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December 21, 20112:22 pm 0 Comments
Be on the lookout for the December issue of The Blue & White, arriving on campus this week. In the meantime, Bwog will honor our heritage/amorous affair with our mother magazine by posting features from the upcoming issue. Such treats include a discussion of Occupy Wall Street with Columbia professor Todd Gitlin, a look at Columbia's proposal for a new engineering campus, and the politics of space in Lerner. Below is Peter Sterne's investigation into Barnard's budget woes.
Colleges are in the business of education. Though they are large private corporations that manage hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars a year, as non-profits, institutions of higher learning have a culture distinct from that of most for-profit private corporations. As Greg Brown, Barnard College's Chief Operating Officer, says of the industry, "This isn't corporate America, where the COO makes 100 times what anyone else makes." In order to fulfill its mission, though, Barnard has to manage its money well, which requires it to make decisions that, in the short-term, may not be seem to be in the best interests of its students.
Barnard, eking out its existence on a tiny endowment, has faced financial difficulties for years, and as a result, recently adopted policies aimed at increasing revenue that have upset many students. Last year, it required all students, even those commuting to school or attending part-time, to purchase a mandatory meal plan, which costs at least $300 a semester. In October, Dean of Barnard College Avis Hinkson officially ended the informal practice of allowing some students to enroll as part-time students for their final semester of senior year, and paying significantly less for these fewer credits. The elimination of part-time enrollment set off a wave of controversy and renewed scrutiny of Barnard's budget.
Technically, Barnard has always required all students to enroll as full-time students for all of their eight semesters. In practice, though, any student could petition for part-time enrollment, and these petitions were almost always granted. Barnard thus developed a culture of part-time enrollment, and in some cases academic advisers even encouraged students to enroll part-time. Now that the informal policy has been eliminated, many students are concerned. "It will certainly limit options of being 'strong and beautiful' on campus, given that students generally took this chance to take on special jobs and full-time internships," says Hannah Goldstein, BC '13. An outspoken critic of the change, she had planned to enroll part-time for her final semester next year and warns that the change "will encourage finance-conscious seniors to cut their time here short," prompting them to graduate a semester early rather than pay for the cost of a final full-time semester.
October 15, 201111:32 pm 4 Comments
You may have seen it in the news yesterday morning, but we just wanted to make sure you were aware that Columbia's endowment is flush with hard-earned and successfully-invested dollars. $7.8 billion of them in fact, (you might be interested to know that the cost of Manhattanville was pegged at $7 billion). Think about all the cheeseburgers you could buy with that.
October 17, 20109:34 am 6 Comments
Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ has banned the alcoholic energy drink Four Loko. Let's hope this disturbing trend stays in Jersey. Or not. (CBS New York)
Princeton's endowment posted a mere 14.7% gain last year, to Columbia's 17%. (NYT)
The New Museum's latest exhibit contains a newspaper on the end of newspapers. (Capital NY)
This guy can teach you how to ride a bike in the city, even where there's no bike lane. (NYT)
The Feds busted a 45-member New York-based marijuana ring yesterday which included Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Kareem 'Biggs' Burke. Bwog sincerely hopes this doesn't affect Memphis Bleek's habits. (WSJ)
Tags: art, bwoglines, endowment, it's the roc, memph bleek, princeton, too much four loko
September 22, 201010:38 am 17 Comments
PrezBo was unwilling to display the recent gains posted by the endowment at the Fun Run on Friday.
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October 28, 20099:45 am 10 Comments
Know what you're going to be for Halloween? Neither do we. With three days to go, it's time to give in and get serious—you're not going to buck gender normativity this year, pal. But all is not lost, with this list of easy-to-find, last minute costumes. Hustle over to Ricky's (you know you've always wanted to see the inside) or a friend's well-stocked closet so you don't feel like a fool come Friday
O'Connell's Cougar: Distinguish yourself from the riffraff with this studded "Waist Beauty"
Grad student: She works nights to pay for her Ph.D., but that doesn't mean she can't have a little fun. The "Slutty Barista" ($29.99) is at Ricky's.
Columbia's Shrinking Endowment: Find a large friend and wear his clothes. A variation on the traditional "Shrinking Woman" costume.
The Regretful Carman Resident: Doodle on yourself with permanent marker. Look forlorn, and repeat: "No, guys! I was napping, not passed out!"
September 15, 20097:30 am 5 Comments
In a surprising blow to future bureaucrats, Columbia cuts funding for student governing boards (Spec).
New York finds out who will take on Bloomberg as residents vote in primary elections (NY1).
While you're still smoking 25 feet away from Butler, remember that the city might ban smoking in public parks (Gawker).
Remember that one time Ahmadinejad came to campus? Spec does, and suggests you actually sign up for the World Leaders' Forum this year (Spec).
New York remains the safest big city in America — no matter what your grandmother says (NY1).
The eighties continue to suffer as Patrick Swayze dies at 57 from pancreatic cancer (Gothamist).
Tags: dirty dancing, endowment, michael bloomberg, smoking
September 12, 20098:47 am 17 Comments
Even though Blair from Gossip Girl considers them her "holy trinity," 2/3 of HYP are officially Big Losers now!
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Columbia, on the other hand, reports smaller losses. (Reuters)
Morgan Stanley's new CEO made it through the B-School. (WSJ)
New York Fashion Week keeps on strutting its stuff, despite the recession. (NYT)
And in somber swine news: a Cornell student dies of H1N1. (NYT)
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Tags: columbia is not harvard, endowment, fashion, SWINE FLU!, yale
June 16, 20098:32 pm 19 Comments
Yes, the endowment may have taken a plunge in recent months, but you may have noticed the news was largely lacking in stories about spending cuts around Columbia. Contrast that with our friends in places such as New Haven, Princeton, Ithaca, and (especially) Cambridge, all of whom knew long ago that cuts were on the way.
Now, the New York Times reports that, despite a 22 percent hit on the endowment, Columbia's budget will increase spending 0.4 percent. That's still a decline after adjusting for inflation, technically, but, as the Times puts it, the amount is "is essentially flat and avoids the severe cuts faced by its peers."
How is Columbia making it through relatively intact? According to the Times, "Columbia does not rely on its endowment nearly as much as its peers do; about 13 percent of its annual operating expenses are met with income from its endowment, which was valued at $7.1 billion on June 30 last year." By contrast, Princeton has relied on its endowment for 45 percent of expenses. This is not to say that cost-cutting has been non-existent, "but mostly the university has slowed the pace of hiring, creating panels to screen all appointments. Many of Columbia's schools are not raising faculty and staff salaries for next year." As a result, Columbia has maitained its AAA credit rating, something that institutions like Dartmouth have been unable to do. Turns out all those years of a struggling endowment did have an upside.
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May 06, 20092:27 pm 17 Comments
PrezBo has decided to close the academic year with a less-than-cheery missive about the University's budget. Not surprisingly, the numbers have declined more since January: "For the first nine months of the University's fiscal year ending on March 31, 2009, the value of the endowment declined nearly 22%, with private investments and real assets valued on the normal one quarter lag as of December 31." But, PrezBo claims, "while hardly good news, my sense is that this constitutes strong relative performance both compared to benchmark averages in the financial markets and university endowments nationally."
As for cost-cutting measures, "meaningful expense reductions have been set in place. Additionally, many salaries across the University will be held constant." Additionally, as already announced in January, new hires will be "reviewed" across the university (read: will be significantly less likely), and no new "capital projects" will be started.
And it looks as if creditors are satisfied so far: "last week both Moody's and Standard and Poor's reaffirmed their highest credit rating, Aaa and AAA respectively, for Columbia's debt." Other revenue streams continue to remain strong, including tuition. Then again, Bwog suspects tuition will continue keeping you poor, but at least no one's going to be repossessing your room during finals. Full email after the jump. (more…)
February 24, 200911:11 pm 2 Comments
Ah, memories of when money grew on trees: a study by the Council for Aid to Education determined that Columbia raised $495.11 million in Fiscal Year 2008, an increase of 17% over FY 2007, good for third in the country. The only two schools to raise more money than Columbia? Stanford ($785.04 million) and Harvard ($650.63 million).
Overall, the 1,052 institutions in the report raised $31.6 billion, an increase of 6.2%. However, that number may be the last increase for several years, as Ann Kaplan, the director of the study, told the Wall Street Journal that many institutions "hit a wall" at the start of the year. Kaplan also predicts that the new year could see the steepest year-to-year decline in decades. So if you see one of these people, consider giving them a hug. Seeing Manhattanville in your lifetime could depend on it.
January 29, 20097:39 am 4 Comments
After PrezBo's announcement about the state of the endowment, Bwog decided to see how Columbia's finances are doing relative to other Ivies. The results offer great opportunities for schadenfreude since Columbia's predicted loss may be the lowest in the League.
As posted last night, Columbia has far out-performed Harvard and Yale, which lost 22 percent and 25 percent respectively, as well as Princeton, which also has an expected loss of 25 percent. Worse off is Cornell with a whopping 27 percent loss that is leading to major budget cuts and tuition increases.
UPenn has only reported for the 2008 fiscal year, which ended last June. Their loss up until June was 6.1 percent, the largest drop among the nation's top twenty university endowments for that fiscal year. Its current numbers are unknown. See more losses after the jump.
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January 28, 20095:06 pm 33 Comments
Another month, another depressing e-mail about the state of Columbia finances: earlier this evening, President Bollinger sent an email to the Columbia community (which may or may not have reached your inbox at this point) about the state of the endowment, and this time he included actual figures! After spending a paragraph on why "Columbia has maintained its impressive momentum as one of the world's great research universities," PrezBo announced that "during the six-month period ending December 31st, the total return of the University's investment portfolio declined by approximately 15%."
The decline, while still significant, is not as bad as it could have been. Last month, Barnard announced a six-month decline (of the entire endowment, as opposed to its investments portfolio) of around 25%, while Harvard and Yale lost 22% and 25% on their investments, respectively, through the end of October (at that point, according to Bollinger's email, Columbia's own decline was only 11.8%).
Bollinger closes the dispatch with a summary of the budget cuts ahead. "Although certain parts of the University (such as the central administration) are significantly dependent on endowment for operating revenue…" he writes, "the University as a whole counts on its endowment for only 13% of operating budget." Even though this number is lower than Columbia's peers, Bollinger says, "to facilitate a smooth transition to these new financial realities, we are asking all budget units to model an 8% decline in endowment funds available for operations next year." Bwog would like to suggest a 100% cut in the War on Fun. Full email after the jump. (more…)
Tags: economics in action, endowment, money, prezbo
January 21, 20096:20 pm 7 Comments
And yet more benjamins go up in smoke. Earlier this afternoon, Columbia confirmed a Bloomberg News report that it had "uncovered" a $3 million loss in its law school endowment tied to Bernie Madoff. Madoff is currently out on bail for what many are calling the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
The $3 million is part of a 1980 gift to the law school from an unnamed alumnus who retained the right to decide how the money was invested. Columbia spokesman Robert Hornsby told Bloomberg that "only in rare circumstances in the past, and after approval by the university's gift review committee, has Columbia accepted such a gift to be retained in another form of investment." As for the larger "merged endowment pool," under which most gifts are invested, Columbia has not discovered any further losses. According to Hornsby, Columbia also does not have any funds managed by Ezra Merkin's fund Ascot Partners.
It is unknown how much of the law school endowment is represented by $3 million, as Columbia does not break down the endowment by school. Regardless, Columbia can now join the club of schools defrauded by Madoff, which also includes New York Law School ($2 million), Bard ($3 million), Yeshiva ($14.5 million), Tufts ($20 million), and NYU ($24 million).
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January 18, 20091:44 pm 0 Comments
Classes "begin" in a few days, figuratively because a few of Bwog's have already been canceled for CC'83 Awesomeness Festivities. But your fair university didn't get nearly as much sleep as you did over break. Here's what Alma Mater's been up to.
People of Old
Alumni provide proof that we'll all find jobs, eventually. In the meantime, buff your resume with good deeds for the UN, or fulfill your second grade dream and work for the circus (Bwog is jealous of the latter grads). If the arts are your thing, you could end up guiding an opera company or debuting at Sundance.
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The good times might be few years away, but you can still relish your present
hell situation in this (frigid) town. Alex Gross, CC'11, came here for football and was profiled by his local paper. The Dayton Daily News mentions "learning how to get around the city by subway" as one of the things he has managed to pick up. And how to stand on line, instead of in line. Four other Columbians were recently profiled in The New York Times. A few years ago, they formed the Columbia Ballet Collaborative after, you know, "juggling calculus, molecular biology and Hindi-Urdu" and the other cool things college kids do. Representing straight-laced, conscientious Butler residents everywhere, one student assured the reporter "I never take drugs." (more…)
December 17, 200811:25 am 13 Comments
Three pieces of Columbia-related real-world news: first, some dude named Barack Obama has been chosen as TIME Magazine's Person of the Year. The most interesting part of the feature are "previously unpublished photos" of a very cool lookin' Obama, taken while he was at Occidental, a year before arriving at Columbia. One of the photos (at right) has a cigarette that looks enough like a blunt that Matt Drudge has it up on his front page already.
In endowment news, Yale estimates that its endowment has fallen 25% since the end of June, further adding that it expects no growth until fiscal 2011. As a result, Yale will be cutting expenses by slowing salary growth and delaying construction of several new buildings.
Finally, a Columbia University tech start-up has won a national award. Hey, if this is a good time to found a bank, maybe tech start-ups can work as well.
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Central Bankers Are Stuck With Political Realities
The past few days have been a purple patch for any politician in the U.S. or Europe who may have felt life wasn't worth living without the help and advice of the world's monetary authorities. There's been plenty on offer, from all quarters.
Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke started the ball rolling in Jackson Hole last Friday. While steadfastly refusing to throw financial markets the extra dollop of quantitative easing they'd been longing for, he in effect told us it was the politicians' turn to do their bit instead. "Most of the economic policies that support robust economic growth in the long run are outside the province of the central bank," he said. "The country would be well served by a better process for making fiscal decisions." Strong stuff.
It wasn't long before European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet swelled the chorus. And once again it was all the governments' fault. "The fact that markets are dysfunctional is, in our opinion, the responsibility of governments," he thundered in Brussels on Monday. "They are issuing their own securities. They have the responsibility for the credibility of their own securities."
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has been at it, too. She's worried about Europe's fragile banks and suggested on Saturday that they need immediate recapitalization to withstand the double curses of sovereign-debt risk and weak economic growth. This should come from private funds if possible, she said, but on the public dime if necessary.
The subtext of all this remonstrance is quite clear, and it's familiar: the elected representatives must get a grip and do more. Fair enough, too, in some ways.
The world's big central banks feel they've done their share, and then more than their share, of economic stimulus. Now they're frustrated by what they see as the glacially slow crawl toward fiscal rectitude in both Europe and the U.S. Too often it leaves a vacuum that they themselves have to fill, as the ECB has done in recent days by reactivating its bond-purchase program to steady Spanish and Italian debt.
However, assuming we gloss over the role of the world's monetary masters in creating our present difficulties in the first place, which would be very sporting of us, they can afford this somewhat Olympian view. Their world is uncluttered by the pesky voters whose constant presence occasionally forces the politicians a little closer to Earth.
And the pesky voters really aren't happy; they're worried about debt, they're worried about jobs.
The European Union's economic sentiment index, released earlier this week, registered a sixth consecutive monthly decline. The reasons behind the fall included "particularly marked" losses of confidence among retailers and consumers in the euro zone, the European Commission said.
Matters were no better in the U.K. There, consumer confidence hit a four-month low in August, according to polling from Gfk NOP, which said sentiment was now as depressed as during the darkest days of the financial crisis, and also at levels that have in the past been harbingers of recession. And in the U.S., we learned that the Conference Board's consumer confidence index plummeted almost 15 points to 44.5 in August, the lowest reading since April 2009.
These are not obviously electorates to whom further austerity will be an easy sell. And advocating more rescue cash for the banks, which many consumers still blame for their current troubles, looks like the very definition of political suicide, whatever the economic case.
It may be all very well for Ms. Lagarde, for example, as head of the IMF, to propose yet more taxpayer largesse, but it's less than certain she'd have seen the point so strongly in her former office at the French Treasury, looking out at a French public already worried about state austerity.
And look at the eggshells German Chancellor Angela Merkel is having to walk over to get new powers for Europe's bailout fund approved by skeptical lawmakers. Concerned that Germany is ceding too much control to Brussels, some members of her center-right coalition have threatened to vote against the package later this month.
And, of course, if Berlin does end up insisting on a greater say in how the European Financial Stability fund does business, other euro-zone governments may well want one too.
Now, no doubt the ECB does find this process extremely slow and trying, but it's just going to have to live with it. Like Mr. Bernanke, Mr. Trichet may wish for a better system, but he's just as stuck with what we have.
In the end, developed markets' central banks are in a pickle. The political classes have a choice between annoying them or further annoying increasingly gloomy and mistrustful voters. That's not really any choice at all for those at the top of the greasy pole. The central banks may have to do yet more of the remedial heavy lifting in this financial crisis, whether they like it or not.
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WASHINGTON - Porter Goss, tapped as the next CIA director, says the Senate lacked "balance" in its public hearings investigating the Iraqi prison scandal and should not have plucked military commanders from the field to question them about the abuse.
Goss took a hard line on interrogations in interviews with The Associated Press earlier this year, saying "Gee you're breaking my heart" to complaints that Arab men found it abusive to have women guards at the Guantanamo Bay terror camp - statements that could draw scrutiny during his Senate confirmation hearing, possibly next week.
During one interview in May, the eight-term House Republican from Florida said he couldn't count the number of ongoing prison abuse investigations, but "we've got the circus in the Senate, which is always the likely place to look for the circus."
"Even though I say that lightheartedly, I do honestly question whether or not they have balance over there on this issue," said Goss, who has declined interviews since President Bush nominated him last month.
The comments are interesting not only because they show Goss' more guarded approach to Congress' key oversight role on intelligence matters, but also because of the criticism of his Senate colleagues, who will decide whether to confirm him as Bush's intelligence chief.
"It seems to me pulling the general in charge of the troops in a hostile combat situation back to explain something that they don't need him for, and he doesn't have the answers to, and he could get the information through subordinates anyway - it seems to me to be some very stylish interpretation of oversight," Goss said, "and probably unnecessary and perhaps not helpful to the war effort."
"I am not comfortable with what the Senate is doing," he added.
Goss urged patience then as investigators did their work during what he called a "press frenzy" about alleged abuses. His committee held a series of closed-door briefings and hearings, including one into the importance of interrogation as an intelligence tool.
If Goss gets the top post at CIA as is expected, the former House Intelligence Committee chairman would be only the second director who was also a member of Congress, following former senator and president, George H.W. Bush.
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"I would make the case that without proper interrogation there would be many more dead people - innocent as well as military. I would also make the case that probably Saddam Hussein would not be in custody."
On critics who say using military force is a bad thing - a group he calls "the bumper-sticker crowd: "These folks are ingenious at creating obstacles and roadblocks. They basically are opposed to the military. They don't want force ever used. They want to hum their way to a perfect world, and that is fine.
"It takes those people in a free, democratic, open society. We embrace them, we love them, we let them do their thing, but we also have to provide for their national security."
On the need for realism in the debate over intelligence failures: "You are never going to get black and white intelligence. You don't need intelligence if you have black and white information. Even if you think you've got it, it usually turns out to be gray, as we have found out."
On the CIA's need for a diverse group of analysts and linguists: "What I want is to make sure they've got the people to get to the targets that we need to get to - in an effective and efficient way, minimizing risk, maximizing reward."
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Rising star of jazz piano to perform at the Malta Jazz Festival
Among the musical luminaries taking part in the 22nd edition of the Malta Arts Festival is the Armenian-born Tigran Hamasyan, who will be performing on July 20.
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His music, intensely lyrical, finds inspiration in the folk melodies of Armenia but is also deeply rooted in the American jazz tradition and in his album Red Hail we can also find elements of metal and progressive rock.
His latest album on Verve records entitled A Fable is a solo piano album of haunting melodies heavily inspired by Armenian folk songs.
Hamasyan performs at the Malta Jazz Festival on Friday, July 20.
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The 22nd edition of the Malta Jazz Festival will be held on July 19, 20 and 21 at Ta' Liesse, Grand Harbour in Valletta.
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They say when it rains, it pours. That's the case with news about Lionsgate's upcoming Expendables 2. The studio released a dozen character posters spread out over 12 different sites, although Collider did the heavy lifting and collected them all in one place.
The posters feature returning actors Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crewes, Randy Couture, Arnold Schwarzenneger and Bruce Willis as well as new additions to the cast like Chuck Norris, Jean-Caude Van Damme, Yu Nan and Liam Hemsworth. The new film, directed this time by Shane Black instead of Stallone, who helmed the 2010 original, finds the Expendables avenging the death of Tool, one of their own (played by Mickey Rourke in the previous installment).
As if all the new images weren't enough, Diamond Select Toys revealed a group of Expendables you can take home with you. The toy company just announced a series of 2-inch MiniMates based on the franchise. There will be two four-packs, one sold exclusively in Toys R Us stores, the other in comic book shops, other toy stores and online. The TRU pack includes Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), James Munroe (Eric Roberts), Trent Mauser (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Paine (Steve Austin) while the other one boasts Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), Tool (Mickey Rourke), Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) and Lee Christmas (Jason Statham)
These two waves will be out this summer with two more sets based specifically on The Expendables 2 in time for the film's Aug. 17 premiere. Each pack comes with a dozen guns as well as other weapons for the gang to do their dirty work.
I kind of wanted to see the first one, but never got around to it. Is it worth checking out the blu-ray?
I really liked it. It's a good movie, as long as you go in with the understanding that you're watching a macho-kickass-explodey movie.
If you like 80's action movies(lots of explosions, violence, one-liners and a simple plot) you'll enjoy it.
It's on Netflix streaming if you're still interested in seeing it.
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Making the Sackler Centre Collection of Recycled Jewellery made me think of a challenge to issue to any readers of this blog.
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The most convenient hotels at Heathrow Terminal 3 are those located nearby on the Northern perimeter road. There aren't any Heathrow airport hotels that are within walking distance of Terminal 3 but the transfers times are minimal, we're talking approximately 10 minutes, a much more stress-free travel time than a long, early morning drive from home. When you book with Holiday Extras, we will make sure your transfers are sorted at the same time. Our Heathrow Terminal 3 hotels are also available with official on-site car parks as well as Meet and Greet options.
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Heathrow Airport serves more than 180 destinations around the globe and plays host to more than 14 million passengers every year. To help support those travellers with stopovers or longer breaks, we've got a great range of Heathrow airport hotels at terminal 3. At HolidayExtras.com® we have collected and created the best value deals available anywhere many with parking packages.
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Heathrow airport terminal 3 hotels nearest to the terminal
Both the Sofitel Hotel Heathrow and Hilton Hotel Heathrow Airport are located within the perimeter of the airport and are just a short bus ride from the terminal building. Also nearby are the elegant Renaissance Hotel Heathrow and excellent Park Inn Hotel Heathrow Airport, which features an indoor swimming pool and whirlpool tub.
Heathrow airport terminal 3 hotels close to the terminal
The Holiday Inn Ariel Hotel Heathrow and the Holiday Inn Express Heathrow Terminal 5 share more than a brand. Both are good value 3-star hotels located about two miles from the airport. Other hotels about two miles away include the 3-star Premier Inn Heathrow Airport, the 4-star Radisson Edwardian Hotel Heathrow and the 4-star Crowne Plaza Hotel Heathrow Airport. Both the Radisson Edwardian and the Crowne Plaza enjoy luxurious décor. The Radisson Edwardians facilities include a jewellery store, beauty salon, newsagent, restaurant, bar, lounge, drawing room, laundry facilities and a dry cleaner. The Crowne Plaza has an indoor pool and a nine-hole golf course.
Heathrow airport has a good selection of hotels located less than three miles away. These include easyHotel London Heathrow, Holiday Inn M4 J4, Ibis Hotel Heathrow Airport, Ramada Hotel Heathrow Airport, Novotel Hotel Heathrow Airport and Travelodge Heathrow Terminal 5. The Travelodge and easyHotel both offer good quality, good value budget accommodation. The 4-star Novotel and Holiday Inn M4 J4 both offer great facilities for families, including a childrens play room. The Ramada and Ibis both provide good internet access.
The 3-star Comfort Inn Heathrow Airport is one of our most popular Heathrow hotels and features blackout curtains, double glazing and satellite TV for a comfortable stay. The Arora International Heathrow is a luxury hotel located in West Drayton, just over three miles from the airport. Facilities include a beauty salon, hairdresser, gym, convenience store and a shoe shop. Jurys Inn Heathrow Airport, Master Robert Hotel Heathrow and St Giles Hotel Heathrow Airport are good quality 3-star hotels, with a range of facilities including restaurants, bars and internet access. The St Giles also has a well-equipped gym.
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ARLINGTON (AP) - The Texas Rangers' record streak of 27 games with a home run came to an end, but pinch hitter Todd Greene drove in the go-ahead run.
Herbert Perry, who went 2-for-3, led off the eighth inning with a double against Joel Pineiro (13-6), and pinch runner Donnie Sadler went to third on Kevin Mench's sacrifice.
Greene's groundout, a high bouncer to third, gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead.
Rich Rodriguez (3-1) needed just one pitch to get the final out of the eighth. Francisco Cordero struck out the side in the ninth for his eighth save in nine chances.
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New Williamsburg Greenpoint Cinema Caves to Area's Prevailing Hipster Nazism
A cinema owner in Billyburg fears that if he built a standard, modern multiplex in the hood he'd get brown-bagged out of town.
That's right. Billyburg-Greenpoint, once the land of many movie palaces, will again have a sleek cinema: The Cassandra on Metropolitan Avenue. But take note, this will be an edgy, arty, indie cinema, complete with theater and cabaret spaces, because the developer knows the cultural fascism he faces: "The Third Reich mentality of the hipsterdom of Williamsburg would chew alive and rip apart anything it didn't approve of," he said. "So, a crass, commercial venture that shat itself out on the streets of Williamsburg, I think would very quickly be wiped under the surface and boycotted and rejected." Sounds like he knows his demographic. [NYO]


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Nine-banded Armadillo
|Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
The nine-banded armadillo, scientifically known as dasypus novemcinctus, is one of many species of armadillos.
|Scientific Classification
Biome/LocationThe nine-banded armadillos often inhabit forest and scrub-brush areas in tropical and temperate regions around the world. Although they are found in grasslands and savanna regions around woody areas, nine-banded armadillos prefer living in forests. They prefer to live in forests because they are able to forage in forest litter for small invertebrates. The armadillos are not often found in arid regions, instead they also thrive in riparian habitats and area with a sufficient amount of water and/or at least 38 cm of rain annually. This association with water allows for more available food sources in wetter areas or softer soil conditions for easy digging and burrowing. Nine-banded armadillos are very adaptable to different habitats, as long as there is sufficient food and water supplies available.
Temperature is an important factor in choice of a habitat for the armadillos. They start to shiver at temperatures below 22C, but the warmth of their burrow allows for the armadillos to inhabit temperate areas during milder winters. At present, nine-banded armadillos are not common in any regions in which more than 24 freeze-over days occur annually or the average January temperature drops below -2C. They are also more populous in low-lying areas, often around sea-level.
|Nine-banded armadillo in a burrow.
The nine-banded armadillo has many physical and behavioral adaptations. Their appearance and features allow to protect themselves from predators, capture prey and engage in daily activities. The outer body of the nine-banded armadillo is covered in armor made up of bony plates covered in a leathery kerantinous skin. These scales (osteoderms) provide a hard, but flexible covering, which comprises about 16% of the armadillo's body weight.
Another physical adaptation is the hips and the neck vertebrae. It includes several bones that are fused in order to make the spine and back relatively rigid, as an adaptation to digging. When agitated by a perceived threat, nine-banded armadillos usually freeze or jump straight in the air and sprint over short distances. A frightened nine-banded armadillo will usually seek a burrow then arches its feet and braces its back once inside so that it is difficult to remove. If a burrow is not nearby, the animal may seek dense thorny underbrush, as it is relatively protected by its tough exterior.
Species Interactions
|Pari of nine-banded armadillos forage for food
The nine-banded armadillo are scavengers and consumers in the food web of it's environment. They associate with many kinds of invertebrates and some parasitic ticks. The habitat in which nine-banded armadillos live in, their environment harbors several species of fungi, such as Paracoccidiodies brasiliensis are responsible for human diseases. Armadillos infected with the fungus are able to cause a mycosis in humans, but humans appear healthy.
Nine-banded armadillos are opportunistic feeders, which over ninety percent of their diet, by volume is made up of animal matter. Almost five hundred separate foods, such as insecta and terrestrial invertebrates make up the diet of a single armadillo. While foraging, nine-banded armadillos rely primarily on their sense of smell to locate food items. For example, after preying on ant hills, the armadillos often roll around vigorously to remove ants from themselves.
Nine-banded armadillos often pair with each other during their summer breeding season. It is unusual for a male and female to maintain close proximity with one another because they are typically solitary animals. The male keeps the proximity intact, in order to claim and protect the female from other males. In some instances, males often fight as one protects his rights to the female. Females appear to retreat from males , which may be an effort to prevent the male from maintaining very close proximity before preparing to mate.
During copulation, a single ovum is fertilized. As it progresses, monozygotic polyembryony occurs. That is, when a blastocyst finally implants in the wall of the uterus, it buds into four identical embryos. This embryonic process almost always results in the birth of four identical quadruplets. The quadruplets are often born in early spring, after about a four month gestation period. Young nine-banded armadillos are born in an advanced state of development. They closely resemble their adult counterparts, but smaller in size.
The population of nine-banded armadillos is increasing throughout most of their distribution in North, Central, and South America. Due to their high reproduction rate and expanding distribution, the armadillos are not considered to be in any danger. There is no major population decline, as nine-banded armadillos are able to maintain tolerance of habitat alteration. There are no major threats to the species, although it is hunted throughout its range. Given its high rate of reproduction, the species seems able to withstand a reasonably high degree of offtake. In North America, nine-banded armadillos are subjects to poisoning as it is considered a nuisance.


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Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB) CEO Denise Morrison will be among the headliners at SB '14 San Diego conference hosted by Sustainable Brands on June 2-5 at the Paradise Point Resort & Spa on Mission Bay.
The conference, which will feature 160 brand leaders and environmental and social innovators, will also include Desso CEO Alexander Collot d'Escury; Future 500 CEO Bill Shireman; Avery Dennison of Greenpeace and Asia Pulp & Paper; Michael Smith of the Nielsen neuroscience firm; Neil Grimmer, co-founder of Plum Organics; and Sally Uren, Forum for the Future chief executive, among others.
The conference will also feature a discussion with officials from the Danish firm Lego and Intel that will focus on testing the limits in the supply chain and influencing suppliers.
Another panel will focus on skills, tactics and tools for effective change agents with business leaders from Sprint, Microsoft and Hilton Worldwide Resorts.
Executives from such firms as Walmart, SAP, McDonald's Corp., Caesers Entertainment, Sodexo, Dell, BASF, Coca-Cola, and Arrow Electronics will also be featured among the speakers.
"We're seeing a continued emergence around the world of creativity and innovation coming from both global brands and out-of-the-box entrepreneurs, who are each in their own way reimagining how they can contribute to a flourishing future economy," said KoAnn Skrzyniarz, Sustainable Brands founder, in a statement. "The front edge of leadership today is being defined by those brands, whether big or small, that are moving beyond reducing harm and toward delivering a net positive impact in the world through product and service innovation, new business models, deeper engagement with their stakeholders and better collaboration with both peers and members of their value network."
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London Gothic
Place, Space and the Gothic Imagination
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London has taken a central role in urban Gothic, from key canonic texts like Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Dracula through modern Gothic texts to the 'tourist gothic' of rebranded gastropubs and ghost tours.As a specific category, London Gothic is becoming as important for understanding ourselves today as it has been for thinking about the cultural productions of the late-nineteenth century. This is the first book to focus on Gothic representations of London, offering a range of essays from established and new scholars reading London Gothic as it is manifested in a variety of media and through varied critical approaches.
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Author: Lawrence Phillips; Anne Witchard
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Chocolate Oatmeal Rounds
|Sugar free chocolate cake mix
|8 Ounce (1 Package)
|Egg white
|2 Teaspoon
|Quick cooking oatmeal
|1 1⁄4 Cup (20 tbs)
Combine chocolate cake mix, egg white, and water in a small bowl.
Beat thoroughly.
Stir in dry oatmeal.
(Add a small amount of water, if needed.) Shape into rolls 1 1/2 in.
(3.7 cm) in diameter.
Wrap in wax paper or plastic wrap.
Chill thoroughly.
Cut into 40 thin slices.
Use a vegetable spray to lightly grease the cookie sheets.
Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 7 to 9 minutes.
Allow cookies to cool slightly on sheet before removing.
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Nutrition Rank
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 1387 Calories from Fat 94
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11 g17.4%
Saturated Fat 1.9 g9.4%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 412.6 mg17.2%
Total Carbohydrates 308 g102.6%
Dietary Fiber 15 g60%
Sugars 0.2 g
Protein 34 g67.6%
Vitamin A Vitamin C
Calcium 7.7% Iron 53.4%
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Many college text-books, which were a weariness and stumbling-block when I studied, I have since read a little with pleasure and profit.
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
Source: 19 February 1854, Journal VI: 130
Contributed by: Zaady
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.
Source: Walden(1854),V, Solitude
I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
Pity the man who has a character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is silent poor indeed.
The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.
If you give money, spend yourself with it.
Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think that they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure.
Source: "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For," Walden, 96
Each entered the forest at a point he, himself, had chosen, where it was darkest and there was no path. If a man does not keep pace with his companions perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
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Sigh…this is my dream cabin, cute, well executed, not to big and a great view. This cabin belongs to a wood worker buddy of mine.
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The United States has always been a consumer oriented society. Today, these consumers place a very high priority on good health. Their hopes have been aroused by the scientific progress of this century. The clearly apparent results of modern medicine and surgery, resulting in better health, have made a tremendous impact on the consumer-patient, and on the legislator who, understandably, may seek causes for political exploitation.
The recent disturbing increases in health care costs suggest an overburdened health care system. There appears to be a generally rising, possibly insatiable demand for, and a more slowly increasing supply of, health services. Health insurers face mounting costs and tax-supported health care programs are threatened with serious fiscal problems. When inflation of this magnitude hits our third largest "industry," a public debate over the strong and weak features of our health care system is inevitable and essential.
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- Vol. 41
- No. 12
Andie MacDowell's marriage to musician and former model Paul Qualley nearly a decade ago bore no resemblance to her staid film nuptials in the current British comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral, in which she plays an American who finds herself wedding a somber Scottish fellow clad in a kilt. "I had a hippie wedding," says MacDowell, 35, who's now raising son Justin, 7, and daughter Rainey, 5, in rural Montana with her husband. "We got married in the mountains. Instead of those gooey songs they always play after the wedding, I chose 'Angel' by Jimi Hendrix."
Now that Michael Keaton knows his way around a newsroom as an editor-in The Paper, would the actor ever take a job in journalism? "No comment," says Keaton, 42. "See, I'm a reporter now, so I dig saying that. If I really-pursued a career in journalism, I would be interested in the gardening beat. I like those stories, 'How to make your azaleas bloom bigger and better.' My other interest is food. It would be really cool to be a restaurant reviewer. Maybe I'll start sending my resume out." Then again, being the top dog has its appeal, too. "I'd love to buy a smalltown newspaper," he says, "one where you could run the headline 'She Is Sick,' and everyone would know who you were talking about."
Wesley Snipes will soon start taking skydiving lessons to play a U.S. marshal on the trail of a murderer in the action flick Drop Zone, due this fall. "I'm psyched! I'm not scared or anything," says Snipes, 31. Then, affecting a deep, macho voice, he adds, "That sounded pretty I manly; didn't it? Actually, when I'm in the plane and looking out the door, I'll probably be crying, 'Waaaait! Call in more stuntmen!' I just don't like high heights that involve my body and this little parachute thingy. Maybe next time I'll play a lawyer—someone who's a little more grounded."
In the few weeks between football and baseball seasons, Deion Sanders started a third career. The Atlanta Falcons cornerback and Atlanta Braves outfielder has been cutting his debut rap album, It's Time for Prime, due in May. "I'm practicing all the time," says Sanders, 26, whose Braves teammates are privy to his works in progress in their spring training locker room in West Palm Beach. "It's not as easy as it looks to say, Igottabeoneofthebest/couldneverbeless/don'tevenstress/youcan'tgetwiththisikickthis. There's gotta be a flow." As for rappers grousing about athletes making records, he says, "It's a lot easier for us to step into their territory than for them to step into ours. When they hear the stuff I'm gonna come out with, that's really gonna hurt them."
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The United Veterans Memorial & Patriotic Association is suing the city of New Rochelle, New York, over a "Don't Tread On Me" flag that was removed after being flown over the city's vacant armory building (video below).
"George Washington's army, the Continental Army actually fought under that flag," said Ron Tocci of the United Veterans Memorial & Patriotic Association. "It flies at military bases, so in no way shape or form do we see this flag to be offensive. It shouldn't be offensive to anybody."
In March, New Rochelle city officials removed the flag because it has been widely associated with the Tea Party and could be seen as political, reports CBS New York.
"It has no association with any one particular group. No one owns that flag but the United States of America and that's the freedom that we want to prevail," claimed Peter Parente, president of the United Veterans Memorial & Patriotic Association.
However, the "Don't Tread On Me" flag has appeared at many Tea Party protests, reported NPR in 2010.
According to TalkingPointsMemo.com in 2010, the Virginia Tea Party wanted the slogan on state license plates.
"The bottom line is there was no permission asked for or granted to fly this flag on city property, and therefore it was removed," said New Rochelle City Manager Chuck Strome. "Some members of the public and city council have felt that flag was adopted by the Tea Party and took offense to having a political statement on public property."
Some members of the city council who voted against the "Don't Tread On Me" flag said they have been receiving racially charged hate mail, another sign of the Tea Party, reported HuffingtonPost.com in 2009.
Sourves: CBS New York, TalkingPointsMemo.com, NPR, HuffingtonPost.com


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I use VPN connection (specifically ipredator) for browsing over unsecured WiFi connections from my laptop (in coffee shops, etc.) - but at the other end of the VPN connection, all my ports are open to the internet.
I'm only using this connection for web browsing, so is there a way I can setup a software firewall to only open a few ports over that connection? I'm using Windows 7, so a solution using the built in firewall would be great - but if that's not possible, what other options do I have?


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It may not have escaped your notice that the news of "Uncanny X-Men"âs impending reboot makes âX-Men Legacyâ the longest-running Marvel series to have avoided any renumbering stunts during its lifetime -- although it did get the word âLegacyâ appended to its title along the way.
Somehow, this fact seems fitting for a series which has always maintained a strong focus on its castâs history, while reworking them for the future. Following âAge of X,â the cast of the title (who, in various roles, have been fixtures for several years now) has apparently crystallized into an actual team. Rogue, Xavier, Frenzy, Magneto, Gambit, and Legion set off to apprehend Legionâs missing personalities, working out their various tensions. Itâs incredibly character-driven. Every beat of the plot is calculated to play to the cast that has been established, and it flows beautifully from one moment to another.
Admittedly, if you arenât familiar with some of the charactersâ history, there are moments that might make no sense. I could be wrong, but excluding any possible meetings while he was posing as an Avenger, Gambit last fought Bullseye back in 2000. It was a defeat that you can imagine weighing on Gambit, but itâs hardly character-defining, and 11 years on, Carey is probably playing to a small portion of the audience in referencing it. As a critic, I think itâs gratuitous and unnecessary, but as a reader Iâm exactly the kind of person who enjoys it.
Of course, if droplets of obscure continuity donât confuse you, Carey has another attempt in the issueâs second half, where he picks up the thread concerning Rachel Summers and the missing Starjammers and finally â Finally! â starts to pull on it. Itâs only confusing because rather than simply tell you what Rogue learned from Rachelâs fading astral projection, he does the sequence backwards, from Rachelâs point of view. Itâs a nice little device, which Iâm sure was harder to write than it seems to read, and it turns some potentially flat exposition into a strangely memorable and unusual scene. That alone should be applauded.
The anniversary spectacular is rounded out with a reprint of an old âNew Mutantsâ issue, ostensibly chosen because it shows the first meeting of Xavier and Legion. Between the titleâs offbeat style and the lack of proper setup or resolution (this is a middle part of a longer story), itâs hard to imagine there wasnât a better choice than this lying around.
Despite the odd choice of bonus material, thereâs very little to complain about, technically speaking. Itâs possible you donât like Careyâs story choices -- his attachment to Frenzy, his belief in the Rogue/Magneto pairing -- but if those donât put you off, itâs simply firing on every cylinder. âX-Men Legacyâ might soon be the longest-running X-book. Issues like this show that itâs worthy of the accolade.


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DORAL, Fla. — Patrick Reed turned his game around in four holes Saturday and wound up with a 3-under 69 in much tamer conditions at Doral, giving him a two-shot lead at the Cadillac Championship going into a final round that will prominently feature Tiger Woods for the first time this year.
Reed rolled in a 40-foot eagle putt on No. 8, and started the back nine with consecutive birdies. He drove the green on the par-4 16th for a two-putt birdie and wound up with a two-shot lead over PGA champion Jason Dufner (68) and Hunter Mahan, who bogeyed his last hole for a 71.
Woods delivered the low round of the tournament and his best round of the year.
He made three birdie putts of about 15 feet or longer on the back nine, including a 35-footer down the slope on the par-5 15th, and had a 6-under 66.
Woods was one of five players who were under par, and he goes into today only three shots behind as he tries to win at Doral for the fifth time. Jamie Donaldson of Wales escaped from the palm trees right of the 18th and made par for a 71 to share fourth place with Woods.
"It was nice to get back in the tournament again," Woods said.
Reed will be going for his third win in his last 14 starts dating to the Wyndham Championship in August. He was at 4-under 212, the highest score to lead after 54 holes at Doral since a three-way tie at 212 in 1985.
Asked what it would be like to see Woods in a red shirt ahead of him today, Reed didn't seem bothered.
"Whenever he's close to the lead, he's a guy you have to watch out for," he said. "But at the same time, I have to go and just play my own game."
The lack of big wind certainly helped with scoring and attitudes on Saturday. The average scores was 72.6, compared with 76.0 in the second round, allowing for plenty of movement on the leaderboard on a sunny afternoon in Miami.
"Now it's playing more like a normal course," Woods said.
A dozen players were within five shots of the lead going into today.
Following three bogeys over his first seven holes Saturday, Phil Mickelson strung together six birdies and no bogeys the rest of the way, going from 8 over to 2 over and from near the bottom of the leaderboard to within striking distance in the span of about two hours. He'll enter today's final round tied for 14th place, six shots behind Patrick Reed.
"I feel like the parts are getting better," Mickelson said. "I'm still a little rusty. I have not been mentally that sharp. To play better each day has been good for me and the result of this particular tournament is not my biggest priority right now, but with Augusta right around the corner it's time to get going."
PUERTO RICO OPEN: At Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Chesson Hadley took the third-round lead, shooting a 5-under 67 in windy conditions at Trump International.
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Very good!! cut the sugar some.. Where are more of Neaners good home cooking recipes... Lulu from PA
This is one of the best Oatmeal Pies I have ever had!!! I went ahead and cut back on the sugar and it was perfect for us. Now I have to go so I can get another piece!!! Thanks so much for sharing this, Neaner. :-)
This review is based on my hubby, who has the worlds biggest sweet-tooth!! EXCELLENT!! I found it way too sweet for my taste but it was very tasty!! You don't need a very big slice of this one!! Very easy and looks really appetizing. We'll be making this one again! (very soon according to hubby!!)
My first Oatmeal Pie, and it was dee-lish! I'm giving it 5 stars even though I had to make some emergency modifications! Based on some reviews about it being too sweet, I omitted the granulated sugar completely. Because I was short on some other ingredient amounts, I added 1 more egg, substituted part of the light corn syrup with honey to make a total of 1 cup, reversed the oatmeal and coconut amounts, and left out the milk altogether. I don't know how close in taste mine was to the recipe, but I was determined to make this pie one way or another! What I ended up with was scrumpdillyumptious!
All I can say is YUM!!! This pie was very easy to make, and has a wonderful taste. I made it exactly as posted and was not disappointed. I served it slightly warm with vanilla icecream. Thanks for sharing this great recipe.
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The sell-off is for a reason, no bounce back even though overall market is rallying. management is crooked not for share holders, they aimed to increase dividend to a dollar, but fell short of 12 cents. management is going screw shareholders more in the long run.
These stocks are all down because of accusations against LINE.
I had most thumpdown for this post in EROC message board in recent times with out explantion. Either they are too naive or stupid.
Please substantiate your stetement 'Management is crooked', or are you a self entitled blowhard?
How can a 12% div. be called dead money? I guess it is if you are a short.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
All MLPs have been in pain recently. The last quarter didn't help this stock either. The current quarter was a bit more encouraging. They are still paying a steady $0.22 per quarter which, if you bought the stock now, would be around an 11% annual yield. To say it is dead money is a little misleading because by just holding the stock I could get this return.
Unfortunately I think any other capital gains are a bit limited in the short term. My opinion is that it is an ok stock to be part of your portfolio, but in the current market MLPs are not hot and if you want to keep up with the S&P you need to be some other stocks that are in favor NEOG, F, JCI, ETN, DKN etc. but aren't paying quite as nice dividends.
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High-throughput processes have transformed the traditional protein-by-protein trial-and-error approach for testing criteria and scaling up. In this leading Higher-Throughput Protein Production and Characterization conference, HTP will be explored in the quest to develop methods that ensure quality and translate to large scale. Automation, robotics and liquid handlers will be discussed, along with developing small-scale models that shed light on bioproduction. Case studies will be presented that illustrate how leaders in the field are integrating HTP approaches in order to reduce the time and effort needed to successfully analyze proteins, fine-tune processes, and achieve well-folded, pure protein.
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Alois Jungbauer, Ph.D., Professor, Laboratory of Protein Technology and Downstream Processing, Austrian Center of Biotechnology, Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)
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Multistage Purification of Human Antibodies for Candidate Selection using an Automated Liquid Handler Platform that Enables High Throughput and High RecoveryLouis Fabri, Director, Protein Technologies, CSL Pharmaceuticals
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Using High-Throughput Techniques to Produce Difficult Targets: Flavivirus NS1, an Updated Case Study
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This has always been a bothersome matter for me. Some devices (printers, scanners, etc.) have drivers for older versions of Windows (Vista, XP, 2000, NT) but no driver for Windows 7. What are my chances to install such devices on Windows 7?
Example case:
I have a Sharp printer & scanner (Sharp AR-122E N) which I have used for my old Windows XP x86 based PC. Now I want to install it on a Windows 7 x64 based PC. Windows 7 cannot load its driver. I used the original driver CD but when I run the setup.exe (which is included in AR122EN111.exe, 6713KB), it says
Cannot install driver on this operating system. Supported operating systems are: Windows 2000, XP, Vista.
I tried to install the driver using compatibility settings. I tried Windows Vista and Windows XP SP3, but to no avail. The setup gave the same error.
I also googled for Windows 7 driver for "Sharp AR-122E N" but it only listed the original driver that I tried. The official site of Sharp does not even list the driver for this product.
In the past, the compatibility setting workaround did work for some devices, but this time it failed.
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Some Gulf fish depleted, some `at risk'
Published: Sunday, May 5, 2002 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, May 4, 2002 at 11:00 p.m.
A report to Congress from the National Marine Fisheries Service states there are now fewer fish in the Gulf of Mexico.
This 2001 Status of U.S. Fisheries states that though the overall national conditions have improved, the number of depleted species increased from five to six in the Gulf since 2000.
It also notes that four managed species are now candidates for listing under the Endangered Species Act; Nassau grouper, speckled hind, Warsaw grouper and the Goliath grouper (formerly called a "jewfish").
Also in the report, the American Fisheries Society also identified 14 managed species as "at risk of extinction." These fish are the white shark, whale shark, sand tiger shark, dusky shark, speckled hind, yellowedge grouper, Warsaw grouper, Goliath grouper, snowy grouper, Nassau grouper, yellowmouth grouper, scamp, black grouper and gag grouper.
"The latest report to Congress should serve as a wake-up call to residents of the Gulf region and the nation," said Chris Dorsett, program director for fisheries with the Gulf Restoration Network, in a press release. "Almost every reef fish species in the Gulf whose health has been assessed is depleted. This includes popular species such as red snapper, the economically most important reef fish in the Gulf."
Many species of fish, such as groupers, are depleted. NMFS manages many species in the Gulf including billfish (sailfish and marlins), tunas and sharks. The health of 37 of the 83 species under its management is measured.
Dorsett said what the agency now knows "may only be the tip of the iceberg. The health of 81 percent of the Gulf fish species managed by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is unknown.
"When you consider the status of reef fish whose health we do know, it's awfully scary to think about the condition of the other 36 species of reef fish whose health is considered unknown," she said. "It seems like almost every time the NMFS assesses the health of an unknown population, we figure out it's in trouble."
She said, however, the situation is not hopeless.
"Success stories do exist," she said. "It's just a matter of focusing our energies on aggressive, science-based conservation and management measures that we know work as opposed to being blinded by short-term economic gains."
To read the 148-page report, go to http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/reg_svcs/Status02.pdf.
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I've been away for the past couple of weeks – initially in Orlando on holiday, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take time out from the Disney parks to fly to Vegas for MIX. It was my first visit to Florida, and as a Disney sceptic I was blown away by the attention to detail and true 'end to end' experience at the parks I went to. I challenge anyone who has the slightest bit of imagination not to enjoy it.
I don't think you could get two more different places in the States than Orlando and Las Vegas. I've not been lucky enough to visit a huge amount of countries in the world, but Vegas is the strangest city I've ever been to so far. I really enjoyed the conference and loved exploring the strip, but after 4 days I was 'Vegas'd out'. While I was there I captured some of the Vegas madness on film and thought I'd share it with you.


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View of Moula Ali Hill, circa 1902
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Maula-Ali is a suburb of Hyderabad, India located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Secunderabad. It is noted for its Moula Ali hill, on top of which stands the Moulali Darga mosque dedicated to Ali. This was probably built during the era of Asif Jahi. The Moula Ali Dargah is one of the 11 heritage sites identified by the "Heritage conservation committee" of HUDA. Maula-Ali is largely rocky with undulating terrain. However, it has become a major commercial hub. There is another hillock opposite the Moula Ali Hill, called "Qadam -e- Rasul" on which the sacred relics of the prophet were supposedly deposited by Mohammad Shakrullah Rahan a servant of Asaf Jahi. In addition to various mosques, Moula Ali also has a number of temples dedicated to Hindu gods and goddesses.
Moula-Ali is believed to have been inhabited since megalithic times.[1] Iron age burial sites have been discovered in Moula-Ali. The earliest excavations were carried out in 1935 by then Department of Archaeology of the Nizam's Dominion.[2] During Nizam era Moula-Ali was a very prominent location. The Hyderabad Race Club was located in Moula Ali.[3] Later in 1886 it was shifted to Malakpet. This shift was carried out for the convenience of H.H. Nawab Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, Nizam VI (seen in the picture on left with Moula Ali Kaman in the background). In 1954 the first open prison was opened at Moula Ali. It was later shifted to Cherlapally.[4]
The major neighbourhoods are Kamala Nagar, A.S. Rao Nagar, Anandbagh, DAE Colony etc. Kushaiguda busdepot is also located close to Moula-Ali. A large housing project by Andhra Pradesh Housing Board was established in Moula Ali. This colony is now popularly called APHB colony. Various industries are located in and around Moula Ali. Nuclear Fuel Complex, ECIL etc. are some of the prominent companies located near Moula Ali. Republic Forge Company Limited owned by the state government was declared bankrupt and shutdown. Moula Ali is a major centre for Railways with various facilities located here. Hyderabad Chemicals and Fertilizers was established in Moula-Ali in 1942, by 1982 the company was declared sick and sold off to a private company. In 1961 Andhra Foundry and Machine Company Limited was established in Moula Ali.[5] Moula-Ali Industrial Estate with several small and medium scale industries is located here.
A division of Union Carbide manufacturing Eveready batteries is also located at Moula-Ali. HMT Bearings Ltd (formerly Indo-Nippon Precision Bearings Ltd) too have a division in Moula-Ali. A major training centre for Railway Protection Force, Indian Railways Institute for Signal and Telecommunication Engineering & Zonal Training School (ZTS) of South Central Railways are also located at Moula Ali.
Moulali is well-connected by buses operated by Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC), which ply on two routes covering most of the area. Kushaiguda Bus Depot is located adjacent to Moula-ali. There is a railway station around 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the centre of Moula-Ali, it the first station encountered while travelling from Secunderabad. However most of the major trains do not have a stop here. The nearest MMTS Train station is at Safilguda Railway Station.
The 250-year-old Moula Ali Kaman[clarify] was declared unsafe by the Archeology Department and the Roads and Buildings Department has decided not to allow traffic through the decades-old Moulali Kaman but divert it through APHB Colony. Moula Ali Kaman was restored and traffic permitted to use it in 2013 apart from heavy vehicles.[6][7] Moula-ali is 55 kilometres (34 mi) from Hyderabad International Airport and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Tarnaka and the OU Campus Metro station (opening 2014).[needs update]
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