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Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, fined US$612-million for manipulating benchmark interest rates, plans to claw back three-quarters of the money from bonuses and awards already paid out to the firm's employees.
Britain's biggest publicly owned lender will pay US$325-million to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, US$150-million to the Department of Justice and 87.5-million pounds (US$137-million) to the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority, the CFTC said in a statement today. RBS said it will recoup about 300 million pounds from employees. The bank's Japanese unit also agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud as part of the settlement.
This is an extremely serious matter, motivated by greed
"This is another day of shame for Britain's banks," Treasury Minister Greg Clark told lawmakers in London today. "This is an extremely serious matter, motivated by greed."
The penalty is the biggest blow to Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hester's attempt to overhaul the lender after it took 45.5-billion pounds from taxpayers in the largest bank bailout in history in 2008. The fine, the third to result from the global probe so far, exceeds the 290-million pounds Barclays Plc paid in June, and is second only to the US$1.5-billion Switzerland's UBS AG paid in December.
"Libor manipulation is an extreme example of a selfish and self-serving culture that took hold in parts of the banking industry during the financial boom," Hester said today. "We will use the lessons learned from this episode as further motivation to reject and change the vestiges of that culture."
'Selfish' Culture
RBS climbed 1.4% to 342.1 pence in London. The shares have gained 19% over the past year. The U.K. paid the equivalent of 502 pence for the shares as part of the government rescue and taxpayers own 81% of the firm.
This is, if you like, a resolution of a legacy issue of the past
"Today's news is interesting for the details, but less material in terms of the financial position," said Ian Gordon, an analyst at Investec Plc in London who estimates RBS will report a 1.7-billion-pound loss for the fourth quarter. "The main challenge for RBS isn't the one-off regulatory issues. It's anemic earnings growth. This is, if you like, a resolution of a legacy issue of the past."
Investment banking chief John Hourican, 42, will leave the bank after handing over his responsibilities, RBS said. He will forfeit all his unvested bonus and long-term incentive plan awards that are subject to claw-back, the bank said.
'No Involvement'
Hourican, who took over the securities unit in October 2008, was responsible for shrinking the operation and making it safer following a decade of expansion under CEO Fred Goodwin that led to a surge in bad loans and credit market losses. RBS announced more than 3,500 job cuts at the investment-banking unit in January 2012, and said it would sell or close its cash equities, merger, broking and equity capital markets operations.
"While John had no involvement in or knowledge of the misconduct, and very notable business achievements while in office, both John and the board felt it was right that he leave the organization," the bank said.
More than a dozen RBS traders made hundreds of attempts to manipulate yen and Swiss franc Libor between mid-2006 and 2010 to benefit their trading positions, sometimes colluding with counterparts at other firms, the CFTC said. That continued even after the CFTC commenced its investigation into the wrongdoing.
"The public is deprived of an honest benchmark interest rate when a group of traders sits around a desk for years falsely spinning their bank's Libor submissions, trying to manufacture winning trades," said David Meister, the CFTC's director of enforcement. "That's what happened at RBS."
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The London interbank offered rate, or Libor, is calculated by a poll carried out daily on behalf of the British Bankers' Association that asks firms to estimate how much it would cost to borrow from each other for different periods and in different currencies. The top and bottom quartiles of quotes are excluded, and those left are averaged and published for individual currencies before noon in London.
RBS made at least 219 documented requests for inaccurate submissions, according to Britain's FSA. Derivatives traders sat next to Libor submitters "and encouraged the two groups to communicate without restriction despite the obvious risk that the derivatives traders would seek to influence" submissions, the regulator said.
In one exchange of e-mails released by regulators today, a broker at another firm sought to influence an RBS rate-submitter. "if u cud see ur way to a small drop there might be a steak in it for ya, haha," the broker wrote.
'Whore's Drawers'
In messages in September 2009, an RBS derivatives trader asked a submitter to lower the firm's fixings that day. The employee responded "make up your mind, haha, yes no probs."
"Im like a whores drawers," the trader replied.
The bank didn't have any controls governing its Libor submissions until March 2011 and didn't address the risk that derivatives traders could seek to influence the submissions until June 2011, the FSA said.
RBS said no regulator found evidence the firm's senior managers instructed employees to make artificially low submissions to make the lender look financially healthier.
The bank has dismissed six individuals for Libor-related misconduct, including two managers. A further six have been "severely disciplined or are going through a disciplinary process," the bank said. Eight more left the organisation before disciplinary action could be taken. In all, 21 of the bank's 137,000 employees have left or been disciplined over Libor, RBS said.
The bank is seeking to recoup 300-million pounds because it equals the amount that the lender is paying to overseas regulators, Hampton told reporters at a press conference today. "Thousands" of employees, mostly at the investment bank, face having their bonuses cut, while the firm is considering clawing back payments to former directors, Hampton said.
The settlement talks, which were close to completion last month, were prolonged as the Justice Department pressed RBS to plead guilty to criminal charges, two people with knowledge of the discussions said on Jan. 29. Zurich-based UBS's Japanese unit pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in the U.S. in its settlement. Barclays accepted no criminal liability.
RBS also agreed to enter into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department today, the agency said. In such a deal, the government allows a target to avoid charges by meeting certain conditions — including the payment of fines or penalties — and by committing to specific reforms, either under the guidance of a monitor or the creation of an internal compliance panel. If the terms of the agreement are not met, the government can prosecute the case.
U.K. Business Secretary Vince Cable said in a speech at Bloomberg's European headquarters in London today that privatizing RBS "now looks a distant dream" and again urged that the stock be given away to taxpayers.
——Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, Britain's biggest publicly owned lender, will pay about US$612 million in fines for manipulating interest rates, the second-largest penalty imposed in a global regulatory probe.
The lender will pay US$325 million to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, US$150 million to the Department of Justice and 87.5 million pounds (US$137 million) to the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority, the CFTC said in a statement Wednesday. RBS's Japanese unit agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud as part of a deal with the Justice Department, the CFTC said.
"The public is deprived of an honest benchmark interest rate when a group of traders sits around a desk for years falsely spinning their bank's Libor submissions, trying to manufacture winning trades," said David Meister, the CFTC's Director of Enforcement. "That's what happened at RBS."
The penalty is the biggest blow to Hester's attempt to overhaul the lender after it took 45.5 billion pounds from taxpayers in the largest bank bailout in history in 2008. The fine, the third to result from the global probe so far, exceeds the 290 million pounds Barclays Plc paid in June, and is second only to the US$1.5 billion Switzerland's UBS AG paid in December.
British finance minister George Osborne has already said RBS, which is 82% owned by the state, must pay the fines out of bankers' bonuses rather than from the pockets of taxpayers, while critics say the scandal shows banks' riskier activities should be separated from basic lending functions.
Banks across the world are struggling to rebuild their reputations after the financial crisis, and many have been engulfed in a series of investigations into their past misdemeanours, including fixing benchmark interest rates, money laundering and mis-selling products to customers.
From at least 2006, more than a dozen RBS traders made "hundreds" of attempts to rig yen and Swiss franc Libor to benefit their positions, the regulator said. At times, the RBS employees succeeded in rigging the benchmark, the CFTC said.
Britain's largest publicly owned bank rose 0.4% to 338.8 pence as of 1:09 p.m. in London. The shares have gained 17% over the past year. The U.K. paid the equivalent of 502 pence for the shares as part of the government rescue and British taxpayers own about 81% of the firm.

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1 Hooper v Lichtsteiner was an embarrassment
On the day that wrestling was told by the International Olympic Committee that the sport would be cut from the 2020 Games, aficionados of high-quality grappling were treated to the sight of one burly and powerful Englishman (Gary Hooper) battling it out with one terrier-like Swiss (Stephan Lichtsteiner) at every corner. It was an embarrassment for the sport of football. The referee, Alberto Undiano Mallenco, did the right thing and cautioned both in the first half but should have awarded Celtic at least one penalty because what Lichtsteiner was doing was not defending, it was obstructing. Why on earth Juve's coach, Antonio Conte, did not set another player to protect Gianluigi Buffon was baffling because Lichtsteiner should have been sent off. In the second half Simone Padoin and Scott Brown were booked for similar offences but yellow cards were of no use to Celtic. They needed – and should have had – a penalty or two.
2 Lennon's players failed to heed manager's advice
Neil Lennon must have told his players the importance of keeping their focus for the entire 90 minutes (plus added time) against the Italian champions and for Efe Ambrose to lose Alessandro Matri in the third minute must have been devastating for the Celtic manager. Lennon had disgust etched on his face as he turned away after seeing Matri score Juventus' opening goal. Perhaps, in hindsight, the defender should not have started after playing in the Africa Cup of Nations final for Nigeria on Sunday and then flying back to Glasgow. Either way, Ambrose should not have let in Matri. True, the Italian put him off with a little nudge but it was a nudge and not a push and Ambrose should have been stronger. To make matters worse Ambrose was also at fault for the third goal.
3 Celtic got tactics right
Juventus are top of Serie A and recently went 49 league matches unbeaten but on Tuesday night they were outplayed by Celtic for much of the match. Juve's midfield, one of the best in Europe with Andrea Pirlo, Claudio Marchisio and Arturo Vidal accompanied by two wide men, were overrun by the tenacity of Scott Brown and the deployment of Charlie Mulgrew in a defensive midfield position worked well too. Sadly, though, Lennon missed the aerial threat of Georgios Samaras up front. Celtic's full-backs, Mikael Lustig and Emilio Izaguirre, provided a string of searching crosses, but Hooper could not win a battle with three hard‑nosed Serie A defenders on his own.
4 Juventus had too much class
The Italians did not have many chances but they made Celtic pay on each occasion. For the first goal, Federico Peluso's long ball for Matri was perfect and for the second Matri set up Marchisio with a clever flick. Marchisio did not have one of his best evenings but even so he killed off the game – and the tie – with a clever pass to release Mirko Vucinic for the third. Brown had clearly been told to get in Pirlo's face and for a few minutes in the first half the Celtic captain had his opponent rattled. But then, moments later, Pirlo decided that enough was enough and left Brown in a heap behind him after winning the ball and then sending off a wondrous 40-yard pass in the direction of Vucinic. Again, class had beaten determination. That was the theme of the evening as Ambrose showed when he missed Celtic's best chance 17 minutes into the second half by heading straight atBuffon.
5 Celtic's away form means there will be no miracle
For a team who have won one away game out of 23 in the Champions League, Celtic needed to get a more positive result at home. The crowd at Celtic Park were fantastic despite their team conceding a third-minute goal and it made the Celtic players believe they could ruffle Juve. And in the second leg Juventus will have arguably their best defender, Giorgio Chiellini, back after suspension.


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ELLIS — Thanks to the success of last year's TJ's Memorial Youth Deer Hunt, Hunting Heritage Group and the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) will host the 6th Annual TJ's Memorial Youth Deer Hunt during the special youth and disabled hunting season. This year, the hunt will be held Sept. 8-9. Hunters will hunt from a blind with an experienced guide/mentor on private land that adjoins Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area in Trego County. Two young hunters will hunt in specially-designated areas on Cedar Bluff Wildlife Area.
The first morning will consist of classroom instruction along with a trip to the range to sight in rifles. Once rifles are sighted in and everyone has had lunch, guides and youth hunters will go afield. All hunters will return to the meeting area that evening. Those youth who are unsuccessful that day will be invited to hunt the following day.
Youth participants for this hunt must be residents of Kansas ages 10 through 16. One disabled veteran and one disabled youth will also be selected to participate in the hunt. In addition, candidates for the hunt must complete and submit an application form by Aug. 25. Application forms may be obtained at the KDWPT website, ksoutdoors.com (type "TJ's" in the search box) or by contacting Natural Resource Officer II Jason Hawman at 785-483-0504. There is no charge for the hunt, and lodging will be provided.
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agree with the review - pricey, but excellent bit of kit. Frames are very comfortable for all day riding and the lenses always seem to be doing a good job regardless of light conditions. I've used them for a UK spring/summer, in the Pyrenees, in the sun of the Canaries, and always perfect. Usual Oakley quality as well.
Only comment is that they dont go completely clear (or mine dont anyway) as suggested by the pics above, so you always have slightly reduced light transmission, so they arent ideal for the depths of winter when clear lenses are more appropriate. Because they use UV to change, they dont work in the car either, where the windscreen cuts out the UV so they never darken. Makes them sport specific really, but no issue with that - not exactly styled for wearing while walking around!
Oakley have been around cycling nearly as long as I have. Transitions adaptive lenses are a more recent innovation. What, you wonder, might a combination of Oakley Jawbones and Transitions offer?
A good decade since I last slipped on a pair, I'm not surprised to find that Oakleys remain as distinctive as ever. Depending on your aesthetic sensibility, the Jawbones are either stunningly beautiful or totally hideous, but they are certainly anything but anonymous. On the face, well, it's a matter of taste again. I loved wearing them for their comfort – nicely shaped nosepieces, big contoured frames to prevent any friction on the cheekbones – plus they sat nice and tight on the face. Personally I prefer smaller frames, but if you don't mind, then fine.
They also include a particularly clever solution to one of the great sunglasses issues – how to change lenses without having to click them into the frame. Clicking in has always seemed a crude way to go about it, and offers various drawbacks: primarily, that you have to manhandle the lenses and frames,and eventually the bit you are clicking into wears down and the lenses feel as if they may be slightly loose. That's if my glasses last that long - I tend to sit on them, drop them, or the dog picks them out of the race bag and nips off to his basket for a happy little chew.
So to get the lenses in and out of the Jawbones, you just flip up the nosepiece which anchors a hinged lower section and voila, lens replacement made easy. But it comes at a cost: about £170, which actually isn't unreasonable compared to the opposition. However, bung in a pair of adaptive lenses and you are paying another £60. The question then is, if it's so easy to change the lenses, why do you need to have adaptive photochromic ones which change according to the available light?
The answer is that, obviously, the light can change during a ride, particularly in spring when it's showery. It can change during an evening time trial or track meet, or get dark as you ride home from work. So there is a case for state of the art glasses with state of the art lenses, particularly ones which work as well as these seem to. I never noticed the light when I was wearing them, in conditions varying from near dark to bright sun, and I guess that's the point. You don't want to be aware of the lenses as you are riding along, and you don't want epic light contrast when you take them off. Technically, a fine pair of glasses all round. The rest comes down to your personal budget and preferences.
Well made with distinctive love/hate looks and a clever lens replacement system.
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Make and model: Oakley Jawbone with Transition lesnses
Size tested: n/a
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
In my view, these are aimed at the high end of the
market, where performance nudges elbows with posing. If you are
worrying about a hundred quid here or there these aren't for you.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
'The photochromic lenses are light sensitive, and adjust quickly to changes in ambient light. The glasses offer a secure, precise fit with interchangeable nosepiece sizes and Unobtainium® components that increase grip with sweat.' Can't argue with most of that, and I didn't feel them slipping when I was pouring sweat on the day summer broke out in March. Unobtanium? Who knows what that is or does...
Beautifully finished, look as good on the shelf as on your face.
Lenses adapt beautifully but the chunky frames are a matter of
personal taste.
The life of glasses depends on how you look after them and how tight they fit. These don't feel overtight so shouldn't be under too much strain. Lenses stood up well.
Other rider I lent them to hated them. I felt fine in them but chunky frames are not to my taste.
You can get cheaper glasses that might not offer same level of
performance or looks but will do a similar job.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Lenses performed brilliantly in all light conditions, frames felt comfortable whether pottering along or pushing flat out.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Lens change was simple, the look was anything but. Very distinctive.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Price, for something which is as vulnerable as this and which offers very marginal gains in how you ride.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes, but with the proviso that I had to be incredibly careful not to drop, scratch, or maltreat it in any way.
Would you consider buying the product? No. It's a lovely piece of kit, but glasses are a personal thing and I don't like those frames.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes, if money was no object.
About the tester
Age: 46 Height: 185cm Weight: 82kg
I usually ride: Condor My best bike is:
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Expert
I regularly do the following types of riding: road racing, time trialling, club rides, track racing
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agree with the review - pricey, but excellent bit of kit. Frames are very comfortable for all day riding and the lenses always seem to be doing a good job regardless of light conditions. I've used them for a UK spring/summer, in the Pyrenees, in the sun of the Canaries, and always perfect. Usual Oakley quality as well.
The lenses are so good as to make sure they see you coming.
230quid for a pair of plastic sunnies? Are you out of your mind?
My glasses were less than a tenner from lidls. They do everything these do, except the reactolite bit, and more in that I don't care if I scratch or lose them.
if you look under a slightly odd description on ebay and are happy to wait around 3 weeks. you can get a set of glasses that look very very very similar for £11.99 and they are uv protected etc. i have put them side by side against my friends jawbones and there is no difference. i would normally disagree with 'replicas' but £230 is just a huge joke. how much profit margin? its got to be £225 profit if not more. lets face it, if you drop the £230 ones they are as broken as the £12 ones
@russyparkin - just because they have a sticker on saying they have UV protection IN NO WAY means they do. You could really really damage your eyes. Better to get a cheap pair of Aldi glasses that look crap but have UV protection than risk it with Chinese knock-offs that could ruin your sight forever.
I need high-prescription lenses (-7.75) so Oakley can't help me. Bolle are showing off a new innovation which allows them to provide appropriate-strength lenses in a similar frame (ie same wraparound style so beloved of sportspeople). Point is, Bolle are paying a fortune to the inventor of the new tech to license the innovation exclusively for this year only. So I'm an early adopter, and have paid £254 for a really well-engineered pair, custom-made, with a great fit and a personal service from the UK distributor who met up with me to show off dozens of frames and lens colours. That's only marginally more than these, so I would agree that it's reasonable to question the value of an off-the-shelf pair at this price bracket.
For what it's worth, when we talked through the options, the distie admitted that, were it his money, he wouldn't bother with the Transitions bit.
(I wouldn't however, buy any that I couldn't be sure of the quality of - experience has already taught me not to take my eyes for granted)
If anyone is near Southwater in Sussex there's a Texaco station selling Oakley-looking specs in dark blue and black (a bit Sky-ish) at at £226.01 discount over the ones above. No holes in the lenses and they don't swap out but, considering they're £3.99 I have a feeling they aren't real
Foakley's ?
Re comments about UV, I might be wrong but I think all polycarbonate lenses stop UV don't they? It's inherent to the material?
Possibly. Remembering that Oakley lenses are likely to be more advanced than a plastic frame.
That said, who knows. Oakley will have designed theirs so that when they snap they won't skewer a large pointy bit through your eye socket.
So, it might be worth spending another £11.99 on a second pair to do some crash testing.


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Torn ligament may sideline shortstop for two months, but others can fill shoes
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Fans being fans, passionate to the edge of radioactivity at times, blame is sure to fall squarely on the World Baseball Classic in some precincts of the Dodger Nation over the loss of Hanley Ramirez for roughly a quarter of the 2013 season. Surgery is required to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb.
Ramirez, one of the big guns in the Dodgers' attack, was diving for a ground ball through the left side of the infield in Tuesday night's championship game when he jammed the thumb into the infield grass at AT&T Park. Ramirez was playing third base with Jose Reyes at shortstop for the Dominican Republic, which went on to celebrate its first Classic championship with a 3-0 victory over Puerto Rico.
A gold medal around his neck, Ramirez was as thrilled as his teammates in the afterglow of an achievement that was hailed in their homeland as the biggest sports moment in the country's history.
Returning to camp on Wednesday, Ramirez got the bad news, leaving manager Don Mattingly and general manager Ned Colletti to address how they'll replace their shortstop. They are not without options, having created quality depth throughout the roster.
"Obviously," Mattingly said Thursday morning, this is "not the news we wanted to hear. We haven't made a decision yet on who will be the shortstop. We're going to think over our options and do what's best for everyone. From what I understand, it's eight weeks until [Ramirez is back] playing up here."
This was the third Classic and the first won by a team other than Japan. It won't surface again until 2017.
"It's still a great tournament," Mattingly said. "It helps promote the game. It sours us a little bit to have a guy get hurt, but there's nothing we can do. Selfishly, we all want our guys in camp, but if this had been around when I was playing, I would have wanted to participate."
Logic tells us that if you blame the Classic for Ramirez's injury, you'd have to blame Holman Stadium in Vero Beach, Fla., for the ruptured knee tendon suffered on a slide by Dodgers slugger Pedro Guerrero on the final day of Spring Training in 1986, coming off his greatest season.
When Angels leadoff catalyst Chone Figgins fractured two fingers fielding a ground ball at third base early in Spring Training in 2007, nobody went off on a rant against Tempe Diablo Stadium.
The point is, injuries happen, anywhere and everywhere. Managers learn to deal with bad breaks and move on, quickly.
Ramirez just as easily could have damaged his thumb diving for a ground ball or sliding into a base at Camelback Ranch, the Dodgers' spring home. It just happened to come in the grand finale of an event that captivated fans from the Far East to the Caribbean.
While there is no shortage of healthy athletes in the Dodgers' clubhouse who would love to handle Ramirez's position, Colletti said the club initially will go with Dee Gordon and Luis Cruz at shortstop. The GM added that no trades are planned to fill the void.
Gordon, trying to come back from a frustrating 2012 season after a brilliant '11 debut, is having a good spring -- his recent sprained ankle notwithstanding -- and has shown improved discipline at the plate. He's one of the fastest players in the game with excellent tools.
Cruz, arguably the Dodgers' best clutch hitter last season, excelled at third base with the glove, but has played shortstop extensively in his Minor League career. When he's at shortstop, the Dodgers can go with established veterans Juan Uribe, Nick Punto or Jerry Hairston Jr. at third base.
Uribe, who earned World Series championship rings with the 2010 Giants and '05 White Sox, has had a stellar spring with the bat after hitting .191 in 162 at-bats last season for the Dodgers.
Punto, who arrived in the blockbuster deal with Boston last August, has a World Series ring to show for his contributions to the 2011 Cardinals, for whom he hit .278 with a .388 on-base percentage. In 43 plate appearances with the Dodgers after the trade, he hit .286 with a .390 OBP.
Hairston, a 2009 World Series champion with the Yankees, is a .259 career hitter who has excelled in the postseason. He batted a combined .362 in 54 at-bats for the Yanks in '09 and the '11 Brewers.
Skip Schumaker is another multi-position player on the roster with championship experience in St. Louis. He's a .278 postseason hitter in 38 plate appearances for the Cards in 2009, '11 and '12.
Justin Sellers is considered a plus defender at shortstop, steady and capable, but he has struggled offensively, hitting .204 in 189 plate appearances for the Dodgers the past two seasons. But that's a small sample size, and rare is the player who can thrive with occasional at-bats. There was only one Manny Mota.
The Dodgers have the weaponry to score enough runs to compensate for diminished offensive production at shortstop. The history books and stat-driven websites are filled with teams that have won championships with weak sticks at this defense-first position.
Ramirez is an exceptional talent, but this is not a mortal blow to a club with the assets the Dodgers have accumulated in the dawn of the Guggenheim Partners era.


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IMF Survey Vol.35, No.21 November 2006
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- In the News: Challenge Now is to Step Up African Growth, Says Lipsky
- Regional Focus: IMF Sees Continued "Vigorous Expansion" in Latin America
- Investment and Productivity are Key to Latin America's Prospects
- Central and Eastern Europe: Assessing the Early Benefits of EU Membership
- Country Focus: Albania Looks to Translate Impressive Gains into Sustained Growth
- Country Briefs: After Years of Strong Economic Performance, Risks Increase for Belarus
- Rebounding Morocco should now Make Fiscal Consolidation a Top Priority
- Research: Putting Too many Eggs in one Basket?
- Policy: Taking the IMF's Governance Reform Forward
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I have a headset identified as a "VXI USB 7.02" and an Asus Xonar D2X in my system. I use Dragon Naturally Speaking 10.1. My issue is that Windows prefaces sound device names with a number.
So, my Asus Xonar D2X's outputs (and inputs) are prefaced with "2", so I have
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Upon reboot after plugging in any other audio devices, all of the numbers change. So I'll have the VXI device changed to '1' and the Asus Xonar listed as '3'.
Most applications tolerate this well. However, Dragon Naturally Speaking has a problem with this. Dragon configures itself to a specific microphone. Every time the microphone changes, (or the number in front of it does), Dragon pitches a fit and makes me jump through hoops to get it working again.
So I need a way to force Windows to either drop the device numbers from sound device names, or a way to manually assign (permanent) numbers to sound devices. Any suggestions? (Dragon support will likely tell me to spend $300 and upgrade to the new version).


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"I can 'butter him up' at the 'drop of a hat.' It's a 'blessing in disguise.' And I really like when Daddy 'sees the world through my eyes.' When Daddy talks, I listen. He might say something new. But please don't ask me what he means 'cause I 'haven't got a clue!'" - My Daddy Likes to Say by Denise Brennan-Nelson
Father's Day is "just around the corner" and the kids are "gearing up" to "have a ball" with their daddy. Daddy may think he is "the big cheese" around here but my daughter pretty much has him "wrapped around her little finger" and my son is certainly "a chip off the old block" and likes "the limelight" as well. "Get the picture?" Dad's day probably won't be just about Dad but hopefully he'll be "pleased as punch" at our efforts to make him feel special. Yes, we plan to "pull out all the stops" and "roll out the red carpet" as well. Lucky for him, we'll keep the idioms and figures of speech to a minimum.
The children's book My Daddy Likes to Say is a fun take on familiar idioms a dad might say to his children. Using poetry and side notes, author Denise Brennan-Nelson explains phrases like "fly by the seat of your pants" and "were you born in a barn?" The silly illustrations by Jane Monroe Donovan help show literal representations of the expressions. Each page spread features an idiom, a poem pertaining the idiom, factual information and an accompanying illustration. The book is the fourth in the "Likes to Say" idiom series: My Momma Likes to Say, My Teacher Likes to Say, and My Grandma Likes to Say.
My preschool aged daughter is too young to completely understand idioms, but she does enjoy looking at the humorous pictures in the book. She also likes the short, rhyming poems that go along with each of the idioms featured in the book. Elementary school aged children will enjoy reading about the origins and meanings behind the phrases. Just like the other books in the award-winning series, this book would make an excellent teaching tool for homeschoolers and teachers interested in presenting a lesson on idioms.
My Daddy Like to Say by Denise Brennan-Nelson, illustrated by Jane Monroe Donovan. Sleeping Bear Press (April 2009); 32 pages; ISBN 9781585364329
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The East Central University women's basketball team got it first taste of action for the 2012-13 season, with a 59-91 loss to Texas Christian University in an exhibition game at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.
The Lady Tigers were led by sophomore Dilan Webster, who tallied 11 points and eight rebounds. Senior Lindsay McCown tallied a team-best 12 points and added seven boards, while senior Kodi Morrison added 12 points and junior Ashley Robison tallied 11.
"I feel like we learned that we can be pretty good at times and pretty bad at times," said head coach Kent Franz. "And it all depends on what we want we want to be. We got out of this game what we wanted and it exposed some our weakness. Now we have identified them we just need to correct them."
The teams started the first half on an even keel, with the Horned Frogs holding a small lead through the first seven minutes of the half. From 12:15 to 11:29 TCU opened up a double-digit lead; with a 6-0 run that put them up 10-23.
ECU followed with an 8-0 run to cut the disadvantage back to five (18-23) over the next three minutes. The Horned Frogs pushed ahead again with an 8-1 run over a three minute span and ended the half with a 27-52 advantage.
The Lady Tigers opened the second half strong, using a 13-4 run in the first eight minutes to cut the lead to 16 (40-56). But that was as close as ECU got in the game and fell 59-91.
The big differences in the game came in rebounds and three-pointers. The Horned Frogs claimed a 33-55 advantage on the boards, including a 6-21 lead on the offensive glass. TCU also hit 13-of-36 three's to the Lady Tigers 6-of-19 mark.
ECU had a stronger second half shooting, making 41.9 percent of their shots compared to 34.4 percent by the Horned Frogs. For the game, the Lady Tigers shot 39.1 percent from the field and TCU shot 39.5 from the floor.
The Lady Tigers will officially open the 2012-13 campaign, Saturday, Nov. 10 as part of a Tiger Triple Play in Ada. ECU will host St. Gregory's at 6 p.m. in the Kerr Activities Center, with the men's team playing St. Gregory's at 8 p.m. and the football team hosting arch-rival Southeastern Oklahoma State at Norris Field at 2 p.m. to open the day.
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PHILADELPHIA – UMBC women's lacrosse's senior midfielder Kristen Bilney (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron) tallied her second hat trick of the season, but the Retrievers fell short in a battle against Drexel, 9-8, on Saturday afternoon at Vidas Field.
The Retrievers outscored Drexel, 6-5, in the second half, but it was not enough to overcome being held scoreless for the opening 24:32 of the contest. UMBC held a 22-20 shot advantage in the contest and forced the Dragons into 15 turnovers. Drexel controlled the draw, pulling in 16-of-19 draw controls.
Bilney was one of three Retrievers that registered three points in the contest. Junior midfielder Alyssa Semones (Westminster, Md./Westminster/Penn State) tabbed a pair of goals and one assist, while junior attacker Abby Wilson (Bel Air, Md./Fallston) dished out three helpers in the contest.
The Dragons snap a three game losing streak to improve to 3-3 on the year, while the Retrievers fall to 2-4 on the season.
Drexel struck for three of its four first-half goals in the opening five minutes of action. Junior midfielder Joelle Hartke scored her ninth goal of the year following a UMBC turnover 1:47 into the contest. Nearly two minutes later, senior attacker Kelly Palace scored with a man advantage, her team-leading 11th of the season. Hartke grabbed control of the ensuing draw to setup an Alissa Watts goal to give the Dragons a 3-0 advantage.
The Retrievers regrouped and were able to hold Drexel to one more score in the period, this one coming from sophomore midfielder Emily Duffey with 14:48 left in the opening half. UMBC was able to get on the board late in the first period when Bilney connected on her first of three goals. Senior attacker Shannon Harkey (Purcellville, Va./Loudon Valley/Florida) helped the Retrievers get within two, 4-2, before the break, drilling home a long shot with 56 seconds to go in the period.
The Retrievers continued their run into the second half, as Wilson dished to freshman midfielder Amber Kovalick (Davidsonville, Md./South River) for the score 1:18 into the half. Bilney tied the contest at four 1:07 later with a free position goal, her second score of the contest.
Duffey slipped one past second-half goalkeeper Kelly Gielner (Pasadena, Md./St. Mary's), for her second of the game, to take the lead back for the Dragons, 5-4, with 21:54 to go. It took a little over two minutes for the Retrievers to tie the contest up again, as freshman Caroline Haggerty (Bel Air, Md./John Carroll School) gathered a pass from Semones and punched home her third goal in the last three games.
The Dragons responded with back-to-back goals, starting with a free position score 34 seconds after Haggerty's game-tying goal, from senior midfielder Amanda Norcini. It took freshman midfielder Carolina Thiele 1:06 to give Drexel back a two-goal advantage, but the Retrievers were not done yet. Sophomore attacker Rachel Benzing (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) brought UMBC back within one, 7-6, with 16:47 to go with her second goal of the season. Semones followed with her third point of the game, connecting on a pass from Wilson, to tie the game at seven apiece.
Palace tried to put the Retrievers away, scoring back-to-back goals to give Drexel another two-goal advantage, 9-7, with 6:01 to go, but Bilney struck again to keep UMBC within striking distance with 5:05 remaining. The Retrievers caused a Drexel turnover with 39 seconds to go in the contest, but were unable to capitalize with the game-tying goal in the final possession.
Drexel goalkeeper Teresha Bradley (3-3) made nine saves on the afternoon in the win, while Anna Barnett (Midland, Texas/Midland) and Gielner combined for five stops on the day.
UMBC returns to action on Saturday, March 15 when it travels to take on Mount St. Mary's.


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This is the original Legion Theatre that was opened in 1941 at 1408 27th Avenue in downtown Gulfport. It was located across the street from the Union Station Depot building. The theatre seated 600 including the balcony and was owned by the local American Legion Post and Ed Ortte. In 1951 a new Legion Theatre was constructed a block away on 13th Street in downtown. This new theatre seated 1200, which included the balcony. The theatre on 27th Avenue then became the Gulf Theatre and it closed in the 1980's.
When looking at the Google photo, the Legion Theatre's entrance was about where the white car is parked.
The seaing for this theatre which was opened in 1941 should be 600, not 1200.
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Atalon the Deer (real name Markus Kalkbrenner; born December 22, 1972), is a fursuiter who lives in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Atalon's first furry appearance was in 1999. At first, he decided upon a kangaroo for his character, but later decided that the deer species better fit his attitudes.
Since 2000, Atalon has run a mascot business (Maskottchen Germany). He makes professional costumes for sports clubs, companies, and movies. He has a large number of mascot costumes (50) for rent, and sometimes does performances in the suits. In his spare time, he takes commissions to build fursuits.
Alaton's own costumes are:
- Atalon Deer: a mascot-style deer, built in 2000.
- Yoyo: a mascot-style meerkat based on a cartoon character, built in 2002.
- Tasman Devil: an anthro-style costume, realistic and body-tight, built in 2003.
Atalon enjoys furry conventions and is organizer of H-Con, a convention that first took place in October, 2006, and which is held in Autumn each year. He is also the organizer of the AYCE furry meet up in Karlsruhe, Germany, which is held every two months.
Outside the furry fandom, Atalon's hobbies include rebuilding and riding motorcycles, mechanical engineering, music, and travel. His partner is drcroc and he has a son (Drachenfaust).
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked Congress to approve more than $1 billion in additional funds for Pakistan's war against the Taliban.
Gates wants lawmakers to appropriate $400 million this year for a new Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund and an additional $700 million for 2010, The Washington Post reported Friday.
The fund would be controlled by the Pentagon's Central Command and would be targeted for counterinsurgency training and equipment such as night-vision goggles, helicopters and intelligence capabilities.
Gates told the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday that the Pentagon wants authority to deal with a challenge that "simultaneously requires wartime and peacetime capabilities."
Lawmakers in both the House and Senate have voiced concerns about creating a new Pakistan military funding stream through the Pentagon. Traditionally, such aid flows through the State Department.
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(măk'Әdō), 1863–1941, American political leader, U.S. secretary of the treasury (1913–18), b. near Marietta, Ga. The son of a prominent Georgia jurist, McAdoo became a lawyer in Chattanooga, Tenn. After 1892 he practiced in New York City and was president of the Hudson and Manhattan RR Company, which built and operated the railroad tunnels known as the Hudson Tubes. He actively promoted Woodrow Wilson for the presidency in 1912 and was given a cabinet post. In 1914, after the death (1912) of his first wife, he married Eleanor Randolph Wilson, daughter of the president. The Federal Reserve System was begun during McAdoo's administration of the Dept. of the Treasury, and he was its first chairman. He also managed the financing of American participation in World War I and served as director-general of railroads during the period of government operation (1917–19).
After leaving public office, McAdoo returned to law practice in New York City, then moved to Los Angeles. He was prominent as a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1920, and in 1924 the supporters of McAdoo and the adherents of Alfred E. Smith balanced each other and forced the choice of a compromise candidate. In 1928 he was unable to halt Smith's nomination. His California delegation at the convention in 1932 was joined with the Texas delegation in support of John N. Garner. When this bloc of voters was shifted to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Roosevelt was nominated. McAdoo later served (1933–39) as senator from California. His autobiography, Crowded Years (1931), ends with his resignation from the cabinet.


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FRESH food is a common sight at markets, but members of Leys Community Market have taken it a step further with a new cooking scheme.
Visitors to the Saturday market, held at the Barn in Long Ground, can now get involved in preparing and cooking a weekly meal.
Christine McDermott, a co-organiser of the market, said: "We wanted to share and encourage the skills that are here on the Leys and bring people together around food."
The Greater Leys resident said the first session last week saw eight people involved in the cooking: "It was fantastic, and I think it's good to start small."
The free scheme is a partnership with the Oxford Food Bank, which gives food to over 50 schemes and charities around Oxford.
The Food Bank's co-founder David Cairns said: "This is waste food from supermarkets, restaurants and so on. It would otherwise go into a hole in the ground.
"We have the food in abundance and the market are putting it to good things to help people know about food and cooking."
Jean Dyer, who lives in Greater Leys, 75, was one of the residents involved.
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I was referred to Brian Deeter but he was traveling and was handed off to Philippe Botteri. I spent about 1 hour on the phone with Philippe who was professional and interested.
Some time was spent explaining our business, which is probably unique for VCs - large scale industrial automation focused on Container Terminals and Intermodal Facilities. Philippe concluded that we are too far outside Bessemer's expertise and sector interest.
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Oscars 2013: Finishing Off Jennifer Lawrence's Look? Dior's Dreamy Nude Lipstick
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The stars have just finished making their way down the red carpet at tonight's Oscars, and Jennifer Lawrence's beauty look is already one of our favorites. To balance the star's graphic smoky eye, her makeup artist Jillian Dempsey opted for a sheer nude lip, picking up the Dior Addict Lipstick in Beige Casual #222. We love how it adds something extra to Lawrence's natural lip color, and although nude hues are a go-to for strong eye looks, the lipstick also looks great when worn on its own. Pick up a tube for $31 at nordstrom.com now!
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History of Emotions Study Group III
November 4, 2015
Lattie F. Coor Hall, Room 4457
ASU Tempe Campus
Free and open to the public
Juliann Vitullo (Italian) will lead the discussion based on her "Emotional Bonds and the Art of Fatherhood"
If you plan to attend, please email ACMRS. Thank you!
ACMRS has partnered with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, Europe 1100-1800, a major research venture that has some $30 million (Australian) in funding and involves five universities in Australia. There will be monthly study group meetings on the ASU Tempe Campus as well as lectures on and off campus beginning next fall, a book series co-edited by the two centers beginning now, co-sponsored sessions at the annual ACMRS conference each February, and an exchange program between the centers. If you are interested in joining the study groups and participating in person or via Skype, or if you're interested in submitting a paper for our conference, or if you have a book proposal, or if you're just interested in being on our mailing list, please email Robert Bjork, Director, ACMRS. Nine faculty members at ASU and three at UA are currently involved in the project, and more from all over Arizona are welcome. ACMRS hopes that the relationship and project have a long and resplendent future.


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The judge must be a Jets fan.
Gang Green wide receiver Braylon Edwards was released on his own recognizance Tuesday afternoon after showing up in court to face charges that he was driving while drunk overnight.
Prosecutors had asked for $2,000 bail, but Judge Frank Nervo decided to let the wide out go free. Edwards' next court appearance is set for Nov. 9 -- two days after the Jets play and early Sunday game against the Lions in Detroit.
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Edwards didn't enter plea and said little more than "that's fine," and "thank you," before heading out into a gaggle of paparazzi and a waiting black Range Rover with tinted windows.
A key factor in Sunday afternoon's bombshell win over the New England Patriots, Edwards was been arrested for driving while intoxicated hours after attending a teammate's charity poker game.
The offensive player, who's been dubbed the No. 1 wideout pending the return of suspended receiver Santonio Holmes, was busted early this morning in the city after blowing an 0.16 -- double the state's legal limit -- on a Breathalyzer test, prosecutors said.
In court today, Assistant District Attorney Alyssa Gunther said Edwards told the arresting officer, "I had a couple of drinks."
Edwards then allegedly got into a discussion about field sobriety tests versus Breathalyzers with the officer, who is a woman.
"Aren't you supposed to give me a field sobriety test first?" Edwards asked the cop, according to Gunther. "They do it in Michigan."
Then No. 17 allegedly told the cop, "We were coming from a party -- how about I leave the car and take a cab home?"
Edwards told the cop at the 4:47 a.m. stop that he had had his last drink "about an hour ago," according to Gunther.
The Jets released a statement Tuesday morning condemning Edwards' alleged behavior and pledging to investigate.
"We are very disappointed in Braylon's actions this morning. The Player Protect program is in place for our organization to prevent this situation. Braylon is aware of this program and showed poor judgment," the statement read. "We are reviewing the information with the league and will impose the appropriate disciplinary measures."
Edwards' lawyer, Peter Frankel, outside of court said the Jets hadn't suspended the player yet.
Frankel said Edwards is very anxious to get back to the team, and he realizes the seriousness of the situation.
Cops originally pulled him over for heavily-tinted windows but smelled a strong odor of alcohol on his breath.
A source said there was a female in the car with Edwards and three other men, including Jets offensive lineman D'Brickashaw Ferguson and defensive lineman Vernon Gohlston. They were not charged with any crimes.
Police pulled over Edwards about 5:15 a.m. on 34th Street and 12th Avenue. Authorities said Edwards, who still holds an ID from Michigan, where he was a college stud, was cooperative throughout the investigation.
Edwards caught five passes for 45 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 28-14 win over the Patriots. He also caught a pass for a critical two-point conversion. If he were to be suspended, No. 3 wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery would have to step up and take his place until Holmes returns from a four-game suspension in Week 5. Edwards' absence would also leave only Brad Smith, who injured his jaw Week 2 and had to leave the game, and third-year David Clowney, who's caught 15 passes -- one for a touchdown -- in his tenure with the Jets.
Gang Green takes on division rival Miami Dolphins, which routed Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings last week, on Sunday night.
An NFL spokesman told ESPN that DUIs are considered under the league's substance-abuse policy, which incurs no automatic suspension under any circumstances. The league hasn't commented on how it may apply in Edwards' case.
This isn't the first time the former Cleveland Browns' receiver has run afoul of the law. Prior to being traded to Gang Green last October, Edwards was accused of punching LeBron James' friend outside a nightclub. He ended up settling the case with a no contest plea to aggravated assault and was fined $1,000, put on probation and sentenced to a 180-day suspended jail sentence.


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please correct my essay for me. Thank a lot
Topic: A person you know is planning to move to your town or city. What do you think this person would like and dislike about living in your town or city? Why? Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.
My essay:
Yearly, ten thousands of persons come to my city for business, visiting or settling. For any purposes, I believe that most of these persons will like about living in my city because of the three following main reasons.
For the first reason, the person who is living in my city can enjoy an interested feeling because the center in my city has a lot of entertaining places such as the National park and the big cinemas and theatres. Especially, my city is famous with the largest number of coffee shops. Every kind of persons can come to various cafés from common to luxurious ones.
Furthermore, habitants feel comfortable with the mild climate in my city. My city is located on the Temperate zone and is surrounded with range of mountain and Pacific Ocean. These conditions create an ideal climate for my city. It is really suited for businessmen, visitors and habitants. It also help persons who is living in the city save a lot of expense for air-conditioner and heater
Finally, my city has a very good security system. People obey seriously laws here because of the numerous polices in every corners of city. Therefore, yearly statistic numbers of traffic accidents and criminal cases are very few. According to Daily Young journal, my city has best security system in my country. In addition, it is stated that my country is clarified such as one of ten places that have best security system in the world.
In summary, the certain person who is planning to move to my city, surely, would like about living in my city because my city have a lot of entertaining place, the mild climate and the good security system. It will be wonderful if government in my city continues to maintain these above conditions in the future
If you are absolutely constrained to having three and only three points, you could give two points in favour and one against.
Or you could end one of you sentences with ", although some people might not like the ...." That would at least mean you've answered the question.


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This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2012, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
Earlier this year it seemed plain that Utah's ballyhooed jobs engine was running out of steam after a promising upsurge in the second half of 2011.
The evidence looked unmistakable. The year-over-year pace of job production weakened unexpectedly in January after seven months of growth that peaked in December at 3 percent just shy of the long-term 3.1 percent yearly average that had been the norm since 1950.
The rate slipped further in February, March and April. The next two months were better, but not by much. And in July the softening resumed, suggesting that Utah's recovery from the Great Recession, if not in trouble, was on hold.
But that turned out not to be an accurate account of what was transpiring.
Instead of standing still, many employers were adding jobs. According to the government's Bureau of Labor Statistics which developed the preliminary estimates based on a limited survey of Utah households, but then revised them when more data became available the first six months of 2012 were exceptionally good. (Revisions aren't available yet for the July-September period.)
"I felt very strongly that the revisions were going to come in higher than the survey," said Mark Knold, the Workforce Services Department's chief economist. "What surprised me is that they came in even higher than my estimates."
From the pro-business Salt Lake Chamber to the pro-labor Utah AFL-CIO, a general agreement is building that Utah's labor market is returning to a normal state of health. Yet, the recovery is fragile and incomplete. Tied as Utah is to the political and financial uncertainties beyond its borders, present-day job growth may have hit a ceiling until after the presidential election is settled, the so-called fiscal cliff is sorted out by Congress and the U.S. economy kicks into higher gear.
In the right direction • "If they don't show fiscal leadership on the deficit and the debt, I think that will depress growth in 2013," said Natalie Gochnour, chief economist of the Salt Lake Chamber, who notes that many of her members have pointed out they would be hiring even more workers if they trusted the political leadership in Washington.
"It's as if you know there's a cliff out there, and until it's remedied, you have to slow down," Gochnour said. "That is the safest way to manage a company right now. I have told people we won't be able to get to historical growth rates until the U.S. economy recovers completely."
Still, the labor market in Utah is headed in the right direction. Averaged out, the number of jobs generated Utah between January and June was 3.2 percent more than in the same six months of 2011. That, says Knold, is enough to not only absorb the 20,000 to 25,000 people who become old enough to enter the workforce every year. It's also enough to begin to thin out the ranks of the unemployed, whose numbers reached close to 80,000 during the recession.
"You'll have to do that multiple years to erase the deficit upon the labor force that the recession created. But these first six months of 2012 are the first window where we've reached back into that deficit and started to reverse it," Knold said.
As one of the most visible prognosticators in state government, cynics might dismiss Knold as overly optimistic. David Stringfellow, an economist in Gov. Gary Herbert's Office of Planning and Budget, notes that the long-term growth average of 3.1 percent represents a blend of years when jobs were expanding by as much as 5 percent with years when the state was losing jobs.
Do the revisions "move it from good news to great news? No. [They move] it from good news to slightly better news," Stringfellow said.
"It's a little bit less growth than what we are used to in an expansion. This is good news in that growth is a little higher than we thought it was earlier in the year, and we expect the pace of improvement to continue to improve."
Quick work • But also listen to Dale Cox, president of the Utah AFL-CIO, the umbrella organization for most unions in the state. Although he attaches caveats to his remarks, Cox thinks the job market has been thawing for more than a year at a "sustainable" rate that lessens the chances for another steep fall-off such as the one that began in 2008 and lasted into 2010, before hiring finally turned upward again .
"I believe jobs are being created in the state. We just have to be sure they are jobs that sustain a family," Cox said. "I see a trend at trying to create a cheap labor market. We just have to keep vigilant that doesn't happen."
Depending on a person's skills, it can be pretty easy to find a job. It took Matt Hardy three weeks.
Hardy, a 37-year-old software engineer, lost his job in February when his former employer laid off most of its workforce because of a drop in sales. For several months, Hardy tried to go it alone as an independent consultant. In early September, however, he decided to look for a job because he needed health benefits and didn't fancy himself as an effective salesman who could line up enough clients.
"I did what most tech people do and got on dice.com [a technology job board]. I found about 20 prospects, applied to about eight, had approximately four interviews and then one offer," Hardy said.
He went to work last week for SEO.com, a Draper company that helps businesses improve their chances of being found on search engines. SEO is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. In 2011, it hired 32 employees; so far this year it had added another 38.
Diverse growth • His story was emblematic of employment growth in Utah. In May and again in June, the year-over-year gain in jobs was 3.6 percent a rate not rivaled since August 2007, before the recession started. Sectors where jobs are more numerous today than they were in mid-2007 are education, health care, leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, mining, information services, state and local government. Even the construction sector, socked by the collapse of the housing market, is bouncing back. Construction employment hasn't recovered to levels five years ago, but it's growing again.
Driving the construction resurgence along the Wasatch Front is new-home demand on two new fronts an influx of out-of-staters moving in to take jobs with the likes of Adobe and Goldman Sachs, and Utahns no longer worried that they may get laid off.
"It's hot. It's really strong right now," said Clark Ivory, CEO of Ivory Homes, the largest homebuilder in Utah. "We are selling in every price category. We are seeing far more transferees people coming for new jobs that are bringing them in from out-of-state. And we are seeing a greater number of [families] moving up. When the market was first trying to turn around, there was less of that. So that's very encouraging."
California software giant Adobe will take possession of its new $100 million Utah headquarters in Lehi on Nov. 5. The company has erected signs along I-15 near the massive 280,000-square-foot structure to announce the date. Close to 1,000 people will work in the building, including 200 that Adobe expects to hire by the end of this year.
In Salt Lake City, Goldman Sachs expects to add 300 new employees to its fast-growing office on Main Street by year-end. The increase will bring the investment bank's workforce in the city to 1,600, making it Goldman's second-largest operation in North America and, possibly, the fourth-largest worldwide by next year.
David Lang, managing director of the office, won't confirm those previously reported employment numbers, but said Goldman has been able to grow in Salt Lake City as it expected to ever since the New York-based company established a small office in the city in 2000.
"As it relates to growth in Salt Lake City, what is most interesting is the diversity," Lang said. "Picture pretty much any activity in New York, excluding sales and trading, and there is a very good chance that it's happening here."
Utah a greener pasture • Goldman has been good for job seekers. Lang said the company has recruited graduates from every college in Utah, as well as students "at schools in Colorado, Texas, Michigan and elsewhere." It has also hired more experienced people from other companies inside and outside the state.
"The success that we've seen is purely the result of the talent that we have been able to hire in Salt Lake City and Utah. I don't think that's going to change in the future," Lang said.
The stature that Utah enjoys as a state where jobs are comparatively plentiful is why Matt Rongey, a 23-year-old graduate of a film school in Southern California, went to work at SEO.com last month. Rongey had been doing some part-time film work for the University of Utah. When his hours were cut back, he decided to hunt for a full-time job. The search took seven months, but that's largely because Rongey felt he could afford to be picky.
"I felt like maybe in California I would have to settle for a minimum-wage job, but I felt like since the market here was stronger that it would be worth holding out for a better job rather than taking the first job that I could get," he said.
Rongey sent out "thousands" of resumes, which produced several interviews that seemed promising. He accepted SEO's offer to work in its small-business department.
"There are definitely jobs available out there for people," he said.
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hey i got not mentioned by JS in NYMag... again.
It's in the new Marlene Dumas review where he says - "I've been accused of being part of a "circle jerk" anti-Dumas cabal. A 2008 New York Times Magazine profile included a quote that called disapproving male critics (including me) part of "a sexist conspiracy."". The circle-jerk mention is me from this post from five(!) years ago.
The other unnamed person he quoted above - from the NYTimes profile - is Nicole Eisenmann, who coincidentally is the person who comments as Corny after the old 'circle-jerk' post. I don't think I'm betraying any confidence saying that.. there was an article mentioning her blog at some point later.
Actually, I was quoted but not named in that NYTimes profile as well. Kind of cool(?), this stealth bibliography? This is like the third time I've been in NYMag but not. My previous unmention by JS in NYMag is here.
I'm glad he finally wrote a review of this artist he has been trashing for seventeen years. Too bad he couldn't do it without portraying himself as a victim. I looked at his Facebook thread on this review and it is beyond ironic that it goes on for 250 comments mostly hostile toward Dumas and then they suddenly switch to honoring JS for his ability to put up with on-line criticism.
Well anyways congrats to both me and JS because I gave him shit about not reviewing the Dumas show at MoMA (which got me 'defriended') and also for getting beat with two dead women by Schjeldahl haha and now he has finally written a Dumas review and has already reviewed two live women this year wow!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
i got not mentioned again
Posted by Martin at 2:15 AM
4 comments:
- * said...
So glad you called JS out on his ridiculous posture on Dumas.
- michael cambre said...
immediately thought of you when i read that review...
- Anonymous said...
getting 'not mentioned' by getting your words mentioned means you must have really hit the nail on the head with him. that one small thing - calling it like you see it- from five years ago left a mark, so congratulations for stinging where it needed to be stung, and telling the truth, which is difficult for people to theorize pr recontexutalize away. telling the truth is why so many people pay attention to you. keep writing.
- jerome said...
Congrats for the mention. I suppose Ms Dumas early accolades where a bit too much... what goes up...
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European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN) for its sustainable tourism model.
It has been designated a European Destination of Excellence (EDEN) by the European Commission in recognition of its proposal for sustainable tourism. It is part of the Santoña, Victoria and Joyel Marshes Nature Reserve.
The tide and thousands of migratory birds living here are the protagonists in this marshland. There are two bird observatories and a viewpoint for visitors. There are also several educational routes and visitor centres with information on the industrial heritage, landscape and nature in the area.
- Type of area Nature reserve
- Area 2500 hectáreas hectares
Access and surroundings
Cultural information
a trip round the park will show visitors the farming, fishing and shellfishing traditions. The heritage of the town of Arnuero can also be discovered. It has been mostly refurbished in recent years. In fact, some of the most important buildings house the visitor centres.
Environmental information
the environment is shaped by the tide, as we can see in the beautiful fine sand beaches. In the park there are areas of great natural value.


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King Wilkie: Bow when you say that
Published October 28, 2004, in issue 0343 of the Hook
King Wilkie and Duende
at Starr Hill
Friday, October 22
Oh King Wilkie, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways (postmodern list style):
*Your rapid 1-2 punch of up-tempo rabble-rouser up-tempo rabble-rouser mournful ballad repeat, repeat, repeat...
*Your harmonized singing voices, with the affected nasal accents.
*Your brilliantly choreographed stage moves, shuffling your six-person lineup so that everyone has a chance to shine at the central mic.
*Your devotion to the older times, without a Lynyrd Skynyrd riff coming out of any of you during your entire performance
*Your individual virtuosity on your instruments, which each member has a chance to show off during the aforementioned shining.
Last Friday night at Starr Hill saw another performance by the boys in King Wilkie, at this point in our history my pick as the best bluegrass band in town– and I'm not the only one who thinks so. The crowd, though comfortable during the opening act, swelled to a size I've only seen at Starr Hill a few times during my tenure as patron of the establishment.
The group won the IBMA Emerging Artists of the Year for 2004, and is playing the Grand Ol' Opry in a few weeks– now that's some upward trajectory.
After a battle of wills between opening act Duende and Jay Farrar (who was piped in on the club's PA system) as they attempted their sound check, the duo retook the stage and performed what I would call A+ opening-act material. Composed of one member of each of the sexes, the guitared (and occasionally mandolined) pair switched off their lead vocal work, while the second in command on each song provided some exquisite background harmonies.
Highlights of the set included guitarist Alex Radus' "Old Fashioned House," a Paul-Simon-meets-bluegrass response to his relatives on the musical life choices he's made, and his on-stage counterpart Maria Woodward's "Traveling On," about meeting and leaving people on the road.
Soon enough, the main act took the stage, all six of them carrying their instruments with pride as the crowd hooted in appreciation. Beginning with the traditional "Darling Nelly Across the Sea," the group rocked it, old-old school, right off the bat. But it was on the second number that things really got moving.
Guitarist Ted Pitney's composition "All Night Blues" went from Johnny McDonald and Reid Burgess close harmonies on the verse to– boom!– a violin solo, then– kapow!– a mandolin solo, then– brrring!– another verse, then acoustic guitar/banjo/and violin again in the spotlight.
As the song progressed, the five mobile members (the standup bass was a bit more stationary) shimmied out of each other's way in a ballet of stage moves aimed at maximizing mic time.
The traditional "In the Pines," with its mournful violin intro and close harmonies and Pitney's "Broke Down and Lonesome" were both crowd pleasers– or should I say crowd appeasers, as the frenzied masses appeared ready to rip the band's clothes off, Beatles style, as the set wore on.
These guys are beyond great, and you should check them out before they escape the gravity pull of our town and make their way to the outside world for good.
King Wilkie


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