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OTTAWA — When details of Vic Toews' difficult divorce were splashed across Twitter, many Canadians shared a commiserating shudder with the public safety minister.
Those who've been through an ugly split involving litigation know some of the most intimate details of their lives are often contained in publicly accessible records.
That includes not just bitter affidavits but social insurance numbers, tax returns, mortgage statements, investment details — the list goes on. Even if a case is settled prior to going before a judge, the files remain.
Some family law and privacy experts suggest the time has come to change the way divorce records are handled.
Toews last week obtained a court order to see who had accessed his divorce file — parties to the litigation and journalists would not be listed. But that didn't change the public nature of the file itself.
Toronto-area lawyer Andrew Feldstein says one of his clients was ostracized by many friends after a divorce. Feldstein heard through the grapevine many of the couple's acquaintances went to take a look at the court filings.
"It also gives one side a very large advantage in the negotiation of the matrimonial dispute, because when you put something in a court file, it's subject to absolute privilege," Feldstein says.
"When the media goes and reads a court file, the media can say these are allegations contained in the court file. … That means there's no ability to sue for slander or libel at the end of the day."
Fareen Jamal, another Toronto-area lawyer, says the openness of family court has roots in the years when individuals who committed a "marital offence," such as adultery, were essentially shamed through the process.
Until 1968, Canadians had to petition Parliament for a divorce, a very public and often embarrassing process.
Jamal says there's a school of thought that family law isn't even appropriate for the courts, where the openness is treated essentially the same as a criminal or civil case.
"It concerns me, because you're infringing on privacy rights. I think about the children," says Jamal.
"From a child's perspective, you've got these children, who will grow up and … nobody asked them if they wanted their information public."
There's also the threat of identity theft with all that personal data accessible. In the United States, more court filings are going online, making it even easier to snoop.
Both Jamal and Feldstein say the identities of Canadians in family law cases should be protected, with letters or numbers assigned to their cases.
But other critics warn that would only undermine the concept of the open legal system, where the public — and the media by extension — is entitled to know what is going on.
Chris Waddell, director of Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication, says the value of having the records remain public clearly outweighs the few times a couple's divorce files are perused.
"One thing that's important about politicians is their character. It's in the voter's interest to know the character of politicians, and this might be information that would help you determine the character of a politician," Waddell offers as an example.
Still, David Fewer of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa says a balance could be struck that provides a certain degree of anonymity to the litigants.
Fewer refers to the "practical obscurity" concept, that is, making it difficult to examine records by not putting them online, for example.
The centre is currently an intervener in a Supreme Court case where a minor allegedly defamed online is arguing for his or her identity to be protected.
"The default ought to be the open court principle, but you ought to be able to avail yourself of the anonymity test right away," Fewer says.
"So you file a statement of claim and you file with it a request to treat the matter anonymously, and here's the reasons why."
The tweets referring to Toews' divorce file were from an anonymous Twitter account. The Liberals eventually admitted that a staffer, Adam Carroll, was responsible for the Twitter revelations.
But the only person listed at the Winnipeg courthouse as having looked at the file was a provincial NDP employee who had a peek after the "Vikileaks" controversy broke.
The initial tweets were posted as a sort of retaliation for a new Conservative bill that would give law enforcement officials easier access to Internet records. Toews drew much public ire by suggesting those who opposed the bill stood with child pornographers.


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Whats your opinion? should they rerelease them for all of us who arrived in the world to late to get them the first time? or just leave them in the past?
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Colorista IIA first look at Red Giants anticipated new release!
Looking at plug-ins from a developer's perspective, I'd have to say that color correction plug-ins must be the hardest to develop. The reason being is that every NLE and compositing application on the market has a (or a few) color correction effect that comes with the program, so the trick is, how do you convince people to buy another one? In many cases it's easy, as the color correction plug-in may stink for the NLE, so a third-party one is an easy choice, but when it comes to a program like After Effects, competing with Color Finesse 3 (that comes with AE CS5) can be tricky, but if there is one company out there determined to do it, it's Red Giant Software and their flagship color correction application Colorista. For all you Colorista users, it's time to get excited, because as you are reading this, Colorista II is now available for download and purchase from the Red Giant Software website. Let's see if Colorista will be your color correction plug-in of choice.
As I just mentioned, Colorista II is now available to download from the Red Giant Software website. The file is relatively small, coming in at under 10mb, so the install will take longer than the download. Colorista II (C2) is 32 and 64-bit ready, so no matter which AE (CS3/CS4/CS5) version you are using, Red Giant has you covered. C2 is also supported in Premiere Pro CS3/CS4/CS5 as well as Final Cut Pro.
As of right now, Final Cut Express, Motion (no FXPlug?), Vegas and Media Composer editors are out of luck, as there is not support for you yet. All in all, you will be up and running in about ten minutes.
Now, I want to start out this section by mentioning that C2 and Colorista 1 (C1) are not compatible with each other. That means that if you have a comp/timeline with Colorista effects in it, it will not update automatically. Now, Red Giant Software has taken your frustration with the thought of having to rebuild your C1 effects in C2 into account, and they have included C1 in with C2, so that way, all your legacy projects will open, and be able to be altered with little to no work on your part. High Five! It's a little thing, but the little things can help immensely.
Colorista users are going to notice the change is C2 right away, as you can see from the below image.
Gone are the "standard" Lift, Gamma and Gain wheels, the White Balance eyedropper, Saturation/Exposure and Power Mask controls (Yes, that was it as far as tools in the original Colorista). Now, C2 has been divided into "boxes" to handle its color correction. This major enhancement to C2 now makes it feel more like a professional color correction tool. Looking at the Primary "box", we now not only have control over lift, gamma and gain, but we now also have two Primary HSL color wheels to tackle individual colors in our primary color space.
Moving onto the Secondary "box", we have a two of my favorite new features. Now, Secondary color correction is where most color correction plug-ins fall flat, as the keyer is less than stellar. Not here, though. RGS has built the "Colorista Keyer".
Now, you can isolate a color by simply selecting color you want in your image using the drag box tool, and once you have it, simply use the "+" and "-" tools to "color" out the parts of the image you don't want, inside the "matte window.
I love the fact that the tool is re-sizeable, so no matter what type of monitor you are using, you can get the window the size you need
My other favorite new feature in the Secondary "box" is one that can easily be overlooked, but one that shouldn't be missed. And I'm talking about the "Pop" parameter. Mojo users will be familiar with how it's used, as all of Mojo's controls work very similar, and it does exactly what you would think. It adds a little extra "pop" to your secondary color correction. Simply drag the parameter left or right depending on how much, or how little "Pop" you want. Simple, yet very effective.
Next, we have the Master "box". This would be used once your primary and secondary color corrections are complete, and you want to give your newly adjusted show one last overall look that will effect both primary and secondary. Located inside this "box" is another great new feature, and that is the ability to adjust your "Master Curves". Now, all of your manipulation of the curves will be done from parameters below the curves window, not by clicking and dragging on the curve itself.
Lastly, we have the "Options" box, where there is another feature that Mojo users will be familiar with, and that is the "Show Skin overlay" checkbox is. This is a great way to get C2 to show you what "proper" skin tones should be as you are color correcting your shots. This way, you don't stray to far away from a normal looking skin hue, and give someone a "sunburn" they didn't want.
All in all, I have only scratched the surface of what is new in C2. I think they need to rename and sell the first one as Colorista Lite, and this new one can be just Colorista, as the upgrades that RGS has given to this plug-in really make it stand out from the others, and make it one of the few single (not in a package) plug-ins worth picking up and adding to your color correction collection.
- Major enhancement over Colorista 1
- The "Colorista Keyer" is awesome
- Use the color wheels or punch in values manually
- Love the new "Pop" feature
- Every improvement was well thought out, and implemented
- $100 price increase may scare away potential buyers (but it shouldn't!)
- FCP but no Motion version (FXPlug???)
I was glad to see that when Red Giant went to update Colorista, they didn't just throw in a couple of new features, they went back to the drawing board, looked at what Colorista did well, and what it didn't do at all, an made HUGE steps to make it a product worth picking up, or upgrading to. I can easily see Colorista II becoming part of my post production process in the future. Oh, and in case you were wondering, I asked my Red Giant rep about the inclusion of C2 in the Magic Bullet Suite, and I was told "Magic Bullet Colorista II will be part of Magic Bullet Suite 10 when it ships later this summer". The summer just got even better! You can get more details, and download the free demo of Colorista II at www.redgiantsoftware.com.
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Lamar University is among the nation's Top 100 universities to confer the most graduate degrees among minority students a recent study found.
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Lamar scored highest in education degrees awarded. Lamar was ranked No. 1 in the nation in the number of education master's degrees awarded to Hispanic students with 341 Hispanics earning degrees in 2009-2010. Lamar ranked fifth overall for education master's degrees awarded to minority students with 604 degrees awarded the same year.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California woman who served nearly two decades in prison for killing her pimp at age 16 was released on parole on Thursday, after becoming the face of a campaign to reform the treatment of young offenders.
Sara Kruzan, 35, left the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla before dawn, state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesman Luis Patino said in a statement.
Kruzan was taken to Orange County in Southern California, where she will live, and processed at a parole office, Patino said.
Earlier this week, when California Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, upheld her parole, the decision was hailed as a watershed moment by lawmakers and activists who had fought on her behalf for more than five years.
State Senator Leland Yee called Kruzan the poster child for a bill that became law this year, allowing offenders sentenced to life without parole for crimes committed before age 18 the chance to petition for a new hearing on their sentence.
Kruzan, who advocates say was raised by an abusive, drug-addicted single mother, said in a 2009 Human Rights Watch video that she was sexually assaulted at age 11 by George Howard, the man she would later kill.
Within two years, Howard had her working as a child prostitute. In March 1994, then 16-year-old Kruzan shot him to death in a motel room in Riverside, California.
Kruzan lost a bid to stand trial as a juvenile and a Riverside County jury found her guilty of first-degree murder.
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The Human Rights Watch video, in which she expresses remorse for the crime and describes her grim life as a prostitute, drew widespread attention to her case.
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Earlier this year, the California Board of Parole Hearings found her suitable for release, sending their recommendation to Brown, who notified the board on Monday that he would not intervene to stop her from being released.
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Thank you for your letter of July 7, 1999, forwarding correspondence from Name* concerning the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). Your letter has been referred to the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor for reply as the Division administers and enforces FMLA for all private, State and local government employees, and some Federal employees. The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave each year— with continued group health insurance coverage during the leave—for specified family and medical reasons. Private employers are covered under FMLA if they have employed at least 50 employees during 20 or more calendar workweeks in the current or preceding calendar year; all public employers are covered. Employees are eligible under FMLA if they have worked for a covered employer for at least 12 months, have worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months immediately preceding the start of leave, and are employed at a worksite where the employer employs at least 50 employees at the site or within 75 miles of the site. The 12 months the employee has to have worked do not have to be consecutive. Unpaid leave must be granted to an eligible employee for any of the following reasons: (1) for the birth of a son or daughter, and/or to care for the newborn child within one year of birth; (2) for placement with the employee of a son or daughter for adoption or foster care, and/or to care for the newly placed child within one year of placement; (3) to care for the employee's spouse, son or daughter, or parent, who has a serious health condition; and, (4) for a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform his/her job. For your constituent's information, we are enclosing the Compliance Guide that provides a full explanation of FMLA's benefits and protection. Under the FMLA, the term "workweek" is the employee's usual or normal schedule (hours/days per week) prior to the start of FMLA leave, and is the controlling factor for determining how much leave an employee is entitled to use when taking FMLA leave intermittently or on a reduced workweek schedule for a serious health condition. If overtime hours are on an "as needed basis" and are not part of the employee's usual or normal workweek, or is voluntary, such hours would neither be counted to calculate the amount of the employee's FMLA leave entitlement nor charged to the employee's FMLA leave entitlement. Where overtime hours are not part of the employee's usual or normal workweek, disciplinary action may not be taken against an employee for being unable to work overtime as a result of limitations contained in a medical certification obtained for FMLA purposes. If the normal workweek is greater than 40 hours, hours worked above 40 hours must be included in determining the maximum amount of leave available to the employee under the FMLA. For example, if an employee normally works overtime in three of every four weeks, then such overtime hours are part of the usual and normal workweek schedule of the employee and would be included in calculating the amount of FMLA leave available to the employee. This would be the case even where the employer may not know in advance of the workweek when overtime will be scheduled or how much overtime will be worked that week as overtime hours may be based upon business demand that varies from week to week. In calculating the amount of FMLA leave available to an employee whose schedule varies from week to week, a weekly average of the hours worked over the 12 weeks prior to the beginning of the leave period would be used. In her letter, the constituent indicates that ten to twenty hours of overtime hours not worked due to an FMLA-qualifying reason are now being charged against the employee's FMLA 12-week leave entitlement. Let's assume that an employee's schedule over the 12 weeks before starting FMLA leave shows five weeks at 50 hours, four weeks at 60 hours, and three weeks at 40 hours for a total of 610 hours. Under the FMLA, only the amount of leave actually taken may be counted towards the 12week entitlement of FMLA leave. If overtime hours are part of an "eligible" employee's usual and normal workweek and the employee is unable to work overtime hours because of an FMLA qualifying reason, then any overtime hours not worked may be counted against the employee's FMLA leave entitlement so long as the employer designates the absence as FMLA leave. Using the above mentioned example, if the
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employee was not able to work overtime hours over the 12-week period due to an FMLA-qualifying reason (e.g., serious health condition), then 130 hours (610 – 480 [40 hours x 12]) may be charged to the employee's FMLA leave entitlement. Thus, any pro-rata reduction in total leave entitlement during intermittent FMLA leave or reduced leave schedules should be based on the employee's normal workweek – even if it exceeds 40 hours. Similarly, the amount of FMLA leave available to the employee must be based upon the number of hours worked in the normal workweek – even if it exceeds 40 hours. Responsibility for investigating allegations of violations of FMLA has been delegated to the various district offices of the Wage and Hour Division. If your constituent feels that her employer may have violated the FMLA, she may contact the nearest district office of the Wage and Hour Division located at the Name*, telephone number ********************. Sincerely, Michelle M. Bechtoldt Office of Enforcement Policy Family and Medical Leave Act Team Enclosure
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Johannes E Gehrke
Johannes Gehrke is the Tisch University Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University and a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft. Johannes' research interests are in the areas of Big Data, Data Science, and data privacy. Johannes has received a National Science Foundation Career Award, an Arthur P. Sloan Fellowship, a Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the 2011 IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award, and the 2011 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists from the New York Academy of Sciences. He co-authored the undergraduate textbook Database Management Systems (McGrawHill (2002), currently in its third edition), used at universities all over the world. Johannes is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tromsø in Norway.
Johannes was Program co-Chair of the 2004 ACM International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD 2004), Program Chair of the 33rd International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB 2007), and Program co-Chair of the 28th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE 2012). From 2007 to 2008, he was Chief Scientist at FAST Search and Transfer.
Research Interests
Database systems, data privacy, Big Data, data mining
Teaching Interests
My teaching is in the area of Big Data. I also proposed a new course on applied data mining for the New York City Campus.
Selected Publications
- 2014. "Explainable Security for Relational Databases." Paper presented at SIGMOD 2014 .
- 2013. "Fine-Grained Disclosure Control for App Ecosystems." Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGMOD Conference, New York, NY, June. .
- 2013. "Quantum Databases." Paper presented at Biennial Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research, Asilomar, CA, January (1st Quarter/Winter). .
- 2013. "Secure and customizable web development in the safe activation framework." Paper presented at ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security .
- 2013. "Beyond myopic inference in big data pipelines." Paper presented at KDD 2013 .
Selected Awards and Honors
- Technical Achievement Award (IEEE Computer Society) 2011
- Humboldt Research Award (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) 2010
- Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists (New York Academy of Sciences) 2011
- Best Paper Award (2011 ACM SIGMOD Conference) 2011
- Faculty Development Award (New York State Foundation for Science, Technology, and Innovation) 2007
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- MS (Computer & Information Science), University of Texas- Austin, 1995
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I'm a total Christmas tree snob. It takes me at least an hour to wander through a Christmas tree lot and pick out the most beautiful option available. If I'm going to put something inside my home, for a month, I want it to be as visually appealing as possible. Unfortunately, not everyone has the magic touch. A high percentage of people, apparently without common sense or eyes, buy miserable-looking wobbly eyesores and then show them off like they're displaying the Hope Diamond.
Movie characters are no exception either. An inordinate number of them seem to make horrible choices when it comes to trees, and more often than not, these barky mistakes go completely unmentioned. Well, since today is Christmas, it seems like the perfect time to take a look back and finally call out some of these families for their extremely ugly tastes.
Here are four movie Christmas trees too ugly for words…
A Christmas StoryWhy is this tree so fat? I think it's wider than it is tall. Consequently, there aren't any actual angles. It's just one giant blob that takes up an obnoxious amount of space. It also overwhelms the ornaments, cuts off a large pathway through the room and due to its bulk, makes changing the star on top almost impossible.
Bigger is not always better. Like a human being, a tree needs to be big in the right places to be visually appealing. It can't just add weight for the sake of adding weight. Beyond that, this particular piece of nature isn't decorated very well either. The lights have no rhythm or flow to their placement, and there should either be more tassel or less. This middle ground is just bad news.


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Yes, me in this sad anonymous nickname, and just on this internet site, this is as far as i can call "coming out". Living in a country controlled by religious people and shari'a law, there is no "coming out", unless you want to be killed!.
If you "come out" here, your own family will beg you to keep it in the family, for you not to be killed, this is of-course the best scenario possible, even though they really believe that if you get killed you deserve it! their own son! and of-course you're going to hell.
The worst case scenario, you get disowned by you're family, they are the ones who report you so you can be punished by shari'a law, and the punishment for leaving your religion is death as many of you know.
So yes, Think Atheist is me coming out, to complete strangers, can't do anything else, whatever you put in videos. I cant even tell my best friend because I'm afraid i will push her away! And yes, DON'T come out if you're like me!.
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I greatly admire your courage and look forward to your input here. I wish you peace, happiness and freedom but always remember... Atheism has no creed that you must obey and no ideology that you can betray so, if you need to; continue to put on the disguise of religion with a clear conscience, in the knowledge that you have the clarity of mind to see through their lies.
The top characteristics of a cult.
1. The group displays unwavering obedience to it's founder and accepts their word as law. Regardless if the leader is alive or dead.
2. Questioning, doubt, apostasy, dissent or disbelief in what the group professes is restrained by force or punished.
3. Mind altering practices such as fasting, chanting, ritualized group prayer, denunciation sessions, etc. are used frequently and used to suppress doubt.
4. Leadership dictates how members should think, act and feel and often how they dress, who they marry, where to live, whether or not to have children, etc.
5. The group claims a special exalted status for itself above others even to the point of denigrating people outside the group as unworthy or even subhuman.
6. The group has a Us Vs. Them mentality. Often demanding hostility or violent action against members of other groups or that another group is out to destroy them.
7. The leader or leaders is/are above any legal authority and answer or answers to no secular authority. They are the law.
8. The group believes that the ends justifies the means and will often deal unethically with members outside the group.
9. The group uses fear and shame tactics in order to influence or control specific members often under the guise of protecting them.
10. Members are required to bring new people into the group often selecting the poor, easily controlled and uneducated.
Now does any of this sound familiar? You could proscribe these traits to any fundamentalist religion but Islam especially seems to fit the bill.
It's a good list but I think it worth mentioning that, in relation to point three, it is very much about context. OK, ritual group prayer and denunciation is pretty off the mark but, fasting and chanting can be very grounding, mind clearing and self affirming and do not necessarily have to have any link to anything nasty or supernatural. Just a distinction that I think is worth making and considering.
I like this list. Where did you find it? Or did you write it?
Aw, I'm sorry.
I guess your situation makes me grateful that I'm able to be openly atheist, even if my family hates me and my friends leave me.
Yeah, we have it easy, relatively speaking.
Hi Cait,
I am sorry to hear about your family and former friends. I can understand. I went through the same sort of thing when I stopped believing while growing up in the South. Be careful around those theists. Some of them actually think your beliefs are their business.
I've been told by other ex-Muslims that, within their communities (one of them in Europe), there are men who will chastise or threaten those who wear "immodest" clothing or who display public affection or anything else they think is not orthodox. In Islamic countries, especially where Shariah law rules, a certain segment of society can be more accurately described as Islamist, rather than Muslim. An Islamist advocates and/or practices political Islam. It's not good enough for them to let Allah judge you. They anoint themselves judges. They believe they are in the service of Jihad by identifying and persecuting apostates. Those with the technical know-how take great pride in being an e-Jihadi, hacking apostate and heretic sites.
It would be completely stupid to "come out" in such places. Even in Europe, apostates are often anonymous, in hiding or surrounded by bodyguards. Islam is NOT a religion of peace and tolerance. The Quran does NOT emphasize peace and tolerance. It has a few verses that pay lip service to peace and tolerance but, overall, the Quran is a doctrine of dominance and submission.
So forget about the "thought police". The real threat is the "thought vigilantes". Fellow Muslims. When I think of Islam as practiced in Muslim communities around the world, I think of the Gestapo and the Mafia. They have a deal you can't refuse.
That is the problem. It is both a religion of peace AND a religion of of intolerance, violence and death. The holy Qur'an is self contradictory. The part written in Mecca, before Hijra, advocated peace and conciliation. After Muhammad escaped to Medina with his life, he advocated death and destruction to the infidel. After Muslims conquer a place, they give non Muslims 3 choices: first to convert to Islam. If you do not want to convert, you may keep your religion provided you pay the humiliating tax of half of all your income. If you will do neither, the third choice is death.
How do Mullahs and Islamic scholars explain this glaring contradiction? They say it is just a mater of application. The early part is to be applied where Muslims are weak and have to live with non Muslims. The later part shall be applied wherever It can be applied. Where Muslims are strong, as when they conquer a place, then they give all non Muslims the 3 choices: conversion, humiliating tax or death. Then, Sharia becomes the law of the land.
Sharia, since it comes from God, must never be contradicted by any man-made law. If there is a law-making parliament, they cannot prohibit honor killing, where any member of a family is duty bound to kill a female relative who dishonors the family by indecent acts like appearing in public without a veil. An adulteress must die by stoning. A thief must have his hand chopped off. These may appear barbaric, backward and medieval - but the government cannot do otherwise. It is God's law. There's no separation of church and state. Islam rules the state.
Once you become a Muslim you cannot leave. If you do you face death, maybe from those closest to you. So the number of Muslims keep growing, until the whole world is Muslim and ruled by the law of Sharia.
Atheists in America are so fortunate. Do not take your blessings for granted. Appreciate them, for many in the world can only dream about them. Perhaps it is about time to similarly give Muslims in America the same 3 choices they would give you if they gain the upper hand. But do you think this will work? They will deny Islam as their way of practicing Taqiyya, the doctrine of deception. They are duty bound to deceive non Muslims on their way to Muslim world domination.
It seems so medeival to me... Your post has really struck me. Sure, it's not exactly ideal as an atheist in America, but thus far, I have the RIGHT to be atheist. I can tell whomever I want. I might get ostracised or possibly beat up (and I suppose killed if I happened to be in the wrong circumstances at the wrong time), but I can retaliate against those people in the court of law.
I am so sorry you have to live as you do.
Hi iCantSay,
Glad you are here. I hope you are either able to leave your country or find some way of dealing with things there. I have some idea what you are going through. My experiences with intolerance in the U.S. have been quite alarming and maddening. I left the U.S. "bible belt" as soon as I was old enough, but even that wasn't enough. It seems like I have spent huge parts of my life trying to avoid or deal with intolerance and its consequences. I never had to worry about Shari'a law, but I have had a death threat or two, though I don't think they were serious.
I wish I could give you that great piece of advice that works like magic. Unfortunately, the best advice I can give is to trust no one where you are. The religious love to use spies to ferret out us non-believers. Someone who seems to be singing your song might not be sincere.
Good luck.
Once again thank you all for your advices, kind words and wishes.
And I'm sorry to hear the stories of social rejection by families and friends.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Investment bank Morgan Stanley's third-quarter earnings almost doubled as the firm's stock sales and trading revenue rose.
THE RESULTS: The bank earned $1.01 billion from July to September after stripping out an accounting charge. That compares with earnings of $560 million a year earlier. That profit works out to 50 cents per share before the charge, compared with 28 cents per share in the same period a year earlier. Financial analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of 40 cents. Analysts generally strip out one-time items.
Total revenue amounted to $8.1 billion, up 6.5 percent from $7.6 billion a year earlier.
HOW IT HAPPENED: Stock sales and trading were bright spots for the bank and revenue in that part of its business increased to $1.7 billion from $1.3 billion. Investment revenue also rose after the bank sold an investment in an insurance broker. Profit at the bank's wealth management unit also rose.
Morgan Stanley is transforming itself to adapt to a post-financial crisis world, trimming back parts of its investment bank while increasing its focus on individual clients.
"Our results point to the increased consistency, strength and balance we are deriving from our business model," CEO James Gorman said in a prepared statement. "Overall, our stronger year-over-year revenues and net income reflect the progress we have made."
THE WEAK SPOT: Like other banks that reported earnings this week, fixed income trading plunged. Morgan Stanley said that its fixed income and commodities trading revenues fell to $835 million from $1.5 billion from a year earlier. Goldman Sachs and Citigroup also saw their trading revenue in this area drop. The slump was caused by jittery investors who were uncertain about whether and when the Federal Reserve would begin to reduce its bond purchases of $85 billion a month, said Goldman.
THE MARKET REACTION: Morgan Stanley's stock rose 52 cents, or nearly 2 percent, to $29.45 by late morning. Its shares have risen 54 percent this year, far more than any other major U.S. bank.


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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan police fired bullets and tear gas in downtown Nairobi on Monday in an effort to stop rioters from fighting with ethnic Somalis one day after an improvised explosive device ripped through a bus and killed nine people.
The fighting exposes increasing tensions between the sizable ethnic Somali-Kenyan community and Kenyan groups with no ties to Somalia. Tensions have been rising over the last year as attackers have carried out a series of grenade and bomb attacks in Kenya, including several on Christian churches.
Strained relations with Kenyan-Somalis go back decades, to when post-colonial boundaries were drawn. But the most recent flare-up began in October 2011, when Kenya sent troops into Somalia to fight the terror group al-Shabab. After that deployment, al-Shabab threatened large-scale attacks in Kenya. Bomb and grenade attacks increased steadily.
Sunday's bomb attack ripped through a bus in Eastleigh, where Nairobi's Somali community lives, killing nine people. Sheik Mohammed Shakul, a spokesman for Muslim leaders, said such attacks are "barbaric and un-Islamic" and don't represent Muslims.
"This terrorist wants to disrupt the Muslim/Christian and multi-ethnic coexistence that we have enjoyed in this country. Unfortunately some people are falling into the trap that the terrorists have planned," Shakul said. "They want to cause a civil war between religions. Let's cool our emotions."
Tensions appear to be highest in and around the downtown neighborhood of Eastleigh, sometimes referred to as Little Somalia. Njau Kariuki, 50, runs a carpentry shop in Eastleigh, where he has lived for more than 25 years.
"People are angry. They are angry because of the people throwing bombs and grenades. They are blaming the Somalis. These Somalis are living with us but you cannot know their ways. They speak well and they will even make you laugh but in darkness they will stab you," he said.
Moses Ombati, Nairobi's police chief, confirmed the heavy suspicions between Kenya's communities. He said the attacks have "made people annoyed at whoever they imagined" carried out the attacks. He said three people are in custody over suspicions they took part in Sunday's attack.
Police reported two injuries in Monday's fighting, though an Associated Press reporter who saw ethnic Somalis stab a Kenyan and watched groups of young men hurl rocks at each other said it appeared likely more people were injured. Windows in homes and businesses were shattered during the hours-long street battles, and many buildings were looted.
Also Monday, the Kenya army reported that three of its soldiers were shot dead in northern Kenya by gunmen believed to have links with al-Shabab. Military spokesman Col. Cyrus Oguna said the three soldiers were part of the African Union force fighting al-Shabab in Somalia and had stopped over in the border town of Garissa on their way back into Somalia. He says the three were part of a group of five soldiers who had gone to a garage to change a punctured tire on their vehicle when seven gunmen attacked them. Two survived the attack.
Kenyan police in September said they disrupted a major terrorist attack in its final stages of planning after they found four suicide vests rigged with hundreds of metal ball bearings, two improvised explosive devices, four AK-47 assault rifles and 12 grenades in Eastleigh. Two ethnic Somalis have been charged in court.
Abdullahi Halakhe, a Horn of Africa analyst for the International Crisis Group, said such attacks and findings have led to a mindset among many Kenyans that all Somalis are terrorists. But he points out that many Kenyan-Somalis strongly disagree with al-Shabab. He worries the strained relations and increased violence could wreak havoc on the country's March presidential election.
"It's slowly getting out of hand," Halakhe said. "Since Kenya's intervention in Somalia last October there is a fair amount of profiling of Somalis from the security forces." He also noted that authorities have not definitively proven that al-Shabab has been behind the attacks.
Another aspect that adds to the tension is that Eastleigh is fairly prosperous compared to Kenyan slums that sit nearby. Many people blame the construction boom on Somali pirates who have laundered pirate ransom money into Kenyan construction. Halekhe, though, said that accusation comes without any real proof.
Many of Monday's rioters were jobless young Kenyans.
Associated Press reporter Jason Straziuso in Nairobi, Kenya contributed to this report.


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Unless your business has the balance sheet of Apple, eventually you will probably need access to capital. In fact, even many large-cap companies routinely ask for capital infusions to meet short-term obligations. For small businesses, finding the right funding model is vitally important. Take money from the wrong source and you may lose part of your company or find yourself locked into repayment terms that impair your growth for many years into the future.
Debt Financing
Debt financing for your business is something you understand better than you think. Do you have a mortgage or automobile loan? Both of these are forms of debt financing. For your business, it works the same way. Debt financing comes from a bank or other lending institution. Although it is possible for private investors to offer it to you, this is not the norm.
Here is how it works. When you decide that you need a loan, you head to the bank and complete an application. If your business is in the earliest stages of development, the bank will check your personal credit.
For businesses that have a more complicated corporate structure, or have been in existence for an extended period time, banks will check other sources. One of the most important is the business' Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) file. D&B is the best-known company for compiling a credit history on businesses. Along with your business credit history, the bank will want to examine your books and likely complete other due diligence. Before applying, make sure all business records are complete and organized. If the bank approves your loan request, it will set up payment terms, including interest.
If the process sounds a lot like the process you have gone through numerous times to receive a bank loan, you are right.
Debt Financing Advantages
The lending institution has no control over how you run your company, and it has no ownership. Once you pay back the loan, your relationship with the lender ends. That is especially important as your business becomes more valuable.
The interest you pay on debt financing is tax deductible as a business expense, and finally, the monthly payment as well as the breakdown of the payments is a known expense that can be accurately included in your forecasting models.
Debt Financing Disadvantages
However, debt financing for your business has some downsides. Adding a debt payment to your monthly expenses assumes that you will always have the capital inflow to meet all business expenses including the debt payment. For small or early stage companies that is often far from certain. Second, since the recent recession, small business lending has slowed substantially. Although it is improving, it's still not easy to receive debt financing unless you are overwhelmingly qualified.
The U.S. Small Business Administration works with certain banks to offer small business loans. A portion of the loan is guaranteed by the credit and full faith of the government of the United States. Designed to decrease the risk to lending institutions, these loans allow business owners, who might not otherwise be qualified, to receive debt financing. You can find more information about these and other SBA loans on the SBA website.
Equity Financing
If you have ever watched ABC's hit series, "Shark Tank," you may have a general idea of how equity financing works. Equity financing comes from investors, often called venture capitalists or angel investors. A venture capitalist is often a firm, rather than an individual.
The firm has partners and teams of lawyers, accountants and investment advisers who perform due diligence on any potential investment. Venture capital firms often deal in large investments ($3 million or more), and thus the process is slow and the deal is often complex.
Angel investors, by contrast, are normally wealthy individuals who want to invest a smaller amount of money into a single product instead of building a business. They are perfect for somebody like the software developer who needs a capital infusion to fund the development of his or her product. Angel investors move fast and want simple terms.
Advantages of Equity Financing
The biggest advantage is that you do not have to pay back the money. If your business enters bankruptcy, your investor or investors are not creditors. They are part-owners in your company, and because of that, their money is lost along with your company. Second, you do not have to make monthly payments, so there is often more liquid cash on hand for operating expenses. Finally, investors understand that it takes time to build a business. You will get the money you need without the pressure of having to see your product or business thriving within a short amount of time.
Disadvantages of Equity Financing
How do you feel about having a new partner? When you raise equity financing, it involves giving up ownership of a portion of your company. The smaller and riskier the investment, the more of a stake the investor will want. You might have to give up 50% or more of your company, and unless you later construct a deal to buy the investor's stake, that partner will take 50% of your profits indefinitely.
You will also have to consult with your investors before making decisions. Your company is no longer solely yours, and if the investor has more than 50% of your company, you have a boss to whom you have to answer.
Mezzanine Capital
Put yourself in the position of the lender for a moment. The lender is looking for the best value for its money relative to the least amount of risk. The problem with debt financing is that the lender does not get to share in the successes of the business. All it gets is its money back with interest while taking on the risk of default. That interest rate is not going to provide an impressive return by investment standards. It will probably offer single-digit returns.
Mezzanine capital often combines the best features of equity and debt financing. Although there is no set structure for this type of business financing, debt capital often gives the lending institution the right to convert the loan to an equity interest in the company if you do not repay the loan on time or in full.
Advantages of Mezzanine Capital
This type of loan is appropriate for a new company that is already showing growth. Banks are reluctant to lend to a company that does not have financial data. Forbes reports that bank lenders are often looking for at least three years of financial data, but a newer business may not have that much data to supply. By adding an option to take an ownership stake in the company, the bank has more of a safety net, making it easier to get the loan.
Mezzanine capital is treated as equity on the company's balance sheet. Showing equity rather than a debt obligation makes the company look more attractive to future lenders. Finally, mezzanine capital is often provided very quickly with little due diligence.
Disadvantages of Mezzanine Capital
First, the coupon or interest is often higher, since the lender views the company as high risk. Mezzanine capital provided to a business that already has debt or equity obligations is often subordinate to those obligations, increasing the risk that the lender will not be repaid. Because of the high risk, the lender may want to see a 20 to 30% return. Finally, much like equity capital, the risk of losing a significant portion of the company is very real.
Please note that mezzanine capital is not as standard as debt or equity financing. The deal as well as the risk/reward profile will be specific to each party.
Off-Balance Sheet
Think about your personal finances for a minute. What if you were applying for a new home mortgage and you discover a way to create a legal entity that takes your student loan, credit card and automobile debt off your credit report? Businesses can do that.
Off-balance sheet financing is not a loan. It is primarily a way to keep large purchases (debts) off of a company's balance sheet, making the company look stronger and less debt-laden. For example, if the company needed an expensive piece of equipment, it could lease it instead of buy it or create a special purpose entity (SPE) - one of those "alternate families" that would hold the purchase on its balance sheet. The sponsoring company often overcapitalizes the SPE in order to make it look attractive, should the SPE need a loan to service the debt.
Off-balance sheet financing is strictly regulated and GAAP accounting rules govern its use. This type of financing is not appropriate for most businesses but may become an option for small businesses that grow into much larger corporate structures.
Family and Friends
If your funding needs are relatively small, first pursue less formal means of financing. Family and friends who believe in your business can offer simple and advantageous repayment terms in exchange for setting up a lending model similar to some of the more formal models. For example, you could offer them stock in your company or pay them back just as you would a debt financing deal, where you make regular payments with interest.
The Bottom Line
When you can avoid financing from a formal source that will usually be more advantageous for your business. If you do not have family or friends with the means to help, debt financing is likely the easiest source of funds for small businesses. As your business grows or reaches later stages of product development, equity financing or mezzanine capital may become options. When it comes to financing and how it will affect your business, less is more.
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I am new to the forum, never posted yet. I am glad this forum is here for us to ask questions and hopefully get some answers. My name is Jimmy from New Jersey, right outside NYC. I am up to chapter 10, the voc was easy to learn but I have a few questions. Do the articles act the same with 3rd dec nouns as they do with 1st & 2nd dec nouns, Or some other way? 2nd question, from 2nd ed text book, why does 10.11 the word is TIN
One accented one not, why are they in all forms, is it becsaue this is not a noun, if so, why is it using the third dec paradigm? Not a 2nd?
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Anna Herbek, 96 - January 14, 2009
Anna Herbek, 96, of Cozad died Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, at Gothenburg Memorial Hospital.
A visitation was held Wednesday, Jan. 14, from 1-8 p.m. at the Berryman Funeral Home at Cozad.
A private family graveside service will be held at the Cozad Cemetery.
Herbek was born on Aug. 2, 1912, at Glenvile to John and Inez (Leach) Lindeman. She grew up and attended school in the Glenville and Hastings area.
On May 5, 1931, she was united in marriage to Albert Herbek at Grand Island. The couple made their home at Spring Ranch, Hastings and Archer before moving to Cozad in 1944.
She enjoyed her family, her beautiful yard, clerking in downtown businesses and her little dog, Bibs, according to family members.
Herbek was preceded in death by: her husband, Albert; four brothers—Lewis, Lloyd, Raymond and Bud; a sister, Myrtle Ganow.
?Survivors include: her two daughters—Julie Lee Brown and Beverly Ann (Harold) Sweeney, all of Cozad; her son, Robert Raymond (Debra) Herbek of Lincoln; sister, Glendoris (Harold) Kissell of Hastings; three sisters-in-law—Florence Lindeman of Hastings, Delores Lindeman of Cozad, and Ona Lindeman of Banta, CA; seven grandchildren—Larry (Pam) Brown of Chandler, AZ, Pamela Sweeney of North Platte, Dustin (Melissa) Herbek and Bart Herbek, all of Lincoln, Tag (Tarie) Herbek of Omaha, Steve Sweeney and Kent (Misty) Herbeck, all of Cozad; 15 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
A memorial has been established. Online condolences may be shared with the family at berrymanfuneralhome.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street following indications that little progress is being made in Washington in talks over how to narrow the U.S. government's budget deficit.
The Dow Jones industrial average lost 89 points to end at 12,878 Tuesday.
The Dow was little changed around midday but turned lower in mid-afternoon trading after Harry Reid, the Senate's majority leader, expressed frustration with how the talks were going.
Other indexes also closed lower after moving indecisively for much of the day.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost seven points to end at 1,399 and the Nasdaq composite fell nine points to 2,968.
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Among the least-discussed numbers from November 5 is $184 million–the amount by which Republican national committees out-spent their Democratic equivalents. And with President Bush loudly beating his war drums, who heard any discussion about the escalating cost of campaigns? Spending in the New York and Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections, for example, tripled within one election cycle.
The evidence that money shouts is mountainous: Ninety-four percent of the time, the bigger-spending Congressional candidate wins–and 98 percent of House incumbents win. The average price of a House seat rose from $87,000 in 1976 to $840,000 in 2000. It cost Ken Livingstone 80 cents a vote to win the London mayoralty last year, compared with Michael Bloomberg's $100 a vote in New York City.
As money metastasizes throughout our political process, the erosion of our democracy should be evident to left and right alike:
§ Special Interests Get Special Access and Treatment. While members publicly and indignantly deny that big contributions often come with strings attached, all privately concede the obvious mutual shakedown–or as one Western senator told me, "Senators are human calculators who can weigh how much money every vote will cost them." Two who violated the usual senatorial omertà gave dispositions in the federal district court arguments on the McCain-Feingold law earlier this month. "Who, after all, can seriously contend," said former Senator Alan Simpson, "that a $100,000 donation does not alter the way one thinks about–and quite possibly votes on–an issue?" Senator Zell Miller bluntly described the daily conversations from fundraising cubicles: "I'd remind the agribusinessman I was on the Agriculture Committee; I'd remind the banker I was on the Banking Committee…. Most large contributors understand only two things: what you can do for them and what you can do to them. I always left that room feeling like a cheap prostitute who'd had a busy day." The access that money buys, of course, doesn't guarantee legislative success, but the lack of it probably guarantees failure.
After 9/11, for example, many legislators thought the argument for energy conservation and reduced dependence on Middle Eastern oil was obvious. So Senators John Kerry and John McCain were stunned when their effort to increase fuel-efficiency standards failed 62 to 38–with the average no vote getting $18,000 in donations from auto companies and the average yes vote only $6,000. One senator insisting on anonymity said: "That vote was one of the most politically cowardly things I ever saw in the Senate. We know how to be energy-efficient, and it starts with cars."
§ Fundraising Is a Time Thief. Imagine if someone kidnapped all candidates for state and federal office for half of each day. The story would be bigger than Gary Condit, and would surely lead to calls for tougher penalties against political kidnapping.


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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African media say provincial authorities are investigating the deaths of seven job-seekers who collapsed in the heat while undergoing a fitness test for positions as traffic officers.
The chief transport official for KwaZulu-Natal province, Willies Mchunu, has suspended further test in the meantime.
The state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation reported that several tens of thousands of people took the fitness test late last week, even though only 90 jobs were available. They were required to run four kilometers (2.5 miles) in temperatures of more than 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), and many collapsed from dehydration and heat exhaustion. Some received hospital treatment.
South Africa's official statistics show that the unemployment rate is 25 percent, an indication why so many were applying for the 90 jobs.


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San José State University is committed to providing an environment that is responsive to the needs of all students. To ensure this environment, appropriate accommodations in all computer laboratories will be provided to students with documented disabilities, as guaranteed by law.
The purpose of this Presidential Directive is to assure continuing compliance by San José State University with applicable federal and state legislation and California State University policies regarding provision of services to students with disabilities. This Presidential Directive is the university's response to the findings of the Self-Evaluation and Transition Report (The Report), completed on December 15, 1995. The Report indicates that there is a need to make certain that equal access to information technology be available for students with disabilities and that a multi-year plan be developed to ensure such access (Plan of Action). A plan of Action will be completed by August 31, 1996 and disseminated to the campus in the Fall of 1996.
It is the policy of San José State University that students with documented disabilities shall be given access to computer laboratories, either through adaptive technology (adaptive software and hardware) or through conventional means (e.g., readers or assistants).
SJSU departments and programs will respond in a timely manner to student or administrative requests (e.g. Disability Resource Center) for access to computer laboratories, by acquiring the appropriate hardware and/or software.
- Students with disabilities are encouraged to present or identify their disability needs for access to computer laboratories well. in advance of their anticipated need (e.g. identify need in advance of registering for a course utilizing computers) to ensure that adaptive technology can be acquired, installed, updated or modified. Students with disabilities should have a confidential file in the Disability Resource Center (DRC) documenting their disabilities. Students may present their needs either to departments/programs or to the DRC.
- The DRC will work with departments or programs, faculty or staff to verify a student's need and to acquire appropriate technology to make computer laboratories accessible. The hardware and software acquired should be consistent with that installed in the High Technology Center (HTC). The HTC is a training facility, located in Clark Library, where students with disabilities are offered training and instruction to enable independent use of technology.
- For time sensitive academic work, students with disabilities will be provided readers, assistants or other helpers while adaptive technology is being acquired and installed.
- Once a PC station is equipped with adaptive technology, it must remain accessible to students with disabilities. Adaptive 'technology will be acquired upon request and in a timely fashion. Programs and departments will assign technicians and staff as needed to ensure that adaptive technology is acquired and maintained, once requested.


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(A) Bank Stress Test Process Expands
Bank regulating authorities have finally approved the new stress test rules under the purview of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 for assessing the capacities of banks to withstand severe financial crisis. These rules are an expansion of the stress test developed by the Federal Reserve following the 2008 recession. The new rules are applicable for banks with consolidated assets of more than $10 billion.
The new set of rules was jointly approved by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).
The New Rule
The final rule, which implements section 165(i)(2)(A) of the Dodd-Frank Act, requires all financial institutions with assets more than $10 billion and regulated by a primary regulatory authority to carry out an annual company-run stress test. The regulation requires stress tests based on three scenarios – a baseline scenario, an adverse scenario and a severely adverse scenario.
Initially, regulators were of the idea that banks should publicly announce all the results under these three scenarios. However, banks were unwilling to declare results of the baseline and adverse scenario since a conventional earnings forecast backed it, which had high chances of being misconstrued. Therefore, both banks and regulators have agreed to declare only the results of the severely adverse scenario forecasting a profound economic depression.
The rule states that institutions with assets of more than $50 billion – such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America Corporation (BAC), Morgan Stanley (MS), Citigroup, Inc. (C) and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) – will initiate stress test in November 2012, using data as of September 30, 2012 and declare the results by January 2013.
However, flexibility has been provided regarding a delay in implementation only if certain cases demand so. The rule delays the execution for covered institutions (mid-size banks) with total consolidated assets between $10 billion and $50 billion until October 2013.
Relief for Mid-Size Banks
Finally, mid-size banking institutions can breathe a sigh of relief as the banking regulators have delayed the implementation of the stress test. These regulators have planned to withhold the final rule making and immediate execution of the proposed rules till October 2013. These banks would have to start with the stress test immediately if the final rules related to it were announced.
One of the main pre-conditions for implementation of the rule is that these companies should have a strong and efficient system in place to conduct the stress test. However, many concerns were put forward regarding the resources and the ability of the companies to conduct the tests in the short span between the declaration of the final rule and onset of the stress test procedure. Hence, the delay till October 2013 will give the companies sufficient time to put the required system in place for conducting the test.
Approximately 108 mid size banks and financial institutions – including CIT Group Inc. (CIT), First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (FNFG), Synovus Financial Corporation (SNV), E*TRADE Financial Corporation (ETFC) and First Horizon National Corporation (FHN), – will go through the stress test in October 2013.
New Rule About Deposit Insurance Assessment System
The FDIC also approved a final rule pertaining to the deposit insurance assessment system for insured depository institutions with assets greater than $10 billion. The final rule brings forth necessary changes in the definitions used to identify the concentrations in higher-risk assets to reflect the risk posed to institutions and the FDIC in a better way.
The FDIC also updated its loss, income, and reserve ratio expectations for the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) over the next several years and inferred that the DIF reserve ratio is on its way to reach the statutory minimum target of 1.35% by the end of September 30, 2020.
Our View
Conducting stress test is an efficient step taken by the regulators to evaluate the overall performance of the banking industry. These tests would enable banks to build up sound capital position to absorb any financial distress. In addition, this could ultimately translate into less involvement of the taxpayers' money for the bailout of troubled financial institutions.
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Paul Cézanne
Trees in Park. The Jas de Bouffan.
1885-87. Oil on canvas. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia.
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Bread and Eggs.
Uncle Dominique.
Uncle Dominique (The Lawyer).
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View of Bonnières.
Head of an Old Man.
Antony Valabrèque.
The Magdalen, or Sorrow.
Girl at the Piano (Overture to Tannhäuser). Portrait of the Artist's Sister...
Achille Emperaire.
Factories near the Mount of Cengle.
A Modern Olympia.
Paul Alexis Reading to Emile Zola.
Still Life with Kettle.
The Black Clock.
The Railway Cutting.
Le Festin (The Banquet).
Pastoral (Idyll).
The Strangled Woman.
Village Road, Auvers.
Green Apples.
The Hanged Man's House.
Dr. Gachet's House at Auvers.
Crossroad of the Rue Remy, Auvers.
A Modern Olympia.
House of Père Lacroix.
Flowers in a Blue Vase.
Self-Portrait with a Casquette.
A Lunch on Grass.
View of Auvers.
Six Women Bathing.
Temptation of St. Anthony.
The Bathers Resting.
Five Bathers.
Three Bathers.
Interior with Two Women and a Child.
Road at Pontoise.
Jas de Bouffan, the Pool (Jas de Bouffan, le bassin).
Vase of Flowers.
Still Life with Soup Tureen.
Still Life with Fruit.
Apples, Peaches, Pears and Grapes (Pommes, pêches, poires et raisins).
Poplar Trees.
The Bridge of Maincy near Melun.
Leda with Swan.
Bathers in the Open Air (Baigneurs en plein air).
Self-portrait (Portrait de l'artiste par lui-même).
Houses on the Roadside (Maisons au bord d'une route).
The Bridge at Maincy.
Plain by Mount Sainte-Victoire.
Mount Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bellevue.
Louis Guillaume.
The Artists's Son, Paul.
Portrait of Mme Cézanne.
Five Bathers.
The Mount Sainte-Victoire.
Boy in a Red Waistcoat.
Flower Pots.
The Banks of the Marne.
Boy in a Red Waistcoat.
Still Life with Flowers and Fruit.
Pierrot and Harlequin.
The Banks of the Marne.
Bridge and Pool.
Still Life with Peaches and Pears.
Still Life.
Still-life with Apples (Nature morte. Les Pommes).
Card Players.
House and Trees.
Woman with Coffee Pot.
Grindstone and Cistern in a Grove.
Still Life with Fruit, Pitcher and Fruit-Vase.
Portrait of a Woman (in a Striped Dress).
Portrait of a Woman in Green Hat (Mme Cézanne).
Straw Vase.
Table Corner.
Still Life with a Skull.
The Smoker.
Still Life with Onions.
Still Life with Apples and Oranges.
Man Smoking a Pipe.
Young Man with a Skull.
The Mount of St.Victoria (La Montagne Sainte-Victoire).
Canyon of Bibemus.
Pine Tree near Aix.
Lady in Blue.
Mount Sainte-Victoire.
Vase with Flowers. Chrysanthemums.
The Bathers.
Big Bathers.
Mount Sainte-Victoire.
Blue Landscape.
Landscape at Aix (Mount Sainte-Victoire).
The Sailor.
Still Life.
The Bathers.
Still Life with Flower Curtain and Fruit.
A Buffet.