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We did our usually hop from mystery bookstore booth to mystery bookstore booth chatting with authors we know or getting autographs from authors we plan to try. I got chastized for not having read Pari Noskin Taichert's second. And we found out that Jerrilyn Farmer's next won't be out for another year. Furthermore, the teaser at the end of the last book is wrong, so I bought it as a collector's item. Which meant I had to buy the paperback of Perfect Sax as well. She was quite amused, but in a happy sort of way. Nope, not an obsessive collector. Another highlight was discovering Cookie Jar publishing and telling Joanne Fluke about it. (Her main character is a cookie baker who owns a shop called The Cookie Jar.) This one looked like a kid's educational book publisher.
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January 17, 2017
MARBLEGATE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, MARBLEGATE SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND, L.P., Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees,v.EDUCATION MANAGEMENT FINANCE CORP., EDUCATIONMANAGEMENT, LLC, Defendants-Appellants, EDUCATION MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant, STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF TERM LOAN LENDERS OF EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, LLC, Intervenor-Appellant.
Argued: May 12, 2016
Education Management Corporation ("EDMC") and its
subsidiaries appeal from a judgment following a bench trial
before the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York (Failla, J.). The District Court held
that a series of transactions meant to restructure EDMC's
debt over the objections of certain noteholders violated
Section 316(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, 15 U.S.C.
§ 77ppp(b). The transactions at issue, the District
Court determined, stripped the non- consenting noteholders,
plaintiffs-appellees Marblegate Asset Management, LLC and
Marblegate Special Opportunity Master Fund, L.P. (together,
"Marblegate"), of their practical ability to
collect payment on notes purchased from EDMC's
subsidiaries. As a result, the District Court ordered EDMC to
continue to guarantee Marblegate's notes and pay them in
full. On appeal, EDMC argues that it complied with Section
316(b) because the transactions did not formally amend the
payment terms of the indenture that governed the notes. We
agree with EDMC and conclude that Section 316(b) prohibits
only non-consensual amendments to an indenture's core
payment terms. We therefore VACATE the judgment and REMAND to
the District Court for further proceedings consistent with
this opinion.
E. O'Donnell (Christopher W. Carty, Lucy C. Malcolm,
Stewart R. Gilson, Pratik A. Shah, Hyland Hunt, on the
brief), Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY,
for Plaintiffs- Counter-Defendants-Appellees.
A. Kleinhaus (Alexander B. Lees, on the brief), Wachtell,
Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY, for Defendants-
Appellants and Defendant-Counter- Claimant-Appellant.
Antonia M. Apps (Aaron L. Renenger, on the brief), Milbank,
Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY, for
Before: CABRANES, STRAUB, and LOHIER, Circuit Judges.
LOHIER, Circuit Judge
Education Management Corporation ("EDMC") and its
subsidiaries appeal from a judgment following a bench trial
before the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York (Failla, J.). The District
Court held that a series of transactions meant to restructure
EDMC's debt over the objections of certain noteholders
violated Section 316(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
15 U.S.C. § 77ppp(b). The transactions at issue, the
District Court determined, stripped the non- consenting
noteholders, plaintiffs-appellees Marblegate Asset
Management, LLC and Marblegate Special Opportunity Master
Fund, L.P. (together, "Marblegate"), of their
practical ability to collect payment on notes purchased from
EDMC's subsidiaries. As a result, the District Court
ordered EDMC to continue to guarantee Marblegate's notes
and pay them in full.
appeal, EDMC argues that it complied with Section 316(b)
because the transactions did not formally amend the payment
terms of the indenture that governed the notes. We agree with
EDMC and conclude that Section 316(b) prohibits only
non-consensual amendments to an indenture's core payment
terms. We therefore VACATE the judgment and
REMAND to the District Court for further
proceedings consistent with this opinion.
EDMC is
a for-profit higher education company that relies heavily on
federal funding through Title IV of the Higher Education Act
of 1965, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1070-1099. EDMC is the parent
company of defendants-appellants Education Management, LLC
and Education Management Finance Corporation (together, the
"EDM Issuer").
In 2014
EDMC found itself in severe financial distress. Its
enterprise value had fallen well below its $1.5 billion in
outstanding debt. But restructuring its debt by resorting to
bankruptcy court was not a realistic option for EDMC, which,
the parties agree, would lose its eligibility for Title IV
funds if it filed for bankruptcy and discontinued as an
ongoing concern. See 20 U.S.C. §
1002(a)(4)(A).[1] EDMC therefore had to cooperate with its
creditors outside of the bankruptcy process if it hoped to
restructure its debt and persist as a viable entity.
outstanding debt consisted of both secured debt (roughly $1.3
billion) and unsecured debt ($217 million). The secured debt
was governed by a 2010 credit agreement between the EDM
Issuer and secured creditors (the "2010 Credit
Agreement"). The 2010 Credit Agreement gave EDMC's
secured creditors the right, upon default, to deal with the
collateral securing the loans "fully and
completely" as the "absolute owner" for
"all purposes." The collateral securing the debt
consisted of virtually all of EDMC's assets.
unsecured debt, to which we will refer as the "Notes,
" was also issued by the EDM Issuer and governed by an
indenture executed in March 2013 and qualified under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Indenture"). The
Notes were guaranteed by EDMC as the parent company of the
EDM Issuer (we refer to this guarantee as the "Notes
Parent Guarantee") and carried a high effective interest
rate-nearly 20 percent per year-to compensate for the riskier
nature of the unsecured debt. Both the Indenture and the
offering circular relating to the Notes informed lenders who
had purchased them (the "Noteholders") about their
rights and obligations as junior, unsecured creditors. For
example, the offering circular explained that the Notes
Parent Guarantee was issued solely to satisfy EDMC's
reporting obligations, that it could be released solely by
operation of the release of any later guarantee EDMC issued
to secured creditors, and that Noteholders should therefore
not assign any value to the Notes Parent Guarantee.
Marblegate holds Notes with a face value of $14 million but
never held any secured debt.
EDMC's financial position deteriorated, its debt burden
became unsustainable. After negotiating with EDMC, a majority
of secured creditors agreed in September 2014 to relieve the
EDM Issuer of certain imminent payment obligations and
covenants under the 2010 Credit Agreement. The resulting
agreement was a new amended credit agreement entered in the
fall of 2014 (the "2014 Credit Agreement"). As
consideration for these changes, EDMC agreed to guarantee the
secured loans (the "Secured Parent Guarantee").
the same time, a group of creditors formed an Ad Hoc
Committee of Term Loan Lenders (the "Ad Hoc
Committee") and established a Steering Committee, which
is an intervenor-appellant in this appeal, to negotiate with
EDMC.[2] The Steering Committee and EDMC eventually
devised two potential avenues to relieve EDMC of its debt
first option, which obtained only if creditors unanimously
consented, was designed to result in (1) most of EDMC's
outstanding secured debt being exchanged for $400 million in
new secured term loans and new stock convertible into roughly
77 percent of EDMC's common stock, and (2) the Notes
being exchanged for equity worth roughly 19 percent of
EDMC's common stock. EDMC estimated that this first
option would amount to roughly a 45 percent reduction in
value for secured lenders and a 67 percent reduction in value
for Noteholders.
second option would arise only if one or more creditors
refused to consent. Under that circumstance, a number of
events would occur that together constituted the
"Intercompany Sale." Secured creditors consenting
to the Intercompany Sale would first exercise their
preexisting rights under the 2014 Credit Agreement and
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) to foreclose
on EDMC's assets. In addition, the secured creditors
would release EDMC from the Secured Parent Guarantee. That
release in turn would effect a release of the Notes Parent
Guarantee under the Indenture. With the consent of the
secured creditors (but without needing the consent of the
unsecured creditors), the collateral agent would then sell
the foreclosed assets to a subsidiary of EDMC newly
constituted for purposes of the Intercompany Sale. Finally,
the new EDMC subsidiary would distribute debt and equity only
to consenting creditors and continue the business.
Intercompany Sale was structured to incentivize creditors to
consent. While non-consenting secured creditors would still
receive debt in the new EDMC subsidiary, that debt would be
junior to the debt of consenting secured creditors.
Non-consenting Noteholders would not receive anything from
the new company: though not a single term of the Indenture
was altered and Noteholders therefore retained a contractual
right to collect payments due under the Notes, the
foreclosure would transform the EDM Issuer into an empty
shell. In offering to exchange the Notes for equity in the
new EDMC subsidiary, therefore, EDMC and the Ad Hoc Committee
explicitly warned Noteholders that they would not receive
payment if they did not consent to the Intercompany Sale.
for Marblegate, all of EDMC's creditors (representing 98
percent of its debt) eventually consented to the Intercompany
Procedural History
the sole holdout, sued to enjoin the Intercompany Sale on the
ground that it violated Section 316(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 (the "TIA"), 15 U.S.C. § 77ppp(b).
Marblegate Asset Mgmt. v. Educ. Mgmt.
Corp., 75 F.Supp.3d 592 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)
("Marblegate I"). Section 316(b) of the
TIA, entitled "Prohibition of impairment of holder's
right to payment, " provides as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision of the indenture to be
qualified, the right of any holder of any indenture
security to receive payment of the principal of and interest
on such indenture security, on or after the respective due
dates expressed in such indenture security, or to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without
the consent of such holder, except as to a postponement
of an interest payment consented to as provided in paragraph
(2) of subsection (a) of this section, and except that such
indenture may contain provisions limiting or denying the
right of any such holder to institute any such suit, if and
to the extent that the institution or prosecution thereof or
the entry of judgment therein would, under applicable law,
result in the surrender, impairment, waiver, or loss of the
lien of such indenture upon any property subject to such
15 U.S.C. § 77ppp(b) (emphasis added).
the District Court, EDMC argued that "the right . . . to
receive payment" is necessarily defined by the payment
terms in the Indenture itself, such that Section 316(b)
prohibits only non-consensual amendments to an
indenture's core payment terms. Therefore, EDMC asserted,
the Intercompany Sale complied with Section 316(b) because it
did not amend any Indenture term and because Marblegate's
right to initiate suit against the EDM Issuer to collect
payment remained intact.
response, Marblegate contended that although the contractual
terms governing Marblegate's Notes had not changed, its
practical ability to receive payment would be completely
eliminated by virtue of the Intercompany Sale, to which it
did not consent. Section 316(b), Marblegate warned, would be
rendered meaningless if issuers and secured creditors could
collaborate to restructure debt without formally amending any
payment terms.
District Court initially declined to grant a preliminary
injunction but believed that Marblegate was likely to succeed
on the merits of its TIA claim. Marblegate I, 75
F.Supp.3d at 615-17. After reviewing the text and legislative
history of Section 316(b), the District Court concluded that
the TIA "protects the ability" of the
Noteholders "to receive payment in some
circumstances." Id. at 612-15. Even where the
payment terms of an indenture are not explicitly modified by
a transaction, the District Court held, Section 316(b) is
violated whenever a transaction "effect[s] an
involuntary debt restructuring." Id. at 614.
Intercompany Sale occurred in January 2015. The foreclosure
sale took place, the secured creditors released the Secured
Parent Guarantee, the new EDMC subsidiary was capitalized
with the EDM Issuer's old assets, and consenting
bondholders participated in the debt-for-equity exchange. But
Marblegate continued to hold out. And in light of the
District Court's decision, EDMC and the Steering
Committee refrained from releasing the Notes Parent
Guarantee. Instead, they filed a counterclaim against
Marblegate, seeking a declaration that the Notes Parent
Guarantee could be released without violating the TIA.
the bulk of the Intercompany Sale was already completed, the
subsequent bench trial focused on whether the District Court
should permanently enjoin release of the Notes Parent
Guarantee and thereby force EDMC to continue its guaranteed
payment on Marblegate's Notes. On that question, the
District Court ultimately sided with Marblegate by
reiterating that the release of the Notes Parent Guarantee
would violate Section 316(b). Marblegate Asset Mgmt., LLC
v. Educ. Mgmt. Corp., 111 F.Supp.3d 542, 556-57
(S.D.N.Y. 2015) ("Marblegate II").
appeal followed. At present, because EDMC was able to reduce
its debt burden through the very transaction to which
Marblegate objected, it currently has the assets to pay on
Marblegate's Notes. Marblegate, as the owner of Notes
that had been poised to receive only limited additional
payments because of EDMC's pending insolvency, is now the
only creditor receiving full payouts according to the
original face value of its Notes.
appeals the judgment on the ground that the District Court
misinterpreted Section 316(b) of the TIA. We review the
District Court's conclusions of law de novo.
See Process Am., Inc. v. Cynergy Holdings, LLC, 839
F.3d 125, 141 (2d Cir. 2016).
determine whether the release of the Notes Parent Guarantee
would violate Section 316(b) of the TIA, we start first with
the text of that provision. See N.Y. State Psychiatric
Ass'n, Inc. v. UnitedHealth Grp., 798 F.3d 125, 132
(2d Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. UnitedHealth Grp., Inc.
v. Denbo, 136 S.Ct. 506 (2015). If resorting to the
plain text alone fails to resolve the question, we test the
competing interpretations against both the statutory
structure of the TIA and the legislative purpose and history
of Section 316(b). See United States v. Epskamp, 832
F.3d 154, 162-66 (2d Cir. 2016); Doe v. Cuomo, 755
F.3d 105, 110 (2d Cir. 2014).
core disagreement in this case is whether the phrase
"right . . . to receive payment" forecloses more
than formal amendments to payment terms that eliminate the
right to sue for payment. 15 U.S.C. § 77ppp(b). We agree
with the District Court that the text of Section 316(b) is
ambiguous insofar as it "lends itself to multiple
interpretations" that arguably favor either side on that
issue. Marblegate I, 75 F.Supp.3d at 611; see
also Marblegate II, 111 F.Supp.3d at 547. Likewise,
Marblegate conceded at oral argument that the interpretation
it advances is not supported by reference to the plain text
alone. See Oral Tr. 44:21-45:1.
On the
one hand, Congress's use of the term "right" to
describe what it sought to protect from non-consensual
amendment suggests a concern with the legally enforceable
obligation to pay that is contained in the Indenture, not
with a creditor's practical ability to collect
on payments. Cf. F.C.C. v. NextWave Pers. Commc'ns
Inc., 537 U.S. 293, 302-03 (2003) ("[T]he plain
meaning of a 'right to payment' is nothing more nor
less than an enforceable obligation . . . ." (quotation
marks omitted)); Dennis v. Higgins, 498 U.S. 439,
447 n.7 (1991) (defining "right" as "[a]
legally enforceable claim of one person against another, that
the other shall do a given act, or shall not do a given
act") (quoting Black's Law Dictionary 1324 (6th ed.
1990)). On the other hand, adding that such a right cannot be
"impaired or affected" arguably suggests that it
cannot be diminished, relaxed, or "otherwise affect[ed]
in an injurious manner." See Humana Inc. v.
Forsyth, 525 U.S. 299, 309-10 (1999) (quoting
Black's Law Dictionary 752 (6th ed. 1990)).
To be
sure, Marblegate's broad reading of the term
"right" as including the practical ability to
collect payment leads to both improbable results and
interpretive problems. Among other things, interpreting
"impaired or affected" to mean any
possible effect would transform a single provision
of the TIA into a broad prohibition on any conduct that could
influence the value of a note or a bondholder's practical
ability to collect payment. 15 U.S.C. § 77ppp(b).
Furthermore, if the "right . . . to receive
payment" means a bondholder's practical ability to
collect payment, then protecting the "right . . . to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment"
would be superfluous, because limiting the right to file a
lawsuit for payment constitutes one of the most obvious
impairments of the creditor's practical ability to
collect payment. Id. The "right . . . to
receive payment" is not, in other words, so broad as to
encompass the "right . . . to institute suit."
Id. If for no other reason than the "general
rule" that different statutory phrases "can
indicate that different meanings were intended, "
Sebelius v. Auburn Reg'l Med. Ctr., 133 S.Ct.
817, 825 (2013) (quotation marks omitted), these two rights
are best viewed as distinct from one another. The former
right, it seems to us, prohibits non-consensual amendments of
core payment terms (that is, the amount of principal and
interest owed, and the date of maturity). It bars, for
example, so-called "collective-action
clauses"-indenture provisions that authorize a majority
of bondholders to approve changes to payment terms and force
those changes on all bondholders. See NML Capital, Ltd.
v. Republic of Argentina, 699 F.3d 246, 253 (2d Cir.
2012). The latter right (to sue) ensures that individual
bondholders can freely sue to collect payments owed under the
indenture. So construed, the right to sue clearly bars
so-called "no-action clauses, " which preclude
individual bondholders from suing the issuer for breaches of
the indenture, leaving the indenture trustee as the sole
initiator of suit. See Cruden v. Bank of New York,
957 F.2d 961, 967-68 (2d Cir. 1992). An indenture that
contains only a collective-action clause violates the
"payment" right, not the "suit" right; an
indenture that contains only a no-action clause violates the
"suit" right, not the "payment" right.
we agree with the District Court that the plain text of
Section 316(b) is ultimately ambiguous and fails to resolve
the principal question before us.
does any party seriously contend that the structure of the
TIA provides a clear answer to that question, as the
dissenting opinion suggests.[3]At best, we have observed that
"[n]othing in Section 316(b), or the TIA in general,
requires that bondholders be afforded 'absolute and
unconditional' rights to payment." Bank of New
York v. First Millennium, Inc., 607 F.3d 905, 917 (2d
Cir. 2010). So, for example, Section 316(a)(1) permits
bondholder majorities to both waive past defaults and control
the manner in which the indenture trustee pursues remedies.
See 15 U.S.C. § 77ppp(a).[4] Our statement in
First Millennium seems at odds with the broad
protection of dissenting bondholders seeking to collect
payment that Marblegate urges. But it does not really help us
determine whether Congress intended Section 316(b) to protect
a broad right to actual payment or merely a right to sue ...
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- Four unique game themes with different difficulty levels.
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- Difficulty: 3 out of 5
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At Code Factory, companions put their heads together in 50-minute puzzle challenges of different themes with varying difficulty levels. Each game requires a combination of teamwork, quick thinking, and a level head to emerge victorious, and room themes are periodically rotated to keep players on their toes. For those up to the test their mettle, the outlet can be located on the second floor of Jaya Shopping Centre in Petaling Jaya.
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Panjwai shooting spree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: According to Reuters, some neighbors and relatives of the dead saw a group of U.S. soldiers arrive at their village at about 2 a.m., enter homes and open fire.[46] "They were all drunk and shooting all over the place," said neighbor Agha Lala.[46] Some witnesses said that drunk American soldiers were laughing, while shooting.[47] According to The New York Times, one of the survivors from the attacks, Abdul Hadi, and "at least five other villagers" described seeing a number of soldiers, while some other Afghan residents described seeing only one gunman.[2]
Maywand District murders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Maywand District killings refers to the murder of at least three
Afghan civilians perpetrated by a group of U.S. Army soldiers in 2010,
during the War in Afghanistan. The soldiers, who referred to themselves
as the "Kill Team",[1][2] were members of the 3rd Platoon, Bravo
Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Division. They were based at FOB Ramrod at Maiwand, in the southern
Kandahar Province of Afghanistan.
My Lai Massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The My Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰɐ̃ːm ʂɐ̌ːt mǐˀ
lɐːj], [mǐˀlɐːj] ( listen); English pronunciation: /ˌmiːˈlaɪ/, also
/ˌmiːˈleɪ, ˌmaɪˈlaɪ/)[1] was the Vietnam War mass murder of between 347
and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968, by United
States Army soldiers of "Charlie" Company of 1st Battalion, 20th
Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the Americal Division. Most of the
victims were women, children (including babies), and elderly people.
Some of the bodies were later found to be mutilated.[2] While 26 US
soldiers were initially charged with criminal offenses for their actions
at Mỹ Lai, only Second Lieutenant William Calley, a platoon leader in
Charlie Company, was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he
was originally given a life sentence, but only served three and a half
years under house arrest.
Haditha killings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Haditha killings (also called the Haditha incident or the Haditha
massacre) refers to the incident in which 24 unarmed Iraqi men, women
and children were killed by a group of United States Marines on November
19, 2005 in Haditha, a city in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar.
All those killed were civilians[1]. The dead included several children
and elderly people, who were shot multiple times at close range while
unarmed. It has been alleged that the killings were retribution for the
attack on a convoy of Marines with an improvised explosive device that
killed Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas. Many news reports have compared
the incident to the My Lai massacre.[2]
Rape and Murder in Afghanistan : Indybay:
America the beautiful is an illusion only young children and fools
believe. Ugly war theater wickedness reveals its true dark side. Its
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MAN OR ASTRO-MAN? 9/12, Metro On these self-proclaimed aliens' latest album for Touch and Go, Made From Technetium, they sound less than ever like a surf band and more like, well, a Touch and Go band--less twang, flintier riffs, more singing. I think they've assimilated into their adopted environs a little too well.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): Spectrum photo by Howard Rosenberg.


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|Oh dear, another Xmas Kitty Reindeer.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Xmas Kitties 2012 (Kitty 10)
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According to Blowie's re-election website (hell, no, I won't link) the following basketball players are going to play some sort of exhibition game to raise money for his campaign. Either that, or this is his new jobs plan.
I will admit I am no big basketball fan, especially not to the point of being able to pick any of these people out of a crowd. But, I am familiar, have a husband that is a sport's encyclopedia and know how to Google to fill in the gaps.
Confirmed to play:
Ray Allen - Carmelo Anthony - Chris Bosh - Vince Carter - Tyson Chandler - Jamal Crawford - Kevin Durant - Baron Davis - Patrick Ewing - Derek Fisher - Rudy Gay - Blake Griffin - Tyler Hansbrough - Dwight Howard - Juwan Howard - Antawn Jamison - Dahntay Jones - Brandon Knight - Kevin Love - Jamal Mashburn - Cheryl Miller - Alonzo Mourning - Dikembe Mutombo - Chris Paul - Quentin Richardson - Doc Rivers - Steve Smith - Jerry Stackhouse - Amare Stoudemire - Tina Thompson - John Wall - Russell Westbrook
By my count that is TWO white boys and ONE half-white boy. TWO (black) women. Where's the diversity?
November 21, 2011
Obama's campaign discrimination - FOD
Cracked open by Harper at 5:17 AM
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Hey, I wasn't able to watch the game yesterday. Who won?
- November 21, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Harper said...
Seattle beat St Louis, 24 - 7. That's the game you were talking about, right?
- November 21, 2011 at 1:31 PM
- CharlieDelta said...
I would rather watch liberals "debate" kindergarten children, or spend all day watching paint dry than 5 minutes of basketball, but since this is to raise money for his re-election campaign lies, I will make an exception...
....I would rather gouge out my own eyes with a rusty ice pick or spend all day watching dog shit turn white than 1 second of this particular basketball game.
- November 21, 2011 at 4:27 PM
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Who's creating the fear of a draft?
It's clear from this one article that the Washington Post doesn't even want to trust it's own government. Why should they? Conspiracy theories have been paying their wages since at least WaterGate.
You don't even have to read the article. I'll sum it up for you.
You don't even have to read the article. I'll sum it up for you.
US Government: There will be no draft. The all volunteer Army works.Sheesh.
WaPo: Yeah, yeah, yeah. But the fear of a returning draft is on the rise. How do you explain that?
US: There is no draft.
WaPo: But peace activists are having to go around the country speaking to people on how to win concienceous objector status. Why do they feel they need to, huh?
US: There is no...
Wapo: And the front page of the Selective Service website seems to going out of their way to calm distressed mothers and...
WaPo: Yeah. But we're just sayin'... what if... ya know?


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Take yourself back to the late 1990s. Specifically 1999. While adults were contemplating life after Y2K, childhood-you was tackling your own kind of digital monster crisis; what was the optimal time to wake up to avoid Aerobics OZ and/or Hillsong but see every moment of Cheez TV's latest animated cartoon, Digimon? If only modern day crises were of the same ilk.
While I'm sure the English opening theme still evokes those feelings of joy, anticipation and validation for getting out of bed early (side note: I urge you to listen to the Japanese opening theme. It's a bizarre contrast), I doubt you'll be able to look back at your many years of playing the Digimon video games as fondly. Why? Because several of the games (there are 25 in the catalogue- 14 of which were released in 2002 or earlier) were Japan-only releases, and those that received an English release were not very good.
So when news broke that Bandai Namco were publishing a new Digimon Story game (number 5 in the series- with number 4 being Japanese-only Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars in 2011), set to be the first English release since 2008, I fought hard to keep an open mind about the quality of their proposed title.
After having played the game, I say that Digimon fans should praise Angemon! And beware… This is less a Digimon game and more a cyber-detective-themed classic Japanese RPG featuring Digimon. It has nothing to do with the previous English releases. Or the anime. Facts that make me delighted. And upset. In that order.
The game begins with a prologue (shocking, I know) that establishes the player as a female or male avatar in the EDEN cyberspace; a digital world in which ordinary people can conduct business or entertain themselves. Shadier-looking characters exist in the EDEN cyberspace as hackers- who take on the role of thieves, "chivalrous" security protectors and "others who are just out to prove their skills"- all of which they achieve through using Digimon programs that take on anthropomorphic-monster forms, e.g. Palmon, Terriormon, Patamon (the creatures you know and love).
A glitch in the system during a casual day out in the EDEN cyberspace causes a chain of events that sees your data corrupted (affecting your real-world body), the head of a detective agency conveniently (and completely unrealistically) finding you, and your employment as a cyber detective. This all occurs during the tutorial/ prologue, and is a bit disorienting in the way it unfolds (I'm no detective but isn't that the opposite of what a tutorial should achieve?). You jump from the digital world in which you've briefly been introduced to the standard turn-based RPG Digimon vs. Digimon mechanics that are peppered throughout the game, to the real world (municipalities of Tokyo, still depicted through animation)- a completely new setting! Does it conform to the same rules as the digital world? Where are my companions and all the people I just met? It is very confusing.
As a cyber detective at the agency, you take on cases that begin in the real world (in which you must find certain individuals and gain information from them) and ultimately result in a trek through a dungeon in the digital world (in which you must fight Digimon in turn-based random encounters, culminating in a boss battle that somehow results in the case being solved). At the conclusion of a major case, cue long cut scene, a prompt to save the game, notification that you have reached a new 'chapter' in the game, then rinse and repeat.
There is an overarching plot but I don't want to reveal too much about it, as I thought it was one of the stronger, perhaps strongest, aspects of this game. Elements of the surprisingly mature narrative remind me of Ernest Cline's 'Ready Player One' and John Scalzi's 'Lock In' (with which Cyber Sleuth's plot shares more than one or two similarities), both of which are quality texts. Uncovering how the multiple interlinking storylines would unfold was the main reason I persevered with this game.
This is perhaps because for each other engaging element of Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, there is a corresponding flaw- it is a strange dichotomy that complicates my ability to come to a conclusion about the quality of this game. I wavered between thinking this was a poor man's Pokemon or Yo-Kai Watch, and being engrossed in the surprisingly dark plot.
Of most concern is that for a game with the word 'sleuth' in the title, there is little to no depth to the sleuthing element. True, a detective game that involves only simple gameplay mechanics can still be considered excellent e.g. Baggy Cat's 'Contradiction: Spot the liar!' But in the case of Digimon: Cyber sleuth, it feels as though you're being spoon fed all the answers- go here, click this, troll through a dungeon. In addition to this, there is no real opportunity for exploration or self-directed clue finding.
The real meat and depth of gameplay comes from the Digimon collection and Digimon battles, which are highly reminiscent of the mainstream Pokemon games but with a couple of novel twists. In the dungeons of the digital world, enemy Digimon appear in random encounter battles. During battles, the attack order of all Digimon is displayed and can be manipulated for tactical advantage. In addition to this, each Digimon has unique skills that can be used in-battle and an "elemental" type, which is relevant when considering that the concepts of weakness and resistance apply.
At the beginning of a battle, each enemy Digimon is "scanned" by the player's DigiScanner. Unlike a Pokedex, a Digiscanner does not collect the information of an encountered enemy, rather it increases a percentage value for a specific Digimon each time that Digimon is encountered. When the percentage reaches 100%, that Digimon can be converted into existence at the DigiLab (Pokemon Centre equivalent) and join your active party or train at the DigiFarm (Pokemon Day Care equivalent). At the DigiLab, the player can also digivolve (evolve) their Digimon, provided that Digimon has reached a certain level and has certain stats. A really cool feature is that one Digimon can digivolve into any number of digivolutions, each with their own pros and cons.
Players can only hold a certain number of Digimon in their party, indicated by the number of "slots" they have available. More powerful Digimon occupy a greater number of "slots," so there is much to be considered when organising one's active party… Sometimes. Unfortunately, it is only the boss battles that require any real pre-battle and in-battle thought, and these are few and far between.
With the standard Digimon random encounters so dull and easy, it is up to other features in the digital world to keep the player interested. Unfortunately, the digital landscape is completely uninspired. I stared at the corner mini-map most of the time so that I could speed through each dungeon (they are all fairly linear and predictable). By contrast, the "real world" is rich, authentic, beautifully animated- the in-game locations are based on real places in Tokyo, for example Nakano Broadway, Shinjuku and Shibuya. Obviously the developers would have wanted to clearly differentiate between the digital and real worlds but they were too frugal with the digital dungeon visuals. This is even more of a let down in light of the rich digital world portrayed in the anime.
The characterisation is also an area that is hit and miss. The use of stereotypes to depict professions- notably the hackers, businessmen and the older detectives- is fun and seems tongue-in-cheek. However, the hyper sexualisation of almost every female is inexcusable- most females have a mini skirt, chest pushed outwards and/or a revealing neckline. Unnecessary, and dated. In addition to this, the female protagonist comes across as incredibly ditzy, with facial expressions and movements seemingly ripped straight out of an early '90s textbook on "stock standard female anime poses." This, in conjunction with the protagonist's verbal ability comprising of only ellipsis and other punctuation, made it feel as though I was never really communicating with the other characters in the world, rather that they were all having long-winded internal monologues out loud in my presence.
Thus ends my long-winded monologue about the Digimon sleuthing game that features minimal sleuthing and minimal Digimon. If you thought that reading this article was a bit of a grind and you just wanted to skip to the end to see how it resolved, that aptly describes how I felt while playing Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth. This game has a number of positive aspects (the compelling narrative above all others) and is probably one of the best Digimon games I have ever played, but it is undermined by some poorly designed and executed elements. It feels unpolished, and despite the in-game presence of Digimon, this is not the game to play if you're looking for a nostalgic Digimon experience.


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Through the past century up to recent decades, the world has been changing and demanding the technological world to change as well. Countries such as America have been growing rapidly, thus requiring new innovations of technology. These innovations started with the first bulky computers, used by major corporations, that took up a lot of space; and have now become a personal aspect of everyday life, that the majority of civilians own. These personal computers have been developed with many advancements, such as the Internet, which has become a necessity in every one's daily routine. As technology grows and develops, we desire to look at both the future and the past. We use this information to help us understand technology and the capabilities it holds in our society. Looking at future developments we can look at its historical past to understand its uses and abilities. Updates on modern events and technological gadgets will be discussed and reviewed. Technology affects us in some level, from small homes to giant corporations, except some Amish communities. Most careers now demand a person to have the ability and capability to use some type of technology; be it, turning on a light while walking into their office, or using fiber optic cables to increase the speed of communications. The use of computers is used to moniter and operate many tools, even on farms, where they used GPS to make sure they put fertilizer in the same place they put the seed. As well as in hospitals, where computers are used to moniter a person's heart rate. As technological devices become faster, creators are able to make these devices easier for the user by looking at how they can better past-generation models. All in all, technology is beneficial to everyone, and we wish to document its importance.
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I came across this quote and had to share. The picture is funny but Spurgeon's quote is spot on and deadly accurate.
It is easier to save us from our sins than from our righteousness. Our self-righteousness is that hideous boa constrictor which seems to coil itself round and round our spirit, and to crush out of us all the life that would receive the gospel of the grace of God. - CHARLES H. SPURGEONJesus describes this self-righteousness through a parable in Luke 18:
9To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' 13"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' 14"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." Luke 18:9-14If you have not come to Christ as a lost and helpless sinner, trusting in His perfect righteousness to provide a right standing with God, you will be eternally lost. Why not rather admit your helpless state and trust in the One who has paid for your sin!


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i keep my religion in a gucci purse
so i saw this over on contra's blog, and its sorta funny. he correctly pointed out the genius to the breakdown just after the 2:00 mark, which sort of makes up for the bored feeling i got for the verse just before it. (although not as good as the sarah silverman breakdown, for what its worth)
i guess when i see this sort of thing i just wish they put more of a point on the parody, because as is the sign is still the signifier in this one.


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Friday, July 16, 2010
PETA and...
Posted by KGT (aka Cagey) at 1:39 PM
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Another thing in common is that Pam and other animals share parts contaminated by high levels of lead, selenium and silicon.
NYSDEC recommends consuming no more than two portions of Pamela Sue Anderson per season.
- Fri Jul 16, 03:29:00 PM 2010
- Kelly said...
I noticed they didn't label "brain."
- Sat Jul 17, 05:44:00 PM 2010
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Character of the Day
Huā. Who doesn't like flowers? I know I like them. My favorite is the lilac. Anyway, today's COTD means flower, something resembling a flower, fireworks, pattern, multicolored, blurred, or to spend. A lot of meanings for one little flower. The top part is cǎo (艹) which means plant, and the bottom part is huà (化) which means change. Clever, eh? It's a good way to remember it, at least. Anyway, let's take a look at some of the numerous combinations that include this character:
火花 – huǒhuā means spark
五花八门 – wǔhuābāmén means rich in variety
爆米花 – bàomǐhuā means popcorn
菊花 – júhuā means chrysanthemum
黄花 – huánghuā means chrysanthemum too, apparently
绣花 – xiùhuā means to embroider
荷花 – héhuā means lotus
莲花 – liánhuā means lotus as well
天花板 – tiānhuābǎn means ceiling
梅花 – méihuā means plum flower
浇花 – jiāohuā means to water flowers
棉花 – miánhuā means cotton
兰花 – lánhuā means orchid
开花 – kāihuā means to bloom
葵花 – kuíhuā means sunflower
桃花 – táohuā means peach blossom
花瓣 – huābàn means petal
花茶 – huāchá means herbal tea
花费 – huāfèi means cost
花粉 – huāfěn means pollen
花花公子 – huāhuāgōngzǐ means playboy, fop, or dandy
花篮 – huālán means flower basket
花钱 – huāqián means expenses or to spend money
花生 – huāshēng means peanut
花白 – huābái means graying (hair)
花剑 – huājiàn means foil (the fencing sword)
花子 – huāzi means beggar
There's even more where that came from as well. So, there you have it. Let me know if there's any more information I should be including, elaborating on, or leaving out. Later.


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The Bible and the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Just 2 nights ago, I was with my mum at the launch of the 6th Run of the Quick Journey Through the Bible Series by Jeff Cavins and Sarah Christmayer, and conducted by the Little Rock Bible Ministry. After watching the video of the session program, I had this new viewpoint and new knowledge of the Bible and it's connection to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
The Bible. Yes you might know a lot about the Bible, From what books there are, like Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Judges, I&II Samuel to name a few. Or maybe, the characters, like Adam And Eve, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac...
Or maybe some of you know, and are comforted about the fact, that The Bible is depicting Our Salvation History! But You know, after reading several chapters of the Bible it becomes all too boring… For example, myself. Because some books to me back then were simply way too dry, I usually only read either the Book of Joshua, I & II Kings, I & II Chronicles, the Book of Tobit, I Maccabees, etc.
Then comes along this term, which you either might know or do not know at all. It's known as the Catechism of the Catholic Church. What's that? It's practically the summarized version of the bible, divided into 4 'pillars'
The four pillars are:
- The Profession of Faith - The Creed
- The Celebration of the Christian Mystery - Liturgy and Sacraments
- Life In Christ - Christian Morality
- Christian Prayer - A Personal Relationship with God
The goal of the Catechism is to guide, assist and enliven catechesis (teaching) which aims to put "people …in communion… with Jesus Christ" because "only he can lead us to the love of the Father in the Spirit and make us share in the life of the Holy Trinity"(CCC 426). At the center or "heart" of this catechesis of the truth and beauty of the Catholic faith is a Person – Jesus Christ – "who suffered and died for us and who now, after rising, is living with us forever" (ibid). Man was created by God and for God and, thus, every person's heart was given an innate desire for truth and happiness that can only be satisfied by God Himself (CCC 27). Man is created to know, love and serve God, and to live in communion with Him in this world and throughout eternity (CCC 28, 31, 44, 45). Because God is Love, all the doctrine and teachings of the Church have the love of God and the love of neighbor as their final end – all the teachings of the Church are at the service of charity – the "love that never ends" (cf. Jn 13:1) seen in Christ's sacrifice on the Cross for man's salvation (CCC 25).
Well, this was taken off the website, which is http://www.relevantradio.com/catechism
But here is my viewpoint after watching the video.
- The Profession of Faith - The Creed
This is the story, and as you know the Nicene Creed, that's the complete summarization of the Salvation History from Creation, all the way to Jesus Christ, although skipping a big chunk of the entire journey. But it does show the love that you know of God!
- The Celebration of Christian Mystery - Liturgy and Sacraments
That's where you enter the story. Together with Liturgy and all the Sacraments you undergo, you do slowly enter into the world, the Story, of Salvation History, and that's where your journey is. With Confessions, Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders or Holy Matrimony, we are all on this journey.
- Life in Christ - Christian Morality
Here, this is where you live the story. Live according to some scriptures, you know, that type. Just simply live your life happily!
- Christian Prayer - A Personal Relationship with God
We all have a relationship with God, right? And all these are strengthened day by day, week after week, and even though this will be damaged by our sins, they are being mended back. Always. By the One True God who loves us! Prayer is important to keep this, sweet, intimate relationship with God, so Pray Often!
I don't know about you, but have you, yeah you, ever thought about this, I have… And I am happy o share this with you. Always! :[]
Side Note: I have been telling some of you about the Little Rock Bible Ministry, right? They really provide lots of programmes that are really meaningful! Like now with the Quick Journey through the Bible, I have learnt a lot more about the Bible than what I already know.
Catholicism by Fr Robert Baron is also another amazing programme which is always so thought provoking about our faith. Who knew that Christianity still withheld so many secrets!
Finally, A Biblical Walkthrough the Mass by Edward Sri. You know the Mass, as well as all its settings, but do you really know what's the Biblical and Spiritual Meaning about it? This programme gives a comprehensive guide about the entire Mass, but more of a Spiritual and Biblical Perspective.


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Those who have been following my "Great moments in opera" posts recently will know that I have been working my way through Wagner's operas, and might have guessed where I was heading: the Ring cycle. Yes, it's true. Over the next month or so, I hope to listen to the entire cycle again. I have only heard it once before, and that was now over five years ago, so the time seems ripe to revisit it.
The Ring is so big and convoluted, and so musically complex, that I am fortifying myself with a number of canes and crutches to help me through. So far I have assembled the following:
- The Metropolitan Opera productions on DVD, conducted by James Levine.
- Der Ring des Nibelungen: An Introduction: Deryck Cooke's audio guide to the principal leitmotifs of the Ring cycle.
- The Golden Ring: A documentary about the making of Georg Solti's famous Ring recordings.
- Kobbé's Complete Opera Book: This guide devotes about 70 pages to discussing the plot and music of the Ring.
- George Bernard Shaw's The Perfect Wagnerite, consisting of essays about the Ring.
I know that huge barrels of ink have been spilled over these operas, and it is a fool's errand to try to read too much of it. If anyone knows, however, of a particularly good book on the topic, I 'd be interested to hear about it in the comments. Thanks.


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Gender Discrimination
Gender Discrimination: Didi's Thoughts
This month the CTM team are thinking about gender discrimination, after a recent episode was reported at Google. The report on Google can be read here. Here's what our columnist had to say about gender discrimination.
It isn't an uncommon thing to run into arguments, debates, and public accounts of gender stereotyping and discrimination. It's everywhere, in every field and profession, and in every continent of this beautiful place we call earth. Every time a smartphone is powered on or a laptop is cracked open, there's an article of such things staring the device's owner in the face. Each one explaining an 'incident' or a 'lawsuit' in regards to the issue. Recently it's even reached the powerhouse internet dominating company, Google. Which quite frankly raises an even bigger question, which is: How many of these complaints/actions are truly validated?
It can (and has) been argued that many of the complaints filed across the globe are for the mere purpose of attention, and or an easy paycheck. It can be a man or woman who feels discriminated against, or possibly even on the receiving end of abuse in regards to the minority angle. There's no question that the issue does actually exist. There's also no question as to the possible level of its unnecessary ugliness. There's a reason the subject is mostly addressed as unlawful and completely intolerable. There is also more than one reason it's against the majority of business policies, and even in some cases illegal depending on your pinpoint of the globe.
The larger percentage of the working class can be marked down as conservative in the work place. They keep grinding, mind their own business, and do their job. They don't meddle, seek out problems to complain about (whether said problems actually exist or not), and they don't make the workplace harder to be in for everyone around them. It's these individuals that are the backbone of the companies they work for, and it's sad that they don't get more recognition in the media and public eye. This particular type of employee/employer is commendable as they don't twist policies into their own words and perception of ideology. They don't commit/stand for discrimination, yet they don't actively seek ways to twist something into it either. They don't "stir the pot."
Wouldn't this world be a better place if all employees/employers stood by such outstanding work ethic, and personal integrity? It may sound a bit old fashion, but it could be said that in most cases an old fashion approach is best. Wouldn't our media be a little more uplifting if more encouragement was placed on positive interactions rather than so much of the conflict?
Now that the ethic of the average and commendable working class person has been address, let's cover the smaller portion of the working population. Not the ones who find fault in everything and seek out a pending lawsuit for the sake of a headline for settlement. Not the ones who convince everyone else around them that they've been wronged in some way, even when they most likely haven't. Let's talk about the real offenders of Stereotyping and Gender Discrimination. More importantly let's talk about the actual victims.
If gender discrimination is an issue, then there is no question that it should be addressed. It's argued that it should be done within reason and in compliance with the policy put in place by the said company. In other words, do it right. There is no need to start an uproar, or an outrage if it isn't necessary. It's argued that more often than not that actually slows production, and lowers moral.
Let me tell you my own experience. There are things I could have handled differently, and there are things I did just right according to popular opinion. I'll let you be the judge.
I won't say the name of the company, but I was one of three women working day in and day out with over forty men. I'm not afraid to work side by side with the opposite gender, and I don't feel like I've been held back any because of the fact that I'm a woman. I pave my way. We were rebuilding cooling towers for a local power plant. A part of my job was daily safety inspections. I walked around the jobsite with a checkoff list. Every day I was whistled at, and most of the men spoke obscenities to me in a different language than my own. I'm not a stupid woman, I knew they were completely inappropriate. I was nineteen years young and not exactly shy, yet kept my mouth shut about these regular occurrences… Until one day I didn't.
After a slew of cat calls aimed in my direction I did the unthinkable. I flipped a middle finger at an entire group of inappropriate, mostly middle aged men. My boss, who happened to see my harassment regularly and turn the other cheek, seen my display of defiance out his office window, and pulled me in for a 'meeting'. I'll never forget our conversation. My boss proceeded to tell me that flipping people off was considered sexual harassment. Needless to say, I cut him off immediately.
I informed my boss that I was well aware of exactly what is or is not considered sexual harassment. I also brought to his attention exactly what parts of the company policy I had indeed familiarized myself with, as well as my legal rights to pursue action against not only him but the company as a whole. I had dates of particular meetings he'd attended and personally witnessed my harassment, as well as other discriminating comments and did nothing. I also had the names of a few kind gentleman that had acted as translators for me, and had been encouraging me to take action for some time, so I was willing to bet they'd take my side if need be. I told him that by pulling me in and singling me out, I felt threatened and would not stand for being backed against a wall. Especially after all the times I had kept my mouth shut.
All in all, our little 'meeting' landed me with a promotion, a substantial pay raise, and a one week paid vacation, while the rest of the crew spent that time in mandatory workplace conduct meetings. One day in particular dedicated solely to sexual harassment.
This was over ten years ago, and looking back I wouldn't change a thing.


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Three guesses where the kids are. Not to mention the adults.
Emily, Nicholas and Allison were having a blast on the water trampoline.
Heading out for this morning's marathon swim, we had plenty of boats on hand as well. Canoes, kayaks, rowboats and motor boats all joined in.
After all, if you're not actually IN the water, in weather like this, the next best thing is to be ON TOP of it!


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Right now the hardest question for me to answer is "what do you do." Because daily it changes.
I am more than a model and that means a lot to me, being just one thing and being defined by it is not my happiness.
My think a lot about keeping my happiness, what is happiness to me, and how I can maintain a state of "feeling mostly happy."
We don't expect things to go wrong in life, sometimes our goals can take longer to achieve that we want, and we don't expect or want the bad days, or those dry tough moments of distress, but something that will keep you sane through it, is finding peace within your self, liking yourself, and knowing you are more than that one or two things that might take up a huge part of your days.
When you ask someone, "what do you do," I find the answer to be just about their work, it is liek the "do" part of that question limits the answer to only be about what they do to make money and not enough about who they are as people or what excites them about life. The "do" is about the thing that gives them a title not defines them. I find this really doesn't explain who a person is, and it doesn't let someone get to know them at all. I think a better thing to ask if "what do you do on the weekends, or what do you like besides your work, etc."
I also think people get obsessed over their title, and can lose themselves and their worth.
These are some thoughts that go through my head:
People, especially women do not like themselves enough. To be honest I am not cocky or a bitch but I like myself, I feel lucky I am petite, I like my size (it's just the industry I work in as a model doesn't sometimes.)but I really like who I am. I notice the things that I do like. I take notice to things I know, and I like to inspire people. It is so easy to just try to like something about your self, just something, it could be any part about you, a physical part, but more, I part that makes you feel unique, and different, not the same because I feel our society and my generation is obsessed with having something more trendy, newer, prettier, and better, and it is really bullshit. If you can not mention some things you like about your self you need to work on loving you. Loving you, liking yourself makes you a happier person all around, your mood, the way you handle your goals and life, it is very important.
I make my life many things, not just one thing, I hate routines and I hate the grind, so I mix up my life by not just doing the same thing on the weekends, and not just by having the same atmosphere all the time. Especially since I do alot of pr, writing, and researching I can't handle sitting for long periods of time in the same place. Which is also why an office job isn't for me.
I try to have a backup plan all the time, and comfort the fact that in life even the contracts are not a promise, and also I do not only look on the bright side but I think a lot of the what if's, before I do something, plan something or invest time in something. This doesn't mean I don't do it, I just go into it realistic that if this doesn't work out or happen as fast as I hope, I will be ok.
I let the day go with a book, I have a moment in my day where I seperate me from everything else, and get absorbed in someone elses story. I read biographies, and I think people complain too much about their life without seeing the beauty in just being able to live and enjoy the new day, so I just have a moment at the end of the day that is mine, I read in bed and I go to sleep without only thinking about me, me, me,me, which can keep me up all night if I do.
I also sleep next to a notepad and a pen, it helps if I am stressed to write everything down, get it out of my mind, before I go to sleep.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
more than a model and liking who you are.
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When learning Chinese you will inevitably run into the problem with Chinese names. Which name comes first ? Or even more complicated : "Is this the last or first name ?". This article is supposed to help out with some confusions and hopefully make it a lot easier for you.
Family Comes First
Chinese names are written in a reverse order, which means the personal name comes second. This order shows the traditional importance towards ones family clan, the individual is not as important as the family from which he comes from. However Chinese people who have names with two syllables are never refered with just one syllable. If the family name is "Gong Li", it is referred as "Gong Li". Most of the Chinese names however have just one syllable. (Chai, 2014)
Chinese people abroad would write their surname with capital letters to help western people to tell the surname apart from the personal name e.g. WANG Wei.
Preserving The Family Line
Chinese women contrary to the west do not take their husbands surnames but keep their maiden names their whole life. Children generally take surnames of their fathers. Under special circumstances e.g. the family line of a woman would die out if one child would not take the mothers name, some families would use maternal surname. This is more likely to occur if the family has more than one child (families before the launch of the One Child Policy). (Chai, 2014)


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One of the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis is that our financial institutions need more risk-bearing capital to absorb financial losses without putting depositors or taxpayers at risk. Another important lesson is that banks need to hold more high-quality liquid assets, as even our healthiest institutions were at risk of failing due to insufficient holdings of cash and cashlike assets when external funding sources were constrained.
Congress, the Group of 20 major economies, the Basel Committee, the Financial Stability Board and financial regulators, domestic and international, have in recent years called for and passed various measures to strengthen capital and liquidity for the safety and soundness of our banking institutions. Banks are currently holding record amounts of liquidity, partly due to historically favorable terms resulting from the policies enacted after the financial crisis. But this situation may not last as markets conditions return to historical norms.
Our banking regulators should be commended for moving closer to final rules on the supplemental capital requirements for our largest and most complex banks. However, proposals for a supplemental leverage ratio from the U.S. regulators and the Basel Committee would treat cash, and the safest cashlike assets, like any other risky asset. This may actually discourage banks from keeping their current high levels of liquidity when pressed to boost their leverage ratios. Furthermore, forcing banks to allocate higher amounts of capital against holdings of cash and cashlike assets makes it costlier for them to hold the very same assets that would make them safer and more resilient in future crises.
True, holding cash and cashlike assets carries costs, and is not entirely risk-free. There is some counterparty risk, for example, since a bank must deposit cash with another bank or hold a government bond in a custodial account. There's also the risk of losing money on these investments if funding costs exceed yields.
The mere thought of a U.S. government default is deeply troubling, but assuming with confidence that a resolution will be found and the debt ceiling will not be breached, the ordinary risks of cash and cashlike assets are manageable. Banks have mitigated the counterparty risks with concentration limits, maturity limits, and sometimes collateral. And well-capitalized banks with abundant liquidity are rightly viewed as safer options by investors and creditors, and this translates to lower funding costs that dilute the risk of negative carry.
Regulators are also committed to adopting a liquidity coverage ratio rule as per the Basel Accords, which would force banks to hold a minimum amount of liquidity to cover obligations during stressed market conditions for as long as 30 days. The LCR would certainly be a step in the right direction.
However, consistent with the Basel Committee's views, the LCR is only meant to serve as a strict minimum. Furthermore, as was proven during recent financial crises, such requirements may fall short of actual needs during even a mild financial crisis, and may not be sufficient to avoid future government intervention. Financial regulators should, therefore, look beyond regulatory minimums, and consider other measures, to encourage banks to maintain abundant levels of liquidity even as they face higher capital requirements. This could be done by enhancing the proposed rule or through a separate measure.
Congressman Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., is a senior member of the House Committee on Financial Services and is the ranking member on the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.


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