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Virtually every industry – large or small – hosts an awards program. Awards are a great way to generate publicity for those who sponsor and receive them. After all, what's not to like about recognition? Awards make us proud of ourselves or our company, serve as a reward for outstanding achievement and offer us an opportunity to celebrate our accomplishments. Some awards programs are glamorous, black tie affairs. The Golden Globes, the Oscars, the Tony Awards, and the Emmys are among a few examples that air on network television. Many of us eagerly gather with family or friends to watch these star studded affairs. Most of us don't know all of the details that go into producing an awards program. Take something as simple as the "red carpet". Guests pose for the press as they arrive. So the event needs a backdrop at the entrance with its name, sponsor logos, etc. Ideally, the backdrop needs to be set-up quickly, provide a smooth graphic finish for the cameras and be easily taken down afterward. For these reasons among others, the Kennedy Center chose Nomadic Instand® pop up displays to form a 20' backwall for the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors event. This year's honorees included singer-songwriter Carole King, filmmaker George Lucas, actress and singer Rita Moreno, conductor Seiji Ozawa, and actress and Broadway star Cicely Tyson. Other awards programs are all about peer recognition. For instance, the In-House Agency Forum (IHAF) honors creative excellence in print and digital media produced by in-house staff. Their awards event draws members for an evening of cocktails and hors d'oeurves, the chance to view creative work by contemporaries and maybe come away with a trophy. Winners are scored by a panel of judges and selected to receive Gold, Silver and Honorable Mention awards. Every program has its own challenges, some of which may be similar to those of the annual IHAF Awards. There was no storage available on-site. Dozens of entries had to be put on display for viewing in print and on screen. There was just one day for installation and everything had to be dismantled the same evening after the event. Zap Creative helped the IHAF put on an awesome awards show. Zap rented their Nomadic modular wall system to mount all of the print entries. The system is fast to set-up and take down. Frames ship pre-assembled and connect without tools. Connectors pre-installed within each frame draw them together side-by-side. Presto, you're ready to show. Award shows are events that are fun for attendees. But the people behind-the-scenes that make it all look so effortless are the real heroes that deserve a round of applause, or a toast or maybe even a trophy.
Gwen Parsons is the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Nomadic Display. She is a regular contributor to the Nomadic Display Blog and can be found at Google + and LinkedIn.
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Whether we attend to learn or share new ideas, conferences offer us opportunities for face-to-face interaction with stakeholders. According to MPl's quarterly publication, Outlook, meetings are thriving and their research indicates that corporations and associations are key contributors to recent growth. We wrote about the Bank of China last month. Here are a few more examples. Seventh-day Adventist General Conference At this conference, delegates from around the world convene to vote on officers and changes to the Seventh-day Adventist Church's constitution. Attendees gather together in fellowship, meet with ministry leaders and focus on how best to accomplish the mission of the Church. Attendees have 100,000sq ft of tools, publications and resources offered by the Church and community members made available to them during the conference. Adler Display used Nomadic Instand® pop up displays connected together in a double serpentine configuration that served as a pavilion for various vendors.
Linedata Exchange Linedata is a global solutions provider that serves the investment management, insurance and credit communities in 50 countries. Linedata Exchange, is a series of events designed to provide clients with industry insights. Linedata's one day programs combine expert commentary with panel discussions and peer-to-peer networking.
Set-up for the conference had to be completed the morning prior to opening of the conference at 8:30am. In addition everything had to be dismantled by 9:00pm that evening. Adimage-adexpo proposed unique presentation backdrops using Nomadic Instand® pop up displays, DesignLine monitor stands, and SignLine banner stands. The design concept provided for professional quality stages and swift installation. It was also a smart investment for Linedata since the displays can be used separately to equip their sales force after the conference, The CEO Forum Jointly hosted by Deloitte and Enterprise Ireland, this symposium is regarded as one of Ireland's principal business conferences. The invitation only event attracts up to 400 political leaders and chief executives. Held annually in Dublin Castle, the Forum has been a platform for collaborative thinking, knowledge sharing and debate.
Conference organizers use graphic signage to welcome attendees when they arrive at a facility or to direct them to the appropriate session. Kiosks and banner stands are more than up to the task.
To see more examples of face-to-face marketing, visit our client gallery.
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Case Studies | Event Marketing | Trade Shows
Attract new sales opportunities. It's a simple, yet challenging business objective. Every business needs customers to thrive, but the challenge is in choosing the most effective and cost efficient methods to reach prospects. Portable exhibits can help you meet your business goals because they outshine many other forms of marketing communication.
Delivering the right message to the right audience is key. Promote your company and its products in a way that won't be missed by your audience. A portable display cannot be postponed, deleted, or tossed in the trash. Like a billboard, people will come face-to-face with your life sized message, wherever you set it up. Portable displays are a great solution for sales and marketing personnel to take anywhere on the road. High quality graphics deliver a professional impression and ensure that your brand is consistently expressed across all markets. Graphic flexibility enables you to change out messages to target different audiences. Portable displays are designed for frequent travel and re-use. Be sure to see a demonstration of how your display sets-up.
Portable exhibits come in a variety of sizes, shapes and styles. Affordably priced, they also save you money on storage and transportation as well as drayage and labor when used in an exhibition hall.
Additional benefits of portable displays include:
Not all portable exhibits are created equal. To make the best choice for your company, be sure to ask your exhibit provider:
Nomadic Display offers a full line of portable displays for sales meetings, trade shows, community events, recruiting fairs, lobbies and more. Browse our searchable database of portable and modular pop ups, tension fabric and customized display solutions.
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Snapfish, is the number one online photo service, with more than 90 million members in over 12 countries with 2 billion photos. They chose The Baby Show for their first venture into the world of events and trade shows because young mums are one of their key target segments. Snapfish needed strong branding on the stand, an efficient way to display Snapfish photo gifts and prints and plenty of space for visitors. They wanted to share the importance of preserving memories and show mums how creative they can get with Snapfish photo books, personalised gifts, cards, calendars and wall art.
With their short brief, Snapfish approached Nomadic Display and a few other agencies to acquire a pop-up display for the show. Nomadic went to work and came up with a brilliant concept which encompassed all of their requirements. Snapfish was thrilled when they saw how well the initial exhibit design satisfied their needs. Nomadic offered a few options to help Snapfish understand their opportunities to improve the look and functionality of the stand and still keep the costs down. Nomadic combined two Instand pop ups into a spacious corner stand with clean lines, brilliant graphics, internal shelves, and merchandise and literature displays. Snapfish chose to set up the display on their own and since this was their first event, Nomadic conducted a training session for them so they would feel confident about installing it. Plus, Nomadic's project management team ensured that no deadline was missed and the booth was ready well in advance of The Baby Show. All in all, Snapfish felt Nomadic went above and beyond.
Everything was delivered in neatly packed cases so the equipment was well protected and didn't require much space. The display was ready in no time. Snapfish is truly impressed at how it easy their Instand pop-up is to use, the stability of the Instand system and how well everything fit together.
The impact that the innovative stand design achieved was phenomenal. The branding was visible from all sides and the well-lit stand with bright colors attracted the attention of many visitors at The Baby Show. Snapfish was able to showcase their range of fantastic gifts, engage with visitors who could feel their product's quality, view them online and share their opinions. Snapfish was able to post photos of the event on their Facebook page, too!As an added bonus Snapfish has the flexibility to rearrange the booth or break it down for use in different spaces at future events.
"We would be happy to recommend Nomadic Display to all our partners because we trust them to deliver. Now we cannot wait for the next event on the Snapfish calendar as we know that we are ready!"
Jerome Petit, General Manager of Snapfish EMEA
Greg Baines, Country Manager of Snapfish UK&I
Slavina Velinova, Performance Marketing Manager for UK&I
Tags: Pop-up Displays, Exhibit Design
Trade shows and television programs have a lot in common. Think about it. They both require advance planning and preparation, even rehearsals. Both depend on audio and visual communication to connect with their audience. Both involve face-to-face interaction. And both use Nomadic displays to stage their program!Most recently producers at Intereconomía TV called on Nomadic Display Espana to design and build the tv set design for their program, Noche de Boxeo, or Boxing Night. Noche de Boxeo was created to offer the best live boxing broadcasts. For a first class program producers envisioned a striking tv studio set design for commentators that would portray a premium quality experience for tv viewers. In addition, the show is scheduled between two other live broadcasts in the same tv studio set so it had to be installed quickly. Nomadic built ten foot tall Instand pop up frames and covered them with colossal photo graphics of boxing images. Frames were arranged in an L shaped wall to allow television cameras to shoot the hosts and panel from two open sides. Not only was the set-up remarkably fast, but it was also far more cost effective than standard television sets.The program captured the channels' top slot for audience viewership and is a big hit in Spain racking up over 7,000 likes on Facebook. Professional boxers were among the commentators on the debut program including Javier Castillejo, considered to be the best Spanish boxer in history. Beatriz Pino, who is the host of the program is the first woman in Spain to direct a boxing program. Recent broadcasts included matches from Chicago and Atlantic City.
This wasn't Nomadic's first television rodeo. We've designed tv studio sets for NFL and Fox Network sportscasts. Often transported from stadium to stadium, their set designs needed to be easy to assemble and durable. So Nomadic created custom back drops with network brand graphics printed on durable tension fabrics that look great and stand up to rigorous use.Sports television sets like these join other tv set designs Nomadic has produced for entertainment television broadcasts. They include American Idol, America's Got Talent, Britain's Got Talent, and X Factor as well as cable tv talk show set designs.
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Corporate Appearances, Speaking Engagements, Autograph Signings, Endorsements, VIP Meet & Greets, Store Grand Openings
Adriano de Souza Booking Agent Contact Details
Contact AthleteSpeakers today at 800-916-6008 to book Adriano de Souza for a guest appearance, motivational keynote speech, grand opening, autograph signing, product announcement, employee gathering, or for an exclusive meet and greet. The booking agents at AthleteSpeakers work on your behalf to get you the best price for your desired sports celebrity.
AthleteSpeakers has built very close direct relationships over the years with top athletes, agents, publicists and managers. We specialize in assisting small, medium, and large companies as well as event planners with booking athletes like Adriano de Souza for speaking engagements and appearances at trade shows, golf outings, casinos, conferences, conventions, and corporate events. For years, companies have turned to AthleteSpeakers to get Adriano de Souza's booking fee, appearance cost, and booking agent contact information.
Adriano De Souza is a professional surfer who currently competes on the Association of Surfing Professionals Men's Tour. Since turning pro Adriano has earned a list of accomplishments in the surfing world including winning multiple events around the world and being ranked to a career high #5 on the ASP World Tour. Adriano has won multiple events around the world including wins in Spain, Brazil and Portugal.
To inquire about Adriano de Souza's availability and speaking fee, contact the agents at Athlete Speakers. Let our team of booking agents make a Adriano de Souza appearance at your next event a reality.
Disclaimer: AthleteSpeakers assists companies seeking to hire talent like Adriano de Souza for speaking engagements, appearances, product endorsements, and business sanctions. Our speakers bureau does not claim to exclusively represent Adriano de Souza. Our booking agency can help with finding an athlete or sports celebrity that aligns with your upcoming events date, location, and budget. When an organization request booking details for a celebrity like Adriano de Souza, we work closely with the client to make sure the proposed dates does not interfere with the requested athletes schedule. We then confirm the sports celebrity fee based on the details of the request. The fees listed on the speaker profile are rough estimates based on the previous market rate for the talent. Our team then works with Adriano de Souza's agent, manager or assistant on the booking request. For parties interested in hiring Adriano de Souza, we recommend filling out the booking request form so our booking agents can help with making your next event a success.

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Viewing Maps in the Trimble Outdoors App
You can view five different map types in Trimble Outdoors: topo maps, aerial-satellite images, hybrid maps, street maps, and terrain maps. Each map type offers a unique perspective of the Earth and you might find it valuable to switch between map types to understand the area you want to explore better.
Here's how to view maps:
• From Main Menu, select the Map icon. Pinch your fingers to zoom in and out on the Map screen. Swipe up, down, left, or right to move the map to a different area. Tip: Use the search field to quickly find a location.
• To switch map types, press the Layers button. Hit Map Types to change the basemap.
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Tunable magnetism in metal adsorbed fluorinated nanoporous graphene
Developing nanostructures with tunable magnetic states is crucial for designing novel data storage and quantum information devices. Using density functional theory, we study the thermodynamic stability and magnetic properties of tungsten adsorbed tri-vacancy fluorinated (TVF) graphene. We demonstrate a strong structure-property relationship and its response to external stimuli via defect engineering in graphene-based materials. Complex interplay between defect states and the chemisorbed atom results in a large magnetic moment of 7 μ B along with high in-plane magneto-crystalline anisotropy energy (MAE) of 17 meV. Under the influence of electric field, spin crossover effect accompanied by a change in the MAE is observed. The ascribed change in spin-configuration is caused by the modification of exchange coupling between defect states and a change in the occupation of d-orbitals of the metal complex. In conclusion, our predictions open a promising way towards controlling the magnetic properties in graphene based spintronic and non-volatile memory devices.
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- Boise State Univ., ID (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan (China)
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- Scientific Reports
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- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
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- Nature Publishing Group
- Research Org:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Electronic structure; Magnetic properties and materials; Two-dimensional materials
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April 9, 2009
PORTLAND, Ore. - Juniors Nate Garcia and Jon Karcich led the Santa Clara baseball team to a 6-4 victory at Portland Thursday afternoon. The win was the Broncos first in league play and snapped a 10-game losing streak. SCU is now 11-17 on the season and 1-6 in WCC action.
RHP Garcia (5-3) tossed his second complete game of the season, giving up four runs on nine hits and striking out eight along the way. The loss went to Mark Triolo (3-5). He went 1.2 innings and gave up two of the Broncos six runs.
At the plate, shortstop Karcich went 2-for-4 with three runs. He hit his first home run of the season to start things of for the Broncos. For the Pilots, Bryant Kraus went 3-for-4 with one runs and one RBI. Santa Clara out-hit Portland 11-9, while the Pilots committed two errors.
The Broncos dominated in the first three innings as they climbed to a 4-0 lead. In the first inning, with two outs on the board, Karcich homered to left field to get SCU on the scoreboard. It was his 17th career home run. In the second inning Juan Parra plated Andrew Biancardi to increase the Broncos' lead to 2-0. Biancardi was dealt a lead-off walk and advanced on a sacrifice bunt from David Abraham. With a Kevin Madden ground out, Biancardi reached third with two outs on the board. Parra then singled to center field to bring home the freshman DH.
Karcich scored run No. 2 of the game in the third inning as Fuerst singled to right field. For the second straight inning, the leadoff man was walked. The second run of the inning came as Biancardi had a base hit. His at bat drove in Geoff Klein, who doubled to get on base. The Broncos attempted to bring home Fuerst and Biancardi, but Pilot pitcher Matt Lange struck out two to end the inning. SCU led 4-0.
Portland broke through its stalemate in the fourth inning as the Pilots scored two runs to cut the lead in half. Santa Clara was held scoreless for four straight innings before widening the gap with a single run in the eighth inning.
With one out on the board, Madden reached on a throwing error by Pilot shortstop Kris Kauppila. The senior then swiped second and scored on a Long single up the middle. The Broncos lead 5-2.
However, the Pilots were not ready to back down and scored two runs in the home half of the eighth to make it a one-run game, 5-4.
Yet, the Broncos remained in control and made it a two-run game in the top of the ninth. Karcich registered his final run of the game after singling to get on base and stealing second. He advanced to third on a Klein groundout and scored on a sacrifice bunt from Fuerst.
Although he walked one, Garcia and the Broncos defense secured the win in the bottom of the ninth. Ryan Henricks grounded out to Garcia and Garrett Queen popped up to Abraham for the first two outs. Rocky Gale then struck out swinging to bring the game to a close.
The series with the Pilots will conclude with a doubleheader on Saturday, Apr. 11 beginning at 9 a.m.


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These handy pneumatic couplers embed directly into a plastic part to make it accept 4mm OD PTFE Tubing. They should be inserted into a 12mm diameter hole, that is atleast 7mm deep. They are suited for 1.75mm filament only.
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When a guy has skinny legs.
Girl #1: "Your boyfriend has chicken legs…"
Girl #2: "So what? Who cares?! I love him!!"
The above appears in the Urban Dictionary under "chicken legs". The internet doesn't lie, so if you're sporting toothpicks, you better make sure you have an awesome personality. For those of us who don't have etiquette that could land us a spot as a non-paid extra in Downtown Abey, we've gathered tips so good, you'll think you've received the Xzibit treatment.
"Squat daily; I have discussed for as long as I have been coaching ('dawn of man') but where many err is not varying styles of squats, tempo and starting position. I will rotate through no less than a dozen different squat styles (to name a few: Jefferson Squat, Front Squat, Overhead Squat, Barbell Squat, Bulgarian Squat, Plié Squat, Sissy Squats), stances, tempo and starting positions within any given month. This will ensure adaptation to exercise is minimal and further assists with enhancing general recovery and mobility. Pay attention to the details; paint the broad image of athletic development with a fine brush." – John Davies | Founder of Renegade Training
"Start your leg workout with a hamstring movement. Prioritizing your hamstrings will not only allow you to go heavier on the movement which the hamstrings respond to better, but will also help activate your glutes and hamstrings for squats and other leg movements. Not to mention, your knees will thank you as well." – Mike Rea | Competition Bodybuilder
"Try a 2min leg press: Set a timer, watch the clock, or have your training partner count. Whatever you do, don't stop leg pressing for 2 min straight. The constant tension will bring on an insane pump for growth. Pick a light weight and get a full range of motion. Also, work in heavy reverse dumbbell lunges for some serious size." – Victor Egonu| Pro Natural Bodybuilder
"I take a very old school type of approach when it comes to my leg day. Monday is my heavy day which consists of leg extensions first, so my knees and quad muscles get nice and warm. From there I go directly into squats! Squats are the staple in my leg training and I always go as heavy as I can! Once I hit my 1-2 rep max, I pyramid back down with volume work pumping as much blood into the muscle. From that, I follow up with hack squats, front squats and adductors. Keep in mind, rep range for those exercises are heavy but you should keep a 10-12 rep range. That has helped me tremendously with leg growth!" – Anthony Thomas | NPC Bodybuilder
"One of the most consistent ways to develop your squat is to work into developing appropriate depth and engagement. Utilizing the box squat is a great way to do just that… Utilizing a lower than parallel box and moderate weight, set up your squat stance around your point of contact more preferably with some of the box corner between your legs to avoid missing your target. Upon start, hinge at the hips and begin your squat reaching back into the box avoiding too much forward knee travel and abducting the femur at the hip for appropriate glute activation. A slow decent is smart to avoid violent contact at the tailbone. Once contact is made, the squatter settles into the box, disengaging the legs and sitting upright with the torso. From this point, the squat is then begun again with a hard drive upward, avoiding again the forward travel of the knees by engaging the glute and ham and driving upwards to the locked/braced position." – Rob Saeva | Founder of No Coast Strength and Conditioning
Share this if you have a friend with chicken legs, and feel free to ask us or any of our athletes any questions you may have!
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Laminated/Encapsulated: The flat encapsulated version of this wall map will allow you to write on your map with a felt marker, and wipe it clean afterwards. Our encapsulated maps are identical to the paper versions, but are finished in a thick, high quality gloss plastic on both sides, with a small clear border all around the edges. This process makes your valuable paper map more versatile, better looking and much more durable. This short 1 minute video will show you, click here to view
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The vagaries of the Papers Past digitisation process makes the task more enjoyable when the text is transcribed inaccurately. Here are a few examples which have relieved some grimmer moments during my investigating.
In June 1900 Thames ratepayers would have been indignant to learn of Grants for County Beads. Council workers decked out in jewelry at their expense it was not though - it should have read Grants for County Roads.
In August 1900 education may have sounded under threat if you were Tom, Dick, Harry - or any other name for that matter - with the announcement of the Coromandel School of Mikes. Fortunately it was the Coromandel School of Mines so no aspiring mining engineer suffered through having the wrong handle.
Paeroa appeared to be lovesick in October 1900 with the headline Paeroa Dotes, but in reality it was the more mundane Paeroa Notes.
September of 1905 saw news of The Snaremarket which was an amusingly apt but faulty translation of The Sharemarket .
The meaning of The undalanced drain in October 1915 was anybody's guess. The off-kilter digitization actually referred to The unbalanced drain, still a strange heading in it's original text.
A colourless way to die reported by the Nelson Evening Mail in March 1892 was A supposed case of browning. Perhaps drowning would have been preferable.
Possible earthquakes in Coromandel were reported in March 1906 with Coromandel Joltings but the upheavals were just a computer misinterpretation of Coromandel Jottings.
The Ohinemuri Gazette in August 1906 appeared to put a sexy spin on sport, announcing the game of Hotkey, throwing a curve ball at the far less exciting game of Hockey.
For local pupils in December 1895 the year's end seemed to be all a bit too much with news from Thames Sigh School.
In October 1912 spendthrift residents dreading bills in the post would have viewed with alarm the Wail Notices, a mis-transcription of the more benign Mail Notices.
There was evidently danger at sea with a July 1902 report of Trawling in the gulp. This hard-to-swallow fishing story actually read Trawling in the Gulf.
The Manawatu Standard, in August 1902 promised more - but their Further Particulars ornately translated as Farther Particuarly.
The Evening Post reported the bizarre demise of an unfortunate person who was Bun over by a lorry in March 1935, leaving them not sure to rise again.
Distasteful news was delivered in October 1885 by The NZ Herald and Daily Southern Gross, after the merging of the Herald and the Daily Southern Cross.
And my personal favourite from May 1884 - Home Eule Foe Ohinemuri and Justice Foe hee peoplet - a hilarious digital transcription of Home Rule For Ohinemuri and Justice For her people.
Back to the inquest reports and headstones for me - another Dead Cert coming soon!
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A teen was killed and two men wounded in an overnight shooting in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.
About 12:40 a.m., the victims were on the street in the 5300 block of West Chicago Avenue when a gunman approached and opened fire, striking the teen in his neck and chest, police said.
He was dead on the scene and identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office as Damier Love, 16, of the 4800 block of West Hubbard Street.


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Millions of years have passed since the times of legends, when the worlds of man and gods were still the same. In these times it was the desires of man that moved the world. It is the era of the 500 year war: The warring states peroid. Kingdom is the story of a young boy named Xin who grew into a great general and all the trials and bloodshed that lead him there.
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Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by giants. Giants are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of giants.Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a giant in over 100 years. Teenage boy Elen and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a super giant that appears out of thin air. As the smaller giants flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Elen vows that he will murder every single giant and take revenge for all of mankind.Nominated for the 4th Manga Taisho Awards (2011).
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The story of a slave, called Zion, set in a Middle Eastern setting, who is training to be a great necromancer, to be able to fight on even ground with Knights, to have his long awaited revenge as a chosen child(1 of 4) of Kronos...he became a slave on his own accord to achieve his Goal... Now... what god have chosen for his fate ?...or. Was it Devil ?
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From: Easy Going Scans The Great Shang dynasty has been in power for many years but the Gods' find fault with the new emperor. Instead of submit to their will at the expense of his people, the Emperor resolves to throw off the Gods' yolk and free humanity. However, not only the Gods but a rival, the young Zhou who submits to the Gods' will for his own purposes will face him! The fate of the dynasty, nay, the fate of all humanity will be determined by this great battle between the forces of Heaven and Earth!
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Shinmen Takezo is destined to become the legendary sword-saint, Miyamoto Musashi--perhaps the most renowned samurai of all time. For now, Takezo is a cold-hearted kiler, who will take on anyone in mortal combat to make a name for himself. This is the journey of a wild young brute who strives to reach enlightenment by way of the sword--fighting on the edge of death.
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Red River is about a fifteen-year old Japanese girl named Yuri Suzuki, who is magically transported to Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire in Anatolia. She was summoned by Queen Nakia who means to use Yuri as a human sacrifice. Yuri\'s blood is the key element needed in placing a curse upon the princes of the land so that they will perish, leaving Nakia\'s son as the sole heir to the throne. - from wikipedia
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The samurai didn't stand a chance. First, the aliens invaded Japan. Next, they took all the jobs. And then they confiscated everyone's swords. So what does a hotheaded former samurai like Sakata "Gin" Gintoki do to make ends meet? Take any odd job that comes his way, even if it means losing his dignity.
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Set in Northern Europe at the start of the 11th century, the story is about a Viking.
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From DragonVoice: This is naturally a shounen manga and deals with the orphaned boy Hyouta who's in a group of traveling entertainers and one day he encounters a fine noble woman named Tokiwa who requests the group to perform at her home. But her intentions are not what they seem to be... Read the rest for yourself ^^ The first chapter will probably remind you guys of the story of "The Prince and the Pauper".
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Akuma, monsters born from dead souls mistakenly recalled by their loved ones to the living world, are the weapons of the Millenium Earl, who is intent on the destruction of the world. Allen Walker has been cursed with an anti-Akuma weapon as his left arm and an eye that sees the former soul of the Akuma since his youth. He is also one of the few who contain "Innocence", a substance that allows him to kill Akuma and fight the Earl. With these powers, he joins the Black Priest Organization as an Exorcist and sets out with other Exorcists to stop the Earl's attempts to annihilate the human race.
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Lin is just an ordinary high school student. But on the day she transfers to a new school, she gets a video game, which sends her to the world of King Arthur. There, she meets a mysterious wizard, who tells her that her mission is to find and gather the Knights of the Round Table.
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From VIZ: Becoming a ninja is just a childhood dream for sixteen-year-old Recca, until a fateful encounter reveals he has inherited ninja powers, including the ability to wield fire! As Recca learns to master the ancient ways of his ancestors, he is drawn to protect a mysterious girl named Yanagi...
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At the dawn of the 17th century, at the end of the era of civil wars, in a world of chaos, the epic Battle of Sekigahara was joined. One man emerged from the largest battle ever fought on Japanese soil; a terrible warrior of unspeakable power, he was nicknamed 'the unconquerable.'Kyoshiro is a peaceful medicine peddler who harbors the soul of an assassin. He accompanies a young bounty hunter across Japan in search of a murderer and on a quest to discover the terrible secret of his own identity.
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TIP: International packages must be physically handed to your shipper even if you printed postage or labels at home.
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1997 Opel Astra GL 1.6 petrol
Very good
3 seat belts do not retract - ordered new ones at the dealer - haven't heard from him for 3 weeks.
AC compressor has been changed (under warranty) 4 times
Clutch slippage on acceleration at certain RPM has increased - dealer and Oplel service engineer say it is OK.
General Comments:
The car is great - interior looks, quality
The dealership is very poor
The manufacturer does not seem to have a quality program for the service technicians - have had arguments re why brake fluid must not fall on metal.
Performance with the 1.6 engine generates 76BHP, new engines 1.6 put out 92bhp.
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PEDIGREE is a resource of 100,000 people, 20,000 cancer families, 1,000,000 bio-specimens, data, researchers and community representatives established to conduct collaborative research on cancer.
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When you purchase a BlackBerry device, it's easy to consider the extra 20 or 30 dollars it would take to get a case an unneeded expense. However, after a few months of use it becomes obvious why you should have just gotten the case in the first place. A good case not only prevents your BlackBerry from acquiring a host of dings and scratches, keeping your BlackBerry looking like new for a long time, it also helps protect your device in case it suffers a significant drop, crack or even minor exposure to water.
No one case is going to be perfect for every BlackBerry device, and the type of case that you use will often depend on how you use your BlackBerry. If you are constantly dropping your BlackBerry or are constantly around water, you may want to check out cases that give more than just basic protection to your smartphone. If you need a case but also want to give your plain old BlackBerry a dash of style, you'll want to see what avant-garde cases are out there for RIM devices.
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You may not be able to purchase these older BlackBerrys from a cell phone store anymore, but if you pick one up from eBay or from a friend, you'll still need to protect it. The protective cases for old-school BlackBerry devices run the gambit from simple leather holsters to complete protection systems. If you want to keep your old BlackBerry looking like new, you'll need to check out some of these cases. Remember too that many BlackBerry's are similarly sized, so a case for a BlackBerry Curve 8330 will also fit the 8300 (and often even the 8530) fairly well.
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Modern BlackBerrys tend to have slightly sleeker lines and an overall greater visual appeal than older BlackBerrys. Of course, without a good case this visual appeal will be lost within months as wear and tear begin to take their toll on the delicate BlackBerry paint job. When you can't stand to have a BlackBerry that looks like it's been through a war zone, many of the cases listed in these articles can help you out. Just like with the older BlackBerrys, many of these cases will work on a wide variety of BlackBerry models, so be sure to check out the articles on devices other than your specific BlackBerry, just to be safe.
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Most cases will provide a small amount of protection to your smartphone and help the device look a little better in the process. If you know that your BlackBerry will be in conditions that a normal case just can't handle, you need to check out those cases made to withstand the worst that you could possible throw at your device. These cases will do everything, from help your BlackBerry survive a massive fall, to even survive under a small amount of water.
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For BlackBerry cases, protection is usually the name of the game. But why settle for a plain old grey case when you can add a little pizazz to your device while you protect it. These articles look at some of the most outlandish BlackBerry cases, as well as some of the most stylish ones. If you want your BlackBerry to be something you are proud to be seen with, these cases are for you.
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Carson, a marine biologist and conservationist, is best known for her book Silent Spring (1962), an expose on the environmental effects of pesticides. She is the author of five other books, including The Sea Around Us (1951), and the posthumously published The Sense of Wonder (1965).
Carson worked for the US Bureau of Fisheries, and the Fish and Wildlife Service, before retiring to write full-time.
This simple, post-WWII ranch house was designed by Carson in 1956, where she lived and wrote until her death in 1964. The Rachel Carson Council, now housed here, "promotes alternative, environmentally benign pest management strategies to encourage healthier, sustainable living."
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The lockdowns went into effect shortly after 9:30 a.m. Thursday when four students reported that a woman pointed a rifle at them.
The situation did not happen inside a school. The students say they were behind a row house on the 4600 block of Ella Street.
Chief Inspector Cynthia Dorsey of the Philadelphia Police Department said there was some sort of incident involving the woman's dog, and the children may have been bothering the dog.
That's when, the students told police, the woman pointed the gun at them. The students went into the school and told administrators, who notified police.
However, when police went to the home where the situation allegedly took place, they found no one inside.
As police were standing down, the woman who lives in the house returned home. Later the woman's husband, speaking through family pastor Hector Delgado, said they don't own any guns. Police questioned his wife and cleared her.
"They investigated the situation and found it was not true. His wife, by the way, is a Jehovah's Witness and was out preaching this morning," Delgado said.
Neighbors were also skeptical on hearing the accusations.
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Gods, Demons, and Others by R. K. Narayan is a collection of 15 short stories adapted from India's history and mythology and presented in their traditional setting. R. K. Narayan (1906 - 2001) was one of three leading figures of early Indian literature in English and is credited with bringing Indian literature in English to the rest of the world. In this lesson, students are introduced to the anthology and will research and discuss the author R. K. Narayan.
1) Teacher Lecture: Introduce the students to the text and author. Gods, Demons, and Others is a collection of short stories adapted from India's history and mythology and presented in their traditional setting by Indian author R. K. Narayan. Narayan was born in Madras, British India.
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Chuck Sullivan school arts performance at Bethune Elementary School. Back row (left to right) Conner Tootle and Hazia Bethea. Front Row (left to right) Kerrington White, Lacey Banks, Casey Collins, Mr. Chuck Sullivan. They are students in Ms. Julie Pigg's Second Grade classroom.
FAC's School Arts Program Brings Poet Chuck Sullivan into the Schools
Celebrated Charlotte, NC poet Chuck Sullivan
taught poetry to students in grades 2 through 5 at Bethune
Elementary Schools in mid-February as part of the Fine Arts Center's (FAC) School
Arts Program. The program has facilitated 30 weeks of artist residencies this
school year, and is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which
receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support
for the School Arts Program is provided by a grant from the Camden Junior
Welfare League, the Frederick S. Upton Foundation, the School District of
Kershaw County, Target Corporation, local civic and service clubs, school
support groups, and contributions from individuals who value arts in the
Chuck Sullivan has been conducting residencies in North and South Carolina schools since 1976. He has published seven books of poetry. His last book, "Zen Matchbox," was published in 2008. His second book, "A Catechism of Hearts," won the 1980 best book of the year in South Carolina and his fifth book, "Looking for the Harmonies," was awarded the prize as Best Book of the Year in North Carolina in 1992. For the past 32 summers, he has taught poetry and philosophy at NC Governor's School East where he is currently the Poet-in-Residence and head of the English department. He has recently received the Sam Ragan Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Fine Arts in North Carolina and the Mary Frances Hobson Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Literature of the South presented by the Hobson Institute in San Francisco, CA.
Funding for the Bethune Elementary residency week was generously donated by The Bethune Lion's Club, The Bethune Woman's Club, Lynchwood Masonic Lodge, and The Bethune Garden Club. The teachers were very pleased with the success of the residency. "Mr. Sullivan helped my students expand their writing skills by stressing the importance of using descriptive words while writing and also helped teach my students about similes and metaphors," said Ms. Julie Pigg, second grade teacher at Bethune. "Mr. Sullivan is such an exciting and interesting man. He did a wonderful job teaching about the elements of poetry with vivid images and descriptions. He made writing poetry fun and interesting." said Mrs. Jana Vincent, third grade teacher at Bethune.


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• The final, 10th annual Alibi Short Film Fiesta is held at the Lobo Theater. Among the films screened: "Allison" by Jeff Drew, "Orange Barrels From the Phobosphere" by Brandon Scott Jensen and "Date 1.0" by Ryan Denmark. We also launch the popular Valentine's Day Card Contest. In July, a long-serving soldier and registered Republican tells the Alibi that "the Bush administration did exactly what al-Qaida wanted us to do. It's created a huge recruiting opportunity for our enemies, and we've alienated the whole world in the process."
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• The Bush administration's chief weapons inspector confirms that there aren't, and never were, any WMDs in Iraq.
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• J.J. Abrams' soon-
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The Chairman: I bid the Committee a good morning. I have read the Hansard of our previous sittingwith considerable interest, I must say. I am sure that it heralds excellent progress at our sittings today.
Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey): I beg to move amendment No. 50, in page 8, line 33, at end insert
I wish you, Mr. Winterton, and all colleagues here assembled a happy Mayday. It used to be an innocent day of pleasure, I understand, but politicians have clearly taken over too much.
The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Charles Clarke): In the light of the hon. Gentleman's practices on previous Committees on which we have served, will he tell us of the innocent pleasures on which he has spent his time on Mayday during the past 20 years or so?
The Chairman: Order. Before the hon. Gentleman replies, may I welcome the most charming Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department? I am sure that she will add considerably to our debate today.
Mr. Hughes: I join in your welcome to the Parliamentary Secretary, Mr. Wintertona Mayday bonus. The only thing I remember as being specifically a Mayday event was the rather establishment event at a universityof which I was not a memberof getting up early in the morning to walk to a bridge and listen to a choir singing on the top of a tower, which I gather still happens in some city up the A40 on Mayday mornings.
The amendment is simple. It concerns the licensing provisions of the Bill and would write a complaints procedure into subsection (2), formally registering that it should be a duty on the licensing authority to consider any complaints made to it by members of the public. At the equivalent stage in the House of Lords, my noble Friend Lord Thomas of Gresford raised the issue of the lack of a complaints procedure for the public against licensed or approved persons or companies. Similar amendments were moved on Third Reading.
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham): I am slightly uncertain about the scope of the amendment. Under its terms, would the licensee be entitled to know the identity of the complainant?
Mr. Hughes: That is a proper question, but the amendment does not itself answer it. A proper complaints procedure should allow a complaint to be made, for the person who made it to be known to the person complained againstthe licenseeand for the licensee to be able to rebut that claim before any decision is taken. I should certainly be unhappy with a procedure that did not allow disclosure of the information. I can envisage circumstances in which the authority might rule that it would be better that an individual was not known by name, but the nature of the evidence should certainly be known.
The clause deals with the modification or revocation of licences and licence conditions, and the criteria for making decisions about them. The amendment would add a complaints procedure as well. The Committee should consider briefly whether we want to include it in the Bill or whether we should be satisfied with assurances in the record of the debate. That was the response given by the Minister in the House of Lords, and it was perfectly reasonable in that context.
I understand that the Government's view is that there must be an established and effective complaints procedure. We believe that it would be better to include it in the Bill but not to include the detail about it. What goes in a Bill and what does not is one of those issues that we debate often. The Bill is not huge, and the clause is certainly not overly long. I ask the Minister and his Department to consider again whether the Bill should provide for a complaints procedure as well as for the licensing authority and the criteria for granting and modifying licences. People who read the Bill would easily understand, without having to look elsewhere, that there is a procedure for complaints. The provision could be added and the detail introduced later. I hope that I have been clear and relatively brief.
Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): I join in welcoming you back to the Chair for our proceedings this morning, Mr. Winterton, and welcome all members of the Committee.
If the hon. Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey (Mr. Hughes) presses his very sensible amendment to a vote, my hon. Friends and I will support him, because we think that it would be useful to include the provision in the Bill. It is not necessary for me to take up any more of the Committee's time.
Mr. Clarke: As the hon. Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey said, there is no serious point of substance between us on the issue. The Government agree that the effective discharge of the authority's duties to licence only fit and proper persons will inevitably mean that it will need to establish an effective complaints procedure. The authority will need to be able to listen to and, if necessary, investigate complaints that are made against anyone seeking a new licence or a licence renewal. It follows that the authority must also have that facility when considering whether to modify or revoke a licence. Indeed, complaints made by members of the public are likely to be a prime motivating factor for such revocation or modification procedures.
We have discussed on several occasions the authority's general duties to keep under review the industry, the operation of the licensing system and the legislation. It will need to keep its ear close to the ground to know exactly what is happening, and complaints will be an important contribution to the authority's discharge of those responsibilities.
For all the reasons that have been given by me and by the hon. Gentleman, the Government will build a complaints procedure into our planning for the establishment of the authority. However, for reasons that he himself has argued on numerous occasions, we do not believe that it is necessary to amend the legislation. It is better to have less legislation rather than more, and it is not necessary to add the power to the Bill. As he said, our debate parallels the debate in the other place, but I hope that the assurances that I have given will allow him to withdraw the amendment.
Mr. Hughes: I am grateful for the support of the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Mr. Hawkins) and for the Minister's general acceptance of my points.
I am conscious that there are not serried ranks of Opposition Members here, although they are being significantly and qualitatively supplemented as I speak. I was none the less minded, because this is important and I am trying to be selective about when votes are forced, to ask the Committee to divide on this matter. I am now fully persuaded by the arrival of the right hon. Member for Hitchin and Harpenden (Mr. Lilley), because I hope that he will support the amendment. As the Minister knows, I believe that where matters are alterable on a regular basis, they should not be on the face of the Bill. That is common sense. Here the statement that there ought to be a power to consider complaints would not need to be altered. That is a statement that would stand. It is only the procedure that would be subject to variation.
Question put, That the amendment be made:
The Committee divided: Ayes 4, Noes 11.
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Bercow, Mr. John
Hawkins, Mr. Nick
Hughes, Mr. Simon
Lilley, Mr. Peter
Clarke, Mr. Charles
George, Mr. Bruce
Hall, Mr. Mike
Kennedy, Jane
Miller, Mr. Andrew
Pickthall, Mr. Colin
Prentice, Bridget
Stewart, Mr. Ian
Thomas, Mr. Gareth R.
Turner, Mr. Neil
Winterton, Ms Rosie
Question accordingly negatived.
Bercow, Mr. John
Hawkins, Mr. Nick
Hughes, Mr. Simon
Lilley, Mr. Peter
Clarke, Mr. Charles
George, Mr. Bruce
Hall, Mr. Mike
Kennedy, Jane
Miller, Mr. Andrew
Pickthall, Mr. Colin
Prentice, Bridget
Stewart, Mr. Ian
Thomas, Mr. Gareth R.
Turner, Mr. Neil
Winterton, Ms Rosie
Mr. Hughes: I beg to move amendment No. 51, in page 8, line 36, at end insert
Again, I concede, this a matter that has been aired before. It is in the nature of a two-Chamber Parliament that matters aired in one place sometimes gain credibility and persuasiveness as they move to another. That also gives the Government the chance to think again. A disciplined system as outlined in the amendment is needed to ensure that those who supply wrong information and are caught later can be dealt with and have their licence revoked. I am sure that many people will test the system and try to get through it and then be found not to be who they claim to be or not to have disclosed previous convictions.
Things also come to light that call into question someone's fitness or propriety to do a job. We need a clear procedure and I should like to give a practical example from a parallel walk of life that may ring some bells with hon. Members. Coincidentally, a court hearing only last week at Tower Bridge magistrates court in my constituency concerned a market stall licence holder's appeal against the local authority's withdrawal of his licence. The authority meets in committee to deal with market traders' licences and it came to the view that he was not a fit and proper person to hold one.
The man came to my surgery as a local business person, and I agreed to look into the case. I saw the committee papers, and it was not a party political matter: members of both my party and the Labour party sat on the committee. In the end, I took the view that his case had sufficient merit to be supported. Previous allegations against him had resulted in court proceedings, but they were dismissed and he was found not guilty of the charges. The controversial aspect was whether those matters could be prayed in aid in the argument about whether he was a fit and proper person to hold a licence. A further issue was whether the conduct of his father, the previous trader, could be regarded as relevant.
My view was that those matters had been dealt with and settled. The trader was in danger of losing his livelihood as a result of matters that had arisen since the disposal of the allegations. Before the court proceedings, however, the committee had seen the chronology of his time as a market trader and all those matters listed in gory detail. My view is that the committee would have taken them into account. Its view would have been coloured, and its decision may well have been influenced. In any event, the local authority decided to withdraw the licence, but the magistrates court upheld the appeal.
The question is what makes a fit and proper person, and the answer is relatively subjective. Breaches of regulations here and there, which may not of themselves be serious, may be added to a view taken by the authority's officers. In this case, the comparable authority is the local council.
I tabled the amendment because a procedure is needed to regulate renewal, failure or refusal to renew, revocation or suspension. People need to know that procedure and the ground rules, and it is better to have something setting out the fact that such a procedure exists. The other reason is that there must be a procedure whereby anyone who thinks that there is cause for a licence to be revoked or suspended knows how to feed in that information. He or she may want to do that privately at the beginning by saying, ``Look, I'm very unhappy about this. I've no idea whether you've had other complaints, but if this conduct is not a one-off, I don't want this person to have a licence.'' For example, there may be allegations of racist or sexist behaviour, and minor incidents might be cumulatively important.
If Ministers give assurances only to the Committee, which is a perfectly proper way of responding to the amendment, what assurance can we have that the Security Industry Authority will, by its procedures and regulations, implement the will of Parliament and the expressed concern of both Houses? What is the procedure for hon. Members to see the secondary legislation, which may not be regulations, but in a lesser form, such as guidance or rules, when the SIA is set up and starts to get its act together.


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While Qualified Mortgage and Qualified Residential Mortgage Rules are designed to increase mortgage quality, investors must be cautious about privately issued securities in a post-GSE era where the underlying loans are subjected to a particular lender's underwriting and sourcing processes.
Private-label securitization exposed investors to both borrower credit risk by way of significant relaxation of underwriting standards and a more insidious lender process risk. It was only a matter of time that poor loan manufacturing processes ill-equipped to handle riskier loans would lead to heavy losses for investors. With momentum building in Congress for a dominant role for private issuers in mortgage secondary markets, controls must be designed into any new securitization process to mitigate excessive exposure to lender process deficiencies.
While a borrower's ability to pay, willingness to pay and equity stake (down payment) are critical indicators of the likelihood that a mortgage will default, how that loan is made also factors prominently into the outcome. During the years leading up to the mortgage crisis, private-label securities were created from pools of mortgages originated by individual lenders or their affiliates applying their underwriting guidelines. With the passage of time, lenders not only relaxed their underwriting standards, but also undertook efforts to "streamline" their originations processes in order to place themselves in a more competitive position on pricing and service to the market.
As a result, critical tools in assessing borrower and collateral quality became less effective in identifying risk while providing significant cost efficiencies. Appraisals performed by qualified appraisers independent from production incentives increasingly gave way to automated valuation models, drive-by rather than full appraisals and appraisers effectively captured by production units. Low documentation loans were actually underwriting concessions to a drive for efficiency, although policies that allowed salaried borrowers to state their incomes rather than provide a W-2 statement exemplified the era of loose underwriting.
Recently I conducted a statistical analysis of mortgage default, using actual loan-level data representative of industry prime originations from the years 2002-07. This analysis showed that, after controlling for borrower credit, ability-to-pay, down payment and a number of other loan, borrower, geographic and economic risk factors, loans originated by the 10 largest originators during the period were zero to five times more likely to default, depending on the originator. In other words, mortgage default is not simply a function of the borrower's risk profile. And in fact, a lender's process can severely distort the underwriting picture.
Take for example, a stated income loan where a borrower told the loan officer that they had an annual salary of $150,000 when in reality it was $100,000. The debt-to-income ratio, a key risk factor in the underwriting process in this case, was not informative of the borrower's risk. The result was the private-label securitization process exposed investors to massive loan manufacturing defect risk that could not be teased out of a poor external ratings process or from any cursory due diligence performed. Default risk was therefore amplified by poor underwriting processes.
To be sure, QM, strengthened regulatory oversight and, eventually, QRM will reduce such effects but cannot eliminate them entirely. Capping debt-to-income ratios at 43%, limiting loan-to-value ratios, requiring full documentation of income and assets and holding appraisers to industry standards of objectivity and performance mask deficient loan origination processes. It is relatively easy to originate high-quality mortgages even with poor processes and maintain low default experience on these loans. However, eventually, as the imprint of the pain from the crisis recedes years from now, there will once again be a call to relax underwriting standards in order to promote a more "robust" housing market and ensure broader access to credit markets.
As a result, investors should worry about how much lender process risk they carry in a security. One way to address this concern would be to pool loans across different originators in a way that diversifies lender process risk. Under either a utility or government corporation model, the securitization process could add such a step that creates balance across lenders in loan pools. And lender issuers would remain on the hook for credit losses experienced in the underlying pool from their loans. Moreover, such a process would still work under various risk-sharing arrangements, such as senior-subordination structures.
It is easy to blame much of the damage from the mortgage crisis on loose underwriting standards, and while it is certainly a major contributing factor, significant defects in the loan manufacturing process made things worse. Not unlike the Titanic's shipbuilder, Harland and Wolff, depending on poor metallurgical and riveting technology, mortgage lenders believed that they could also successfully manufacture a product using state-of-the-art techniques that created efficiencies while leading to an unsinkable technology. Little did both know that these processes would lead to a much different outcome.
The mortgage equivalent of lifeboat regulation, namely QM and QRM, does not insulate investors against future lapses in mortgage underwriting and origination controls. Strengthening the underlying loan manufacturing process and diversifying this risk in the secondary market remain critical to ensuring the integrity of the market for investors.
Clifford Rossi is the Professor-of-the-Practice at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.


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January 23, 2013 17:03 ET
PHOENIX, AZ--(Marketwire - Jan 23, 2013) - Mark-Taylor and Grossman Company Properties are currently under construction on a boutique apartment community near South Mountain that will offer residents something not seen before -- the ability to essentially live full time at a nationally acclaimed resort.
San Paseo will be a 138-unit rental community that is located inside the Arizona Grand Resort complex at Arizona Grand Parkway and Beverly Road. Residents here will be able to lease apartments on a long- or short-term basis similar to any other apartment community, but the difference will be in the incredible amenities offered to all residents through the Arizona Grand Resort.
Residents will receive full time access to the Arizona Grand Fitness Center at no charge, a 20 percent discount on the posted resort golf course green fees, a 10 percent discount on the resort guest rate for salon and spa services, and a 10 percent discount on the resort guest rate for restaurants. The apartment community itself will be built around its own lagoon-style pool and poolside cabana and will include a 24/7 fitness facility and cyber café featuring Mac and PC computers for personal use.
As attractive as that list of leisure activities might be, the most intriguing element of this community might be its phenomenal location. San Paseo will have the benefit of a location adjacent to the I-10 freeway and within a short distance of two of the Valley's largest employment centers in downtown Phoenix and the I-10 technology corridor.
"The boutique size of this community combined with the luxurious feeling of being located within the resort grounds will provide residents a unique secluded setting, right in the heart of Phoenix," said Mark-Taylor Vice President Chris Brozina.
The community is an example of "The Next Generation of Mark-Taylor," a slogan the company is using to describe the evolution of apartment communities over the last two decades. San Paseo's interior features include those you may only expect to see in a custom home, such as kitchen islands, custom wood cabinets, clean steel appliances, distressed wood plank flooring, oiled-bronze fixtures, pendant lighting and direct-access garages.
San Paseo will offer one-, two-, and three-bedroom units with monthly rents anticipated to range from $875 to $1700. The community is expected to open for leasing in July 2013. National Bank of Arizona is providing the construction financing.
"This is an enviable location that's ideal for the type of product that Mark-Taylor offers," said Grossman Company Properties CEO Matt Crow. "Mark-Taylor is known for its quality buildings, management and marketing that set the industry standard and help their communities maintain a strong market value."
For more information about San Paseo, visit www.mark-taylor.com or call 480-991-9111.
About Mark-Taylor
Mark-Taylor is consistently recognized as a leader and innovator in the multifamily industry and has developed and built more multifamily properties in Arizona than any other company. Its managed properties, located in Arizona and Nevada, maintain high per-unit values, due to the company's concentrated focus on high-quality service, marketing and building community. Mark-Taylor is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. and is continually ranked one of the top workplaces in Arizona and among the Top 100 Most Admired Companies.
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Hey all. After having a successfully softmodded Wii for a couple years now, I made the bonehead move of trying to downgrade to 4.2 and install a bunch of cIOS after my system was accidentally updated to 4.3. Upon rebooting I was greeted with... well... Nothing! I have low level bricked my poor Wii, and figure it'll be better to buy a new one rather than try chipping it. Oh well! It happened after I did some massive install with NUSAD. For those interested- below is the guide it gave me for all the things I did: Warning: Spoilers inside!
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NUS Auto Downloader 4.1.9 Custom Guide Generated on Thu 08/12/2010 - 19:10:02.67 Check for updates at tinyurl.com/nusauto This Guide was generated using the following parameters: * Wii is already modified * Current firmware is 4.3U * Desired firmware is 4.2U * Download Photo Channel * Download Internet Channel * Download Weather Channel * Download News Channel * Download Mii Channel * HackMii Installer (with IOS61) Smash Stack and Indiana Pwns Exploits * Download recommended cIOSs and cMIOS * Download Yet Another Wad Manager Mod (YAWMM) * Download Trucha Bug Restorer [TBR] with 2x IOS15, IOS36, IOS41 and MMM for installing a patched IOS236 * Download Priiloader * Download Extra Brick Protection This software is not for sale. If you paid for this software or a "bundle" you have been scammed. THIS PACKAGE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, NEITHER STATED NOR IMPLIED. NO ONE BUT YOURSELF IS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THIS MAY CAUSE TO YOUR NINTENDO WII CONSOLE! USE THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK! IMPORTANT NOTES: *This guide does NOT require a Wifi connection on your Wii. *An SD card formatted to FAT(32) required (Best results are with non-SDHC cards, SDHC will only work on 4.0 or above). *If you get errors during any of the steps reformat your SD card as FAT or FAT32 *Turn off WiiConnect24 and take out all gamecube memory cards/controllers when modding the Wii (unless instructed otherwise). *If your Wii ever freezes, hold the power button on the Wii for 5 seconds to power it off then try again. *Don't ever accept a new Nintendo update without first googling to see if it's safe. The last update (to 4.3) was released in late June 2010 and is NOT safe to accept. If you accept an official Nintendo update after modding the Wii, you may lose some or all of your modifications. *Never uninstall a system menu or IOS *Do not install untested wads/themes without Bootmii or Priiloader installed. *This custom guide is great start, but Wii modding is always evolving. Check for updates online, and remember, google is your friend. *If you have questions, a more detailed guide can be found here: http://www.completesoftmodguide.tk 1) INSTALLING THE HOMEBREW CHANNEL (HBC) AND BOOTMII EXPLOITS You only need to perform ONE of the following exploits Note: if this Wii was previously modified, and it has either the HBC, BootMii as Boot2, or a Forwarder Channel installed, you can use that instead of an exploit (as it does not require physically owning a specific game). If using BootMii as Boot2 to install the HBC, copy the 'BootMii' folder from your previous BootMii install to the root of your SD Card (or download it using NUSAD). Then boot your wii, BootMii will load, go To the SD menu, load bootmini.elf. This will load the Hackmii Installer allowing you to reinstall the HBC. If using a Forwarder Channel, just save the boot.elf/dol from the app you want to load (ie. SD:\apps\hackmii_installer\boot.elf or SD:\apps\MMM\boot.dol) to the location used by your SPECIFIC Forwarder Channel (ie. SD:\apps\usbloader\boot.dol). Then start the channel and the Hackmii Installer will load allowing you to reinstall the HBC. Note, if your forwarder channel only loads dol's and not elf's, launch MMM's boot.dol, then use its app launcher to load the Hackmii Installer. SMASH STACK EXPLOIT REQUIREMENTS: * US version of Super Smash Brothers Brawl (RSBE) * A non-SDHC card since game doesn't support SDHC cards Insert the Super Smash Brothers Brawl Game. You have to delete all the custom stages you have created before running this hack (if applicable), otherwise be prepared for annoying harmless crashes Then insert your SD Card, start the game and go to the stage builder, it should launch the boot.elf/dol file saved on the root of your SD card. INDIANA PWNS EXPLOIT REQUIREMENT: A copy of LEGO Indiana Jones A. Load the LEGO Indiana Jones game at least once (otherwise you won't be able to copy over the hack). B. Backup your personal LEGO Indiana Jones save file before copying the files to your SD Card (if applicable): a) Put your SD card in your Wii and turn it on. b) Go into Wii Options - Data Management - Save Data - Wii c) Find your Indiana save, click on it, click "Copy", and click Yes. Now erase the save file from the Wii. d) Put your SD card in your computer, and copy the "private" folder from the card to a safe place. Alternatively you can temporarily rename it. C. Copy the files from the COPY_TO_SD to the root of your SD card (if you haven't already) and insert it into your Wii D. Go into Wii Options - Data Management - Save Data - Wii - SD Card then copy over the "Indiana Pwns" save that corresponds to your region. E. Play the Lego Indiana Jones game. Load the new save file. You will be in the Main hall, walk towards the camera, enter the first door on the right (Indy's left) and go into the 'Courtyard'. Walk to the end and enter the 'Art Room', you will see a podium with 2 characters on it, talk to the left one. Hit left twice (scrolling through his items) to choose the switch option (Black silhouette with a white arrow to another black silhouette) Hit A to launch the boot.elf/dol file saved on the root of your SD card. This runs the Hackmii Installer (and silently/automatically installs BootMii as IOS). Use the installer to install the Homebrew Channel (HBC) and Bootmii as Boot2 if possible. If you cannot install BootMii as Boot2, you also need to 'prepare an SD Card' for BootMii (as the 'BootMii' folder is required to launch BootMii as IOS or Boot2). Note: If you get a 'no vulnerable IOS' error message, run NUS Auto Downloader again and this time select the 'Hackmii Solutions' option instead of 'Download Wizard' and follow the new instructions before continuing this guide. After you exit the hackmii installer, you will be taken to the HBC. Hit the home button. In the top right corner you will see the IOS used by the HBC. If the HBC is using an IOS other than IOS61 or your homebrew channel is upside-down, make a note of it as it applies later in the guide (you will have to reinstall the HBC). If it is using IOS61 and your HBC is not upside-down, you can skip the Reinstall The Homebrew Channel step when you get to it. 2) MAKING A NAND BACKUP While inside the Homebrew Channel, load BootMii by pressing home and clicking Launch Bootmii. Press the power button on the wii 3 times to get to the last option, then press the reset button. [You can also navigate with a Gamecube controller] Press reset to choose the first option, then follow the directions on the screen to make your NAND backup. [Bad blocks are no problem.] Backup the Bootmii folder, NAND.bin, and keys.bin elsewhere and erase from the sd card (or rename it). You'll need these in case of emergencies, so don't lose them. Go back to The Homebrew Channel. Note: if Bootmii was installed as boot2, then it will show up as soon as the Wii is turned on AS LONG AS it finds the bootmii folder (mentioned above) on the root of the SD card. 3) INSTALL IOS41v3091 USING MMM's WAD MANAGER Note: if this Wii was previously modified before updating to 4.3 it may have had a patched IOS or cIOS installed that survived the update and now you can load it to skip some steps. If this describes your Wii, move onto step #5, but instead of loading IOS15, load the cIOS or patched IOS # that survived the 4.3 update [most probably IOS250 - other common cIOS survivors include IOS202/236/224 (or IOS222/223 v5 or higher)]. However, If you get errors when skipping steps, return to this step and complete it. Launch Multi-Manager Mod via the HBC, Go down to select "WAD Manager". Navigate to the IOS41v3091 wad and hit A twice to install only that IOS. Move onto the next step after successfully installing the wad, but you do NOT have to exit MMM. Press B to get back to the MMM main menu. 4) DOWNGRADE IOS15 USING Trucha Bug Restorer (TBR) In MMM, Select 'APP Manager' - Press A Select TBR (Trucha Bug Restorer) - Press A (If you already exited MMM, you can launch TBR via the HBC) In TBR, Select IOS41 - Press A Don't be impatient, wait, read - Press 1 Select 'Downgrade IOS15' - Press A Choose 'Load IOS from SD card' - Press A, Press A again Press A to start the install - Press A again Press any button to exit Note: If you get an error similar to the example below, or a DSI error after IOS15 downgrade (bunch of 'random' letters on screen), move onto the next step of the guide (as this step may have been successful). If the next step fails, then return to the beginning of this step. Error Example: Setting the revision to 0 Error: ES_AddTitleFinish returned -1017 Error: Could not set the revision to 0 Downgrade failed Press any button to exit... 5) INSTALL A PATCHED IOS236 USING MMM Load MMM again via the HBC Select 'Load another IOS' - load IOS15 -press A Select IOS Manager- Press A Press 1, select IOS36 -Press A (install cios) Select IOS236 - press A Set version # to v65535 -press A Say YES to all 4 patches, install from SD card When finished press B to get to the MMM Main Menu 6) INSTALL WADS If you exited MMM, reload it via the HBC, then select 'Load another IOS' -press A Select IOS236 - press A Note: If this step fails with error -ret 2011 or other, you may need to retry patching IOS236. If the Wii was previously softmodded, you can try using cIOS250 (or others like 202,222,223,224,236,249) In Multi-Manager Mod's main menu, Go down to select "WAD Manager". Install the following WADs in the WAD folder (this list of WADs is unique to how you answered the Wizard's questions). Be careful not to install any additional wads that may have been previously saved in this folder (they may be safe, but I cannot say for sure). Hold + for 2 seconds to select all wads in the folder. Then Press A twice to install them all. After the installation finishes read the install report to make sure all the files installed properly. You're unique list of wads to install are as follows: * IOS11v257(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP]) * IOS20v257(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP]) * IOS30v2817(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP]) * IOS50v5121(IOS50v4889[FS-ES-NP]) * IOS60v6401(IOS60v6174[FS-ES-NP]) * IOS70v6913(IOS70v6687[FS-ES-NP]) * System Menu 4.2U * cIOS202[57]-v5 * cIOS223[37-38]-v4 * cIOS222[38]-v5 * cIOS224[57]-v5 * cIOS249[57]-v19 * cIOS250[37]-v19 * cMIOS-MPv0.2-v4 * Mii Channel (Region Free) * Photo 1.1 (USA/PAL/JAP) * Internet (USA) * Weather (USA) * News (USA) * IOS15v1031 * IOS61v5661 * usbloader(s)-(emulators)-IDCL This is a forwarder channel that will load the first file it finds from the following list: FAT:/apps/usbloader_cfg/boot.dol FAT:/apps_emulators/usbloader_cfg/boot.dol FAT:/apps/usbloader/boot.dol FAT:/apps_emulators/usbloader/boot.dol FAT:/apps/usb-loader/boot.dol FAT:/apps_emulators/usb-loader/boot.dol FAT:/apps/usbloader_gx/boot.dol FAT:/apps_emulators/usbloader_gx/boot.dol Note: First the SD Card is checked, then your USB Hard Drive (formatted as FAT32). You should always have at least one forwarder channel installed on your Wii, that way, in the event of accidental update, you will be able to rehack your Wii without relying on the Smashstack or Indiana Pwns exploits. If any failed, make a note of which ones and retry installing them one at time. Be sure to load IOS236 prior to wad install Note: Whenever you install a new System Menu, Priiloader is uninstalled. So be sure to reinstall it afterwards (especially if you do not have bootmii as boot2) 7) REINSTALL THE HOMEBREW CHANNEL (if applicable) Earlier you should have checked what IOS is used by the HBC. If the IOS used by your Homebrew Channel is IOS61 and your HBC is not upside-down, you can skip this step. If the HBC is using an IOS other than IOS61 or your homebrew channel is upside-down, you should reinstall the HBC. In MMM's main menu, select 'App Manager' and then select the HackMii_Installer. Use the Hackmii Installer to fix/re-install the HBC. Once you've successfully reinstalled the HBC, you can move onto the next step of the guide. If you already exited MMM, you can load the HackMii_Installer from the Homebrew Channel. If the HBC is failing to load any apps (just blackscreens), instead launch the Hackmii Installer using the method described in the First Step 8) INSTALL PRIILOADER Run the Priiloader installer from the HBC. On the main menu screen, hold B and press + to install Priiloader using IOS249. Priiloader may ask for confirmation, say Yes (the installation should go smoothly despite the warning). Priiloader may give the following two 'yellow' errors. These are expected and are not an issue. loader.ini couldn't delete error -106 password.txt couldn't delete error -106 Note: If you get repeated errors, first launch MMM via the HBC, then select 'Load another IOS' and Select IOS236 (or any IOS you know is patched). Then use MMM's app launcher to start the Priiloader installer and just press + to install using the loaded IOS. After successfully installing Priiloader, access it by powering off the wii, then powering it back and holding reset while it's booting until you see the Priiloader menu. You should install some system menu hacks now (by going to System Menu hacks option). RECOMMENDED HACKS: Block Disc Updates, Block Online Updates, Replace Health Screen, Auto-Press A at Health Screen, Disable Deletion of some important channels, Region-Free Everything, remove no copy save file protection, and Move Disc Channel. The priiloader menu is white by default, you can change it to black in the Priiloader settings if you prefer. One of the special functions of Priiloader is that it can autoboot any app/file instead of the system menu. Some apps (like crazyIntro) can't be used without it. For details on how to do so, visit http://www.completesoftmodguide.tk/system-hacks/priiloader 9) AFTER MODDING Now at this point your practically done. Now you should be downloading the latest homebrew applications and setting them up on your SD Card (or FAT32 USB Hard Drive) so they can be launched via the HBC. For playing your backups off a USB hard drive, run the USB-Loader Setup feature from NUS Auto Downloader's Main Menu For downloading applications, you should: * Download Homebrew Browser to get many popular apps, but this is an online only application (http://www.completesoftmodguide.tk/how-to-use/hbb) * For those without internet, check out this list of Homebrew applications (wiibrew.org/wiki/List_of_all_homebrew). Another great resource is webrewwii.blogspot.com After getting whatever apps you want, you should get a boot.dol file and possibly a icon.png and meta.xml. 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Inspired by 100 days travelling in a van through small-town America, actor/journalist Dan Hoyle enacts a multi-character encounter with the people at ground zero of our country's growing economic inequality and polarized politics. Hoyle's quest to "break the liberal bubble" sends him on an unforgettable journey into the lives of the real Americans: union coal miners, rural drug dealers, anti-war Veterans, and closeted gay creation theory experts…among others.
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