more than 500 vehicles, said his son, Mark Burton Jr., who joined IAC about 15 years ago. The younger Burton today runs the related Armormax business, which focuses on protective synthetic laminate and specialty products such as bulletproof doors and briefcases.
In August, IAC moved its headquarters to Centerville and in January relocated its manufacturing facility to the Davis County city when it agreed to vacate its Ogden site to make way for the Internal Revenue Service, which needed more parking for its operations.
However, it also has assembly sites in Hong Kong, the Phillipines, South Africa and the United Kingdom.
The company recently signed a 160-vehicle order for a U.S. government agency, Burton said, and those cars will be built outside the country because of contract specifications, government regulations and shipping costs.
"The bulk of our products are purchased outside the U.S.," Burton said, noting that Mexico is a high-demand market, along with countries in Africa, eastern Europe, southeast Asia and the Middle East.
According to a March 2012 analysis from the Netherlands-based ASDReports, the armored-vehicle market is an $11 billion industry, much of it focused on military production. IAC's primary focus is slightly different — in the early 1990s it produced one of the first "Pope-mobiles," Burton said.
Twenty percent to 30 percent of IAC's business is military, said Mark Burton Jr.
The market for IAC's personalized products thrives in countries where leaving the house can be a dangerous action. Some intersections in Caracas, Venezuela, have signs posted that warn of frequent car-jackings, Burton said, and "quickie" kidnappings in Mexico City occur often, to drain the victim's bank account at the closest ATM.
And during war time, business booms.
"During the Iraq conflict, we had to rent two other Utah facilities to keep up with the demand," Burton said. In 1996, the small business ramped up international production and at one point had 14 facilities in operation. However, Burton said they have since been consolidated because of management and control concerns.
During the company's 20 years in business, there have been almost 300 attacks on the 8,000 vehicles it has sold. Their clients include 40 different heads of state around the world.
"We've never lost a client," said Mark Burton Jr., while noting that some have had heart attacks and strokes amid the trauma of an attack.
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Inspiration: Woodberry Kitchen's Farmhouse Decor
When I heard one of my favorite eateries had just been named one of the top ten best new restaurants in America by Bon Appétit, I can't say I was surprised. They turn out some of the best farm-to-table fare in the Chesapeake region. But it's not just the fantastic food that keeps me coming back for more — the restaurant's rustic farmhouse decor is as equally appealing.
Situated in the historic Clipper Mill complex, you couldn't ask for a more fitting setting. The restaurant is nestled in an old foundry space, with exposed brick walls and lofty ceilings. The decor is simple and unfussy. Stacked wood logs, a reclaimed wood bar, a wall of windows, and a grand wood-burning oven that serves as the centerpiece of the restaurant. A "specials board" hangs above the open kitchen and reminds me of the ones you used to see in a church hall or local diner. The chairs - the simply lovely chairs - are the aluminum Emeco chairs I've been lusting after for quite some time. A collection of vintage farm equipment lines the walls and shelves, completing the farmhouse look. The decor is effortlessly gorgeous; a little country while still delivering an air of urban chic.
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I love this style!
i loooove the woodberry kitchen!!! sooo yummy!
Great to see a local place recognized. WK is within walking distance from my house, and it's one of my absolute favorites. Great for a special dinner or just a drink at the bar or around the firepit outside. Beautiful and so, so cozy.
Love it! Looks more industrial than farmhouse to me though.
What a great setting for feasting on some tasty food. The pictures on this post are fantastic, Kimberly! I need to go and check out this firepit that suiterkin mentioned before it gets to cold outside - boooooooo Winter!
I love Woodberry! The food is great, the atmosphere fantastic and I love their focus on local foods. The local food craze is certainly a fad right now, but Woodberry seems to be the real deal, and they certainly know how to use those fresh ingredients to turn out great food.
Nice to see a B-more restaurant highlighted here!
The service at Woodberry is always terrible. Yes, the food is pretty good, but for my money, I think Salt is better. http://www.salttavern.com/
Beautiful spare decor, except for the vintage tools on display up above. It's a little too Early-American-Revival-meets-TGI-Friday's.
YAY! definitely baltimore's best restaurant! (sorry, cindy wolf) ;)
Yeah, aside from the farming implements, I'm not seeing farmhouse. But it's pretty.
I ate dinner there last night. In the first picture, you can see the stair behind the logs. As I walked down the stairs, I had a terrible (wicked) urge to push the logs and create havoc.
I ate some savory bread pudding with summer squash and zucchini that was out-of-this-world. But my fried rice was waaaaay too salty. But I did not complain. Everyone else's food was delish, too.
I followed google map driving through bad a neighborhood ( N/S fulton Road)to Woodberry kitchen from DC ( Yahoo map gives better direction to woodberry). The clipper mill area is small only about 3 blocks. There are one restaurant, residential area, and design studios or workshops. It seems like a miniture version of the Distillery in Toronoto, Canada, but the Distillery has way more activities going on.
Cons: I felt the place was overrated. I had an unfriendly waitress from Eastern Europe, but other waitress seems pretty nice to their customers. Foods weren't that great. 3 or 4 pieces of Goat cheese plums were horrible, and eggplant dips were bad. I lost appetite for entree.
Pros: Woodberry Kitchen is a trendy/hip restaurant. I like the concept of local grown. Hosts are nice. The atmosphere was great.
My observation: "fried" rice is "baked" in brick oven.
By the way, McDonalds has those emeco Navy chairs too.
Woodberry is a good restaurant, but not the best in Baltimore. It has a great atmosphere on the right night.


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I am not sure if I want to go into special education or into some other field. Can you talk to me about this?
Historically, students with disabilities were denied access to school. Powerful federal laws enacted over the last several decades now mandate that all students with disabilities have a right to a free and appropriate public education. Nationwide, over 6,000,000 children are now being served in special education in the public schools.
Throughout the United States, there is a shortage of well-trained special education teachers. Graduates of the Special Education program will find that their skills are in high demand, the job opportunities numerous, and their work students with disabilities demanding, yet exceptionally gratifying.
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Most of our M.Ed., Ed.S., and Endorsement Only program students are working teachers who take one class a quarter during the academic year and one or two classes during the summer. With that schedule, you can complete the program in two to three years. You need to work closely with your advisor throughout the program to ensure that you maintain the most efficient sequence of courses. The Master in Teaching with Special Education Endorsement may be completed in six quarters of study (four full time quarters during the academic year and two summer quarters). The completion of the Endorsement Only program in Special Education is dependent upon the amount of prior coursework.
Every university has their own strengths and particular areas of expertise. Our particular strengths and areas of expertise are as follows:
The MEd in Special Education is for certified teachers who are pursuing an advanced degree and an endorsement in special education. The Master in Teaching with Special Education Endorsement is for those who do not have an initial teaching certificate. In this latter program, students may earn an initial teaching certificate, a master's degree, and the special education endorsement simultaneously.
Students who wish to earn the MEd or EdS degree but who do not have a teaching certificate and do not plan to teach in K-12 schools are welcome in the program. However, in order to earn the primary Washington state teaching endorsement in special education, you must already hold a Washington state teaching certificate. If you plan to be a special educator in the public schools, you need to have a Washington state primary teaching endorsement in elementary education or in a secondary subject area. If you do not already have a Washington state initial teaching certificate, you may want to investigate the Master in Teaching with Special Education Endorsement program.
Students with prior extensive coursework in special education may have their transcripts reviewed for a nominal fee by the special education program director. Students must contact Christopher Phaiah in the certification office to set up this review. This review will determine what additional coursework is required to complete the special education endorsement. Endorsements are only given to students who are completing one of the special education, or other College of Education, degree or endorsement programs. The State of Washington requires 45 credits of special education in order to complete the endorsement. Once students have 24 credits of special education, students may apply for a pre- endorsement waiver.
Once a student is admitted to the program, an advising appointment is set up. During this advising appointment, a plan of study will be established in order to complete endorsement and degree requirements. The M.Ed. requires 48 credits. The Ed.S. requires 45 credits. The university will accept up to 10 credits of graduate coursework completed at another institution.
We would love to explore career options with you. A great place to do this is at one of the graduate open houses. The University has a graduate open house every quarter. We could sit and brainstorm. And, you could immediately talk to another discipline if you would like to explore other options.
This website has most of the information available, but you can also access the online Seattle University Graduate Catalog for additional information and course descriptions.
The faculty is always available to discuss the programs.The University has a graduate open house every quarter.
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While the opening of his new restaurant, Gunshow, is a few months away, chef Kevin Gillespie hasn't been taking that time off (as if the executive chef and owner of a restaurant opening in 2 months has a bunch of free time.)
According to Gillespie's Facebook feed, he will be serving as Roastmaster for the Friar's Club Roast of Padma Lakshmi this season, and he filled a few month's worth of free nights with a series of custom private dinners for groups up to 12. All of Gillespie's nights dedicated for these private dinners booked within only a few hours of his announcements about the program on Facebook.
On a related note: I make for a charming dinner guest and swear to say kind things about the décor of your home if you need someone to fill a final seat at one of those…
And now, Gillespie is returning to the world of animation. After his appearance on Adult Swim's Squidbillies in 2011, Gillespie has now been upgraded to the FX network where he will appear on the show Archer. In this episode, Kevin will play a long haul trucker that "lends Archer a hand, but Archer quickly comes to regret [his] help."
Gillespie's episode of Archer airs this Thursday night on FX.
February 5th, 2013
8:47 am
I know I want to eat at a place called Gunshow.
February 5th, 2013
9:08 am
Guessing "Gunshow" is in reference to his proclivity to show off his tattooed arms, like a pro wrestler? Just a hunch.
February 5th, 2013
12:15 pm
Roasted Padma? Bacon jam with that?
February 6th, 2013
8:36 am
Using the name "Gunshow" is a way to filter customers without really trying, I suppose. I'll give it a shot!
February 6th, 2013
12:05 pm
Can't wait to attend the grand opening!
February 10th, 2013
3:11 am
[...] Kevin Gillespie keeping busy until Gunshow [...]


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Billionaire for 5 hours: What would you do?
Bank error showed nearly $89 billion in a Florida man's business account.
The following would have been more appropriate on April 1: A Florida man found $88,888,888,888.88 in his business' SunTrust Bank account when he checked it online one night last week, The Wealth Report blog in The Wall Street Journal reports.
Paul Fischer quickly diagnosed a bank error, but he asked if he could transfer the ghost balance to an interest-bearing account until the problem was fixed and donate the earnings -- $7.3 million -- to charity. You can guess SunTrust's answer. Five hours later, his account was back to normal.
The same kind of error happened in an unspecified number of other SunTrust accounts. No real money was involved. "SunTrust traced the problem to an error in the bank's balance reporting system, which resulted in some accounts being filled with multiple 8s," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said.
"This kind of bank error happens frequently. But Mr. Fischer raises an interesting question: What if, for five hours, you truly did have $89 billion?" The Wealth Report blogger Robert Frank wrote. The rules for his game: You have to return the loot "and whatever you bought or invested with it" after the time has lapsed.
It's an interesting thought. It also reminds me of a story. Years ago, I was spending a weekend at the home of a couple I know, and we all decided to buy lottery tickets. Early the next day, after the winning numbers had been picked, the husband went back to the store and purchased a new ticket with the winning numbers. (The real winner got more than $100 million, if memory serves me right.) He carefully replaced his wife's losing ticket with the new one.
Well, when she woke up and examined her ticket, she thought she'd won. (Of course, she didn't look at the date.) She screamed and called her mother in New Jersey and screamed some more. The husband let this charade go on for about 30 minutes before I made him confess the prank. (Killjoy, I know.)
Do you have a similar story to share? Or simply share your thoughts: What would you do if you had $89 billion for five hours and then had to give it all back. Unlike Frank, we'll let you keep whatever proceeds you made.
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