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Network television may seem an unlikely source for manufacturing innovation, but don't say that to the designers of the robots competing in season two of ABC-TV's BattleBots (a 10-episode run starts Thursday, June 23).
Two competitors in the show turned to Proto Labs recently for prototyping and end-use parts for their warrior robots.
California-based freelance product designer Hal Rucker created The Ringmaster robot, using Proto Labs' 3D printing for plastic prototypes and production parts, and CNC machining for magnesium end-use parts.
Independent product developer Christian Carlberg, also of California, and his 13-year-old daughter Carissa, designed The Overdrive robot using Proto Labs' CNC machining to fabricate two sets of parts for Overdrive's weapon pulley system.
And who ultimately claimed victory in this clash of the robot titans? BattleBot designers were sworn to secrecy, so we'll just have to tune in to see who won.


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. stocks were poised to open slightly lower Tuesday, with a potentially choppy day of trading ahead on a quiet week for investors.
Dow Jones industrial average (INDU), S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (COMP) futures were down. Stock futures indicate the possible direction of the markets when they open at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Investors will have some new economic data to digest Tuesday, with reports on auto sales, factory orders and the latest Fed minutes scheduled for release.
But market participants expect the markets to stay mostly quiet this week ahead of the Easter holiday, and with the next round of major corporate results still a few weeks away.
U.S. stocks ended higher Monday after a manufacturing report showed prices rising less than expected, signaling that inflation may not be a near-term concern. Last week saw several disappointing reports on housing and durable goods, which caused investors to pull back a bit.
Prior to that, stocks had largely been on a tear, with the Dow and S&P 500 ending their best first quarter in over a decade. The Nasdaq had its best first quarter since 1991.
Much attention will be paid later this week to the all-important jobs report for March, which is due out Friday. However, U.S. stock markets will be closed in observance of Good Friday, and bond markets will close early.
World markets: European stocks were slightly lower in midday trading. Britain's FTSE 100 (UKX) slid 0.2%, the DAX (DAX) in Germany shed 0.1% and France's CAC 40 (CAC40) lost 0.5%.
Asian markets ended mixed. The Hang Seng (HSI) in Hong Kong gained 1.3%, while Japan's Nikkei (N225) fell 0.6%. The Shanghai Composite (SHCOMP) was closed for early April's Tomb Sweeping holiday.
Economy: A report on factory orders for the month of February is expected to show that activity picked up by 1.4%, after falling by 1% the previous month.
On Tuesday afternoon, investors will get some insight into the Federal Reserve's policy-making crystal ball, when the central bank releases minutes from its most recent meeting.
Auto and truck sales figures will be released throughout the day.
Companies: Avon Products (AVP, Fortune 500) shares were up 1.3% in pre-market trading Tuesday, following on gains of more than 17% Monday, after the company rejected a $10 billion purchase offer from beauty company Coty Inc.
Shares of automakers Ford (F, Fortune 500) and GM (GM, Fortune 500) could be on the move Tuesday based on the latest vehicle sales figures.
Daily deals site Groupon (GRPN) also remains in the spotlight following a report in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal saying that the Securities and Exchange Commission is probing its revision of its first set of results as a publicly traded company.
Groupon shares fell nearly 17% Monday after the company announced late Friday that it was revising its fourth-quarter income and sales lower, thanks to a higher rate of customers asking for refunds. Groupon also revealed that its auditor had discovered a deficiency in its financial statement close process, which covers the steps companies go through at the end of each quarter to ensure that all of their financial transactions have been accurately recorded and reported.
Currencies and commodities: The dollar fell against the euro and the Japanese yen but gained slightly against the British pound.
Oil for May delivery slipped 89 cents to $104.34 a barrel.
Gold futures for April delivery fell $3.00 to $1,674.50 an ounce.
Bonds: The price on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury rose Tuesday, pushing the yield down to 2.17%.
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Nasdaq | 5,912.93 | 15.38 | 0.26% |
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Chesapeake Energy Co... | 5.98 | 0.17 | 2.93% |
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Freeport-McMoRan Inc... | 13.46 | 0.73 | 5.78% |
General Electric Co | 29.88 | 0.20 | 0.67% |
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- 3 tablespoons semisweet chocolate chips
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- 1 large egg
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- 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
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On Museum Day, hosted annually by Smithsonian magazine, participating museums
across the United States
offer free admission to one person and a guest. (Smithsonian Museums offer free
admission every day.) Visit the Smithsonian website for more
information about Museum Day tickets.
Below is a list of participating museums in Southern
California counties with links to their websites. Whether you are interested in music, art, science,
living history, or something else entirely, you will surely find a museum in Southern
California that appeals to you.
Remember that in order to get free admission on Museum Day, you must have an official ticket available at the Smithsonian website!
Kern County Museum, Bakersfield
Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest
American Museum of Ceramic
Art, Pomona
Autry National Center, Los
Science Center, Los Angeles
Chinese American Museum,
Los Angeles
Fowler Museum at UCLA,
Los Angeles
Hammer Museum, Los
Los Angeles Art Association,
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Museum of the
Holocaust, Los Angeles
Museum of Latin American Art
(MOLAA), Long Beach
Palos Verdes Art
Center, Rolling Hills Estates
Pasadena Museum of
California Art (PMCA), Pasadena
Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica
The GRAMMY Museum at
L.A. LIVE, Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary
Art, Los Angeles
Zimmer Children's
Museum, Los Angeles
Bowers Museum of Cultural
Art, Santa Ana
Surfing Museum, Huntington Beach
Laguna Art Museum,
Laguna Beach
Mission San Juan
Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
Living Desert Zoo
& Botanical Gardens, Palm Desert
S.C.R.A.P. Gallery,
Science Center, Hemet
Barona Cultural
Center & Museum, Lakeside
California Surf Museum,
Lux Art Institute,
House Museum, San Diego
Mingei International Museum,
San Diego
Museum of
Making Music, Carlsbad
Museum of Photographic Arts,
San Diego
Reuben H. Fleet Science
Center, San Diego
San Diego Air
& Space Museum, San Diego
San Diego
Archaeological Center, Escondido
San Diego Botanic Garden,
San Diego Chinese Historical
Museum, San Diego
San Dieguito Heritage
Museum, San Diego
The Adobe Chapel
Museum, San Diego
The Whaley House Museum,
San Diego
Charles Paddock
Zoo, Atascadero
Glass Museum, Redlands
The Robert and Frances
Fullerton Museum of Art, San Bernardino
Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga
Casa de la Guerra, Santa
El Presidio de Santa Barbara
State Historic Park, Santa Barbara
Elverhoj Museum of
History & Art, Solvang
Rancho La Patera &
Stow House, Goleta
Wildling Art Museum,
Los Olivos
Carnegie Art Museum,
Museum of Ventura
County, Ventura
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Injured 'RA.One' animator Charu Khandal begins to speak and eat
On March 25, when Charu Khandal was brought into hospital after an accident, her last words before slipping into a coma were, "Someone please water my plants or they'll die." The animator, who had worked on Shahrukh Khan's film RA.One, has had a successful surgery since and may soon be shifted out of the intensive care unit. The otherwise vivacious and cheerful 28-year-old girl began talking on Monday after a month and half. And the first thing she said was, "Doc, can I have some greenery around here."
Charu who was the victim of a drunk driving case has now started consuming solid food. After a successful spine surgery, the animator is still paralysed neck down. According to the doctors, she is expected to be moved out of the ICU in a week or so post which she will have regular physiotherapy sessions. Her mother, sister and fiancé who've taken turns to be by her side through the whole episode finally breathed a sigh of relief and shared pictures of Charu smiling and whistling.Click here to read more -


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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge has denied a Southern California factory town's attempt to shut down production of the popular Sriracha chili sauce.
City News Service reports the judge rejected Irwindale's initial bid Thursday to cease operations at the Huy Fong Foods plant. The city sought the closure to reduce the pungent smell of pepper and garlic fumes emanating from the factory.
The sprawling 650,000-square-foot factory processes some 100 million pounds of peppers a year into Sriracha and two other popular Asian food sauces.
Residents have complained the odor gives them headaches, burn their throat and make their eyes water.
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To be sure, going to college is a big moment in life, and, certainly, for some people, college is the best time in their life. But apart from the sad notion that the years from around 18 to 22, 23 or 24 are the high point in a life, it remains true for many, many students, that college isn't at all what it's cracked up to be in the "time of your life" department.
Right now millions of high school seniors are deciding where they will go to college, and students already in college are gearing up to finish up their year with final papers and exams.
That makes it a good time to remind everybody that while college can and should be marvelous, sometimes even often, it isn't — and that is just as normal as anything else.


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Second-shift workers at Chrysler LLC s factories which make the Jeep Wrangler at the Toledo Jeep Assembly plant will be temporarily laid off for at least two more weeks, a Chrysler spokesman said yesterday.
The shift was idled Feb. 16, and was due to return yesterday. About 600 second-shift workers will remain on layoff at the plant through at least March 9 because of slow sales, company and United Auto Workers officials said.


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On October 25, 2011, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine use of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (HPV4; Gardasil, Merck & Co. Inc.) in males aged 11 or 12 years. ACIP also recommended vaccination with HPV4 for males aged 13 through 21 years who have not been vaccinated previously or who have not completed the 3-dose series; males aged 22 through 26 years may be vaccinated. These recommendations replace the October 2009 ACIP guidance that HPV4 may be given to males aged 9 through 26 years.1 For these recommendations, ACIP considered information on vaccine efficacy (including data available since October 2009, on prevention of grade 2 or 3 anal intraepithelial neoplasia [AIN2/3], a precursor of anal cancer), vaccine safety, estimates of disease and cancer resulting from HPV, cost-effectiveness, and programmatic considerations. The evidence for HPV4 vaccination of males was evaluated using Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methods.2
HPV4 is directed against HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18, and was licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in females in June 2006. Bivalent HPV vaccine (HPV2; Cervarix, GlaxoSmithKline) is directed against HPV 16 and 18, and was licensed for use in females in October 2009. ACIP recommends either vaccine for routine use in females aged 11 or 12 years.3 In 2009, HPV4 was licensed for use in males for prevention of genital warts; in December 2010, FDA added prevention of anal cancer in males and females as an indication for use.4 Since 2006, HPV vaccine coverage in females has increased but remains low. In 2010, coverage with at least 1 dose among females aged 13 through 17 years was 48.7%, and 3-dose coverage was 32.0%.5 Coverage with at least 1 dose among males aged 13 through 17 years was <2%.
HPV-associated cancers in males include some anal, penile, and oropharyngeal cancers caused primarily by HPV 16.6-9 An estimated 22,000 HPV 16- and 18-associated cancers occur annually in the United States, including an estimated 7,000 HPV 16- and 18-associated cancers in males.9 Data from U.S. cancer registries have shown increases in the incidence of oropharyngeal and anal cancers in men8,9; an evaluation of data from 1973-2007 found increases of 1% per year for oropharyngeal cancers and 3% per year for anal cancers.9 Nononcogenic HPV types, primarily 6 and 11, cause >90% of genital warts (condylomata) and most cases of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis. Approximately 250,000 cases of genital warts occur each year in the United States among sexually active males.10,11
In a phase III efficacy trial, HPV4 had high efficacy for prevention of genital warts among 4,055 males aged 16 through 26 years. Exclusion criteria included history of genital warts, history of genital lesions possibly HPV-related, and less than one or more than five lifetime sex partners. Among those who received all 3 vaccine doses and were seronegative at day 1 and DNA-negative day 1 through month 7 to the respective HPV type (per protocol population), efficacy for prevention of HPV 6-, 11-, 16-, and 18-related genital warts was 89.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 65.3%-97.9%); efficacy for HPV 6- and 11-related genital warts was similar. Efficacy for prevention of HPV 6-, 11-, 16- and 18-related genital warts among males who received at least 1 vaccine dose, regardless of baseline infection or serology (intent to treat population), was 68.1% (CI = 48.8%-80.7%).4 No efficacy was observed among males who were infected with the respective HPV type at baseline. Although grade 1, 2, and 3 penile/perineal/perianal intraepithelial neoplasias were evaluated, too few were observed, and efficacy was not demonstrated.4
A substudy of the phase III efficacy trial included 598 men who have sex with men (MSM), aged 16 through 26 years; outcomes were genital warts; AIN grades 1, 2, or 3 (AIN1/2/3); and AIN2/3. Per protocol efficacy for prevention of HPV 6-, 11-, 16-, and 18-related genital warts was 88.1% (CI = 13.9%-99.7%) (Carlos Sattler, MD, Merck, personal communication, August 2011). Per protocol efficacy for prevention of HPV 6-, 11-, 16-, 18- related AIN1/2/3 was 77.5% (CI = 39.6%-93.3%), and against AIN2/3 was 74.9% (CI = 8.8%-95.4%) (Table).4 In the intent to treat population, efficacy for prevention of HPV 6-, 11-, 16-, and 18-related AIN1/2/3 was 50.3% (CI = 25.7%-67.2%), and prevention of HPV 6-, 11-, 16-, and 18-related AIN2/3 was 54.2% (CI = 18.0%-75.3%).4 In the intent to treat population, efficacy for prevention of any HPV type-related AIN2/3 was 24.3% (CI = -13.8%-50.0%).4 No studies have evaluated the efficacy of HPV4 for prevention of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis or oropharyngeal cancer.
The efficacy of HPV4 for prevention of HPV-related precancerous lesions and disease is supported further by studies among females. In three trials, HPV4 had high efficacy (>98%) for prevention of HPV 6-, 11-, 16-, and 18-related grade 2 or 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN2/3) or adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS), grade 2 or 3 vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN2/3), and grade 2 or 3 vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VaIN2/3).12
Data on immunogenicity in males are available from the phase III trial conducted among males aged 16 through 26 years and from bridging immunogenicity studies conducted among males aged 9 through 15 years.4 Seroconversion was high for all four HPV vaccine types and postvaccination antibody titers were significantly higher in males aged 9 through 15 years compared with males aged 16 through 26 years.4 Data from a follow-up study of 500 boys who were in an immunogenicity study showed no cases of persistent infection or disease related to any of the four HPV vaccine types during 6 years of follow-up.13 The high efficacy found in the clinical trials in females and males to date has not allowed identification of a minimum protective antibody titer.
Clinical trial data in approximately 5,300 males found that the most common adverse events were mild or moderate, and were most commonly injection-site reactions.4 Headache and fever were the most commonly reported systemic adverse events in vaccine recipients and controls.4 Since licensure, at least 40 million doses of HPV4 have been distributed in the United States through September 2011. National postlicensure safety data indicate that HPV4 adverse events were similar to those from prelicensure trials.14 Postlicensure safety data from the Vaccine Safety Datalink study, including data from >600,000 HPV4 doses administered, showed no statistically significant increased risk for the outcomes studied, including Guillain-Barré syndrome, stroke, venous thromboembolism, appendicitis, seizures, syncope, allergic reactions, and anaphylaxis.15 Postlicensure safety data from a manufacturer-sponsored study found no increased risk for outcomes such as anaphylaxis and venous thromboembolism; however, persons who were vaccinated with HPV4 were more likely to faint on the day they were vaccinated than another period in which vaccine was not administered.16 ACIP recommends that vaccination providers should consider observing patients for 15 minutes after all vaccinations, including HPV vaccination.
The cost-effectiveness* of male vaccination is sensitive to a range of assumptions, such as vaccine efficacy, vaccine coverage of females, the range of health outcomes included, and the effect of HPV-associated diseases on quality of life.17-20 Adding male vaccination to female-only vaccination becomes more cost-effective when all HPV-associated health outcomes are included in the model and vaccine coverage of females is low (e.g., 3-dose vaccine coverage <50% by age 12 years). Adding male vaccination to female-only vaccination becomes less cost-effective when considering scenarios such as only the health outcomes for which evidence of vaccine efficacy is available, when vaccine coverage of females is high (such as 3-dose vaccine coverage >70% by age 12 years), if vaccinated males have mostly vaccinated sex partners, and when male vaccination is compared with a strategy of increased vaccine coverage of females.20 At the current vaccine price, adding male vaccination at age 12 years to a female-only vaccination strategy would cost approximately $20,000–$40,000 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) in the more favorable scenarios and approximately $75,000 to >$250,000 per QALY in less favorable scenarios.18-20 Vaccination of adult males becomes less cost-effective as age at vaccination increases, and models suggest the cost per QALY gained by vaccinating males >21 years would be approximately 2-4 times that of vaccinating males aged <18 years.21
MSM are at higher risk for conditions associated with HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18 than are heterosexual men; diseases and cancers that have a higher incidence among MSM include AIN, anal cancers, and genital warts.22,23 HPV4 clinical trial data demonstrated high efficacy for prevention of genital warts, AIN1/2/3, and AIN2/3.4 HPV4 is not licensed for males aged >26 years, and no information is available on the efficacy for prevention of outcomes in MSM aged >26 years. A cost-effectiveness analysis estimated <$50,000 per QALY for vaccination of MSM through age 26 years, using various assumptions.24
Persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) also have a high burden of HPV-associated outcomes. Genital warts are more common and more difficult to treat in HIV-infected persons.25 AIN and anal cancer are common in HIV-infected MSM, and data suggest that effective antiretroviral therapy has not reduced the burden of anal cancer.26 One small trial in HIV-infected boys and girls found HPV4 to be safe and immunogenic,27 as did a study in HIV-infected men.28 Antibody titers to vaccine types 6 and 18 were lower in HIV-infected children than those observed in age-matched HIV-uninfected children; the clinical significance of this is not known.27 Ongoing studies will evaluate the efficacy and duration of immune response in HIV-infected persons.
Data on HPV4 for males were reviewed according to GRADE methods.2 Factors considered in determining the recommendation included benefits and harms, evidence type, values and preferences, and health economic analysis.†
Although the largest number of HPV-associated cancers occur in women (approximately 15,000 HPV 16- and 18-associated cancers each year), an estimated 7,000 HPV 16- and 18-associated cancers occur each year in men in the United States. These include anal, oropharyngeal, and penile cancers. HPV4 has high efficacy for prevention of genital warts, AIN1/2/3, and AIN2/3 in males. HPV4 also has high efficacy for prevention of genital warts, CIN1/2/3 or AIS, CIN2/3, VIN2/3, and VaIN2/3 in females. Although data show HPV4 prevents various outcomes, no data are available on the efficacy for prevention of oropharyngeal or penile cancers. Vaccination of males would provide direct benefits and likely would reduce HPV 6, 11, 16, and 18 transmission, and resulting infection, disease, and cancers in females (through herd immunity). However, no clinical efficacy data demonstrating that HPV4 prevents HPV transmission are available.
Because HPV4 is prophylactic, it would be most effective when given before exposure to HPV through sexual contact. The recommendation for vaccination at ages 11 or 12 years is supported by data from the efficacy trial, demonstrating highest efficacy in males who had no evidence of previous or current HPV vaccine type infection, data on sexual behavior in the United States, and immunogenicity studies showing higher antibody titers after vaccination of males at ages 9 through 15 years compared with those aged 16 through 26 years. Other vaccines are recommended at age 11 or 12 years, including HPV vaccine for females. The population level benefits decrease with increasing age at vaccination, especially after age 21 years.
ACIP recommends routine vaccination of males aged 11 or 12 years with HPV4 administered as a 3-dose series (recommendation category: A, evidence type: 2‡). The vaccination series can be started beginning at age 9 years. Vaccination with HPV4 is recommended for males aged 13 through 21 years who have not been vaccinated previously or who have not completed the 3-dose series. Males aged 22 through 26 years may be vaccinated. Recommendations for administration and precautions are unchanged from previous recommendations.1
HPV4 is not a live vaccine and can be administered to persons who are immunocompromised as a result of infection (including HIV), disease, or medications. The immune response and vaccine efficacy might be less than that in immunocompetent persons. For immunocompromised males, ACIP recommends routine vaccination with HPV4 as for all males, and vaccination through age 26 years for those who have not been vaccinated previously or who have not completed the 3-dose series.
MSM are at higher risk for infection with HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18 and associated conditions, including genital warts and anal cancer. For MSM, ACIP recommends routine vaccination with HPV4 as for all males, and vaccination through age 26 years for those who have not been vaccinated previously or who have not completed the 3-dose series.
Reported by: Eileen F. Dunne, MD, Lauri E. Markowitz, MD, Harrell Chesson, PhD, Div of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention; C. Robinette Curtis, MD, Immunization Svcs Div, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases; Mona Saraiya, MD, Div of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Julianne Gee, MPH, Div of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Elizabeth R. Unger, PhD, MD, Div of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, CDC. Corresponding contributor: Eileen F. Dunne, email@example.com, 404-639-6184.
*By charter, when considering recommendations for use of a vaccine, ACIP members' deliberations should include consideration of vaccine efficacy, as well as cost-benefit and risk-benefit analyses. No predefined threshold for cost-effectiveness is considered. To ensure that economic data presented to ACIP and its working groups are uniform in presentation, understandable, and of the highest quality, lead economists and the Health Economics Research Group at CDC developed Guidance for Health Economics Studies Presented to the ACIP, available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip/economic-studies.htm. The guidance specifically mandates technical review of any economic study that is presented to ACIP.
†Additional information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip/grade/table-refs.htm.
‡Recommendation category A: recommendation that applies to all persons in an age or risk-based group. Evidence type 2: randomized controlled trials with important limitations or exceptionally strong evidence from observational studies.
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The Riviera's had a lot of second chances lately, and now you can say it's true of the shows moving in.
In the latest burst of new momentum, the vintage hotel has turned most of its entertainment over to a startup called Red Mercury Entertainment. The producers have installed four new titles with more to come. "New" is relative, though, since the three we are talking about here (saving "Men the Experience" for another day) are new twists on older efforts.
Upstairs in the Starlite Theatre, "Pawn Shop Live!" gets a major rewrite after three months at the Golden Nugget. The "Saturday Night Live"-style spoof is still sanctioned by the real TV "Pawn Stars," who try to show up at the end of each matinee.
Downstairs on the casino floor, we find veteran R&B singers who for years burned through their matching blazers at the Sahara and Rio in branches of groups such as the Platters. Now avoiding those long-litigated names, they get the Le Bistro lounge back in business with the twin cabaret shows "Forever Doo Wop" and "Forever Motor City."
The two revues close off the Le Bistro to charge a ticket, but still restore the venue to a semblance of its former glory, when the lounges were home to modest miniproductions that revived gamblers and spread energy to the surrounding casino.
There's sound logic in having mostly the same singers perform separately ticketed shows, letting you pick which era sings more to you: the doo-wop hits of the late '50s and early '60s, or the Motown sound that kicked into high gear as doo-wop faded.
Sound logic, except I'm here to complicate things by saying "Doo Wop" is better, even though I'm more partial to the Motown catalog.
Although both shows are sung to track, the very nature of doo-wop lets it thrive on the vocal harmonies of the live singers. The lightly scored backing tracks are minimally invasive.
Motown classics are more driven by the music, so "Motor City" often feels bogged down and drained of its energy by the karaoke tracks. And "Doo Wop" stands alone in its field, while "Motor City" competes with two Motown tributes backed by live bands. Unless you really have a problem with Australian white guys, Human Nature wins the three-way race hands-down. "Motor City" and "Hitzville" evenly match their singers, and would be more or less a "pick 'em" if "Hitzville" didn't have the live band as an edge.
"Doo Wop" also has more visual energy and creative structure from director Misty Rowe (yes, that Misty Rowe of "Hee Haw" fame). Onstage DJ Ryan Flanigan and the countdown format of "The Top 10 Doo Wop Songs of all time" give the hour an organizing thread and some forward motion.
The expected hits are broken up with a couple of fun surprises, such as the singers clustering stage front to sing a vintage Ajax commercial. Classic songs of yearning — Early Clover's strong take on "Since I Don't Have You," Lawrence Maurice Jones' rendition of "I Only Have Eyes for You" — are balanced by the era's sense of fun in novelty hits such as "Get a Job" and "Speedoo."
"Motor City," directed by Gary Kupper, is more the "back-and-forth" trading of hits between the four guys covering the likes of the Temptations, then the three women trading lead vocals on Supremes hits, before combining forces for big moments such as "River Deep Mountain High."
Both shows at least make you feel you're in good hands, with strong singers across the board ranging from the youthful Serena Henry, who has toured with Smokey Robinson, to veteran Willie Green punching in on the deep bass.
While most of the Riviera's shows fall within tried-and-true formulas, "Pawn Stars Live!" at least tries to do something different. The sketch comedy spoof is an attempt to answer the question, how do you spin the popularity of Las Vegas' biggest homegrown stars into something that can sell a ticket?
The answer so far? Awkwardly.
The show keeps improving by increments, yet still comes off as just so-so. A likable ensemble gets you on its side enough to extract a few smiles (as well as a few groans), but not a lot of outright laughs.
The spoof written by director Troy Heard and his cast simply needs more jokes. It's something the producers acknowledged after last week's official premiere with news that gag writers from Los Angeles will punch the thing into yet another iteration. Version 3.0?
For now, 2.0 is a marginal improvement. It refocused to be more about the TV show and less about pawn patriarch Rick Harrison's life story, and weeded out some of the cartoonish acting to level the tone.
The whole cast is now on the same "Saturday Night Live" playing field, balancing the broad, wacky stuff — Criss Angel (Anita Bean) pawning a magic trick — with more grounded parodies of "Slick" (Sean Critchfield), his son "Lil' Boss" (Gus Langley) and comic sidekick "Chump" (Garret Grant). The "Old Fart" is still a puppet, voiced by Troy Tinker as one of many small parts he assumes.
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Reprise: The Elfenbein Gold Model
There's been a lot of discussion about the price of gold lately. Below I'm reposting my idea for how to model the price of gold. I originally ran this post 18 months ago and it became, by far, the most clicked-on post I ever ran. Cullen Roche of Pragmatic Capitalist was kind enough to also run this post today at his site (by the way, that's an excellent blog). Also today, Felix Salmon discussed his views on the price of gold.
Here's my original post from October 2010:
One of the most controversial topics in investing is the price of gold. Eleven years ago, gold dropped as low as $252 per ounce. Since then, the yellow metal has risen more than five-fold, easily outpacing the major stock market indexes—and it seems to move higher every day.
Some goldbugs say this is only the beginning and that gold will soon break $2,000, then $5,000 and then $10,000 per ounce.
But the question is, "How can anyone reasonably calculate what the price of gold is?" For stocks, we have all sorts of ratios. Sure, those ratios can be off…but at least they're something. With gold, we have nothing. After all, gold is just a rock (ok ok, an element).
How the heck can we even begin to analyze gold's value? There's an old joke that the price of gold is understood by exactly two people in the entire world. They both work for the Bank of England and they disagree.
In this post, I want to put forth a possible model for evaluating the price of gold. The purpose of the model isn't to say where gold will go but to look at the underlying factors that drive gold. Let me caution that as with any model, this model has its flaws, but that doesn't mean it isn't useful.
The key to understanding the gold market is to understand that it's not really about gold at all. Instead, it's about currencies, and in our case that means the dollar. Gold is really the anti-currency. It serves a valuable purpose in that it keeps all the other currencies honest (or exposes their dishonesty).
This may sound odd but every currency has an interest rate tied to it. In essence, that interest rate is what the currency is all about. All those dollar bills in your wallet have an interest rate tied to them. The euro, the pound and the yen also all have interest rates tied to them.
Before I get to my model, I want to take a step back for a moment and discuss a strange paradox in economics known as Gibson's Paradox. This is one the most puzzling topics in economics. Gibson's Paradox is the observation that interest rates tend to follow the general price level and not the rate of inflation. That's very strange because it seems obvious that as inflation rises, interest rates ought to keep up. And as inflation falls back, rates should move back as well. But historically, that wasn't the case.
Instead, interest rates rose as prices rose, and rates only fell when there was deflation. This paradox has totally baffled economists for years. Yet it really does exist. John Maynard Keynes called it "one of the most completely established empirical facts in the whole field of quantitative economics." Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz said that "the Gibsonian Paradox remains an empirical phenomenon without a theoretical explanation."
Even many of today's prominent economists have tried to tackle Gibson's Paradox. In 1977, Robert Shiller and Jeremy Siegel wrote a paper on the topic. In 1988 Robert Barsky and none other than Larry Summers took on the paradox in their paper "Gibson's Paradox and the Gold Standard," and it's this paper that I want to focus on. (By the way, in this paper the authors thank future econobloggers Greg Mankiw and Brad DeLong.)
Summers and Barsky explain that the Gibson Paradox does indeed exist. They also say that it's not connected with nominal interest rates but with real (meaning after-inflation) interest rates. The catch is that the paradox only works under a gold standard. Once the gold standard is gone, the Gibson Paradox fades away.
It's my hypothesis that Summers and Barsky are on to something and that we can use their insight to build a model for the price of gold. The key is that gold is tied to real interest rates. Where I differ from them is that I use real short-term interest rates whereas they focused on long-term rates.
Here's how it works. I've done some back-testing and found that the magic number is 2% (I'm dumbing this down for ease of explanation). Whenever the dollar's real short-term interest rate is below 2%, gold rallies. Whenever the real short-term rate is above 2%, the price of gold falls. Gold holds steady at the equilibrium rate of 2%. It's my contention that this was what the Gibson Paradox was all about since the price of gold was tied to the general price level.
Now here's the kicker: there's a lot of volatility in this relationship. According to my backtest, for every one percentage point real rates differ from 2%, gold moves by eight times that amount per year. So if the real rates are at 1%, gold will move up at an 8% annualized rate. If real rates are at 0%, then gold will move up at a 16% rate (that's been about the story for the past decade). Conversely, if the real rate jumps to 3%, then gold will drop at an 8% rate.
Here's what the model looks like against gold over the past two decades:
The relationship isn't perfect but it's held up fairly well over the past 15 years or so. The same dynamic seems at work in the 15 years before that, but I think the ratios are different.
In effect, gold acts like a highly-leveraged short position in U.S. Treasury bills and the breakeven point is 2% (or more precisely, a short on short-term TIPs).
Let me make this clear that this is just a model and I'm not trying to explain 100% of gold's movement. Gold is subject to a high degree of volatility and speculation. Geopolitical events, for example, can impact the price of gold. I would also imagine that at some point, gold could break a replacement price where it became so expensive that another commodity would replace its function in industry, and the price would suffer.
Instead of explaining all of gold, my aim is to pinpoint the underlying factors that are strongly correlated with gold. The number and ratios I used (2% break-even and 8-to-1 ratio) seem to have the strongest correlation for recent history. How did I arrive at them? Simple trial and error. The true numbers may be off and I'll leave the fine-tuning for someone else.
In my view, there are a few key takeaways.
The first and perhaps the most significant is that gold isn't tied to inflation. It's tied to low real rates which are often the by-product of inflation. Right now we have rising gold and low inflation. This isn't a contradiction. (John Hempton wrote about this recently.)
The second point is that when real rates are low, the price of gold can rise very, very rapidly.
The third is that when real rates are high, gold can fall very, very quickly.
Fourth, there's no reason for there to be a relationship between equity prices and gold (like the Dow-to-gold ratio).
Fifth, the TIPs yield curve indicates that low real rates may last for a few more years.
The final point is that the price of gold is essentially political. If a central banker has the will to raise real rates as Volcker did 30 years ago, then the price of gold can be crushed.
Technical note: If you want to see how the heck I got these numbers, please see this spreadsheet.
Column A is the date.
Column B is an index of real returns for T-bills I got from the latest Ibbotson Yearbook. It goes through the end of last year.
Column C is a 2% trendline.
Column D is adjusting B by C.
Column E is inverting Column D since we're shorting.
Column F computes the monthly change the levered up 8-to-1.
Column G is the Model with a starting price of $275 (in red).
Column H is the price of gold. It goes up to last September.
Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on April 5th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
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For some reason, this episode is the most anticipated for me. Probably just Sabrac that draws my attention so much...
Anyone knows at approximately what time will the episode appear on NicoVideo? EDIT: Episode *should* be up at NicoVideo now, can't access it from here unfortunately. Screencaps are up as always and I must say, even though it focuses more on Whilelmina, this episodes looks like it delivers at last!
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Also I don't hink they'll be much if any Kazumi in this ep (since it's a mainly fighting episode, where all the Flame Haze supposed to be beaten to near death), but according to the spoilers she'll do something in the 21st Episode, and no I don't think she's gonna use the Death Cross, atleast not yet anyway. |
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very very nice battle scene. satisfied on timing and special effect, BGM and drawing style, although there will be almost noting beside battle scene in this episode. so exciting on battle that just almost the same as novel.
really don't know why spend so much time on anime original story but make the battle scene on wilhelmina vs margery so rough in episode 13... looking forward for more description on margery & keisaku, as well as shana & kazumi in next episode. well done, wilhemina, good job, sabarc and for shizuka ito (the saiyuu of wilhelmina) and the peoples making special effect and battle scene, all you have done fantastic work in this episode. thank you very much.
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really fun fight, probably the best one yet. (I mean I felt like it was right up there with the last fight in the movie) Wilhelmina and Sabrac throw all sorts of crazy techs at each other, Stigma gives the battle a real sense of urgency, and there's plenty of feints by both sides (oh, and Sabrac keeps doing the Gunbuster pose ); hopefully whatever they've got planned for the season finale will be as enjoyable as this was.
Also interested to see if Margery's little development this week goes anywhere in the few weeks remaining, it's a real chance for her to have some character development after spending most of the season drunk or acting mean. anyway, next week looks like it's time for everyone to team up and take Sabrac down. Well, or die trying. >_> |
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One of the better episodes out there I must say.
-Sabrac is the most badass villain I have seen, and his voice actor is perfect too. -Visuals are top notch and we gotta love the BGM throught the entire epi, I even recognized a season 1 tune in there . -Those who pointed out "Yuji goes screaming again" I'm sorry but he's still awesome. They are facing one of the strongest Guze no Ō, of course he'd scream if he sees a million firebolts coming at him. He didn't learn how to escape quickly in battle (nor how to fly). He knows how to wield swords, how to cast a fuzetsu and how to control his PoE to make his own fireballs...but that's it. Where Yuji truly shines is in his analysis of situations at hand. We'll likely see how he will find a way to turn the tables next episode. -Speaking of next episode, if it doesn't conclude the battle with Sabrac, that means even less episodes to conclude "That which will happen soon"...I'm also feeling that we probably won't see much on the romance part of the show anymore.
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Actually after thinking about it, I really suppose they will end episode 24 with "THAT" which many of you already know what it is about. Of course it will be a cliffhanger BUT it also means the probability of seeing a season 3 when future novels are released skyrockets. I'm always up for more Shakugan No Shana
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sales of Intel Corp's (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Atom processors, designed for consumer electronics gadgets and super-slim personal computers, are topping company targets as the world's largest chipmaker seeks to expand beyond a slowing PC market.
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After all of the available components of the case have been reviewed, conclusions, recommendations, additional testing and appropriate referrals to specialists will be made on a case by case basis. Finally and most importantly, a letter outlining the findings of the case will be sent to both the family and referring physician. It is our sincerest hope that the findings of the evaluation will help families resolve their grief and give them guidance for reproductive planning in the future.
All necessary supplies and instructions have been provided to the majority of hospitals in the state in Indiana. Many of the documents can also be downloaded below. To enroll a patient in the Perinatal Loss Evaluation Program, please call ONE-Call at (317) 338-5000.
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George A. Lopez is a founding faculty of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame where he holds the Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Chair in Peace Studies.
His research interests focus primarily on the problems of state violence and coercion, especially economic sanctions, and gross violations of human rights. He also has an interest in ethical issues related to these questions.
Working with David Cortright since 1992, he has written more than 25 book chapters, as well as five books, on economic sanctions, including The Sanctions Decade: Assessing UN Strategies in the 1990s which was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2000. Towards Smart Sanctions: Targeting Economic Statecraft, co-edited with Cortright and Sanctions and the Search for Security, co-authored with Cortright both appeared in the spring of 2002. Their co-edited Uniting Against Terror (MIT, 2007) details their more recent work in sanctions applications.
- Uniting Against Terror: Cooperative Nonmilitary Responses to the Global Terrorist Threat
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Sam Graham, KHTK Sports 1140
With so much controversy surrounding an impending relocation of our beloved Kings franchise to stories involving the citizens of this great city going above and beyond, 2013 has been one crazy year in the sports world for our local teams. Although the Kings are the most local professional team, the abundance of teams in the Bay Area have incredible fan bases that span the entire nation, including here in Capitol City. As we move into 2014, we'd like to look back once more at the most popular sports stories in Sacramento. Enjoy!
10. Sacramento Psychic Predicts March Madness Outcomes
The NCAA basketball tournament every spring is arguably one of the greatest event in all of sports. Win or go home, simple as that. Many fill out a bracket each year in hopeless attempts to correctly predict the outcome of the 64 team field. Every major sports media outlet usually incorporates prizes in their bracket tournaments in order to curry people to participate in their respective pool, often with cash prizes and pure bragging rights to be able to boast that you're the best in the world. How people base their picks either comes from knowledge of the game, or pure randomness such as which team's mascot would win in a fight to the death. A local psychic gave us her predictions last year most likely causing all of our brackets to bust.
9. Kansas City Chiefs Linebacker Helping Replace Stolen Fairfield Turkeys
Isn't it gratifying when professional sports stars give back to the community? One local star, now on the Kansas City Chiefs, heard about a recent theft where hundreds of turkeys were stolen from a homeless shelter in Fairfield. He responded by replacing each turkey in hopes that more would see the act of kindness as an incentive to donate to the cause as well.
8. 49ers Welcome Vernon Davis Back To Practice, Patrick Willis Still Out
The San Francisco have been destroyed by injuries this year, from a nonexistent receiving corps that is just now coming together the last couple weeks, to defensive backs missing time as well. It's safe to say the NFC champs were not the same team once this season started, but now as key players return from injury, the push for the postseason has begun, as SF just silenced the Seahawks at the Stick.
7. NBA Relocation Committee Blocks Kings' Move To Seattle
Talk about a roller coaster ride. After much deliberation and endless support from the community, your beloved franchise is here to stay. Once the notion to move the franchise was squandered by the NBA relocation committee, rejoice ensued. As Vivek Ranadive said in front of a sold out crowd on opening night, "This is your team Sacramento, and they're here to stay."
6. Oakland Raiders Favored To Defeat Jacksonville Jaguars In Week 2
This season actually had a lot of high expectations for the Oakland Raiders. There have been moments of greatness on the field but their inability to close out tight games ultimately have been the cause of their downfall. The team could easily be above .500 right now but until all the pieces fall into place, consider them an easy win for playoff bound teams. Not surprising then that the sixth ranked article was a preview of a game they were actually favored to win.
5. First-Pitch Surprise: Dad Home From Afghanistan Is Catcher For Son At River Cats Game
Just watch the video, but have a box of tissues ready.
4. Oakland Raiders Face High Scoring Denver Broncos On MNF
The Peyton Manning experiment in Denver has been a success. Could the lowly Raiders stop the Denver offense in a nationally televised game on Monday Night Football? No they could not. National attention is always welcomed for your favorite team, but not when they get embarrassed by a future Hall of Famer. Manning completed 32 of 37 passes for 374 yards and 3 touchdowns. These two teams play again in the Coliseum on December 29th.
3. Blindness Doesn't Stop Sacramento Girl From Competitive Cheerleading
Another heartwarming story. One young Sacramento girl is 80% blind and developmentally disabled. She is a cheerleader for the Winters Warriors and despite her handicap, continues to participate at a very high level. The cheer squad finished first in the Capitol City Championship, which qualified them for nationals. Go Warriors!
2. Eddie Vedder Slams Sacramento At Recent Concert
Don't plan on seeing Pearl Jam in concert anytime soon in Sacramento, and even if they did want to perform, they should not expect a warm reception from the residents of the Capitol City after this incident. Lead singer Eddie Vedder absolutely destroys Sacramento in a recent interview about how we fought to keep the Kings and his beloved hometown of Seattle remains without a team. Cry all you want Eddie, we can't here you over the sound of the crowd noise at the arena.
1. Shaq With Sac? Former Lakers Center Says He'll Make Kings' Cousins 'Best Big Man In The Game'
Welcome to Shaqramento. The 4-time NBA champ recently became a minority owner for the Kings and is determined to develop DeMarcus Cousins into the best big man in the league. Perhaps this mentorship can help lessen Cousins' immaturity he has shown on the court. He has the talent, and now he has the leadership in place to guide him into a perennial all-star.
Dishonorable Mention:
Sacramento Kings Named Worst Franchise In Professional Sports By ESPN
Cheers to a new beginning in 2014!


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Any life insurance company may become a LifeComps Participant, provided they become a party to the LifeComps Organizing Agreement and can provide updated commercial mortgage loan performance data quarterly in the form and to the extent then currently required for the calculation and publication of the index. Please contact Joan Freedman, Sagamore Advisors, Inc., for information on membership.
LifeComps Participants pay a pro-rata share of annual operating expenses for the maintenance of the LifeComps Index™. New Participants pay a fee which contributes to the development of enhancements to the LifeComps Index™. Please contact Joan Freedman, Sagamore Advisors, Inc., for the most current fee schedule.
Data is release quarterly, 60 days after the end of each quarter in accordance with the LifeComps Antitrust Compliance Guidelines.
When the real estate recession of the early nineteen nineties began to affect delinquency rates in the commercial whole loan mortgage market, institutional investors in those loans had no publicly available industry-wide historic return data to use to anticipate potential investment losses. Long-term performance data for competing investment asset classes, such as public bond indices, had been published for many years, allowing investors to understand the effects of economic cycles on bond returns.
To remedy this lack of comparative commercial real estate whole loan return data, five major life insurance company investors - The Equitable, John Hancock, Northwestern Mutual, Principal Financial, and Prudential Insurance Company of America - resolved to build the first robust database to capture commercial real estate whole loan performance data over time, along with that of the underlying real estate collateral. They have since been joined by Allstate Life Insurance Company, Connecticut General, and TIAA.
The LifeComps Index™ was created in 1997
to provide a quantifiable investment performance index that could be used to compare returns on life insurance company investments in private commercial real estate whole loans with those of other investment asset classes, such as public and private bonds, or equities; and
to serve as a benchmark for privately held commercial real estate mortgages so that an owner of these whole loan instruments could compare its investment performance with that of an aggregate life insurance industry commercial mortgage portfolio.
Benchmarking against an index is a standard investment performance measurement tool and can be used to measure not only the overall relative performance of one portfolio against another, but also, through attribution analysis, assess whether the differential in performance is due to the allocation of assets among subclasses within the portfolio or the selection of the investments within each subclass.
The maintenance of a database for both loan performance and the underlying real estate collateral performance supplies the required data for the long-run correlation of credit losses on the mortgages to the underlying cycles within the real estate market. For the first time, the detailed investment performance data that has long been available to the public bond market will be published for commercial real estate whole loans in the LifeComps Index™.
Each quarter, LifeComps calculates time weighted total return, income and appreciation returns, cash yields, and duration adjusted yields, and performs attribution analysis, delinquency, and basis point loss analysis for each Participant and for the Aggregate for the total portfolio and for property type, region, loan size, origination year, duration bucket, and delinquency status sub-portfolios.
Time Weighted Total Rate of Return. Total rate of return takes into account both the income return (interest payments) and the change in market value of the fixed income commercial real estate mortgage loan due to both changes in the term structure of interest rates and the changes in credit quality of the mortgage. Modified Dietz is an industry standard time weighted return calculation that uses day weighting of actual transactions to calculate a return.
Mortgage market values are calculated by each Participant and submitted quarterly. LifeComps uses actual time-stamped mortgage accounting flows submitted by Participants.
In addition to the basic quarterly total rate of return, LifeComps calculates an index (9/30/1996 base = 100), a rolling four quarters return (the last four quarters' returns are geometrically linked to measure the latest annual return), a calendar year to date return, a three-year, five year, and cumulative annualized total return with a quarterly standard deviation. All returns are calculated for the entire portfolio and for attribute level sub-portfolios for property type, ACLI region, loan size bucket, duration bucket, year of origination, and loan delinquency status.
Cash Yields. Quarterly and rolling four quarters' cash yields (on time weighted outstanding principal balance) are also calculated.
Attribution Analysis. In addition to the basic total return and cash yield calculations, LifeComps performs attribution analysis on both nominal returns and duration-adjusted returns (returns net of the effects of changes in the term structure of interest rates). These reports compare each Participant's returns to those of the LifeComps Aggregate by attribute classification (primarily by property type and region) on both a quarterly and an annualized basis by decomposing the return into that component due to the Participant's sector allocation effects (the amount of return generated by the concentrations within each attribute class, for example the proportion of assets in apartments versus office loans) and that component of return due to selection effects (the amount of return generated by the Participant's relative performance within one class as compared to the Aggregate performance, for example outperforming the Aggregate return on apartment loans). Attribution analysis is a standard performance measurement tool.
Delinquency and Basis Point Loss. LifeComps collects data on all mortgage loans that have been foreclosed within the LifeComps database and periodic foreclosed property performance data thereafter until the date of its sale.
Delinquency status for every loan in the portfolio is collected quarterly as are paid to dates and the actual dates of all loan payments.
Quarterly "cradle to grave" updated yield calculations – the overall yield from the original date of the initial investment through to the final payoff or sale of the loan or of the foreclosed real estate– will be estimated then compared to the original promised yield on each mortgage loan to measure total basis point loss. This loss will reflect credit events, the effects of late payments or restructures on return, and the performance of the underlying real estate collateral.
Please contact Joan S. Freedman, Sagamore Advisors Inc., database administrator for LifeComps, for details concerning the formulas or the data specifications.
There are eight current LifeComps participants: Allstate Life Insurance Company, The Equitable, Connecticut General, John Hancock, Northwestern Mutual, Principal Financial, Prudential Insurance Company of America, and TIAA.
According to the latest Federal Reserve Flow of Funds data for third quarter 2016, the overall commercial mortgage market (including multifamily) is approximately $3,758.4 Billion of which $413.6 Billion (11%) is held by Life Insurance Companies. LifeComps Participants currently represent about 27% of the total Life Insurance Company held commercial mortgage market, with approximately $114.261 Billion principal balance in 4,395 loans at December 31, 2016.
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From left, Kihoon Yang and Seunghwan Chin, members of the Korean Student Association at the University of Toledo, serve kimchi to Patrick Kennedy, who teaches English as a second language at UT, and gimbab to student Khanh Trinh. Students from several countries shared their food and their culture yesterday during the 19th annual International Village in UT's Student Union.
CTY international09p Toledo resident Donna Eckloff (cq), left, dancing with Eduardo Diaz (cq), president of the South American Students Association in front of their table. The 19th annual food festival presented by the International Students Association at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio on October 8, 2010. Jetta Fraser/The Blade
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Mervyn Wilson
6th August, 2012
Do co-operative schools (trust schools and academies) provide a democratic community based alternative? Mervyn Wilson, Principal of the Co-operative College – which has been at the heart of the development of co-operative schools - explains why co-operatives are proving so popular more...Charles Taylor verdict could set precedent on conflict resources
23rd April, 2012
The trial of the ex-Liberian President - accused of purchasing arms with funds from the illegal timber and diamond trade - could lead to a wave of prosecutions using the 'pillage' theory more...Subvertising: billboard ads for the public interest
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10th May, 2011
As public spaces become blighted by the £18 billion global outdoors advertising industry, community groups are fighting back to reclaim both ad-free areas or use billboards in a socially beneficial way more...The G20 marches - a pointless protest against everything, or the dawn of a new collective action?
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2nd April, 2009
Protests. A political free-for-all or a new collective activism around social and environmental problems? Sylvia Rowley and Rachel Straus find out. more...Outfitting Africa
Joe Turner
19th March, 2009
Dressing poorer countries in our designer cast-offs while we invest in shabby sweatshop chic? Invest in their infrastructure, not vetements, argues Joe Turner more...A global land-grab
Martin Large & Neil Ravenscroft
16th March, 2009
Wealthy countries and agribusiness want farmland, poorer countries need capital – but what happens to the locals? By Martin Large and Neil Ravenscroft more...World Bank is unfit to manage new global climate funds, say 142 organisations
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Environmental groups were pleased at the end of 2007 when the UN announced that its under-resourced adaptation funds - established to help less-industrialised nations adapt to the effects of climate change - were to receive a cash injection. more...Between a rock and a hard place
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1st August, 2008
The battle between mining giant Vedanta and the threatened tribal Dongria Kondh of Orissa, eastern India continues. more...The North-South divide
Helena Norberg-Hodge
22nd June, 2008
Rich industrialised countries have a responsibility to help others stick to their green responsibilities, argues Helena Norberg-Hodge, not collude in helping shirk them more...How to be free: bad medicine
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3rd June, 2008
Bono may be cheerleading for its charitable wing, but corporate America is not waging a war on AIDS for the sake of its health, says Tom Hodgkinson more...In a climate of political chaos Zimbabwe's wildlife is being exterminated
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1st June, 2008
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Revenues obtained from the often illegal extraction and supply of commodities such as timber and diamonds are directly bankrolling corrupt regimes and armed insurgency groups, and fund the purchase of weapons and other contraband goods that perpetuate cycles of conflict. more...
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The problem of greenwash - green-fiddling while Rome burns…
Pat Thomas
1st June, 2008
It's fair to say that we have our share of robust discussions in this office. Opinions get aired, fingers get pointed, occasionally voices get raised. It's all in a good cause. Setting the world to rights isn't always a civilised tea party. more...The commons: an antidote to globalisation
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1st April, 2008
The corporate market has become the institutional equivalent of a compulsive eater. It has a built-in hunger that cannot be filled, and it is hard to stop the damage within the framework of its own game. more...When bad news is good news
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15th February, 2008
There were deaths, pollution and substandard goods, but last year's slew of negativepublicity may have encouraged China to face up to its responsibilities, says Isabel Hilton more...
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A major investor in a gas exploration project which has set off a toxic mud-flow has washed its hands of responsibility for the damage caused to homes of thousands of Indonesian people. more...Attenborough launches new climate campaign
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Veteran naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has launched a new multi-million pound fund to combat climate change. more...Cargill's Amazon soy plant forced to close
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Cargill, the international agribusiness giant, has been forced to closed a soy-bean export terminal in the Amazon. more...Bushmen struggle to return to Central Kalahari
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Botswanan police are refusing to allow Kalahari Bushmen to return to their ancestral homelands, despite their having won a landmark high court case allowing them to do so, writes Clive Dennis more...Milton Friedman: Architect of Neoliberalism RIP
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Death is rarely something to be celebrated, but I can't say I shed a tear last week when I heard that Milton Friedman, the father of neoliberal economics, had gone to the great free market in the sky. more...Nairobi: where did it all go wrong?
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24th November, 2006
Having enjoyed brief media coverage, world attention towards climate change during the last few weeks did not end with a bang. Instead, it fizzled out, bogged down in international policy and technicalities at the UN Climate Change Conference in Nairobi last week. Why? more...Bush didn't bungle Iraq you fools
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As the world's poorest countries sink further and further into debt, Western corporations grow fat from government-backed projects that fuel conflicts, harm the environment and have built-in kickbacks. more...A thirst for power: China in Tibet
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Readings: Mal. 3,13-20b; Ps. 1,1-4.6; Lk 11,5-13
Why try? Why weary ourselves doing what is right, praying everyday, forgiving, even when we don't feel like it, reaching out to others when they rarely seem to appreciate our assistance and when, despite our best efforts, nothing really seems to change? To summarize what the prophet Malachi is getting at in the beginning of our first reading: Despite all our efforts the wicked seem to prosper and the world remains, in many ways, a mess.
To approach life in this way, especially our life of faith, is to get it all wrong. Indeed, as our Psalm response indicates: "Blessed are they who hope in the Lord" (Ps. 40,5a). Of those who fear Him, God says through Malachi, that He "will have compassion on them" (Mal. 3,17). To fear God does not mean to be scared of God. Rather, it means to acknowledge God as God, to reverence God, and to submit ourselves totally to God, even when it seems difficult and when we are discouraged, or tempted to despair. What Malachi is saying is that being discouraged about the seeming lack of success of our own efforts is a kind of pride, a way of living that does not fear God, that does not let God be God, that does not trust God.
Nonetheless, in today's Gospel Jesus teaches us to be persistent in prayer to the point of being, what would seem to us, a little annoying. In this our Lord encourages us to continue praying and acting, doing what we know God would have us do- loving God and our neighbor- even when it seems to us make little difference, or to have no effect. What Jesus encourages us to do is what He did, even to the point of death, trust God. We are to trust in the confidence that, as our loving Father, God wants to give us every good gift. Of course, the best gift God the Father gives us is His beloved Son, who we receive in the Eucharist, and so we pray with St. Faustina, "Jesus, I trust in you".
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I built this MOC between years 2000 and 2002(I was 15...), and it recieved a little modifications in 2005
In that time I spend over 80% of my parts to build this car
Some parts of the car comes from set 8448.
- Front axle
It is a wider version of the 8448 front axle, with 4 more studs.
- Rear axle
It have double arm(Technic Brick 1x10) and traction.
Also it have friction brake and handbrake over de differential.
- Gearbox
It is a modified version of 8448 gearbox, with only 4 speeds.
- Car jack(gato)
Under the hood there are a car jack.
- Pneumatic system
It operated the roof and the spoiler.
- Folding headlights
You can turn the headlights from the interior
A little video show all functions
You can find more pictires here:
You must think that I built this car when I was 15 ;)
I hope you like it!!!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
6 comments:
- Parda said...
My favourite Moc of your collection, cause the mean it has...
Nice to see it here! - June 22, 2011 at 3:11 PM
- Sheepo said...
I know it will like you!! LOL
- June 22, 2011 at 9:47 PM
- TrinidadRacer said...
aww, awesome!
- July 9, 2011 at 12:28 PM
yo dude this is amazing. could you pleassssee send me instructions on how to make this pleaassse!
- October 30, 2011 at 6:20 PM
- Stefan Desimpel said...
i am 15.... and there is no way i can build a car like that...
- July 17, 2012 at 11:54 AM
A very nice model, although, with one obvious flaw. The Viper has a V10 engine. (although a V12 is much cooler to build when you're 15.)
- July 19, 2012 at 1:03 PM
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Category: Asian Art Bargain Bin
Approximate Measurements
Artwork Panel: 32.8cm x 109.2cm ≈ 13" x 43"
Silk/Brocade: 42.3cm x 169.8cm ≈ 16¾" x 66¾"
Width at Wooden Knobs: 51.3cm ≈ 20¼"
Information about caring for your wall scrollThis wall scroll is discounted because of a "red ghost".
If you are wondering, red ghost refers to a red shadow of the artist's red signature stamp. This is sometimes transfer from a previous painting which happens when the artist signs all of his work at the same time and piles up the paintings before the red ink is dry. It's more common than I would like, and it costs me a lot of money - but I am picky about quality, so my loss is your gain.
This was created by a Japanese master calligrapher and would have been $100+ if not for this minor flaw.
This Japanese proverb relays the vicissitudes of life. Some would more naturally translate it into English as "Always rising after a fall or repeated failures".
Close up view of the artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll
The first Kanji is literally "7". The second means "fall down" (sometimes this Kanji means "turn around", "revolve" or "turn over", but in this case, it's holds the meaning of "fall"). The third is "8". And the last is "get up", "rouse", or "rise".
Basically if you fail 7 times, you should recover from those events and be prepared to rise an 8th time. This is also applies if it is the world or circumstances that knock you down seven times...
...just remember that you have the ability to bounce back from any kind of adversity.
Note: This can be pronounced two ways. One is "shichi ten hakki". The other is "nana korobi ya oki".
If you click on the "Add to Cart" button, you will get the exact wall scroll pictured here, created by calligrapher Li Dan-Qing of Beijing.
All of our Asian calligraphy scrolls are hand painted with special ink on xuan paper and then the wall scroll is built by hand using rice paper, silk, wood etc.
Asian calligraphy is only practiced by those with a keen and agile hand. It is an art that dates back thousands of years, and great artists, writers, and poets are often admired for their calligraphy ability and style.
This hanging scroll is really nice since it doesn't require framing. Just hang it on your wall as Asian people have done for centuries.
Want to customize your wall scroll? Just click on the "Select and Customize" button below and select from options for colors of paper and silk. You can also select a famous master-calligrapher which will allow you to select from several styles of calligraphy, more color choices, and larger sizes.
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Gary's random little things about China:
When you sit down to eat at a restaurant in China, you will almost never see a bottle of soy sauce on the table like you might at a Chinese restaurant in the USA or UK.
In Chinese cooking culture, soy sauce is a seasoning reserved for use in the kitchen.
The fact that soy sauce can be found at Chinese restaurants outside of China probably comes from westerner confusion between Japanese food and Chinese food.
The most popular Japanese food outside of Japan is sushi, which of course is always served with soy sauce. This is the most likely reason that soy sauce migrated out of the kitchen on onto the table at your Chinese restaurant in the west.