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What It's Like … To Work at Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch
Two women caught in the eye of the economic hurricane share their stories with us … anonymously of course
-April Daniels Hussar
Bailouts, bankruptcies, foreclosures, a plummeting DOW … everywhere we turn lately we hear yet another frightening story about the miserable state of our economy. But what is it REALLY LIKE to be in the center of all this chaos? We found two women – one from the recently bankrupted Lehman Brothers and one from the recently acquired Merrill Lynch – to share their experiences (and some great financial advice) with us.
First we spoke with an associate of Fixed Income Sales based in the San Francisco branch of Lehman Brothers. Just a few days after the bankruptcy was announced, she took the time to answer our questions about what her life is like now that the financial giant has crumbled, and her entire life has been thrown into uncertainty.
How have you been affected directly by Lehman Brothers' recent bankruptcy?
My entire career, position and opportunities vanished before my eyes. Everything I had worked for over the past four-and-a-half years seemed to disappear. In a "normal" environment, we could all utilize our network of peers, clients and competitors to find new (potentially similar) positions, but today's Wall Street is like a game of musical chairs, with chairs getting taken away at the same time that more people are pouring into the game.
Was this all a complete, out-of-the-blue shock, or had there been rumors or an inkling of this coming?
Complete out-of-the-blue shock. There were rumors about Lehman not being sustainable, but everyone (clients, employees, competitors) all thought that this just meant Lehman would be acquired or merge with a depository institution (a bank). Never did we envision Lehman having to close the doors.
When you found out about the bankruptcy filing, what was your first reaction? Have your feelings changed since then?
First, it was utter sadness. Lehman is not just a company or a job; it's a team, a career, a life. My brother works here. Many of my colleagues have become more friends than co-workers. Then I started to feel angry … was this avoidable? Is this a result of management's greed? Now I've realized that anger is certainly not the answer. I'm just sad that none of my options seems even half as good as what I had here (both in terms of people and opportunity).
What's the climate like at work now?
Probably like the New England Patriots after Tom Brady went down for the season … we are all trying to be optimistic and focus on opportunities ahead. But it's really hard not to be sad and look backwards.
What's your biggest fear personally?
My biggest fear is "settling", whether that means becoming unemployed, having to accept a position that I am not excited about, or only being offered jobs that reflect my abilities years ago instead of today.
Do you have any advice for our readers in terms of finances and the economy?
Many women leave it up to financial advisors or their significant others to take care of their investments and future. Take ownership. Learn the facts for yourself. Understand the risks of where your money is and make sure you're comfortable with that risk.
Is there anything that you can tell us about being inside this situation that you think outsiders might be surprised by?
Lehman Brothers went into bankruptcy because of a few terrible decisions by a few key people. Lehman Brothers was number one in both equities and fixed income (sales, trading and research). This is both the biggest bankruptcy in the history of the United States as well as the most successful company to file bankruptcy (in most aspects of what we do).
What do you think is the general perception of the public about the company and its employees? Do you think that's fair and accurate?
The general perception is that we are ALL those very few people who made bad decisions. It's completely unfair. There are 27,000 employees and probably less than 100 who were involved in the decisions surrounding those toxic assets.
How is this situation affecting your personal life?
It's been difficult, but at the same time wonderful. The one silver lining to this truly terrible situation has certainly been the support from my friends and family.
Next we heard from a vice president at Merrill Lynch, which, of course, was recently acquired by Bank of America. Her position, for the time being anyway, is less tenuous.
How have you have directly been affected by the recent merger?
So far, we are in "business-as-usual" mode. The acquisition still has to be confirmed with regulatory entities. It is expected to close in Q1 of 2009. That gives the firms several months to determine how each group is handled. Clients are obviously concerned about everything going on in the markets, not just the acquisition.
Was this all a complete, out-of-the-blue shock, or had there been rumors or an inkling of this happening?
This was definitely out of the blue, as the pressure was mounting for a Lehman buyout or bailout. The news Sunday evening that Bank of America had acquired Merrill Lynch was definitely a shock.
When you found out about the merger, what was your first reaction? Have your feelings changed since then?
Though it was a surprise, it was a huge relief Monday morning. My feelings haven't changed as we realized that the outlook for ML was not looking good in this environment, and there were lots of rumors of ML "being next". Thain [Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch] did the right thing.
What's the climate like at work now?
People are obviously concerned for their jobs and their bonuses. The general mood is not positive, but time will tell.
What's your biggest fear personally?
That my job be eliminated when the deal is closed; that I won't get paid much of a bonus, if at all, in January.
Do you have any advice for our readers in terms of finances and the economy?
As investors search for the "safe" investments, 3M Treasuries are yielding 0 percent. Investors in general should continue to be diversified and not panic. Diversified within equities that they own, fixed income, but also in other asset classes such as currencies and commodities. This is not a time to run for the hills and take huge losses; waiting a bit to see how the dust settles will give a better picture of the conditions of their investments.
Is there anything that you can tell us about being inside this situation that you think outsiders might be surprised by?
Management is making a big effort for the day-to-day to be as "normal" as possible for the employees. Yet they have made a big effort to reach out with conference calls and town halls to be available to answer questions. They are being very positive and communicative.
What do you think is the general perception of the public about the company and its employees? Do you think that's fair and accurate?
Considering the price movement of the stock, the post announcement increase in MER stock price is quite evident of what the market believes, this is positive…
How is this situation affecting your personal life?
I will definitely hold off buying a new apartment until I see what I get paid as a bonus, if I have a job and where in the city it will be (will it be at the new B of A building?)
Anything you'd like to add?
Despite the government "bailouts" and acquisitions that make everything appear that it is "not as bad as we thought", we are not out of the woods. CDS [credit default swaps] spreads show the low confidence in most financials still. I don't think that the consolidation of Wall Street is over. My main concern going forward is that the presidential and vice-presidential candidates know nothing about what is going on on Wall Street, or Main Street for that matter. The outlook for the economy is concerning going forward without the leaders of the country having much clarity on the situation.


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"Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day" is crammed with enough melodramatic incident for three movies, all of them seemingly scripted by Tyler Perry in a very foul mood.
"Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day" is crammed with enough melodramatic incident for three movies, all of them seemingly scripted by Tyler Perry in a very foul mood. This hysterically overwrought soul sister to "Woman Thou Art Loosed" slaps that 2004 pic's title on the lurid tale of an abducted child, a mother with a shameful secret and a fire-and-brimstone-spewing serial killer, all in service of a dubiously therapeutic tribute to ravaged-but-resilient black femininity. Target audiences may see it, but they probably will not see that it is good.
Louisiana gal Kari Ames (Sharon Leal) is happily married to handsome professor David (Blair Underwood), with whom she has a young daughter, Mikayla (Zoe Carter). Yet there are portents of looming disaster, and when tragedy strikes, it does not strike subtly. There's a kidnapper on the loose, and soon Mikayla is taken, an incident dramatized with ominous music, a flurry of jump cuts and the sudden leaching of color from d.p. Keith Smith's Red-camera lensing. It's as if the movie had been momentarily possessed by "The Exorcist." In the ensuing police investigation, it comes to light that Kari used to be a violent, thieving crack whore, a revelation that sends the Ames' marriage into a tailspin: "All this time I've been living with a stranger," David murmurs helpfully. Further fanning the flames of marital discord, a cop (Nicoye Banks) assigned to the case turns out to be an ex of Kari's, while David seems to take an extracurricular interest in his teaching assistant (Nicole Beharie). Living up to its biblically inflated title, Cory Tynan's screenplay is structured over seven days, none of which pass especially quickly under Neema Barnette's alternately frenzied and draggy direction. There are frequent cutaways to the kidnapper (Patrick Weathers), a leering psychopath who recites Scripture and wears a bowtie. There are interludes of David wandering the streets of New Orleans, briefly and rather misguidedly turning the pic into a post-Katrina lament. On a happier note, Pam Grier turns up as a tough-mama detective who's not afraid to mete out punishment to the pimps, layabouts and other assorted lowlifes who cross her path; it's a boisterous, incongruously entertaining turn that suggests a singular understanding of the material's comic potential. Woman thou art loosed, indeed. Leal gives a full-throttle diva display of maternal anguish, wifely resentment and (in one flashback) crack-whore attitude, and she doesn't disappoint, whether her character is hitting the bottle or lashing out at David for suddenly treating her like a piece of rough trade. It's enough to send anyone running to the nearest church, which is where Kari receives some much-needed if dramatically perfunctory advice on how to tame her demons. Speaking of which, T.D. Jakes, the bishop and televangelist who had a prominent role in the first "Woman Thou Art Loosed" (adapted from his novel and play), is much less visible this time around, though he is credited as one of eight exec producers. Underwood, who fares as well as anyone in the ensemble, also handled second-unit helming chores.Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
A Codeblack Entertainment release and presentation of a T.D. Jakes production. Produced by Jeff Clanagan, Nina Henderson Moore, Quincy Newell, Neema Barnette, Blair Underwood. Executive producers, T.D. Jakes, Jonathan Babineaux, Jordan Babineaux, Michael Turner, Derrick Williams, Curtis Wallace, Steven Greener, Kevin Columbus. Co-producer, Cory Tynan. Directed by Neema Barnette. Screenplay, Cory Tynan; story, Tynan, T.D. Jakes.
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METAMORA - Evergreen Local School District s levy committee, which lost two attempts to pass an operating levy in May and November, is going door to door throughout the district for the first time in decades.
A rally with student performances in support of the district s 0.75 percent, five-year income tax drew about 800 people on Sunday.
But the levy committee has also faced open hostility in the district where the last operating levy request in November failed by 60 votes.
At least three large wooden signs supporting the levy were spray painted with big red circles with a line through them - a symbol for no - or were broken in half.
Some residents who answered levy volunteer Sheri Call s knock at their doors accused district leaders of trying to "sneak" the levy through on the March 2 ballot, which she found ironic because she was going to door to door to notify voters. But opponents of school levies have said they are annoyed by repeated requests for the same levy.
The requested levy is larger than the 0.5 percent taxes that district voters denied in May and November. District leaders said they would need more because a tax passed in March would not begin collections until 2005. More money is needed, they said, because of cuts in state aid and rising costs for employee s health insurance and utilities.
A 0.75 percent tax would be expected to collect about $900,000 a year. It would be on top of a permanent 0.75 percent income tax for operations on the books and would take the total income tax for the school would increase to 1.5 percent.
In December the school board agreed to cut a school principal and about 10 percent of its teachers for the 2004-2005 school year. The board also authorized suspension of all teacher s aide contracts before the new school year.
The staff cuts - eight teachers out of a total staff of 81 teachers - were in response to a $600,000 budget shortfall district officials expect. Earlier, the board had eliminated sports and other extracurricular activities for next school year for the same reason.
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"Celebrating People in Action." is the theme for National Volunteer Week taking place from April 19-25, 2009. The week will feature service projects and special events to bring awareness to the important work of volunteers nationwide and in Illinois.
"National Volunteer Week is an opportunity to give thanks to the volunteers who dedicate their time and/or resources to helping others in their community and beyond," said Illinois Department of Human Services Secretary Carol L. Adams, Ph.D. "Illinoisans can find a volunteer opportunity or to learn more about how to recognize your volunteers by visiting the Serve Illinois Commission website, (www.Serve.Illinois.gov).
Governor Pat Quinn has proclaimed National Volunteer Week in Illinois and the week is dedicated to serving others in need and honoring those who volunteer all year.
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The premise of my story is short and sweet. During the Second World War cigarettes were included in soldiers ration kits. This meant that each time a soldier had the opportunity to eat, he was also given the opportunity to smoke.
This act of smoking throughout the war actually diminished the fighting power of our troops. When called upon to exert themselves - to run faster, march longer and fight harder - the detrimental impact of the tobacco, namely cigarettes, put a toll on the soldier's performance.
When gunfire was directed at our troops, how many of our soldiers were not fast enough to dodge death because their respiratory systems was not properly functioning due to tobacco? A few less puffs on the cigarette and how many soldiers may have had the physical energy to jump over that obstacle, carry that heavy weapon farther, or pull their buddy from harms way faster?
How many times was a solider unable to perform to his maximum because he had to stop along the road to catch their breath? And how many soldiers became easy targets for the enemy when they saw the smoke from a cigarette rising from a fox hole?
Today, the public now knows through a massive education effort that tobacco is deadly. However, the scientists who manipulated the tobacco formulas to higher addictive levels and the head executives of the companies have known for years that the product that they sell is a killing thing.
Yet, during World War 2 (and every earlier in World War One) the tobacco companies collaborated with the US government to bundle their toxic product into the food ration kits for our valiant solders to smoke and choke their lives away.
When America needed the most healthy and fit fighting army on the planet to battle Axis powers, the tobacco companies knowingly like a traitorous sleeper cell terrorist pushed the tobacco on to our troops and diminished their fighting potential. They used the mantle of patriotism to hide their secret agenda of making a profit -- no matter what the cost.
After the war, the legacy of the tobacco companies came back to haunt the veterans of the war who became addicted to the product and eventually succumbed to lung cancer.
In the end, the Tobacco Industry's treasonous acts helped diminish the power and force of our Armed Forces during the Second World War. They continued to aid in the killing our troops during the Korean War, the Vietnam War and now even today they actively seek to weaken our troops in Irag and Afghanistan by providing easy access to cigarettes to our troops abroad.
And even those soldiers who choose not to smoke are forced to live in close quarters where the deadly passive second hand smoke of others cripple their health.
How many more soldiers will have to die before the government (allegedly on the side of the veterans) will stop the shipment of tobacco products to the front lines?
Tobacco is Treason. Be a Patriot and Don't Smoke.
Traitor: One who betrays one's country, a cause, or a trust.
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Baked Eggs
What do you usually feed your kids for breakfast before sending them to school? About a month ago, one of the readers' posed this universal question to me via email. As parents, we are all aware that a good breakfast is essential to help kids stay focus in the classroom and to get them through the first half of the day in school. So, over the next few postings, I will address that question by sharing some of my kids' favorite home-cooked breakfasts. Today, I will start with my son's favorite Baked Eggs breakfast recipe. It's a cinch to make, just crack a couple of eggs into the prepared ramekins with some cream, scallions, chopped tomatoes, and bake in the oven for about 13 to 15 minutes. Serve the baked eggs with some toast, fruits, and juice. Kids love it.
Baked Eggs
2 Large Eggs
2 tsp Whipping (Heavy Cream)
¼ Medium Tomato, seeded, and diced
1 Scallion, chopped
1 ½ tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 tsp Unsalted Butter
Sea Salt
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Preheat an oven to 375˚F. (190˚C)
Oil a ramekin and sprinkle it with scallion (white part only). Crack 2 eggs into it, scatter the chopped tomatoes, drizzle the cream, season with sea salt, freshly ground black pepper and top with butter.
Bake in the oven for about 13 to 15 minutes. Garnish with chopped scallion (green part) and serve immediately.
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- AnonymousNovember 7, 2010 at 2:27 AM
just wonderin...the egg yolk wouldn't go 'ka-boom' even if you don't prick it...like wat happens if you don't prink an egg yolk & try to cook it in a microwave? Thanks
ReplyDelete - AnonymousNovember 7, 2010 at 7:43 AM
You forget to add the tomato in the recipe instructions.
ReplyDelete This looks great-more like a brunch item than a kids breakfast (just thinking about my kids!). A couple of my make aheads that are great for busy mornings for moms and dads:
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Robin Tuddenham
Following our email to Calderdale Council, directed to Mr. Robin Tuddenham, where we have asked him to cancel the virulent and anti-Semitic screening of the film "The Promise", scheduled to be screened by the equally virulent and morally disturbed anti-Semitic group "Halifax Friends of Palestine" at the King's Cross library between the times of 5-7pm on the days 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd February, he replied as follows:
I am writing in response to your email on the planned events at King Cross library, which include screening the series 'The Promise'.
Calderdale Council supports cultural events for all our communities. This reflects our organisational values 'Everyone Different, Everyone Matters'. It is regrettable to receive this email in the same week that the Council has run a moving and well attended Holocaust Memorial Ceremony in partnership with Calderdale Interfaith Council.
The library has been booked by a local organisation to screen this drama which was produced by Channel 4 last year. This drama has previously been screened at Hebden Bridge Picture House. It is important to note that the production is a drama and this is reflected in the OFCOM judgement in response to complaints made when it was originally screened.
I attach the OFCOM judgement for your information, which did not uphold the complaints made.
In view of this, the Council has no intention of cancelling these events.
UnquoteWe then investigated a bit about Mr. Robin Tuddenham and we came across some rather disturbing facts inside Calderdale Council and had the opportunity to have a glimpse inside the mind of this individual and those he works with, whom we have concluded to be nothing more than anti-Semitic in its core.
Also we discovered that the "Halifax Friends of Palestine" are connected to the "EDL News" crowd from a pathetic group on facebook called "Exposing racism online". Unfortunately these demented individuals have no morality and end up exposing their own hate and racism by constantly attacking Israel and associating themselves with many who also do.
As proof we have Mr. Suhail Choudhury of OSHS Ltd (Also using the name Sohail Iqbal) After a small search we realised he is also linked with other companies as Simply Transit, who is the company hosting the website for "Halifax Friends of Palestine" and for "EDL News". How cosy to have all these Islamists cooperating with the communist scum!
Anyway, here are some interesting facts about Mr. Robin Tuddenham:
"Robin Tuddenham was the head of community safety (what a mistake!!!) who left his post in January to take up a similar role at Calderdale Council, an authority in West Yorkshire. His departure comes just weeks before the first independent probe into the mismanagement of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money is expected to be made public"
The article about it is here
Continuing with Mr. Robin Tuddenham, you might find the below transcript interesting in the light of his stance on The Promise video. I just see this man as a traitor, a hypocrite and appeaser of Islam, plus using/latching onto the PREVENT programme strategy as partially for job creation purposes.
Here is trying to persuade the Select Committee that he knows all about the PREVENT strategy programme and that the local authorities (of which he is part of) are more than capable in working alongside the PREVENT programme. See this link for the transcript of oral evidence to be published as HC 65-iii House of Commons minutes of evidence taken before communities and local government committee - preventing violent extremism Amana Centre, Birmingham.
Tuddenham (sort of Curriculum Vitae) - Linkedin
In Calderdale council there is another very dodgy individual by the name of Sail Suleman who is a supposed Hate Crime Co-ordinator. Incidentaly this same Sail Suleman, a Muslim, has encouraged children to think like the 7/7 terrorists. His excuse? He reckons that by thinking like a terrorist, the children will "figure out" if the atrocities were right or wrong to be committed. Can you believe it?
The article about Mr. Sail Suleman promoting "Think like a terrorist" in schools is here.
You can also contact Sail here
Sail Suleman (Hate Crime Co-ordinator)
Tel: 01422 392869
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Now here is another email from one of our supporters, which I wish to share with you.
Dear JDL,
Calderdale council would do well in dismissing both of these people: Mr. Robin Tuddenham and Mr. Sail Suleman if it wants to be seen as a pro-active council who is truly stamping out racism and jew hatred.
See here for Robin Tuddenham's little friend Farzan Ahmed, a Nazi scumbag, Jew hating Muslim vermin.
Dear JDL,
Thank you for your actions in response to the enclosed concern.
It may interest you to know that I rang the branch Library due to screen said anti-Jewish film and was referred to the area manager at the main central library who said he would get back to me on the issues raised.
I later attended the Holocaust Memorial Event (Israel has never been mentioned a single time in relation to the Holocaust despite my attending at these events for some years now) hosted by the local Inter-Faith group chaired by a Mr Raja Khan and whilst there spoke to the Calderdale Hate Crime Co-ordinator in attendance thereat - a Mr Sail Suleman - about my concerns and he asked me to put these in writing and send them to him.
This I did, putting my concerns on an evidential basis and in an appropriate manner and awaited response accordingly.
I have today telephoned the aforementioned area manager back asking for an update in this respect and he stated that he had been informed by the Chief Law Officer, Ian Hughes, that if I had any concerns I would have to raise them seperately with him and that said area manager was not permitted to discuss issues evidencing Calderdale Council's facilitation of anti-semitism with me.
Likewise, evidenced concerns appropriately put to Calderdale's Hate Crime co-ordinator at his request - and pertinent questions raised in respect of anti-semitism being effectively promoted as a cultural norm within Calderdale - have not been responded to and will only be responded to if communicated separately and exclusively to Ian Hughes, Calderdale Council's Chief Law Officer.
Clearly Mr Hughes is attempting to use his office to block further enquiry in this regard and to effectively marginalise those who would stand up and speak out against the facilitation of Jew-hatred within Calderdale. This Council is refusing point blank to address or to respond to my legitimate and evidenced concerns of anti-semitism appropriately and properly put - orally and in writing - to officers of this Council. It will only address such issues if they are separately and exclusively sent to its Chief Law Officer.
'Sole point of contact' is a well known device used to contrive and effect the blocking of enquiry and the minimisation of negative publicity
Jews and their supporters should never submit to such tactics - Calderdale Council should be actively confronting and addressing all evidenced concerns of anti-semitism however these are put to it - not refusing to respond to evidenced Jew-hatred unless those standing up and speaking out conform to restrictions it imposes - which restrictions are, significantly, only imposed upon those raising concerns of anti-semitism.
This is but one further instance of the facilitation of Jew-hatred by Calderdale Council - possibly the worst being the exploitation of 8 year old schoolkids being photographed, alongside Halifax Friends of Palestine activists and their teachers, holding "Palestinian" propaganda pamphlets demonising IDF soldiers. Such photographs were then put on the Internet without the parents permission and circulated worldwide - no doubt to further respectabilise Jew-hatred and caricature the state of Israel as a force of oppression.
Calderdale council would do well in dismissing both of these people: Mr. Robin Tuddenham and Mr. Sail Suleman if it wants to be seen as a pro-active council who is truly stamping out racism and jew hatred.
See here for Robin Tuddenham's little friend Farzan Ahmed, a Nazi scumbag, Jew hating Muslim vermin.


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In case you guys don't know the thief series is probably one of the best series of stealth games and is probably the first game that is nearly impossible to complete unless you are unseen. (Other games have tried but this has such a hard focus)Now I was just wondering, if you guys have played these games (They're very old) do you know any games like them? Dishonored was very close if you don't kill anyone but I'm kind of getting bored of the usual FPS genre and after playing these games again I wouldn't mind something like them. They came out ages ago but I still love them and have so much fun messing around with them.
try the tenchu serie, ive only played tenchu-Z myself and it's one of the better stealth games in my opinion. (your playing a ninja)
OMG. I do not usually use that acronym. I NEVER meet people who have played Thief. Tell me, does one guard say "TA DAY YOU DIE"? I love the games. Dishonored was pretty good, I liked the hat-tip to Thief 1 in the Assassin's Base, but I miss stealing the crap out of mansions and having an objective "Don't kill anyone, you're a thief, not a serial killer"
I was going to suggest Dishonored. >.>I haven't actually played any of the games you mentioned. I want to play Thief and Thief 2,If you have an xbox360, you can download Mark of the Ninja for I believe 1200 Microsoft points. It's an indie 2D stealth game. There's an achievement for not getting spotted or killing anyone throughout the entire game, so I know it's possible. But, I like killing everyone so the non-aggressive stealth run will have to wait for a future play through.
This might just make you happy. I guess you don't have to look for games similar to Thief anymore.
that games like thief return, gives me hope that 1 day there will be a next unreal tournament... can't wait
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yea but scoring is what d.rose does. its not an easy task for anyone in the league to guard him. the only guy that managed to take him last year was dwight, when rose tried to run into him but only ended up hurting himself
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New Grambling interim president Cynthia Warrick didn't take long to leave her mark on the university.
In her first official day as Grambling's leader, Warrick made significant changes across the board, relieving athletic director Aaron James and men's basketball coach Joseph Price of their duties.
Warrick took over Tuesday, a day after former president Frank Pogue wrapped up his tenure.
"I didn't foresee it coming, but I do understand when you change president's — I've been in the system long enough — a lot of times the president's have the people they want to bring into different positions, and I do understand that," James told The News-Star on Tuesday.
James, who was the athletic director for the past three years, said he received a letter from the president's office Tuesday morning indicating he had been reassigned. James previously served as a kinesiology professor.
Athletic business manager Terrance Bedford was also reassigned. Women's basketball coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs is expected to become the interim athletic director.
Price is out after just two seasons at Grambling. He was 5-52, including a 0-28 season in 2013, but he was brought into a tumultuous situation with Grambling facing stiff APR penalties.
The Tigers were ineligible for the postseason last season, but Price helped increase APR enough to lift the ban for 2014-15.
Bibbs and Price were unavailable when reached Tuesday.
Grambling declined comment on the matter and released a statement Tuesday evening that didn't mention any specific changes.
"My primary focus as interim president is to move Grambling State University to a competitive position of excellence at every level," Warrick said in the statement. "I have started the process of making several strategic changes in my administrative team, which is a customary practice in transitions such as this. The significant challenges facing Grambling make these decisions even more important, and I am committed to assembling the best talent possible in order to move the University forward."
James said Warrick met with the entire department last Wednesday, but was unaware of any changes.
"It caught me off guard a little. Between working with athletics and playing professional basketball, those types of things happen all the time," James said. "I would have preferred that (the news came in person meeting), but whether you have a conversation or get a letter, it's the same outcome."
James, a former Grambling basketball star who played for the Tigers from 1970 to 1974 then went on to the NBA for five years, served as the athletic director since 2011. His first two years came on an interim basis before the tag was permanently removed last summer.
"I thought I had a good time," James said. "We had some good, loyal people that worked in the department, and we left the department better than what it was when I got there. I think we did some good things."
Although James helped institute a student athletic fee that will help the program in the long run, the most notable memory is from last fall when the football team walked out on administration and boycotted a game at Jackson State.
The black eye hit the national media, causing ESPN, USA Today and The New York Times, among others, to investigate Grambling's athletic woes.
"It was very difficult," James recalled. "Anytime that you have a situation like that, it's always difficult. The only one that really gets hurt is the institution. We worked through it, and I think we came out of it much stronger as an institution and as a department."
Meanwhile, the most surprising news of the day was Price's firing.
During the season, several players on Grambling's roster praised Price for the rebuilding job he was working on at Grambling and viewed him as a father figure. He also played an integral role in helping leading scorer Antwan Scott cope with the loss of his mother.
Price called a team meeting Tuesday afternoon, leaving players stunned after hearing the news.
"It's a hurtful feeling and very shocking that all of a sudden it happened," said GSU guard and Richwood product Remond Brown. "I'm honestly just in shock that it occurred."
Price took over a roster in shambles and worked through a 32-game losing streak and a 45-game losing skid to Division I opponents during his tenure.
Grambling returns nearly its entire roster, and Price signed three players for the 2014 class, including Kyle Williams, a big man out of New York that Price was high on.
Sean Isabella writes for The Monroe (La.) News-Star.


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As part of a full slate of Earth Day events, you are invited to a gathering/teach-in with NYC's own Mickey Z. – vegan, activist, occupier, photographer, and author of 11 books.
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Free sports physicals will be offered from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 12, at the Madras Methodist Church for any Jefferson County high school or middle school athlete.
Male student athletes need to be dressed in shorts and T-shirts, while female student athletes need to be dressed in a sports bra, shorts and a T-shirt for sports physicals. Student athletes must also have a parent signature on their sports physical form to be presented at the time of the physical.
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Registration for the Bend Park and Recreation youth tackle football program is now available.
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Mountain View Hospital Foundation will host the 10th Annual Golf Classic on Sept. 14 at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond.
The four-person scramble will begin on Friday, Sept. 14, with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.
Entry fees are $150 per person or $500 for a four-man team. Entry fees include green fees, range balls, cart, breakfast, lunch and evening entertainment. Sponsorship opportunities including hole sponsorships are also available.
To register, or for information regarding sponsorship opportunities, contact Kelly Richard, marketing, communications and foundation manager at 541-460-4039. Registration is also available online at www.mvhd.org.
White Buffalo Open to be played Sept. 16
The annual White Buffalo Open -- a four-person golf scramble -- will take place at 1 p.m. Sept. 16, at Kah-Nee-Ta Resort and Golf Course.
The event serves as a fundraiser for the Madras High School football program.
The event will also feature a barbecue dinner, a silent auction and raffle prizes. Prizes will also be awarded for long drive and closest to the pin. Entry fee is $50 per player. Entry forms are available at Kah-Nee-Ta, the Madras Pioneer and online at www.madrasathletics.org.
For more information, contact MHS head football coach Rick Wells at 541-977-2547.
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Timberland's announcement comes on the heels of the Greenpeace report titled, "Slaughtering the Amazon," which documents a three-year investigation that traced leather, beef and other cattle products from ranches involved in deforestation at the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, as well as the invasion of indigenous lands and slavery, back to the supply chains of top brands.
Working with Greenpeace, Timberland released a policy that requires leather suppliers, such as Bertin, to commit to a moratorium on newly deforested areas in the Amazon. Given the cattle industry is responsible for Brazil's top source of carbon dioxide emissions and the largest driver of deforestation in the world, a moratorium on cattle expansion is a critical component of Brazil's Zero Deforestation policy if it aims to reduce forest related greenhouse gas emissions.
"Timberland has raised the bar for environmentally and socially responsible leather sourcing policies in the Amazon. They have taken an important step by not only committing to avoid leather from cattle raised in newly deforested areas, but by working with existing suppliers like Bertin, to move the Brazilian cattle sector toward supporting a moratorium on any new cattle expansion into the Amazon Rainforest," said Lindsey Allen, a forest campaigner with Greenpeace.
Other key areas that demonstrate Timberland's leadership in these areas of corporate sustainability include:
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — A late-session surge by Dell Inc. added to what already had been a day of strong gains for the tech sector on Wednesday, as the PC maker's shares rose following a report that investor activist Car Icahn has taken a large position in the company.
Dell US:DELL shares ended the day up nearly 2% to close at $14.32 after CNBC reported that Icahn purchased nearly 100 million of the company's shares. The move comes as the company is battling some of its larger shareholders over a pending privatization deal that values Dell at $13.65 per share.
Dell's rise added to the lift for the sector, which was already enjoying its second session of gains that put the Dow at a fresh record high. Dow components Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO, +0.35% and Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ, +0.12% led the way with gains of more than 2% each, along with strong upticks by Intel Corp. INTC, -0.31% and International Business Machines Corp. IBM, -0.57%
Those four tech bellwethers' gains added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average's DJIA, -0.29% advance, with the index rising 42 points to close at 14,296. Also helping give the market a boost were the latest numbers on private-sector jobs from Automatic Data Processing Inc. The ADP report said the private sector added a better-than-expected 198,000 jobs in February. See: Private-sector jobs growth beats expectations.
Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.20% failed to join in the day's gains, as the company's shares gave up 1.3% to close at $425.66 after Citigroup and Barclays Capital both cut their price targets on the stock, citing projections for lower iPhone and iPad sales in the March quarter. Read: Apple targets cut as brokers see slowdown
Mossberg reviews the Roku 3
While the Roku 3 doesn't provide users with YouTube or iTunes streaming, Walt Mossberg tells us it otherwise is an improvement over previous Roku models and gives a great user experience for those who stream video on their TVs.
Among other tech stocks, Tibco Software Inc. US:TIBX shares rose more than 11%, to close at $23.37, after Bank of America/Merrill Lynch analyst Kash Ragan raised his rating on the company to buy from neutral and reiterated his price target of $26 a share. Ragan said that with Tibco not warning on its quarterly results before the report's March 21 release, the potential for a negative report has been limited.
Groupon Inc. GRPN, +0.25% gave up its early gains to fall 6% and close at $5.29 a share. On Tuesday, Groupon Chief Financial Officer Jason Child told a tech conference that the company wasn't planning on any major changes in strategy as it searches for a new CEO. See: Groupon faces questions about future direction.
There were also reports from Bloomberg saying that Groupon will focus on CEO candidates from outside the company, with a goal of hiring a new CEO within three to six months.
Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +0.17% shares were trimmed by almost 1% to close at $28.09. On Wednesday, the European Union fined the software giant $733 million for failing to offer consumers a choice of Web browser other than Microsoft's own Explorer with new versions of the Windows operating system.
The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.19% ended the day down by almost 2 points at 3,222, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index SOX, +0.75% and the Morgan Stanley High-Tech Index MSH, +0.31% each closed with small gains.


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Everybody knows Ha Long Bay is one of the world's cultural heritage sites, but not all of them know why it is claimed as a heritage. Ha Long is famous for its beautiful scenery, great natural creations, fresh air and a wonderful climate for tourists who want to get away from the busy life and to discover the gift of The Creator. Ha Long Bay is located 170 km from Hanoi; far enough for tourists to enjoy the fresh air. The Bay contains nearly 3000 islands and islets and gorgeous beaches which make Ha Long Bay so attractive.
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Published: The Perception of Social Security Incentives for Labor Supply and Retirement: The Median Voter Knows More Than You'd Think, Jeffrey B. Liebman, Erzo F. P. Luttmer. in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 26, Brown. 2012
Published: Jeffrey B. Liebman & Erzo F. P. Luttmer, 2015. "Would People Behave Differently If They Better Understood Social Security? Evidence from a Field Experiment," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 7(1), pages 275-99, February. citation courtesy of
Published: Liebman, Jeffrey B. & Luttmer, Erzo F.P. & Seif, David G., 2009. "Labor supply responses to marginal Social Security benefits: Evidence from discontinuities," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 93(11-12), pages 1208-1223, December. citation courtesy of
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Published: Redistribution in the Current U.S. Social Security System, Jeffrey B. Liebman. in The Distributional Aspects of Social Security and Social Security Reform, Feldstein and Liebman. 2002
Published: Feldstein, Martin & Liebman, Jeffrey B., 2002. "Social security," Handbook of Public Economics, in: A. J. Auerbach & M. Feldstein (ed.), Handbook of Public Economics, edition 1, volume 4, chapter 32, pages 2245-2324 Elsevier.
Published: Frankel, Jeffrey and Peter Orszag (eds.) American economic policy in the 1990s. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002.
Published: The Middle-Class Parent Penalty: Child Benefits in the U.S. Tax Code, David T. Ellwood, Jeffrey B. Liebman. in Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 15, Poterba. 2001
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Ralph Goodale motion addresses fire fighter, public safety issues
OTTAWA, Nov. 23, 2012 /CNW/ - The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is calling on the Canadian Government to act on three important fire fighter and public safety issues after a majority of MPs expressed support for them Wednesday in the House of Commons.
MPs adopted private member's motion M-388 in the House of Commons Nov. 21 by a vote of 150 to 134. The motion, introduced by Liberal MP Ralph Goodale (Wascana, Sask.), calls on the federal government to establish a national Public Safety Officer Compensation (PSOC) benefit, to protect the public by giving fire fighters priority access to vaccines during an influenza pandemic and to amend the National Building Code of Canada to address fire fighter safety.
While private member's motions are non-binding, the fact that a majority of MPs representing a majority of Canadians voted in favour of M-388 sends the federal government the clear message that it should act on the IAFF's Canadian legislative issues, says Scott Marks, the IAFF's Assistant to the General President for Canadian Operations. The IAFF represents 22,000 professional fire fighters across Canada.
"We ask the Government of Canada to recognize the adoption of M-388 and the important fire fighter and public safety issues it addresses," Marks said, adding the IAFF is grateful to Goodale for acting decisively to advance fire fighter and public safety issues. "We would welcome the opportunity to work with the government to see the will of parliament recognized and these important issues advanced."
The IAFF's call for a national PSOC benefit is in response to the fact that that there is currently no minimum level of compensation for the family of fire fighters who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. While some fire fighters have been able to negotiate a benefit at the local level, it typically does not adequately address the longer-term financial security of the surviving family. The IAFF recommends a PSOC benefit of $300,000 that would apply to all fire fighters across Canada.
The pandemic issue is in response to the fact that fire fighters are in fact emergency medical responders who come in direct contact with the public during an influenza pandemic, and the fact that if too many fire fighters are absent from duty during a moderate or severe pandemic, there may not be enough personnel available to properly protect the public.
The IAFF also asserts that the National Building Code of Canada should be amended to make fire fighter safety an objective. Because it is not currently an objective, fire fighter safety cannot be used as the basis of a building code change request. The code currently views fire fighters the same as other building occupants, despite the fact that the public expects fire fighters to enter a burning structure long after others may have exited in order to conduct interior search and rescue and to aggressively save the home and its contents.
More information about the IAFF position on the issues outlined in M-388 is available at http://www.iaff.org/canada/FactSheets/index.htm.
Goodale noted the cross-party support M-388 received. "It's good to see a little genuine democracy on the floor of the House - for such a worthy cause," Goodale said. "I'm grateful to all my colleagues in all Parties who joined together to endorse these important measures in support of the courageous people who put their lives on the line daily to keep Canadians safe."
The IAFF is also grateful to Conservative MP Patrick Brown (Barrie, ON), who worked exceptionally hard on behalf of fire fighters to help secure enough votes to see M-388 adopted, and to NDP MP Peter Julian (Burnaby-New Westminster, BC), who also brought important attention to the motion.
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M-388 — June 4, 2012 — Mr. Goodale (Wascana) — That the House hereby affirm its support for the following measures to support Canada's firefighters which, in the opinion of the House, the government should act upon promptly: (a) the creation of a national Public Safety Officer Compensation Benefit in the amount of $300,000, indexed annually, to help address the financial security of the families of firefighters and other public safety officers who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty; (b) the recognition of firefighters, in their vital role as "first responders", as an integral part of Canada's "critical infrastructure", and as "health care workers" under the Canada Influenza Pandemic Plan, entitled to priority access to vaccines and other drugs in cases of pandemics and other public health emergencies; (c) the specification of firefighter safety as an objective of the National Building Code of Canada; (d) a review of the National Building Code of Canada, in conjunction with the International Association of Firefighters, to identify the most urgent safety issues impacting firefighters and the best means to address them.
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Numerous courts have recognized that knowingly billing the federal government for "worthless services" may be a violation of the False Claims Act (FCA). Recently, an Illinois nursing home learned how costly worthless services can be. In U.S. ex rel. Absher v. Momence Meadows Nursing Center, Inc., No. 04-2289 (C.D. Ill.), a jury found the provider liable for approximately $28 million for violations of the FCA and a parallel Illinois statute. The jury found that the government sustained damages of slightly more than $3 million. However, as a result of the FCA's generous recovery provisions, the nursing home's financial liability was many multiples greater than the amount of damages sustained by the government. The $3 million in damages were trebled to $9 million. Furthermore, the jury found that the nursing home submitted 1,729 false claims and, with a civil penalty of $11,000 per claim, the total civil penalties amounted to approximately $19 million, on top of the $9 million in treble damages.
The court's instructions to the jury before it began deliberations highlight the peril for health care providers facing a jury trial on a worthless services claim. The court informed the jury that worthless services are "services that are so inadequate, deficient, and substandard, or so completely lacking in value or utility to a nursing facility patient, that a reasonable person would understand that any services provided were worthless. Services can be worthless, and the claims for those services can, for that reason, be false, even if the nursing facility in fact provided some services to the patient. To find the services worthless, you do not need to find that the patient received no services at all." The court further instructed the jury that services could be "worthless" in the following ways:
When a jury is presented with inflammatory evidence at trial regarding substandard health care services, and then is asked to make a subjective judgment regarding the value of those services, a defendant provider faces an uphill fight. The provider faces an additional significant challenge because the provider may be found liable even if it did not have actual knowledge that its services were worthless. Under the FCA, a provider is deemed to have "knowledge" of worthless services if it has demonstrated "deliberate ignorance" or "reckless disregard" regarding its deficient services. Failing to address quality-of-care complaints from patients, employees or regulators would be an example of deliberate ignorance. Neglecting to monitor the quality of one's services would be an example of reckless disregard. Thus, a provider must demonstrate that it did not know, and it had no basis to know, that its care was worthless — or, preferably, demonstrate that its care was not worthless.
The successful defense of a worthless services case will likely depend on the provider proving that, before the incidents in question at the trial, the provider had an effective quality assurance (QA) program in place to detect and correct substandard care. A provider's use of an effective QA program helps to refute allegations that the provider exhibited deliberate ignorance or reckless disregard for the quality of its services. The design of an effective QA program should meet accepted industry standards, and also should be tailored to meet the circumstances of each provider. Providers should ensure that a sufficient number of objective and measurable quality indicators have been established. Moreover, providers should regularly measure their performance against those indicators, and correct substandard care by implementing an effective action plan. An effective QA plan will go a long way to avoid the delivery of worthless services. Moreover, to the extent a provider's services are ever considered to be worthless, an effective QA program allows the provider to demonstrate that it did not deliver worthless services knowingly.
Providers may expect to see more worthless-service litigation in the future. Unlike medical malpractice or wrongful-death cases against providers, which may be filed only by injured parties, worthless-service claims under the FCA may be brought by anyone, regardless of whether they were injured by the provider. In addition, the person filing a worthless-service claim is eligible to receive a generous share of any settlement or award in the case — sometimes amounting to multi-million dollar payments. Large verdicts, like the one in the recent Illinois case, will surely encourage others to file worthless service lawsuits.
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My sister mentioned in an email the other day how much she likes reading blogs, particularly those written by family members. She went on to indicate that we would be able to read her blog soon, as it was "almost done."
How long does it take? You sign up for an account, choose a template, maybe upload a photo or two and write a blurb about yourself, and then start posting. The content is far more important than the layout, as proven by BSNYC, who I think spent no more than nine seconds getting his blog "done."
Well apparently I'm way behind the times, because you can download all sorts of busy-looking templates to make your blog copy harder to read. Moreover, you can also install soundtracks to distract your readers from what they are reading. David Ogilvy would throw up on the screen if he saw some of the light font on slightly darker background blogs out there. Of course, since there's no such thing as a blogger that has anything meaningful to say, I suppose none of this matters. It's not like we're trying to sell cars or personal care products with these things.
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ANkleStrong writes "Sony Corp unveiled on Tuesday a smaller, lighter PlayStation handheld game device called the PSP Go, in a race to catch rival Nintendo in an intensely competitive mobile games arena."
E3 attendees were able to take the new Sony handheld for a test drive, and more pictures and videos are now available. It's set to be released on October 1st, and will retail for $249. A new Resident Evil game is being designed specifically for the updated hardware, and Metal Gear Peace Walker is coming as well.


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Fifty-one percent of Americans surveyed said they shouldn't be deported, a figure that cuts against the views of the Obama administration and congressional Republicans, who disagree about how to treat them but agree that they should be sent back quickly.
Of the 51 percent, 38 percent said the U.S. should care for the children until it was safe for them to return to their home countries, while 13 percent wanted to let them stay.
Thirty-two percent of Americans said the undocumented children should be swiftly deported.
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RFID Wins Gold With U.S. Ski and Snowboard TeamThis winter, the organization's Gold Pass—which provides major financial donors with access to ski resorts across the nation—will contain HF and UHF passive RFID inlays, compatible with all RFID-enabled ski lifts.
Jun 07, 2012—For the past 40 years, big-ticket donors to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team have been rewarded with a gold medallion from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), allowing them to access nearly all American ski resorts. This year, USSA is doing something different: It is embedding radio frequency identification in the passes. The enhanced functionality of the latest medallion is a nod to the trend of ski resorts installing high-frequency (HF) or ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID readers at their lifts.
This coming season's Gold Pass—available to donors contributing $10,000 or more—will contain two RFID inlays enabling them to recognized by any of the readers installed at ski lifts across the United States. Until recently, an RFID tag would not get skiers very far at most resorts, since few used any technology other than bar-code scanners. But in recent years, says Kate Klingsmith, USSA's assistant director of Gold Pass development, a sufficient number of resorts have RFID readers in place, enabling skiers to access lifts faster and easier, that USSA felt it would be a great advantage to Gold Pass holders. In fact, approximately 30 resorts now have either HF or UHF readers installed for lift access control, point-of-sale transactions or other features for skiers, according to John Collins, the product manager at Denver technology and media company Active Network (formerly known as RTP), which provided the Gold Pass, as well as the software that stores medallion numbers and shares that information with each resort's lift-access and ticket-window operations. The firm has provided the software service to USSA for the past decade, though this is the first year that it has also been responsible for providing the pass itself. The Gold Pass has been a 40-year tradition, thanking U.S. Ski Team donors by authorizing access to most American ski resorts for up to 50 visits at each location for the duration of the ski season, which begins in October. Up to 400 are distributed annually, Klingsmith reports. The pass is a gold-colored medallion that a donor can wear around his or her neck or carry in a pocket, she says, adding that donors often comprise individual companies or groups that that may then share the pass with other organizations, or with their own employees or clients. For the past several decades, a bar code has been printed on the medallion's front. When a user arrives at a resort, the facility's staff members recognize the Gold Pass by sight, granting lift access, but they typically also record the visit—usually by scanning the bar code—in order to ensure that the number of visits does not extend beyond the allotted 50. "That's really to be fair to the resorts," Klingsmith explains, since none of the facilities are compensated for the visits, but rather offer the service as a favor to USSA. Login and post your comment!Not a member? Signup for an account now to access all of the features of RFIDJournal.com! |
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As street theater, this brief, intense "simulation" is convincing enough to be disconcerting.
Josh Dzieza on the grueling 256-day simulation astronauts are enduring.
In preparation, state officials ran a simulation in May to address a situation precisely like Isaac.
It was unpleasant and discombobulating: a simulation of hostage-taking, mental asylum and demented dreamscape all rolled into one.
Like its strange predecessor, the first kiss scene, this simulation nightmare strikes a false note.
All physiologists know that hysterical persons have a tendency to falsehood and simulation.
The simulation of death, therefore, implies a certain knowledge of death.
The simulation of sleep had been indulged in simply to escape the necessity of talking.
The Italian did not overrate that craft of simulation proverbial with her country and her sex.
My visitor seemed to recollect her fright—or the necessity for simulation.
mid-14c., "a false show, false profession," from Old French simulation "pretence" and directly from Latin simulationem (nominative simulatio) "an imitating, feigning, false show, hypocrisy," noun of action from past participle stem of simulare "imitate," from stem of similis "like" (see similar). Meaning "a model or mock-up for purposes of experiment or training" is from 1954.
simulation sim·u·la·tion (sĭm'yə-lā'shən)
Close resemblance or imitation, as of one symptom or disease by another.
Assumption of a false appearance.
Reproduction or representation, as of a potential situation or in experimental testing.
simulation, system
Attempting to predict aspects of the behaviour of some system by creating an approximate (mathematical) model of it. This can be done by physical modelling, by writing a special-purpose computer program or using a more general simulation package, probably still aimed at a particular kind of simulation (e.g. structural engineering, fluid flow). Typical examples are aircraft flight simlators or electronic circuit simulators. A great many simulation languages exist, e.g. Simula.
See also emulation, Markov chain.
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